Is this a con?

[Shears]

Interim/Partial Update

Got the records in the mail today from St. Louis. He was in the USMCR. From 1968-1977. I'm having a little bit of trouble understanding some of the abbreviations in the Record of Service list, but he was 'MACS-15 USMCR NAS' from 68-72, and then from 73-75 this changed to 'MACS-15 MARTD MARTC', and in 76 changed to 'MACS-15 MARTD NAS'. Primary duty from 72-76 was 'AvnRdrRprMan'.

I got chatty with him over the holidays and asked him how it was that his kids lived in one city all their lives - why the Marines didn't move him around all over the place as I understand is typical with military life. He said something about that being more common with the Army, but not with the Marines. Then, a few minutes later, while no one was paying attention at the dinner table, he quietly told me he was actually an independent contractor for the CIA, and that's why his family was able to stay put. ???

I've faxed a letter to the CIA Employment Verification office briefly explaining things and asking for assistance in researching. I seriously doubt they'll respond to me, but it's the best I know to do for now.

I can't afford to go the PI route. I went to one nearby county courthouse last week and researched him. Found multiple civil suits against him in the 80's and 90's there. One 'minor' criminal suit for 'theft by conversion' years ago.

Found a suit yesterday online in another county for him for 'subversive activity felony' in 2001. I have to go to that courthouse to get more details. Doing that tomorrow.

Found a couple of $50k judgments against him in the Liens records - have to actually get court case docs from a different courthouse (tomorrow).

Found an IRS lien of $100k.

The list goes on and on.

Have an appointment with a psychologist next week who knows my family to determine how to best approach my mother with all of this.

Will update more when I have another chunk of info, or hear from the CIA, or present what I do have to my mother.

Thanks again for all the support.

 

[>Charlotte<]

I'm having a little bit of trouble understanding some of the abbreviations

MACS = Marine Air Control Squadron
USMCR = United States Marine Corp Reserve
NAS = Naval Air Station
MARTD = Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment
Pretty sure "AvnRdrRprMan" must be "Aviation Radar Repair Man"


Sounds like he was a radar repairman in the Reserves.

Good luck with this guy, truly.

 

[Shears]

MACS = Marine Air Control Squadron
USMCR = United States Marine Corp Reserve
NAS = Naval Air Station
MARTD = Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment
Pretty sure "AvnRdrRprMan" must be "Aviation Radar Repair Man"


Sounds like he was a radar repairman in the Reserves.

Good luck with this guy, truly.

Thanks, Charlotte!

 

[Shears]

?Final? Update...?

I *think* this will be it.

So here's what I did:
I ordered his military records under FOIA over the holidays. The paperwork that was sent to me had an odd discrepancy, so I contacted NARA to discuss, and they told me they would re-pull and re-send. The follow-up paperwork was different from the first in a minor way, but the moral of the story was the same both times: Dates of Service 1968-1977, USMCR.

Simultaneously, I did a self-service background check online on him, and received enough eyebrow-raising, albeit confusing, information in that report to prompt me to head to the local courthouses over the next couple of weeks to start researching him more deeply and ordering archived case documents.

I found 2 criminal cases in 1976 on the background search for fraud/bad checks that I can't get any more info on from the courthouses (cases too old).

The earliest court case I could get my hands on documentation-wise was filed in 1983, for fraud. There is a tattered/pages-missing transcript of the trial in which he admits to representing others 'in a legal capacity' although he 'never passed the bar'. He claims to have attended UGA law school in this case. This was also something he told my mother - that he went to UGA law school - that the military wanted him to have his degree in international law for his military career. Also noted in this transcript is that he had 3 DUIs.

I spent several days in 3 local counties' court houses (Magistrate, State, Superior in each county). In total, I found 17 civil cases that I categorized in a 'Fraud/Misrepresentation/Bad Faith' bucket based on the claims in the petitions. The judgments in all cases was either 'judgment for plaintiff', or 'consent order'; total $ amount of judgments in all the cases was $1.4 million. The general gist of all of them was that he represented himself as an accountant, got people to invest $ in business ventures, or had them set up 'blind trusts', etc, and then took their money.

I found 14 civil cases that I categorized as 'Contract or Loan Default' based on the petitions. These total around $120K.

I found civil cases I categorized as 'Medical'. All unpaid ER visits.

Found umpteen Liens, FIFAs, Garnishments, etc.

Found a criminal case in 2003 for possession of a crack pipe.

I confronted my mother with everything a few weeks ago now, and she broke it off with him immediately. Changed the locks immediately, and my spouse and I packed his stuff up from her condo and got it all out the next day.

Every single thing I stated above he has some sort of explanation for. My mom still doesn't seem too sure of what the truth is.

This whole thing is mind-boggling to me still.

Most recently, I found a profile he posted on linkedin, claiming his military experience as a career RECON marine, etc...and an "LLB in International Law" from UGA. I wrote the UGA registrar's office, citing the URL of this profile, and pasting a screenshot of the degree claim, in my request, and asked for a verification of his attendance and date of graduation. Someone called me back and told me they searched all archives and show no record of his ever attending UGA.

Many of the civil claims of fraud against him include verbiage in the complaint regarding his misrepresentation of himself as a CPA; he lists currently in his Facebook profile that he was named "one of the top 10 accountants in the US by Money Magazine". I contacted the Secretary of State and he has never, ever been a licensed CPA in this state.

He is still emailing my mother; he told her last week that he just found out that Ronald Reagan sealed his records (and many other black ops members') in the 1980s, which was 'great news', because it means 'his family is always protected', and it 'explains why his name hasn't been included in some things'. ??? My mother responded to him: I had a background check done on you. Please don't contact me anymore. He responded: You can contact my ex-wife and ask her anything you want - she'll tell you.

So that's where we are. His stories are crazy-making. And I hope this is the final update, and he stops emailing my mother. It's been very difficult to understand what the truth is when this man should seemingly be in jail based on all the court documents I've read. How is ANY of this OK??? How is he 'allowed' to be a free man and continue to prey on people? It's been difficult to keep our heads straight on all of this

Either way - his toxicity appears to be coming to an end in our lives. I wanted to thank you all again for helping me get the ball rolling on all of this.

 

[Zigner]

I *think* this will be it.

So here's what I did:
I ordered his military records under FOIA over the holidays. The paperwork that was sent to me had an odd discrepancy, so I contacted NARA to discuss, and they told me they would re-pull and re-send. The follow-up paperwork was different from the first in a minor way, but the moral of the story was the same both times: Dates of Service 1968-1977, USMCR.

Simultaneously, I did a self-service background check online on him, and received enough eyebrow-raising, albeit confusing, information in that report to prompt me to head to the local courthouses over the next couple of weeks to start researching him more deeply and ordering archived case documents.

I found 2 criminal cases in 1976 on the background search for fraud/bad checks that I can't get any more info on from the courthouses (cases too old).

The earliest court case I could get my hands on documentation-wise was filed in 1983, for fraud. There is a tattered/pages-missing transcript of the trial in which he admits to representing others 'in a legal capacity' although he 'never passed the bar'. He claims to have attended UGA law school in this case. This was also something he told my mother - that he went to UGA law school - that the military wanted him to have his degree in international law for his military career. Also noted in this transcript is that he had 3 DUIs.

I spent several days in 3 local counties' court houses (Magistrate, State, Superior in each county). In total, I found 17 civil cases that I categorized in a 'Fraud/Misrepresentation/Bad Faith' bucket based on the claims in the petitions. The judgments in all cases was either 'judgment for plaintiff', or 'consent order'; total $ amount of judgments in all the cases was $1.4 million. The general gist of all of them was that he represented himself as an accountant, got people to invest $ in business ventures, or had them set up 'blind trusts', etc, and then took their money.

I found 14 civil cases that I categorized as 'Contract or Loan Default' based on the petitions. These total around $120K.

I found civil cases I categorized as 'Medical'. All unpaid ER visits.

Found umpteen Liens, FIFAs, Garnishments, etc.

Found a criminal case in 2003 for possession of a crack pipe.

I confronted my mother with everything a few weeks ago now, and she broke it off with him immediately. Changed the locks immediately, and my spouse and I packed his stuff up from her condo and got it all out the next day.

Every single thing I stated above he has some sort of explanation for. My mom still doesn't seem too sure of what the truth is.

This whole thing is mind-boggling to me still.

Most recently, I found a profile he posted on linkedin, claiming his military experience as a career RECON marine, etc...and an "LLB in International Law" from UGA. I wrote the UGA registrar's office, citing the URL of this profile, and pasting a screenshot of the degree claim, in my request, and asked for a verification of his attendance and date of graduation. Someone called me back and told me they searched all archives and show no record of his ever attending UGA.

Many of the civil claims of fraud against him include verbiage in the complaint regarding his misrepresentation of himself as a CPA; he lists currently in his Facebook profile that he was named "one of the top 10 accountants in the US by Money Magazine". I contacted the Secretary of State and he has never, ever been a licensed CPA in this state.

He is still emailing my mother; he told her last week that he just found out that Ronald Reagan sealed his records (and many other black ops members') in the 1980s, which was 'great news', because it means 'his family is always protected', and it 'explains why his name hasn't been included in some things'. ??? My mother responded to him: I had a background check done on you. Please don't contact me anymore. He responded: You can contact my ex-wife and ask her anything you want - she'll tell you.

So that's where we are. His stories are crazy-making. And I hope this is the final update, and he stops emailing my mother. It's been very difficult to understand what the truth is when this man should seemingly be in jail based on all the court documents I've read. How is ANY of this OK??? How is he 'allowed' to be a free man and continue to prey on people? It's been difficult to keep our heads straight on all of this

Either way - his toxicity appears to be coming to an end in our lives. I wanted to thank you all again for helping me get the ball rolling on all of this.

I am impressed with your tenacity. Congrats.

 

[Shears]

I am impressed with your tenacity. Congrats.

Thank you - it definitely wasn't easy - there've been a LOT of sleepless nights in this (*and* going through a custody case at the same time). But I have to say, at each and every courthouse, when I explained what I was looking for and why, some of the employees were kinder than I ever could have imagined (helping me with their computer systems, some not charging me for copies of cases, etc.). That kindness in the face of the ugliness I keep fighting brought me to tears several times.
Edited to add: the lack of sleep could have contributed to my emotional wreckage a bit, too

 

[FFuries]

Glad you can put this behind y'all and glad your mother took it as well as she did. 17 years with Air Force Special Operations and my records aren't sealed in any way, then again I never ever did anything super duper secret either. LOL.

Mike
USAF Retired

 

[>Charlotte<]

17 years with Air Force Special Operations

Yeah, sure. Can you prove that?

(just kidding)



Shears, way to go! Your efforts on behalf of your mom are remarkable and truly admirable. This guy is a predator, and you got him.

 

[FFuries]

Yeah, sure. Can you prove that?

(just kidding)



Shears, way to go! Your efforts on behalf of your mom are remarkable and truly admirable. This guy is a predator, and you got him.

I could, but then I would have to, well you know "Kill You!" you know how that is! LOL.

Mike

 

[>Charlotte<]

I could, but then I would have to, well you know "Kill You!" you know how that is! LOL.

Well, then, I'll just take your word for it

Thank you for your service, Mike.

 

[wrongsometimes]

ask to see his dog tags ... his SS # will be on there

 

[Zigner]

ask to see his dog tags ... his SS # will be on there

Wrongagain strikes again!