OP ED: “JB”
I truy have to say, I have had a very relaxed week since I purged all of the contained info last week about the situation in BOCAS del TORO and the characters of “RED FROG BEACH” and “OGI”. That shit is literally off my plate and weight off my shoulders.
That being said, some of my readers/visitors/and even friends have reached out to either PNO or my G-mail address and I guess have FINALLY accepted and see clearly what has happened to them. These are INDIVIDUAL cases of various people that are all in some way a part of the same shit show that has occurred there.
I am not going to RE/HASH everything that was laid out last MONDAY. (Simply go read it again, it’s ALL THERE).
But the MAIN REACTION or INQUIRY I have been appraoched with, is what “THEY“ can do to get an audience with the FBI in regards to them.
And it is in this instance I have to shake my head a bit.
My son in law, actual FAMILY, truly HATE my opinion on this- but I am stating it yet again.
LAWYERS, either yours or theirs, are a COG of a FAILED SYSTEM and FULL of SHIT.
Let me break this down for you people that are completely “F- – – – D“!!! and just now realizing it.
I worked in CHICAGO my whole life essentially. I worked in the PORTS and DOCKS of Joliet Bay. So let’s just say I have a PHD in “Street Smarts”.
A “SHYLOCK” is a lender that gives money to people that can’t go to a bank, and get paid no matter what you do with the cash.
A “BOOKIE” is a person that allows people to wager bets that can’t get credit from a casino, and get paid no matter what whether you win or lose.
In BOTH of these instances, those people are considered “seedy characters” and people of ill repute. But I will counter that opinion by saying these people ARE WHAT THEY ARE, and there is NO DECEPTION related to the working relationship you are entering in when dealing with them.
There is also a WELL DEFINED TIME LIMIT for each transaction, and neither benefit from drawing things out.
Well, “LAWYERS” also get paid no matter what, and they DO benefit from drawing things out. BOTH sides DO. It’s all a shell game where “plaintiffs” and “defendants” are both billed incessantly in a rigged system of “delays“, “continuances“, “appeals” and so on, all the while the invoicing continues.
THIS IS EVEN MORE PREVALENT IN “CIVIL” DISPUTES.
The ONLY TIME these opportunistic people agree to work “PRO BONO” on a “CIVIL” case is done so by what they call “AMBULANCE CHASERS” or I/E a) Slip/Fall at a “HOME DEPOT” b) Coffee too hot at “McDONALDS” c) Car Accidents when they are AWARE the INSURANCE POLICY has a LIABILITY LIMIT. Basically, they can say “we don’t get paid if you don’t”, because these disputes NEVER go a “TRIAL”, and they are “ALWAYS” settled in Arbitration. So YES. a rigged scam of a system.
So in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, allow me to ask the people that have contacted me in the last week with complaints of being robbed and stolen from JOE HALEY and RFB, ………………..WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOUR LAWYER’s and ATTORNEY’s WHEN YOU WERE ENTERING INTO THESE BLATANT “CONTRACTS of ADHESION”??????????? THIS BAFFLES ME.
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My son in law – ( who prefaces the fact he is a Trademark and Contract Law attorney) introduced me to someone years ago that was a COMPLIANCE OFFICER for a Private Equity Firm. I can now state without a second of pause that this person is an absolute GENIUS. Undeniably so.
This person was in the middle of the financial meltdown where everybody was suing everybody, and they recognized a “niche”. They identified an opportunity and seized upon it. Armed with the simple and in your face knowledge of understanding that almost (98%) of “Civil” disputes ever make it to a courtroom, they turned the status-quo UPSIDE DOWN and shoved it RIGHT up the ass of LAWYERS. US Citizen TAX dollars do NOT fund any orginizations or agencies to contest CIVIL matters. People are reduced to filing complaints with the BBB (Better Business Bureau) and no actual punishment occurs. HOWEVER- CRIMES can be picked up by the FBI-the SEC, the IRS, and if found to be indictable,,,,,PROSECUTED by the USDOJ. ALL FREE. ALL FUNDED BY TAX DOLLARS. So you just need to be able to clearly and cogently identify the crimes and build a case. This is what they did for PRIVATE EQUITY and LARGE firms. They were NOT limited or CONSTRAINED by requirements set by The BAR ASSOCIATION which mandates that LAWYERS (remember they are BOTH incentivized for cases to take long…….more billing) to share DISCOVERY, which is just a Legal Term for PROOF, or DIRT.
Explain to me how SHARING this with a group of person that STOLE from YOU is of any benefit to the VICTIM? It’s all ONE BIG JOKE. Do you go to Vegas and play BLACKJACK in front of a MIRROR? Why show your hand?
So your left with the FBI whom are OVERWORKED, UNDERSTAFFED, and UN-INCENTIVIZED to do the investigating and proof substantiation, or your LAWYER to do so at ($250-$500 per HR). And the ONLY thing the LAWYER is able to do that a they couldn’t is speak before a JUDGE, which as mentioned only happens around (2%) of the time. The FBI and USDOJ as Government employees and officers of the Justice system are motivated by ONE thing….WINS. They don’t give a FROGS FAT ASS where they come from.
So if your intelligent, know how to properly format the required complaints, and have “DISCOVERY” to justify,,,,,you are able to formally submit a CRIME.
16 years, a slew of CONVICTIONS, and a lot of money made later from numerous FAMOUS individual clients who wanted to avoid the press of having disputes made Public Record, they closed shop.
FULL DISCLOSURE: Both Stephen and myself cajoled and held a “carrot” in front of this person to get them interested. And I blame that ON MANY OF YOU PEOPLE. Oh the conversations and e-mails I could post of my “Bocas Brigade” extolling me of HOW MANY PEOPLE they could get to participate in an action against these scumbags!!! So,,collectively….my son in law and I “championed” your complaints against these people, ONLY to get at the end the FEW people that I mentioned last week to pursue. SO THANKS FOR THAT!
We both got a bit CHASTISED by this person for “getting them off the couch“, and MIS-REPRESENTING the groundswell of participants that would proceed. Yet in spite of many people blowing SMOKE UP MY ASS, this person CONTINUED with the small group that joined and did so simply to NOT LET THEM down. NOW that is CHARACTER for YOUR ASS!!!! Doing investigative work that would be invoiced in the past for 6 FIGURES for “PEANUTS”! And guess what?………..those people have a case with the FBI.
So in reacting to the inquiries sent to me after the FACT, I can’t speak for ALL of you- but MANY were made privy in the past, and the OVERWHELMING retort PNO received at the time was “ I’m going to speak with my lawyer first.“.
This is where MY HEAD EXPLODES in retrospect. And I have very little to add.
Where was this compulsive need for Due Diligence and assurances when you were carelessly and foolishly writing MASSIVE CHECKS and SIGNING HORRIBLE contracts to JOE HALEY and CARMEN VICENTE?????? Talk about being PENNY WISE and DOLLAR FOOLISH. I mean WOW.
And then last week I was asked- “What assurances can I get if I spend money to be added to complaint?” WTF!!!!!!
What LAWYER gives Money Back Guarantees??? Is there something in the water down there in Bocas that destroys common sense and reason? After all there is NO Utility Concession.
This person gives no assurances for the simple reason THEY CAN’T. If you want assurances maybe ask “C.CLARK“.
Please take a moment to read the folowing. I took this from HARVARD LAW.
IN RECENT YEARS, Massachusetts has made significant progress in the direction of criminal justice reform. The credit goes to progressive thinkers in the Legislature, the attorney general and several district attorney offices, ballot initiatives legalizing marijuana, and an engaged and conscientious Supreme Judicial Court. The time is ripe to change the way we charge people with crimes in the first place.
One sign of progress is that culture itself has changed in much of the system.
Prosecutorial discretion, and evolving thinking by probation officers and judges about treating substance abuse as primarily medical rather than criminal, has played an important part in moving the system towards rehabilitation instead of punishment. Drug possession charges are often dropped if the defendant passes a drug test, and can demonstrate a commitment to treatment efforts.
Yet the human inflow into the criminal justice system – and the unfortunate result of a paper trail that will follow an individual around – continues at a brisk pace. In 2020, Trial Court records show 141,327 new cases in the district courts. Despite the pandemic, this was not much of a falloff from the 170,781 new cases in 2019.The sheer volume of cases raises the question: Why not lessen the inflow of cases into the court system in the first place?
Roughly 44 percent of district court cases are motor vehicle-related, which includes operating under the influence but also less serious matters like driving with an expired registration. Less than 20 percent are offenses against the person, and barely 1 percent are weapons charges.
Several reform efforts were directed at minimizing the collateral consequences of criminal prosecution, especially the legislation allowing the sealing of criminal records. Sealing, by definition, comes after the fact.
The current charging system looks like this: After an arrest, criminal complaints are issued by clerk-magistrates after a police officer presents evidence of probable cause, most often a written police report. Since the arrest already required a determination by the police officer of probable cause, the complaint usually issues routinely. The district attorney’s office ordinarily doesn’t get involved until the arraignment stage, when the defendant is required to appear in court.
Many cases are dismissed at arraignment, sometimes on payment of court costs. Many more are dismissed, or resolved with minor sanctions like a continuation without a finding (followed by a dismissal), after multiple court appearances.
A lot of attention has been paid to Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ written policy of presumptive declination of prosecution for 15 specific offenses. While Rollins’ policy rankled some, it was defended in part because such an approach was already in effect. Massachusetts already ranked at the bottom among the states in per capital incarcerations, as a few of the other district attorneys pointed out, and the exercise of discretion and compassion for minor charges is the prevailing ethic.
My suggestion is this: Massachusetts should adopt the practice, prevalent in many other states, of having the district attorney’s office screen the applications for criminal complaints in the district courts. (The grand jury process, run by the district attorney, already insures this screening function in the superior court.)
Why would this be better? Well, for one, the DA’s office could choose not to prosecute at the application stage, which would keep the arrestee out of the court system, and eliminate the subsequent paper trail. It would also eliminate the necessity for appointed counsel in many of these cases, and what amounts to make-work for clerks, prosecutors, and defense counsel for cases that are going to be dismissed.Second, the assistant district attorney, as a lawyer, is bound by Rule 3.8 of the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Responsibility – “Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor” – which prohibits bringing a charge unless it is supported by probable cause.
As most police officers and many clerk-magistrates are not attorneys, they do not come with the same critical lens, and often over-charge. It takes time, energy, and often a complicated negotiation with police and defense counsel to rectify an overcharged case. The optics of “reducing a charge” can also inhibit less experienced prosecutors worried about public opinion. This creates incentives to kick the can, and the case, down the road.
For many of the misdemeanors now clogging the courts, an arrest and detention for a few hours is sufficient punishment. Unless the crime is serious enough that we want to incarcerate, or impose supervised probation conditions, continued prosecution doesn’t accomplish very much.
Streamlining the complaint pipeline with scrutiny by an assistant DA would also free prosecutors to focus on crimes that warrant significant attention. For example, domestic violence cases often present witness cooperation challenges that require careful and personal attention, evidentiary challenges that require legal research, and background investigative work that could inform thoughtful approaches to sanctions. Society would benefit from attorney supervision of the charging process.
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So, BLAH-BLAH-BLAH,,,,in the end, if you have NOT spoken up and made YOUR VOICE heard!!! Your a VICTIM and your complaints fall on deaf ears.
No matter what happens at this point in time, don’t you want to at least make it known YOUR IN DISPUTE??? YOUR AWARE YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO?? If you go down, don’t you at LEAST want to be on RECORD OF THROWING A PUNCH???
As I am typing I am being made aware of EVEN MORE examples of BANKING “Tom-Foolery” by OGI in PANAMA.
So I am of the OPINION, that every opportunity was afforded to many people to DO SOMETHING in that past and MANY simply chose NOT to throw said PUNCH. So my stance is you live with the effects of your indecision. If you don’t agree, you can always consult your ATTORNEY.
Best of Luck and Saludos-
“JB”
