His first suit against a hedge fund came in 2007, when he accused Bushido Capital Partners of breach of contract.

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The Japanese believed in the unwritten Samurai code of conduct, known as Bushido, which held that the true warrior was willing to die for the Emperor and would never surrender.

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Papastavrou claimed he had been unable to redeem his investment after Bushido's two main chiefs resigned, leaving the fund managed by Yvonne Morabito, a financial theorist of sorts who once wrote Dollar Signs: An Astrological Guide to Personal Finance.

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