tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72639782812747068982024-03-05T07:32:34.773-08:00The Rise and Fall of Michael OsbornPortrait of a Confidence Man & Convicted FelonGeorge Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-14521864075631531682017-12-05T09:18:00.000-08:002017-12-06T07:42:34.568-08:00Don't Walk Away, ShenaeWell Shenae Osborn has screwed over another landlord/innkeeper. This will be the third instance reported to me since Michael went to prison exactly one year ago (although I am sure there are many more) and the 11th I've heard of since the Osborns fled their trail of landlord and innkeeper fraud in Los Angeles several years ago for the then virgin territories of the greater NYC area.<br />
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Yesterday, I received emails and then phone calls from a pair of upset men who had recently come to the realization that they had been taken for a ride by Shenae. Michael's wife and partner-in-crime has been dragging her three boys across New York and Pennsylvania for the past year. On September 1st, Shenae had taken hold of a condominium she had found, courtesy of AirBnB, at 305 West 50th #11E in New York. She paid the rent of over $4,000/month for the first two months, but since November 1st has stiffed the boys for payment. They came to realize their predicament once they found this blog and the recitations of excuses for which the Osborns have become famous. Apparently, Shenae has learned well, as she fed her newest victims the very same "the dog ate my homework" type lines Mike has been spewing to his marks over the years, and which I've listed ad nauseum in previous posts.<br />
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Shenae's latest address was set after she fled/screwed the posh Symphony Towers at over $12,000/month for the comforts of Mossic, Pennsylvania to be near Michael's then home, Caanan Penitentiary. After he was transferred back to Brooklyn MDC, for reasons unclear to me, Shenae headed back to the Big Apple, presumably to be nearer to him.<br />
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Michael's current billeting is confusing, as Brooklyn MDC is generally a holding facility for those awaiting trial or disposition of their case. It is not generally intended for permanent housing. It is possible that Mike is about to face further music or is a witness in another case, but who knows?<br />
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Anyway, back to Shenae. The current condo she is squatting on is owned by the aforementioned gentlemen who are of Jewish Moroccan background. In order to get into their good graces, Shenae feigned being a member of the tribe (Jewish). She even went as far as to hang a Mezuzah outside of her front door. In reality, she is very Catholic and she hates Jews.<br />
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When confronted by her landlords about this blog, Shenae of course claimed to be terrified of me and that I was the scourge of her life. Funny, since she continues to claim that she has never met me--she has--why would she be terrified of me? I am harmless with the exception that I report her crimes.<br />
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The duped landlords came to me for advice and I suggested they contact an attorney and begin an Unlawful Detainer action to get her out of the condo. It is my belief that process is now underway, so Shenae has a limited time to seek out her next victim. Hopefully, the boys will see the court action through to its conclusion, even though Shenae is likely to flee before the Sheriff shows up at her door, in order that the eviction order appears on her credit report, thus severely limiting her ability to steal accommodations from anybody else. Certainly AirBnb, which has reportedly offered to help these gentlemen, will no longer be offering aid and comfort to Shenae.<br />
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I suppose that this post will encourage Shenae to resume her own maniacal posting on <a href="https://theprisonerswife.blog/" target="_blank">her own blog</a> in which I am once again blamed for all of the troubles in her life. Note to Shenae: Hey baby, I only report 'em. You conduct the crimes of your own volition. Maybe you should go to confession.<br />
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Her blog posts are also laughable in that she feels that in spite of stealing millions from victims over the years, guys like Mike shouldn't be in prison, but confined to home so that they can continue to provide for their family. Yeah, I guess Shenae misses the lifestyle Mike was able to provide with his schemes and she feels that he should be free to continue them within the confines of his comfy stolen habitat. She is obviously not as good at stealing as he is.<br />
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Oh and Shenae, please wish Michael a belated happy one year anniversary in prison. Only 4 1/2 years to go.<br />
<br />George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-40799001861965249472017-08-21T12:13:00.002-07:002017-08-21T12:13:23.735-07:00Osborns and Virgil Williams Ordered to Disgorge $438K and pay $160K in fines each for AgedDebt.net ScamA judgment was entered against Michael Todd Osborn, Shenae Catherine Osborn and Virgil Williams today for their execution of the <a href="http://www.michael-osborn.info/2017/03/sec-files-new-litigation-against.html" target="_blank">AgedDebt.net scheme</a>. They were ordered to jointly reimburse profits of $438,016.82 that were realized by their theft of investors' funds through the phony scheme. They were also ordered to pay fines of $160,000 each.<br />
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I sincerely doubt that the SEC will collect a dime of this money, even after Michael gets out of prison and resumes his thieving ways. In the meantime, Shenae continues to live the high life, courtesy of the funds that were absconded.<br />
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Click <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/356852937/Final-Judgment-in-AgedDebt-net-Scheme" target="_blank">here</a> to view the Judgment order.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-1382166955940979302017-04-14T12:31:00.005-07:002017-04-14T13:37:22.772-07:00Shenae's New SchemeAs you can imagine, I'm always interested in what Shenae is up to since her money machine, Michael became a guest of the federal government. FYI, he has now been moved to Caanan Penitentiary in Pennsylvania and is scheduled to be released in June 2022.<br />
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In the meantime, Shenae is living comfortably off the money she and Michael managed to steal in the VIP Wall Street/Aged Debt scheme for which they are now being sued by the SEC. Shenae's answer to the lawsuit was due on April 5th, but no answer appears on the Pacer service as of today. This comes as no surprise to me. She is likely to ignore the lawsuit.<br />
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Shenae and the kids have taken up residence in the Symphony Towers at 235 W 56th St New York, NY 10019. For the safety of the kids, I won't post the unit number, but those of you who have any interest for legal purposes may contact me for that information. I have informed Symphony Towers management that they have an embezzler in their building, just in case she comes up with the standard Osborn excuses for not paying rent. I've also informed them that she and Michael have committed multiple instance of innkeeper fraud and ripped off several landlords in New York and Los Angeles.<br />
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The other day, I came across the smartphone app <a href="http://www.kidseat4freeny.com/home" target="_blank">"KidsEat4FreeN.Y."</a> <br />
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After a little bit of research I was able to confirm that the app is owned by a very fresh New York corporation, Kids Media Corp. which is owned by Shenae.<br />
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Shenae has created a video advertisement which she claimed appears on the MommyPoppins.com website, and she uploaded to YouTube. As soon as I commented on her criminal past, she removed the video from YouTube. In the meantime, I have warned MommyPoppins.com about the tendency of Shenae's enterprises to be fraudulent. I am also in the process of warning all the restaurants that appear on the app.<br />
<br />George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-53788184692719370162017-03-12T10:03:00.002-07:002017-03-22T10:17:01.124-07:00SEC Files New Litigation Against Michael Osborn, Shenae Osborn and Virgil Williams for the AgedDebt.net ScamMuch as I had previously predicted, on March 9th, civil charges were <a href="https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2017/lr23773.htm" target="_blank">announced</a> by the SEC against VIPWallSt, Inc., Michael Todd Osborn, Shenae Catherine Osborn and Virgil Gene Williams for ripping off dupes for over $400K under the AgedDebt.net scheme. VIPWallSt, a Delaware corporation created by Michael, was the purported owner of the AgedDebt.net website. Shenae was the CEO of VIPWallSt. and had sole control over its financial accounts.<br />
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While criminal indictments have not yet been revealed, I have reason to believe that they exist.<br />
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According to the court filed <a href="https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2017/comp23773.pdf" target="_blank">complaint</a>, Michael and Virgil solicited subscribers to their ThePumpTracker.com website to become investors in AgedDebt.net. At least seven investors contributed to the scheme. These dupes signed Equity Participation Partnership Agreements under which AgedDebt purported to purchase convertible notes against public companies, convert them to stock and then sell the stock into the market. Profits were to be split 30% - 70% with the Osborns and Williams to receive the lion's share. Shenae signed most of the agreements on behalf of AgedDebt.net. She was also the only signer on the bank account.<br />
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As is common for Michael, phony account statements and trade reports were distributed to investors and Mike and Virgil made verbal misrepresentations on the telephone. Mike used the alias "Tom Furlong" when dealing with investors in order to hide from his past crimes and escape this website, Attempts to elude this blog were in vain, as I had already exposed Mike's involvement prior to the unsealing of the indictments in the Commissum Universes scheme.<br />
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Of the over $400,000 that was raised from investors, only $5,000 was used to purchase notes, even though the AgedDebt.net website listed several transactions. The rest of the money was pocketed by the crooks. Shenae personally authorized the transactions that enabled the misappropriation of funds.<br />
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The Osborns were last reported to be living at a New York hotel at the cost of almost $12,000 per month. Since Michael's incarceration for the Commissum Universes scam, Shenae and the kids have apparently disappeared again.<br />
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<i>"Michael Osborn and Shenae Osborn controlled VIP’s financial accounts
and knew investor funds were not used to purchase convertible notes or other rights to securities,
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During July 2015, the AgedDebt.net website stated that it had begun returning funds to the investors. It stated, “As of today’s date, we have paid out the largest partners and are now
down to 7 partners remaining.” In reality, not a single dime was returned and their were only seven "partners". The statement was issued in an attempt to temporarily provide comfort to the victims of the scheme and provide false hope that their monies would be returned,<br />
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According to the complaint, the Osborns had already spent almost all of the stolen funds. It seems fantastic that they could have spent more than $400K that quickly, but in the past the Osborns have shown that they have the ability spend money fast. At least $5 million has disappeared in the last 6 years. I would however imagine that a few dollars have been socked away under a mattress somewhere in case of emergencies like Michael's incarceration. The complaint states that Shenae withdrew $250,000 in cash and cashiers checks from the VIPWallSt bank account.<br />
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Virgil Williams' take from the scheme was not specified in the complaint, other than to say that he "was compensated".<br />
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Michael, who is now imprisoned at the Canaan penitentiary in Pennsylvania, is scheduled to be released on June 22, 2022, but I wouldn't bet on that happening.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-37648562677061526472016-12-07T10:07:00.001-08:002016-12-07T10:07:13.153-08:00The Press Reports About Michael's SentenceHere are a links to yesterday's DOJ announcement of Mike Osborn's sentencing and a few mentions in the press. Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/new-york-city-man-sentenced-federal-prison-stock-trading-scheme" target="_blank">US Department of Justice</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/06/new-york-city-man-sentenced-financial-fraud/" target="_blank">Denver Post</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.9news.com/news/new-yorker-sentenced-to-prison-in-colorado-for-role-in-stock-trading-scheme/365000312" target="_blank">Channel 9 News</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2016/12/06/new-yorker-sentenced-to-prison-in-colorado-for.html?ana=e_me_set4&ed=2016-12-07&j=76681601&s=newsletter&t=1481125559" target="_blank">Denver Business Journal</a><br />
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In other news, Michael's constant cohort, Virgil Williams, took down the Genesis Gives website yesterday. Looks like Virgil won't be giving anything for a while, now that the mastermind has been put to bed. I do expect Virgil will be serving in the not to distant future, however, if you catch my drift.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-58435594715873383722016-12-03T19:37:00.001-08:002017-08-05T10:03:49.294-07:00"Worth the price of admission!"Michael Osborn Begins a 77 Month Prison Sentence<b>Retrieve the Court's Judgment <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/333464152/Osborn-Criminal-Judgment-Denver" target="_blank">here</a>.</b><br />
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December 1st was Michael Osborn's day of reckoning and I love Colorado justice. The disdain for Mike dripped from both Prosecutor Linda Kaufman and Judge Christine Arguello. They verbally attacked him in a way I have never seen in California. Right from the word go, it was obvious that the Judge was going to throw the book at him for his masterminding of the Commissum Universes scam in which Mike and co-Defendant Corey Engelen embezzled $695,000 from ten victims who believed that they were investing in funds that did not exist.<br />
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Mike received a 77 month sentence, of which 80% must be served in a Federal conviction. When his term is up, he will be subjected to 3 years of supervised release. Mike was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine, $200 in costs and make restitution in the amount of $695,000. All of these amounts are subject to interest.<br />
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Mike made a brief statement to the court, expressing regret for the shame he has brought upon his wife and three sons. He neglected to address his other three children whom he has abandoned.<br />
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Public Defender Matthew Belcher, made a laughable statement praising Mike's forthrightness and admission of his crimes and his stated desire to make restitution. It's difficult to decipher whether Belcher was fulfilling his duty in making a full-throated defense of Osborn, or if he was another person conned by Mike. Likely the latter. Every effort to gain the Judge's favor was rejected.<br />
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In pronouncing the sentence the Judge look right at Osborn and said, "Your conduct indicates to me that you're a con man." She doesn't even know the half of it.<br />
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Corey is scheduled to be sentenced in January and is expected to receive about a 24 month term. Mike's sentence was stiffer because the Judge tagged him for being the "leader", "organizer", "supervisor" of the criminal activity and because he "exercised some degree of control". His California conviction in the Car Max and check fraud case was also considered.<br />
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The Judge sustained Osborn's objection to my request to address the court, so I was not permitted to make a statement, but nonetheless the money spent to go to Denver and watch the proceedings was worth the price of admission.<br />
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Here are some of my favorite soundbites from the hearing.<br />
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"Money was never invested. It was spent as soon as it was received."<br />
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"[Osborn] relocated every few weeks"<br />
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"Not forthcoming in finances [to probation officer]."<br />
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"[Sentencing] guidelines are not strict enough."<br />
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"Would have given a stiffer sentence if not for waiver of appellate rights."<br />
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"Took extraordinary steps to avoid arrest."<br />
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"[Osborn] lied to probation office about residence."<br />
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It was evident that Michael's behavior during his release on bond did not impress either the Prosecutor, Judge or probation officer. The Prosecutor outlined Mike's deceptive behavior which violated the conditions of his release. The Osborns moved frequently without informing the probation officer where they were living, until they finally settled into a New York apartment, which they have been renting for the last six months at the astronomical price of $11,735 per month.<br />
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Also in violation with the terms of his release, Mike co-mingled his money with Shenae, presenting her bank accounts in finance reports as well as a PayPal account. He also reported having a net worth of $10 million. That really bit him in the ass in the eyes of the Judge who wasn't buying any part of it. Odd that a guy worth so much would have availed himself of the public defender's services to fight for his freedom.<br />
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The 77 month sentence included a 10 month discount that was granted in exchange for Michael having waived his right to appeal and because he cooperated with the prosecution of Corey Engelen. Reportedly, he spilled the beans on many people including Attorney Jehu Hand, who is facing his own long prison sentence following a grand jury indictment, in an attempt to curry favor with the prosecution and the court. Nevertheless, the Judge only granted only a portion of the discount the Prosecutor recommended. The Judge was inclined to give Mike the maximum sentence and even made statements suggesting that she would impose a stiffer sentence if she could.<br />
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Mike requested that he be released on his bond after sentencing and that he be allowed to surrender to serve his sentence on January 7, 2017. He felt that he would be able to earn enough money by then to make the restitution to his victims. The Judge and Prosecutor were having none of that. They rightly took the position that if Mike really had $10 million in assets, he could have already made restitution. Furthermore, Mike's claimed sources of income were vague. Among the reasons that he was deemed a flight risk was his failure to report his residence to the probation officer as required. Of particular interest was the revelation that Michael immediately arranged to move his family from the Connecticut home they were renting when he learned that the Feds were coming for him. He hired a moving company, requesting a same day move, but settled for a next day move. The mover stored all of the Osborn's possessions and then liquidated them at auction because Michael did not pay the bill (Surprise!). It took several months for the Feds to find Michael, who was deliberately evading arrest. They finally located him at New York's Beacon Hotel, after calling around to hotels close to the proximity of the Wells Fargo branch where he was making periodic deposits to my bank account towards my Judgment. I had informed the IRS agent of the address of that branch.<br />
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My relationship with Mike was also key in denying his request for a January 7th surrender. Shenae's <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/355608371/2016-Shenae-Osborn" target="_blank">short-lived blog</a> was taken down soon after I told Mike that I saw it and that I was about to post proof that Shenae was lying, especially about me. However, I was able to save a pdf copy of the site and I assume that Prosecutor Kaufman retrieved it from this website which she did access. In the discussion of Mike's request, Kaufman quoted a statement from Shenae's blog, "I can literally pack up a family and all of our belongings in a matter of 20 minutes! Practice makes perfect although I don't recommend it." That didn't give anybody a warm fuzzy feeling about the probability of Mike fulfilling his promise to surrender. Neither did his failure to appear at several court-ordered Judgment Debtor Exams with respect to his debt to me.<br />
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Mike's failure to appear at hearings regarding his Car Max arrest and at a criminal case in Nevada for bouncing checks at The Venetian Hotel were also cited in the denial of his request for self-surrender.<br />
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Finally the Prosecutor made specific note of the fact that the SEC had already informed Mike that they were going to bring charges for an investment scheme conducted in 2015, and with that looming over his head, he was even more likely to go on the lam.<br />
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It is likely that the SEC is referring to the AgedDebt.net scheme that cost investors millions of dollars last year and which the Michigan office of the FBI is currently investigating. If this is indeed the chicken that is coming home to roost, then Shenae Osborn, Alexandre Schneer and Virgil Williams should probably be concerned about future knocks at their doors.<br />
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Michael is now at <a href="https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/eng/" target="_blank">Englewood FCI</a>, a minimum security facility that also houses Jared Fogel, the Subway sandwich spokesman serving a long stint instead of footlongs because he enjoys the company of children. Osborn's stay there may be temporary, as he his looking to be closer to Shenae and her kids on the East Coast. He requested that the Judge specifically assign him to Danbury FCI in Connecticut, but the Judge indicated that she wasn't about to do Mike any favors and would leave it to the Bureau of Prisons to decide where he should be housed.<br />
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<br />George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-59995577956375632752016-11-27T09:03:00.001-08:002016-11-28T08:13:05.362-08:00Government Calls Osborn A Flight RiskIt appears that the prosecutor in Osborn's case for the Commissum Universes scam agrees with me that Michael is indeed a flight risk and that he will not show for his promised January 7th surrender date.<br />
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Specifically noted in the <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/332444180/Government-s-Response-to-Osborn-s-Request-to-Voluntarily-Surrender" target="_blank">opposition papers</a> filed with the court on Friday, is the government's belief that Michael has only complied with the terms of his bail because he had not been facing incarceration at the time. Even then, he was not fully compliant, having obfuscated the source of his income and improperly co-mingling funds with Shenae and maintaining a PayPal account. Of particular interest, is that Michael is reportedly paying $11,000 per month in rent in New York City. This bothers the government who decries the fact that Mike has not reported the source of his income. Of course it all comes from scams.<br />
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Within its opposition, the government cites the times Michael has not shown up for judgment debtor exams ordered by the court in relation to his debt to me and for his initial hearing in the Car Max theft case.<br />
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The document also describes the transient nature of the Osborns' and even alludes to the rip off of landlords, hardly a new tale. In order to elude arrest, Michael abandoned his family's property, leaving it to be auctioned off by the moving company who provided a last minute move from the Connecticut property the Osborns were renting. It was not until May that he was arrested at the Beacon Hotel.<br />
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Victims of Michael's crimes can take solace in the fact that the government has also recognized that Michael makes empty promises of payment, calling him "a Master at leading his investors, time and time again, to believe that they would soon be paid." Reference is also made to Mike's tendency to pay restitution and judgments with stolen funds.<br />
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Of particular interest is the revelation that the SEC is about to charge Michael with securities fraud for an unrelated scheme. It is my understanding that this is in relation to the PumpTracker/Fortitude Group fraud and not the AgedDebt.net scheme that the Michigan office of the FBI is investigating.<br />
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At any rate, Michael is facing a long stretch in the federal pokey and given the government's stance against his delayed incarceration, it will be interesting to see whether he even shows up on December 1st. I give it a 50-50 chance.<br />
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Don't forget to follow <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeASharp" target="_blank">my Twitter feed</a> for the play-by-play call and color commentary, live from the sentencing hearing.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-23890643457095076282016-11-23T12:02:00.003-08:002016-11-28T08:10:49.101-08:00Osborn to Be Sentenced December 1st and I Will Be ThereWell Michael will finally get sentenced for his part in the Commissum Universes scandal, in which he has admitted stealing $645,000. The sentencing hearing will be at 10:00am on December 1st in Denver, Colorado and I already have my plane ticket. I have informed the Prosecutor that I have a statement to make to the court before the Judge drops the hammer. In that statement, I will be detailing all of Michael's schemes since CU, including the ones that are ongoing right now.<br />
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Within his <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/332095335/Osborn-s-Pre-sentencing-Hearing-Statement" target="_blank">statement prior to sentencing</a>, Michael is asking the court for leniency, i.e. only 47 months of incarceration followed by 3 years of supervised release. He is also asking for the relatively comfy confines of <a href="https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/dan/" target="_blank">Danbury FCI</a>. He is also asking that he remain free until January 7th so that he can earn the $645,000 restitution and enough money to provide for his family while he is in prison. Anyone who knows Michael, knows that there is no way that he is going to make a million bucks legitimately. Or 50 cents for that matter. If he gets this money, it will be stolen, he will keep it and I believe he may very well flee. At any rate, I will ask the Judge to have him report the source of the funds with documentation.<br />
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I will also argue that he should not receive the relative comforts of Danbury while there are people who have literally lost everything because of his schemes. I will also recount the admonishment that I gave the court at his CarMax sentencing when I told the Judge that nothing will change with Michael when he gets out. Indeed, he is a much bigger crook today than he was then.<br />
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Within its <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/332096328/Govenment-s-Memorandum-Pre-sentencing" target="_blank">pre-sentencing memorandum</a>, the prosecution is asking for 70 - 87 months of incarceration. He is likely to receive a number in that range and I am obviously going to push for the higher number. Michael will be required to serve at least 80% of his sentence. I will also point out that the Michigan office of the FBI is currently investigating him for the AgedDebt.net scam.<br />
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I think that there is a good chance that Michael will be an old man when he is released from prison if he gets indicted and convicted for AgedDebt and perhaps the Fortitude Group/PumpTracker scheme while he his serving this sentence.<br />
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Watch my Twitter feed for up to the minute reports, live from his sentencing hearing. <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeASharp">https://twitter.com/GeorgeASharp</a><br />
<br />George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-78924336367508647012016-10-31T10:42:00.002-07:002016-10-31T10:59:29.762-07:00Corey Engelen's Plea Agreement Looks to Sink MikeIn a <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/329507841/Engelen-Plea-Agreement" target="_blank">plea agreement</a> filed October 13, 2016, Osborn's co-conspirator, Corey Engelen, fully exposes the Commissum Universes scheme.<br />
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According to the agreement, which would have had to have been corroborated by the prosecutors, the lion's share of the $695,000 absconded in phony investment schemes went to Osborn. While Engelen did use funds for his personal needs, some monies went towards bailing Mike out of jail (three separate occasions), a Mercedes-Benz, restitution to Steve Eckhert to cover a bad check Mike had written and for which he was facing criminal trial, and to me towards the judgment I still hold against him. Most of the money was spent on Mike and his family's living expenses. It is clear from the agreement that Mike's wife, Shenae Osborn, was well aware of what was going on and was only too happy to use some of the funds herself.<br />
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It appears form the agreement that Corey Engelen will receive a sentence of 12 to 18 months. One criminal attorney I spoke with figured that Mike was going to get tagged with a 6 - 12 year prison term.<br />
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While all this is going on, the AgedDebt.net investigation is ongoing and is surely something Mike and his cohorts will have to deal with during Mike's time in the pokey. I have no indication that Engeen is involved in that scheme, but I would guess that Shenae Osborn, Alexandre Scheer and Virgil Williams have a lot to sweat about.<br />
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Speaking of Virgil, I will be interested to see how he continues to defend his long time partner-in-crime on his Genesis Gives website, a phony charity that I have already spoken about at length.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-3839584278098156332016-10-17T21:15:00.001-07:002016-10-17T21:15:54.440-07:00More Lies From the Lying LiarsOver the 14 years I have known Michael Osborn, I have tried to instill in him a truth that he just won't grasp. His former partner, Aniko Kaye was the same way. And of course, past and present partner, Virgil Williams couldn't tell the truth if he knew what "truth" meant. Now it has become obvious that his wife, Brenda Williams, is also complicit in the schemes of Virgil and the Osborns.<br />
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Michael absolutely refuses to grasp this notion. He also constantly overlooks the fact that sooner or later I find out everything. That's because the people he screws eventually Google him, find this site and then tell me their story.</div>
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The latest lies of Messers. Osborn and Williams comes through the "Genesis Gives" scam that I wrote about earlier. First, I have to point out the <a href="http://www.genesispa.org/2016-budget" target="_blank">comical budget</a> for "the remainder of 2016". "Our G&A for the remainder of 2016 is $1,000,000 which includes payroll, printing, legal, accounting, rent, utilities, insurance and office materials". The Osborns and the Williams run this scheme from their homes. There is no printing, legal, accounting, rent, utilities, insurance or office materials. There is only so-called payroll, which is funds skimmed off the top to line the pockets of the four pirates. Of course it's not an issue because nobody is stupid enough to give these crooks a dime, but suffice to say that they admit that they would stuff the first million bucks in their pockets, if they could.<br />
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So after I first exposed the Genesis Gives fraud on this blog last August, Virgil posted an August 14 response on Genesis Gives' <a href="http://www.genesispa.org/blog" target="_blank">own blog page</a>. Herein come the lies:<br />
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<b>(1)</b> Virgil claimed that, "Shenae Osborn, who until Friday was a Co-Administrator of Genesis has resigned all positions in Genesis because she didn't want unrelated matters in her personal life to affect the positive work Genesis is doing for families impacted by incarceration."<br />
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In an email to one of the poor dupes who expected all this help from Genesis, Shenae writes, "I resigned fro [sic] my position as I have so many other projects going on but have appointed a great person that will continue to run Genesis Gives so your situation is my last one to finish handling."<br />
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Now which one is lying? Virgil who blames Shenae's so-called resignation one me, or Shenae who claims she resigned because she has oh so many projects?<br />
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Also note, the standard Osborn malarkey when it comes to delivering promised funds. Many times in this blog I have referred to the typical pleadings of, "the money hasn't come in" or "the bank put a hold on the deposit" among the many excuses that Michael offers. It looks like Shenae has learned to parrot the "company line".<br />
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<b>(2)</b> "<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">As I understand it, to date Michael has paid this man over a million in cash and three million in securities." Absolutely, positively pure hokum as I said in my previous post. Where in the world would Michael get this kind of money? Well yes, his dozens of scams, but I guarantee he doesn't use those funds to pay off his debts.</span><br />
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<b>(3)</b> "He is nothing more than a con-man and an ambulance chaser." WOW! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!. Michael is on his way to the hole for the second time and may not come out for many, many years. How many times have you been in prison, Virgil?<br />
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<b>(4)</b> "No, it is not true that Michael has any involvement with Genesis other than in a technology consulting role."<br />
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Do the conversations sound like Michael has only a technology consulting role in Genesis Gives? Of course not! His role in the scam is confirmed in the bio Michael himself published.<br />
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<b>(5)</b> "In case you have seen this man's website, let me address some of his most obvious errors:
Corporation: New York, not Nevada"<br />
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Hey, Dumbo! It was your site that said it was a Nevada Corporation, remember? No? Here's a reminder.<br />
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George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-67756108139243185602016-10-10T13:08:00.000-07:002016-10-10T15:23:21.288-07:00Back in the Penny Stock Scam Business<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It looks like Mike is trying to figure out a way to make a bunch of money before he is sentenced on December 1st for his wire fraud activities with Corey Engelen. With his AgedDebt.net scheme gone up in smoke and the Genesis Gives fraud obviously unable to generate much income, our hero has turned back to the penny markets. <a href="http://commify.me/">Commify.me</a> is the internet face of his non-existent corporation, Commify Technology Corp. It is also a front for promoting valueless penny stocks, as noted by <a href="http://www.otcmarkets.com/research/service-provider/Commify%20Technology%20Corp.?id=7178&b=n&filterOn=2" target="_blank">OTCmarkets</a>, a platform for trading such stocks.<br />
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Now how do we know that Commify is Michael? Well notice that the contact name on the profile above is "Michael Osborn". We know this is the same Osborn we all know and love because the commify.me website lists GenesisGives as one of Commify's "projects". And as has been pointed out in <a href="http://www.michael-osborn.info/2016/08/a-new-scam-and-pending-charges-for-old.html" target="_blank">this article</a>, we know that Genesis Gives is a Michael and Shenae shenanigan together with recidivist criminal, Virgil Williams.<br />
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One of Michael's newest schemes is VW Win Century, Inc. (VWIN), a scheme so fresh that it hasn't really launched since it took over the listing from well-known penny stock fraud artist, Shaun Passley. Under Passley, the company was known as FlexFridge (FLXR) and took millions from the public. No one really know what this "new" company will purport to do, but when you consider the history of this dirty dirty ticker and Michael's involvement, you can be sure that scams are afoot. Although a See Kuy Tan is the purported President of this up and coming fraud, he may or may not exist. The guy who is really the face of the company is Bruce Barren of Los Angeles. While I haven't found anything on Mr. Barren <b>yet</b>, he is either a crook or just really, really stupid. Neither characteristic is a qualification for President of a public corporation. Case in point: the company lists Michael as a "consultant". Now considering Osborn's history, did Bruce neglect to a background check on Mike or did he think that I wasn't going to see this? Neither scenario is exactly complimentary of Bruce's skills as a corporate officer. Perhaps, Bruce should start <a href="http://www.goerie.com/article/20160420/NEWS02/304209944" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-53551073659342868662016-10-07T13:33:00.000-07:002016-12-20T19:37:12.056-08:00An Attempt to Whitewash the TruthHere we go again with Michael's attempt to erase his past indiscretions with finger pointing strictly so he can proceed with new indiscretions. It's a tactic he's tried many times, for example with Abuse of Law which he purported to be a charitable blog, but was really designed to be an attack on me. Recently, Shenae had <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/334746940/2016-Shenae-Osborn" target="_blank">her blog</a> where she claimed that Michael was charged and jailed for car theft merely because "he forgot to change his address". That blog came down as soon as Michael realized that I had wind of it and I knew the truth. Of course the real truth about his time in the pokey comes in the form of the court's <a href="http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20CACO%2020111208049/PEOPLE%20v.%20ISON?" target="_blank">ruling</a> on his appeal of the conviction.<br />
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Now Michael has published <a href="http://michaeltosborn.com/">MichaelTOsborn.com</a>, a thin mea culpa which is more about pointing the finger than taking blame for the dozens of scams he's operated. Everybody is a culprit in his fabricated story except him. Michael portrays himself as a victim of his circumstances. I, of course, am the guy who is most at fault. Yes Michael, I must be the reason you formed Victory Capital, Principal Capital Group, AgedDebt.net, Data Capital Corp., and Commify Technology Corp., to steal millions of dollars from the public.<br />
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Let's look at his blog piecemeal.<br />
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Notice how he opens looking for sympathy, "I am the son of a teenage mother..." and "I commiserate in the guilty of being a failed Father.." This is textbook sociopathic behavior."<br />
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"Oh don't blame me. I am just insecure" If you've ever met Michael, nobody is more secure than he is.<br />
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Trying to convince the reader that he has turned over a new leaf, Michael shamelessly invokes the church: "It wasn't until my early forty's that I returned to the church..."<br />
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In this section, Harold Gregg, another convicted felon (as Mike admits), is identified as Mike's father figure. "Like father , like son." I can't tell you how many times Michael has told me that Harold is stupid. And if "successful in our business ventures" is measured by the number of people they ripped off, then yes, they were successful. See my previous posts for examples.<br />
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Here, Mike's miserable life becomes my fault. And the lies pile on top of each other. I was not hired as a consultant. I was hired to be the CEO. As I have pointed out in the past, <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20031219005326/en/Victory-Capital-Holdings-Corp.-Announces-Acceptance-CEO" target="_blank">the press release</a> says it all. It is true that I sued Victory and Michael and Harold for fraud after I figured out what these guys were really up to. It is also true that I was willing to accept $10,000 in settlement of my salary for the two months of my time as supposed CEO. It is untrue that I was paid the $10,000 and that was why I sued. It is untrue that Jon Fullenkamp, another penny stock fraud artist, was the CEO at the time I sued. Michael gave Jon control of Victory after the Hells Angels paid Michael "a visit" for a long overdue debt. Fullenkamp only found out about the lawsuit after Michael had passed on control of the corporation. And by the way, an officer or director of a corporation cannot be indemnified for fraud. And there was no backroom dealing between Fullenkamp and myself. In fact, Jon Fullenkamp was completely taken to task by me in the courtroom as has been well documented in the press.<br />
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And yes, Michael has created me. Once I realized that Osborn had used me to be the face of his schemes, I have become a well-known activist against penny stock fraud. I give Michael full credit for that and always have.<br />
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I played off Michael's alcoholism? I couldn't give a damn that Michael was/is a drunk. That is not an excuse for screwing people over. And he still does it, even though he claims he is sober (others claim that he is still a drunk). As for attacks on his family, all I have done is expose Shanney/Shenae for her complicity and willing participation in his schemes. This is a fact and I have posted the evidence on this blog many times. If Mike wants to call this an attack on his family, so be it, but once again he is deflecting blame. His own family, and more recently Shenae's family, have emailed me to express their shame in having Michael as part of their family including one from his own daughter in 2009. As she was 16 at the time, I don't believe I posted it, but now she is 23 and her shame should be public.<br />
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<a href="http://www.michael-osborn.info/p/i-get-emails.html" target="_blank">Here</a> are some more emails, including a classic from his sister. I have not yet published the emails from Shenae's family, but if Mike pushes me, I will.<br />
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As for Principal Capital Group, I have posted about this scam in the past, but suffice to say that Michael took in millions from now disgruntled investors. Much of it was lost in bad stock trades, but most was spent on his lavish lifestyle with Shenae. There was no trading floor, just Michael on a computer. There was the facade of a trading operation, but that was for show to create an illusion for dupes. His past employees all claim that they never got beyond pretend trading for training purposes. They were also all stiffed for salary. And no, there were no entities under the Investment Act of 1940. This is mostly because Michael does not have a Securities License of any kind (as the <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/298934568/Osborn-Engelen-Indictment" target="_blank">current indictment</a> makes clear), a situation for which he is the subject of an examination as we speak per the AgedDebt.net scheme. As for the reference to Abelard Construction, that company was just another of Mike's victims, as the owners of the company state <a href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Genesisspaorg-Shenae-C-Osborn/internet/Genesisspaorg-Shenae-C-Osborn-Genesis-Gives-Rebuilding-Americas-Families-ReViV-MediaL-1321819" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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In short, Principal Capital Group was nothing more than a front for collecting funds to support Mike's life and day trading activity.<br />
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Mike says that he "was accused in Orange County of several charges..." Uh no Mike, you were busted for stealing two cars and your continued barrage of bad checks. Remember, the <a href="http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20CACO%2020111208049/PEOPLE%20v.%20ISON?" target="_blank">appeal</a>? There is no way to sugarcoat this Mike. You are a thief.<br />
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As for the small charity, Mike is referring to Abuse of Law, which as I previously referenced was singularly designed to be an attack on me and which the court ordered turned over to me after Michael through in the towel on a defamation lawsuit I filed against him and exposed slumlord, Aniko Kaye.<br />
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The Pumptracker was another scheme designed to steal money and its subscriber list was the base from which funds were extracted for the AgedDebt.net scheme. Contrary to what Mike says, The Pumptracker was a stock promotion site and in fact, pumped shares of the since halted FRTD, a fraudulent scheme which was run by Michael and his partners Thomas Parilla, Andre Scheer, Virgil Williams and recently indicted attorney, Jehu Hand. As most crooks do, Parilla is <a href="http://www.goerie.com/article/20160420/NEWS02/304209944" target="_blank">claiming innocence</a> in the scheme, blaming it entirely on Osborn and Hand.<br />
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Well Docturs.com doesn't exist because the planned fraud fell apart with the AgedDebt.net scheme. There was no platform and Data Capital Corp. was just another fraud by Osborn and the other perpetrators of the AgedDebt.net con.<br />
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Reviv Media was another scam with Shenae's name on it that never got off the ground for some reason.<br />
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I have been paid over $1,000,000 in cash and $3,000,000 in stock? Oh really? Well I guess the IRS, who started the investigation that lead to your pending incarceration is going to be interested in why you haven't shown these assets in your tax returns. In reality, Michael has paid me just over $200,000 in cash and given me a couple of absolutely worthless stock certificates. He still owes me a quarter of a million dollars on my 7 year old judgment.<br />
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My favorite part of his entire blog is how Mike mentions his Federal charges on 14 counts of wire fraud and money laundering almost in passing. The truth is that he has stolen millions of dollars and the <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/298934568/Osborn-Engelen-Indictment" target="_blank">current charges</a> are only the beginning. More indictments are pending and I believe he will receive additional sentences while he serves his pending jail time. At the end of it all, I seriously doubt that Michael will get out of jail before he is 60. As for taking credit for the charges, the Feds came to me because of this blog. They interviewed me and my attorney for an entire day. You bet I take credit in nailing him. But the credit for Michael's crimes belongs entirely to him.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-39305832753673725152016-08-10T18:18:00.005-07:002016-10-17T21:18:27.058-07:00Keeping Up With the Osborns: A New Scam and Pending Charges for An Old ScamMike and Shenae Osborn, together with their faithful dog Virgil Williams (no insult to dogs intended), are back at it with a brand new scheme: the recently launched <a href="http://www.genesispa.org/">Genesis Gives</a>. That website purports to solicit donations from the public for distribution to families "who have been affected by incarceration".<br />
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Genesis Gives is a scam and anybody who puts any faith into this fraud is begging for disappointment. Any donations received will be pocketed by the Osborns and Virgil. None of them give a damn about any incarcerated family except their own. Michael is scheduled to be sentenced for the Commissum Universes scheme he concocted with fellow felon, Corey Engelen, on December 1, 2016. Genesis Gives can only be about giving Shenae some security over the 6 - 10 years Michael will serve as a guest of the federal penitentiary system. That is if PayPal doesn't cut the scheme off in short order. Today, I spoke at length with a security expert at the payments company.<br />
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Notice that within the "About Us" page shown above, Osborn claims that "Genesis Project of America (GPA) is a Nevada Corporation that has made its application to be recognized as a 501(c)3 nonprofit entity. Well guess what. A simple <a href="http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/">search of Nevada Corporations</a> proves that there is no such thing as the "Genesis Project of America" or for that matter "Genesis Gives". OMG! Michael lied! What a shock! This also means, of course, that no non-profit application has been submitted.<br />
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Foolishly, the scam is doubly exposed by Genesis' use of the same mailing address and phone number as the recently demised AgedDebt.net scam.<br />
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Speaking of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150221223912/http://www.ageddebt.net/">Ageddebt.net</a>, I wouldn't be too sure about the strength of any plea deal Michael made with the prosecution in exchange for snitching on Corey Engelen. For those of you who don't know, AgedDebt.net was a scheme in which Michael and Shenae together with Virgil and a cast of others purported to buy public company Aged Debt with other people's money, i.e. investors; convert the debt to stock; and, then sell off the stock. Resulting funds were to be distributed to investors. The problem is that almost all of the investors' money and any gains realized were used to line the pockets of the Osborns and Virgil. Well today, I received confirmation from a Michigan office of the FBI that a case was presented to the US Attorney for subsequent presentation to a Grand Jury. It seems that Michael, Shenae, Virgil and other cohorts are about to be indicted for that scheme. That will very likely nullify the considerations given to Michael for snitching on Corey. In the meantime, the court is accepting comments from victims any of Michael's schemes in advance of the December 1st sentencing hearing. Contact me for details.<br />
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Now Michael continually claims that Shenae has nothing to do with his schemes, but her name and signature appear all over the place, exposing her complicity. For example, former employees at Principal Capital Group will tell you that she ran the office like an SS officer. Also, her name and signature appear all over AgedDebt.net documents. Shortly after that scam was shut down, she briefly posted <a href="https://1drv.ms/b/s!AuMc1hXMvIx4gQivU4d_8dg4Rglf" target="_blank">a blog post</a> about herself on her website ShenaeOsborn.com, packed full of lies, and in which she tried to redeem herself and make Michael into some sort of victim of circumstances. Shenae still denies that Michael did anything wrong to warrant his 13 month incarceration. She says that he was charged because he forgot to tell CarMax that his address changed. In reality, he was charged with grand theft for writing over $50,000 in bad checks to CarMax while procuring two luxury automobiles in the space of a few days. Anyway, fifteen minutes after I told Michael that I turned the article was over to the prosecutor in the Commissum Universes case, it disappeared from view.<br />
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One page from the Genesis Gives website that I found but is not linked to the home page, is the one that talks about the "Team". There you'll find Shenae's dubious, bullshit resume, complete with her experiences at ReViv media, a short-lived stock scam of Michael's that never really got off the ground. Shenae's duties as CEO at ReViv consisted of bringing Michael coffee. As for Little Yoga Bubbles, I am still getting phone calls from employees and providers, including the City of New York, who were stiffed by Shenae. Oh and did I mention that I also get calls from hotels and Air BnB listers who were stiffed by the Osborns?<br />
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Then there's Virgil, a long-time stock fraud artist and convicted felon, who more recently had his hands in the Fortitude Group and AgedDebt.net schemes. This guy is pure scum.<br />
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Conspicuously missing from "The Team" is Michael himself, but you have to figure that is for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, I did find a thread he started at PrisonTalk.com, but quickly deleted. Here it is in perpetuity.<br />
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I particularly enjoy his tone which makes it seem like Michael and Shenae are wonderful benefactors who pulled themselves out of the gutter after Michael's incarceration. There is no mention of Michael's pending trip back to the pokey for an extended stay or the conditions that Shenae described in her short-lived <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/320852263/Shenae-Osborn-briefly-attempts-a-try-at-clearing-her-name-with-a-pack-of-lies">article</a> of earlier this year. One thing for sure, if they did pull themselves out of the pits Shenae described earlier, the Osborns royally ripped someone off to do it.<br />
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I wouldn't expect Genesis Gives to be giving very long.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-53284739749130159042016-02-10T21:28:00.000-08:002016-02-10T21:28:48.052-08:00Michael Osborn Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Illegal Monetary TransactionsOn February 9, 2016, having seen the writing on the wall, Michael has <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/298934899/Plea-Agreement-Re-Commissum-Universes-Scheme">changed his plea to guilty</a> on two of 14 counts alleged in a February grand jury <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/298934568/Osborn-Engelen-Indictment">indictment</a>, after coming to an agreement to have the remaining 12 counts dismissed.<br />
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The charges stem from the Commissum Universes con which was begat by the failed Principal Capital Group scheme. Michael has pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of willfully causing another to engage in a monetary transaction in property derived from specified unlawful activity.<br />
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Among Michael's admissions are:<br />
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<b>WIRE FRAUD</b><br />
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<li>that he devised a scheme to defraud by make false representations;</li>
<li>that he acted with the intent to defraud;</li>
<li>that he caused another person to carry out an interstate transaction; and,</li>
<li>that he carried out the scheme to defraud under false pretense, representations and promises.</li>
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<li>that he willfully caused another person to engage in a monetary transaction;</li>
<li>he knew that the transaction involved the proceeds of criminal activity;</li>
<li>the transaction was greater than $10,000; and,</li>
<li>the subject of the transaction was derived from wire fraud;</li>
<li>that the transaction occurred in the United States.</li>
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In order to carry out his schemes, Michael admitted that:</div>
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<li>He claimed to be an experienced trader and a veteran in the equity/swing trading business. The Government maintains that he also claimed he was a licensed broker, but Michael denies that claim. I can tell you that several of his victims who have come to me have stated that he claimed to have a license.</li>
<li>He sold investors units in funds through which he claimed he would be conducting short term trading.</li>
<li>He falsely told investors that he had a prime trading account through which he would be better able to leverage investors' funds.</li>
<li>He falsely told investors that their funds were protected by a fidelity bond from Lloyds of London and that he used altered documents as an offer of proof.</li>
<li>He told investors that he would use trading strategies that he did not actually adhere to.</li>
<li>He provided investors with false trading reports.</li>
<li>He provided investors with phony SEC filings and falsely represented that his funds were registered with the SEC.</li>
<li>He falsely represented that the accounts investors' funds were wired to were trading accounts, but were in fact checking accounts held by Corey Engelen, and which were accessed for Osborn's and Engelen's personal benefit, including Michael's purchase of a Mercedes Benz.</li>
<li>Some investors funds were transferred to a checking account accessed by Michael's wife Shenae (Shanney) Osborn.</li>
<li>Instead of making promised payouts to investors, Mike came up with the excuses that all who have come in contact with him know by heart, including blaming the bank.</li>
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Michael is required to provide $695,000 plus penalties which have yet to be assessed in restitution (yeah, good luck with that) and faces up to 20 years in prison. Within the plea agreement, it appears that he has a deal with the government to have them recommend a somewhat reduced sentence provided that he snitch--presumably on his partner-in-crime and co-indictee Corey Engelen--and that his testimony is useful in obtaining a guilty plea. Both Michael and Corey are previously convicted felons, convicted for unrelated crimes.</div>
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In the interest of full disclosure, I should state the Michael sent some funds from this scheme to my attorney towards paying off part of the Judgment I have held since 2007. Effectively, Michael defrauded victims in part to pay me, another of his fraud victims. Both my attorney and I were interviewed by the IRS agent investigating this case and we were on the witness list had the case gone to trial. I asked if I would be required to return the funds received from Michael, but was told by the agent that "I was good".</div>
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Michael is currently under investigation along with his partners Alexander Schneer and Virgil Williams, his wife Shenae and others for two other unrelated fraud schemes which took place after the Commissum Universes scheme collapsed. One is a penny stock fraud scheme where Fortitude Group, Inc. (symbol FRTD) was used as the vehicle for defrauding the public. The other was a scheme run on the website <a href="http://ageddebt.net/">AgedDebt.net</a>. This scheme was much like Commissum Universes in that investors' money was used to support the lifestyle of the partners. Through AgedDebt.net, Michael claimed to be purchasing notes issued by public companies with investor funds. Michael then sold or placed the converted stock, supposedly for the benefit of investors. Many of the investors claim to have lost all or part of their investments, by some accounts totaling $3 million.</div>
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Both the Fortitude and AgedDebt schemes solicited subscribers to Michael's ThePumpTracker.com website to invest in the Fortitude and AgedDebt frauds. At one time, Fortitude claimed to have acquired ThePumpTracker.com and fraudulently valued its subscribers list at $30 million in order to attract investors to its stock.<br />
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It seems likely that Michael will be indicted for these newer schemes while he is incarcerated for the Commissum Universes fraud. Michael's sentencing hearing for that one is scheduled for May 24, 2016 and I expect to give testimony as a "friend of the court".</div>
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<br />George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-19609697497243195002012-07-17T15:49:00.001-07:002013-04-22T12:27:39.042-07:00The AbuseofLaw.org Twins Team Up to Rip Off A Home RemodelerWell Mike Osborn and Aniko Kaye, co-publishers of AbuseOfLaw.org, which they have already admitted was purely designed to try and get even with me, have done it again. Together with their faithful dog "Spot" aka Shanney Gallegos-Osborn aka Shenae Osborn (Mike's wife), these modern day Bonnie and Clyde knock-offs have ripped off <a href="http://www.planetremodel.com/">Planet Home Remodeling Corp</a>., a trusted Los Angeles area business for over 20 years, for $16,800 in services.<br />
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A criminal complaint has been filed with the Los Angeles Police Department and we expect the cops to com-a-callin' on the Osborns and Kaye at any time.<br />
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Here's the lowdown on the scheme:<br />
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On December 1, 2011, Mike contacts Planet Home and informs them that he wants "his" house repainted inside and out. The house he was referring to was then owned by Aniko, who is no novice when it comes to swindling people, and located at 4219 Benedict Canyon Rod, Sherman Oaks, CA, but foreclosed on this past February. Incidentally, the bank that foreclosed has reported that the Osborns performed enough shenanigans to continue living there to this day, but they are expected to vacate within a couple of weeks. Why these clowns decided to get the house painted, when they knew that foreclosure was imminent, is beyond me. Apparently, they get a kick out of ripping off service providers.<br />
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Incidentally, hey Mike, don't forget that you are required by the court to provide me with your new home address.<br />
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So Planet Home goes over to the house and visits with Mike and Shanney and they claim that not only do they own that house, but the one next door as well. They also tell the Planet Home representatives that Mike is a major stock trader with millions of dollars worth of accounts all located with New York brokerage firms. They also claim to own millions of dollars in properties in New York. Here's the best part: Mike claimed to be working with Cuba Beverage Company, a company that those who follow my escapades, know has a history with me.<br />
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Mike and Shanney sign a contract with Planet Home who foolishly buy into Mike's story that he doesn't use checks, but that he will have the money wired to them (sound familiar anyone?). Of course that money never comes and still hasn't to this day. What does come is the day to day excuses that those who have suffered the Osborn experience can recite from memory.<br />
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The Osborns also inform Planet Home that they wish to convert the guest house into a rec room for the kids. Planet Home discovers that the guest house was illegally built, without building permits, something that Aniko is famous for doing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Invest your money<br />
with Mike so he can<br />
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Several days into the project, Planet Home still hasn't received their deposit money, so a representative stops by the house, where Mike gives his famous song and dance to the tune of "the bank and lawyers must have screwed up". He acts out a phone call in front of the Planet Home representative in order to provide some comfort and then changes the subject by dangling a carrot. Mike and Shanney inform the rep that they plan on buying the home for sale up the street and they would like Planet Home to do the remodeling. They also send the company on wild goose chases to check out several homes in Sherman Oaks and Beverly Hills. Later, the Osborn tell the Planet Home reps that they no longer have an interest in the home up the street because the sellers are asking too much. Now they want Planet Home to draw up blue prints for a new home on vacate land in Sherman Oaks that they will buy. Unfortunately, Planet Home falls for the Osborn's convincing shtick hook line and sinker.<br />
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To the credit of the Planet Home rep, he did have his antennae up enough to realize that he needed to turn down the offer to invest his money with Mike.<br />
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Interestingly, the Osborns also wanted a Panic Room included in their new home as they "fear for their safety". Yeah, no shit. I wonder how many times Mike has ripped off the wrong guy.<br />
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With the project at 4219 Benedict Canyon well completed and with no money having been paid to Planet Home, the representative showed up at the front door looking for payment. Mike yelled at the representative and reportedly appeared physically threatening. I find this surprising, since Mike doesn't look like he could pull the wings off a fly. The representative reported that Michael has at one time or another appeared to be hyped up or high, something I also reported when I saw Mike at his first court appearance after being released from prison. Perhaps Mike has found a drug that gives him some guts. Too bad he hasn't found something that turns him into a man. Anyway, Mike had the temerity to threaten litigation against Planet Home for having the nerve to show up at his front door to demand payment for services rendered.<br />
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This is not the first time we've seen Mike send out hopeful service providers on wild goose chases built on the presentation of Mike as a world beater. Back in 2009, <a href="http://www.michael-osborn.info/2009/07/up-next-michael-and-shanney-cant-figure.html">I reported on one attempt Mike and Shanney made to swindle a house out of a Beverly Hills real estate broker</a>. About the same time, they retained Vize Property Group and sent them on a wild goose chase on a $10 million dollar Manhattan condo.<br />
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Mike's real problem is that with his criminal past, a new charge of fraud is not going to serve him well come sentencing time.<br />
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And then there's the ongoing federal investigation into his dealings with fellow con man <a href="http://corey-engelen.blogspot.com/">Corey Engelen</a> among others. More about that later, but in the meantime, does anybody know how to spell "grand jury"?<br />
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<b>Side note:</b> Shame on the few of you who believe the crap this crook says about me. Always consider your source.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-74871413728993879372012-07-09T11:41:00.003-07:002012-07-19T13:18:40.854-07:00A Crime He Didn't Commit? Apparently Michael Is The Only One Who Thinks So.Woe is Michael. Nobody is prepared to believe in the innocence he desperately proclaims, most recently on his <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-osborn/46/882/573">Linked in profile</a>.<br />
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Well apparently, the California Court of Appeals believes that Michael did in fact commit the crime he so callously dismisses.<a href="http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?page=1&xmldoc=In%20CACO%2020111208049.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR&SizeDisp=7"> In a recent, unanimous opinion</a>, the court makes it clear that it considers Michael to be a crook.<br />
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The hutzpah Michael displays by filing his appeal is typical of a common sociopath. I guess he must have "forgot" to include within his appeal, his public claims that I tampered with the jury and intimidated the District Attorney's office. Here are some of the highlights from the court's opinion:<br />
<ul><li> <div class="MsoNormal">On July 3, 2009, Michael told the CarMax sales representative that he wanted to buy a $47,485.15 Mercedes Benz. He sought to purchase the vehicle with $15,000 down, the rest to be financed.</div></li>
</ul><ul><li>Michael told that Car Max representative that <b>he earned $78,753</b> per month. (I'll give you all a moment to stop laughing. Of course whatever he "earned" he actually stole.)</li>
</ul><ul><li>Michael told the Car Max representative that he lived in <b>Fullerton</b>. </li>
</ul><ul></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><ul><li>Michael wrote Car Max a $15,000 check drawn on the business account of Principal Capital Group and postdated to July 7, 2009. </li>
</ul><ul><li>On July 7, 2009, Michael contacted the Car Max representative and told her that he wanted to purchase a second vehicle, a BMW. Defendant gave Chavez a check for the $5,000 down payment and requested that Chavez hold the check until the following day.</li>
</ul><ul><li>As a surprise to no one who knows Michael and as per the usual course, both checks bounced.</li>
</ul><ul><li> <div class="MsoNormal">On August 5, 2009 (almost a month after the checks bounced), a CarMax representative reported the matter to the Buena Park Police Department, and stolen vehicle reports were prepared. The police advised CarMax to have the tracking devices on the cars activated. That day, the police recovered the cars at a residence in San Diego. (Car Max told me that they waited to report the cars as stolen in order to give Michael every chance to make good on the checks. They were unable to reach him and he did not contact them even though he <b>had to know</b> that the checks bounced.) </div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></li>
</ul></div><ul></ul><ul><li>Michael appeared shocked when the police showed up (translation: he thought he got away with it). He told them that <b>he was unemployed</b>, had no money, and had been living at the San Diego residence for the preceding <b>six months</b> (but he told Car Max that he was living in Fullerton). This is further proof that a good liar needs a good memory (are you paying attention Aniko Kaye?)</li>
</ul><ul><li>Then Michael changed his story. He acknowledged not having the money in the checking account to cover the deposit checks at the time he wrote them. He stated that he had intended to wire sufficient funds to cover the checks, <b>but never got around to it</b>. (Never got around to it???? That makes you a crook Michael! You stole two cars!)</li>
</ul><ul><li>As the police were transporting Michael to Orange County, he repeatedly asked how they found him. The police explained that the cars had tracking systems. Defendant displayed surprise. (This means that he couldn't believe that he didn't get away with the crime)</li>
</ul><ul><li><div class="pindent40" style="margin-top: 1em;">In March 2009, a business acquaintance, loaned Michael $12,000. He promised to repay the loan $12,000 in principal and $3,000 in interest and ended up writing two checks in the amounts of $12,000 and $3,000 and dated April 1, 2009. When the checks bounced (Surprise!) Michael didn't make them good until the day before his trial, a year after they bounced. (This makes you a crook Michael!) </div></li>
</ul>Michael's attorney used a series of interpretations of case law to try and show why the evidence presented in the trial (including other bounced checks) prejudiced Michael's defense and that he should not have been found guilty. Fortunately, the Court of Appeal wasn't buying any of it. Legal maneuvers aside, the evidence, as highlighted above, clearly shows Michael's intent and he is lucky that the thousands of other bounced checks that Michael has presented over the years were not presented as evidence and that he was not prosecuted for them. There are dozens of his victims who have had millions of dollars stolen from them by Michael and his cohorts who would say that he got off cheap by serving on 13 months. Instead of recognizing that the punishment could have been much worse, he then goes on the attack with false accusations against me, the jury that convicted him, the District Attorney's office, the Judge and the attorney that defended him. Remember the numerous times in his AbuseOfLaw.org blog where Michael sheds crocodile tears and claims to take responsibility for his actions? Does this appeal sound like he is taking responsibility for his actions? Instead of being a man, Michael tried to use a legal loophole to distance himself from a crime he obviously committed. And of course, Michael continues the con games and I continue to get "thank yous" from his potential and past victims. <br />
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I believe that this Court of Appeal opinion is the reason behind Michael's attempt to get me to agree to mutually take down this blog concurrent with the AbuseofLaw.org blog that he and fellow fraud artist <a href="http://www.aniko-kaye.info/">Aniko Kaye</a> publish. Michael figured that I would eventually get around to publicizing the court's decision and that more would realize that his cries of innocence would amount to nothing more than additional screams at the night. Well it is now more evident than ever that I publish the truth and that Michael produces nothing but lies in an attempt to lift himself and get even with me. I have truth on my side and I will never take down this blog.<br />
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This whole thing kind of makes me wonder how Michael will handle himself when a grand jury is presented a case for indictment against him and fraud partner <a href="http://www.corey-engelen.info/">Corey Engelen</a>, later this year or early next year. (Oops! Did I let that slip?)George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-80468748483926764152012-04-25T14:11:00.001-07:002012-07-07T16:16:10.855-07:00Is The Leopard Changing His Spots? Not Bloody Likely.Within his abuseoflaw.org blog posts and responses to my posts here, Mike claims he has learned his lessons and is now an advocate of producing the truth. He also claims to be making retribution to his victims. In short, he claims to be a changed man. I say, not!<br />
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<div class="MsoPlainText">Last week I received the following email from Jeremiah Gedda, Greg Gedda's son. Greg is one of Mike's bigger victims, having been conned to the tune of at least $1.4 million.<i> </i></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="MsoPlainText"><i>"Hi, my name is Jeremiah Gedda, I am the son of Gregory E Gedda from Michigan. I have been watching this situation unfold for the last 2-3 yrs. I knew right from the get go that this was a scam but my father is a stand up guy and he naively believes everybody else is this way too. I have seen my fathers mental capacity slip in the last couple years. I have seen michael osborne continually prey on my father. Is Michael Osborne on probation or parole? Because he is still contacting my father and my dad wont listen to reason. I want to find out who I can contact in California(what state or county government agency) to get a restraining order or something,etc..Any suggestions or thoughts is very much appreciated. thank you and enjoy your day Jeremiah H Gedda"</i></div></blockquote><div class="MsoPlainText">Of course, there is nothing that Jeremiah can do to prevent Michael's continued preying on Greg. Only Greg can come to the conclusion/realization that he has been the victim of the predator Michael Osborn. Con artists like Michael Osborn prey on weak suckers like Greg and once they have the victim in their grasp, they make it very hard for the prey to escape.</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">It was Michael who convinced Greg to underwrite my judgment against Osborn, in the similar fashion in which he convinced Greg to bail him out of jail on the two occasions I had him put there, before Mike was finally incarcerated for a year. Greg was an easy subject for Mike who plays the "good Christian" card against true believers like Greg. Even after writing me checks for over $300K, Greg apparently continues to listen to Michael's song and dance and Jeremiah and Greg's nephew who commented on an earlier blog post, need to intervene directly to Greg. If they truly believe that Greg has become mentally incapacitated, then there are ways of dealing with that too. They need to contact a lawyer before Mike drains Greg dry.</div><div class="MsoPlainText"></div>George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-62536189695814891732012-04-11T06:48:00.002-07:002012-04-12T08:20:35.083-07:00Just the actual facts!OK, so I got it wrong. The tattoo on Mike's arm does not have hands forming a triangle around the eye. It's just a triangle. But you have to realize that I hadn't seen Mike's bare arm in a while. He was in jail for 13 months, you know. He did get to show it to his buddies in the white supremacist gang he joined, though.<br />
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I'm glad that the slight change in insignia didn't fool the couple of people who wrote in though. Mike can stutter and create evidence and post on the message boards as half a dozen different posters and doctor documents all he wants. Those who know him, are not fooled and that's all that matters. Just the facts, Mike? Here they are: I stated from the git go that you were abuseoflaw.org and you denied it. Then all of a sudden abuseoflaw announces that you have been "hired". Uh, huh. The general gist of the insignia that was on the abuseoflaw website (supposedly owned by the non-existent Illumination Fraud Foundation) and now on Illuminatistocks.com just coincidentally happens to appear on your arm. Oh and btw, I received an email overnight from someone who claims that you are also smallcapacademy.com, but I haven't confirmed that yet. They sure seem to be the same website though.<br />
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Speaking of illuminatistocks.com and smallcapacademy.com, isn't it just funny how they both claim you could have made a fortune following their picks for the last year, and yet one was registered in February and the other one was registered less than 4 weeks ago. WOW! That is standard Mike deception.<br />
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And isn't it funny how I predicted that you would look in the mirror and talk to yourself and suddenly find yourself talking to pretend people about how horrible a person I am. Heart wrenching stories Mike? How about the million dollars you stole from Carol Perez, who then couldn't afford breast cancer treatments. How about the $ 1.5 million that Greg Gedda flushed down the toilet to your schemes. How about your single handed destruction of WiFi Med (WIFM)? Or the money your ripped off from the families of the employees of Principal Capital Group whom you then stiffed for paychecks? Or how about your children whom you abandoned and didn't feed? Sohail Djarin, Robert Kramarz, David Gregg (Harold's brother), Rob Seechrist, Frank Webber, George Key, Thomas Quinn, Steve Eckert, untold number of hotels, car rental agencies and restaurants where you played "dine and dash" with Shanney and your kids. Are those stories heart wrenching enough? These are just the ones off the top of my head. And please don't shed anymore crocodile tears with your claims about how you are working towards making restitution. You don't care about your victims and you will never pay back a dime unless you are forced to.<br />
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Great lie on your posting yesterday, though. "Recently, we have made it a point to sit on the sidelines...". Actually, you were busy trying to conduct your cons and when your latest attempt failed, you decided to take another crack at me. Here's an email I received a couple of nights ago.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"Mr. Sharp,</i><br />
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<i>I want to thank you for probably saving me and my company a lot of money. I was close to making a deal with Mr. Osborn when during the course of my due diligince [sic] I came across your website. I shudder when I think of how close I came to exposing everyone around me to this person. Thank you for all you do.</i><br />
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<i>A grateful friend"</i></blockquote>So the fact of the matter is that Mike was pissed that this blog ruined another shot at his ability to abscond with someone's money. And he returned to his own blog to "get even".<br />
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Remember the confrontation between Mike and my attorney at the courthouse, which I recounted in yesterday's post, where Mike stated that, "that if 'his buddy' (meaning me) didn't come up with a settlement number and agree to a mutual take down of blogs (this one and abuseoflaw.org), that things were "going to get worse" This is why Mike tried to make a deal with David. So that he could continue with his cons. And now, his latest posting/fabrication is his idea of things "getting worse". OK.<br />
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Btw, did you notice how Mike didn't deny that that conversation took place? Game, set, match!<br />
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Here's a promise! This blog will never come down. Abuseoflaw.org will. Very soon. GOOGLE has already taken away Mike's right to advertise on it. Yes Mike, I noticed.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-56109458363375015372012-04-10T06:47:00.004-07:002012-04-10T08:09:05.561-07:00Looks Like Mike Has Been Talking to Himself Again As He Enters The Pump & Dump GameApparently, everyone's favorite convicted felon/petty thief/confidence man/car jacker/deadbeat Dad/stock fraud artist is at it again, soliciting input on his abuseoflaw.org website with respect to activities he imagines that I am involved in. I'm really not surprised. He warned my Attorney at his most recent Judgment Debtor exam (he owes me half a million bucks in judgments, you know), that if "his buddy" (meaning me) didn't come up with a settlement number and agree to a mutual take down of blogs (this one and abuseoflaw.org), that things were "going to get worse". David's correct response was, "If you expect George to take down his blog on you, that is never going to happen".<br />
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As I said, the exchange happened after Mike once again did not comply with a court order to produce his tax returns. You see, Mike continues to think that he is above the law. Well he is compelled to appear again next month and I'll look forward to hearing what his excuse will be this time.<br />
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Anyway, now he is seeking input regarding something or other someone unrelated to me wrote on a website and of course, after looking in the mirror and having a conversation with himself, he will concoct some story about how one, two or thirty people stepped forward and gave their accounts of what a horrible person I am. Been there, done that.<br />
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In the meantime, while Michael points his finger at Leslie Howard's activities, he has entered into the stock promotion business himself with the website, illuminatistocks.com. Yeah, that's what you want to buy: a stock promoted by a convicted con man with an FBI file a mile long. It appears that Mike is impressed with Mr. Howard's activities, as he himself now wants to push "pre-promotion" alerts. I guess he is hoping to get the competition out of the way.<br />
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Now Michael is going to deny all day long that this is his website, or claim that he is just affiliated with it (much like he does with abuseoflaw.org, which is 100% owned and operated by Mike), but his fingerprints are all over that website. The most obvious evidence is the logo which appears under the website's header. The eye surrounded by hands was at one time abuseoflaw.org's logo and is tattooed on Michael's arm. Really, Michael, did you think nobody was going to figure that out? Want to see something amusing? The registration of the website at GoDaddy.com provides the address, Playa Hornos 39 Matamoros, Tamaulipas 87470 Mexico. Click <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=playa+hornos+39+matamoros,+Tamaulipas+87470+Mexico&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x866fead2b79d9953:0x79a5db477ab4b27c,Playa+Hornos+39,+Matamoros,+TAMPS,+Mexico&gl=us&ei=_ziET-KVGYri2QWB7rHvCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ8gEwAA">here</a> to get a GOOGLE view of that address.<br />
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Needless to say, that I will personally see to it, that anybody who has their stock promoted by Michael is going to find out the background of the person that is representing their company.George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-46115459038952687572012-02-25T10:08:00.006-08:002012-02-25T16:04:46.218-08:00The Wizard Of Cons Is Back!Part 5: Mike and The Crime "He Didn't Commit"How does one go onto the internet and profess to everybody that one is a changed man, who has taken responsibility for all past actions, when one can’t even acknowledge the crimes committed?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">How does one try and implicate a man whom one obviously has it in for and at that same time attempt to destroy the reputations of others who have nothing to do with that man?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">How does one solve a problem like Michael Osborn?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">For months now, Michael has been posting that I have had him convicted of a crime he did not commit. Within those posts, he’s claimed that I was involved with jury tampering, but he has not offered a shred of proof to neither his readers, the court, the DA or the State Attorney general.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike has also claimed that the only reason that the Deputy DA prosecuted the case is because she was terrified that I would ruin her career. Where does he think I get that kind of power? Here’s his statement:<o:p></o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>“The ADA who tried my case from the Orange County District Attorney’s office stated in the judge’s chambers that she was pursuing my matter out of fear for her professional career because of George Sharp’s use of the internet and what he might write about her. These facts as well as other details are currently under both State and Federal investigation and I hope will aid in bringing George to justice.”</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Really? What "facts"? Mike would not have been privy to the Judge’s chambers, so I wonder how he would have heard this. Furthermore, almost two years later, I still haven’t heard anything from the so-called State and Federal investigators. What happened Mike? Is the whole world up against you?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As it was, I was at odds with Deputy DA Renee Jones, because I believed that she had screwed up her prosecution of the case. I still believe her questioning of a couple of the witnesses was weak, but she got the job done and that is the bottom line. I offered my congratulations to her upon the reading of the verdict.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here’s another unsubstantiated statement from Mike:<o:p></o:p><br />
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</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>“In 2010, due to the efforts of George Sharp, Mr. Osborn was sentenced and served more a year in a California State Prison for a crime that is currently under appeal”, stated Russell Willis, spokesman for IFF.”</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">That’s funny. Considering it is supposedly under appeal, nobody seems to know about it, including the court system. Interesting. And how did my efforts get him convicted? With the exception that the victims came across my very substantiated blog upon GOOGLEing Mike, I was not involved in the case until the sentencing stage, at which time I presented a brief to the court reviewing all of Mike’s past schemes and a list of victims which could be contacted. In fact, by the time I went to the Fullerton PD to file a complaint for the latest $153,000 in bounced checks that Mike had written for my benefit, there were already three other complaints against Mike, filed by others, in the PD’s Fraud Department. There was also a request for extradition of Mike by the Nevada State Attorney General for fraud he committed against The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. And he also had a 10 year old warrant for check fraud in San Diego County. Were all these a result of my efforts?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Let’s look at the crime that Mike “didn’t commit”.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In July of 2009, Mike went to the Car Max location in Buena Park, CA and purchased a Mercedes Benz automobile with a $15,000 postdated check, intended to act as a down payment, and a false and fraudulent credit report under the name Michael Ison. Mike had not used the name "Ison" in years, further proof of his intent to defraud. Three days later, the day before the first postdated check was to be deposited and when Michael already knew that even if Bank of America hadn’t already closed the account, it would bounce sky high, like almost every check he has ever written has done, he went back to the dealership, wrote another $5,000 bad check and using the same phony credit report, drove off with a BMW automobile.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After the checks has been returned to Car Max, dishonored, the dealer attempted to reach Mike. No luck. It was at that point that Car Max began to look into Principal Capital Group and found this blog. That’s when they realized that Principal Capital Group had been kicked out of its Fullerton offices for non-payment of rent and several bounced checks. Having recognized that they had been the victims of theft, Car Max called the police, who then had the cars’ anti-theft devices turned on. They found the cars in San Diego, where Mike had been hiding out at a friend’s house after being outcast by the family of his wife, Shanney. At the time, Shanney had been living with their two children in her mother’s La Habra home on Pine Tree Court.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">On August 6, 2009, police drove down to San Diego, where they waited for Michael to drive the Mercedes before pulling him over and arresting him. They then dragged him back to Orange County in handcuffs. This arrest occurred less than a month after Brea police had arrested Mike for writing $3,000 in bad checks to the Embassy Suites hotel, once those idiots finally caught on to the fact that they were being taken for a ride. Needless to say, management at that hotel was quickly replaced, following that incident.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike was charged and convicted on two counts of automobile theft, two counts of intent to defraud and two counts of check fraud. Because Mike had written the checks on a Principal Capital Group account, he was also charged with two counts of receiving stolen property, but those charges didn’t stick once it became obvious that Principal Capital Group was nothing more than one of Mike’s several alter-egos.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">At the same time, Mike was charged with writing several other bad checks, including one to a former client and several to the owner/landlady of the house he and Shanney were renting in Fullerton. Those charges were dismissed because he made restitution to the former client and the landlady couldn’t keep her story straight. Yes, much like his current landlady.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A judge and jury heard his case and the jury deliberated for several days. Post-trial reports from some jurors state that the week long deliberations were held up by one juror who, not understanding why the specific charges applied to Mike’s crime, required discussion. It wasn’t that the juror thought Mike was innocent of any crime, it was just that the juror didn’t understand how those particular charges applied.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was not privy to most of the trial itself, as I was excluded from the courtroom for a time, since it was thought that I might be called as a witness. As it was, I did not end up being called to the stand and spent a few days in the courthouse’s hallways. Ironically, I spent many hours chit chatting with Mike.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was in the courtroom during the sentencing hearing and I have already <a href="http://www.michael-osborn.info/2010/07/justice-has-finally-arrived.html">reported on what was said by Mike and Shanney</a> during that process. In a nutshell, Mike tried to convince the judge that all he was guilty of was a debt and that there is no such thing as debtor’s prison. Oh and this is "all George Sharp’s fault".<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">At the end of it all, Mike served 13 months of a 32 month sentence.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Those are the facts and they are unimpeachable. In review:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike <b>deliberately</b> wrote two bad checks on closed accounts and <b>deliberately</b> filed false credit reports to obtain two automobiles. That’s theft, even if his actions were not deliberate. But they were and that makes it Intent to Defraud. And the bad checks make it check fraud. So I am loathe to ask, where’s the crime he did not commit?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Much like the accusations of wrongdoings he makes against me, Mike’s claims of innocence and wrongful conviction are not based on any facts, laws or statutes that he can cite and/or proof he can provide. He says he was convicted of crimes he did not commit because he is delusionary, as many felons are, and because his trumpeting might enable him to con others. As always, he does not provide any explanation, proof or substance to back up his statements. OJ also said he was innocent and although he got away with those crimes, nobody believed him. Not that I am comparing Mike’s crimes, of which this account is such a small sampling, to OJ’s crimes. I guess I am saying that the world is full of innocent convicted felons.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Are my efforts and this blog the reason behind his convictions? Maybe and maybe not. But the accolades from his many, many victims over the years keep coming in.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">STILL TO COME (approximately): <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Part 6: Mike and His New Band of Merry Men and Women<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Part 7: The New Old Mike<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Part 8: A Look at Mike’s Victims Over The Years<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Part 9: Shanney’s Support Of Mike and What She Was Doing While He Was In Prison<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Part 10: What Mike’s Vendetta Against Me Has Accomplished So Far & What It Will Accomplish In The Future [clue: nada]<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span style="color: #3333ff; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.michael-osborn.info/">return to michael-osborn.info</a></span> </div>George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-9048572581018205722012-02-21T04:39:00.000-08:002012-02-21T09:12:31.356-08:00The Wizard Of Cons Is Back!Part 4: Mike and The Bus He Throws People Under<div class="MsoNormal">Mike is your best friend when he needs you or you are giving him money. After he no longer finds you useful, watch out!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ll get to his financial conquests, at the destruction of others, later. For now, I want to focus on his more recent ruination of people’s lives. In spite of Mike’s personal attacks on me, please do not count me amongst those people who have suffered at Mike’s hands. Mike’s schemes over the years, have gained me financial benefits (and still do today) and credibility I probably would otherwise have never have received. Hundreds of grateful emails, phone calls and tear stained letters have been my reward. Relationships with government law and regulatory authorities have blossomed because of my work on bringing Mike and Harold to justice. Best of all, Mike is terrified of me and to what or whom it is he will have to answer for next. It shows in his writing.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">There was his attorney, Sean Morrissey, who worked side by side with Mike at Principal Capital Group. This was a kid Mike recruited straight out of law school, using his charm and ability to create illusions of grandeur. Instead of going to work for a firm as an associate to learn the practice of law, like he should have, Sean decided to fast track his way to riches by going to work for Mike. Along the way, he made undertakings with business and representations in courtrooms that quite frankly, should have got him disbarred. I warned Sean on several occasions that Mike would ruin his chance at a successful career and he ignored me, even verbally attacking me in a courthouse. At the end of the day, Sean expressed his regrets and hightailed back to his home State of Utah to escape the legacy of fraud he helped create at Principal Capital Group.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then there’s Evan Ginsburg, Mike’s attorney in his criminal trial and the only lawyer he’s ever had that acted with so much as a modicum of professionalism and dignity. Well with the exception of Derrick Smalls, who represented Mike for about 5 minutes before he figured out what he was getting himself into.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Evan is as sweet a guy as you’ll ever meet. He represented Mike as a favor to his wife Shanney’s family whom Evan has known for years. Evan worked his ass off trying to get Mike the best possible result on his criminal trial, but after all, Mike stole two cars and wrote oodles of bad checks with intent to defraud and without remorse, so he sealed his own fate. Evan also sat with Mike’s mother-in-law, Leticia Gallegos, during my third party examination of her, in order to discover whether she was holding any of Mike’s assets. Evan also represented Mike’s wife, Shanney, during her bankruptcy hearing. At all times, Evan and I were on good and friendly terms. There was no reason not to be. We were not adversaries, just on adverse sides. It’s business.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Evan was so impressed with my resolve to hold Mike’s feet to the fire during my collection efforts, that he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">sold</b> me a judgment he had against Attorney, Riordan Zavala. Evan had no interest in pursuing Zavala, a brutish attorney, with a reputation for unethical behavior and unfounded pleadings. Yes, kind of like Jehu Hand, except that maybe Jehu is more conniving than brutish. I, on the other hand, have a reputation for being a bulldog and taking every pitch thrown at me. I don’t care if it takes 10 days or 10 years. I always prevail, no matter what amount of paperwork, delays or intimidation tactics are thrown at me because my positions are always meritorious. Mike, Jehu and Aniko (see Part 6), all equally unscrupulous, have discovered that I always come out on top and it is driving them crazy.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Evan did not hire me, as Mike claims. I paid Evan money for the judgment. There was nothing inappropriate, unethical or illegal about this business transaction. In fact, Evan had expressed a hope that my collection on the Zavala judgment would cause me to ease up on my efforts against Michael. Michael has actually acknowledged this to me in writing. Furthermore, I purchased the judgment from Evan after Mike’s sentencing. Nothing prevents Evan and I from doing business with the exception of any deal in which Mike and I are on adverse sides. Evan is such a gentleman, that he isn’t even concerned with the fact that Mike threw him under the bus. I am proud to say that Evan and I remain on friendly terms.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Last year, Mike was able to convince Forex International Trading Corporation, a public company that was the subject of a pumpsanddumps.com article and whose insiders had been involved with an unrelated company which I had sued, that I was pumpsanddumps.com and vice versa. Forex filed a lawsuit against me and pumpsanddumps for various ridiculous causes of action. Once I filed a motion to have the case dismissed, Forex abandoned the case, realizing they didn’t have a leg to stand on. They now owe me over $21,000 in court awarded attorney’s fees and are about to get sued for malicious prosecution. In an attempt to hide from my inevitable litigation, the officers of the company, whom are each personally liable to me, have all resigned and the company has reestablished phony headquarters in Israel. All because they listened to the ramblings of a despicable little con artist named Mike Osborn.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Same goes for Christopher Laursen, who is a Defendant in my ongoing case against Cuba Beverage Company. He listened to Mike, even going as far as letting Mike obtain an attorney for him to try and defend him. That attorney, is Mike’s old partner-in-fraud, Jehu Hand, who counseled Laursen to first file a frivolous, and ultimately unsuccessful, motion to strike my complaint and then a frivolous countersuit which has since been dismissed by the court. Jehu also conspired with Laursen to fake Laursen’s move to Minnesota, in order to deter my ability to depose him. Once Mike and Jehu saw that things were going badly for Laursen, they abandoned him and Chris now owes me over $26,000 in attorney’s fees. Contrary to Jehu’s coaching, Laursen will not be able to discharge his debts to me in bankruptcy, as they were incurred through fraud and frivolous court actions on his part. The good news for Laursen is that after I’ve won my case against him for fraud, I’ve decided to take away his right to sue Jehu Hand for malpractice and do it myself, assuming that I haven’t collected on my debt by then. Jehu, is also about to be served with a complaint for malicious prosecution, as it is his responsibility, as an attorney, to refrain from filing meritless lawsuits.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Cuba Beverage Company and its President, Alex Procopio, are also co-defendants in that lawsuit with Laursen. They too suffered at the hands of Jehu, who offered to take up their defense for them at Mike’s behest, and then abandoned his clients once things started going badly for him and it appeared that he was personally going to suffer the wrath of the presiding judge on the case. Perhaps most deceived was the perfectly lovely attorney, Catalina Leff, who claims to be out of her element in this case and says she was conned into temporarily representing Cuba Beverage. She then signed a Substitution of Attorney form, handing the case over to Jehu, who conveniently kept the form in his pocket, until he could determine the direction of the case. When things turned badly for him, he unethically walked away from his clients and because the Substitution was never filed, Cuba and Procopio will have a difficult time making a case for malpractice against him. Difficult, but not impossible.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Jehu’s abandonment put Ms. Leff in a difficult position because she was still identified as attorney of record in a case she had no knowledge of and was facing an ex parte motion I brought to have the Defendants declared in default. I appeared before the Judge and rather than making it easy on myself, I took Ms. Leff at her word and did the honorable thing by explaining the bind that she had been left in by Jehu. Note to Jehu: You probably don’t want to be appearing in a case in front of Judge Taylor again. He reportedly has a long memory, a reputation for being a stickler for the rules and he did not seem too pleased with you.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike also attempted to gain credibility with the defendants in another case which was settled in my favor just this past week. Mike even had his new partner-in-crime, Aniko Kaye, attempt to solicit those defendants into Michael’s confidence. Mike not only wanted to direct the company’s defense of the lawsuit, but also offered to provide consulting services with respect to the company’s status as a public company. To their credit, they recognized the irrational approaches of Mike and Aniko and having looked into their respective backgrounds, decided to stay far away from them. Because the recent settlement has an agreed confidentiality clause, insisted upon by the defendants, I will not be identifying them by name.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Let’s not forget Detroit restaurateur, Greg Gedda, who was easy prey to Mike’s charms and invested almost 1 million dollars in the Principal Capital Group scheme, easily its biggest funder. Mike embezzled every dime from that Ponzi-scheme. Instead of filing a complaint for Mike’s unlicensed actions and fraud (something you can still do Greg), Greg bought into Mike’s stories and personally loaned him another $80,000. Then in an attempt to get me off his back, Mike had Greg personally back a payoff agreement, which I then had to sue Mr. Gedda to enforce. Mike has now conned at least $1.4 million out of Greg Gedda. Here’s the best part. Mike recently tried to get Greg to give him even more money, using the ruse of a planned lawsuit against me and my diligent attorney, David Harter, that required funding. Greg, who showed the “proposed” pleading to my Detroit attorney commented to him, “Why would I even want to get involved in another project with Mr. Osborn or give him any more money and why would I try and go to court against George again?”<br />
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For the record, I tried to save Greg from himself and warned him early on that Mike was a con man and that Greg would never see his money again. Unfortunately, those warnings fell on the deaf ears of a man who is easily conned because of his admirable, if not misguided, faith in his fellow man.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Very recently, Mike went shopping for a contributing writer on SeekingAlpha.com, offering $1,000 (which I promise would have never have been paid) to anybody who would write a defaming article about me and my ongoing litigation against Arena Pharmaceuticals. Here are the contents from a series of December 15<sup>th</sup> emails to me from Erik Gholtoghian, one of the contributors that Mike solicited:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Basically, I don't know you at all. For all I know, you're a scumbag criminal, or maybe a saint. But recently, I was contacted anonymously by some people who offered me $1000 to write a character assassination article in relation to your lawsuit filed with ARNA Pharma. I declined, but somebody else took the offer and the article was posted briefly. Contact me.”</i></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Yes. I'm not sure who contacted me, as the person kept their identity secret and was quite worried about you having evidence for litigation.<br />
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I may give you a call tomorrow to discuss.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </i></div><div class="MsoPlainText">Mike did convince SeekingAlpha.com contributor, Brian Gorban, to publish a phony article about me in which he discredited my litigation against Arena, all the while forgetting to mention the 5 class action lawsuits that were also filed by major national law firms. Within minutes, a link to that article appeared on the Abuse of Law blog.</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText">Then I had a few words with Brian on the telephone, suggesting that the article was not in his best financial interests. Within a couple of hours, Brian had realized that he had been taken for a ride by Mike and the article disappeared. Brian then sent me an email thread between him and Mike, from which the content appears below. Alan Zadeh, is a pseudonym that Brian Gorban uses.</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br />
From: <b>Alan Zadeh</b> <<a href="mailto:azzadehca@gmail.com">azzadehca@gmail.com</a>><br />
Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:02 AM<br />
Subject: Re: Kontactr : Removal of link<br />
To: <a href="mailto:submit@abuseoflaw.org">submit@abuseoflaw.org</a><br />
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oh ok, sounds great Michael and wish you best on a great goal and purpose!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">Best, Brian</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM, <<a href="mailto:submit@abuseoflaw.org" target="_blank">submit@abuseoflaw.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">This is Michael Osborn and although this site started out to take George down but since my getting involved it is about justice and stopping cyber-smearing as it is a growing problem for small and mid cap companies. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">Sent via AbuseofLaw.org</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b>From: </b>Alan Zadeh <<a href="mailto:azzadehca@gmail.com" target="_blank">azzadehca@gmail.com</a>> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Date: </b>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:55:02 -0800</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:submit@abuseoflaw.org" target="_blank">submit@abuseoflaw.org</a>></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Subject: </b>Re: Kontactr : Removal of link</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">Yes, thank you for taking down as he was threatening to sue and this and that and actually wants a letter of apology, lol..is this Michael something (my apologies, can't remember the last name) as he says runs this site looking to get back at him and is he really just a person who works the legal system loopholes for his benefit as he has another lawsuit out? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:46 AM, <<a href="mailto:submit@abuseoflaw.org" target="_blank">submit@abuseoflaw.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">Well it was a very well written article. It is truly a sad event that Sharp is able to scare people to get his way. The post is taken down. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">Sent via AbuseofLaw.org</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b>From: </b>Alan Zadeh <<a href="mailto:azzadehca@gmail.com" target="_blank">azzadehca@gmail.com</a>> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Date: </b>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:43:43 -0800</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:submit@abuseoflaw.org" target="_blank">submit@abuseoflaw.org</a>></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;"><b>Subject: </b>Re: Kontactr : Removal of link</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">Appreciate that..Mr.Sharp contacted me personally and explained his side and as a third party I simply want to stay out of it if that's understandable? I'm just a very small free-lance writer trying to get by.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in;">On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM, <<a href="mailto:submit@abuseoflaw.org" target="_blank">submit@abuseoflaw.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: .5in; margin-top: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;">No problem. May I ask why you took it down?<br />
------Original Message------<br />
From: Brian<br />
To: <a href="mailto:submit@abuseoflaw.org" target="_blank">submit@abuseoflaw.org</a><br />
ReplyTo: Brian<br />
Subject: Kontactr : Removal of link<br />
Sent: Dec 14, 2011 10:38 AM<br />
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Hello,<br />
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I wrote this article and had it deleted yesterday so the link doesn't<br />
work..better to just kindly take down please.<br />
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Best,<br />
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Brian<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;">Obviously, Mike has exposed Mr. Gorban and SeekingAlpha.com to litigation, which I am now considering filing.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;">I guess the bottom line is that Mike brings everyone who comes in contact with him down to his level and will take advantage of anyone and everyone in order to conduct his nefarious deeds. He’ll even sell out his own wife, whom I predict will one day come to her senses, just like Mike’s previous two “wives” did.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1;">In Shanney’s case, he had her submit to my demand to get her to undersign one of the many judgment payoff agreement’s that Michael breached. I told him that there was no way I would go into this umpteenth agreement without Shanney’s acceptance of the debt as her own. To my shock, he got her to agree to sign the document. She was then forced to file for bankruptcy once Michael inevitably reneged. In short, Michael caused the destruction of Shanney’s credit rating.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My former landlady, fraud artist, slumlord and Mike’s new pal, Aniko Kaye, doesn’t know it yet, but Mike has even thrown her under the bus, although she’s so self-destructive, that she really doesn’t need much more than a gentle push to get run over by that bus. Aniko has already admitted under sworn testimony that she provided Michael with my credit reports that he published on his Abuse of Law blog. In a few days, I will be seeking leave of the Federal Bankruptcy Court, to enable me to include Aniko as a defendant in an action against her, Mike and possibly Jehu Hand for Invasion of Privacy, Violations of the Fair Housing Act and Violations of the Fair Credit Act. This litigation will only be part of the several court actions she is about to face, culminating with Federal charges of dozens of counts of criminal Bankruptcy Fraud, that will most certainly be brought by the court. Mike likes to make hay of my legal name change in 1997 and yet fails to consider that his benefactor has banks accounts under at least 5 different names and has used that many different names when giving sworn testimony in my 4 year old case against her. And yes, Mike, there is actual evidence and the court has it. Hard evidence Mike. Something you try and have the next time you make empty accusations.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike is obsessed with his goal of validating himself by making me look like the bad guy. His blog is full of claims of wrongdoing without any specifics or proof as to what it is that I or my alleged pseudo personalities are doing wrong. He just says it over and over again in an attempt to brainwash the reader into believing that his statements are fact. For example, not once has he told his two or three readers why my lawsuits are illegal, as he claims. All he offers are opinions. He may have complained to various authorities, as there are plenty of online forums to do that, but they must have brushed him aside like a pesky gnat because I have not received a single inquiry from any authority. This in spite of the fact that Mike, through his blog, claims to have been reporting me to the SEC, the FBI, the DOJ and probably the NFL, looking for somebody, anybody to listen to his screams into the night.<br />
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<i>"Our findings have uncovered washed stock sells, lack of proper SEC disclosure on Forms 3 & 4, recordings of Mr. Sharp threatening individuals to pay him or he will sue, tortuous interference (which represents hundreds of millions of dollars in damages), intimidation tactics in lieu of compensation and countless message board aliases finally proving what most smart investors already knew, that they are all linked to Mr. Sharp."</i><br />
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It's now six months later and Mike hasn't provided a shred of evidence of "his findings". Not to his few blog readers, the authorities or anyone else. He might as well have said that he has evidence that I've been on the moon.<br />
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Amongst Mike’s many fantasies is that I am the owner of pumpsanddumps.com, a website dedicated to exposing penny stock promotions and/or frauds. I do subscribe to pumpsanddumps.com, although their emails are also found on their website, so that is no big deal. As usual, Mike doesn’t offer a single shred of evidence linking me to the website or even to any wrongdoing by the website. He uses conjecture, sleight of hand and innuendo to try and make the reader see something that isn’t there. An illusion, if you will. Illusions are the bread and butter of the con man, and without them, he can’t reach his ultimate goal which is to make you believe something that doesn’t exist. One of those illusions, Mike likes to hang his hat on, is that I have sued two of the hundreds of companies talked about on pumpsanddumps.com and the insiders of a third company. In Mike’s convoluted world, that makes pumpsanddumps.com and I one and the same. Admittedly, I did use one of pumpsanddumps’ articles to help come to the conclusion that I had been had on one of the stocks I purchased. Still, Mike doesn’t talk about the rest of the companies which that website reports on and whom I haven’t sued.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike’s newest revelation is that I am Leslie Howard, the writer of a penny stock newsletter whose picks are marked on pumpsanddumps.com’s Watch List. Did you get that? Mike now claims that I write a newsletter “pre-promoting” penny stocks, which I then report as a fraud on another website Mike purports to be owned by me. That’s like Intel reporting themselves to the Better Business Bureau for making defective computer chips.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike’s basis for connecting me with Leslie Howard is that pumpsanddumps.com provided advertising for his website. On that basis, I am also TD Ameritrade, iContact, Progressive Insurance, and a host of other major corporations.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mr. Howard did write to me, while Mike was pre-announcing his findings on my supposed dual identity, and asked me who Mike was and why he was trying to link us as one. I replied with a bit of the story on Mike and suggested to Mr. Howard that he feed the fire and go along with the gag. I gave him some ammunition and Mr. Howard wrote him an email intended to make him sound like me. It isn’t exactly difficult to get Mike to go off on one of his lunacies. Mike even doctored that email to make it sound even more damning. Also, his implications once again provide no evidence of any wrongdoing by Mr. Howard, except for the old, “because I say so” proof.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Let me take a moment to make clear that I have no knowledge or opinion of the legality of Mr. Howard’s or pumpsanddumps.com’s operations.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Frankly, I really don’t care what anybody thinks and you are free to go ahead and believe that I am pumpsanddumps.com, Leslie Howard, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus or Hillary Clinton, if you like.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I do find it interesting that Mike is pointing a finger at Leslie Howard for doing what he wants to do himself. Mike’s blog advertises his participation in WallStHype.com, a planned penny stock pre-promotion website, through the collaboration of Abuse of Law and Pantheon Traders, another one of Mike’s websites. Could, Mike’s attack on Mr. Howard be motivated by competition? From WallStHype.com’s page: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“We understand all the components that go into a penny stock promotion and exactly what to look for when speculating on upcoming stock promotions.”. </i>Now this is a truthful statement. Mike is an expert on penny stock frauds. He should be. He and his new-old partner, Jehu Hand, have been involved in plenty of them.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike, likes to make me out to be a vexatious litigant. Really Mike? Under whose rules, the governments or yours? Of course you know better than anybody else, don’t you?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="Default"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Under California Code of Civil Procedure section 391(b), a vexatious litigant is a person who does any of the following: </span></span></div><div class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">• <i>In the immediately preceding seven-year period has commenced, prosecuted, or maintained in propria persona at least five litigations other than in a small claims court that have been (i) finally determined adversely to the person or (ii) unjustifiably permitted to remain pending at least two years without having been brought to trial or hearing.</i> [Nope not me. I have not brought 5 litigations in propria persona and I have never lost a case. Ever!]</span></span></div><div class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">• <i>After a litigation has been finally determined against the person, repeatedly relitigates or attempts to relitigate, in propria persona, either (i) the validity of the determination against the same defendant or defendants as to whom the litigation was finally determined or (ii) the cause of action, claim, controversy, or any of the issues of fact or law, determined or concluded by the final determination against the same defendant or defendants as to whom the litigation was finally determined.</i> [Well since I’ve never lost a case, this can’t be me.]</span></span></div><div class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6.9pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">• <i>In any litigation while acting in propria persona, repeatedly files unmeritorious motions, pleadings, or other papers, conducts unnecessary discovery, or engages in other tactics that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay.</i> [no, that’s Jehu Hand’s job]</span></span></div><div class="Default"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">• <i>Has previously been declared to be a vexatious litigant by any state or federal court of record in any action or proceeding based upon the same or substantially similar facts, transaction, or occurrence.</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">[That can’t be me since I’ve never filed a case anywhere but California. Strike 4]</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So Mike, exactly how am I a vexatious litigant?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-18353515357662635162012-02-20T11:56:00.000-08:002012-02-20T21:17:06.872-08:00The Wizard Of Cons Is Back! Part 2: Actually Getting To Know Mike Osborn<div class="MsoNormal">On February 16, 2012, in a continuing attempt to humanize himself, towards the goal of going back into the con business, Mike published an article entitled, “Getting to know Michael Osborn”. I’m going to dissect it for you bit by bit.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“To say I have made my share of mistakes would be an understatement. At the ripe age of 41, I can say that I am finally at a place in my life where I am learning to live in peace.”</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Made his share of mistakes? Millions of dollars in bum checks, embezzlement of millions more, destroying the lives of retirees, stealing not one but two cars, lying under oath, taking advantage of relationship, being a dead-best Dad, etc., etc. are “mistakes”? Mistakes are the results of poor judgment. Your actions were not derived from poor judgment but from pre-mediated, deliberate and executed criminal activity. Man up to it Mike and just call it what it is.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I am the son of a teenage mother. She was married to my father, who was 21 at the time, but when the reality of having a child hit him, he left us. I was only three years old. I was blessed to have a brilliant and inspirational grandmother that to the best of her ability, made sure my mothers lack of life's lessons, would affect me as minimally as possible.”</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Notice how he’s attempting to justify his criminal actions and subtly blame his mother. Does this sound like the words of a repentant crook or the words of a man looking to gain the trust of a gullible society? As for his grandmother, may she rest in peace, at Mike’s sentencing hearing, his wife Shanney blamed her for Mike’s propensity to commit crimes, claiming that grandma taught him to ,”Fake it until you make it”.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Although today I am a devoted husband and loving father, I commiserate in the guilt of being a failed father to my other three children. It hurts to live with such regret.” </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, according to his ex, Mike hasn’t even attempted to contact his two, young and gorgeous middle children since he got out of prison last July.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“… I think that is because of the enormous insecurity I felt as a young child. This same insecurity followed me throughout most of my adult life. The insecurity manifested itself by making me an overachiever and as my grandmother always said, “You will be a master of anything you’re motivated to do.” … Yet the insecurity I was cursed with was acting as a saboteur and became a support mechanism validating my failures.”</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Stories and excuses, something Mike is excellent at providing. Again, a left-handed mea culpa. Truly repentant sinners take full and unconditional blame for their actions.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“…To protect my emotionally scarred self, I quit the band and used my family and the church as my scapegoat. It wasn’t until my early forties that I returned to the church and began healing this emotional scar.”</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Con men often use the church as a basis for validation of their staged awakening. They also often look to the church for their next victims. Here’s <a href="http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/consumers/investmented/downloads/pdfs/bornagain.pdf">a great article</a> from the Delaware Attorney General’s office.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“In the late 1990’s, I began working with a retired attorney by the name of Harold Gregg. Mr. Gregg had a background in buying and selling assisted living and nursing home facilities throughout the US. Trying to be on the cutting edge of technology, Harold had requested that I assist him in automating his medical payment reimbursements system from Medicaid and Medical. It was here that I began to form a bond with Harold. I viewed him as a father figure, which ultimately helped me heal some of my deep rooted father issues.”</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike claims that he looked upon Harold Gregg as a “father figure”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mike is the dominant in that relationship and Harold couldn’t pull off any job without “the brains of the operation”, a role most recently filled by Beverly Hills con man, Theodore (Ted) Saltzman. Currently, Harold and Ted are under grand jury indictment for wire fraud in connection with a High-Yield Investment Program scheme.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Michael often reprimanded Harold in public for “being stupid” and Harold was constantly at Mike’s beck and call, even interrupting late evening dates to make vodka runs for Mike. In my opinion, Harold could screw up a cup of coffee. I can hear Mike laughing in agreement at that comment, from here.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mike continues to try and sell the lie of Harold as an attorney. Harold has been on the Ohio Bar’s inactive list since at least the 1980s and there is no evidence of him having actually practiced law with a license, ever. Harold has never been licensed to practice law in California or any other State. Of course, that didn’t stop him from practicing law without a license, as he was named General Counsel in several of Mike’s schemes. Harold even represented Michael in court on at least one occasion. Harold was/is plain and simply Michael’s sidekick and lackey.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“In the early 2000’s I founded and sat as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Victory Capital Holdings Corporation. Victory was </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">a company designed to leverage the assets of existing, proven technology and to infuse those assets with marketing, management and financial support.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">No, that company was designed to be a penny stock fraud and Michael stole every penny he raised. Eventually, he sold the shell on order to pay off a group of Hells Angels to whom he was $80,000 in debt.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">“In 2004, at the request of one of our partners, we hired George A. Sharp to act as a consultant to assist us in building out our infrastructure network. We had to hire George as a consultant because according to him, he was not a US citizen. Mr. Sharp was paid both cash and free trading stock in order to assist us. Within 90 days, it became evident that Mr. Sharp had little to no professional skills and clearly was not what he had represented to us. Shortly thereafter, we terminated him for cause, as was within our contractual rights pursuant to our agreement. I don’t think we will ever know the true reason that this partner brought George A. Sharp to our table, but because he did, my life would forever change.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">What a pack of lies. First of all, according to Victory Capital’s </span><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20031219005326/en/Victory-Capital-Holdings-Corp.-Announces-Acceptance-CEO"><span lang="EN">own press release</span></a><span lang="EN">, issued by Harold Gregg, I was hired to be the CEO, not a consultant to build out the infrastructure network. That right there should enough for me to ending this posting because I have proved that Michael has never stopped being a liar. But there’s so much more.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">I was classified as a consultant not because I was not a U.S. Citizen at the time. I was a legal resident with a Green Card. I was a consultant so that Mike didn’t have to worry about benefits, taxes, etc. The only time, I received cash was after my lawyer got involved, and then once I started collecting on my judgment. Mike gave me a few shares of stock on one occasion in an attempt to silence me after I complained that I had not been paid for two months.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">I was not terminated from Victory because I had no professional skills. I was terminated because I had complained about having no access to corporate minute books, accounting or paychecks. That was the opus for the beginning of my investigation into Mike and Harold and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">that’s</b> where all this began. On one evening, Mike had me drive down to his house for a Board of Directors meeting and he spent the night stoned to the gills showing me pictures of his staged wedding to his then “wife”. That’s when I started to realize that I had been had.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The reason Mike’s “partner”, namely Chris Benz, whom I thought was a friend, brought me to the table, is that they were looking for an unknown face to be the CEO of their little scam. I was always intended by them to be nothing more than a figurehead. Mike’s plan was to turn me into another Harold Gregg, something he soon found was I not going to allow to happen. Chris introduced me to Michael because I had a strong background in telecommunications and looked good on SEC filings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">However, if Mike wants to set the bar for “professional skills” to his level of lying, thieving, conniving and confidence games, then he is correct, I have no professional skills. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">“Typical of George Sharp, he and his attorney threatened us with litigation unless we paid him $10,000.00. Although we complied with their request and paid the $10,000.00…”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">True, I hired an attorney to go get my money. Nobody can get away with stealing even two dollars from me. But, as anybody who has ever dealt with Mike can tell you, he never paid me any money until I forced his hand. Mike has always tried to convince people that he’s met his obligations. Most recently, he and his new-old partner, Attorney Jehu Hand, went into court trying to convince the Judge that my judgment, on which Mike still owes me almost half a million dollars, was satisfied. The Judge didn’t even come close to buying their story.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">“As leverage, less than a month later, Jon Fullenkamp (who at the time was CEO of Victory Capital) and Mike Irolano (who was a stock promoter consulting for the company) offered us cash, stock and indemnification if we resigned from the company. They offered to include us in any and all discussions related to the Sharp matters, yet as you can imagine, they failed to do so. All parties understood that under Nevada Corporate law, corporations registered in Nevada must indemnify their officers and directors.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Not true. Mike sold the shell to Fullenkamp, who is a penny stock fraud artist of the highest order, without telling him that the lawsuit had just been filed. Fullenkamp got railroaded into the litigation by Mike. But no one should feel sorry for Fullenkamp because he himself stole millions from the coffers and he performed enough of his own stupid stunts that his own Board of Directors sued him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<div style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“As we later learned , behind closed doors they negotiated a deal with George to settle and remove themselves from the lawsuit while leaving us holding the bag.”</span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Is Mike kidding? It took me years of litigation and enduring Fullenkamp’s abusive and lying press releases to even get to a settlement agreement with Victory and then years more to collect. The reason that Mike and Harold were not part of the proceedings is that they took the old, “ignore it and hope it goes away” tactic. Mike and Harold got served with a copy of that settlement agreement as well as the motion to approve the settlement. This happened months before the trial in which they were found liable for fraud. When they failed to appear at that trial (yes, there was a trial), it went on without them. Mike and Harold were kept in the loop at all times. They just chose to ignore it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">“George has used the Internet as a tool to apply pressure on me to collect on what we feel was an illegally obtained judgment. Unfortunately, during this period of my life, I drank so much that I began to lose touch with reality. It became easier to live in the illusion rather than focus on the matters right in front of me. George was able to play off my sickness which fed into his narcosis. By my own doing, I allowed George to attack my family and myself and because of my insecurity, I did not defend us in a manner befitting a husband, father and friend. I allowed my ego to write checks that my body could not cash for the quick fix, instead of dealing with the issue head-on and George was able to capitalize on my illness.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">No, George has used the internet as a tool to try and keep others from getting hurt by Mike’s confidence games. Sometimes, I have been successful and at other times, people do not do their due diligence which is so easy now, thanks to the internet. Just ask Greg Gedda about the importance of doing due diligence. I played off Mike’s sickness? Did I make him steal two cars, write millions of dollars in bad checks, not just to me but dozens of others as well.? Did I make Mike steal funds from Greg Gedda, Carol Perez and dozens of others? Is all this because of Mike’s illness or because of his determination to be a lying crook, which he still carries on today?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Isn’t it interesting that when it is convenient for Mike, he uses his drinking to explain away his conduct and neglect and yet surprisingly has a perfect memory regarding my alleged misdeeds?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">“George has made it a point to put on the internet my use of the last name Ison. I would like to address this point once and for all. As I stated in the beginning, my mother was a teenager when she had me (15 years old). She had no business being a parent at that age but got pregnant to spite her mother. My mother re-married when I was eight to a man by the name of Paul Ison. My step dad raised me as his own child. When I was a teenager we were going to Japan for the church so my parents applied for my Passport. They were informed that they could do a “poor man’s” formal adoption by getting a library card in the name of Ison and using that as my ID for my passport. Many years later, when I went to apply for a marriage license in my early 20’s, I found out that, to my surprise, Ison was in fact NOT my true and legal name. My legal name was Michael Osborn. The matter of my name was legally rectified in 2009 but did not formally become resolved until 2011.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN"> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Is this why you, Mike, have liberally used both names throughout the years, going back and forth between Osborn and Ison, in order to hide your more recent nefarious deeds? Is this why you stole two automobiles from Car Max, by deliberately writing two bad checks under the name Ison? Is this why you were tried and convicted and incarcerated under the name Ison? Or did you finally and officially change your last name in order to attempt to escape the stigma applied to your conviction under the name Ison?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">“I was falsely accused in Orange County on several charges which ultimately led to multiple felony convictions. We later learned that George Sharp was communicating with jurors during the deliberation process as well as formed an unethical relationship with my criminal attorney prior to my trial. I served one year in state prison and was released early for good behavior and being a model prisoner. During this period of my life, I learned “why lie when the truth fits so much better”. </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">This paragraph deserves its own discussion, which I will soon provide. It is the strongest indication yet, of Mike’s insincerity and determination to blame others for his criminal behavior. This is typical of a con man.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“Upon my release, I was asked to help a small charity in formation to implement their new and exciting business strategy. I became an investigator for Abuseoflaw.org and started working on helping the cause with my very loud voice. My first investigative subject would be none other than George A. Sharp.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">When he was asked to help the small charity, Mike looked in the mirror and asked himself. He is Abuse of Law and is its one and only contributor, publisher and manager. Abuse of Law’s sole purpose is to defame me in order to make Mike seem more legitimate and enable him to conduct his cons. Perhaps Mike would feel better about himself, if he went to work at McDonald’s and started to make restitution to all of his victims, including his children.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“We have been successful in linking George Sharp to his real name, which is George Helischauer.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">My legal name is George Sharp and has been since 1997 when I changed it in a court of law. I owe Mike no proof, but the IRS, DMV and SSA have always known it and my numbers with those government agencies have never changed. One of the first questions during the course of a deposition is whether the deponent has ever been known by any other names. I have had my deposition taken several times and I have always stated that my name used to be Helischauer. But he can call me Helischauer now if it makes him feel better. In fact, I insist on it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“We linked him without a doubt to pumpsanddumps.com and recently, we have caught him using a false identity by impersonating Leslie Howard as the would-be founder of firstmicrocapreport.com as a self-proclaimed stock genius. We have also identified over 250 aliases used by George on multiple message boards. We have also identified nine public aliases that he has used for various things such as bank accounts, brokerage accounts, insurance policies and rental agreements.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Lot of lies, but where’s the evidence? Say it often enough and he will begin to believe it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN">“To date we have paid George over $700,000.00 in cash and stock on his illegally obtained judgment. The recent discovery of the Victory Capital note will most certainly help our cause, and we will not stop fighting until justice is served and George is shown the same courtesy he showed me.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">I’m not sure of the accuracy of the $700,000 figure as I write this. Even so, it wasn’t Mike who paid it but his victims, like Greg Gedda. But again, where’s the proof about the judgment being “illegally obtained”? Mike and Jehu just tried that stunt and were thwarted by the court in their motion to seek to have the judgment deemed satisfied. As for the Victory Capital note, if it exists, it is most likely a forgery and or backdated. I doubt, given Mike and Harold’s legacy of fraud, that they will be able to get anything out of it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“In 2011, the team at abuseoflaw.org started working with other George Sharp victims. These efforts have helped define a clear roadmap to have him and his alter ego's all brought to justice. We will do everything to have him convicted not only in a court of law but the court of public opinion.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">In 2011, the team (read: Mike) threw several people under the bus, as I will discuss in depth later, and as a result has resulted in: 4 more lawsuits for me to file; the awarding of almost $50K in additional attorney’s fees to me; hastened the recent settlement of another lawsuit, in my favor; counseled one individual to file false declarations; the reprimanding of a defendant in one of my cases in open court; and, exposed their attorney to mal-practice and malicious prosecution lawsuits. Way to go Mike!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“I owe my growth, health, success and sobriety to the love and support of my wife and two sons.”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">It’s a shame you can’t say the same about your other two daughters and your other son. Maybe if you started providing financial support. Just sayin’. As for the support of your wife, Shanney, I’ll get to talking about the support she provides later.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“I have changed dramatically for the better…”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">No, Abuse of Law speaks quite to the contrary.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“His [George Sharp] illegal tactics put me in prison for a crime I did not commit”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">No, my legal cooperation with the authorities put you in prison for two counts of automobile theft, two counts of check fraud and two counts of intent to defraud, crimes you most definitely did commit. Notice how Mike never defines what my illegal tactics were or why he is not guilty.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN">“So perhaps this is my time to thank George Sharp for showing me that I am a lucky man to have such a strong support system. Thank you for showing me that I am much stronger than I ever believed…”</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">You’re welcome. I just wish it was true. I wish something, anything you said, were true. It’s not. It’s all a con.</span><br />
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</div>George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263978281274706898.post-20106476637182866862012-02-20T10:02:00.000-08:002012-02-20T21:17:35.298-08:00The Wizard Of Cons Is Back! Part 1: Mike’s MotivationHopefully, this several part series is the last time I post on this blog, although I may add to some parts of it as things occur to me. There really is no sense to it anymore because everybody should be quite clear on who Michael is and what he does. Harping on it does not make him any more of a criminal than he already is, was and always will be. I have admittedly and proudly made Mike’s life a living hell by exposing his schemes over the years, that he designed, and successfully executed, to embezzle millions of dollars. This blog has reportedly saved many more from being added to Mike’s victims list and will hopefully continue to protect many more.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">It was my intent to avoid engaging him and <a href="http://www.abuseoflaw.org/">his blog</a> which freely admits that it is designed to be an attack on me. Until now, I had always thought it was his way of “getting even” with me for my part in putting him in prison, where he served 13 months out of a 32 month sentence, for automobile theft, bank fraud and intent to defraud. Except for illegally posting wrongfully obtained and doctored emails, credit reports, and other private information, I wasn’t particularly worried about his blog for two reasons: 1) because very few read it and 2) it is obvious to anyone capable of thinking on his/her own that it is the work of a paranoid, sociopathic crook.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">On Saturday morning, at about 5:30am, I heard my computer make that dinging sound that indicates that Outlook has received a new email. I really don’t want to post the email out of respect of the privacy of the person who wrote it, but from its content, and the questions the writer asked about Mike and his partner-in-crime Harold Gregg, it was obvious to me that Mike was working on his next con. This is not exactly a shock, because over the years, I have received dozens of such emails, written by prospective “clients” of Mike and Harold, over the course of their discussions and/or negotiations with them. Of course, I hadn’t received too many inquiries while Mike was incarcerated, but a few have recently started to show up in my inbox again. Saturday’s early morning email was not much different than the rest, essentially thanking me for the heads up and how they “almost made a huge mistake.” Again, I’ve seen dozens of such emails over the years, so I answered it, without thinking much of it and went back to bed, hoping to catch a few more winks.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then it hit me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Have you ever seen a movie where the guy (or girl) is lying in bed sleeping and then suddenly his/her eyes open wide when he/she hears something or reaches an epiphany? I swear that’s what happened to me. As I was beginning to doze off, something clicked and I opened my eyes wide and then sat up in bed as it came to me:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mike’s blog is not about getting even with me. It’s designed to be a set up for his next con.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">His “Getting to Know Michael Osborn” post is precisely the means to this end. I should have realized this a couple of days ago.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now, I’m compelled to post this article, in several parts, just to make sure that everybody understands that this leopard has not changed its spots.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">By making me out to be a bad person, Mike’s hope is neutralize this blog and make himself look like the lessor of two evils. He tried this gambit with the judge at his sentencing hearing, when in tears he claimed that he took responsibility for all of his actions, but he couldn’t believe that what I was doing to him was legal. His wife Shanney, essentially said the same thing. I guess it I must have forced Mike to write two bad checks to steal those cars from Car Max, in addition to the thousands (not hundreds) of other bad checks Mike has written over the years, in amounts totaling millions of dollars. Needless to say, the Judge wasn’t buying it and I suspect that the sentence that he imposed on Mike, may have even been harsher because of this left handed Mea Culpa.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It is unquestionable that this blog has been a thorn in Mike’s side. It has limited, but not eliminated, his abilities to find new dupes for his schemes of embezzlement, using various shell games, pyramid schemes, Ponzi schemes and just plain thievery. This blog is also the reason that Car Max realized that it had been taken for a ride when Mike paid for a BMW and a Mercedes with bad checks which ultimately led to his conviction for automobile theft.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Over the years, Mike has convinced me on more than one occasion to take down this blog while he attempts to “do good” and make restitution to those he damaged, including me. He’d give me bits and pieces of the $405,000 judgment that was awarded to me by the courts, as a sign that he was on his way to the right side of the tracks. Then while this blog was down, I would find out that he’d successfully execute another con and make off with somebody else’s money.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This blog is not the only blog I publish which exposes the bad deeds of others. The publications are an effective tool towards not only limiting the perpetrators ability to conduct additional schemes, but to get them to do what’s right by making restitution. To date, I have published blogs targeting public companies, attorneys and even the charitable foundation of a hospital. Once the subject of a blog has done right by its victim (which is not always me), I usually take down the blog. I believe in second chances. William W., a former associate of Mike and Harold, owes me in excess of $45,000 in court judgments and has not paid me a penny towards those judgments. But it appears that Bill is attempting to straighten out his life, and for the first time in his adult life, has a real job, rather than participating in schemes. For that reason, I have given him the benefit of the doubt (for the one and only time, I might add), and taken down the blog that targets him, in hopes that he is truly going to be a man, a contributing member of society, and a good father. I have taken him at his word when he says that meeting Michael Osborn was the worst day of his life and that he is going to be making payments towards my judgments. I also believe that Bill recognizes how close he came to joining Mike in a prison cell, as he was driving one of the stolen automobiles at the time police caught up with Mike.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Since there is no chance that this blog will ever get taken down again, Mike needs to be able to counter it. His blog is his attempt at doing that. It is chock full of insincere Mea Culpas, crocodile tears, accusations and deflections based on inferences, innuendo, circumstantial evidence and manufactured documents. Nary a shred of verifiable evidence, is provided to support any of the claims he makes.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I expect Mike will doctor his previous posts and publish new ones in an attempt continue to use innuendo and inference to defend my facts. As I said, I will not be sucked into a game of back and forth with Mike, so I will say my piece and be done with it. If you choose to fall for Mike’s cons, that’s your problem.<br />
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</div>George Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031643758189617448noreply@blogger.com0