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Though we lost both sides of Congress to the dark side, there's going to be hearings November 21, by Senator Sherrod Brown, concerning the attorney Carmen Segarra and the Goldman Sachs tapes. The issue is federal agents/ agencies willful blindness to the likes of Goldman Sachs bad faith deeds.
So I sent an affidavit to Senator Brown, of other crimes Goldman Sachs has been given a pass for.
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Though we are going to have a hard time the next 2 years; there are good signs. Holder is leaving and Matt Taibbi has returned to Rolling Stone (Woo Hoo) with a similar tale of woe that Eric Holder is leaving behind many cases of sham prosecutions; including the one of JP Morgan not really being prosecuted and settling for a fake $9 billion deferred prosecution agreement about the mortgage crisis.
It is a shame that victims, such as I, don't get 1/1000th the attention to the matter that attorneys do; who have kept their secrets hidden for many years. Apparently, familiarity does breed contempt as justice is blind to - even confessions - of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Bain Capital bad faith deeds.
Those who have followed our saga, have heard this all before;
but - apparently - its the first time that Senator Brown has!
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Here's my letter, a few days ago, to the Senate Subcommittee of Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection.
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Steven (Laser) Haas November 4, 2014
108 E. Jewel St., Delmar, DE 19940
323 214 6527
Laser.Haas@yahoo.com
RE: Presentation of Facts of U.S. Government Willful Blindness to Goldman Sachs Bad Faith Acts
Honorable Senator Sherrod Brown
Chairman Senate Banking Subcommittee
Of Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
Dear Honorable Senator Sherrod Brown,
There are troubling matters extraordinary that I believe to be apropos to the hearing scheduled for November 21, 2014; concerning the dodging of federal duties. While the Carmen Segarra tapes are telltale, you will see, by the case facts noted below, how such may only begin to scratch the surface of federal regulatory and prosecutorial preclusions to reviewing Goldman Sachs ilk.
I, testify to the facts herein Under Penalty of Perjury this, the 4th day of November 2014!
Goldman Sachs Frauds and United State Agents/Agencies Refusal to Address
Unfortunately, Ive witnessed firsthand, how Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital violate rules, while authorities turn a blind eye. A federal court appointed my CLI as fiduciary over the bankruptcy of eToys (DE Bankr. 01-706 {2001}). From inception, Ive been reporting felony violations, to various federal agents/agencies; but the Securities Exchange Commission, Public Corruption Task Forces, U.S. Trustee and other DOJ programs are continuously willfully blind to many foul deeds.
In 1999, eToys.com initial public offering (IPO) was managed by Goldman Sachs. The stock price soared to above $80; but eToys received less than $20 in a pump-n-dump Spinning scheme.
Doing our job, we went after Goldman Sachs. The venue of the New York Supreme Court was chosen by eToys Creditors counsel Traub Bonacquist & Fox. That firm was nominated by post-bankruptcy petition President/CEO of eToys, Mr. Barry Gold and eToys Debtors counsel MNAT (who were betraying their court approved clients for Goldman Sachs and Bain Capitals sake).
A New York Times March 2013 OpEd Rigging the IPO Game, by journalist Joe Nocera, properly documents the IPO scam. He managed to find an email Smoking Gun, hidden under SEAL, of the Goldman Sachs executive Lawton Fitt wager that eToys stock would go to $80. Subsequent to Joe Noceras reporting, the New York Supreme Court case of eToys (ebc1) suing Goldman Sachs for hundreds of millions, is no longer (entirely) under SEAL; and Toys R Us cancelled its IPO.
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Integrity of the judicial process was also violated, in part, due to the element of the MNAT partner Colm Connolly becoming the DE United States Attorney on August 2, 2001. (Proof the Connolly timeline coincides specious, is visible upon his DOJ Office of Legal Policy archived resume).
Mr. Connolly, as federal prosecutor, never disclosed direct links to targets of federal inquiry!
MNAT and Goldman Sachs are not alone in the collusion to defraud the eToys estate. It remains a continuous undisclosed conflict of interest crime - to this very day - that another MNAT (secret) client is Bain Capital. The plot to acquire eToys for $5.4 million was initially thwarted when I put a halt to the paltry auction sale and forced Bain Capital/Kay Bee to bid tens of millions of dollars.
Reprehensibly, Goldman Sachs and Bain Cap., via MNAT, had assistance from the Creditors counsel Paul Traub (who arranged with MNAT to force me out of eToys - substituting Barry Gold). It is now confessed that Barry Gold was a paid associate of the Traub Bonacquist & Fox firm; and a personal partner of Paul Traub in Asset Disposition Advisors (created in April 2001). This nefarious seizing of the entire eToys estate within and without resulted in depletion of $40 million!
MNAT represents Bain Capital in Delaware and Traub/ Gold worked under Bain Director Michael Glazer of Stage Stores (owned by Mitt Romney at that time). Mr. Glazer was also the CEO of Kay Bee too. He is publicly known to have taken a consideration of $18 million, while paying Bain Capital $83 million, prior to filing bankruptcy of Kay Bee. MNAT represents Bain of the $83 million and Paul Traub sought to be prosecutor of Glazer & Bain; while the DOJ expunged my evidences.
On February 15, 2005, the eToys Smoking Guns forced the U.S. Trustee to do a Disgorge Motion, for $1.6 million, against Traubs firm, for the failure to disclose the Barry Gold conflict. Additionally, in parts 18, 19 and 35 of the Disgorge Motion, it stipulates Traubs firm admitted to deliberate lies to federal court. The U.S. Trustee also testified to the odious fact that the parties asked to handpick my executive replacement and were warned (in advance) not to be conflicted! Addressing just one, of 100 crimes, the Disgorge Motion concluded Fraud on the Court occurred.
Resultant of evidences undeniable, MNAT and Traub belatedly admitted failure to disclose their conflicts of interest. The Delaware Bankruptcy Court addressed the matters on October 4, 2005 and made a finding of fact in its Published Opinion that the parties had an actual conflict of interest that did harm to the eToys estate. Even though the parties admitted lying under oath 33 times, the Chief Justice overlooked unambiguous laws, stated no perjury was documented while refusing to disqualify the conflicted counsels (see In re Middleton Arms).
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Intolerably, the parties are rushing to cover up the eToys cases (open for 13 & ½ years). In spite of counts and claims worth hundreds of millions with evidence that includes confessions; Goldman Sachs, in essence, settled eToys case suing Goldman Sachs - for a paltry $7.5 million.
There was personal correspondence with a Justice Deputy Director, who promised he was on top of the issues. Then I reported the Kay Bee $100 million fraud to him. Choosing discretion over valor, he resigned! Remaining agents/agencies assisted the fraud parties felony Retaliation of this whistleblower; as they handed the keys of the vault being fleeced - to the robbers elite!
After I filed a time stamped proof on December 7, 2007 - of Colm Connollys venality - to the Los Angeles U.S. Attorneys office that housed a Public Corruption Task Force, that special unit was abruptly shut down. The Los Angeles Times reported in its story Shake-up roils federal prosecutors - that federal agents were also threatened to keep silent as to the reasons why!
Federal agents and agencies in charge are unrelenting in turning a blind eye to felony Bribery, Obstruction, Collusion, Mail & Wire Fraud, Bankruptcy Fraud, Ponzi Schemes, Perjury, intentional fraud on the courts and more. This, in spite of how egregious the bad faith parties are, being told, by federal police in advance not to do the very crimes they collusively did anyway.
Extensive, sophisticated misconducts - protected by fed agent/ agencies willful blindness also resulted in issues of mayhem and precocious homicides. Manifestly, the Palm Beach Links, Stanford, Fingerhut, Frank Vennes, Lancelot, Tom Petters Ponzi, Marc Dreier and eToys frauds, with untimely deaths connected, are directly linked to the cases named here.
Larry (Reservitz) Reynolds even laundered $12 Billion while inside Witness Protection!
In conclusion, there are many troubling matters of federal agents/ agencies breaching fiduciary duties by refusing to address conflict of interest, bad faith acts and illegalities of Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs. The revolving doors of agencies with conflicted parties is a thwart to justice.
Seeking arrest of the manifest injustice, I petition that this letter become part of the Subcommittee official record and make myself available for the committees further inquiry; if it so desires?
Respectfully submitted;
Laser Steven Haas
eToys Fraud Whistleblower
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I've already received confirmation that Senators Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren and Tim Johnson received a copy of the letter. Also sent a copy to Senator Bernie Sanders and New York Attorney General Schneiderman. There's been a review of it and my websites. Where it will go and/or how the hearing on Goldman Sachs tapes will go;
remains to be seen!
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As is plain to see, by the picture immediate above, there's NO 6 degrees of separation. People are privately emailing me (and it is all welcome); asking for corroboration that there's a case - by others reporting on the stories.
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July 2005 Wall Street Journal (spelled my name wrong and juxtaposed the order)
"eToys investors claim conflict at law firm"
Federal Receiver - June 2012 - Pointing out Paul Traub was "controller" Petters Ponzi
and that Traub was also caught in conflict of interest issues in eToys
http://petters-fraud.com/June2012_DKelley_PaulTraub_Complaint_Lawsuit_PettersFraud.pdf
Rolling Stone Taibbi cover story September 2012
"Greed and Debt: A True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital"
Matt Taibbi 2013 - Talks about eToys
"Goldman Sachs Blankfein ain't no Mother Teresa"
That was Taibbi referencing March 2013 NY Times
"Rigging the {eToys} I.P.O. Game"
Also (here) is the link to the PDF version of my letter to the Senator.
http://petters-fraud.com/Letter_Nov5_2014_Senator_Brown_Subcommittee_GSachs_Tapes.pdf
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(1,850 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Don't pay attention to the naysayers. They always tell the side of the saga that doesn't include the facts. Including, but not limited to, the issue that the case is at the Ninth Circuit (14-55784) and the court ordered my response. When I responded, Romney and his cohorts responded via their counsels;
and LIED!
So I Objected (September 30th) to the fact that they were perpetrating frauds on the court;
and none of the Defendants responded to my Objection.
Everything is still moving toward the goal - of having them go to trial. As is visible, all over the place, federal agents and agencies always treat these bandits with kid gloves.
I'm hoping the evidence will come out and change that.
belzabubba333
(1,237 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)And I wanted to post as true a copy as I can - of the letter.
belzabubba333
(1,237 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Amazing how we are a progressive realm;
and yet they are openly assisting the dark side.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)There are facts dispositive and facts subjective.
Judge's opinions are not G-dspeak - That is why we have appeals.
Arguing that a judge who ruled against the law as valid, for the purpose of destroying the credibility of the argument, is not good faith behavior. It is a form of cognitive dissonance with twisted logic inane.
Such as questioning people on the stand, about inhaling mary jane.
Question - Did you walk into the room
Answer - Yes
Was anyone smoking marijuana?
Answer- Yes.
Then - to some degree - you were smoking marijuana.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)We both know the answer to that. And in the links I have provided, I have shown prior DU threads where not a single DUer attorney, myself included, have found any of your filings meritorious.
I feel for the staffer tasked with reading your "evidence," just as I sympathized with the law clerks who had to read your multiple filings.
We good Democrats do ourselves no favors embracing windmill-tilting litigants.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)who argue fiction over facts?
The letter above - to the Senator - is provided Under Penalty of Perjury.
Those are facts that bad faith people dodge;
while arguing for the bogus arguments of bad faith judges.
When people like you seek to bait, while beating up on a victim;
calling yourself good - is a reach at best.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)you are barred from filing further there. You've now refiled in CA, to little avail. In the links provided below, not a single attorney on DU thinks your claims meritorious.
Your current attempts to piggyback onto the Senate hearings are not helpful to good Democrats.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Your arguments are so disingenuous - they are beyond inane.
The reason why you weasel away from the facts, in my letter to the Senator;
is because bad faith arguments can't defeat good faith evidences.
Demonstrating your lack of legal prowess, you argue half-baked arguments; while making my case for me. If a judge who refuses to address "current" frauds in her court, (unlawfully) bars you from seeking redress of grievances in her court;
am I supposed to just give up the quest for justice - when villains utilized corruption to their advantage?
Is that what you claim a "good Democrat" would do?
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B.S.!
My filing a RICO case (totally different sort of case) in proper (but different) jurisdiction - was smart and necessary - in the hopes to (finally) arrest the tyranny, cronyism and corruption of the eToys case manifest injustice.
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As for you snide allegation that I piggybacked the Senate Hearing; such is also an incongruous remark. Our Senate is going to belong to the dark side real soon. Most certainly I can't wait for the Republican'ts to look into the case. As a victim/witness who is seeing (1st hand) the integrity of the judicial process being assaulted, I have the right - Indeed the Duty - to utilize all means at my disposal.
Furthermore, the letter states to the Senate that it "may" determine that the issue (of federal agencies refusal to properly do their duty in investigating) to be more serious than organized presumed. Our case is against Romney, Bain and Goldman Sachs doing crimes - that we have Admittance of - but getting a pass by willfully blind federal agents/ agencies. The issues are not a breed apart - as your incongruous banter tries to suggest.
They are assaulting the Constitution of the United States and I'm trying to arrest "current" criminal malfeasance. You are arguing as if there's no such thing as corrupt courts and bad faith dodging of prosecuting Wall Street firms.
I'm doing EXACTLY what a good Democrat should do; seeking truth and justice - when everyone else avoids it!
What do you call what your doing - advocating for letting the crimes slide that are continuous?
Certainly can't argue that your banter is in good faith?
Unless you can produce signatures for your legal representative authority - for all attorneys at DU?
N'est-ce pas!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)court time away from actual litigants. You know, people who have been wronged, people in jail, people looking for redress.
You moved furniture in a bankruptcy action a decade ago...and that's the basis of your lawsuit, and the basis of your "testimony" to the Senator's office.
Keep updating us on your progress, laser......it's always a fun read.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)My entity (Collateral Logistics, Inc) job at eToys - was liquidation consultant - where I ran the entire efforts; until they illegally inserted the Creditor Committee counsels partner in as post-bankruptcy petition President/CEO.
He never applied to the court, to dodge Perjury;
but his (belatedly filed) Hiring letter tells the illicit tale well.
My entity was Collateral Logistics Inc - the crooks used Assets Disposition Advisors.
Me as Liquidation Consultant - Barry Gold as "wind-down coordinator"
You say tomatoe - I say tomato.
Duplication of duties in bankruptcy is forbidden by Law. Doing it after the United States Trustee forewarns you in advance - NOT TO DO SO - by more than 15 acts of Perjury;
is a criminal - organized crime - conspiracy!
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)If you were owed legal fees, in the amount estimated to be above $3 million;
and those who confessed lies under oath were allowed to forge a paper saying you waived such.
Would you sit still and doing nothing - after losing your children (and my 7 grandchildren's) inheritance?
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Again, I'm thankful that your items will remain historic (until you delete them to hide your shame);
once the truth is told and justice finally comes!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)claim.
Has it not occured to you that if 3mil in legal fees really were on the line, some lawyer, somewhere, would have taken your case?
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)NOT!
The question was "if you were owed"...
Techically, my firm is owed the Professional fees per Section 327(a).
And the parties arguing against (who were psid more than $3 million each); already confessed to supplication of bogus affidavits.
Traub's firm even admitted deliberately deceiving the court for several years; and the U.S. Trustee Disgorge Motion concluded (in part 35) that a fraud on tbe court occurred!
In ehat "reasonable" (legitimate) realm of justice, do you have lawyers -FOREWARNED- not to do a specific crime, go ahead and do it anyway, Get Caught years later - Confess to doing it intentional;
Be allowed to Retaliate against the victim who blee the whistle
As the authorities hand tbe keys to the vault robbers elite
Of the vaults the admitted looting?
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You are si full of bull and SO wrong in this.
And you "claim" to. Be good
Shessshhhh!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)do it pro se, right?
And Traub was caught and punished years ago....how did he harm you?
You moved furniture. You were paid. Let it go.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Your lack of facts is so easy to belittle.
In the eToys bankruptcy case, my CLI contracts guarantee both the company and its agents, assigns etc, to be paid directly by the estate.
Of the RICO case, one is permitted (by law) to sue for harm by the Racketeering - to your business.
As a matter of fact, it is a requisite to prove the case.
I was entitled to be paid, my biz entitlex to be paid and mt career wss flourishing;
Until I was sent an email that warned me to"back off", or my business would be destroyed, along with my career and additional harms would occur.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Proof thst (some) attorneys are bad people, is the fact that ALL of my court approved counsels refused to put the evidences (Smoking Guns) in the court docket records; which proves the lies under oath and frauds.
When the oppossing parties confessed tbeir bad faitb acts - with my CLI contracts (court approved) guarantee of legal fees; my attorneys then abandoned me and quit.
Each taking my case on contingency
All having Chief Justice guarantee of fees
With $50 million in the cash accounts at that time.
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The more you argue disingenuously;
The more you makemy case for me.
Hole you're getting good consideratiin fir you many bad faith works; because - if you aren't
Then tbat's just plain dumb!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)I,ve been more than fair to your disingenuous banter. Either have a good fsith discussion - or consider the conversation finished.
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(14,681 posts)Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)good work.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)It's about time someone got arrested - Real High UP!
daleanime
(17,796 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)Good luck laserhaas!!!!!!!!!!!
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)I'll post a pic later today
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)you seem to be otherwise reasonable.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)that Mr. Haas is pursuing? The one that got thrown from two circuits?
Why would a vexatious federal litigant.....and that is what the OP was called by order of a federal judge in DE....make a good witness for Senator Brown?
Try these background threads....not a single actual attorney has anything good to say about this....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025123779
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5469587
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)If you will take note - those like "mis" (apropos - fer sure),
never talk about the facts; only about (bogus) conclusions of law.
Paramount to the eToys case "mis" misses - is the FACT that no one was disqualified.
It is the Law of the entire nation, certified by the U.S. Supreme Court;
any attorney found to have failed to disclose conflicts of interest
Must Be Disqualified.
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Proof - the eToys court got it wrong.
And yet (giving you proof of how the eToys court "missed" it too);
that judge ruled the case was closed in 2005 - thus it was too late to disqualify MNAT.
( see pages 23 through 29 of eToys court OPINION - to see the FACTS)
http://www.deb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/judge-mary-f.walrath/etoysmnatfees.pdf
That's the court Ruling - in October 2005 - that the "case is now over"
Here we are in 2014 - and the Defendants are rushing to close the case NOW (9 years later).
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It what "reasonable" world - do you see lawyers found guilty of multiple bogus affidavits;
being given a slap on the wrist by the court they perpetrated perjury upon?
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Should not be permitted to keep the keys to the vault they are fleecing.
As mentioned in my letter to the Senator - the case of In re Middleton Arms (6th Cir 1994) - is ubiquitous in the determination that courts are forbidden By LAW - from disobeying unambiguous statutory language
which mandates disqualification of attorneys getting caught for failing to disclose a conflict of interest.
For a simple explanation of conflicts and In re Middleton Arms
http://www.thompsoncoe.com/NewsEvents/Publications?find=26645
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Here's the reason why I have the right to litigate - in perpetuity;Because Fraud on the Court hasn't been addressed - and is STILL transpiring. MNAT was found (in the OPINION of the Court) to have an "actual" conflict that did "harm" eToys. This is concernng MNAT's failure to disclose its Conflict of Interest of Goldman Sachs.
Barry Gold and Traub also confessed. Traub being the attorney for the Creditors and Gold being the Debtor's representative (supplied - illegally, by the way - through Paul Traub) and their partnership. The eToys courts OPINION specifically states;
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In the future, however, the failure of an officer to disclose such relationships--"
MNAT is forbidden to have dealings concerning Goldman Sachs and Barry Gold is forbidden (all by LAW) to have dealings with Paul Traub. And yet - AFTER I filed the RICO case against them - MNAT submits to the court, the Barry Gold signing of a Goldman Sachs settlement with Paul Traub.
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Furthermore, eToys was SOLD to Bain/Kay Bee by MNAT, Barry Gold and Paul Traub;
who reduced the prices to make their more lucrative (secret clients) happy.
Whereas it is a FACT that Romney owned Stage Stores, Michael Glazer (CEO of Kay Bee too - at the time) was a director - Barry Gold the Stage Stores; and Gold signed the engagement letter for Traub, at Stage Stores - in 2000.
Glazer (as Taibbi pointed out in Greed and Debt) paid himself $18 million and Bain $83 million; prior to filing bankruptcy of Kay Bee. You or I would NEVER be allowed to buy a company, take out $101 million and then filed bankruptcy - to keep the money. Romney's Bain got away with this because MNAT represents Bain and Traub asked to be prosecutor of Glazer and Bain. When I pointed that crime out - the Deputy Director of the DOJ (Lawrence Friedman over U.S. Trustees {the police of bankruptcy courts}) - RESIGNED.
Doing all of this while Colm Connolly (an MNAT law firm partner) was arranged to be head fed prosecutor.
Reasonably - They Should ALL Be In Jail.
What is vexing - is the amount of willful blindness to bad faith crimes;
and the trolls who come here (as legal experts) and try to protect the criminals!
Ignoring the facts and punishing the whistleblower
is what bad faith parties DO!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Good coin of phrase "crimnal apologists"