Facebook contract and mails ‘forgeries’

FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg said yesterday an alleged contract and emails that a New York man says entitle him to a huge stake in the social networking website are “forgeries.”

In a filing in the US District Court in Buffalo, New York, Facebook and Zuckerberg demanded that the man, Paul Ceglia, immediately turn over the alleged contract as well as the related emails in question.

Ceglia, a wood pellet salesman from Wellsville, New York, has contended that he contracted in 2003 for 50% of Zuckerberg’s interest in what became Facebook.