Sindi v. El-Moslimany et al

Filing 211

Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER entered. JUDGMENT. See attached. (MacDonald, Gail)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
HAYAT SINDI,
Plaintiff,
v.
SAMIA EL-MOSLIMANY and ANN
EL-MOSLIMANY,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 13-cv-10798-IT

FINAL JUDGMENT
August 18, 2016
This action was tried by a jury with U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani presiding, and the
jury has rendered a verdict. Thereafter, the court has made further factual findings in support of a
permanent injunction.
It is ordered that:
Plaintiff Hayat Sindi recover from Defendant Samia El-Moslimany the amount of
$2,900,000 in compensatory and special damages; $1,241,358.90 in prejudgment interest, which
is calculated at a rate of 12% per annum, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 6B, from January 25, 2013
through today; and costs as allowed by separate order. Post-judgment interest is awarded at a rate
of .56% per annum, 28 U.S.C. § 1961.
Plaintiff Hayat Sindi recover from Defendant Ann El-Moslimany the amount of $600,000
in compensatory and special damages; $256,832.88 in prejudgment interest, which is calculated
at a rate of 12% per annum, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 6B, from January 25, 2013 through
today; and costs as allowed by separate order. Post-judgment interest is awarded at a rate of .56%
per annum, 28 U.S.C. § 1961.

Defendants Samia El-Moslimany and Ann El-Moslimany are enjoined from repeating—
orally, in writing, through direct electronic communications, or by directing others to websites or
blogs reprinting Samia El-Moslimany’s or Ann El-Moslimany’s letters and comments—the
statements:
1. That Hayat Sindi is an academic and scientific fraud;
2. That Sindi received awards meant for young scholars or other youth by lying about
her age;
3. That Sindi was fraudulently awarded her PhD;
4. That Sindi did not conduct the research and writing of her dissertation;
5. That Sindi’s dissertation was “ghost researched” and “ghost written”;
6. That Sindi’s role in the founding of Diagnostics For All was non-existent, and that
Sindi did not head the team of six people that won the MIT Entrepreneurship
Competition.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
August 18, 2016

/s/ Indira Talwani
United States District Judge

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