Vanguard Week in Session: If Only in Our Dreams
A birthday tribute recalls NXIVM’s Vanguard Week, Raniere’s devoted followers, his downfall, conviction and 120-year sentence.
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How the DOJ Made Its Own Victims in USA v. Wander
In November 2023, 777 Partners had $10 billion and no accusers. Then someone told a…
DOJ Gave Seized Evidence to a Private Buyer in Somoza Case
Curtis Somoza's lawyer asked the FBI for copies of his seized computers. Months later the…
FEDS OPEN FILE — TWO DAYS LATER NEWS REPORT KILLS $10B FIRM
A going concern until a story announced a DOJ investigation that had not yet been opened…
$500M Fraud Rap — and a Baby Photo as ‘Witness Tampering’
Six counts, a $500M fraud case, and a witness tampering charge built on a baby picture. What the…
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$$ SPONSORED POST: The Problem Is Thought Leadership
Thought leadership is coercive. It leads people to do things they never wanted to do — and they don't even know it. End thought leadership now.
Frank Parlato Standing for Justice
Frank Parlato is the kind of journalist who has built his reputation less through institutional prestige than through persistence, proximity to controversial…
Radovan Vítek's €188 Million Took a Trip and Came Back Home
€188 million passed through six shell companies in one day and ended in Radovan Vítek's personal account. Luxembourg's fine: €12,500.
$500M Fraud Rap — and a Baby Photo as ‘Witness Tampering’
Six counts, a $500M fraud case, and a witness tampering charge built on a baby picture. What the government alleges, and what it still has to prove.
The Office That Had No Business Investigating Frank Rose
DOE had a written process for harassment complaints. In Frank Rose's case it used none of it, sending the matter to an office of judges instead.
Nuke No. 2 Axed in 17 Days Over Complaint No One Can Find
Kate Hewitt accused Frank Rose of retaliating over a Brookings complaint. Two and a half years later, no one has produced it.
Nine Words: How Politico Ended Frank Rose's Career
Politico said she filed a harassment complaint. Two years later, her own lawyer wrote that she never did. Nobody has produced it
Guilty Until Proven Gone: He Ran America's Nuclear Arsenal
The Energy Department ended Frank Rose's 30-year career in 17 days. It never told him the charge, never interviewed him, and never issued a report.
MOTHER LODE: €330M Ran Through Vítek's Mom
Benko went to prison for €300,000 moved to his mother. A €330 million portfolio ran through Vítek's. Nothing has happened yet.
Somoza Part 2: The Insurance Worked. That Was the Problem
Rev. Hardwick had funerals he couldn't pay for. Curtis Somoza found the number Transamerica missed. The church still collects. Somoza went to prison.
CZECH, PLEASE: Vitek Hid the Payout He Owed for 3 Years
A Manhattan fund predicted exactly how Radovan Vítek would strip ORCO. All three predictions came true within 30 months. The regulator later agreed.
Vítek’s $7.2B Question: Where Did the Money Come From?
A Luxembourg regulator found Radovan Vítek took control of ORCO in secret. He never made the buyout offer. He's never been charged.
2,500 Black Churchgoers Got Free Insurance; He Got 25 Years
A pastor needed burial money for his poor Black congregation. A Beverly Hills financier found the mortality gap that made it possible.
Grillo Denied Bail Because He Might Use a Telephone
A judge found Grillo won't flee and didn't obstruct justice. He denied bail anyway — because Grillo might pick up a telephone.
Leo Grillo Saved 1,500 Animals. Now He's the One in a Cage.
A 77-year-old animal sanctuary founder is held without bail on a kidnapping that never happened, on the word of an informant facing his own fraud case.
Padfield: Nobody Ran for Office Promising to Track Where You Drive
Dr. Jon Padfield on America's 250th year: 109,000 license plate readers, warrantless mass surveillance, and the consent voters were never asked to give.
BIG DEAL: NXIVM Prosecutor's Husband Kissed a Woman in a Park
Raniere branded women and got 120 years. Nathaniel Cullerton kissed someone on a bench and got his verdict in five days, from TikTok.
Part 8: WHO REALLY KILLED FIRST BRANDS?: Anatomy of a Bill
Weil billed 13 lawyers for one hour on January 15. Two weren't admitted to the bar. Inside the $109 million First Brands bankruptcy bill.
WHO REALLY KILLED FIRST BRANDS? Part 7: The Undertakers
Bankruptcy professionals billed First Brands $247 million in six months. The creditors are still waiting. The lawyers were paid first.
