Dear SIGTARP & Detroit FBI - Amrock, Detroit Land Bank Authority & The City Of Detroit Are Still Retaliating Against Me By Trying To Foreclose Upon My Property

I told you.

The Detroit Land Bank Authority is operating through the Corporate Shape Shifter called Amrock.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=Amrock

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=Title+Source

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=gilbert

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/p/detroit-land-bank-authority-leaks.html

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=Detroit+Land+Bank+Authority

Now, mind you, I officially transferred the deed to me, as the Registered Agent of the Detroit Land Bank Authority, where taxes have been granted the poverty exemption, which means they are still running game.

How can the Detroit Land Bank Authority and Amrock have an interest when there is no interest recorded in the Wayne County Register of Deeds?

Hmmmm.....stealin' you think?

So, Amrock converted my property as an instrument of financial leverage, while terrorizing me through that fake ass Detroit Land Bank Authority, of being at the core of the push for property tax foreclosures through another machination of fraud.

I wonder how much they made off me.

I need to be made whole again.

Oh, and Amrock is about to send me their original documents of the fraudulent transaction because this is not even the proper property address.

Seriously.

I enter this into the formal record.

4239 Tyler St (Order Number: 60211677) Detroit Land Bank Authority

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Detroit Land Bank <DetroitLandBank@amrock.com>

Thu, Dec 5, 11:25 AM (2 days ago)

to me, Detroit

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Hello,

I am a representative from Amrock on behalf of Detroit Land Bank. Congratulations on achieving compliance with your property, we have your original recorded document and would like to return it to you. I would like to know the address of where you would like for me to send the Recorded Release of Interest?  

Thank you in advance for your cooperation, 

	Celeste Shropshire - Senior Advanced Recording Analyst
	662 Woodward Ave. | Detroit, MI 48226 (888) 848-5355 ext. 80040 toll free (313) 338-0040 direct | (877) 380-6009 direct fax
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The following was my response:

You may send all documents to the following address:

477 Michigan Ave., 26th FloorDetroit, MI 48226(313) 965-2323
Thank you for your cooperation.

For those of you unfamiliar with that address, it is the Detroit FBI Office, the ones over the conjugal collaborative investigation with SIGTARP and others.

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/detroit

That way I can document more mail fraud without having to leave the house.

Oh, mind you, we are still in countdown to foreclosure on my house.

It seems those "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) over there at the City of Detroit are coming up with even more clever ways to foreclose on my property.

The following is the email I sent to my Detroit City Councilman, Gabe Leland, City Assessor, whose email is not operational cited on communications, and the Michigan Attorney General:

Beverly Tran <tranbeverly@gmail.com>

Fri, Dec 6, 4:26 PM (17 hours ago)

to assessors, Eric, miag

I have received a request from the Property Tax Division challenging the veracity of my sworn application of poverty exemption of my property, which is an act that I do not take lightly.

This is the second year in a row where I have been questioned about my poverty, which some may take as derogatory action to demean those who are victims of the poorly run Detroit Administration, including the lack of administration of the City's Public Private Partnerships.

It was request that I provide a signed, federal income tax release of information for my son, of whom I declare on my taxes as a dependent, clearly stated, and verified by the State of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Income Statement for qualification of SNAP benefits and  Medicaid.

As furtherance of my position that I am impoverished, due to the failure of the City IT system to recognize or amend the record that I do not have an accessible water account, my son's SNAP was reduced.

By raising doubt to the declaration of my income, the City of Detroit is, once again, alleging that I have engaged in a act of fraud.

The previous recording of an act of theft was done, twice, with the Detroit Water and Sewage Department.

I sent this poverty exemption request through the U.S. Postal Service, certified, which takes these allegations of providing the City of Detroit fraudulent information, a criminal act.

For this matter, I have reported it to the FBI.

I have also received a notice of foreclosure for failure to pay previous years property tax, where, I was granted the exemption.

Looking into the matter, it was found that I was referred to the Finance Department for collection of a debt from my business.

What this business debt is, has yet to be identified.

The business in question is the Detroit Land Bank Authroity, LLC, which was dissolved by the former Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette in the Michigan Court of Claims, which means there was no "debt" to even duly determine.

I consider this as a nefarious act of retaliation, as the timing is highly suspect in the light of ongoing investigations, where I have been publicly vociferous in the absolute abhorrent systemic levels of fraud, festering in the bowels of City IT contactors, and policymakers.

Please take notice that, in the event I am denied the poverty tax exemption on 4241, 4238, 4231 and 4225, I will move the court and re-open my federal case.

I thank you in advance to your immediate attention to this matter and take to heart, I am poor by proxy, not by choice.

--

Beverly Tran,

Detroit Land Bank Authority, Registered Agent

A Former Michigan Business since 2017

An Original Source

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Meet Jennifer Gilbert

Meet Jennifer Gilbert, Dan's wife.

After Dan's stroke, Jennifer Gilbert focuses on family, creative pursuits

Dan & Jennifer Gilibert

A thin red string wraps its way around Jennifer Gilbert's wrist, a custom from Kabbalah, a type of Jewish mysticism, worn to ward off misfortune.

Touching the string lightly with her fingers, Gilbert, the wife of billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert, says she's worn these strings only twice in her life. The first was when her son, Nick, had brain surgery. The second was when her husband suffered a stroke in late May.

"The entire family has these," says Gilbert, speaking in the lower level offices of the commercial design firm, Pophouse, she helped found in the former Dime Building in downtown Detroit. "It was a way to connect all of us."

Connection is important these days as Gilbert and her family move forward from Dan's stroke, which hospitalized him for several days before he went to an in-patient rehab facility this summer in Chicago. Gilbert says her 57-year-old husband, now home, "is improving every day" though he still isn't back at work.

"With stroke recovery, it's a marathon, it's not a sprint," she said. "But every day he's working hard, and every day we're seeing improvements. He's encouraged. And he's up for the challenge."

Her husband's health crisis forced her to step back from her role at  Pophouse (previously known as dPop). She says the summer was "definitely challenging," but it was nice to have her children home, especially the three who were away at college, so they could be there to support their dad.

The Gilberts, who live in Franklin, have five kids, four of whom have graduated from high school. Their youngest is 13.

"They were able to come home and support him, and me, and each other," said Gilbert.

Speaking to The Detroit News in a rare interview last week, Gilbert, 51, reflected on her husband's recovery, her evolving design firm and why Detroit is so attractive to what she calls "creatives." Even though her husband isn't back at work, "he’s definitely involved," she said. "He’s aware of everything that’s going on. We anticipate what we know he’d want to make decisions on."

She said as a mom of five, she's always had to multitask, but after her husband's stroke she's multi-tasking in a different way.

"As you go through life, you re-prioritize with what's happened," she said. "... . His recovery and our family and making sure our kids were good was the biggest priority."

But with her husband's health more stable, Gilbert is stepping back into her role at Pophouse, taking on the official title of creative director, as the firm expands its mission -- designing not just workplaces, but other commercial spaces. The firm has done the interior design for a large portion of her husband's Bedrock properties.

Gilbert said it makes sense why so many creative people are drawn to the city.

"Designers are part of creatives and artists are part of creatives," said Gilbert. "We're all attracted to a blank canvas, about taking something, and evolving it and solving problems. I think Detroit is just a natural place" to attract creative people.

And Gilbert knows about the power of creativity. She’s the chair of the board of governors for the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum. She’s also brought the work of artists from around the country into her husband’s properties, from the 17-foot sculptures at Campus Martius Park by the Brooklyn artist KAWS to a custom-made paper sculpture inside the former Detroit News building by Detroit artist Leon Dickey.

Susan Ewing, director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, says Gilbert has been an “incredible thinking partner” during Ewing’s tenure at the school, which started in 2018.

“We have a shared vision of embracing new technology and entrepreneurship while staying true to Cranbrook’s roots, which is experimental design, craft and making with the hand,” said Ewing in an email.

Given her Cranbrook role, Gilbert says she tries to make sure her own firm’s designers and creative leaders are being to exposed to new art, exhibits and lectures. That exposure is important, she says.

“They’re finding inspiration in everyday life,” said Gilbert. “That’s just the people that they are. But I think it helps to just let them know there are other things out there. And the more you can be exposed to and the more experiences you can have, the more things you can see, it’s good for everybody – but especially a creative.”

A design career
Design has always played a critical role in Gilbert's life.

Growing up in Huntington Woods, she remembers designing elaborate houses with a friend, houses so outside the box that they could never be built in real life.

"My friend down the street and I use to spend hours creating these insane fantasy houses," she said. "There were pits and pools and waterfalls."

But as a student at Michigan State University, it was actually architectural engineering she planned to pursue. She wanted to transfer from MSU to the University of Michigan, but she took one interior design class in East Lansing and she was hooked. She graduated in 1990.

"I took an interior design class my freshman year and fell in love with it," she said. "The rest is history."

Design also is how she met her husband.

"I ended up designing his office," she said.

After marrying and having children, she stepped back from her career for more than a decade and a half. But when her youngest was in preschool, she "started to dip my toe back into it."

The Madison Building in Detroit was the first building Jennifer, left, designed her husband. She worked with Rosetti, the Detroit-based architectural firm. The Madison housed offices for her Doodle Home startup among many others.
The Madison Building in Detroit was the first building Jennifer, left, designed her husband. She worked with Rosetti, the Detroit-based architectural firm. The Madison housed offices for her Doodle Home startup among many others. (Photo: David Coates)

She founded a startup called Doodle Home, a business-to-business software platform that specialized  in home and interior design. Seeing her husband's firms and how they operated, Gilbert realized how "antiquated" interior design was.

"Looking at Dan and everything he was doing with the mortgage company -- that was when he was bringing it all online, looking at it from that lens and saying, 'How can we simplify the design process through integration and technology?'" said Gilbert.

In 2015, Doodle Home was acquired by Dering Hall, an online portal giving designers, architects and consumers access to high-end home furnishings and services. The same year, Gilbert also started Amber Engine, a Detroit-based home furnishings services and solutions technology company.

Design with a purpose
But it’s at Pophouse that Gilbert has really helped play a role in reshaping workplace design. When the firm launched in 2013, Gilbert had been working with the Quicken Loans' facilities department, which shaped the look of the company's downtown offices. Afterward, they decided to create a design studio to work with other clients who liked the aesthetic of Quicken's offices.

Six years later, the firm has completed 2,311 projects for the Rock Family of companies, which includes Quicken Loans and Bedrock. Now, as it branches out into hospitality and retail design, Gilbert says it's about creating “thoughtfully assembled places.” That’s a slogan on Pophouse’s website.

“Designing for a purpose is really why we get out of bed in the morning and why we love what we do,” she said. “We’re just more purposeful and intentional in the projects that we do. They have to be more holistic and have an opportunity for us to transform the space. We believe that transformational spaces can impact people’s lives.”

Jennifer Gilbert, wife of Dan Gilbert, is pictured at Pophouse in front of the Relic Wall created by artist Scott Hocking and Clinton Snider on Thursday, September 26, 2019.Buy Photo
Jennifer Gilbert, wife of Dan Gilbert, is pictured at Pophouse in front of the Relic Wall created by artist Scott Hocking and Clinton Snider on Thursday, September 26, 2019. (Photo: Max Ortiz, The Detroit News)

Jennifer Janus, Pophouse’s president, says there isn’t anyone better to spearhead the firm’s future than Gilbert.

“Jennifer knows that purposeful design goes beyond selecting the right furniture and finishes. It is how the space functions for the user that is the most important,” Janus said in an email. “With the mission of positively impacting people through design, Jennifer encourages the design team to develop and implement strong design narratives that drive the execution of every aspect of a project.”

Outside of her design work and Cranbrook, Gilbert and her husband have also made finding a cure for Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) a top priority. NF1 is a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerve pathways anywhere in the body. It affects 3 million people worldwide, including the Gilberts’ son, Nick, .

The couple founded the Gilbert Family Foundation, a nonprofit that has donated millions to funding research and finding a cure for NF1.

As Gilbert looks to the future – juggling her husband’s recovery, her kids, nonprofit work and her career – she sees a Detroit that will continue to change and draw creative people.

“I think that’s just going to keep continuing,” she said. “We’re only scratching the surface. It’s like a creative’s playground.”

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Cocktails & Popcorn: List Of Plausible Ruleouts As To Why Detroit Corporate Counsel Refuses To Allow Mayor Mike Duggan To Take The Stand In Carmack Case

"Allow me to enjoy another sip of Merlot and I
shall continue telling you the Detroit tale of why
Perkins Coie Sucks.

Who are these Detroit Corporate Counsel Cats?

They really do not want to put the Mayor up there on the stand.

I wonder why.

Let's wonder together!

Plausible explanations as to why Detroit Corporate Counsel does not want Mike Duggan to speak into the record, under penalty of law, being held to a higher standard as a public office holder:

• That the Detroit Land Bank Authority is not part of the City of Detroit?
• That the Detroit Land Bank Authority is not incorporated?
• That the Detroit Land Bank Authority levies Detroit property taxes?
• That the Detroit Land Bank Authority cashes checks through Title Source Shape Shifter?
• That the property taxes levied by the Detroit Land Bank Authority are funneled through the Detroit Property Tax Division and refunded back to Title Source Shape Shifer?
• That the Detroit Land Bank Authority has no instrument of authority to open up a bank account?
• That the Detroit Land Bank Authority is negotiating contracts on behalf of the City of Detroit when it has no resolution granting any power to do so?
• That the Detroit Land Bank Authority filed fake IRS tax reporting documents?
• That all of this went on under the tutelage Butch Hollowell?
• That Perkins Coie Sucks?

I could continue, but if I did, my castigations would become redundant, losing the mystery and intrigue of my next artistic tale of the "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) in the City of Detroit, and their backup legal brigade coming in for the rescue.

#perkinscoiesucks

Detroit businessman argues in court over land deal fraud charge

DETROIT (FOX 2) - In theory, the case against Bob Carmack is simple. 

About 10 years ago, Detroit officials sent him a deed for a piece of property in exchange for $250,000. Carmack held onto the deed and paid the property taxes on the land until he sold it a few years ago for $1 million.

Prosecutors call that fraud. Carmack says he told city officials he planned to sell the land, but no one tried to stop him.

"This is a case of intent; why would a man pay taxes on a property he didn't own?" said Carmack attorney Steve Haney.

City officials testified that city land should not have been taxed - and they say Carmack never owned the land because he never lived up to his end of the bargain.

Carmack's attorneys suggested that the case is politically motivated as Carmack attorney Lillian Diallo asked city lawyer Bruce Goldman if he had any conversations with Duggan or his staff about Carmack in 2018 or 2019.

Prosecutor Patrick McCombs objected to every attempt to drag Mayor Mike Duggan into the case.

"To go down the path that this some sort of retaliation is absolutely beyond the pale," McCombs said.

Goldman testified that politics did not play a factor in going after Carmack.

"You are talking about somebody involving Mayor Duggan's staff," Goldman said. "The city is pretty well organized. No one on his staff or the mayor did I speak to in 2018 or 2019."

Goldman and Carmack attorney Lillian Diallo also clashed on the significance of Carmack's property tax payments on land the city says it never sold to him.

"We can agree that people just don't pay taxes for nothing on property they don't think they own," Diallo said.

Bruce Goldman: "No."

Lillian Diallo: "Thank you."

Bruce Goldman: "We don't agree."

Part of Carmack's defense may be that he believes he was entitled to the land because he spent $246,000 developing another piece of city land that the city never sold him.

Diallo: "Can we agree that $246,000 is a lot of money?"

Bruce Goldman: "It is to me, yes."

Diallo: "Me too."

Goldman stepped down moments later. It remains to be seen whether Carmack's attorneys will develop this argument further as the case proceeds.

Because this case is at the preliminary examination level, it is up to Judge Cylenthia Latoye Miller to decide whether there is enough evidence of a crime to send Carmack to trial on the fraud charges.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Barbara McQuade, Judiciary, Amrock, DACA With Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Featuring Michael, Jolly Jerry's Son

"Old fashioneds, it is all about the timing."

The timing is just impeccable.

Here you have Barbara McQuade saying the same thing I just said the other day.

Now, why would Jolly Jerry of Judiciary call for hearings about "obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power" when Mueller is about to release his investigative report, and other things, on "obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power"?

That sounds so redundant to me, a waste of taxpayer dollars, dilatory distractions, shucking & jiving, you know, your standard clowning right before everyone realizes that all heaven is about to break loose, but hey, what do I know?

I know it looks a bit awkward now that we know that Jolly Jerry's son, Michael Nadler got a job with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in 2018, which just so happens to be the main law firm suing Trump about protecting their trafficking tiny humans operations, oh, I mean, DACA, but that is not what has me questioning impeccable timing.

In March 2018, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher just so happened to have been representing Amrock in the Canary House Corporate Shape Shifter $706 million dollar fraud judgment, that was just struck down in appeal, as Amrock started crying about blowing the whistle.

I wonder where they got that idea.

We should definitely ask Michael Nadler.

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this riveting piece of civil art, created by Barbara McQuade, encouraging Jolly Jerry to embrace the fact that Mueller is very attentive to the proceedings of House Judiciary, and probably the former proceedings of House Judiciary, but hey, what do I know?

I know Barbara McQuade is a Detroit Super Star because she had an entire smear campaign launched against her...that never filed any 990s nor annual reports.

The House’s Sweeping New Probe May Be the Biggest Threat to Trump Yet

Barbara McQuade & her cyber-smear
(When you know you are a Detroit Super Star)

Members of the House Judiciary Committee have an opportunity to provide an important service to the American public – as long as they don’t blow it.

On Monday, the committee opened a sweeping investigation into “obstruction of justice, public corruption, and other abuses of power” relating to President Donald Trump by requesting documents from 81 sources. The committee’s probe could potentially uncover more misconduct than Special Counsel Robert Mueller ever will. Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler vowed to “hold hearings for the public to have all the facts.” The challenge will be to conduct the investigation effectively without compromising Mueller’s work.

In many ways, the congressional investigation offers advantages that Mueller’s probe lacks.
According to the mandate issued by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Mueller has been investigating links between Russia and the Trump campaign relating to interference with the 2016 presidential election, matters arising in that investigation, and any obstruction of justice that might occur along the way. The House Judiciary Committee, on the other hand, has the power to investigate a much broader scope of possible misconduct. Congress can investigate anything over which it has power to legislate, and committees may explore matters that do not amount to crimes. As Nadler pointed out, his committee is charged with a number of responsibilities, including the duty to investigate “abuses of executive power.”

In addition to the broader scope of its powers, the congressional inquiry also differs from Mueller’s probe in its transparency. While Mueller is bound by grand jury secrecy rules and Department of Justice policies to prevent public disclosure of matters under investigation, congressional committees operate largely in the public. In fact, one purpose of the Judiciary Committee’s probe may be to avoid a scenario in which Mueller ends his investigation without any further public disclosure of his findings, as the special counsel regulations seem to permit. The Committee’s document requests stated that the recipient could limit his initial production to documents already disclosed to the special counsel, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, law enforcement, other congressional committees, or in civil or other litigation. By collecting the same material that Mueller has already gathered, Nadler’s committee may be seeking to replicate Mueller’s investigation, but with materials that can be shared with the public.

With this opportunity before them, the Judiciary Committee needs to avoid missteps that could interfere with Mueller’s work or harm the effectiveness of its own investigation. To that end, here are three pieces of advice for Nadler.

First, hire professional help to conduct questioning. How many more hearings must we endure in which members of Congress take turns grandstanding to make political points, only to be parodied on Saturday Night Live? Asking questions in five-minute bursts provides no opportunity for effective follow-up and allows the witness to filibuster away the allotted time. House Democrats should hire counsel with the training and experience to conduct effective questioning. They should also pool their time so that the questioner can proceed as a prosecutor would at a grand jury session by methodically asking the essential who, what, when, where, and why of important matters, demanding explanations and details along the way, and pinning down witnesses to establish facts from which they cannot later walk away.

Second, be careful whom you immunize. Congress has the power to grant immunity to witnesses who invoke their Fifth Amendment rights not to incriminate themselves. By granting immunity, the Committee can then legally compel the witness to testify because their statements may not be used against them. As we saw in the case of Oliver North, however, immunity granted by Congress can prevent prosecutors from using the witness’s statements, or any leads derived from their statements, against them in criminal proceedings. After the former Marine Corps. lieutenant colonel was convicted for his role in obstructing the investigation of the Iran-Contra affair, North’s conviction was vacated because it was tainted by the use of information derived from his immunized congressional testimony.

If the House Judiciary Committee wants to question witnesses, it should avoid immunizing anyone who might be a target of Mueller’s investigation. Donald Trump Jr., for example, has reportedly not met with Mueller, a sign that he may be a target of the special counsel’s investigation. Offering him immunity to testify before Congress could make it much more difficult for Mueller to charge him criminally. Instead, the Judiciary Committee might focus on witnesses who have already been convicted by Mueller, such as Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, and even Paul Manafort.

Congress could also call as witnesses people who were in positions to have committed less egregious misconduct, yet possess valuable information, such as Trump’s former communications director Hope Hicks or his longtime assistant Rhona Graff. These witnesses are unlikely to be high priorities for criminal charges. Or, better yet, the committee should clear with Mueller any witness that the committee might want to immunize.

Third, don’t just copy Mueller’s work, create your own roadmap. The evidence that Watergate Independent Counsel Leon Jaworski turned over to Congress is sometimes referred to as a roadmap for impeachment. While Nadler appears interested in obtaining and memorializing Mueller’s work, he should not end there. Mueller is limited to looking for federal crimes. But just because conduct does not amount to a violation of the criminal code does not mean that Congress should permit it to occur unchecked. For example, while lying to the public is not a crime, if the lie is egregious enough, it might be sufficient to disqualify a president from office. Additional lines of inquiry outside of Mueller’s mandate would be well within the scope of proper congressional inquiry, such as foreign influence on the president’s businesses, profits from his businesses that may constitute prohibited emoluments or use of the presidency to enrich family members and associates. Were Jared Kushner or Erik Prince attempting to form back channels of communication with Russia and the UAE? And if so, why? The House Judiciary Committee can find out the answers to all of these questions, even if they are outside the realm of potential criminal misconduct.

Nadler has a job to do, but he must do it well. The stakes of this investigation are high because the House Judiciary Committee has one power that all other entities lack – the power to initiate impeachment proceedings.

EXCLUSIVE: Jerry Nadler’s Son Works For Firm Suing Trump, Which Presents Conflict of Interest

https://www.gibsondunn.com/

Democrat congressman Jerry Nadler, leading the investigative charge against President Donald Trump, has a son whose firm is trying to get access to Trump documents for their clients in numerous lawsuits against President Trump.

“Congressman Jerry Nadler has a big conflict,” our source tells Big League Politics in Washington, D.C.

“His son (Michael Nadler) got a job with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in 2018.  That’s convenient because Jerry Nadler and the Democrats just won control of the House in 2018.  Gibson Dunn & Crutcher hire Jerry’s son and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher are the main Nemesis against Trump and the Trump Administration on numerous lawsuits.  Now the Nadler family will gain access to thousands of Trump documents via Jerry’s subpoenas!,” our insider stated.

https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/nadler-michael-l/

Gibson Dunn represented CNN’s Jim Acosta in his lawsuit against the Trump White House after President Trump revoked Jim Acosta’s press credentials for creating a disturbance in a press briefing and making physical contact with a female White House intern. In December Gibson Dunn announced that it was representing the Center for Reproductive Rights in its lawsuit against the Trump State Department concerning abortion language in Trump administration human rights reports.

Gibson Dunn’s global co-chairman Ted Boutros sued President Trump in a bid to protect the DACA Dreamer program.

Such an arrangement — Jerry Nadler investigating Trump with his son’s firm trying to get access to documents in other cases — violates ethics rules for federal investigators.

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FinCEN: The Original Detroit GTO Model Of Corporate Shape Shifting Races For LLC Property Titles

I bet the Corporate Shape Shifters over there at Title Source/Amrock/Quicken Loans/Bedrock/Jack Entertainment whatever the TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY flavor of the week it is for Dan Gilbert is most certainly glad that Detroit was not identified in these new Geographic Targeting Orders (GTO), but, then again, Detroit was the original model.

The Original Detroit GTO model of corporate shape shifting

Title Source Has Been Anointed As A $706 Million Corporate Shape Shifter

GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING ORDER The Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) hereby issues a Geographic Targeting Order (“Order”) requiring TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY to collect and report information about the persons involved in certain residential real estate transactions, as further described in this Order.

Now, this is how you target populations.

Karma.

FinCEN Reissues Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders and Expands Coverage to 12 Metropolitan Areas

Purchase Threshold Lowered to $300,000 and Virtual Currencies Included

WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the issuance of revised Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used in all-cash purchases of residential real estate. The purchase amount threshold, which previously varied by city, is now set at $300,000 for each covered metropolitan area. FinCEN is also requiring that covered purchases using virtual currencies be reported.

Previous GTOs provided valuable data on the purchase of residential real estate by persons implicated, or allegedly involved, in various illicit enterprises including foreign corruption, organized crime, fraud, narcotics trafficking, and other violations. Reissuing the GTOs will further assist in tracking illicit funds and other criminal or illicit activity, as well as inform FinCEN’s future regulatory efforts in this sector.

Today’s GTOs cover certain counties within the following major U.S. metropolitan areas: Boston; Chicago; Dallas-Fort Worth; Honolulu; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami; New York City; San Antonio; San Diego; San Francisco; and Seattle.

FinCEN appreciates the continued assistance and cooperation of the title insurance companies and the American Land Title Association in protecting the real estate markets from abuse by illicit actors.

Any questions about the Orders should be directed to the FinCEN Resource Center at FRC@FinCEN.gov 

Frequently asked questions regarding these GTOs are available here.

U.S. Treasury FinCEN Real Estate Geographic Targeting Order - 11-15-2018 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Dan Gilbert Is Cashing Out At The Casino With Deutsche Bank

Starring Dan Gilbert

Previously, on Cocktails & Popcorn, we examined how Quicken Loans/Title Source was hit with a $706 million dollar verdict surrounding its ability of being a Corporate Shape Shifter, magically turning into Amrock.

Rock Gaming, LLC, magically, corporately shape shifted into Jack Entertainment, LLC, with uncanny timing, of course.

Then, we took a quick gander at how those "Downtown Properties" were acquired and how financial transactions for the Detroit Land Bank Authority were being executed without having a bank account with the assistance of the Gilbert enterprises.

Not saying there are any connections, but coincidences are fun and there was an FBI, "suited & booted" operation in August at the Greektown Casino, where, as I was told, they were in tactical position prior to entering the casino.

Then, on the third floor, there was a shooting between two male customers, with a simultaneous argument breaking out between two women, on the other side of the same floor, screaming at a table about some "boyfriend" issue.

With about 10 teams of 4 agents, people were carefully escorted, through a coordinated pathway to the parking garage.

Nothing was reported in the local media.

I kept saying it sounded like a planned extraction operation, but hey, what do I know?

I know that Jack Entertainment is all up in child welfare NGOs, like Catholic Charities, but it would be a bit to presumptuous for me to make the assumption, without any access to SWIFT to verify my allegation, not that I am accusing anyone, that Jack was money laundering, you know, like what I have been talking about since I first started talking about it.

But, hey, what do I know?

I know one should always have popcorn with entertainment.

Billionaire Gilbert Is Said to Be Looking to Cash Out of Casinos

Quicken Loans Inc. founder Dan Gilbert is looking to exit the casino business, including properties in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Detroit, according to people familiar with his plans.

Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse are representing Gilbert’s casino company in the sale process, and Caesars Entertainment Corp. is among the possible bidders that have expressed interest in some properties, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.

Representatives for both banks and Caesars declined to comment.

“It is Jack Entertainment’s long-standing policy to not comment on rumors or speculation,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.

Gilbert, a billionaire who also owns the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team, began eyeing gambling as part of a strategy to revive struggling downtowns in older U.S. cities. He backed a 2009 ballot measure to legalize casinos in Ohio and opened his first property in the historic Higbee’s department store building in downtown Cleveland three years later.

Jack Entertainment, based in Detroit, has interests in six casinos and racetracks, including Jack casinos in Ohio and the Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, which Gilbert acquired in 2013. The properties may be sold separately. He’s worth an estimated $7.8 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Acquisition Wave

The gambling industry is in the midst of an acquisition wave, thanks in part to the emergence of casino-based real estate investment trusts that allow bidders to pay higher prices for properties. The U.S. Supreme Court’s legalization of sports wagering in May has added to their potential growth prospects.

Caesars completed the acquisition of two Indiana racetrack-casinos for $1.7 billion in July. MGM Growth Properties LLC, an affiliate of MGM Resorts International, paid $1.06 billion for another such property, the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, near Cleveland, the same month.

Still, the business is competitive. Gilbert’s properties only ranked third and fourth in terms of gambling revenue this year among Ohio’s four stand-alone casinos, even though the Jack Entertainment properties are located in the center of the state’s two largest cities.

Caesars has considered purchasing Gilbert’s casinos in combination with Vici Properties Inc., a REIT it spun off last year, according to the people. Caesars was Gilbert’s partner in the Cleveland and Cincinnati properties, which operated under the Horseshoe name until he bought out Caesars three years ago.

Gilbert’s company is still an investor in Caesars’ Horseshoe Baltimore casino. Vici President John Payne supervised the company’s central U.S. casinos when he worked for Caesars.

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