DOJ: Three Administrators of Philippine Church Arrested in Immigration Fraud Case Related to Workers Brought to U.S. to Fundraise - International Trafficking Tiny Humans Example Of Gerrymandering

What did they do with all that money?

Buy land.

Why?

Because you need warehouses to produce future voters.

This is your foreign invasion.

This is modern day human trafficking.

This is gerrymandering.

There are hundreds of thousands of vile creatures who procure and purvey tiny humans in the name of the lord.

#Time2AuditGod

          LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested three top administrators of a Philippines-based church on federal charges of participating in an immigration fraud scheme that brought church members to the United States to work as fundraisers, and then arranged sham marriages and other illegal mechanisms to keep high-performing workers in the country.

     

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  A federal criminal complaint alleges that representatives of the church the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name (KOJC) obtained visas for church members to enter the U.S. by claiming, for example, they would be performing at musical events. But, once the church members arrived in the United States, they were required to surrender their passports and work long hours as “FTWs” (full-time workers, who were also called “miracle workers”), who solicited donations for a church non-profit called the Children’s Joy Foundation USA (CJF). While the workers raised funds by telling donors their money would benefit impoverished children in the Philippines, the complaint alleges that most or all of the money raised was used to finance KOJC operations and the church leader’s lavish lifestyle.

https://www.kingdomofjesuschrist.org/

          The criminal complaint charges three defendants who are described as the main administrators of KOJC in the United States. They are:

• Guia Cabactulan, 59, the top KOJC official in the United States who maintained direct communication with KOJC leadership in the Philippines;
• Marissa Duenas, 41, who allegedly handled fraudulent immigration documents for KOJC workers and secured the passports immediately after workers entered the U.S.; and
• Amanda Estopare, 48, who allegedly handled the financial aspects of the KOJC enterprise, including enforcing fundraising quotas for KOJC workers.

          Cabactulan and Duenas were arrested this morning at a KOJC compound in Van Nuys, where they lived. They are expected to make their initial court appearances this afternoon in United States District Court in Santa Ana. Estopare was arrested in Virginia.

          In conjunction with this morning’s arrests, federal agents executed search warrants at the KOJC compound in Van Nuys, the CJF office in Glendale, and three other locations in the Los Angeles area. Searches were also conducted at two locations linked to KOJC in Hawaii, and agents fanned out across the United States to interview witnesses as part of a larger investigation into the organization.

          The criminal complaint that led to this morning’s arrests charges the three defendants with conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. A 42-page affidavit in support of the complaint outlines a years-long scheme to bring FTWs to the United States under false pretenses and to make arrangements for productive fundraisers – known as “Assets” – to remain in the country by forcing them to marry other KOJC members who were U.S. citizens, or to obtain student visas and enroll FTWs in schools with lenient attendance policies. Over the past 20 years, according to immigration records summarized in the affidavit, there were 82 marriages involving KOJC administrators and FTWs.

          The affidavit alleges that the immigration fraud scheme provided KOJC with workers to participate in widespread efforts to solicit donations with false claims that donors’ money would be used for the benefit of poor children in the Philippines. KOJC allegedly established daily cash solicitation quotas for FTWs, and if these quotas were not met, workers suffered abuse, according to victims who have fled KOJC and provided information to the FBI.

          “[B]ank records show that KOJC accounts received approximately $20 million in cash deposits from 2014 through mid-2019,…[and] most of these funds appear to derive from street-level solicitation,” according to the affidavit, which notes that “little to no money solicited appears to benefit impoverished or in-need children.”

          The affidavit summarizes the experiences of a series of victims who fled KOJC and provided information to the FBI over the past several years. Some of the victims described being sent across the U.S. to solicit donations, working long hours to reach their daily quotas, receiving little to no pay for their efforts, and participating in sending large sums of cash back to the Philippines on commercial and private flights.

          A criminal complaint contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

          The charge of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud carries a statutory maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.

          The FBI has established a toll-free phone number for potential victims or anyone with information about KOJC activities to provide information. The information line is 1-800-CALL FBI (1-800-225-5324), and it will be staffed by English- and Tagalog-speaking personnel. Individuals may also contact the FBI through its website at https://www.fbi.gov/tips.

          

The ongoing investigation into KOJC is being led by the FBI, which is receiving substantial assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Fraud Detection and National Security Unit, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, and IRS Criminal Investigation.

          This matter is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Daniel Ahn and Jake Nare of the Santa Ana Branch Office.

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Trump & Duterte To End The Philippines Trafficking Tiny Humans & Pelosi's Stealin'

Banning Dick Durbin & Patrick Leahy from entering the Philippines?

Demanding VISAs to enter the country?

Well, that sounds like Trump & Duterte are going to end the trafficking of tiny humans, but, hey, what do I know?

I know it started at Nancy's house.

Nancy Pelosi & Philippines Overthrow: It All Started At Nancy's House

This is about stealin' the children, land & vote.
http://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=philippines#axzz69M1foh9P

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Detroit Destination For Trafficking Tiny Humans

You do know this is probably not her first time and that she has a crew.

I bet they are christians.

Praise the lord!

I wonder if the bag was of blue plastic.

Baby in bag: US woman charged with trafficking at Manila airport

"Dammit. I forgot to forge the right docs."

Woman charged with human trafficking, kidnapping after getting caught in Philippines while trying to catch flight to US.

When interrogated by airport authorities, Talbot reportedly claimed that she was the baby's aunt

A female US national has been charged with human trafficking and kidnapping after she was caught at the international airport in the Philippine capital of Manila with a six-day-old baby hidden inside a bag.

Jennifer Talbot, 43, allegedly attempted to bring the infant out of the country without proper travel documents, hiding the baby inside an "oversized belt bag" as she went past airport security, authorities said on Thursday.

Talbot, who is said to be from the US state of Ohio, was about to board a flight back to the United States on Wednesday when she was stopped for failing to show proper documents, including a passport for the baby.

When interrogated by airport authorities, Talbot reportedly claimed that she was the child's aunt.

She also reportedly showed an unsigned document identifying the baby's mother, and stating the unnamed child's birth date of August 29.

She asked airport authorities if she could speak first to representatives of the US Embassy before answering more questions.

A spokesman of the National Bureau of Investigation, which handles high-profile cases in the Philippines, told reporters during a news conference in Manila that Talbot was charged on Thursday with violating the country's anti-trafficking law.

"The child's situation must have been very difficult during the time that he was put inside that bag," Auralyn Pascual was quoted as saying.

Pascual added that airport security became suspicious when Talbot appeared "a little fidgety".

Authorities said they will also charge the baby's mother, who is from southern Philippine city of Davao.

It was unclear to authorities why Talbot had been able to board a domestic flight from Davao to Manila with the baby without having proper documents.

Immigration officials told reporters that the baby is safe and under the care of the government's social welfare office.

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DOJ: Five Fraudsters Indicted For Million Dollar Scheme Targeting Thousands of U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans - Foster Care & Adoption Is Worse

After reading this, close your eyes and think of the possibilities of what you could do with children in Foster Care & Adoption.

One thing I liked out of this was that the citizenship was identified.

Now, only if they would identify the citizenship of children in Foster Care & Adoption.

Foreign-Based Fraudsters Stole Millions of Dollars from Mostly Elderly and Disabled Veterans

A 14-count indictment has been unsealed today in San Antonio, Texas, charging five individuals with coordinating an identify-theft and fraud scheme targeting servicemembers and veterans. The charged defendants, who were based both in the Philippines and the United States, are alleged to have used the stolen personal identifying information (PII) of thousands of military members to access Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs benefits sites and steal millions of dollars. 

The defendants, Robert Wayne Boling Jr., Fredrick Brown, Trorice Crawford, Allan Albert Kerr, and Jongmin Seok, were charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identify theft based on their alleged leading roles in the theft and exploitation of victim PII to conduct their fraud scheme. Boling (a U.S. citizen), Kerr (an Australian citizen), and Seok (a South Korean citizen) were arrested in the Philippines. Brown and Crawford, both U.S. citizens, were arrested in Las Vegas and San Diego respectively. Brown has been detained pending trial. Crawford is awaiting a detention hearing.

“The crimes charged today are reprehensible and will not be tolerated by the Department of Justice. These defendants are alleged to have illegally defrauded some of America’s most honorable citizens, our elderly and disabled veterans and servicemembers,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “Through today’s action, the Department is honoring our pledge to target elder fraud schemes, especially those committed by foreign actors using sophisticated means, and to protect the veterans of our great country. I am proud of the quick and effective work done on this case by our Consumer Protection Branch and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, with strong investigative support from the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. We all will continue to work together to ensure that our veterans and servicemembers are protected from fraud.”

“Our message is pretty simple,” said U.S. Attorney Bash. “It doesn’t matter where on this planet you reside. If you target our veterans, we’re coming for you. Our veterans were willing to risk everything to protect this Nation from foreign threats. Now it’s our turn to seek justice for them.”

“The compromise of personally identifiable information can significantly harm our service members, veterans and their families and we will aggressively investigate such matters,” said Glenn A. Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General, performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General. “This indictment and the coordinated actions of our criminal investigative component, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, demonstrate our commitment to swift action against those who attempt to enrich themselves through identify theft, money laundering, and conspiracy. The DoD OIG, working in partnership with the Department of Justice, will continue to identify, disrupt, and bring to justice those who threaten military members, retirees, and veterans through fraud and corruption.” 

“VA is working with DoD to identify any instances of compromised VA benefits accounts,” said James Hutton, VA assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs. “Just as importantly, VA has taken steps to protect Veterans’ data and are instituting additional protective measures.”

According to the indictment, the defendants’ identity-theft and fraud scheme began in 2014 when Brown, then a civilian employee at a U.S. Army installation, stole thousands of military members’ PII, including names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and Department of Defense identification numbers. Brown is alleged to have then provided the stolen information to Boling, who exploited the information in various ways together with his Philippines-based co-defendants Kerr and Seok.

As asserted in the indictment, Boling, Kerr, and Seok specifically used the stolen information to compromise a Department of Defense portal designed to enable military members to access benefits information online. Once through the portal, the defendants are alleged to have accessed benefits information.  Access to these detailed records enabled the defendants to steal or attempt to steal millions of dollars from military members’ bank accounts. The defendants also stole veterans’ benefits payments. After the defendants had compromised military members’ bank accounts and veterans’ benefits payments, Boling allegedly worked with Crawford to recruit individuals who would accept the deposit of stolen funds into their bank accounts and then send the funds through international wire remittance services to the defendants and others. Evidence of the defendants’ scheme was detected earlier this year, advancing the investigation that led to the indictment.

The unsealed indictment was announced today in San Antonio by U.S. Attorney John Bash of the Western District of Texas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Morrell, and Director Gustav Eyler of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch.

The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are coordinating with the Department of Justice to notify and provide resources to the thousands of identified victims. Announcements also will follow regarding steps taken to secure military members’ information and benefits from theft and fraud.

An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The United States is represented by Trial Attorneys Ehren Reynolds and Yolanda McCray Jones of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch and Assistant United States Attorney Joseph Blackwell of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. The matter was investigated by agents of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and counsel Matthew Freund, along with substantial investigative support from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, and the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Benefits Protection and Remediation Division. The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, Philippine law enforcement partners, and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the District of Nevada, the Southern District of California, and the Eastern District of Virginia also provided assistance. Resources from the Department of Justice’s Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative and its Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force aided in the matter’s investigation and prosecution.

Since President Trump signed the bipartisan Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (EAPPA) into law, the Department of Justice has participated in hundreds of enforcement actions in criminal and civil cases that targeted or disproportionately affected seniors. In particular, this past March, the Department announced the largest elder fraud enforcement action in American history, charging more than 260 defendants in a nationwide elder fraud sweep.  The Department has likewise conducted hundreds of trainings and outreach sessions across the country since the passage of the Act.   

Additional information about the Consumer Protection Branch and its enforcement efforts can be found at www.justice.gov/civil/consumer-protection-branch.  For more information about the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, visit its website at https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx. Information about the Department of Justice’s Elder Fraud Initiative is available at www.justice.gov/elderjustice; information on the Servicemember and Veterans Initiative is at https://www.justice.gov/servicemembers.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Did Detroit FBI Pull Another LARP? - Michigan Senators Bizon & Scalf Have Campaign Websites Hacked - Reporting Failed To Mention It

I looked at the headline and said to myself, "Medicaid fraud in child welfare." just because I saw a christian cross, strategically placed on the mantel, hovering over his head as a visual halo, and a box of toys, like a Santa Claus.

So I checked his partner, John Bizon, because his name sounds like Bijan Kian, not that there exists any financial sinews that I know about.

I went to Wikipedia to look at his political career, but was more impressed with his military career as a doctor for military pilots.

After graduating from the Air Force's Flight Surgeon’s school, Air Force pilots became Bizon's primary patients. His military career included stations in San Antonio, TX at Lackland Air Force Base, the Upper Peninsula at K-I Sawyer Air Force Base and the Clark Air Base in the Philippines where Bizon took care of combat pilots, servicemen and women and civilians during the Vietnam War. After leaving South East Asia, Bizon became a lieutenant colonel and ended his Air Force career serving in Michigan at K-I Sawyer before rejoining civilian life. 

It was at that point I felt the joyful spirit of Epstein as a pilot... and clicked the external link to his political campaign website to see that China, or at least that is what we are led to believe, had hacked it.

I could not stop myself from giggling, just because there exists the possibility of this being another federal LARP.

The article, below, failed to mention Bizon's campaign website was also hit.

It was just the timing of events that makes me think.

I wonder if we have any real property issues in the wings. <===(pun intended)

I have popcorn.

State senator's medical practice closed after ransomware attack

William Scalf

Dr. William Scalf returned from a vacation in April to find chaos in his Battle Creek medical office.

Inside Brookside ENT and Hearing Center, computers were shut down and wouldn't turn on. Years of patient information was lost. And there was one email sent from China asking for $6,500 in exchange for their patient records, schedules and information.

Scalf met with his partner, Dr. John Bizon, who also represents Calhoun, Barry and Ionia counties in the Michigan Senate. They contacted people they knew in the FBI.

The FBI told them they could pay the ransom, Scalf said, but there was no guarantee they would get the information back and there was nothing stopping the hackers from doing this again in the future. They advised the doctors not to pay.

And so Scalf and Bizon didn't.

They shut down their office instead.

Brookside ENT and Hearing Center is just one of thousands of victims of ransomware across the nation. Experts say it's is a problem that is growing and getting more complex by the day.

“It was a nightmare,” Scalf said.

John Bizon at 911 ceremony

How does this happen?
Ransomware is a type of virus cybercriminals use to block users from accessing their files. The hackers hold the files hostage until a ransom is paid.

However, there is nothing forcing hackers to return a business’s files even when a ransom is paid, said Alex Hamerstone, who leads Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance at TrustedSec, an information security consulting firm outside Cleveland.

And, even if the information is returned initially, there is nothing stopping the hackers from holding the files for ransom again in the future.

“It really leaves you with no options,” Scalf said.

A report by Beazley Breach Briefing, a software insurance agency, said there were more than 3,300 ransomware attacks against U.S. businesses in 2018 and that 71% of those attacks were against small businesses.

“People don’t know that this happens nearly everyday across the country,” Hamerstone said. “I used to send news alerts to my co-workers every time one would happen, but it got to be too much.”

The healthcare industry has seen a rise in ransomware attacks, which Scott Shackleford, cybersecurity program chair at Indiana University, believes is because healthcare providers are often left with no other option than to pay the ransom because people’s lives could be in jeopardy if the information is lost.

“Unfortunately, medical providers might be more likely to pay up," he said. "They have some information that is critically needed, and the hackers know that."Hamerstone said this is a daily problem in the United States.

Local governments at risk
There are many ways cyber criminals can access a business’s files. Pop-up links on shopping websites and email phishing attacks are among the most common.

Scalf believes a secretary at his medical office clicked on a bad link while shopping online.

While many businesses simply block sites with known malware viruses, medical practices require research on the web, Scalf said, "so we can’t really put too many restrictions on it."

Scalf believes the hackers took control of the practice's system during a system-wide restore, which left their files vulnerable for a short period of time.

“They had gotten into our system earlier,” Scalf said. “They were just waiting for the right time to strike.”

Hamerstone said hackers target small businesses because they typically do not have strong protections or technology staff to prevent attacks.

Similarly, local governments have been hit particularly hard because they often have small information technology staffs, he said.

More 20 government entities in Texas were attacked by a coordinated ransomware virus earlier this month.

In April, the Genesee County reported a ransomware attack on their systems, which stalled normal business for several days.

In 2016, the Lansing Board of Water & Light paid a $25,000 ransom to unlock its internal communication system after it was attacked by ransomware. The publicly owned utility's total cost, which included the ransom and technology upgrades to prevent the issue in the future, totaled $2.4 million.

The city of Battle Creek staffs nine people in their Information Technology department, which is large in comparison to other city governments with similar size populations, Hamerstone said.

Sarah VanWormer, the city's director of Information Technology, said ransomware is one of the department's biggest concerns. She said they constantly educate the city officials on online safety and participate in classes that keep their staff up to date on the most recent trends.

“The biggest thing is education,” she said. “Someone has to do something to cause this to happen. If you keep yourself educated, you can prevent it from occurring.”

What can businesses do to prevent this?
There are many precautions businesses can take to prevent ransomware attacks, but Shackleford believes the way to protect data is backing up all information on a hard drive that is unplugged from the server.

"Backup, backup, backup," he said. "That's my best advice."

Scalf said that, if he could do things over, he would've made hard copies of all his files.

Education on recognizing email scams can also help a lot, Shackleford said. He said that one of the ways is by recognizing grammar mistakes and odd email addresses.

"If you come across an email that's from 'slimshady1010' it's probably a scam," he said. "It's important to get into a habit of checking those types of things." See, seasoned with a Detroit flavor.

He said that CEOs and high-ranking officials are usually not the targets of these attacks, so it is important to educate everyone in a business.

"They will target the CEO. And the CEO's support group. And their support group as well," he said.

The aftermath at Brookside ENT
Once the decision was made to not send the hackers their offered ransom, Scalf and Bizon still had patients with appointments scheduled that day. They just didn’t have any information on them.

So Scalf sat in his office and fielded each patient one by one. He was up front with them from the start: he had no information on them and no way to track their current appointment.

“Some decided to stay and still have their appointment,” Scalf said. “Some decided that they wanted to go elsewhere.”

He did this until all his patients had received word of what happened.

Hilarie Walters's daughter was supposed to have an appointment the next week at Brookside ENT with Bizon.

She made a call into the office the day before to confirm the location.

The woman who answered the phone said, "'I'm sorry, Hilarie, but we shut down,'" she said. "I said, 'Are you serious?'".

Without any of their patients' information, they couldn't make calls to inform them of the closure, she was told. Which was a disappointment, she said. Knowing earlier would have helped with finding a new doctor.

"I don't understand how they don't have patient information in a different file is all," she said.

In the aftermath of the ransomware attack, Scalf and Bizon, who did not respond to requests to be interviewed for this article, discussed their options. Since both were close to retirement already, they decided to shut the practice down.

All their information was lost, Scalf said, but none of it was released.

“It was a tough decision and experience as a whole,” he said. “It was a good thing it happened this late into our careers.”

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Speaker Pelosi holds a press conference - She Did Not #sayhisname - Will She Report Her Foreign Campaign Finance & ITs Fraud Schemes?

Nancy had a press conference.

Nancy turned off comments, again.

Nancy did not #sayhisname, again.

Tell us about the Philippines Land Bank, Nancy.

Tell us about Detroit, DNC, DCCC, ActBlue and Backpage, Nancy.

Tell Trump to stop obstructing justice and pull that IG Report, burning a hole in his back pocket.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: April 30th,2019. Another Blackwater Coup For Black Water - May The Heavens Fall

Almost there.....

Nancy is talking about child welfare.

They are preparing for war.

May the heavens fall.

#sayhisname

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Pretty Preet Warns Trump Of Impeachment If He Interferes In SDNY Investigations - What Ever Shall Rashida Tlaib Do?

Ok, so you mean to tell me that if Trump meddles with the SDNY investigations, the one on Ivanka, it will trigger the Democrats in Congress to start impeachment?

Oh, my!

Rashida Tlaib has made it quite clear that she is prepared to initiate impeachment proceedings in bringing resolution to the floor, upon this "Lawless President" even though Nancy Pelosi said it was not worth her time.

That would mean the U.S. House Judiciary Committee would have to prepare, unless Jolly Jerry is already preparing for impeachment.

Joined @maddow to discuss the thousands of documents @HouseJudiciary has received as a part of our ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption, abuse of power, and obstruction. It is our job to defend the rule of law, and that is exactly what we will continue to do. pic.twitter.com/hJ0eOt6nx8

— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) March 19, 2019

Doing Justice

So, if Jolly Jerry is triggered to start impeachment, well, that would mean that Trump would have to keep to his word and pull out that IG Report from his backpocket.

But, that would also mean that SDNY would be looking into things like Trump Tower Philippines and its Public Private Partnership which looks almost like the Detroit Land Bank Authority, except that the Century City Development Corporation was, at one point, an active incorporation.

Nancy Pelosi has Land Bank operations in the Philippines, too!

I guess you could say that this is a situation where we should encourage the initiation of the impeachment process so Trump can drop that IG Report, because we all want to know what is in it, but hey, what do I know?

I know Pretty Preet has a new book out!


Ex-U.S. Attorney Bharara to Trump: don't mess with Manhattan probes

(Reuters) - Preet Bharara, the ex-U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, has a piece of unsolicited advice for President Donald Trump: don't meddle with investigations being pursued by his former office, especially one involving the Trump business or a family member.

Any such attempt, Bharara predicted, would likely prompt Democrats in Congress to start the impeachment process.

Bharara, who was fired as head of the office soon after Trump became president, wrote a book, "Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment and the Rule of Law," that goes on sale Tuesday.

Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara speaks

A recurring theme in the book is the reputation of the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office – formally known as the Southern District of New York – for political neutrality and independence.

The office's willingness to pursue high-profile cases was confirmed with its prosecution of Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, who pleaded guilty in August to campaign finance crimes which prosecutors say he carried out at the direction of Trump.

The office's work is considered by many legal experts to be a bigger threat to Trump than Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russia's interference in the 2016 election, which is believed to be nearing its conclusion.

Reuters asked Bharara what would happen if Trump ordered the Southern District to halt a probe, a prospect that may not be far-fetched given that Trump last year asked then-acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker if Geoffrey Berman, Bharara's Trump-appointed successor, could be tapped to oversee the Cohen investigation, according to the New York Times.

Berman is recused from the matter for undisclosed reasons.

Bharara said if he were still U.S. attorney and received such an order he would resign and buy "a one-way ticket for the shuttle to D.C." to testify before a congressional committee.

"And then, I think you set the timer on impeachment," he said. "So I don't think it would be a wise thing to do."

Trump has repeatedly criticized Mueller's probe as a "witch hunt" pushed by Democrats who want to impeach him. He has called Cohen a "rat," accusing him of lying to prosecutors to try and reduce his sentence of three years in prison due to start in May.

Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for Trump, did not respond to requests for comment.

Unlike the special counsel, the Southern District has wide latitude to pursue cases with some connection to New York. In addition to Cohen, it is looking at Trump's inaugural committee and the business practices at Trump's real estate firm.

Bharara's book is not about Trump but he acknowledges the president "infuses the book like he infuses everyone's life at the moment" even if he is not cited frequently by name.

The book instead centers on a variety of both high-profile and lesser known cases to illustrate his views on how the justice system should work and when it falls short.

He addressed a frequent criticism of his tenure - that his and other agencies failed to prosecute bankers for the financial crisis. He wrote that holding people accountable was difficult because "much of what happened in 2008 was not the product of a few people with clear, provable intent."

He pushed back at the notion that politics, bias or other considerations blunted his response to the crisis, noting that the Southern District prosecuted hedge fund executives and New York politicians from both major parties during his time there.

"I'm more than willing to accept credible criticism on behalf of the law enforcement community, but the idea that self-interest or politics or fear was a factor is a silly criticism, at least at SDNY," he wrote.

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NFL Is A Foreign Corporation Trafficking In Tiny Humans - Just Ask Robert Kraft About The Trust Funds

The issue here is not prostitution, but how the prostitution operates.

In a nutshell, I shall try and encapsulate this particular tale.

• An NFL player gets a contract and bonus.
• An NFL player has a "Legal Genius" (trademark pending) set up a foreign, child welfare NGO, 501c3, to avert paying taxes.
• The NFL player makes a few videos and shows up at a few children's gala fundraising events.
• The foreign child welfare NGO is run by lots of nasty christians who do nasty things to children, like grooming for prostitution, missionary position, of course.
• The foreign child welfare NGO will bring the teen girls to the U.S. through adoption or modeling, under the Mann Act and Immigration and Naturalization Act.
• The teen girls end up working in these spas turning tricks to survive.
• The profits from the spas may just end up laundering money in real estate, drugs, and political campaigns in the form of bribery or blackmail.
• Then, selling chattel all becomes cultural norm of foreign corporations to launder money.

Yes, the National Football League, et al, is a foreign corporation and that is why you should never take a knee to honor a foreign entity during the national anthem because they also use kids as epigenetic lab rats and slave labor.

Tebow's Evangelical Crusade: Kenya, Philippines & The Trafficking Tiny Humans - Another Tale Of The Prosperity Prophecies

Name: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS, INCORPORATED

File Number: 960739

Next Report Year: 2019

Entity Address:

1133 20th Street NW Suite 500 Washington DC20036

Model Type: CORPORATION (FOR PROFIT)

Entity Status: ACTIVE

Last Retrieved On: 3/12/2019 12:00:00 AM

Name: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS, ASSOCIATION

File Number: 971201

Next Report Year: 2020

Entity Address:

1133 20th St NW Suite 600 Washington DC20036

Model Type: CORPORATION (NON-PROFIT)

Entity Status: ACTIVE

Last Retrieved On: 3/12/2019 12:00:00 AM

EFFECTIVE DATE: 4/16/1997 12:00:00 AM

LOCALE:  FOREIGN

This is just getting started.

Robert Kraft prostitution scandal exposes depth of modern slavery, sex trafficking industry

Nearly $200G, surveillance equipment seized from Florida spa linked to Robert Kraft case, records show

Robert Kraft

Law enforcement officers who conducted a monthslong sting operation on the Jupiter, Fla., spa where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was accused last month of soliciting prostitution, seized nearly $200,000 from the business and arrested the owner and manager on felony charges, according to court records released Tuesday.

Jupiter police who raided the local Orchids of Asia Spa reportedly found $183,000 in bank safety deposit boxes belonging to spa owner and manager Hua Zhang and Lei Wang, search warrants indicate. The officers also froze nine bank accounts belonging to Zhang and Wang and seized the spa’s surveillance equipment, according to records.

Zhang and Wang were taken into custody on a slew of felony charges involving a prostitution business, while Kraft faces a misdemeanor solicitation charge. Zhang, a 58-year-old legal resident of the U.S., has pleaded not guilty and is now under house arrest under a $278,000 bond, the Sun-Sentinel of South Florida reported. Wang, 39, has also pleaded not guilty and is still in custody on a $256,000 bond, the report said.

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The seized cash and surveillance equipment was part of a multi-jurisdiction investigation that involved the closing of 10 spas between Palm Beach and Orlando and the arrests of 300 men. While no one has been charged with human trafficking, authorities have said they believe the spa’s employees were brought to the U.S. from China.

An investigation began in October and surveillance began in early November, the Miami Herald reported, citing search warrants. Officers said they observed nearly 80 men enter the spa and leave after 30 or 60 minutes, the report said. Some customers were pulled over for traffic violations after they left and admitted to paying for sex acts, the warrants show.

By mid-November, a female health inspector went into the spa and later told officers there was evidence that the three female workers were living in the store. Officers then searched trash bins behind the spa and reportedly found evidence of sexual activity.

On Jan. 17, after obtaining a warrant, officers used an undescribed “tactical ruse” to get the employees outside and secretly install surveillance cameras. As officers chatted with the employees, Zhang arrived and told officers she could see their arrival on her cellphone, tipping them off that she had her own camera system installed, the documents show. Officers were able to find those cameras and their recorders, which were later seized.

Police say Kraft, 77, first visited two days after the cameras were installed and again the next morning, shortly before he flew to Kansas City, where he saw his team defeat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

Investigators say they videotaped him engaging in sex acts during both visits and then handing over cash. Kraft, who is reportedly worth $6 billion, handed over a $100 bill and another bill after one visit, records show, and an undetermined amount during the other. Two weeks later, the Patriots won the Super Bowl, their sixth under his ownership.

Kraft was charged in late February and has pleaded not guilty. Most men charged for the first time with soliciting are eligible for a diversion program where they pay a $5,000 fine, perform 100 hours of community service and attend a class where they learn about the dangers of prostitution and how it is often tied to human trafficking.

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