It added that the authentic StreetFax contract proves that Ceglia’s fraudulent Work for Hire is just a recently doctored version of the actual contract between Zuckerberg and StreetFax.

Meanwhile, Ceglia alleges that the real fraudster in the case is Facebook. He , of ZDNet, that the putative "authentic" contract discovered by Facebook's forensic experts was planted on his computer to discredit his case and that his lawyers could prove the document was a phony.

Whether Ceglia's case is dead in the water or will continue on what's been a Byzantine path could be decided when both sides appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio on Wednesday.

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