FROM THE - JOURNALS of Monte Friesner – Criminal & Intelligence Analyst and Consulaire for WANTED SA
~Contributed & Written by Kenneth Rijock ~
If you are the victim of a financial crime, take immediate action to seek the arrest of the perpetrator for his crimes; never seek to obtain a payment schedule, civil settlement or accommodation with the criminal, lest you end up being twice a victim. Readers who have been following my long-running series, When White Collar Crime becomes Money Laundering*, know that to be true. In that case, the failure of the victim to promptly prosecute an embezzler who stole six figures at her job, to the fullest extent of the law, resulted in the subsequent filing of a bogus civil case against the victim, which is still pending after 4 years, has not been set for trial, and has become an expensive nightmare for the defendant corporation.
Financial criminals see your efforts to soften the blow to them as weakness, stupidity, or both, and they seek to take full advantage of your good nature. Always turn these matters over to your attorney, who can best advise you on the most effective response.
Last week, the alleged embezzler's attorney took the deposition of a former expert witness in that case***, Humberto Aguilar, who is qualified in the field of money laundering. Both the plaintiff and her husband were present at the deposition, and assisted their attorney**** with the questions, but when information surfaced, that the expert had been visited and questioned by two agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), they both immediately left the country, presumably to avoid themselves being questioned by ICE. Both have been linked to the Cali Cartel and the Paramilitaries (Autodefensas).
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* Available in the blog archives; go to the blank white search box in the upper left-hand corner, and type in When White Collar Crime becomes Money Laundering, to access the seven articles. ** Bulger was a career criminal in Boston whose homicides, and other major crimes, were intentionally overlooked by the FBI agents who handled him as their Confidential Informant. The agents are now themselves doing time in Federal Prison; Bulger, who fled after being tipped off by the agents to his indictment, was finally captured, and is in custody.*** Lourdes Cajale vs. Atlantic Transport Trade Corp., Case No.: 09-64119 CA 15 (Miami-Dade Co. Cir. Ct.).**** Though Miami criminal defence attorney Richard Diaz is counsel of record for the plaintiff, the attorney taking the deposition, who works in his office, is reportedly related to the plaintiff.
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