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HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Request To U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="usdoj.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DOJletter "><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Letter to the U.S. Department of Justice</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I><B>Letter To United States Attorney For The Northern District of Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Note: Attorney Fitzgerald's office has known about this posted letter since January 2002.  The U.S. Dept. of Justice has visited this page.   U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald has not responded.  We seriously doubt that his staff has retained messages since 2002 and thus, do not anticipate that the concern of victims will ever be addressed.)</B></I></div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald</FONT></div> <div> 219 South Dearborn Street</div> <div> Chicago, IL 60604</div> <bR> <div> January 22, 2002</div> <bR> <div> Honorable Attorney:</div> <bR> <div> Perpetrators of financial confidence crimes depend on victims being too embarrassed and confused by the issues to report the crime.  For extended periods of time, the victim, not knowing the scheme, attempts to get the perpetrators to do what they promised.  Often, by the time the victim realizes they have been duped, actions and conversations they had with the perpetrators have become too complicated and numerous to explain in a five minute verbal report.</div> <bR> <div> Perpetrators of financial confidence crimes rely on their ability to lead their victims to believe there is a benefit in it for them.  Whether it is siding a house for half the cost with 50% down payment, (and the workers never show), or making an investment in a corporation that turns up being a ghost, in order to report the crime, the victim has to reveal what they hoped to benefit which caused them to become a "mark" for the perpetrators.</div> <bR> <div> It is, and should be an investigative tool to make sure that reports of crime are based on truth and evidence.  However, when victims of confidence crimes try to report such, they are often blamed for their own victimization.  It is difficult to justify telling a stranger about your finances, marital or health problems.  When the person is speaking with an attorney, or doctor, or accountant, this information is anticipated and sometimes necessary for the professional to perform their job.</div> <bR> <div> The laws of the United States provide people in desperate financial straits an opportunity for a fresh start or affordable payment plans to pay their debts.  The majority of those seeking relief under federal bankruptcy laws hire and pay licensed attorneys to advise and represent them in bankruptcy court.  They are obligated to share personal information regarding any property settlements in divorce decrees, why they cannot pay their bills, what property they own, have owned, or co-own.  The benefit they hope to achieve is to receive the opportunity for a fresh start, or a payment plan they can afford.  Some officers and employees of the United States Government, in position of Judge and bankruptcy trustees, in addition to some licensed attorneys, intentionally victimize people who are trying to get the protection or fresh start provided by federal bankruptcy law.  </div> <bR> <div> This letter is on behalf of all the victims of financial confidence crimes committed by officers and employees of the United States Government under color of official right.  There was a time when rape victims did not report the crime because of the behavior of law enforcement who ridiculed and humiliated the victim, while also holding them responsible for their own victimization.  Until organizations and groups began speaking up for rape victims, many victims lived with horror, shame and distrust of the judicial system.  </div> <bR> <div> The same is true for many victims of financial confidence crimes committed under color of official right.  Many have sought help from the F.B.I. and U.S. Department of Justice.  They were further victimized by condescending attitudes from staff who refused to intervene or take responsibility to investigate crimes committed by officers and employees of the United States Government.  Essentially, victims have no where to turn.  They have become discouraged, depressed and traumatized at the hands of law enforcement who ask that they describe the organized criminal scheme perpetrated against them in five minutes or less, or three pages or less.</div> <bR> <div> In or about February 2001, U.S. Senators for Illinois, Richard Durbin, and Peter Fitzgerald,  received information pertaining to financial confidence crimes committed under the color of official right of the United States Bankruptcy Court in Rockford, Illinois.  A meeting was requested with them so victims could describe the horror and nightmare of threats of having fraudulent charges filed against them unless they gave money to Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees officiating in the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division.  No response from either Senator was received.</div> <bR> <div> In or about July 2001, Senator Fitzgerald announced that he was coming to Rockford, Illinois for a "town hall" meeting.  After telephone calls from several victims, Jason Anderson, a representative for the Senator, agreed to meet with a group of victims.  An urgent telephone call caused him to leave the meeting.  However, before he left, he heard about, and saw correspondence from the U.S. Department of Justice in response to letters and evidence sent to them by victims.  Jason informed us that Senator Fitzgerald had nominated you to replace Scott Lasser.  He stated that victims needed to meet with you, but asked that they wait until you were confirmed.</div> <bR> <div> Because our nation suffered brutal terrorism on September 11, 2001, we waited until late October before calling your office on Jason Anderson's recommendation.  We have spoken with Marge Cusack, Sharon Getty, Renee Ward and Randall Samborn.  All of them could have verified that we were simply following up on what Jason Anderson recommended.  Instead, we have received the passing of the buck, and the asking of questions, as though they did not hear, or care to address, the purpose of our call.</div> <bR> <div> We are not asking for an interview.  We are asking for the opportunity to physically place documented evidence of public corruption into your hands.  Documentation, or the content thereof, that was sent to your predecessor and discussed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Syfert in Rockford, became knowledge of the perpetrators.  As a result, victims and others having knowledge of these financial confidence crimes committed under the color of official right of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Rockford, have suffered acts of harmful retribution.</div> <bR> <div> Under your predecessor, documents were shuffled from one person to another, and division to another, until personnel for the  U.S. Department of Justice denied having all accountability and responsibility for the matter based on it not being appropriate for their department or division.</div> <bR> <div> Victims of financial confidence crimes committed by officers and employees of the United States Government, hereby publicly request that you grant a meeting where you can hear first-hand, and receive evidence of these financial confidence crimes, and how those sworn to uphold justice are obstructing it.  </div> <bR> <div> You have been quoted in the media as saying one of your priorities is to investigate and prosecute public corruption.  You cannot know the details of these crimes if your staff guards the gate and denies responsibility.  The reporting of crimes committed by officers and employees of the United States Government should not be hindered by a process whereby Justice Department staff reads and interprets what traumatized victims have written.  From conversations with your staff and the FBI in Chicago, they want civilians to explain laws, instead of describing the crime committed against them.  That is followed with condescending tones that since victims are not licensed attorneys, they do not know the law, and should therefore hire private attorneys to do the job of the U.S. Department of Justice.</div> <bR> <div> One does not have to be a licensed attorney to know that a trial is to determine guilt or innocence.  Judge Manuel Barbosa has demonstrated his conspiratorial behavior, and unlawful use of his court, by allowing and officiating a trial to give the defendants a "second bite at the apple." </div> <bR> <div> One does not have to be a licensed attorney to know when a bankruptcy trustee alleges he "sold" property that was listed on the debtor's schedules, when the schedules did not list that property because a Judge in the County Court had previously ruled that the debtor had no ownership interest in it.   </div> <bR> <div> One does not have to be a licensed attorney to know that to be banned from filing evidence in defense without first getting the Judge's approval, and then be denied his approval, is unjust and a denial of due process.</div> <bR> <div> One does not have to be a licensed attorney to know it is unjust for Judge Manuel Barbosa to allow a trustee to instruct a person to disobey the orders of Circuit Court on the "trustee's personal objection."  </div> <bR> <div> One does not have to be a licensed attorney to know it is unjust and unlawful to be threatened with prison unless you give the bankruptcy trustee money so you can keep property decreed to you by Circuit Court -- when you have not filed for bankruptcy.</div> <bR> <div> The bankruptcy trustees and judges who commit these crimes do so under an umbrella of protection, whereby in order for victims to report the crimes, they are misdirected to the judicial system to fight cases where these crimes were committed.  Through collusion, threats, and associations with income-based legal services, the perpetrators have rendered it impossible for their victims to afford, obtain, and retain legal counsel to pursue justice.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, we need to meet with you.  When can we?  If not, why not?</div> <bR> <div> Respectfully</div> <div> Wells of Justice</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>