Family of Late Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh Calls Purported Will a Scam

The family of Tony Hsieh, the late chief executive of online shoe seller Zappos, declared that a mysterious will that surfaced earlier this year to be a “scam,” saying forensic analysis shows the signatures are fake and that the document was not authored by Tony Hsieh.

In a court filing Monday in Clark County District Court, attorneys for Richard Hsieh, who has served as administrator of his son’s estate since Tomy Hsieh’s death, said the purported 2015 will is a fraudulent attempt to rewrite the distribution of an estate valued at roughly $500 million.

“Scams come in all shapes and sizes. In this case, the scam is in the form of a document being touted as the purported will of Anthony ‘Tony’ Hsieh,” the filing said.

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