CONNING CONS Part 1

                I have mentioned before that I would report on organizations that appear to be taking advantage of anomic people. This report concerns certain vendors who appear to be promising help for men and women in prison, but upon examination, the vendors seem to fall short of their promises.

                More than a handful of proprietors exist to provide products and services to people in prison and their families. The product may simply be a book or a magazine subscription or even something more complicated such as photo copies or internet research. The majority of these businesses have proven legitimate or else they would not remain viable. A few are performing criminal acts.

                One example of the criminal kind is Quadir Abdul Shabazz, wo by all accounts, was the proprietor of INDIGENT INMATES in Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Shabazz is now in federal custody [Docket No. 13-CR-00441 in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division] on charges of aggravated identity theft.

                I recently met with Billy Dee at the Bill Clements Unit in Amarillo, Texas who just discovered he is a victim of Shabazz. Mr. Dee says Federal District Attorney, Thomas Krepp informed him that Shabazz had filed false tax returns using Billy’s identity by Billy innocently provided in order to retain services from Indigent Inmates. Fraudulent returns were submitted without Mr. Dee’s knowledge so Shabazz could pocket the refund checks. By stating this I am not suggesting that every business that requests a Social Security Number and date of birth is using it for criminal purposes. I am implying that, to convicted “con men” the request for personal information combined with a vague premise is cause for pause.

                The say is “You can’t con a con man.” Since convicted people generally fall into that category (due to experience behind bars), we are sensitive to schemes that might negatively affect us. Perhaps even paranoid about it. Sometimes out of desperation, we tend to overlook the warning signs. An example of a process that might fit this category is one promoted by Eileen Lawrence of OMEA 17, now at P.O. Box 5043, Hemet, California 92544. The OMEGA 17 “process” has evolved over time from one involving buying conviction ‘bonds’ for a fee of $4,000, to one that establishes ‘private citizen status’ for $8,000. Both are purported to cause release of the convicted man or woman. Are we being conned? Besides the fantastic nature of the claims by Ms. Lawrence, other anomalies point to possible illegitimacy. For example, Eileen uses letterhead titled “PARALEGAL SERVICES” that expresses she is licensed in Washington State, yet the return address is Hemet, CA. Why the inconsistency?

                Another inconsistency is Eileen’s associate, Wes Jarvis of 572 E. Broad Street in Pataskala, OH 43062. Jarvis charges $125.00 for a CUSIP number to be connected with the conviction bonds which are believed to be sold to investors by the trial courts.

                Convicted people in prison don’t have much money as a rule, especially in Texas where we are not paid for our work. Much of the funds we do have are one’s gifts which may be irreplaceable. That being the case, you can imagine what it takes for any of us to turn loose of $8,000.00.

                In a effort to finally determine whether the OMEGA 17 process is a scam or real, I sent a letter to Wes Jarvis on March 10, 2015. The letter asked that Jarvis respond to 4 questions I 30 days. He never responded. Additionally, I mailed a copy of Jarvis’ letter to Eileen Lawrence where I also asked her to answer 12 questions. She never responded. Both letters are posted in previous blog posts and each suggests that a non-response is evidence of fraud.

                What are the chances that both letters were not received? It is sad that vendors would promote services for enormous sums and fail to back up their claims. What are they hiding? We want to believe! These vendors offer hope where none exists otherwise so their unconventional methods are attractive. Are they getting rich of us for nothing? The process of OMEGA 17 and others indicate the government is creating and selling bonds using our names and that the profit belongs to us. If that is true, then why do the vendors ask such large fees? Could they not assist us on a contingency basis? How funny that most of those vendors profess a Christian attitude and they want to ‘help’ or they wish to ‘expose’ the fraud of government.

                I want to expose anyone who is trying to exploit the downtrodden. That is what I am doing in this article.