Hawkshaw
04-03-2005, 04:33 PM
I think this is a pretty good story and should be of interest
to all the good citizens of Suffolk County, especially the members
of the SCPD. I can only wonder why the Press hasn't picked this one
up and tried to do an in-depth expose on the SCPD and DA office.
Some of what I will tell you is fact. Some is supposition
based on fact. Most of it is documented by various sources open
to the public in one form or other.
The story starts with a stock swindler once doing business
out of a Hauppague, NY office. In 1991 he was banned from trading
due to shady practices. This didn't seem to stop him because he
continued running his and his father's stock firm even though he
was banned from doing so. His efforts earns him a conviction for
another stock swindle. Before going further I should note that
this crook told a friend of mine that he makes a living forming
companys, then going public and stealing the money.
Sometime in the late 1990's the guy is befriending cops from
Suffolk County and other locales as they fall into his thieving
path. One of those cops he meets is the kid who went to jail for
selling drugs. You know who he is. I know the kid. Nice enough
but he had stars in his eyes. He thought he was going to be big
in the entertainment industry. Even saw himself as a movie star
someday. The crook wined and dined him. Probably with the kid's
and the kid's family own invested money in the crooks newest
enterprise. Took the kid to the Havana Club, took him to Hollywood.
The crook even made the kid's father a Director of a new entertainment
company. Also, in that company was a SCPD detective. They had a
web site and the full monty. Only problem was the crook kept on
wacking the company names and obscuring what was what. It went
from Prelude, to Big Dawg, to Harbour to Stapleton Studios.
Money was being raised by cops ( see two above ) from other
cops, their families and other citizens of Suffolk County. It was
being raised by a convicted stock swindler waiting to go to jail.
So how does a guy avoid going to jail? He befriends some cops,
lays some traps and offers his services to the anyone interested
so it can be sold to the US attorney for consideration. BTW, it
is my opinion based on a track record of the swindler that the
newest venture will be just another scam with investors losing
their money. Whether the ultimate goal of forming a movie studio
is met or not, the original investors ( cops and citizens ) are
going to lose their money. My guess is that the investors lost
about $2M that went completely south when NYC Mayorsaw the folly
of a deal that his predecessor hammered out with the crooks that
Bloomberg withdraw all support for building and running a studio
on Staten Island.
The concerned studio made a lot of noise and lawsuits, or threats
of lawsuits stating that the stock swindler had nothing to do with
this enterprise. They also said the swindler had nothing to do with
cooperating with Suffolk DA office in the investigation of police
officers. It was a lie and easily provable both then and now.
The swindler is scheduled to go to jail in the Spring of 2002.
He even has an inmate number. Time to get busy. On Christmas Eve,
2001 he calls SCPD IAB and reports to them that his house was
burglarized and he believes it was his cop friend who did the job.
He must get the interest of IAB so they can go further. There
are some who now believe the burglary is a farce and it is possible
there was insurance involved. That is only a guess. But from what I
know of the cop I can tell you he ain't got brain 1 to pull off a
burglary on an alarmed house and break open a safe. That much I
am sure of. The guy makes another call on Christmas Day and attempts
to sink everybody he ever met. He is such a good citizen. The ball
starts rolling. Enter DA Spota.
Spota takes office on January 2002. One of the first people
he puts in his office is the detective who sat on the board of the
company the swindler was involved with. The detective is now a boss
and he also had at least $40K investment in the company. The swindler
becomes a working informant and I can only assume the new boss is now
handling his partner in the movie business as a police informer! This,
in my opinion, is wild.
By the timelines involved I will assume that the swindler continues
to raise money for the movie studio while working as an informant for the
DA under the care of the detective boss. The movie deal with NYC doesn't
fall apart until late 2002.
In essence it is my opinion that the crook was allowed to operate
under the protection of the DA and his friend in the office all for the
greater good of locking up cops. If ttue, it is simply an outrage, and
may be criminal.
I should also note that the detective boss in the DA office did
come to his senses and asked for his money back. He did get it back and
that is well documented with a cancelled check and other identifying means.
The boss was so anxious to get his money back that he dispatched one of
his own detectives to pick up the check.
While there are many out there,including investment companies, cops,
and citizens who have yet to get their money back, a supervising detective
in the DA's office, a supervisor who probably handled the informant/thief.
got his money back while others are still fighting to get theirs.
Funny part in this story is the crook had his house wired both
with video and audio by a private contractor to suck cops and others into
his web and when the time came to pay the contractor the contractor got
stiffed.
Why do I throw the PBA into this story? Because they HAD to know
what was going on and they never raised their voice in protest that a
DA would allow a convicted criminal to take money from other cops and
allow it to happen.
to all the good citizens of Suffolk County, especially the members
of the SCPD. I can only wonder why the Press hasn't picked this one
up and tried to do an in-depth expose on the SCPD and DA office.
Some of what I will tell you is fact. Some is supposition
based on fact. Most of it is documented by various sources open
to the public in one form or other.
The story starts with a stock swindler once doing business
out of a Hauppague, NY office. In 1991 he was banned from trading
due to shady practices. This didn't seem to stop him because he
continued running his and his father's stock firm even though he
was banned from doing so. His efforts earns him a conviction for
another stock swindle. Before going further I should note that
this crook told a friend of mine that he makes a living forming
companys, then going public and stealing the money.
Sometime in the late 1990's the guy is befriending cops from
Suffolk County and other locales as they fall into his thieving
path. One of those cops he meets is the kid who went to jail for
selling drugs. You know who he is. I know the kid. Nice enough
but he had stars in his eyes. He thought he was going to be big
in the entertainment industry. Even saw himself as a movie star
someday. The crook wined and dined him. Probably with the kid's
and the kid's family own invested money in the crooks newest
enterprise. Took the kid to the Havana Club, took him to Hollywood.
The crook even made the kid's father a Director of a new entertainment
company. Also, in that company was a SCPD detective. They had a
web site and the full monty. Only problem was the crook kept on
wacking the company names and obscuring what was what. It went
from Prelude, to Big Dawg, to Harbour to Stapleton Studios.
Money was being raised by cops ( see two above ) from other
cops, their families and other citizens of Suffolk County. It was
being raised by a convicted stock swindler waiting to go to jail.
So how does a guy avoid going to jail? He befriends some cops,
lays some traps and offers his services to the anyone interested
so it can be sold to the US attorney for consideration. BTW, it
is my opinion based on a track record of the swindler that the
newest venture will be just another scam with investors losing
their money. Whether the ultimate goal of forming a movie studio
is met or not, the original investors ( cops and citizens ) are
going to lose their money. My guess is that the investors lost
about $2M that went completely south when NYC Mayorsaw the folly
of a deal that his predecessor hammered out with the crooks that
Bloomberg withdraw all support for building and running a studio
on Staten Island.
The concerned studio made a lot of noise and lawsuits, or threats
of lawsuits stating that the stock swindler had nothing to do with
this enterprise. They also said the swindler had nothing to do with
cooperating with Suffolk DA office in the investigation of police
officers. It was a lie and easily provable both then and now.
The swindler is scheduled to go to jail in the Spring of 2002.
He even has an inmate number. Time to get busy. On Christmas Eve,
2001 he calls SCPD IAB and reports to them that his house was
burglarized and he believes it was his cop friend who did the job.
He must get the interest of IAB so they can go further. There
are some who now believe the burglary is a farce and it is possible
there was insurance involved. That is only a guess. But from what I
know of the cop I can tell you he ain't got brain 1 to pull off a
burglary on an alarmed house and break open a safe. That much I
am sure of. The guy makes another call on Christmas Day and attempts
to sink everybody he ever met. He is such a good citizen. The ball
starts rolling. Enter DA Spota.
Spota takes office on January 2002. One of the first people
he puts in his office is the detective who sat on the board of the
company the swindler was involved with. The detective is now a boss
and he also had at least $40K investment in the company. The swindler
becomes a working informant and I can only assume the new boss is now
handling his partner in the movie business as a police informer! This,
in my opinion, is wild.
By the timelines involved I will assume that the swindler continues
to raise money for the movie studio while working as an informant for the
DA under the care of the detective boss. The movie deal with NYC doesn't
fall apart until late 2002.
In essence it is my opinion that the crook was allowed to operate
under the protection of the DA and his friend in the office all for the
greater good of locking up cops. If ttue, it is simply an outrage, and
may be criminal.
I should also note that the detective boss in the DA office did
come to his senses and asked for his money back. He did get it back and
that is well documented with a cancelled check and other identifying means.
The boss was so anxious to get his money back that he dispatched one of
his own detectives to pick up the check.
While there are many out there,including investment companies, cops,
and citizens who have yet to get their money back, a supervising detective
in the DA's office, a supervisor who probably handled the informant/thief.
got his money back while others are still fighting to get theirs.
Funny part in this story is the crook had his house wired both
with video and audio by a private contractor to suck cops and others into
his web and when the time came to pay the contractor the contractor got
stiffed.
Why do I throw the PBA into this story? Because they HAD to know
what was going on and they never raised their voice in protest that a
DA would allow a convicted criminal to take money from other cops and
allow it to happen.