Michigan Private Redistricting Teleconference Featuring Detroit Land Bank Authority Legal Genius Michael Brady - 2-27-2020

Oh, lookie!

Michael Brady is on the redistricting team.

Michael has alot of experience in gerrymandering through fake ass private organizations.

Jocelyn Benson has alot of experience when it comes to making up her own rules, with advice and consent of fake ass private organizations, too.

I would go, but I am not credentialed media, which is a good thing because I would just publish their own words coming from their mouths, including the audience comments, and use it against them.

I bet they are going to produce a fancy video with cute memes and hashtags about all their redistricting efforts, but will forget the history, because they are bleachbitting legacy, which is why I do what I do.

MEDIA ADVISORY Note: This event is for credentialed media only Feb. 26, 2020 Contact: Mike Doyle DoyleM@Michigan.gov

Press teleconference with updates on Michigan's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission State officials will announce Michigan has already processed more than 3,000 applications, far more than minimum required by constitution WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 27, 2 p.m. [Opening remarks 2-2:15 p.m.; Media Q&A to follow until or before 2:45 p.m. as necessary] WHO:             Michigan Assistant Secretary of State Heaster Wheeler Sally Marsh, director of special projects for the Michigan Department of State and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Michael J. Brady, chief legal director for the Michigan Department of State and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Jake Rollow, director of communications & external affairs for the Michigan Department of State and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson LOCATION: Via conference call – Please RSVP to Mike Doyle of the Michigan Department of State at DoyleM@Michigan.gov or 517-335-3264 to receive the conference call number. WHAT: Press teleconference to discuss applicant demographics and selection methodology for Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. More than 3,000 applications – nearly half of the more than 6,000 received to date – for the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission have been processed. This total, as measured through Feb. 26, means Michigan has already received far more applications than the minimum required by the constitution. A profile of Michigan’s pool of applicants whose applications have already been processed will be available at RedistrictingMichigan.org. The data will be updated regularly as more applications are processed. In addition, the public comment period is open through March 27 for the weighted selection methodology proposed to identify the 200 semifinalists from whom the commission’s 13 members will ultimately be randomly selected – four affiliated with the Republican Party, four affiliated with the Democratic Party and five who do not affiliate with either major party. During the teleconference, state officials will discuss how the random selection process for the 200 semifinalist applicants will “mirror, as closely as possible, the geographic and demographic makeup of the state” as required by the Michigan Constitution. Officials will emphasize that Michigan voters can continue to apply through the June 1, 2020, deadline. Michigan voters amended the state constitution in 2018 to give the responsibility for drawing state and congressional electoral districts to a randomly selected, independent commission of citizens. The Michigan Department of State launched the application process for the commission in October 2019. It will conclude on June 1. The constitution designates the secretary of state as administrator of the application and selection process for the commission, as well as “secretary without a vote” providing administrative support to the commission once formed. More information on the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is available at RedistrictingMichigan.org.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Detroit Land Bank Authority Criminal Charges Unsealed - The Gerrymandering Cometh

Here we go...

You are watching the 2016 election interference unfold before your eyes in the first layer called gerrymandering.

This shall go deep.

If you do not live there, you cannot vote there.

Feds issue first charges in long-running Detroit demolition probe

"No house, no vote."

Detroit — Federal prosecutors on Monday unsealed criminal charges against two people accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes and rigging bids to demolish homes in Detroit, the first criminal charges filed in a long-running investigation of Mayor Mike Duggan's program to rehabilitate the post-bankrupt city.

The charges against two former employees of prominent contractor Adamo Group allege a pattern of corruption involving contractors and dozens of secret payoffs amidst an unprecedented plan to remove thousands of dangerous, blighted structures in a city decimated by the Great Recession.

The city has received almost $259 million in mostly federal funds in the last six years and removed more than 11,000 structures under the federal program but questions about whether the money was misspent have clouded Duggan's two terms in office.

“When you have that amount of federal money being thrown around, it’s just so tempting to reach your hand into the till and grab a little for yourself,” said Peter Henning, a Wayne State University law professor and former federal prosecutor.

The conspiracy dates to January 2010 — before the start of the federal demolition program and Duggan's first term — and continued until three months ago, in January.

Aradondo Haskins

The charges Monday are the latest corruption scandal to engulf Detroit City Hall in the six years since former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced in a racketeering and bribery scheme. Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland is awaiting trial in a separate bribery conspiracy.

Those charged Monday were:

Aradondo Haskins, 48, of Detroit, a former employee Adamo Group estimator who later worked for the Detroit Building Authority until 2016. He received $25,500 in payments from an unidentified contractor between 2014 and 2015, according to the government.

Allegations have swirled around Haskins, an ex-building authority field operations manager, since fall 2016.

That's when at least one contractor in the city's demolition program signed an affidavit saying Haskins asked him to "rebalance the bid sheets" for a contract involving 38 houses.

Timothy Drakeford, a senior member of Direct Construction Services LLC, in a Sept. 28, 2016, affidavit wrote he was asked months earlier by Haskins to revise bid sheets.

Drakeford's affidavit surfaced a week after the Detroit Land Bank Authority released an audit that revealed excessive demolition costs were hidden by spreading them over hundreds of properties to appear they didn't exceed limits set by the state.

Anthony Daguanno, 61, of New Baltimore, a former Adamo Group estimator. He received more than $372,000 in bribes from an unidentified contractor in exchange for helping the contractor receive demolition jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said.

Anthony Daguanno

He pocketed bribes from the unidentified contractor on 71 occasions starting in January 2010. The payments were made without the knowledge of Adamo or city officials, according to the court filing.

Both were charged in a criminal information, which indicates a guilty plea is expected and a sign more people could be charged with crimes during the ongoing investigation.

“There will be more,” Henning said. “These guys are just the start.”

Lawyers for both men were not identified in court records.

Daguanno is expected to appear at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Detroit federal court. Haskins is expected to appear later in the day.

The city's program, a centerpiece of the Duggan administration, came under scrutiny in fall 2015 amid concerns over bidding practices and spiraling costs. It's since been under the scrutiny of state and local probes as well as a federal grand jury.

The program was suspended by the U.S. Treasury Department in the summer of 2016 to address concerns involving paperwork, billing and misallocation of funds. It was reinstated two months later. 

Duggan has recently defended the "vigorous" practices of the city's program after concerns were also raised over whether some of the dirt used to fill holes following demolitions might have been contaminated.

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Saskia Thompson Is LeadingThe Detroit Land Bank Authority Through A Federal Investigation

In the spirit of fuchsia....

Detroit Land Bank Authority Executive Director Saskia Thompson on leading through controversy

Saskia Thompson -on a personal note, showcasing the historic
beauty of what was ripped from the people in fraudulent tax
and mortgage schemes may not be the best image to roll with.

Saskia Thompson leads an organization everyone has an opinion about.

I do not have opinions. I have evidence.

She's the executive director of the Detroit Land Bank Authority, which owns about 27,000 Detroit structures — mostly residential properties. The public agency sells properties at auction and on the traditional real estate market and has demolished more than 10,000 structures since Mayor Mike Duggan took office in 2014.

How is the Detroit Land Bank Authority a public agency when you write the checks out to the Corporate Shape Shifter Title Source? Normally, in government, or an incorporated entity, you write the check out to the City of Detroit, and not use a FEIN of a 501c3 Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation.

Thompson came to the DLBA in 2017, amid a federal investigation into the agency that had begun a year earlier into its demolition program, which is funded in part by federal dollars. The agency has faced scrutiny for its evaluation of demolition bids, its billing of federal dollars and how its contractors have handled hazardous materials abatement and fill dirt. The investigation is ongoing.

The lead "public agency" is called SIGTARP, of the U.S. Treasury. I still want to know how you contracted for demolition when you are not the City of Detroit.  How were the checks cashed?

Thompson has brought nearly 20 years of experience in municipal government to bear in righting the ship. She worked for Mayor Dennis Archer's administration as an assistant for public policy projects from 2000-2001. After that, Thompson worked for the city of Charlotte, N.C. for about nine years before moving to Philadelphia, Pa. for a position as the city's deputy finance director and executive director of the office of property data. She left Philadelphia to join the DLBA, where she leads the agency's staff of 150.

She should have stayed in North Carolina.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

How did your upbringing influence your career?

My mother is a lawyer and spent her career working in downtown Detroit fighting for pension, Social Security and workers' compensation issues. She later focused on employment discrimination. My father is a professor and does a lot of economic work. He was a union organizer for a long time. It wouldn't fly if I told them that I was going to work for corporate America helping other people make money. The overarching mantra in my family growing up was, whatever you do, you have to give back in some way.

Detroit shaped me as much as my family did. I went to Detroit Public Schools (Thompson graduated from Cass Technical High School) and took Detroit transportation. When people say there's two Detroits and people are left out of this new generation, I don't debunk that. Downtown today doesn't look like how it did when I previously worked here. However, we can still make this a city that everyone can participate in.

We as Detroiters get to pick what we are going to be going forward and I think because I'm from here, I understand that.

Why did you move back to Detroit? How have you seen the city change?

When I worked for Dennis Archer there were a lot of exciting things going on in Detroit in the late '90s and early 2000s. We were building Campus Martius, General Motors was moving into the Renaissance Center and the Super Bowl was going to be held in Detroit. I worked on a lot of exciting projects — including making the Renaissance Center streetscape accessible for pedestrians and many big projects that had the potential to be game-changers. You had hope and felt like a lot of positive things were going on.

When I moved away from Detroit in 2002, Detroit was struggling with a shrinking economy. My frame of reference at the time was so specific to Detroit that it was hard to see how other cities were struggling with problems. I remember doing police ride-alongs when I was working in Charlotte and wondering where all the bad neighborhoods were.

I don't feel like I actively decided to move back to Detroit. I wasn't really ready to leave Philadelphia, because my daughter was about to be a senior in high school and I was not looking to uproot her.

However, the more I looked at this job, I decided it was the right move for me. I came to the conclusion that being at the land bank at this point in time was a unique opportunity and that I was uniquely qualified to be the person who took over. I am a Detroiter and I understand the factors of how we got here and what that actually means to people.

What do you feel are some common misconceptions about the Detroit Land Bank?

People automatically assume that if there's a blighted property in Detroit we own it. That was the image promoted. We own a quarter of the real estate in Detroit, but we don't own everything, so we're not in control of all of the factors in the neighborhoods that would make things better for folks. The city has a tremendous number of challenges, but none of them are new. We own properties that have been in public ownership for decades, or in some cases did not sell for $500 at county auctions. We own property that somebody thought had no value at all, and our job is to create value out of that and to remind people that there is value in this city. We still want to know who owns the land because I found a land patent.

The misconception that frustrates me the most is that we're mismanaging demolition. With all the negative press the land bank received about demolition, there was no focus on all the other positive work the land bank was and still is doing. Even when I was doing my due diligence about coming here, people would say, "You don't want to take over the land bank. Everybody there is terrible and you've got to clean house." When I got here I learned that's clearly not true. This organization is full of smart, talented, dedicated people who are committed to making positive changes.  The DLBA is full of "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) and I wonder if this is the reason for this job posting for general counsel. They are going to need really good inhouse counsel considering the fact that they are not part of the City of Detroit, with no access to its Corporate Counsel, unless Larry Garcia is monitoring the contracts with them as a "public agency".

General CounselDetroit Land Bank AuthorityDetroit, MI Full Time
GENERAL JOB SUMMARY
General Counsel is the Detroit Land Bank Authority’s (DLBA) Chief Attorney.  As such, he/she is responsible for overseeing and identifying the legal issues in all departments and their interrelation, as well as business policy.  They will also oversee the entire legal team.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide legal opinions and counsel, and serve as a trusted advisor to the Board, Executive Director and Executive level staff
Keep abreast of DLBA’s legal context and advises and educates the Board, and executive team with regard to changes and trends that could affect their ability to advance their programs. These might be related to FOIA requests, real estate laws, land banking laws, etc.
Oversee the DLBA’s legal team
Provide advice to the Executive Director as to the selection and retention of external counsel; and manage the organization’s relationship with external counsel
Coordinate legal and policy reform efforts, including legislative drafting, analysis, testimony, and advocacy
Develop and maintain the legal and contractual infrastructure required of a Michigan public authority including organizational policy, document retention, filing and registration requirements, labor and immigration law, contracts, leases, and agreements
Develop, implement and maintain systems and processes for the documentation and tracking of legal matters, including, for example, filings and registrations, legal threats, business agreements, and the like
Act as a spokesperson and advocate for DLBA’s legal positions as requested by the Executive Director or the Public Affairs team
Meet regularly with all DLBA staff and program leaders to ensure information shared with partners and residents is accurate and timely
Strategize, renegotiate and conclude contracts with vendors, etc. as they arise; and provide effective support of other managers of the organization in their negotiations
Serve as one of the organization’s key contacts and negotiators with government agencies
Ensure a timely response to all legal claims and legal inquires directed to DLBA
Review and approve all legal documents
Assist in developing the values and unique strengths of the DLBA, which is highly transparent, collaborative and community-centric
Communicate regularly with Executive Director regarding status of special projects
Perform additional duties as assigned in Board resolutions and as directed by the Executive Director
QUALIFICATIONS (Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Abilities)
Juris Doctorate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school
Member in good standing of the State Bar of Michigan
At least six (6) years of related legal experience
Knowledge of land banking, tax foreclosure, municipal, and real estate law
Experience with legal issues for non-profit organizations and employment law is appreciated
Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task
Ability to work well in a fast paced and demanding environment
Detroit residency, preferred
Management experience, particularly supervising/managing legal work of others
Ability to become a trusted advisor who will be viewed as a strong resource with discretion in keeping sensitive material confidential; a hard worker with a high energy level; a strong manager and administrator with a high sense of personal responsibility and integrity
Ability to think analytically and write clearly
Must have a general orientation towards building appropriate processes and structures
Must be a mission-driven individual with a strong sense of public service to the residents of the City of Detroit
Most people think that demolition is most of our business, but it's not. Community members — those day-to-day people who are living in Detroit's neighborhoods — have every right to be frustrated, but they're not worried about our demolition programs. They're worried about the vacant houses on their block. If anything, they want us to be doing demolitions faster. There's been calls from people telling us that we shouldn't be doing any demolition at all, but I guarantee that the people living in the neighborhoods where we made a real impact by tearing down some of these vacant homes feel differently about that. When we demolish a house we are eliminating a noticeable blight on the neighborhood, as vacant houses attract all sorts of crime.

I wonder what happened with the DLBA solicitors over there at WilmerHale?  Oh, wait, Jeannie Rhee and Bob Mueller are busy, busy, busy with Grampa Corsi and the Ham Sandwiches.  On the other hand, it is much more economical to hire inhouse counsel.  I wonder what Michael Brady is up to. 

How did you work to change that narrative?

When I first got here, I felt strongly that we needed to be in the community more than we were. I changed the name of the public affairs department to the community affairs department. That may seem like a small thing, but I wanted us to be in the neighborhoods talking to people and making our programs accessible to them, not requiring people to come downtown to talk to us. Our community affairs staff now holds office hours in every district in the city. I felt that we couldn't change the negative perception to the media until we are actually talking to the people who are living, breathing and benefiting from our programs every day, and the positive stories will follow. Now, almost 18 months later, I still think that was right decision. We still get a ton of phone calls every month, but not every call is negative. People are asking, "How can I buy this home? How can I tap into this program?"

What's the biggest challenge you've had to overcome in your role?

It is hard to manage an organization that everybody has an opinion about via right or wrong. I'm constantly fighting the notion that the land bank does X, Y and Z, and then I have to cut through that myth and say, "I'm sorry that you had this negative experience, but let me help you in the here and now. Let's do this differently." When you are in the media and the news reports so much about one thing and it detracts from everything else — I think the biggest obstacle is overcoming that.

What do you wish people were focusing on?

I am most proud of the fact that every time we manage to sell a house, the buyer is required to fix the condition of their home. It's a condition of the sale. You can't buy a house from the land bank and sit on it with no investment. We are always working toward moving through our inventory as quickly as we can. The goal is to get those houses out of the land bank's inventory and into the hands of the individuals who are going to renovate them and live in them.

Have you fixed the issues with the titles, yet? Make sure to let MIED know when you do.

The best thing the land bank does is require renovation, which creates a whole host of spin-off activities and investment in the city. Every time we successfully sell a house and somebody renovates it, that's another individual or family of people who are living here, shopping here, working here and bringing back that sense of community that we've lost in a lot of places because so many homes were abandoned for so long. We've had noticeable change in four years and I think that folks that work at land bank should be proud of that.

That noticeable change is called gerrymandering.

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Detroit Land Bank Authority Spoliated Our Most Precious Treasures

I made a public non-spoliation notice to the Detroit Land Bank Authority not to destroy the public record, specifically this video, but I guess they did not have to honor it considering the fact that they never incorporated and the fact that I was registered as the principal agent of the LLC, before Bill Schuette, former Michigan Attorney General said I was a public nuisance in the Michigan Court of Claims through his surrogate Assistant Attorney General D.J. Pascoe, who entered into the record that it was a part of the State and dissolved the Detroit Land Bank Authority, while contemporaneously claiming to be part of the City of Detroit in a federal court, while contemporaneously claiming to be incorporated with the U.S. Department of Defense Logistic Agency.

Michael Brady was busy, busy, busy in spoliation of the U.S. Treasury!

#perkinscoiesucks

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DOJ Convicts San Diego Legal Geniuses In $50 Million Real Estate - Just Like They Did In Detroit

I swear I thought this was the Detroit Land Bank Authority when they started talking about "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) using all their legal expertise to file lis pendens actions to get quiet title judgments to take out NSP2 loans, then file another lis pendens in the name of a fake LLC, to get another quiet title judgment to wipe out the NSP2 loan, to take out a mortgage, then file another lis pendens in the name of the Detroit Land Bank Authority, to get another quiet title judgment to eventually give the property to the attorney for all the work that was done filing fake LLCs to file lis pendens to wipe out all those mortgage loans.

I wonder what Crystal Hopkins and Michael Brady are doing right now?

Chatter says Crystal is in Missouri, probably doing the same damn thing.

JURY CONVICTS SAN DIEGO EXECUTIVE AND BROKER OF $50 MILLION REAL ESTATE FRAUD

Defendants Used La Jolla and Del Mar Mansions to Defraud Lenders

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 20, 2018

SAN DIEGO – Following a two-week trial, a jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts against finance executive Peter Cash Doye and notary public and real estate broker Raquel Reid for their roles in a massive real estate fraud scheme that generated nearly $50 million in fraudulently-obtained loan proceeds.

The evidence presented at trial demonstrated that Doye and Reid defrauded lenders into making enormous loans against four multi-million dollar mansions in La Jolla and Del Mar, then used forged documents to make it appear that the loans had been paid off so they could obtain additional loans from new lenders who believed the mansions were owned “free and clear.”

Doye, a senior executive at the real estate investment firms Conix, Inc. and Variant Commercial Real Estate (“VCRE”), negotiated the financing from unsuspecting lenders and investors based on a host of lies about the collateral used to secure the loans.  To pull of the scam, Doye, Reid, and their co-conspirators created forged real estate lien “releases” and recorded fraudulent records at the San Diego County Recorder’s Office, complicating the chain of title for these homes.  Reid notarized the forged documents, helping to make the fraudulent paperwork appear authentic. 

Doye’s business partner Courtland Gettel and Arizona attorney Jeffrey Greenberg previously pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme, and are serving sentences of 135 and 81 months, respectively. Gettel and Greenberg were also ordered to pay more than $43 million in restitution to victims, and to forfeit the proceeds of the crime.  Gettel was the owner of Conix and VCRE, which refurbished single-family homes, purchased distressed debt, and purchased and refurbished commercial real estate projects.

During trial, the government proved that Gettel, Greenberg, and Doye acquired the high-end homes in La Jolla and Del Mar by claiming they would be used as luxury rentals and investment properties—although in fact, Gettel and Doye lived in the properties along with their families. When they needed money to fund other business deals, Gettel and Doye began negotiating with new lenders, pretending that the first loans never existed or had already been paid off.  Greenberg admitted that he used his expertise as a lawyer to generate and record fraudulent records, making it appear that prior loans were paid off and helping to close the fraudulent deals. 

In late 2014, the lenders began to uncover the fraud and learn that their secured interests in the properties were worthless.  In response to questions from these lenders, Doye, Reid and Gettel denied knowing anything about the fraudulent loans, and created yet more fraudulent documents to cover their tracks. For example, Reid destroyed her notary book and cut up her notary stamp, and then falsely reported to the California Secretary of State that her book had been lost.

“These defendants attempted to use their significant real estate experience to pull off an egregious fraud that created serious consequences for lenders and title owners,” said U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman.  “As this case demonstrates, federal prosecutors are fully committed to protecting the integrity of our lending system by holding such criminals accountable.”

“The FBI will pursue each criminal participant in these sophisticated, multi-million dollar fraud schemes until final justice is served.” said FBI Special Agent in Charge John Brown. “Today, Peter Doye and Raquel Reid join co-conspirators Courtland Gettel and Jeffrey Greenberg as convicted felons for their roles in this massive loan fraud scheme.”

United States District Judge William Q. Hayes remanded both Doye and Reid into custody following the guilty verdicts, and set their sentencing hearings for March 4, 2019, at 9:00 am.  

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Emily Allen and Andrew Young.

DEFENDANTS

Peter Cash Doye                                             Age: 41                       San Diego, CA

Raquel Reid                                                    Age: 38                       San Diego, CA

CHARGES

Count One (both defendants): Wire and Mail Fraud Conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349

Maximum Penalties: 20 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss caused by the offense, $100 special assessment, restitution, forfeiture

Counts Two through Six (Doye only; both defendants as to Count Three): Wire Fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343

Maximum Penalties as to each count: 20 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss caused by the offense, $100 special assessment, restitution, forfeiture

Counts Seven through Nine (Doye only as to Count Seven, both defendants as to Counts Eight and Nine): Mail Fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341

Maximum Penalties as to each count: 20 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss caused by the offense, $100 special assessment, restitution, forfeiture

Counts Ten and Eleven (both defendants): Aggravated Identity Theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A

Maximum Penalties: mandatory 2 years’ imprisonment, consecutive to any other term of imprisonment, $250,000 fine, $100 special assessment, restitution.

Count Twelve (Reid only): False Statements to Federal Agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001

Maximum Penalties: 5 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, $100 special assessment, restitution.

DEFENDANTS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED

Jeffrey Greenberg, 16CR1076-WQH and 1077-WQH          Age: 67           Tucson, AZ

Courtland Gettel, 16CR1099-WQH                                       Age: 43           Coronado, CA

AGENCY

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Cocktails & Popcorn: What Better Way To Launder Money Than Through A Fake NGO - SDNY Subpoenas Michael Cohen

Oh my!

"Real Property Assests, the best tax aversive way to
transfer money overseas so it does not look like
money laundering."

This sounds like the Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation.

Actually, Michael Cohen reminds me of Michael Brady, but hey, what do I know.

I know Perkins Coie Sucks and so does Donna Shalala.

What better way to launder money through foreign corporations which are registered in the States than to manage assets (a.k.a. money launder).

There are many "asset management" artifices and schemes, but in this particular instance, Cohen did not use the ole UCC patent box scheme, my favorite one being the Corporate Shape Shifter patent box.

This is when you use a fake corporation, disguised as a campaign committee because the FEC does not know about it, or, in this instance, corporations that are state registered not-for-profits, to transfer everything to another country under the trademark license, so you can 'avert' taxes and any other questionable machinations of money laundering operations.

Traditionally, these fake corporations use child welfare NGOs, but we will have to wait for Juicy Joon.

This fraud scheme is not as sophisticated as the Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation, but you have to give them brownie points for creativity!

#perkinscoiesucks

New York Investigators Subpoena Michael Cohen for Documents Linked to Trump Foundation

Investigators in New York issued a subpoena to Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer and lawyer, for documents related to the Donald J. Trump Foundation on Wednesday, an escalation of the Cuomo administration’s investigation into whether the president’s charity violated tax laws.

After receiving the subpoena, Mr. Cohen called the investigators in the state Tax Department to ask when they could talk, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation.

The subpoena was issued less than a day after Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in Manhattan to charges including campaign finance violations, in the form of payments to two women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump, for the “purpose of influencing the election” for president in 2016.

It also came amid a continuing war of words between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a sharp-elbowed Democrat who is said to have presidential aspirations, and Mr. Trump, as both have lobbed personal attacks at each other over Twitter and in speeches. Mr. Cuomo — whose primary opponent, Cynthia Nixon, has accused him of only lukewarm liberalism — has presented himself as a progressive foil to Mr. Trump.

The subpoena to Mr. Cohen on Wednesday, issued by the state’s Department of Taxation and Finance, seemed calculated to strike yet another blow — both legal and political — against the president and his inner circle.

It seeks documents related to both personal and business federal tax filings, as well as state tax filings, connected to the foundation, according to two senior Cuomo administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about an open investigation. Those documents could include general ledgers, bank statements, invoices and contracts.

The officials said the subpoena stemmed from remarks that Lanny J. Davis, a lawyer for Mr. Cohen, made on Tuesday evening on NBC Newsand CNN. “I do believe that he has information about Mr. Trump that would be of interest both in Washington as well as New York State,” Mr. Davis said of Mr. Cohen on CNN, referring to a two-year investigation the state attorney general’s office conducted into the Trump Foundation. When contacted on Wednesday, Mr. Davis declined to provide further information about Mr. Cohen’s knowledge of the foundation.

James Gazzale, a spokesman for the Tax Department, confirmed the subpoena had been issued “for relevant information in light of the public disclosures made yesterday” but declined to comment further, citing an ongoing investigation.

Representatives of the Trump Organization, an umbrella company for Mr. Trump’s holdings, did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the subpoena on Wednesday.

On its own, the Tax Department’s inquiry may provide political ammunition for Mr. Cuomo more than it presents a legal peril to Mr. Trump. Even if the department found evidence of criminal behavior, it would need to refer the matter to a law enforcement agency, such as the attorney general’s office or a district attorney, for prosecution.

In June, the state attorney general sued the Trump Foundation in civil court, accusing the charity of violating campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegally coordinating with Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign. The suit said the foundation was co-opted by the campaign during the 2016 race. Campaign staff not only directed foundation fund-raisers but also controlled who received grants, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit sought to dissolve the foundation, recover $2.8 million in restitution and temporarily bar President Trump and three of his children from serving in leadership positions in New York nonprofits.

Administration officials would not say when the Tax Department’s investigation began, but it became public a month after the attorney general’s lawsuit.

Beyond the civil charges, the attorney general’s office has not announced a criminal investigation into the foundation, saying only that it would seek a criminal referral from a state agency at the appropriate time. But because the office’s review of the Trump Foundation is still active, the office is coordinating with the Tax Department’s inquiry, according to an official familiar with the investigation, who also requested anonymity because the investigation is active.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is also looking into possible impropriety by the Trump Foundation, according to someone familiar with the matter.

Mr. Trump established the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 1987, when he was a New York City real estate developer, with the stated mission of collecting and maintaining money “exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary or educational purposes,” either directly or by donating to other organizations. It had about $1 million in assets in 2016, according to its last I.R.S. filing. Mr. Trump was the foundation’s president until he stepped down after taking office in January 2017.

The purposes for which the Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation (the “Corporation”) is organized are to receive and administer funds exclusively for charitable, education and scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In particular, the Corporation is organized to serve the people of the City of Detroit, Michigan through the advancement of economic welfare, by making available technical assistance, training, and capital for the establishment of new enterprises and the growth of existing enterprises, through the promotion of community development, and through the provision of affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income (including making distributions to other Code Section 501(C)(3) organizations).

In October 2016, the New York attorney general’s office ordered the foundation to cease soliciting donations in the state, after Mr. Trump admitted he had used the foundation’s money to contribute to political causes. After the election, Mr. Trump announced he would dissolve the foundation to avoid an appearance of a conflict of interest, but the attorney general did not approve the proposal, saying the office needed to finish its investigation.

Michigan Attorney Grievance On Detroit Land Bank Authority Attorneys, Rebecca Camargo, Michael Brady, et al... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation Articles of Incorporation by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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Michael Brady, "Legal Genius", Tells The Tale Of How The Detroit Land Bank Authority Was Created

Once upon a time,

Oh, heck, I will just let Michael Brady, Principal Attorney over the Detroit Land Bank Authority tell the tale of how the nation's largest property fraud scheme was created.

But, then again, this may not be the nation's largest property fraud scheme in history because it started in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, so, as to which scheme is the greatest is a point of contention.

Perhaps, they are one in the same.

I guess you are just going to have to watch the video, which is better than any deposition a gal could ever ask for!

SPOLIATAION NOTICE:

You do know I have copy, right?

Michael Brady of the Detroit Land Bank Authority shares how this organization manages vacant properties to eliminate blight in the city of Detroit.

He goes into the detailed history of former Wayne County Prosecutor and Mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan came up with the plan to take the Wayne County property foreclosure program and warehouse it in the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

This is the part where you can tell he is not from Detroit.

Michael Brady makes clear statements of his understanding on what the Hardest Hit Funds of TARP are to be used and the relationship with the White House Administration.

Michael Brady, also, provides information on how it circumvented the layers of federal, state and local laws in the acquisition of properties.

He also explained that he is working with Chase.

Such a shame the Detroit Land Bank Authority, which was actually recorded in City Council records, that Kwame Kilpatrick was the city catalyst in the formation and Janice Winfrey just took it upon herself to incorporate it.

I never knew the Detroit City Clerk possessed powers of incorporation which trump the State of Michigan, Uniform Commercial Codes, and a whole bunch of other interstate commerce statutes.

See, you learn something new everyday.

I also learned that the Detroit Land Bank Authority can use its own super duper special seals when filing this intergovernemtnal agreement for its creation because it is stamped with something that says "Filed with the Secretary of State".

Now, which Secretary of State that is would be a question, as there is no Great Seal of the State, only Michael Brady, possesses the acumen to answer, as he is a "Legal Genius", (trademark pending) and all.

Tran, et al v. Detroit Land Bank Authority, et al Intergovernmental Agreement by Beverly Tran on Scribd

They never incorporated even though the intergovernmental agreement says the Detroit Land Bank Authority was supposed to be incorporated.

But, of course, Michael Brady knew this because he is a "Legal Genius" (trademark pending).

They never filed with the Wayne County Clerk because there are no BINS or other identifiable reference numbers for records search, as requested by the Wayne County Clerk when attempting to make copy of the file.

But, of course, Michael Brady knew this because he is a "Legal Genius" (trademark pending).

So, Michael Brady tried to make the Detroit Land Bank Authority a legal entity, a second time.

Detroit Land Bank Authority Second Restated Articles of Incorporation Entered Into MIED Case# 16-cv-10291 o... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Alas, Michael Brady failed, again.

He did not realize that anything that is entitled "intergovernmental agreement" should typically be entered between governmental entities, at least two different governmental entities, without conflicts of interest like having someone who is not a governmental entity, say... like the interim executive director sign the agreement when there is a conflict in publicly reporting as to whom was the real interim executive director according to published articles versus the minutes of the board.

The Detroit Land Bank Authority was born from an incestuous governmental conjugation, which makes it prima facie, an illegitimate, inbred, unincorporated, criminal enterprise.

But, of course, Michael Brady knew this because he is a "Legal Genius" (trademark pending).

Now there seems to exist other kinds of intergovernmental agreement called subpoenas whereby Michael Brady must respond, truthfully, or not.

SIGTARP Criminal Investigative Subpoena to Detroit Land Bank Authority - Redacted 05-19-2017 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

But, of course, Michael Brady knew this because he is a "Legal Genius" (trademark pending).

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How Detroit Land Bank Authority Michael Brady Bribed Attorney Crystal Hopkins To Drop A Federal Fraud Case Against Them

Principal Attorney for the Detroit Land Bank Authority/Building Detroit, Michael Brady, defendants of a federal case represented by Crystal Hopkins, signs over the property of 1207 Longfellow, below, over to the resident agent of the Michigan corporation of Solis Estates, LLC, where it is alleged that Crystal Hopkins, a licensed Michigan Attorney, impersonated her twin sister, stealing her identity, to secure $125,000 mortgage, with the assistance of Michael Brady, as a bribe to get a federal case dismissed.

1207 Longfellow Property History and Mortgage for Crystal Hopkins by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission Filing On Detroit Land Bank Community Development Corporation, 7-1-2... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission On Crystal Hopkins (P70792) For Failing To Represent And Breaking A... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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