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Love Mila's alternate costumes! Oversized sweatsuit and a pair of sneakers = the best and comfiest cosplay!
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Watch "AUSA 2019: BAE Systems Unveils Robotic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle" on YouTube
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Ib from the game Ib, suffering from a bit of Hanahaki Disease cosplayed at Anime Usa 2019 by @meivix. A nice colorsplashed version to post here ☺
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i'll be at anime usa this saturday (nov 2) as my fav chaotic dumbass, suzaku!! if anyone else is cos'ing code geass PLS feel free to stop & say hello :'u
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HEY! it's finally here! I'll be tabling for the first time at AnimeUSA this weekend, i have a buncha stuff i can't wait for you guys to see!! table 2016, front and center!!
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“You can’t ever be really free if you admire someone too much, I know.” —Snufkin
Snufkin cosplay by me, IG is Evangelines_cosplay ☺️
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Law student nuggestsofchicken (heh) has been summarizing Josh’s bond hearing. I’ll be pasting that here, but you’re better off finding them on reddit yourself. I’m finding their commentary really useful because I have no real idea how any of this shit works or is supposed to work. Trying to keep their emphasis as true as possible, but might miss some stuff.
Prosecution’s first witness direct: Special Agent Gerald Faulkner
Special agent with homeland security investigations (HSI)
Been with them since April of 2009
Since 2010 been working federal child exploitation cases
Works with ICAC task force which is Internet Child Against Children.
Worked over 1000 child exploitation cases
Vast majority involved online pornography
In May of 2019, there was an investigation of a bittorrent program that noted activity in the upper northwest area of AR involving distribution of known CP images
Explanation of peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Known by law enforcement as commonly used to distribute CP
Bittorrent is a version of peer-to-peer sharing
On May 14 and 15, detective was able to download two files
-EDITED AND REMOVED- Faulkner describes graphically what the CSA depicts. If you're really curious some news outlets have reported on it. But our members predominately felt that it was not worth reading.
Police used ISP and the geographic location of the IP address to locate the activity and it got directed to the DHS task force to address it.
Police issued a warrant to the ISP to obtain the name and account of the user.
In October 2019, the ISP revealed the account in question was owned by Joshua James Duggar with an address in Springdale.
Apparently the mapping system was out of date, and the proper address was Wholesale Motor Cars for the account associated with the activity.
DHS obtained federal search warrant to search the car lot.
Warrant was executed on November 8, 2019 at 3:15pm.
Car lot is adjacent to Highway 12, between Springdale and Siloam Springs. At the time of the search warrant there were approximately 30 cars and and RV on the lot. Two buildings, a shed undergoing remodel and a metal building the size of a toll booth which they found out was the main office.
When officers arrived on the scene they encountered Pest and two individuals.
Police approached with a soft approach, no weapons drawn, explained that an investigation was underway with suspected contraband electronically. This was not an arrest warrant, so the three people there were free to leave.
Police did not tell them case-specific facts because it could spoil statements that could be made.
None of the vehicles, none of the uniforms worn indicated that it was a child exploitation case.
Josh produced cell phone and said he wanted to call his attorney. Police said the phone was under investigation and then seized the phone to prevent any spoliation of evidence.
Josh remained on scene during the investigations. He was not guarded by law enforcement during the search.
Police seized a desktop computer, a macbook laptop inside an RV, and Josh’s iPhone.
Government’s Exhibit 1 is the photograph of the Wholesale Motor Cars main office.
Government’s Exhibit 2 is a photograph of the desktop computer. Wallpaper has a photo of Josh, Anna, and their kids but the kids have been redacted.
After securing the scene, they asked Josh if he’d be willing to discuss the issues. He agreed to speak with them.
Conversation happened inside a government vehicle. Duggar was passenger side, other officer was in the rear seat, Faulkner was in driver’s seat.
Other officer received verbal consent from Duggar to record the interview.
Duggar spontaneously asked, “What is this about? Has anyone been downloading child pornography?”
At that point, no one had told Duggar that child pornography was an issue in this case.
Officers Mirandized Duggar his rights.
Duggar said he owned and operated the car lot since June 2018, that he owned the desktop computer they found, as well as the Macbook and the cell phone they seized.
Duggar said he owned his phone but other family members could have access to it.
Duggar declined to provide the password to the desktop or the phone to law enforcement.
Duggar said that he owned the Macbook but that other family members had access to it.
He said, in response to a question from law enforcement, that he was familiar with peer-to-peer file sharing networks but did not which to comment further. He said that his devices might have been associated with peer-to-peer file sharing.
He noted that TOR might have been accessed by the desktop
TOR is a browser used to access the dark web, which is a known source of CP.
At this point law enforcement did not have reason to believe TOR/dark web was an issue in this case.
When asked if he was familiar with bittorrent Duggar declined to answer that question.
At this point, law enforcement explained that the investigation involved someone had been using bittorrent or peer-to-peer networks from that car lot to access CP involving children between the ages of 5-10
When asked whether he had any reason to suspect or had seen anyone using his computer accessing CP Duggar said “I’d rather not answer that question.”
Officers found bittorrent and TOR on the desktop.
Officers found fucking Covenant Eyes on the computer.
Information from Covenant Eyes indicated the program was registered to Josh and Anna Duggar.
On May 13, 2019 a linux-partition had been installed on the computer.
A linux partition can divide the harddrive of the computer into two isolated sections that work independently.
The linux partition was password protected and the last four characters of the password were -REDACTED- but had been used for a variety of his accounts over years.
Linux partition side did not have Covenant Eyes installed on it, so activity would not have been detected by the account.
On the Macbook there was bittorrent as well as Covenant Eyes.
Duggar had backed up his iPhone to that Macbook which allowed law enforcement to obtain texts, photos, etc. from the Macbook
Law enforcement found iChat messages from May 13-16, 2016 on the computer.
Government’s Exhibit 3 is a forensic examination summary of May 13 and May 14 extracted from Duggar’s electronic devices.
D objects to moving Exhibit 3 into evidence because of lack of foundation, and argues that it was prepared for litigation purposes but the witness was not the expert who created it.
P provides some more foundation for the Exhibit and judge admits it.
Exhibit is displayed. Basically summarizes the sus computer activity in May 2019. Linux partition was created and on the same day Tor Browser was installed on that side of the partition.
On May 14, at 4:49pm, Pest sends text that says “Got stuck here and still not free yet. Im gonna aim for tomorrow just after lunch.”
On May 14, at 4:58pm Tor browser was used to access porn sites associated with rape and files associated with CP. Video was downloaded
At 5:38pm, user accessed bittorrent. Two videos were downloaded. (Little Rock Officer was notified)
At 5:41pm, user accessed TOR directory site and website associated with bittorrent.
On May 15, 2019 at 11:35am computer user downloads 3 torrent files associated with CP.
Throughout the course of the day on May 15, Josh Duggar sends texts to 22 members of the Duggar family asking them to pray for a motorcyclist who got in an accident by Wholesale Motors. Computer also gets used to write reviews online under the name “Joshua.”
There’s also geolocations of photos taken at the car lot by Josh’s phone, but that piece of evidence doesn’t get admitted because D objects to lack of foundation regarding the reliability of geolocation data
TW: At 5:25 user of desktop downloads a file called “DD” that is known in the ICAC circle. Faulkner says that this series ranks in the top 5 of the worst CP he’s had to examine.
Josh’s screen goes black, AUSA wants to double check that he’s still present, he turns his screen back on.
At 6:56 user of desktop downloads a zip that contains 65 images of CP.
On May 16, user of desktop downloads file called “Pedomom”
The zip had been opened and the CP images had been viewed by the desktop.
Approximately 200 images of CP were located on the desktop in unallocated space, which means someone tried to delete them.
Friends and family at the time testified that Josh had a pornography addiction.
CX: Special Agent Faulkner
(I’m not gonna include information that was repeated on direct. Just getting the points that D seems to think is damning)
Faulkner was training another agent at the time of this investigation
The Detective in Little Rock was able to detect an IP address, but not one particular device.
Individual devices can be recognized by a MAG(?) address, which did not happen here
Little Rock detective did not have an Network Investigative Technique warrant
P objects on this, noting that it’s a detention hearing. Judge agrees but allows D to develop its point
D asks whether Faulkner’s first time reviewing the images at issue was in October 2019. Faulkner says it was probably June 2019.
D brings up the search warrant affidavit which suggests that Faulkner first reviewed the images in October.
D kind of tries to impeach Faulkner with the affidavit but the affidavit statement doesn’t really say that the first time he reviewed the images was in October, just that he did review them in October.
Law enforcement thinks Josh was the only one working at the car lot on May 13, 14, 15, 2019
D tries to distinguish Josh’s personal electronic (the mac and the iPhone) as being Apple while the desktop was a PC.
I know I’m kind of batting down the points D is trying to make but as someone who’s done trial work I think it’s worth saying that Justin Gelfand is really solid. Very conversational and likeable and really seems to know the case.
Re-Direct of Faulkner by P:
While Josh technically turned himself in, he had received word from his attorney who had received word from DHS that there was going to be a warrant executed and that DHS agents followed him as Anna drove him to turn himself in, as they didn’t want Duggar arrested in an area where children were
Question from the judge:
Covenant Eyes was installed on both the Macbook and the desktop.
Judge asked when Covenant Eyes was installed, but Faulkner didn’t know
Any reports from Covenant Eyes would’ve been sent to Anna. But the Covenant Eyes report wouldn’t pick up on the CP because it wasn’t installed on the linux partition side.
Prosecution’s second witness direct: Diem Nguyen - Probation officer
Probation officer for 17 years
Factors considered in determining whether someone should be released: Natures and circumstances of the case, defendant’s criminal history, place of employment, resident situation
Presumption cases are cases where an individual is presumed to be detained and the burden is on the defendant to demonstrate that they should be released
A third party custodian is someone who vouches for the defendant in federal court while their case is pending
They are basically in charge of the defendant if the defendant is released from custody and ensures that they follow all conditions placed by the court.
Mr. LaCount Reaver and Ms. Maria Reaver are the proposed third parties in this case.
Mr. Reaver works outside of the home in a full-time capacity at the VA.
Mr. Reaver is a pastor and volunteers with jail ministries
Ms. Reaver is a full time homemaker.
Ms. Reaver was concerned regarding being left alone with Duggar as she was a female and he was a male.
(note: Ms. Nguyen is not a good witness. Doesn’t seem like she knows where the prosecution is trying to take this and isn’t really answering the questions)
Minors would be coming into the Reaver’s residence for piano lessons where Duggar would be
Ms. Reaver is close friends with Josh’s parents and they attended the same church at one point. She feels that she and her husband should help his parents and Josh.
Ms. Reaver said she’s a lot closer to Josh’s parents than to Josh himself
Josh’s parents reached out to the Reavers for their assistance
Ms. Reaver said she was familiar with the charges in question but she did not know the details of them.
Both Mr. and Ms. Reaver had concealed carry licenses and had 3 rifles and 6 pistols at their resident.
Nguyen asked if they had a gun safe to keep access away from Josh and Ms. Reaver said they would lock up the guns in a master bedroom closet.
Ms. Reaver did not have a plan for what to do with the minors coming to the house but said that they would always be accompanied by another adult
Duggar would be staying at a side bedroom that locks from the inside so Duggar couldn’t lock it himself, but he could exit the bedroom from an exterior door
Nguyen thinks the Reavers “could” be suitable third-party custodians, however the minors coming to the home as well as the firearms causes the probation office some concern.
There is internet at the residence but it is password protected.
During the interview with Josh, Nguyen asked whether he was suffering from any addictions. He said no.
Nguyen found a statement from Josh in 2015 where he admitted to a pornography addiction, but did not ask him about it.
AUSA asks about molestation from Josh when he was younger. D objects claiming these records are sealed and leaked from tabloids, and deals with his conduct as a child. Judge overrules.
Judge explains that she is concerned about the safety of the community. If the previous molestation issues had been handled in juvenile court it would’ve been sealed. But Duggar and his family have chosen to be public about these activities and admissions and they’re not too far in the past to still be relevant.
Minors were 11, 10, 9, and 5 at the time of the incident, and Josh was 14.
Nguyen recommends that Josh be detained and the presumption apply.
Even if Reavers were suitable third-party custodians it wouldn’t mitigate the risk to the community.
CX: Probation Officer Nguyen
Reavers have no criminal history
No minors reside at the Reaver home
Reavers said they would do whatever they needed to do to be Josh’s third-party custodians
“If the firearms were removed from the home and if the piano lessons cease, would that be a suitable third party residence?” “Quite possibly.” -Justin Gelfand looks forlorn-
In the 17 months Josh has been aware of the investigation, Josh has not left the country.
Re-direct of Probation Officer Nguyen:
Re-iterates the sexual abuse of minors from years ago
Re-cross of Probation Officer Nguyen:
*missed this because I was taking my dog out to pee* But the bit I caught sounds like they were emphasizing that the probation office had the authority to detain Josh if he violates any of the release conditions.
-prosecution rests its case-
Defense First Witness Maria Reaver:
She’s Asian. Did not expect that
“Are you aware of the charges brought against Mr. Duggar?” “Some”
Aware of the two charges here
No criminal history
Has a place where Josh can live in her house
Lives in Washington County
Has a mother-in-law kind of suite in her home that Josh should live in
Would be willing to abide by any conditions given by court
Would report any broken conditions to the court
(Defense attorney Travis Story is….not as good as Gelfand. Lots of stumbling and unclear wording. The reason my summary of this testimony is so choppy is because that’s how it’s being presented. Reaver giving pretty much just one word answers)
Adult daughter teaches piano at the Reaver home
A few minors come over for piano lessons
Location of piano lessons could be moved to a different place
Has a place to move the fire arms if need be
Mr. Reaver leaves for work at 6:30am and gets home at 4pm
Ms. Reaver and her daughter would be alone at home with Josh. The daughter would come and go throughout the day, possibly leaving Ms. Reaver home alone with Josh.
Ms. Reaver would be OK being alone with Josh.
Wants to be the third party custodian to help the family and “minister” to them
Story just says “That’s admirable.” and i laughed bro you’re not the one testifying here??
Ms. Reaver is willing to serve as third party custodian regardless of whatever rules the court chooses to impose.
CX of Maria Reaver:
Reavers have neighbors, but each of them have about 5-10 acres of land so they’re pretty spread out.
Known the Duggar family for 5-6 years. From time-to-time would interact with Josh.
They’ve been inside the Duggar home. And been to a couple of weddings.
Never had a one-on-one conversation with Josh.
Never been alone with Josh.
Attended church them in 2015 when the sexual abuse allegations first came out, but wasn’t fully aware of them. Is aware of them now.
AUSA asks “Can you tell me what you know about the allegations?” Reaver pauses, is silent, and then says “Give me a minute.” Story objects, judge overrules.
“I don’t fully know everything but from my understanding there was some, uh, when he was younger, I’m not sure how old, maybe a teenager, that there was inappropriate touching of some of the minors.”
Was not aware that one of the minors was 5-years-old
“Does knowing that there was a 5 year old involved change your decision to serve as a third-party custodian?” “I’m looking at is as we are here to be as help, to the family, to Josh and Anna. To minister to them.”
Jim Bob called her husband and asked them to be the third party custodian because her husband and Jim Bob are good friends.
“Did you feel any pressure or obligation to serve as the third-party custodian?” “My husband has made the decision and I’m here to support that decision.”
More talk about ministry and serving others
If the conditions were violated she would alert the court before notifying her husband
Would not leave her adult daughter alone with Josh
“We don’t have internet-internet, our internet is in our phone, it’s like a hotspot. There’s no wifi. We don’t have cable. There is no hard wiring.” (side note: wtf?? It’s 2021)
Phones are password protected
Understands that if Josh is released to her home he could be there for 6 months.
Redirect of Maria Reaver:
Re iterates that she would alert the court directly if the conditions were violated
Questions from the judge:
First call if the conditions were violated would be to the US probation office (“Not your husband, not Jim Bob Duggar, not elders in the church”)
Daughter has been spoken to regarding relocation of the piano lessons
“This case has gotten a lot of publicity. And the last thing Mr. Duggar needs is an incident with a firearm.” Reaver says she’d remove firearm
Defense second witness: LaCount Reaver
Has firearms in the house, but would be willing to relocate them outside the house
Willing to serve as third-party custodian along with his wife
????THAT’S IT?? Literally 3 questions
CX:
Was aware of Duggars’ charges specifically
Was not aware of all the details, such as that toddlers were involved
But does not change his opinion of being the third party custodian
Jim Bob Duggar was the one who reached out to them first
JB asked if it was something he could think about, pray about, being a part of
JB referenced Reaver’s involvement with prison ministry as making him a potentially good third-party custodian
Has known the Duggars for 6-8 years
Knew them in 2015
Didn’t know the exact details but was familiar with “some charges” related to him
Knew that the minors resided in the house where Josh resided
Was not part of the church in 2005.
No hesitation about leaving his daughter or wife alone with Josh
No implication that he would get anything in return for housing Josh
He’s a volunteer chaplain at Washington County jail but that’s been halted because of COVID-19
Not necessarily interested in offering counseling for Josh
Willing to call US Probation directly if Josh violates conditions
Has “phone internet” and “uses that for the computer.”
Says he’s a “3 or 4” on a scale of 1-10 of tech savviness
Phone is locked with a pin
Did not know Josh is tech savvy
Last time he spoke with Josh one-on-one was more than a year ago
Not sure if his wife has ever had a one-on-one conversation with Josh
“Is it common practice in your marriage that when your wife interacts with men that there should be a chaperone there?” “I think that would be best.”
Says that his wife should be around Josh with another person, not necessarily a male, could be a daughter
Is a family, they discuss things, they both prayed and decided to do it
“When a family is in need and they ask you for help, I think that’s something anyone would do”
Questions from the judge:
Willing to remove firearms if Josh is released to his custody
Will under no circumstances reveal his password to his phone or computers to Josh
“If you or your wife or your daughter observe or learn about a violation by Mr. Duggar I need to hear you say that your first call will be the US probation officer who’s supervising this case?” He says yes.
Judge: “The time for prayer, and conversations with Jim Bob, and with the elders of the church, that will happen after calling the probation office.”
Defense closes case. Closing arguments now.
Judge asked both sides to keep closing arguments to ~5 minutes since it was getting late.
Prosecution closing:
Nature and circumstances of charges:
Josh intentionally used Bit Torrent to receive CP.
Intentionally used linux partitions to hide what he was doing
Covenant Eyes does not pick up on what’s going on behind the partition
Josh took steps to conceal his activity by doing it on his work computer and avoid the recognition of Covenant Eyes.
-description of how horrific the CP found on Josh’s computer was-
Emphasized that the partition was password protected using a password linked with Josh’s other accounts which indicates that Josh, and not another employee, was behind the partition
Timeline in Exhibits 3 and 4 demonstrate that Josh was the one using the computer in May to download CP and throughout the day texting his family and using the computer for other uses
Discussion of Josh committing sexual abuse when he was a teenager.
Josh’s lack of movement in the past 17 months does not necessarily mean he wont be a flight risk now that circumstances are different
Nature and seriousness of the danger to the community:
We know the extent and the steps Josh will take to hide his actions. We know the kind of material depicted in the CSA that Josh had. We know he has a sexual attraction to children.
Not sure if the Reavers, Ms. Reaver in particular, understand the task that she would have to take on as third-party custodians.
Ms. Reaver doesn’t generally wanna be alone with a male. They have guns. They have minors at their place for piano lessons. Doesn’t make sense that they’d want turn their entire life around to do a favor for a family friend.
We know Josh has a history of “hands on” abuse, we’ve seen how sneaky he can be, AUSA asks that he be detained.
Defense closing:
Josh is presumed innocent of what he’s accused of. A detention hearing is not the place to try this case.
Two prongs under Bail Reform Act: 1) Flight risk
DHS executed search warrant in November 2019, 17 months ago, but Josh has not fled since then. Voluntarily surrendered without issue.
Not a danger to the community. If law enforcement thought that he was a danger they could’ve detained him back in 2019, but they didn’t.
Probation officer Nguyen testified he has been fully compliant since he’s been arrested.
Judge asked the Reavers point blank if they were willing to report to the probation office first, and they said yes.
Law unambiguously points against detention, and the facts point against detention.
Court taking brief recess to collect thoughts and look through evidence. Asks Josh if he’s doing OK, or where he is in the detention center. He says “Sitting on a metal stool, Your Honor.”
Judge's thoughts:
Nature of circumstances of charges against Josh: Presumed innocent. But count 1 carries a mandatory minimum 5 year sentence. Count 2 could carry sentence of 20 years based on the evidence admitted at trial. Court views these charges as very serious. Court is concerned about the evidence describing those charges. It is concerning that that DD file is "some of the worst sexual abuse child pornography that he has seen in over a thousand cases." That concerns the courts.
The number of images concerns the court. The prepubescent age of the victims concerns the court. The sophistication of the person who downloaded the images concerns the court. It is not the average defendant who can access the Dark Web, who can use partition devices, and who can bypass significant surveillance programs.
Children are involuntary victims of pornography and sexual abuse. They're subject often to human trafficking and other circumstances we don't have time to address. The demand and download of child pornography fields the market for the production of this material. The forensic evidence suggests that a significant amount of effort was made to download a significant amount of child sexual material. The weight of the evidence is not insubstantial. That also weighs against Josh.
History and characteristics of Josh: Josh has a long history in Northwest Arkansas, he's married, has children. He has no drug or alcohol history. It seems that Josh has been involved in various businesses in Arkansas. Josh turned himself in and does not appear to have a history of other crimes. Josh did not seem to obstruct any investigation.
The court does not need to treat Josh differently than anyone else similarly situated. However, Josh's family has chosen to make their family life public. Although Josh has never been convicted of any crime, he has admitted to in the past touching children, which concerns the court. That was a public admission, and everyone at this hearing knows it. This concerns the court. What's particularly concerning is the age of Josh's sisters and the age of the children involved with the charges against him.
The court is mindful, however, that this conduct happened a long time ago. And it happened when Josh was a child. That fact, and that fact alone, are in Josh's favor. It is concerning to court that Josh has committed that he has an issue with pornography; that is different than child pornography. But what the court has heard is that prior to images being downloaded to Josh's computer, Covenant Eyes was installed which is a program that acts as a deterrent. The court has also heard testimony that Josh's wife may have been his accountability partner on that. The court is not making a determination on that, but it concerns the court.
The court is concerned that the ages of the children involved are very similar to the age of Josh's children and the ages of his nieces and his nephews. The court keeps coming back to the age of the children Josh interacts with on a daily basis and is concerned.
Seriousness of the danger Josh poses to the community: The court does not know. Josh has not been convicted of being a danger to anyone. There is no criminal history that suggests Josh has displayed a pattern of violence to anyone. But Josh's children, his sibling's children, and his minor brothers and sisters are all part of the community that need to be protected from him.
This is a very close call. The U.S. Attorney has not met its burden.
Josh Duggar will be released on very strict conditions:
- Cannot be returned to his guest house or TTH
- Court is not interested in second chances. Don't fuck up with the Reavers. (paragraphsed)
- Tomorrow Josh will be released to the Reavers with close GPS monitoring. Restricted to this residence except for working, education, church, medical services, meeting with lawyers, court ordered obligation, or other activities approved IN ADVANCE by the probation office.
- May not possess or view pornography or erotica of any kind
- Court does not think it has the technology to limit Josh's use. Josh cannot have computers, phones, smart TVs, gaming systems, etc. He may not ask for the passwords from the Reavers or her daughter.
- Josh can get a jitterbug phone to contact counsel as long as it's approved by a probation officer.
- Josh cannot leave the Western District of Arkansas.
- Josh can have unlimited contact with his children as long as their mother is present. Josh cannot have contact with any other minor children including siblings, family members, piano students, etc.
- Not a requirement but a recommendation: Plan activities based on who he might run into. Avoid birthday parties, etc.
- No substances, drugs or alcohol
- Cannot actually or constructively possess a firearm
- Must surrender passport and not obtain a new passport
- May not violate any state or local law
- Must provide a DNA sample
- Must appear in court as requested
- Tomorrow must sign an appearance bond
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New York: More Ghanian Immigrants Arrested, Stole $55M via COVID-19 Fraud, Romance Scams
This follows the arrest of a at least five Ghanian immigrant fraudsters in New York some who’ve also pleaded guilty.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Six Defendants Arrested In Multiple States For Laundering Proceeds From Fraud Schemes Targeting Victims Across The United States Perpetrated By Ghana-Based Criminal Enterprise
Defendants Laundered Over $50 Million, Which Primarily Consisted of Proceeds of Fraud Schemes from Business Email Compromises, Romance Scams Targeting Elderly, and Fraudulent Small Business Loans for COVID-19 Relief
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Jonathan D. Larsen, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), announced the arrests of FAROUK APPIEDU, FRED ASANTE, CELVIN FREEMAN, LORD ANING, SADICK EDUSEI KISSI, and FAISAL ALI, a/k/a “Clarence Graveley,” for charges in connection with their roles in a fraud and money laundering conspiracy based in the Republic of Ghana (“Ghana”) involving the theft of tens of millions of dollars. FREEMAN and ALI were arrested earlier today in New Jersey and will be presented in Manhattan federal court later today. ASANTE and ANING were arrested earlier today in Virginia and will be presented in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia. APPIEDU was previously arrested in Queens, New York on October 18, 2020. KISSI was previously arrested in Fargo, North Dakota on February 5, 2020.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “The fraud schemes alleged that these defendants facilitated were lucrative, diverse, and most of all, callous. As alleged, they engaged in email spoofing, duping elderly online daters into wiring them money, and applying for government-funded Coronavirus relief funds earmarked for the benefit of small businesses affected by the pandemic. Thanks to the determination of the IRS and FBI, these defendants face serious prison time, and their next online profiles could potentially appear in a place where they’ll be unable to catfish anymore – the website for the Bureau of Prisons.
According to allegations in the indictments filed against APPIEDU, ASANTE, FREEMAN, ANING, and KISSI, a criminal complaint filed against ALI, and other court documents [1]: From at least in or about 2013 through at least in or about 2020, the defendants were members of a criminal enterprise (the “Enterprise”) based in Ghana that committed a series of business email compromises and romance scams against individuals and businesses located across the United States, including in the Southern District of New York. The frauds perpetrated by the Enterprise have consisted of, among other frauds, business email compromises, romance scams, and fraud schemes related to the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
First, the objective of the Enterprise’s business email compromise fraud scheme was to trick and deceive businesses into wiring funds into accounts controlled by the Enterprise through the use of email accounts that “spoofed” or impersonated employees of a victim company or third parties engaged in business with a victim company. Second, the Enterprise conducted the romance scams by using electronic messages sent via email, text messaging, or online dating websites that deluded victims, many of whom were vulnerable older men and women who lived alone, into believing the victim was in a romantic relationship with a fake identity assumed by members of the Enterprise. Once members of the Enterprise had gained the trust of the victims using the fake identity, they used false pretenses to cause the victims to wire money to bank accounts the victims believed were controlled by their romantic interests, when in fact the bank accounts were controlled by members of the Enterprise. Finally, the Enterprise submitted fraudulent loan applications through a loan program of the United States Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) designed to provide relief to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) Program. The Enterprise submitted fraudulent EIDL applications in the names of actual companies to the SBA and when an EIDL loan was approved, the funds were ultimately deposited in bank accounts controlled by members of the Enterprise, including certain of the defendants.
APPIEDU, ASANTE, FREEMAN, and ANING received fraud proceeds from victims of the Enterprise in dozens of business bank accounts that they controlled in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. The business bank accounts were opened in the names of companies formed by the defendants that were purportedly involved in, among other things, automobile sales, food imports and exports, and freight trucking and shipping. Once APPIEDU, ASANTE, FREEMAN, and ANING received fraud proceeds in bank accounts under their control, they withdrew, transported, and laundered those fraud proceeds to other members of the Enterprise abroad. The defendants primarily laundered the fraud proceeds through their businesses by using the proceeds to purchase automobiles, food products, and other goods from U.S.-based suppliers and distributors of such products and shipping those products to Ghana and elsewhere. The defendants’ transactions had the appearance of legitimate business transactions when, in fact, the products had been purchased using the proceeds of fraud schemes. This trade-based money laundering scheme was designed to obscure the origin of the fraud proceeds as well as the identity of the ultimate beneficiaries of these schemes.
Collectively, from in or about 2013 through at least in or about 2020, APPIEDU, ASANTE, FREEMAN, and ANING controlled more than 45 bank accounts that had deposits that totaled over approximately $55 million during that time period. A vast majority of the deposits consisted of large wire transfers and check or cash deposits from various U.S.-based individuals and entities that were victims of fraud schemes of the Enterprise, or payments for vehicles, food products, and other goods sold by the defendants that were purchased using fraud proceeds. As part of the investigation of APPIEDU, the Government has seized and is seeking the forfeiture of four luxury cars purchased, at least in part, with fraud proceeds, including two 2019 Rolls Royce Cullinans, a 2020 Bentley Continental GT, and one 2020 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG.
KISSI received fraud proceeds from victims of the Enterprise in bank accounts that he controlled that were located in the Bronx, New York and elsewhere. Once he received the fraud proceeds in bank accounts under his control, KISSI withdrew, transported, and laundered those fraud proceeds to other members of the Enterprise located in Ghana.
ALI received fraud proceeds from victims of the Enterprise into a series of at least thirteen bank accounts at six different banks, which ALI controlled in the Bronx, New York. ALI used the name and identity of another person to open several of these bank accounts in order to conceal the proceeds of the fraud scheme. Once ALI received the fraud proceeds in bank accounts under his control, he withdrew, transported, and laundered those fraud proceeds to other members of the Enterprise.
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FAROUK APPIEDU, 35, of the Bronx, New York, FRED ASANTE, 35, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, CELVIN FREEMAN, 47, of East Orange, New Jersey, and LORD ANING, 28, of Woodbridge, Virginia, were each charged in Indictment No. 21 Cr. 88 with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; one count of conspiracy to receive stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; and one count of receipt of stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The case against APPIEDU, ASANTE, FREEMAN, and ANING is assigned to U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
SADICK EDUSEI KISSI, 24, of Dickinson, North Dakota, was charged in Indictment No. 21 Cr. 64 with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; one count of conspiracy to receive stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; and one count of receipt of stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The case against KISSI is assigned to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty.
FAISAL ALI, a/k/a “Clarence Graveley,” 34, of Orange, New Jersey, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; one count of making false statements to a bank, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison; one count of conspiracy to receive stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; and one count of aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory sentence of two years in prison to be served consecutively to any other sentence imposed.
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At least one of the defendants - in the U.S. illegally - was released by a judge AFTER fleeing from authorities that SAME morning!
via Inner City Press who was at the court hearing:
Man Who Fled Fraud Scheme Charge Down Fire Escape Is Ordered Released to Self-Install GPS
Assistant US Attorney: Mr. Freeman tried to flee from the agents this morning. They knew he was inside, but he refused to answer. After 5 minutes, they breached the door - and found a window open with blinds moving. He was on fire escape.
AUSA: Mr. Freeman was in his socks and tried to climb down the fire escape. He has no legal status here. He had another person's driver license and debit card. He said it belonged to his cousin, then to his biological brother. There is a risk of flight.
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Pre-Trial Services chimes in to suggest that defendant be allowed to self-install his own GPS monitoring bracelet.
The U.S. has become a laughing stock, an actual banana republic.
Another of the defendant’s or someone of the same name is listed as a volunteer at a Ghana-based Islamic organization.
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I got stepped on by Aizawa at ausa 2019 and I’m living for it.
#bnha#mha#my hero academia#bnha cosplay#cosplay#cosplayer#bakugou#bakugou cosplay#bakugou katsuki#todoroki#todobaku#kirishima#kiribaku
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SO WE BACK IN THE MIND
aiba from AUSA 2019!! I’ll get some shoot pics posted here in a bit too! (pickaxe printed by @SeasonIncarnate/@cookthefourth on twitter/IG!)
#aiba#ai: the somnium files#aitsf#ai the somnium files#ai series#cosplay#battery.jpg#personal#somnium files
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Bowling Seventies, tanti appuntamenti tra gennaio e febbraio: 23/1 Latin Party 24/1 Milion Party, 31/1 Darma Music Darma, 8/2 Paolo Noise (Zoo di 105)
A gennaio e febbraio 2020, come del resto a dicembre 2019, al Bowling Seventies di Cerasolo (RN) si continua a ballare. Ecco alcuni degli appuntamenti più attesi:
Ogni giovedì dal 23 gennaio il sound è decisamente muy caliente, grazie all'animazione Grancaribe rimini, Dj Romoletto, Roberto Conte e Indanza Show Academy-Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica.
Venerdì 24 gennaio invece torna l'appuntamento Milion Party, una festa scatenata dal sound dancehall, hip hop, reggaeton (dalle 22) con live dj set,
Il 31 gennaio (già dalle 21 e 30) ci si muove a tempo e si canta con i Darmamusic Darma, band live perfetta per scatenarsi. Il loro repertorio spazia dal classico rock'n'roll anni '50, allo swing, alle calde atmosfere del Sudamerica. La formazione: Alla voce Silvia Darma, alla chitarra e voce Davide Baldazzi, al sax Luca Quadrelli, al contrabbasso Ilaria Frigato e alla batteria Paolo Angelini.
Sabato 8 febbraio 2020 invece arriva Paolo Noise. Dalle 22 uno dei personaggi simbolo di Radio 105 e del celeberrimo programma Zoo di 105 (insieme a Marco Mazzoli) regala la sua energia e il suo buonumore agli ospiti dell'entertainment multicentre di Cerasolo. Dietro al microfono alla radio e in console infatti Paolo Noise è un vulcano di energia e capacità di far scatenare il pubblico. Ecco come si racconta sui social: "faccio il dj alla radio da 20 anni, faccio il dj in discoteca da 25, faccio la tv da 18, faccio il cinema da 4, faccio il produttore di musica dance da 20, ho lavorato in Rai, in Mediaset, a Radio Deejay, a Radio 105. E faccio lo Zoo di 105…".
Bowling Seventies
Via Ausa, 101 – 47852 Cerasolo (RN)
Aperto ogni giorno dalle 16 alle 1 (dal giovedì al sabato fino alle 2:30)
Sala slot aperta già dalle 8:30
www.bowlingseventies.com, [email protected]
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Cos'è Bowling Seventies
A Rimini, il Bowling Seventies di Cerasolo è uno dei più grandi e completi centri di divertimento. E' il luogo ideale per divertirsi con gli amici o in famiglia con feste, compleanni, eventi e cene aziendali, cene scolastiche, dopocena e aperitivi fra amici. Aperto ogni giorno dalle 17 alle 1 (dal giovedì al sabato fino alle 2:30), ha un ampio parcheggio ed è un ambiente accogliente per adulti e bambini. A disposizione degli ospiti bowling, short bowling, carambole, sala slot machine, sala giochi, video games e un favoloso Play Park. Le 9 piste da bowling in legno luccicano come quelle americane, grazie alla lavorazione del legno. Grazie poi ad un grande maxischermo multimediale e alle piste lunghe ben 18 metri, dotate di sponde per bambini, il divertimento è assicurato, per tutti. Bowling Seventies è anche pizzeria, ristorante e paninoteca con menù per tutti i gusti e tutte le età. Tra i fornitori di Bowling Seventies ci sono molti produttori di eccellenze romagnole, mentre il primo pizzaiolo è Felice Di Maggio, più volte sul podio al 18esimo Campionato mondiale di pizza piccante svoltosi a Scalea (CS) con la partecipazione di oltre 300 concorrenti provenienti da tutto il mondo. E per i più piccoli? Non mancano truccabimbi, baby dance, spettacoli e animazione. Bowling Seventies organizza pure feste di compleanno e pensa anche alla torta.
special adv by ltc - lorenzo tiezzi comunicazione
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BAE Systems debuts Robotic Technology Demonstrator during AUSA 2019 http://bit.ly/2Bc3ubH
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A wonderful family of Pikachus cosplayed at Anime Usa 2019 Happy Mothers day all the Mothers! #pikachu #pikachucosplay #pikachu⚡ #Pokemon #pokemoncosplay #cosplay #コスプレ #pkmn #ausa2019 #animeusa2019 #animeusa #ausa #아리 #pikachugang (at Anime USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/COqXVxCLFXA/?utm_medium=tumblr
#pikachu#pikachucosplay#pikachu⚡#pokemon#pokemoncosplay#cosplay#コスプレ#pkmn#ausa2019#animeusa2019#animeusa#ausa#아리#pikachugang
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New Roundup 10/17/19
By Kyle Anzalone
US News
A $52 million trolley built in St. Louis will need a $200,000 bailout to remain open through the end of the year. The Trolley opened in November of 2018. It will need an additional $500,000 bailout to make it through 2020. [Link]
Trump nominates John Sullivan to be the US ambassador to Russia. [Link]
The US sold over $54 billion in weapons during the fiscal year 2019. [Link]
Mexico
15 people were killed in a gunfight in southwest Mexico. [Link]
Haiti
UN Peacekeepers end their 15-year mission in Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake, the UN released sewage into a river killing 10,000. [Link]
Kashmir
Indian forces kill three alleged militants in Kashmir. [Link]
Greater Middle East
Both front runners in Afghanistan’s recent presidential election are accused of major voter fraud. [Link]
More than 1,000 Palestinians have developed bone infections after being shot by Israeli forces. [Link]
Turkey says it will start taking offers on replacements for the F-35. After Turkey bought the S-400 air defense system from Russia, the US blocked F-15 sales to Turkey. [Link]
Syria
Pompeo and Pence are expected to travel to Turkey to meet with Erdogan. [Link] Trump said if the meeting with Pence and Pompeo did not go well he would impose devastating sanctions on Turkey. [Link]
The House votes to condemn Trump’s withdraw of US forces from northeast Syria. [Link]
Turkey says it will retaliate against US sanctions. [Link]
Russia is now carrying out patrols to keep Syrian and Turkish forces from clashing near the border. [Link] Trump said he is fine with Russia assisting Assad in Syria. [Link]
Turkey’s president said an attack from the Syrian army killed a Turkish soldier. [Link]
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LE LARRASKITO KLUBA
2019ko urriaren 25ean / el 25 de octubre de 2019
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Vietcong
Vietcongek espazio autonomo bat eraikitzen du, eta bertan badirudi zerbait ito egiten dela, denborak eztanda egin lezakeela ohartarazten da, jakobino beltzei bibaka egiten da oihu. Inprobisazio askea, noise-rock, musika basatiak sutan jarritako olerki puska basatiak, zarata askatzailea eta baldintza subjektiboak harresiak eraistearen alde. Vietcongeko kide dira Alexandre Losada (gitarra), Luís Garrido (saxofoia eta sintetizadoreak), Marcos Flórez (baxua) eta Daniel Salgado (testuak eta ahotsa)
Vietcong intenta construir un espacio autónomo en que parece intuirse que algo se ahoga. De fondo, avisos de que incluso el tiempo puede explotar, se gritan vivas a los jacobinos negros. Improvisación libre y noise rock, fragmentos de poema incendiados con música indómita, dinámicas imprevisibles, ruido que se libera, condiciones subjetivas para echar abajo lomuros. Forman Vietcong Alexandre Losada (guitarra), Luís Garrido (saxofón y sintetizadores), Marcos Flórez (bajo) y Daniel Salgado (textos y voz).
https://vietcong1960.bandcamp.com/releases
Mudoh
Mudoh-ren kantak ambient, elektronika, landa-grabaketen eremuko asmo egituratuak dira, zenbait gailurekin eraikiak (midi teklatuak, edizio digitala...) eta zenbait lan eszenikotarako soinu-banda izan dira. Zuzenekoan gitarra elektrifikatu bat eta pedalak erabiltzen ditu, ahotsik gabe, eta gozamen, bibrazio eta exekuzio organikorako asmoa du.
Las canciones de Mudoh son intenciones estructuradas de música ambient, electrónica, grabaciones de campo hechas con cualquies dispositivo, teclados midi, guitarras, edición digital... y han servido de banda sonora a diversas obras escénicas. En directo, se centra en una guitarra electrificada y pedales de efectos, sin voz, con una intención de diversión, vibración y ejecución orgánica.
www.mudoh.bandcamp.com
Arantza Elejabeitia - TODO
"Todo" Ikusentzunezko pieza kolaboratiboa da. Bertan biltzen da Arantza Elejabeitiaren argazki bilduma osoa, editatu gabe. Ausa eta IbonRGk prestatutako musika erabakiorrak izan dira muntaketan.
"Todo" es una pieza audiovisual colaborativa en la que Arantza Elejabeitia aporta todo su material fotográfico sin editar, y el azar y la música preparada por IbonRG ha determinado el montaje.
Boz mineralis
Terri Florido eta IbonRG musikariek ostera ere batuko dituzte beren ahotsak, lurzoruan behera abiatzeko, mineralizatzeko.
Las voces de Terri Florido e IbonRg volverán a juntarse para volver a escarbar la tierra y mineralizarse.
Kartela: Subsun R. Domeka
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i haven’t talked abt it on here yet i don’t think but i wanted to do three cosplays this year for ausa instead of not going to any cons and feeling bad abt doing cosplay while being fat like what happened last year.. i’ve distanced myself from ppl that used to make fun of me & other fat cosplayers and i think i’m going to give it another shot b/c cosplay used to be so fun before i found myself always surrounded by those kinds of ppl and i’m no longer afraid of the general fatphobia, explicit or not, that exists in most con and cosplay atmospheres i’ve been a part of. it’s 2019 and we’re learning to love the body we’re in and have fun doing the things we love!!!
#💬#i want to do. one w/ my friend which i guess is gonna be sophie since#she seems really into doing howl. and idk the other two yet but i have some ideas#one of them. and don't make fun of me. but one of them is maybe reigen because i think it would just be a lot of fun 😳
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