Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Is a Scam Targeting Veterans "to end poverty" citing a FAKE JAG lawyer?

A potential scam called SVM Global is soliciting participants that promises "100K to 1M in 90 days"
SVM Global promises 100K to 1 Million in 90 days, WTF?!
So what the heck is this thing? It's ran by a "Sheila V. Tabarsi". SVM, of course.

This is from her Pinterest Profile:

Sheila Tabarsi, via Pinterest profile

And this is from her Google+ profile:

Sheila Tabarsi, via Google+ profile
Let us be absolutely clear... There are NO LEGITIMATE PROGRAMS that can turn 100K into 1M in a year, much less 90 days. This can't be legal, period. Money doesn't grow on trees, or multiply like bread and fish in the hands of Jesus.

BehindMLM came to the same conclusion: it is a ponzi scheme. And apparently grandmas are pawning jewelry, and single parent with 3 kids and trouble making rent are still fronting up $900 to join. WTF?!?!

But that's not the really WTF part... that would be that she may be referring to a FAKE lawyer.




In a conference call tonight, 14-APR-2015, Tabarsi apparently read the BehindMLM review and made fun of it, as well as claiming that her "Federal Attorney" will sue detractors.

Several commentators have claimed that in prior calls Tabarsi claimed that her lawyer was a former JAG (i.e. military lawyer), and another supplied the name of "Ken Goldstein".

Checking Tabarsi's Google + followers did yield a Ken Goldstein


As it happens, Sheila used to live in Douglaston, NY, according to her own profile, same as "Ken Goldstein" here.


Searching for "Ken Goldstein JAG" on Google did not bring up a legitimate lawyer... but a FAKE one.   He claimed to be a lawyer in ALL jurisdictions in the US.

Examiner.com: Ex-petty officer allegedly posed as JAG lawyer in Nassau court

His Facebook Profile apparently claimed that he was a Captain, and his posts were sometimes signed LCDR (lieutenant Commander).

Ken Goldstein's Facebook name is "CaptainKenGold", delusions of grandeur? 

Ken Goldstein signing Facebook posts as LCDR back in 2014
He got called out for it by real veterans. 

But as you can see from news report, he was merely a petty officer, retired.

(NOTE: See Ken Goldstein's comment about why he used "Captain" in his FB profileName at the end)


Now, how do we know this is the SAME Ken Goldstein that Tabarsi alluded to? Okay, remember the Google+ profile we found earlier for Ken Goldstein? If you explore his photos, you'll see this:




Note the photo in the middle. Compare it against the photo in this article in NYPOST

NYPost: Ex-Coastguard officer allegedly posed as former military lawyer 28-AUG-2014
There is no doubt we are talking about the SAME Ken Goldstein, the fake lawyer.

If this is really Tabarsi's "Federal lawyer", she'll be in a HEAP of legal trouble, even MORE than normal for allegedly running a ponzi scheme. Not to mention Mr. Goldstein too.



ADDENDUM 24-APR-2015  The Ken Goldstein wrote a comment below. In a different comment on PatrickPretty, he claimed that because he's also USCG licensed merchant marine master, he is entitled to the term "captain".

What he didn't tell you is "master", i.e. "vessel master", is basically in command of the vessel, whether it's a tiny skiff to a supertanker. Yes, USCG does issue licenses to merchant / commercial mariners. However, what Mr. Goldstein didn't mention is he's only entitled to be called "captain" while he's in command of a vessel.
While commercial vessels are not military vessels, there are some similarities.  The head of the engineering department, for example, is called the Chief Engineer.  Likewise, vessel masters – the Master is the person in command -- are formally addressed as “Captain”. There are special laws and regulations governing merchant seamen; these laws and regulations are enforced by the U. S. Coast Guard.  -- http://www.marad.dot.gov/mariners_landing_page/veterans/Veterans-Military-to-Mariners.htm 
Any one calling him a captain when he's not in command of a vessel is doing so inaccurately, but obviously it can be done as a courtesy... or fluffing.

11 comments:

  1. THE ONLY THING FAKE HERE IS THIS ARTICLE AND THE PERSON SPEWING THE NONSENSE OUT WITH NO FACTUAL PROOF OF WHAT IS BEING SAID. I AM AS REAL AS IT GETS AND HAVE ALL THE PROOF I NEED TO SHOW YOU THAT ALL YOUR DOING IS SLANDERING TWO VETERANS WHO PROUDLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY. PROBABLY UNLIKE YOURSELF WHO HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO PRINT THIS NONSENSE. DID YOU SPILL BLOOD FOR THE USA. WERE YOU IN COMBAT. PROBABLY NOT JUST SOME WISEASS LIBERAL WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN SLANDER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A BETTER WORLD INSTEAD OF BEING A HATER AND SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LIFE ANYWAY. WHEN YOU CAN COME UP WITH FACTS TO BACK UP YOU SLANDER THEN I WOULD BE MORE THAN INTERESTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF MY TIME BUT I AM ONLY POSTING THIS NOW TO GIVE YOU FAIR WARNING THAT THIS TYPE OF SLANDER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND IF IT CONTINUES PREPARE FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES. THIS COMES FROM SENATORIAL BACKING AS WELL AS USCG OFFICIALS.

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    1. So are you a JAG lawyer or not? And why is your SHIFT key stuck? Is it as stuck up as you are?

      Feel free to PROVE anything posted here as UNTRUE through actual citings of publicly verifiable information, rather than your stream of consciousness rant.

      The fact is, if you are indeed THAT Ken Goldstein that got caught playing JAG lawyer, then you are a fake JAG lawyer. Fact is not slander. And if you're supporting a Psychic who kept shifting her name and moving to Costa Rica, that is certainly your freedom to do so, but you can't stop me from writing about it, as there are NO UNTRUTHS in this article, despite your insinuations.

      BTW, thanks for confirming that you are indeed THAT Ken Goldstein, the JAG lawyer impersonator. That is, if this is not a troll impersonating him. Can't put it past some idiots nowadays. Why would any one want to impersonate a fake JAG lawyer any way?

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    2. instead of the all caps ranty why dont you simply post up links to your scanned in proof that what is posted is untrue?

      really simple.

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    3. If you're entitled to the title of Captain, then why do you always wear the LCDR oak leaf cluster? Why sign shit LCDR< USCG (ret)? What about the MOH ribbon and the bronze star that you wear? All of those bullshit ribbons that were awarded after you got out? You've told a number of people that you were a retired LCDR, combat wounded in Iraq, the only Coastie to ever make it through Ranger training, and you've always got that Bronze Star on you. You were a 2nd class at the "height" of your career, and never got anywhere near Iraq. You're a liar and a fraud, and everyone who served with you knows it and will continue to spread the word, "shipmate."

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    4. Kinda odd how your name doesn't appear on the Permanent Retired Officers List... or in the USCG Register of Officers going back to 2000. You're not on the list of personnel awarded Bronze Stars either... Probably because of all the top secret shit you did, right?

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    5. Too much talk Kenneth Goldstein! Why don't you prove yourself you SON-OF-A-BITCH!
      You are very good in talking away your self when you got caught! PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD PTSD!

      Everything will come back to you, you will pay the price for your lies and the people you victimized!

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  2. The Captain thing, if one was wanting to give the benefit of the doubt, could be construed as a misunderstanding. The LtCdr, USCG thing, on the other hand, is pretty clear cut, you either have a commission as an Officer grade O-5 in the Coast Guard, or you're flat out lying, and may even be violating a Federal Law.
    The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (Pub.L. 113–12; H.R. 258) is a United States federal law that was passed by the 113th United States Congress. The law amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received any of a series of particular military decorations with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit from convincing someone that he or she rightfully did receive that award. This law is a revised version of a previous one that was struck down by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case United States v. Alvarez for being an infringement of the constitutional right to freedom of speech.
    source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Valor_Act_of_2013

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    1. Claiming to be JAG lawyer would fall under the stolen valor act, wouldn't it?

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    2. Maybe, but showing up in courtrooms with a chest full of medals probably would. Impersonating a Commissioned Officer is a federal crime. Claiming to be any lawyer when you're not is a crime by itself, with penalty enhancements perhaps for targeting disadvantaged classes.

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  3. When is sentencing for this blowhard imposter dipshit since he pleaded guilty?

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    1. 2nd guilty plea just went down

      http://patrickpretty.com/2016/04/07/second-guilty-plea-purported-jag-lawyer-linked-svm-global-initiative/

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