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UPDATE: Andrew Isaac Chance, 65, Convicted Of Filing False Lien For $1.313 Billion Against Federal Prosecutor In Maryland

UPDATE: Andrew Isaac Chance, the Maryland man accused last year of filing a false lien against a federal prosecutor, has been convicted. Sentencing by U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. is set for Feb. 15, the Justice Department announced in a news release last month. Chance, a recidivist who filed the lien while on probation for…

Dec 5, 2011
‘Sovereign Citizen’ David Myrland Sentenced To Federal Prison For Threats; U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan Lauds Mayor, City Officials Of Kirkland, Wash., For Courage During Sustained Intimidation Campaign

EDITOR’S NOTE: If Kirkland’s name sounds familiar to you — but you can’t quite place it — think about two of America’s great national pastimes: baseball and building things. Indeed, the city produced the 1982 Little League World Series champs, carding a thrilling win over a team from Taiwan, a youth-baseball powerhouse. Kirkland’s team became…

Dec 3, 2011
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: FBI Undercover Operation Leads To Charges Against 13 Individuals In Alleged Penny-Stock Caper; SEC Halts Trading In 7 Companies

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Thirteen individuals, including lawyers, corporate officers and a stock promoter, have been charged criminally in an FBI sting aimed at microcap fraud. The SEC has suspended trading in seven companies: 1st Global Financial Inc. (FGFB), based in Las Vegas; Augrid Global Holdings Corp. (AGHD), based in Houston; ComCam International Inc.…

Dec 1, 2011
UPDATE: Firearms Were Found At Arrest Scene Of Kenneth Wayne Leaming Last Week, Prosecutors Say: Will ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Face Additional Charges In Wake Of Accusations He Filed Bogus Liens Against Public Officials Involved In AdSurfDaily Ponzi Case?

Seven firearms were found last week at the scene of the arrest of Kenneth Wayne Leaming in Spanaway, Wash., the office of U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan of the Western District of Washington said last night. Durkan’s office said it could not discuss whether the government was contemplating taking the firearms matter before a grand…

Nov 30, 2011
‘Uniform’ Ponzi Swindler Richard Elkinson, 78, Sentenced To 102 Months In Federal Prison; 20-Year Scheme Collapsed After Arrest Of Bernard Madoff

Richard Elkinson, the 78-year-old Ponzi swindler whose promissory notes scheme gathered $29 million over 20 years, has been sentenced to 102 months in federal prison. Elkinson resided in Framingham, Mass., and told investors he was in the business of providing uniforms to the government and other entities. But it was all a scam that lured…

Nov 29, 2011
UPDATE: ‘No Comment’ On Kenneth Wayne Leaming Arrest From AdSurfDaily Prosecutors; Name Of Leaming’s Washington State Firm Appears In FBI Affidavit, Congressional Record — And ASD-Related Email

Purported “sovereign citizen” Kenneth Wayne Leaming remains jailed near Seattle a week after his arrest on charges of filing bogus liens against five public officials involved in the AdSurfDaily Ponzi case in the District of Columbia, according to prison records. Leaming, 55, was arrested in Spanaway, Wash., on Nov. 22. He was charged with retaliating…

Nov 29, 2011
BULLETIN: In Affidavit, FBI Counterterrorism Agent Cites Passage From Alleged Kenneth Wayne Leaming Email That References ‘Kids’ Of U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts And Their ‘School’

EDITOR’S NOTE: A passage from a May 2011 email allegedly written by Kenneth Wayne Leaming appears in the story below. The passage, which appears to contain electronic clutter — specifically the string “#39;” — is reproduced verbatim, meaning the string also appears in the court document from which the passage was taken. An FBI agent…

Nov 27, 2011
UPDATE: Judge Ordered Detention Of Kenneth Wayne Leaming To Continue After Initial Hearing; AdSurfDaily Figure And Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Accused Of Filing Bogus Liens Against Bush Cabinet Secretary, Officials Involved In ASD Ponzi Case

UPDATED 5:42 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Public officials involved in the AdSurfDaily Ponzi case were not the only targets of bogus liens filed by Kenneth Wayne Leaming, according to federal prosecutors in Seattle. Leaming, 55, also filed a lien against Mary Peters, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George W. Bush during his second White…

Nov 26, 2011
3 PONZI/FRAUD CAPSULES: (1) Washington State Woman Jailed In Alleged $126 Million Ponzi Scheme; (2) Charity, Church, Investors In Metro Washington, D.C., Allegedly Scammed In $27M Ponzi; (3) South Florida Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In $29.5M ‘Gold’ Scam

EDITOR’S NOTE: This information is presented in the form of briefs, with links to external sources. 1.) Doris E. Nelson, arrested/jailed in Spokane, Wash., region, last week after federal raid in April 2010. SEC filed civil charges in September 2011. The allegations against Nelson and multiple companies in Nevada, Utah and Canada are alarming, but…

Nov 20, 2011
UPDATE: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Accused White House Shooter, Charged With Attempted Assassination Of President; Obama Allegedly Described By Suspect As ‘The Devil’ And The ‘Anti-Christ’ — A Person Who Needed To Be Killed

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez has been charged by the FBI with attempting to assassinate President Obama by firing repeated rounds from a car at the White House after dark and then fleeing the Veterans Day shooting scene in Washington. Ortega-Hernandez, 21, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, also is known as Oscar Ramiro Ortega. He was arrested in…

Nov 18, 2011
Appeals Court Upholds 65-Year Prison Sentence Of Eddie Smith, Alabama Man Who Solicted Murder Of Federal Judge, Prosecutor, Deputy Sheriff And Newspaper Reporter

Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV had two plans: One was to pay a hitman to kill U.S. District Judge William H. Steele, assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Bordenkircher, a deputy sheriff, a former business associate and newspaper reporter. Smith’s other plan was to implicate his murder targets in a plot to frame him by planting false evidence…

Nov 7, 2011