A UAW RICO?

It is looking like the beginnings of a RICO case.

Conyers wrote a counter argument on the core of RICO.

I tried to get it, but there were individuals who were not very cooperative in Judiciary.

Just sharing, for those who are interested in a UAW RICO.

UAW corruption probe hits milestone as Jones aide strikes deal

Detroit — Former United Auto Workers Region 5 Director Vance Pearson pleaded guilty Friday for his role in a racketeering enterprise and agreed to cooperate with an investigation targeting former presidents Gary Jones and Dennis Williams.

Pearson is the 12th person convicted of a crime during the years-long federal investigation into UAW corruption. He pleaded guilty after being accused of helping embezzle more than $1.5 million in union funds spent on personal luxuries for labor leaders, including golf, cigars, private villas and liquor in Palm Springs, Calif., and elsewhere.

"The monies came from member dues?" U.S. District Judge Paul Borman asked Pearson on Friday.

"Yes," Pearson replied.

His cooperation is viewed as a potential tipping point in the years-long probe because Pearson was a close aide to Jones, and his assistance could put pressure on others to cooperate, legal experts said.

“That is certainly problematic for the UAW if Jones cooperates and can point out other sins of the union,” said Peter Henning, a Wayne State University law professor and former federal prosecutor. “He could be a key witness if the U.S. Attorney’s Office wants to bring a racketeering lawsuit."

Pearson faces up to five years in prison for the charge of conspiring to embezzle union funds and aiding a racketeering enterprise. Prosecutors have agreed not to seek more than 30 months in prison, but could ask Borman for a lower sentence if Pearson provides substantial assistance.

The guilty plea continues a steep fall for one of the union's most powerful leaders. In six months, Pearson went from serving on the UAW's governing International Executive Board and overseeing the union's largest geographic region to becoming a criminal target whose home and offices were raided by federal agents. He was placed on leave after being charged in September and resigned two months later.

The plea deal portrays Pearson as carrying out orders from Jones and Williams to rent private villas and buy large quantities of cigars and alcohol, and covering up expenses by filing phony reports with the union. Jones' lawyer declined comment.

The corruption scandal has exposed the UAW to possible federal oversight if prosecutors decide to file a civil racketeering case against the union. Such a move could cost the union tens of millions of dollars, impose prolonged federal oversight and involve replacing labor leaders.

U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider has said federal oversight of the UAW is an option once the government determines the depth of corruption within one of the nation's largest and most powerful unions.

Outside federal court in downtown Detroit, Schneider called the guilty plea "good news," adding: “This is exactly what we expect and would hope for. A UAW official is pleading guilty and taking responsibility for his actions, admitting his conduct and agreeing (they) did something wrong.”

Pearson has “accepted responsibility and he’s cooperating truthfully … certainly owning everything he did," his lawyer Scott Rosenblum said. He would not comment on the potential for Pearson’s cooperation leading to a federal takeover of the union.

“That would be up to them,” Rosenblum said. “My role is defending Mr. Pearson and making sure he gets the best outcome possible. That’s what I intend to do.”

The UAW condemned Pearson's actions.

"Vance Pearson blatantly violated his oath of office and betrayed the trust of all our hard-working members," the union said in a statement. "In November 2019, the UAW International Executive Board filed its own action against Mr. Pearson not just to remove him from his elected position but taking away his membership in the UAW entirely. While our union is moving forward, we will never forget the costly lessons from our past."

The racketeering enterprise lasted from 2010 until September 2019 and involved Pearson and at least six others, according to the government. Jones and Williams are not identified by name in court filings. Instead, prosecutors refer to them as "UAW Official A" and "UAW Official B."

The embezzlement scheme described by prosecutors involved filing phony vouchers that concealed the true nature of expenses in Palm Springs and in Missouri.

Scott Rosenblum, attorney for former UAW regional director Vance Pearson, talks about his client's guilty plea and cooperation with the government The Detroit News

Pearson's plea deal included new allegations from prosecutors about how "UAW Official A" and "UAW Official B" were involved in the conspiracy.

During the alleged conspiracy, "UAW Official A," who is Jones, directed Pearson to conceal "hundreds of thousands of dollars of personal expenditures," according to the plea deal. "UAW Official B," who is Williams, directed Pearson to use UAW money to pay for "large quantities of cigars, cigar paraphernalia and humidors."

Pearson also ensured that "UAW Official B" was able to use, for months at a time, private villas in Palm Springs from 2015-18, prosecutors said. UAW money paid for the villas, according to the government.

UAW funds also paid for private villas for friends and "UAW Official D," whom sources identified as Williams aide Amy Loasching. The plea deal also describes benefits Williams' spouse received paid for with UAW funds.

Pearson was tasked with providing alcohol and cigars for "UAW Official B" and his spouse, according to prosecutors. Pearson also arranged for the spouse to charge expenses at Loew's Coronado Bay Resort in California "even though UAW Official B's spouse was not an officer or employee of the UAW and the expenses had no legitimate union business purpose," prosecutors wrote.

Williams' criminal defense lawyers did not respond to a message seeking comment Friday.

Pearson, 58, of Saint Charles, Missouri, pleaded guilty six months after emerging as a target of the investigation of corruption within the UAW.

Since those August raids, Pearson has been accused of helping the former presidents embezzle union funds. Prosecutors also have hinted in court filings that they have secret recordings of Pearson, Jones and another aide discussing possible crimes.

Pearson was a close aide to Jones. He served on the board of directors overseeing Jones' charity and succeeded Jones as director of Region 5. The region covers 17 states and is based in suburban St. Louis.

But after Pearson was charged, the union announced it would disband the region as part of a broad series of reforms.

As part of his plea deal, Pearson has agreed to forfeit $119,000. That includes $81,000 from his so-called "flower fund," an account originally established to pay for flowers for auto workers' funerals. Prosecutors, however, said senior staff were forced to contribute to the funds, which are controlled by top UAW officials.

Those top UAW officials, prosecutors said, used the flower fund money for personal expenses. The News first reported about the flower fund aspect of the corruption investigation in March.

Pearson also agreed to forfeit $38,000 from a second fund, called "Members in Solidarity." The money was supposed to pay for UAW election expenses. Missouri business records show Jones served as president of "Members in Solidarity" until becoming UAW president in 2018.

Pearson started negotiating a deal with prosecutors as early as November after prosecutors disclosed that investigators were armed with evidence that includes bank records, cooperation from top labor leaders and what court records suggest are secret recordings.

Court records describe conversations among UAW officials, including Jones and Pearson, last year and directly quote labor leaders talking about destroying evidence and obstructing justice.

The use of direct quotes is a strong indication investigators obtained audio recordings of Jones, Pearson and other UAW officers either through a wiretap or a hidden recording device, legal experts told The News. The government has yet to file discovery notices in federal court that would reveal whether prosecutors have evidence obtained through wiretaps or other electronic surveillance.

A video primer on corruption: Count the kickbacks, cash and bribes pocketed by Metro Detroit's most corrupt UAW bosses, auto execs and politicians. The Detroit News

In court filings, prosecutors quoted a conversation between Pearson and another UAW officer, Edward "Nick" Robinson, in July. Robinson is expected to plead guilty and is due in court Feb. 18.

Pearson told Robinson he would get him a burner phone so UAW officers involved in the conspiracy could talk freely without fear of being recorded by a federal wiretap, according to the criminal filing.

Pearson also told Robinson that if he had anything incriminating "at your house," prosecutors wrote, "then get rid of it."

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Michigan Does Want John Inman To Fall From The Heavens

Michigan does not want John Inman to be removed from office.

If Inman is defrocked, well that means he will be held to the laws of the land, and I believe there may be multiple grand jury indictments with his name on them.

Cocktails & Popcorn: How Many More Michigan Election Extortion Racket Phone Calls Do The Feds Have?

I have seen the recall petition scams many of times.

This could have been intentional, you know.

#maytheheavensfall

Inman recall group challenges state's decision to throw out signatures

 Larry Inman

Organizers who gathered nearly 14,000 signatures to recall indicted state Rep. Larry Inman are challenging the state's decision that threw out the signatures because of a missing word in the petition.

The Inman Recall Committee asked the Michigan Court of Appeals Monday morning to grant the group emergency relief so it could proceed with plans for a recall election, according to a statement from the group.

State Rep. Larry Inman talks to reporters in the Michigan House on Sept. 3, 2019.Buy Photo
State Rep. Larry Inman talks to reporters in the Michigan House on Sept. 3, 2019. (Photo: Jonathan Oosting | The Detroit News)

The committee asked the court to require the state Bureau of Elections to begin validating signatures ahead of a Jan. 10 deadline to ensure the recall election would be on the March 2020 ballot.

The committee says the error was “harmless” and the invalidation of the 13,859 petition signatures “denies the citizens their constitutional right to a recall process.”

“This decision to halt the recall has profound practical consequences for recall efforts everywhere in Michigan,” the petition’s sponsor Sondra Shaw Hardy said in a statement. “Up to this point, this recall effort has been a fight for the people of the 104th to be represented in Lansing.  Now we find we must also fight for all people in Michigan to support our constitutional right to recall.”


The committee was require to collect 12,201 signatures in 60 days and exceeded that requirement while collecting signatures between late September and later November.

But the group omitted the word “right” in its petition when describing one of the federal charges against Inman: “Attempted extortion under color of official right.”

The omission of the word “right” constituted a difference between the wording initially approved by the Board of State Canvassers this summer and the wording presented to individuals signing the petition this fall, Director of Elections Sally Williams wrote in a Friday letter to the recall group.


"While the omission of one word may seem inconsequential and the rejection of a recall petition on such grounds as excessively technical and harsh, the recall statute does not authorize the bureau to excuse differences between the reasons for recall approved by the board and those printed on the recall petitions,” Williams wrote in the letter.

The Michigan Supreme Court in 2012 ruled that a referendum petition seeking to repeal the state's emergency manager law could proceed despite a discrepancy with the font size, but a majority of justices agreed to overturn the standard of "substantial"compliance and require "actual" compliance instead.

Actual compliance is required where the law uses the word "shall," as is the case when describing the rules surrounding the reasons of recall on the petition, WIlliams said.

In its Monday filing, the recall committee said the error occurred when the local printer retyped the original copy of the petition approved by the Board of State Canvassers because of differences between the font sizes in the approved language and what was required for the petition.

In an initial review of the petition, organizers failed to notice the omission of “right” or the misspelling of “diminished,” according to the filing.

The misspelled word was brought to the campaign’s attention several weeks into the campaign, but the omission of “right” wasn’t noticed until Wednesday.

The committee argued that no one signing the petition was aware of or confused by the error.

While the “precise text” of the petition may be different from what was approved earlier, the reasons aren’t, the group argued.

“Courts have consistently rejected a standard of meticulousness or perfection when it comes to the statement of reasons for recall, so long as the officer and public can identify the transaction and know the charges," the filing said.

The disqualification of the petition based on a “harmless technicality” left organizers “in shock” after an effort they described as “an enormous lift for our community.”

“Human error is unavoidable,” said Katie Flynn, campaign manager for the recall effort. “The bottom line is that meaningless typos should not silence the voices of nearly 14,000 voters.”

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DOJ: Current and Former Precious Metals Traders Charged with Multi-Year Market Manipulation Racketeering Conspiracy

SPOOF!

Buy Gold..... on second thought....

Three J.P. Morgan precious metals traders charged as criminal probe continues

Two current precious metals traders and one former trader in the New York offices of a U.S. bank (Bank A) were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged participation in a racketeering conspiracy and other federal crimes in connection with the manipulation of the markets for precious metals futures contracts, which spanned over eight years and involved thousands of unlawful trading sequences.

Charged in the indictment are:

• Gregg Smith, 55, of Scarsdale, New York.  Smith was an executive director and trader on Bank A’s precious metals desk in New York.  He joined Bank A in May 2008 after it acquired another U.S. bank (Bank B).
• Michael Nowak, 45, of Montclair, New Jersey.  Nowak was a managing director and ran Bank A’s global precious metals desk.  He joined Bank A in July 1996.
• Christopher Jordan, 47, of Mountainside, New Jersey.  Jordan joined Bank A in March 2006 and was an executive director and trader on Bank A’s precious metals desk in New York.  Jordan left Bank A in December 2009 and worked as a precious metals trader at a Swiss bank (Bank C) in New York from March 2010 until August 2010.  From June 2011 until October 2011, Jordan traded precious metals futures contracts as an employee of a financial service company (Company D) in New York.

“The defendants and others allegedly engaged in a massive, multiyear scheme to manipulate the market for precious metals futures contracts and defraud market participants,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski.  “These charges should leave no doubt that the Department is committed to prosecuting those who undermine the investing public’s trust in the integrity of our commodities markets.”

“Smith, Nowak, Jordan, and their co-conspirators allegedly engaged in a complex scheme to trade precious metals in a way that negatively affected the natural balance of supply-and-demand,” said FBI Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office. “Not only did their alleged behavior affect the markets for precious metals, but also correlated markets and the clients of the bank they represented. For as long as we continue to see this type of illegal activity in the marketplace, we’ll remain dedicated to investigating and bringing to justice those who perpetrate these crimes.”  

Each of the three defendants was charged with one count of conspiracy to conduct the affairs of an enterprise involved in interstate or foreign commerce through a pattern of racketeering activity (more commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy); one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, bank fraud, commodities fraud, price manipulation and spoofing; one count of bank fraud and one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution.  In addition, Smith and Nowak were each charged with one count of attempted price manipulation, one count of commodities fraud and one count of spoofing.

Smith is expected to make an initial appearance in the Southern District of New York before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy, and Nowak and Jordan are expected to make their initial appearances in the District of New Jersey before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer.  The case was indicted in the Northern District of Illinois and has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang.

As alleged in the indictment, between approximately May 2008 and August 2016, the defendants and their co-conspirators were members of Bank A’s global precious metals trading desk in New York, London and Singapore with varying degrees of seniority and supervisory responsibility over others on the desk.  As it relates to the RICO conspiracy, the defendants and their co-conspirators were allegedly members of an enterprise—namely, the precious metals desk at Bank A—and conducted the affairs of the desk through a pattern of racketeering activity, specifically, wire fraud affecting a financial institution and bank fraud.

The indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in widespread spoofing, market manipulation and fraud while working on the precious metals desk at Bank A through the placement of orders they intended to cancel before execution (Deceptive Orders) in an effort to create liquidity and drive prices toward orders they wanted to execute on the opposite side of the market.  In thousands of sequences, the defendants and their co-conspirators allegedly placed Deceptive Orders for gold, silver, platinum and palladium futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange Inc. (NYMEX) and Commodity Exchange Inc. (COMEX), which are commodities exchanges operated by CME Group Inc.  By placing Deceptive Orders, the defendants and their co-conspirators allegedly intended to inject false and misleading information about the genuine supply and demand for precious metals futures contracts into the markets, and to deceive other participants in those markets into believing something untrue, namely that the visible order book accurately reflected market-based forces of supply and demand.  This false and misleading information was intended to, and at times did, trick other market participants into reacting to the apparent change and imbalance in supply and demand by buying and selling precious metals futures contracts at quantities, prices and times that they otherwise likely would not have traded, the indictment alleges.

As also alleged in the indictment, the defendants and their co-conspirators defrauded Bank A’s clients who had bought or sold “barrier options” by trading precious metals futures contracts in a manner that attempted to push the price towards a price level at which Bank A would make money on the option (barrier-running), or away from a price level at which Bank A would lose money on the option (barrier-defending).  Namely, when barrier-running, the defendants and their co-conspirators would allegedly place orders for precious metals futures contracts in a way that was intended to deliberately trigger the barrier option held by Bank A.  Conversely, when barrier-defending, the defendants and their co-conspirators would allegedly place orders for precious metals futures contracts in a way that was intended to deliberately avoid triggering the barrier option held by clients of Bank A.

The indictment also identifies two former Bank A precious metals traders, John Edmonds and Christian Trunz, as being among the defendant’s co-conspirators.  Edmonds worked at Bank A from 2004 to 2017 and was a trader on Bank A’s precious metals desk, leaving as a vice president.  On Oct. 9, 2018, Edmonds pleaded guilty in the District of Connecticut to an information charging him with one count of commodities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, commodities fraud, price manipulation and spoofing.  Trunz is a former precious metals trader at Bank A who worked at the bank from 2007 to August 20, 2019, leaving as an executive director.  On Aug. 20, 2019, Trunz pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of New York to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to engage in spoofing and one count of spoofing.

This case is the result of an ongoing investigation by the FBI’s New York Field Office. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement provided assistance in this case.  Trial Attorneys Avi Perry and Matthew F. Sullivan of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section are prosecuting the case.

The charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Individuals who believe that they may be a victim in these cases should visit the Fraud Section’s Victim Witness website for more information at https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/victim-witness-program.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: How Many More Michigan Election Extortion Racket Phone Calls Do The Feds Have?

Quickly, pull out the abortion & a cross
skit and grab your cocktails!
They always fall for that
distraction.

Golly Gee Whiz!

If the feds have a phone call recorded between Larry who was representing his rogue ass crew in the Legislature and an unidentified union official soliciting bribes to his political campaign from his public office, well, that sounds like sorta like an extortion racket to me.

And the union was complicit?

That is insurrection.

Hold on, I am not done.

So, you mean to tell me that laws were passed and enacted in Michigan through a complex financial fraud scheme to fund political campaigns to further foreign corporate interests by stealin' the children, the land and the votes, like that Emergency Manager Law that launched such memorable rackets like:

• Foreclosure Crisis;
• Detroit Water Shutoffs;
• Detroit Bankruptcy;
• Detroit Grand Bargain;
• Auto Industry Bail Out;
• Flint Water Crisis;
• Gerrymandering;
• Election Fraud;
• Over 10 Years of Michigan Child Welfare System Federal Monitoring; and,
• much, much more death and destruction!

I am in utter shock.

Well, not really.

I am in just in a natural shock that no one has yet to figure out the statistical likelihood that the feds have lots and lots more phone calls recorded with lots and lots of similar substance in interfering in elections, but hey, what do I know?

I know everybody gets wiretaps!

Feds: Phone call recorded between indicted lawmaker, union

Rep. Larry Inman, R-Traverse City, discusses his recent
indictment on bribery charges inside his Lansing office.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to use information from a phone call between indicted Rep. Larry Inman and the union representative from whom he is alleged to have solicited political contributions in its case against the Traverse City Republican.

Investigators seized Inman’s cellular phone during a search of his residence Aug. 1, 2018, nearly two months after they recorded a phone call between Inman and the union representative on June 19, 2018, according to a Friday court filing.

Inman was indicted last week on allegations that he attempted to sell his vote last year on a repeal of Michigan's prevailing wage law.

Inman ended up voting to repeal the law, which had guaranteed union wages and benefits for workers on government-funded construction projects. The Republican-led House and Senate both approved the measure, and it became law.

Prosecutors could use information from the phone call, text messages, bank records and statements to media in building their case against Inman. They also possess written records of interviews Inman gave to the FBI, Aug. 1, Oct. 16, Oct. 17 and Dec. 7.

A federal grand jury indicted Inman on charges of bribery, extortion and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prosecutors allege Inman attempted to sell his vote to the Michigan Regional Carpenters and Millwrights union by pressuring the union to make political donations to himself and 11 other lawmakers ahead of the June 2018 vote.

House leaders have asked him to resign. They removed him from the GOP caucus and all committee assignments. Inman has denied the allegations and refused to resign.

He has not been to House session since the indictment was filed May 15, but is still able to take part in voting on legislation and continues to receive his $71,685 annual salary.  

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DEFANGO: Breaking NEONREVOLT and the Deep State! #NewQ #QAnon #GreatAwakening #NeonRevolt #MAGA #LARP

What you are witnessing is the power of passion.

It does not take millions of dollars and pretty shiny brochures to enlighten the people.

Let the original sources speak, freely, to challenge the veracity of a message and the sanctity of an institution.

This is what I call stand up castigation, using your own words against you.

Castigat ridendo mores.

Qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur.

Here is the uninterrupted version in the take down of a psyop.

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Super Duper Tribute to George Webb VII - Investigating The Investigator - The Death Of Task Force Jenny Moore

Verifying the process, just to make sure everything is documented.

Always document.

Always question.

This is dealing with child welfare, an area only I possess the subject matter mastery as the original source.

I watch everything because I celebrate Child Abuse Propaganda Month every April, since its inception into their construction of social thought.

Let the #cyberwars commence.

I am from Detroit.

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New Demolition Contractors Wanted In Detroit

Maybe, just maybe, this time bid rigging will not be the issue.

Not my artwork

In the spirit of fuchsia...

Detroit contractor faces suspension after demolishing wrong house

Detroit's largest contractor within its demolition program is facing suspension from the federally funded program after it tore down the wrong home, the Free Press has learned.

The entire program is under federal investigation, so I shall safely assume this event is not a surprise to anyone in SIGTARP or the FBI.

Officials confirmed Wednesday that the Detroit-based Adamo Group could be suspended for 90 days.

The company has seven days to appeal the suspension.

Tune in next week for another exciting adventure in finding out with whom Adamo Group actually entered into a contractual agreement, or if it was one of those "meeting of the minds" wink and a handshake with that "ORGANIZATION" since I cannot recall signing any contract with them before Bill Schuette dissolved my Detroit Land Bank Authority, L.L.C., having the assumed name of DLBA from LARA.  I think this may be a Defense Logistic Agency issue.

In an early statement to the Free Press, the city initially said the suspension was already in effect. The city later amended its statement to say, "If they do not challenge it within 7 days, Adamo will be suspended from the bidding process on all demolitions for the 90 days."

"Any time one of our demolition contractors commits a serious violation, we act immediately to address it," Detroit Building Authority Special Projects Director Brian Farkas said in a statement to the Free Press. "In this instance, an Adamo Construction crew informed us that it had mistakenly knocked down a Land Bank-owned house at 5792 Holcomb that was also in the demolition pipeline but not the house under contract for demolition.  The property it should have knocked down was next door."

Detroit Building Authority is a very special place...very special.  I recall a time one of the staff pulled me over to the side and clued me up to cross check the plot numbers on the deeds.  I did.  It was not pretty.  Actually, I remember this one time the Detroit Land Bank Authority sold a property with the wrong address and then got an attitude when they were asked to correct the deed.  Eventually, the deed was amended, but it was still wrong.  Gotta love those "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

According to Detroit Building Authority field notes obtained by the Free Press, Adamo was under contract to demolish a home located at 5798 Holcomb, which was abated. The house that was actually demolished was not abated, raising concerns about potential asbestos exposure. It's not immediately clear whether asbestos was present at the property.

Also read: 

Detroit demolition contractors owed millions

FBI eyes bid-rigging assertion in Detroit demolitions

A city official told the Free Press the building authority has notified the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The MDEQ can hold both contractors and the property owner equally responsible for potential asbestos violations.

MDEQ has a long and illustrious history of sucking.

"They found that they demolished the wrong house after contacting BSEED (Buildings, Safety) for an open hole inspection," the notes say. "BSEED inspector questioned if it was the right location, which led to discovery of (the) wrong house demolished."

Farkas called the violation "unacceptable" and said: "This is the same action we take for any company based on an infraction of this nature. Adamo has the right to appeal our decision as a part of our due process."

BSEED is getting its act together, but it will take time.

According to an April report from SIGTARP — a federal watchdog agency — Adamo has received more than $35 million of the $258 million awarded to Detroit in Hardest Hit funds, the largest amount of any contractor within the program.

Who signed the check?

The Hardest Hit Fund was originally created as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program during the last recession to pay for programs to help keep people in their homes, with Michigan initially getting an allotment of $498 million. The program was expanded over the years to allow funding – with federal approval – to be used to pay for tearing down abandoned blighted structures as a way to stabilize neighborhoods.

Farkas said Adamo has completed more than 3,200 demolitions without any Michigan Department of Environmental Quality violations.

In a violation letter obtained by the Free Press, Detroit Building Authority Deputy Director Timothy Palazzolo notified Adamo of the impending suspension on May 10, saying it has the right to appeal.

Mayor Mike Duggan made waves shortly after he was elected in 2013 by embarking on an effort to tear down 40,000 blighted buildings in neighborhoods. City officials have said nearly 14,000 homes have been demolished so far.

The suspension comes nine months after two other contractors— Direct Construction Services and Rickman Enterprise Group — were suspended for submitting doctored photographs of sidewalk repairs at work sites in an attempt to get paid.

Direct Construction Services turned in five doctored photographs, the Free Press previously reported, and is suspended from the program until 2020 or when the demolition program's federal funding ends, whichever is later.

All they have to do is become a Corporate Shape Shifter and file for a new corporate name.

Rickman Enterprise Group officials at the time blamed the falsified photo on an “inside joke” by an unidentified worker who accidentally sent it to the Detroit Land Bank Authority. Rickman initially was suspended from bidding and contracting for 90 days and has since been allowed to bid in the program again.

Riiiiight.....

The Land Bank requires demolition contractors to submit sidewalk photos with invoices for payment to ensure sidewalks aren't left destroyed at work sites where vacant homes are being taken down.

How does the Land Bank issue payments, since it never incorporated?

Since June 2016, 13 contractors have been suspended for a variety of reasons, including mishandling asbestos and leaving an open hole at a demolition site for more than 30 days, the Free Press has previously reported.

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DEFANGO: DNC Files Lawsuit against Trump Wikileaks Russia based on Debunk evidence

The DNC lawsuit has invoked the law of chattels.

One thing we do know, Perkins Coie is not on the case.

Perkins Coie must be busy with other legal stuff.

It is also using the RICO statute, which means they, "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) have no clue about the history or the man behind of RICO.

There is a whole bunch of motions requesting help with service of the defendants, I do not know why, they were making money with them.

Bring it on because that is child welfare law.

Can you smell what I smell?

It's popcorn.

Do you realize the DNC is going to have to swear to the authenticity of the emails Russia and Wikileaks and G2 "hacked" to be true to enter into the record, which would be an admission to crimes against humanity, right?

It is my belief there was a legal plant deep within the DNC and I believe I know who it is, and he trolled theses "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) to file this, as a form of self incrimination to even more stuff.

Do you realized Wikileaks has another traunch of DNC and Clinton Foundation emails, perhaps the emails for a few others, that they would have to give up in discovery?

No one is this stupid.

The DNC was trolled by an old school civil rights pimp.

Get your popcorn. 

DETROIT IN THE HOUSE!!!

DNC et al v. Russia, Donald Trump et al lawsuit, April 20, 2018 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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DOJ: Transportation Operator Sentenced to 14 Months for Defrauding the State Department

This sentence is one, peeled back layer of a larger issue because it was under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

RICO must have at least 3 persons involved.

I wonder if corporations, and those those who never incorporated, would qualify under RICO.

This case also deals with a foreign exchange program for athletes and trainers through the State Department.

This sounds like Michigan State University.

A local transportation operator was sentenced to 14 months today for stealing federal funds intended for a foreign exchange program maintained by the U.S. Department of State.  Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Tracy Doherty-McCormick of the Eastern District of Virginia, Inspector General Steve A. Linick of the U.S. Department of State and Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office made the announcement.

Denon T. Hopkins, 49, of Germantown, Maryland, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis, III of the Eastern District of Virginia.  Hopkins pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and theft of public money on Dec. 21, 2017.

According to admissions made in connection with his plea, Hopkins was the operator and de facto owner of a transportation company that contracted with the State Department to provide bus and limousine services to a State Department component devoted to sports diplomacy and which sponsored a foreign exchange program for emerging athletes and coaches from various countries.  The exchange program was managed by George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, through a federal grant and cooperative agreement with the State Department.  During a time period when Hopkins received $247,200 in grant funds for legitimate transportation services, he and a State Department official conspired to steal portions of the federal money allocated to the exchange program by, among other things, falsifying vendor-related invoices and making fraudulent checks payable to Hopkins.  In total, Hopkins stole approximately $17,335 from the State Department.  He also admitted that he used portions of the funds to pay kickbacks to the State Department official to retain his transportation contract. 

The Department of State’s Office of Inspector General and the FBI’s Washington Field Office investigated the case.  Trial Attorney Edward P. Sullivan of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly R. Pedersen of the Eastern District of Virginia are prosecuting the case. 

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The New Community Policing: Whistleblowers & The Financial Action Task Force

Why have to go through a pass-through, third party community organization when you can just report suspicious activity with a voice command or the touch of your mobile device!

Welcome to the new community policing.

Now, we can repurpose the enite COPS program into a technical network because we, the original sources, can investigate and report all by ourselves.

The government can now redirect concentrated resources to preserve and protect our most precious treasures.

Oh, and the U.S. Treasury FinCEN is taking "unsolicited proposals", a substantial departure from the 1980's Response For Proposal (RFP) model, meaning they are listening to the whistleblowers, who are the original source, subject matter experts.

Our Most Precious Treasures Are Finally Being Protected: FinCEN & Egmont Group

This category includes the EG international partners in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In furtherance of the Egmont Group’s mandate, principles and objectives, it liaises with international AML/CFT partners.

The Egmont Group acknowledges the importance of leveraging limited resources and developing synergies with international partners by co-operating with international organizations and other corporate entities in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

• Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
• Basel Institute on Governance - International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR)
• Camden Asset Recovery Interagency Network (CARIN)
• Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (CICAD-OAS)
• Commonwealth Secretariat
• Council of Europe
• European Union
• International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)
• International Bar Association
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol)
• International Money Laundering Information Network (IMoLIN)
• International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
• International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• UN 1267 Committee
• United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
• United Nations International Drug Control Programme
• Wolfsberg Group

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Day 82 - Where is Eric Braverman? Who Killed Monica Petersen?

Immunity for All 19 State Dept Gmail Conspirators?

DynCorp Gov't Contracts Need To Be Reviewed

IRS Penalty Phase - Don't Tell Your Friends

Immunity for All 19 State Dept Gmail Conspirators?

IRS Penalty Phase - Don't Tell Your Friends

Immunity for All 19 State Dept Gmail Conspirators?

DynCorp Police Training, Franchising Sex Entrapment

Immunity for All 19 State Dept Gmail Conspirators?

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Day 62 - Where is Eric Braverman?

Social Justice Covers For Oil Pipelines and Construction

FBI Using Deep Dive Surveillance To Extort Bribes For Clinton Foundation?

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George Clinton Leading The Charge Against Fraud

Who better to lead the charge to battle fraud than George Clinton?

Fraud comes in many shapes and forms.  It is not your music.  It is not your child.  It is found in the hearts of the folks in the industrial complex of fraud.

George Clinton Sues His Lawyers

By JUNE WILLIAMS

SEATTLE (CN) - Parliament-Funkadelic front-man George Clinton say s his lawyers failed to pursue a copyright infringement claim against a record company , botched another case against Universal Music Group, from which it withdrew the day before trial, but charged him more than $3.5 million in legal fees. Clinton demands $10 million, plus punitive damages, from Hendricks & Lewis and Oscar Yale Lewis Jr., in a malpractice claim in Federal Court. Clinton says he hired Hendricks & Lewis to file a RICO complaint to recover his ownership rights to certain Funkadelic master recordings. He says he chose the firm because of its experience representing similar claims by the Jimi Hendrix estate.

Butaccordingtothecomplaint:"Attorney Lewis never intended to file a civil RICO action on behalf of Mr. Clinton."

Clinton adds: "Defendant attorney Lewis conv inced Mr. Clinton to pursue other lawsuits to generate the funds necessary to maintain a civ il RICO action, yet defendants charged, billed, and invoiced Mr. Clinton in excess of $3.5 million dollars in legal fees, the amount of which could have easily covered the cost of pursuing the contemplated civil RICO action for Mr. Clinton."

Instead of filing a RICO complaint, Clinton says, the attorneys filed a breach of contract claim against UMG for unpaid royalties.

"The defendants did not review the UMG contracts which formed the bases for the action nor did they rev iew the complaint with Mr. Clinton prior to its filing on January 29, 2007. Instead, the defendants relied on Clinton's estranged wife, Stephanie Clinton, for information and purported authorization to file the complaint,"the complaint states.

Lewis's own document expert had concluded that the contract in question had been altered and could not be validated, according tothe complaint. The firm also erred by failing to name Clinton's production company, Thang, Inc. and by failing to toll the statute of limitations for breach of contract, according to the complaint.

"After Mr. Clinton's April 24, 2008 deposition, UMG filed a motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of Mr. Clinton's claims based on the following arguments: 1) Mr. Clinton's claims were barred by the statute of limitations because the 2005 letter tolling agreement negotiated by the defendants did not toll the necessary statute of limitations; 2) Mr. Clinton lacked standing to bring the claims indiv idually and Thang, Inc. was the real party in interest as signatory to the operative agreements; and 3) Mr. Clinton had repudiated the October 17, 1980 Settlement Agreement which formed the basis of his complaint against UMG based on his deposition testimony that he had not signed the document," the complaint states.

"UMG also filed a Rule 11 Motion against attorney Lewis for filing a complaint attaching the October, 1980 Settlement Agreement as a document executed by Mr. Clinton, when he knew that Mr. Clinton would truthfully deny signing it," the complaint adds.

With only one claim left for trial, Lewis attempted to withdraw as counsel, but Clinton objected. The day before trial, "Lewis filed a surprise emergency motion to withdraw, prejudicing Mr. Clinton's case," according to the complaint.

Clinton also claims that Lewis failed to pursue a copy right infringement claim against Charley Records.

"Despite Charly Records' acknowledgement of its ongoing unauthorized sale of certain Funkadelic master recordings and its July 7, 2007 opening offer to negotiate to acquire the rights those masters (which included pay ing Mr. Clinton a $200,000 adv ance), and further despite the defendants billing Mr. Clinton $30,000 in legal fees to address this issue with Charly Records, the defendants took no further action to advance a licensing arrangement with Charly Recordsorto enforce Mr. Clinton's legal rights against Charly Records,"the complaint states.

Clinton say s he's already paid $1 million in legal fees, but Hendricks & Lewis hav e tried to garnish his roy alties and personal and company bank accounts and hav e filed liens in two pending federal litigation actions, including the UMG complaint. fraudulent inducement, and punitive damages. He is represented by Katherine Felton with Lybeck Murphy , of Mercer Island, Wash.

George Clinton Sues His Lawyers Courthouse News Service