Background: Plaintiffs allege that from January 17, 2018 through June 27, 2022, Enochian and its senior management misrepresented the qualifications of Serhat Gumrukcu, the Company’s founder and “Inventor.” Defendants repeatedly represented Gumrukcu as a medical doctor and world-class disease researcher to the public and based the Company’s entire business model on his purported HIV cure. In truth, Gumrukcu was not a doctor, not a medical researcher, and had a long history of fraudulent business dealings and criminal activity. Gumrukcu is currently imprisoned and awaiting trial on murder charges stemming from allegations that he paid a hitman to kill a former business associate to prevent the associate from derailing Gumrukcu’s work with Enochian.

BFA’s Role: The Court appointed BFA as Lead Counsel for the putative class on October 22, 2023.

Status: BFA filed an amended class action complaint on December 15, 2023.