It's not exactly easy to book an interview with Ed Magedson, the self-described consumer advocate and creator of the wildly successful www.RipOffReport.com.
Not because he doesn't want to talk. Magedson loves talking, especially when the subject is his beloved Web site.
It's just that he's so incredibly particular. Arranging one simple meeting is an exercise that captures, perfectly, why Magedson is so good at getting results — and why he's infuriated the CEOs of several midsize companies to the point that they accuse him, flatly, of extortion. He overthinks every detail. And it would never occur to him to stop pushing before he gets what he wants, even if he's not sure what that is.
First there's where to meet. It has to be a public place. A dog park? A restaurant? Even after Magedson decides on lunch at Chompie's, he calls back with instructions about which bank of booths to pick. He's planning to park in the handicapped spot, he says, and from the right booth, he'll be able to keep an eye on his dog.
After discussing that issue for 15 minutes, he calls back to clarify: It can't be just any booth near the window. It has to be the one closest to the servers' station, to allow both dog-seeing and laptop use.
In the end, the dog is basically ignored, and Magedson doesn't even bring his laptop into the restaurant. (Yes, he parks in the handicapped spot. And, no, he's not disabled. He has a handicapped sticker, but it belonged to his late father. "I'm not perfect," he says.)
But he does get his booth of choice. It opens up just as he walks in the door.
"Things like this always happen to me," he says, beaming.
Throughout a three-hour meal of bagels, lox, and whitefish salad, Magedson runs his servers ragged. He needs butter, which doesn't come with his order, and another container of cream cheese, even though he isn't done with the one he has. Then, despite a bowl of creamers on the table, he asks two different waiters to bring him more, only to seem confused when the table ends up with three bowls' worth. And only after the bill arrives does he remember that he needs hamburger for his dog. After that bill arrives, as it turns out, he needs orange juice. And when the juice arrives, it's too small, so a waitress is dispatched to bring him a second one.
He's relentless — and he's not even out of sorts. On the contrary, Ed Magedson is enjoying himself immensely. It's just that he's so used to agitating, to throwing everything he can at the wall, just in case something needs to stick. He doesn't know how else to behave.
He's the postmodern Columbo, a shambling figure who eventually gets his way not because he's slick or charming, but because he wears people down. He is a nitpicker, a fighter, a squeaky wheel who's mastered the art of getting grease.
He's exactly what you'd expect of a self-titled consumer advocate, with one key difference.
Thanks to the Internet, people actually have to pay attention to him.
Before the rise of the Web, the powerful could write off gadflies such as Ed Magedson. But the Internet provides a bully pulpit that Magedson has harnessed with startling success — and woe to the business owner who tries to ignore him.
The Rip-Off Report has become a boon to the disgruntled, who've posted complaints taking on everything from poor business practices to deadbeat dads, ofen without a shred of proof. For Ed Magedson, it's been an even bigger gift. It's made him powerful, and it's made him money — although certainly not a dot-com millionaire.
Magedson won't remove posts. He's not interested in evidence that would offer vindication.
But if you're willing to pay, Ed Magedson just might be willing to talk.
Magedson guards his privacy maniacally. His business address is a post office box. The house where he lived until recently was owned by one of his limited liability companies — and he had to move, he says, when his enemies figured out his location, despite his precautions. Even his car and utilities are registered in a way that renders them untraceable.
To Magedson's credit, people only know how hard he's worked to hide because they've tried just as hard to find him. He says they want to kill him. (They say they only want to serve him with lawsuits . . . although they're certainly not above posting information about him on the Internet while they're at it.)
But despite his efforts to live off the public-records grid, there's plenty you can know about Ed Magedson without even talking to him: the legal battles, the allegations of extortion, even his parents' death certificates and the paperwork from that old 1970s pot bust.
That's the Internet for you. And if Magedson is virtually anonymous in Maricopa County, where he's lived for almost two decades, he's famous on the Internet.
Before the Internet became ubiquitous, you could only humiliate someone if you had connections, if you could get the attention of a newspaper reporter or were willing to picket in front of an office. Today, you can get revenge with just a few keystrokes — and face revenge just as easily.
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Hey, way to go Ed. I hope that the report includes Canadian companies too. It's about time that there is such a site on the internet. Yes you need to expand and sell your website to the government. Don't you think they would be interested in fighting fraud???? I wonder ---. Please send me a message if you need help expanding your website. Website Diva
It is extortion. The legal system needs to catch up and prosecute. Google needs to be responsible as well. As for the comment about getting off your a** and filing a rebuttal. What a joke! The rebuttal actually works against your company so why would you do it.
Response to #133 Mr. Magedson, Why is it okay for you to allow lies and falsehoods on your own site ROR, but you expect people to tell the truth about you on their site or other sites. You purposefully created a site to hurt individuals and to exhort businesses. You reap what you sow and your time in he11 is coming; it may not be soon but every evil act you have committed against INNOCENT individuals and INNOCENT businesses will be exposed. You may have the fame and power you have sought all your life NOW, but what happens when Karma kicks you in the butt. Your site, posed as a helpful site, is a RIPOFF in and of itself. You KNOW that people are posting lies about people on your site and you encourage it YET get upset when people post lies about you. Life doesn't work that way--if you pull out a gun of words, expect the responder to pull out a cannon of words. Deliberately allowing people to be hurt is definitely not going to bring you any friends and, at your funeral I am pretty sure IF there are flowers (because there will NOT be any people there), they will be BLACK flowers for the evil you have perpetrated on this world. Disclaimer: There are legitimate complaints about ROGUE or bad businesses on ROR. ROR needs to modify how it operates: Multiple complaints indicating business is defrauding consumers should be investigated and perhaps charged some type of fee for them to issue a response, but the response can't be buttered up like ROR is doing now. NO COMPLAINTS about individuals need to be allowed at all UNLESS that individual has sold a product or service to someone as part of a business. As it stands ROR is nothing more than a gossip site about individuals and a cess pool of corruption and deceiptful postings about businesses.
Everyone who has been victimized by ripooffreport, please report them to the United States Department of Justice. The activity this company is engaging in, exhorting businesses based upon fake reviews on its site, is a violation of the federal trade commission act. Essentially, ROR is allowing competitors to be forced into bankrupcy or dissolved by allowing false reports about the businesses. ROR is also violating consumer rights by allowing their identities, birthdays, addresses, and so forth to be displayed with libelous reports and refusing to remove the reports once they have been notified the information is false. Here is the link to the site to report the violation: http://www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm#submit Note: There are no criminal penalties, but if ROR is going to terrorize individuals and businesses with their site, they at least need to pay civilly.
The video looked real to me. Maybe I am blind, but take a look at it closely and comment on my blog. http://www.clickanerd.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=39
Shawn and "Andy" - your posts make it sound as if there is a recording of Ed related to Putt Putt. Ed is not in the Putt Putt video tape. The videotape is a staged "interview" by John Brewington of Tony Agerone (who has a long criminal history) and his daughter Krysta Agerone. It is third party hearsay from unreliable sources -- and it has already been proven to be completely false.
Dear Ed Magedson & Maria Speth, To clear up any confusion, yes the FBI did raid the Rancier location and seize all the computer equipment and what ever information was on it about you and Maria Speth is now in the FBI’s possession. They didn’t even have the decency to return the equipment, I had to drive up to the evidence locker in Waco and recover the equipment. The IRS agent in charge of the case was named “Brenda Heeney” and the FBI agent in charge of the case was “John Wear”. I understand some agent from the Austin office was actually in charge of the whole operation. As far as the video tape of Ed Magedson attempting to extort monies from the put put car facility in Arizona, I feel the people in the video were telling the truth and eventually you and Maria Speth will go to jail and justice will be served. It is widely know that the Law Office of Jaburg & Wilk is laundering money for the Ripoff Report in violation of 18 USC 1961. It is widely known that Maria Speth, Ed Magedson and the Law Firm of Jaburg and Wilk own ripoffreport.com I have volunteered for a deposition to take place in Arizona in a Magedson v Brewington styled District Court case. John Brewington simply caught Ed Magedson red handed in an extortion attempt. I am willing to bet that many small and large businesses in the USA are waiting patiently to see what happens in that cause of action. Every time Ripoff Report gets caught, Maria Speth and Ed Magedson go on the attack and fabricate issues in an attempt to divert criticism from the one fact that needs attention. ((( Ed Magedson and Maria Crimi Speth are extortionist’s and need to be behind bars. ))) All of this is simply my opinion and I am entitled to my opinion.
Edward, Edward, Edward … Oh my delusional and cerebrally challenged friend! It sounds as though the Government has you by the scrotum. When you tried to shakedown the PUT PUT car lot, you finally made a mistake. They got you on tape. Finally, the world gets to see what ripoff report and Ed Magedson is really about. The funny thing about the criminal mindset is that you always overlook some mundane detail. Anyhooo, when you get to prison put me on your visitor list!
WWHHOOO that is too funny. The videos, there are two, have been turned into several law enforcement agencies, let them decide. Three takes...that's too funny. Like I am supposed to know who filed an ROR complaint against Putt Putt Cars. Prior to the one interview, I had never met the witness or talked to him. There was only one take, no script, no leading just Q & A. Page 21 of EDs telephone transcripts submitted by his attorney as disclosures: ED: "I even tried to get them to lie. Do you know I tried..." John Unger vs Pizza Hut of Apache Junction when discussing witnesses. Of course Mr. Unger filed a petition against harassment against Mr. Magedson...it's public record too. What's interesting is that at the insistence of Maria Crimi Speth a protective order was placed on my case. While I won't discuss the case, I can discuss the false complaint on my license filed by Maria Crimi Speth because it is public record. As a result of a false complaint being filed on my license by Maria Crimi Speth I was forced to defend myself. I found witnesses and interviewed them which are what investigators do. I was careful to hide the identities of the witnesses so they would not be harassed yet their names appear in the comments here, perhaps because they are listed as witnesses in disclosures in a case that has a protective order. It should also be noted that they have called me saying they are being threatened. Here they try to destroy the credibility of the witnesses yet felt they were credible enough to list her as a client in a class action suit, James Fouy vs Pizza Hut of Apache Junction. Protective order!!! Interesting those attorneys’ eyes only documents were part of the false DPS complaint. Also that they also appear in the comments above. And of course there is the unfortunate fact that DPS investigated me as did the FBI and found no merit to their claims. There are no complaints on my license. Because of those complaints, just about everything I do on this case goes to law enforcement. What I like the most is in the disclosures for John Unger vs Pizza Hut is John’s admission to his doctor that he was the one who had written most of the material about Pizza Hut. Hey its public record...I didn't create it. Want a copy? Just ask and I will send it. So far as Shawn Richeson???? You’ll have to ask him but from what I have seen he has involved the FBI in this and who could complain about that?
Response from RipoffReport.com: failed blackmail plot – trying to get Rip-off Report to remove postings. The video shown in the "paladinpi" link above, which we are calling the “Putt Putt Video,” contains deliberately orchestrated lies. Ed Magedson never offered to remove reports from RipoffReport.com for $500.00, or any amount of money. And, RipoffReport never authorized anyone to change the content of reports, period. Note: The “star” of this videotape told investigators that John Brewington did 3 different takes to make the video the way he wanted it. The maker of the Putt Putt Video is John Brewington, a private investigator from Arizona. He has done business under John F. Brewington and JFB Acquisitions. Mr. Brewington openly admits that he posted this video to retaliate against the editor of RipoffReport.com, Ed Magedson, because Mr. Magedson informed the Arizona Department of Public Safety that the Mr. Brewington committed perjury to a federal judge. “Now it is my turn,” stated Mr. Brewington. This video is carefully produced in an attempt to injure RipoffReport.com with falsehoods. We feel it is essential to expose falsehoods of this video and bring the truth to light so that the public will not be misled. The maker of the videotape, John Brewington John Brewington calls himself a “paladin” a knightly or heroic champion. He also states that he is the “managing member” of Paladin Investigations. Managing member is the term for the person in charge of a limited liability company or “LLC”. But “Paladin Investigations” is not a limited liability company, it is only a trade name for J&S Trust. And, we believe that John Brewington is the only person who works for J&S Trust. John Brewington testified under oath in deposition that he spent “hundreds” of hours investigating Ed Magedson without ever being paid by anyone. When asked, “you’re obsessed?” he responded, “someone accused me of being obsessed, yes.” Ed Magedson and his company sued Mr. Brewington last year (2008), for defaming Mr. Magedson and assisting a third party in a plan to attack and take down RipoffReport.com. The beginning of the Putt Putt Video reflects that it is “supplemental to the interview we were having.” The Putt Putt Video is only a small part of a longer interview. Mr. Brewington paused the camera in between the long interview and the shorter video – perhaps to rehearse or get straight what he wanted the people on the video to say. During the video, Mr. Brewington guides the two people in the video by rephrasing and spinning their statements, leading them to say what Mr. Brewington wants them to say. They readily agree with his spin. The Putt Putt Video starts from a very biased viewpoint. John Brewington’s website explains that he produced the video to retaliate against Ed Magedson and Ripoffreport.com. It states that Ed Magedson’s counsel filed a complaint on his private investigator’s license, and “Now it’s my turn.” This is posted on the webpage just below where this videotape was first posted. Ed Magedson’s complaint was filed with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (“DPS”), the regulatory agency that licenses private investigators. It notified DPS that John Brewington lied to a federal judge about Mr. Magedson. Mr. Brewington was refusing to answer questions regarding the identity of Ed Magedson’s neighbors that he interviewed. Mr. Brewington told the federal judge that he did not want to answer because he thought identifying the neighbors would put them “at risk.” While under oath, he told the judge, “All of the neighbors have expressed great fear, both physically and from being defamed on the Internet, if their information is disclosed.” Mr. Brewington was ordered to disclose the information. Three months later, Mr. Brewington stated the following under oath: Q: “But is it your testimony that [name of neighbor withheld] told you that she had great fear of Ed’s physical – including physical harm, that she could be physically harmed? A: No. I don’t think anyone ever indicated physical harm. Q: So none of the neighbors you spoke with told you that they feared physical harm as a result from Ed? A: Correct. Tony Agerone The videotape features a man named Tony Agerone, who claims that he witnessed Ed Magedson offering to remove a posting about Putt Putt car lot on Rip-off Report for $500. The statement is ludicrous. Ripoff Report has battled dozens of very expensive lawsuits to protect its right NOT to remove reports. These dozens of lawsuits could have been avoided if RipoffReport.com would agree to remove reports. It is absurd to think that Ed Magedson would offer to remove a report for $500. Tony Agerone later denied knowing the Putt Putt car lot or Lloyd Jorgeson. He did admit that Brewington coached him on what to say in the video. Police records reveal Tony Agerone’s history of involvement in criminal activities, including: • 2000 - assault and disorderly conduct • 2001 - two counts of endangerment • 2002 – assault • 2004 - theft of means in connection with the theft of a boat • 2004 - disorderly conduct • 2005 - false reporting to law enforcement (he falsely reported that Jay Silvers’ wife who is mentioned in the Putt Putt video hit him with her vehicle) • 2005 - threatening and intimidation • 2007 - false reporting to law officers Krysta Agerone The woman in the videotape is Krysta Agerone, Tony Agerone’s daughter. She claims that two people, John Unger and Matt Mott, edited the content of postings on Ripoff Report.com. That statement is fabricated. Matt Mott is the father of Ms. Agerone’s child and has sole custody. Also, John Unger has had no involvement with or access to the Ripoff Report since 2003, and is completely removed from contact. John Brewington’s own website posts a link to an order of protection that Mr. Unger sought against Mr. Magedson back in 2003. Texas Small Business Owner Shawn Richeson Shawn Richeson of Computer Nerds and Click a Nerd in Killeen Texas is not in the Putt Putt Video, but he and Mr. Brewington have tried to use it against RipoffReport.com. Ripoff Report.com first became aware of the Putt Putt Video when Shawn Richeson, the owner of an online business operating in Texas, sent a link to the lawyers for Ripoff Report.com. Richeson’s email essentially threatened to post the videotape if Ripoff Report.com did not take down postings on the website about Richeson and his business Computer Nerds and Click a Nerd. RipoffReport.com does not cave in to blackmail and extortion, and instead informed Mr. Richeson that the video was false, and then Ripoff Report began an investigation to uncover the hidden identities of the actors in the video tape, and get to the bottom of the plot. Previously, Richeson admitted to posting an altered audiotape of Ed Magedson online, and completely fabricating a story about the FBI raiding his computers. He also has a criminal record. In 1997, Richeson received two convictions for deceptive business practices. Both convictions were misdemeanors. He pled guilty and was fined $500. In 1995, Richeson was charged with felony theft which involved money and a computer. Those charges were dropped because he made restitution and he pled guilty in another related case. In 2000, Richeson was convicted of felony theft involving 25 computer systems. He received a six month state jail sentence and a $10,000 fine (plus court fees and restitution). However, whether Richeson is a hardened criminal or just a small time crook, it is clear that he and John Brewington are working together. As soon as Mr. Richeson learned that Ripoff Report.com was investigating the origin of the videotape, Mr. Brewington sent an email to our investigator with four little words. “Welcome to the game,” said Mr. Brewington. UPDATES TO COME
I'm very surprised that nothing has been written about Magedson's early days on Long Island when he was a publisher of two different gay publications that I know of. The first was LIB, for Long Island Beat. It was smaller in size and competed against Parlee, which is still around. This is going back possibly as far as 30 years ago. The reputation I heard at that time was that he had threatened to burn an establishment if they didn't carry or advertise in his magazine. LIB didn't last. Then, an individual named Joe D'A (Joe was dishonest and a jerk but who knows, maybe he changed so I'm hiding his name) thought there was a need for a gay newspaper and launched the LI Connection. He soon found he had no experience in this and it showed, so he then felt it best to bring in someone with experience to help run it, so he found Magedson and made him a partner. The two clashed and accrued debt. I can't recall if the paper came out weekly or biweekly. Finally the debt became so huge that D'A offered to give Magedson the publication if he would take on all the debt with it. Magedson agreed. Issues seemed to get bigger and bigger, until one day, employees showed up at the offices on East Carver St. in Huntington, NY to find the locks changed. They had been screwed out of salaries, you name it, but that was nothing compared to what Magedson had pulled with bar owners. He had gone to them offering unbelievable deals if they would pay for several months up front, cash. Many did, and he fled with it. Magedson had vanished completely from Long Island, word being that he was upstate NY putting the revenue he absconded with up his nose. This stunt was real ballsy, as many of the bar and disco owners on Long Island had rumored ties to the mafia. Lenny Kraft, for instance, owner of Starz in Deer Park, owed the mob money and was so terrified he blew his brains out. That was the last I heard of Magedson until I recently discovered ripoffreport.
Now it's starting to make sense. While trying to figure out what was going on I found this: http://www.bad-business-rip-off.com/ http://www.bad-business-rip-off.com/CrookedSpeth.pdf
A quote from one of Ed Magedson’s admirers. “I personally read the two-day deposition (conducted by Magedson's lawyers) of the dishonorable "private investigator" who had boasted of putting the New Times reporter up to her incredible "story." It was evident even to me that the naive reporter never questioned the veracity or motive of her source. That P.I. Brewington, the source, had been hired by two other men named Russo and Stanley who were running a scam operation by charging companies a monthly fee to clean up their reputations on the internet. Thus Magedson the messenger became a target of this unholy triumvirate. P.I. Brewington's repeatedly dishonest and unprofessional conduct violated many state statutes and he may have had his then newly issued license revoked by now.” So “Tina” you personally read the deposition I gave as a non party in a lawsuit? How did you do that? The deposition is not a readily available document. It’s not in Pacer and it isn’t down at the Federal court house. It sits in three places, Mike Dana Esq. office, I know him and he didn't let you read it. The court reporter and they didn’t let you read it, Jaburg and Wilk…bingo! What office were you sitting in? If you actually read the deposition you would know that I have never been hired by anyone to investigate Ed Magedson. Another interesting point “Tina” is that Maria Crimi Speth filed a complaint on my PI license alleging lots of stuff. How would you know that? While it is public record, one would not know about it by calling DPS. You either have to do a public records request, which was not done or you have to be sitting there at Jaburg and Wilk because they were the only parties that knew. Of course DPS detectives investigated and found no merit to the claims so here I am still a licensed PI with no complaints on my record. But speaking of the complaint and Jaburg and Wilk here’s another delicious morsal. Another quote. “If you find it too difficult to research the chameleon Brewington himself -- he's even lied under oath to a federal judge -- try investigating the real "work" of some of his direct associates.” The only claim that I lied under oath to a Federal judge came from…wait for it…wait for it…wait for it…Jaburg and Wilk. An again DPS found no merit. To shed a little light on that subject, the lying claim stems from the same deposition as discussed above. I was tying to protect neighbors of Magedson that I interviewed and told the judge that they were fearful. Maria Crimi Speth claims I lied but since you are so good at looking into public record maybe you saw that Maria Crimi Speths own client and Ed Magedson neighbor filed an order of protection against him, alleging many things including…wait for it…wait for it…wait for it…extortion, a word you guys really hate. Two things you hate…the word extortion and The Real Rip Off Report. Maybe everyone needs to put their finger in that wound. One last thing girls…why haven’t you mentioned the email I received that threatened me that if I didn’t turn evidence against the two you discuss above, that unpleasant things would happen? That email I sent to the judge, the FBI and DPS and it is public record. You also didn’t mention the Alyon email that claims if Rip Off Report isn’t paid $10,000.00 for their legal fees bad things would happen. Your attempts to coherse me into compliance isn’t going to work. We know who you are, the state bar will know who you are.
So gradually I am going to feed out little pieces for you to digest. Smitty points out that she became aware of Ed Magedson’s hard drive failing when discovery requests in another case were made. Interesting…in the case involving the video at my website http://www.paladinpi.com/content.php?id=21 you will find in the public record that when asked to provide documents that had been requested previously and relating to Edward Magedson: “Ms. Speth then called Plaintiff outside to talk to him and when she returned she claimed—for the first time ever—that Plaintiff could not produce the e-mails because they had been lost when his hard drive crashed.” “I informed Ms. Speth that I was going to move to compel production of the e-mails and/or the hard drive. Ms. Speth said she would oppose any such motion.” “Apparently Mr. Magedson was harassing Plaintiff about his potion of the potential settlement from the outcome of the lawsuit.” If you read the public record you will find that it became impossible to serve Ed Magedson and Ms. Speth could not produce him in spite of him being on the witness list. Serve Ed Magedson??? Interesting. Later we will be talking about the reason why the registered agent was changed to G. Peter Busnack up on Reevis Mountain and the relationship G. Peter Busnack had with the former agent John F Goodman. A little hint…one of my contemporaries had to hide ATVs into the camp to serve G. Peter Busnack for another suit. It is a very inaccessible place…hard to get to. Coming later…how Media Pennsylvania plays into this. Also the connection “Tina” has to Ed Magedson.
Want to know the truth? We can tell you. Tina and Oliver we know who you are. http://www.paladinpi.com/content.php?id=21
We have setup a forum on Jaburg & Wilk. http://www.clickanerd.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7
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This website Ripp-Off.com is hurting many people and a lot of business. Some of the stuff is true but mainly its lies and slander. Anyone who wants to write something bad about a company of person can do so without verifying that is a truthful story or lawsuit. Read what the Phoneix News Times had to say about the owner of this awful mean man (criminal)
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I filed a report on Madedson's rip off site on smartappsportal.com and my statements are true. I do know that some are probably false.I e-mailed,phoned this company told them I was going to post are problem over the Internet. They did get my money back. Then I went back to the ripoffreport and added to my posting to let people know I did get my money back. If people would'nt lie it would be a great site.The BBB don't realy do any good unless the company is listed with them.There were six others that turned this smartapps into ripoffreport since May/2009."and that's the way it is"
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I'll pay you $1 American dollar to expose this piece of $&*( Ed Mageson needs a nice fu@# in the a$$ by a couple of horny moose. Then we'll talk about how we'll hurt him
ROR has caused our entire family extensive heartache and pain. This is not a site about bringing bad guys to justice. This site is about bringing a lot of harm to small business, to individuals and to reputations by people who are not necessarily well balanced. Stalkers, jilted lovers, competitors who want to run someone out of business, or an unbalanced mind that wants to just destroy another person for no reason. You can create multiple personas, nothing except an email addy is verified and then it is wide open, you can say anything you want. You can allege hideous crimes, or sexual wrong doings, anything you want and that report stays on that site forever. When your name is googled or your company is googled, or any of the search engines are used, POW! The first line reads RIP OFF REPORT then your name and some horrific thing you have done. People have lost jobs, have not gotten jobs, businsesses have lost bids, neighbors are shunning individuals in thier communities. This is serious and not to be taken lightly. If you go in and place a rebuttal, and or comments, it makes your report stick to the front page. It is a lose lose situation. It has cause me harm that can never be undone, I have been in the hospital over this. And, it was all personal, had not one damn thing to do with big brother, or AT&T robbing me, or any of the crap Ed wants you to thing that he is doing for the good of man kind.
If Ed was truly into extortion why have the feds not tracked him down and arrested him? Until I see legitimate action I'm not going to believe it.
Poor Mr. Sharp, esteemed counsel. Perhaps if he had looked into existing public record prior to making his “opinion” known he would have seen that Maria Crimi Speth’s own client and apparently neighbor to Edward Magedson, filed an order of protection against Ed Magedson alleging many things including, “extortion”. Had Mr. Sharp pulled the Pizza Hut of Apache Junction, exhibits which is located in Pinal County Superior Court he would have found lots of interesting items in there that may or may not have changed his statement of opinion to statement of fact. Everyone should pull this case, its great reading and more importantly it is public record as is the order of protection petition that is now circulating on the internet. What a conundrum for Maria Crimi Speth. Whose interest is she obliged to protect client one or client two? http://bad-business-rip-off.net/images/azcourtpetition.jpg
It's been nearly two (2) years since this article was written. Please provide us with an update to the story, which included other unnamed lawsuits at the time which were pending.
This story quotes an attorney named Christopher Sharp. Last month, Mr. Sharp signed the retraction set forth below. This retraction is also printed on page 14 of the December 11-December 17, 2008 edition of the Phoenix New Times. Retraction by Christopher Sharp: “The Real Rip-off Report” Phoenix New Times story dated February 1, 2007 My name is Christopher Sharp and I am an attorney practicing law in Florida. In January of 2007, I was interviewed by Sarah Fenske of the Phoenix New Times regarding Ed Magedson and Rip-off Report. At the time of the interview, I was representing a client who was adverse to Rip-off Report in a lawsuit. During the interview, I conveyed to Ms. Fenske my client's position in the lawsuit. In February of 2007, the Phoenix New Times published a story entitled "The Real Rip-off Report." In that story, I was quoted as stating that Mr. Magedson writes posts on the Rip-off Report website and "knows how to run an extortion scheme." My statements to The Phoenix New Times were based upon the opinion and belief that I had at the time of the interview, as well as, based upon the pleadings that were filed in that case. However, the court dismissed my client's claims, concluding that there was no evidence to support allegations that Mr. Magedson wrote posts or ran an extortion scheme. Accordingly, I hereby retract my statements to the Phoenix New Times.
If you are a victim of Mildred Michalczyk Esq. write to the appropriate authorities. Her middle name should be Mildred "adjounment" Michalczyk Esq. Why doesn't she pay more attention her cases, what is she doing instead????, but me pay more money and making up bills.
This article was very well written and seems fair and balanced for the benefit of Ed and the businesses and persons posted about with false statements. My company fell victim to an individual who posted about another company that is an impostor of our company that has been using our company name to gain advantage in our industry. We were first made aware of this when several people called accusing us of not delivering promised items and services purchased. Since our policy is nothing short of the absolute best customer service possible we exhaustively searched our databases and phone records to even find where the customers had made any purchases with us to no avail. We later learned that the company they were trying to reach was using our name on their website even though their website domain was obviously different. We then advised the customers that we were not the company they were trying to reach and apologized that this unethical competitor had used our name to persuade their purchase. Upon later investigation we discovered that this impostor company had claimed to be in business under our name exactly 1 year longer than we were. Coincidence? We contacted county clerk's office in the impostor's locality and discovered that the company's claim to have been in business under that name has only been registered since June of 2007. Then some of our own customers called asking us about the Rip Off Report filed so we checked it out and can see how it can be confusing to prospecting customers. This bogus report has obviously caused us damage intended for someone else. I don't blame the customer as much as I do the impostor and Rip Off Report for their unethical practices to extort money from companies like ours to right the wrong that isn't our wrong to begin with. The Better Business Bureau solicits members in a way that I am not comfortable with so we are NOT members. But to the credit of the BBB, I have never had any consumer complaints about our company nor has the BBB tried to fabricate or use bogus complaints to obtain our membership. I respect what they do for the most part but extortion and exploitation tactics like the ones used by Rip Off Report should be illegal. There is no doubt we will take action against the company that is illegally using our name but the collateral damage is much more costly for our American family owned business of 15 years that we take pride in with the hopes that our children and grandchildren will also benefit from our hard work. Businesses like ours are the economic foundation of this country and it is unfortunate that we have to pay the price for the few that don't treat their customers well. After much research for how to respond to Rip Off Reports we currently think it best to not feed the monster by rebuttals or throwing good money after bad just to have the vicious cycle duplicate tomorrow like a computer virus. We will not be further victimized by a scam that claims to be an advocate. To Ed: Remember sir that I am a customer too! You do not represent me as a consumer and are an embarrassment to great consumer advocates out there! To American Consumers: Try to work out the problem with the company first and be polite and patient. The person on the other end of the phone is also a consumer. If you can't come to an agreement after being patient and fair to the company then call your credit card company for help. You will find that the majority of businesses will work with you to resolve the issue long before you decide to call your credit card company. It might surprise you how well quality customer service can benefit you and help the business to better serve you and everyone else as a result of you being civil and informative to them. They want your business and for you to be happy... I promise you that! I'm sure I speak for the majority of businesses in America today. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I wish the best for you to resolve your consumer complaints to a happy end. :)
I was a consumer that reported on ripoff report. The owner sold my name to the business I reported on. I ended up getting sued and spent over $3800.00 in legal fees defending myself on a libel claim. I want to warn everyone about Ripoff Report and its owner Ed Magedson. I created a web site called: http://www.Ripoff-Report-Sucks.com If you are a consumer that gets sold out by Ripoff Report, please visit my web site and let me know about it. My name is John Brewster from Denver Colorado.
This is possibly the best article I've read about the infamous Rip-Off Founder... will he (and his rip-off product) ever just go away??
This guy is scum he doesn't care if the stories are true or not and he publishes it. That's plain un-ethical and evil. He will get his one day. So pitiful of him that he has to hide like a chicken. What a way for a person to make money -so dishonest. My shop has been written in his Ripoff Report and I am one of those people who is completly and utterly innocent. I have written to everyone about this site as being unethical and unjust. I only feel sorry for him to be hated and not liked by so many because of his ethics.
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Who do you believe. I read the ripoff scenario in ripoffreport.com. See below. Which actually describes the very scenario we experienced in general upon my fathers death. Then I tried to look up the book itself to see if I could find a description about it and I found your interview. His website appears to be professional. I wasn't impressed with your interview. He is probably paranoid a bit due to the amount of people he has successfully turned around. Although thoughs with a conscience and rectify the situation are not the people he has to worry about. It is those he has confronted and when they are in the wrong and have actually ripped off the public and do not rectify the problem and own up to their error. To take the time to critisize somebody for their particular eccentric behavior is not useful or productive imformation to report. It is low functioning and petty. The fact is what he says is true and you should be spending your time finding out what he does do good and reporting how better to solve the problem. If the problem didn't exist, neither would he. "Shucks .... I This is about a group acquiring property by altering and/or forging legal documents. I was told that this was not in a 'concise and orderly manner.' Too difficult to follow. It is not much easier to tell, but in short: This is about a group acquiring property by altering and/or forging legal documents. Insurance agents, estate planners and estate attorneys disrespecting the final wishes of clients. Taking what others worked lifetimes for. And suspicions of much worse. I cannot get help due to the close monitoring and sabotaging - the reason I am kept isolated. That is why I posted this online - in hopes that someone who reads this will have the courage to get this into the proper hands.
I m a victom of RipOffReport.com. Ed Magedson is realy a son of a bitch , blackmailer. wht he is doing simply posts false information on rip off report and when a company see his name on rip off report and contacts ripoffreport they ask for money and blackmail the company. I highly recommend google to baned ripoffreport from thier search enginge.
I googled this Attorney, Mildred J. Michalczyk Esq. from Long Island. She has been a very busy women. She has breached the Code of Professional Responsibility. You can tell from her postings that she’s off on a thoughtless rant. These thoughtless rantings will get her disbarred. Mildred , F.Y.I, for someone who claims to be so innocent, doth protest way to much.
DISBARRED*DISBARRED*DISBARRED That sounds good and your victims will be safe. Is there proof Lisa wrote anything or are you that PARANOID? Your revenge trip on Lisa and your other ex-clients has proven your insanity. You profess obsessively that Lisa posted comments about others in the law profession,who cares, are you that delusional? Lisa is not a business nor is she a lawyer, you are the disgrace. How can you call yourself a lawyer? You Mildred Michalczyk Esq. has committed fraud, cheated and lied on a daily basis. Do you call yourself a professional? Your not. You see nothing wrong with your insane behavior, this is why BEING DISBARRED will be all your fault.
All comments are made by Lisa C. Gagliano aka Lisa Mackenzie aka Lisa Gagliano aka Lisa Galvin. All comments are false, misleading and libelous. These are Lisa C. Gagliano's comments about her law guardian: """Click to report rating 4/5/07 1 1 1 1 1 This lawyer pretends to be a lawguardian for children, but in essence she is no better than Paul Siminovsky, who is another corrupt law guardian in Brooklyn who was arrested with Judge Gerald Garson for taking bribes and selling children to the highest bidder. This women only cares about filling her own pockets and not the children. She only sides with the party with the *Money* This puts children in harms way like she did with my daughter. SHe is evil and will not help your children. I have transcripts and proof. The Media also uncovered her being a fraud. "" These are Lisa Gagliano's comments about her Judge: "4/5/07 1 1 1 1 1 He should go to prison like Ex- Brooklyn Judge Gerald Garson. He is an evil women hater. " These are Lisa Gagliano's ratings and comments about her former attorney: "" 4/5/07 1 1 1 1 1 incompetent and incapable attorney. he is a shame to his profession"" Are any of Lisa C. Gagliano's comments credible? Please do not use the name of any other professional Lisa C. Gagliano and do not defame anyone else. Stop posting misleading and defamatory comments.
Lisa is not a Lawyer, are you that stupid?? You, Mildred Michalczyk Esq.are a Lawyer and not a very good one! There are rules you need to follow and you have broken all of them. Good job. Your postings are so unclear, so distorted and so wrong. You lie bout all your e-clients when they fire you. I wonder why? Judge Donald Blydenburgh said you have a focusing problem on the record months ago, clearly you have not improved. The way you have attacked Lisa proves you have no business being a Lawyer and workig with people. You are a menice to society. Lisa has been forced to defend herself against you , and you clearly have no class. You obviously treat your other clients in a disgraceful manner because there are so many complaints against you with numerous organizations in NY State and Long Island. The organizations know about your frivilous Lawsuit and intend on backing Lisa and the others 100%. They have retained a Lawyer to put an end to your insane behavior. See Lawyerratingz.com
Look what Lisa C. Gagliano wrote on another site: "Would A Lawyer help someone beaten and bloody on the side of the road? or just walk away? The same way 59 people will read about an abusive Attorney, yet offer NO help or advise. That's a NY Lawyer for you!!" "Re: Helpful Lawyer? new [re: focused]" "Dear Friend, Lawyers would love to help you, but you can not seek covert advice over the internet. First, lawyers are required to know who they are dealing with. A screen name and general facts just will not do the trick. Second, most lawyers live in fear of loosing their law license with the smallest mistake. My best advice for you is to seek out a lawyer near your house or place of business. Attend the usual free consultation and if your case has merit surely you will find a lawyer after two or three interviews. You may or may not have to pay a fee, but that is between you and the lawyer. The fee will be determined by the type and likelihood of recovery. Third, also, most people who respond in this web page are aspiring or new entrants to the law profession. I feel your frustration. In many ways the law profession have locked themselves into a closet where little if any common sense prevails. You and millions like yourself suffer every day. You are not alone. Good Luck!" Look at the comments written by Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie a/k/a Lisa Gagliano, she does not want a lawyer unless she can complain about the lawyer. Ask how many she has complained about, how many creditors she has burned, and then ask how many Judges, law guardians and forensics she complained about. She can dish it out, i.e. making a complaint about the law guardian, the Judge, the forensic and all her former attorneys, but she cannot take it when someone answers her back and complains about her inhumanity. Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie a/k/a Lisa Gagliano your vengeance comes from the abuse your suffered at the hands of your grandfather and perhaps seeing what happened to your brother at the hands of your grandfather, all of which you relayed to the news reporter. Please do not talk about another's family and children. We know Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie a/k/a Lisa Gagliano does not want to Give it up. The screen named focused is in reality Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie a/k/a Lisa Gagliano so now helpful lawyer, you know who you are dealing with. Do you wish to get involved?
Whose we? I know you are the only one doing the postings asking for help on all the sites, Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie. Stop with the lies, mistruths and falsehoods about another Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie; you do not know how to argue, just how to snipe, Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie. Your abusive nature is apparent and is a result of the pain you suffered. You have no concern for other human beings!!!
Take care of the 2 clients you have left, stop posting and take your medication Mildred J. Michalczyk ESQ. We will see you in Court, try explaining these crazy postings! You will make a bigger fool out of yourself.
Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie you will make Ed Magedson re-think RIPOFF. Stop with the lies, mistruths, and falsehoods.
Wow, very predictable Mildred J. Michalczyk Esq, of Farmingdale, NY for a mental patient. You have clearly made yourself sound and look like a pure breed nut.When people read your "crazy rantings", they see a "crazy & very sick" women acting as a Lawyer. You need more medication and you have children, OMG!!!! That's scary. You cannot hurt your ex-clients,they are free and they are not businesses. Mildred J. Michalczyk on the other hand is a business, a very bad business, A RIP OFF BUSINESS. People who walk into your living room/office are walking into a trap. Your other personality( scary thought)forgot to mention the frivilous lawsuit you filed in the Suffolk County Supreme Court, where you are suing 2 ex-clients and 1 of their mothers. Your sick, what were thinking ? (oh clearly your not). Your suing them for DEFAMATION AND SLANDER?? You are HYSTERICAL !!!! I have an idea, have your children lock you in a padded room, Mildred 1 and Mildred 2 can fight it out and see which one prevails, this of course is assuming there is only 2 of you!
Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie of Huntington Station, New York, how many lives are you going to try and ruin before you get help for your anger and vindictiveness that comes from pain? You tried to ruin the forensic, the therapist, the law guardian, the Judge, and all your former lawyers. You sought out the media and even the media could not help you! Why? You must be suffering a great deal and in much pain. If Ed Magedson's site leads to getting you help; that is a positive thing. However, the purpose of Ed Magedson's site should not be to allow someone like you to spread lies, falsehoods, and mistruths. Giving you a forum to spread your lies in seems wrong and not the intent of RIPOFF.
What kind of a mother puts her daughter on the TV news media to gain an advantage in the litigation, and then lies to the reporter, and says that you did not what your daughter on TV? Do you tell everyone your own daughter did not want to see you Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie for a year? I would answer that only a mother that needs a lot of help, and considers publicity and herself more important than a child would do such a thing. Do you have any parenting skills and knowledge of children whatsoever? Don't you think you hurt your daughter, Lisa C. Gagliano n/k/a Lisa Mackenzie? Don't you think you scarred her for life as you have been scarred for life? Aren't you ashamed? Now this site is about Ed Magedson! Do we think he has the right to post bad information about businesses? I would answer that you have proved that postings are SUSPECT BECAUSE MANY ARE about personal issues and have nothing to do with business practices. So stick to the point and try and refrain from engaging in your usual tendencies which are to put yourself above everyone else, including your children. Everyone knows that what happened to you with the forensic doctor, law guardian the Court, and Americans for Legal Reform was not right, but aren't you making it appear that what they did was right by acting in this very odd manner to get out of paying a bill. Isn't your behavior shameful and abhorrent Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie?
Lisa C. Gagliano, the only one spreading threats and falsehoods is you, and you are being sued. As for the pop singer look in the mirror. Personally, I feel sorry for her, as I feel sorry for you. You need help. Further, I have my own views on what happened to the star. She lost her children through the Court system and so did you. Were both removals of custody justified and did they cause something in the person to snap, I do not know. She internalized her loss; you attack others. Perhaps your mother should have gotten help for you, your grandfather, and your brother, and your brother would still be around? Perhaps you would have had a better life. So please look at your own family history before you dare speak of anyone else's, and before you judge any anyone else. Please refrain from speaking of anyone's children. Your anger and vengeance is not rational.
Nice try Mildred J. Michalczyk Esq, from Farmingdale, NY. You have done enough damage to your own career by spreading your garbage and mistruths. You have slandered and defamed many of your ex-clients. Only a smart and mentally sane Lawyer/Women would have quit your trash talk but instead you just keep going and hurting your career with each posting that is and has been sent to the NY State Bar Association, Suffolk County Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, Womens Bar Association and the NY Grievance Committe. If people want the truth about you, just visit your NY clerks offices. You know what people think about you, including your neighbors. What will it take for you to be embarassed enough. In my opinion if Britney can get help, so can you, you should call her, I believe you have a lot in commen. I know I'll be hearing from you again Mildred Michalczyk.Think before you post.
Please Lisa C. Gagliano get yourself some help, and stop spreading rumors and mistruths. All information you posted about Ms. Michalczyk is false.
I was present the day Mildred Michalczyk was asked never to return again with her family to ST.MATTEWS CATHLIC CHURCH in Dix Hill, NY, I believe it was due to the harassment of the parishioners. Your harassment continues with even your ex-client. I also agree with Judge William Kent, who accuses you of plagiarism. I think that works here after seeing how you cut and pasted writings from other authors. I think the Grievance has all it needs now to prove you are a menice and you should be disbarred A.S.A.P.
Not only is Lisa C. Gagliano, anti-lawyer, anti-Judge, anti-law guardian, anti-forensic psychologist, anti-bankruptcy Trustee, but she is also apparently anti- American, and anti- President Bush. This is a major problem with Ripoff report; people can post anything whether true or not true. These postings are from Sui Juris, another site. Since Lisa C. Gagliano's grandfather was a Nazi, and Lisa C. Gagliano claims she and her family did not know (see message below to mrg "no disrespect but all Germans did not know") should Pamela Mackenzie (the mother of Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie be working for Continental Airlines and flying back and forth to Israel and other countries? Is our country safe? I leave that for you to decide! Please read the following excerpts from the sui juris site: Re: A message from an Iraqi to AMerican people; "That was well put and I do agree." Forum: Videos 01-24-2008, 08:01 PM A message from an Iraqi to AMerican people; Re: A message from an Iraqi to AMerican people. Please find another message from Lisa C. Gagliano with anti-Bush sentiment; this is from a person who has not worked and scammed for everything her entire life. She engaged in bankruptcy fraud, domestic partner registry fraud, disability fraud, and she has the nerve to speak about the President of our United States and anyone who works for a living; this is absolutely outrageous. Lisa C. Gagliano is a person whose grandfather engaged in horrendous acts and could have been deported, and should have been put in jail, but Lisa C. Gagliano thinks she can speak badly about everyone that holds an important office or job and just keeping going on and on, trying to destroy all that come into contact with her to gain an advantage and get out of paying a bill. This is another excerpt from the sui juris site. I leave it to all decide is Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie telling the truth or is she a poor demented soul that needs help? I can simply reply no further to BP a/k/a Daisy a/k/a Lea Smith a/k/a others a/k/a Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Makenzie have made me sick by her anti-American talk. That Lisa C. Gagliano has associated herself with a group with a title known as Americans for Legal Reform is absolutely outrageous. Lisa C. Gagliano states: "I didn't vote for eith BUSH in office. Not everyone did. Yet we all have been made to suffer his incompetence." "P.S. "mrg", no disrespect but ALL Germans did not know, and yes this is from family..." A daughter, Lisa C. Gagliano, who writes offensively to say the least; and a mother Pamela Mackenzie who flies back and forth to Europe. Please Lisa C. Gagliano do not speak of anyone's children or family; look at your own history; and please take care of yourself and remember that we live in a great diverse nation where if you strive, work, labor, and invest, we can attain anything.
Mildred Michalczyk- Czech of E. Farmingdale, New York,You exhibit many signs of inappropriate 'professional' conduct. You seem to have far too much free negative time on your hands to write nasty letters, and publish online trash about clients. Didn't you learn in law school about protecting the attorney/client privilege? And how about protecting the profession's public image? It's exactly your type of behavor that's tarnished the profession's public image. Secondly, it's ALSO public information regarding judgments. It's also well-known to be 'verboten' for attorneys to get into bad debts or to have judgments and liens against them! So then, why do you have any judgments or liens against YOU? Is that 'professional behavior' that YOU wish the public to see about YOU? Only instead of the BIG BAD attorney (you) spewing inappropriate and personal references to PUBLIC index #'s of CLIENTS, I AM 'Joe Public' and I will HELP the reader SEE YOUR personal Index #'s for your PERSONAL JUDGMENTS listed with just ONE county!!!! I haven't checked all counties yet! But here's Suffolk County's PUBLIC files of liens/judgments against YOU: 1. MICHALCZYK MILDRED Debtor Index #87-17923 4/1/1988 MITCHELL PROPERTIES INC Creditor 2. MICHALCZYK MILDRED Debtor Index # 90-28655 Amount of Judgment: $43,753.37 5/20/1993 Creditor: APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS HALPERN HALPERN AXELROD KIRSCHENBAUM & PHILLIPS PC Attorneys for Creditor 3. MICHALCZYK MILDRED J Debtor Index # 02 25679 9/30/2002 INDYMAC BANK FSB, Creditor To get details, refer to Index #'s for each file,or go to Suffolk County Clerk's website or office. See Court records for Appellate History-UNSUCCESSFUL. That you spend so much negative time maligning clients, have liens & judgments filed against you, and spend so much time doing inappropriate things unbecoming of an attorney, you are a 'black spot' on attorneys everywhere. Good attorneys work hard to protect clients' interests and seek to give the profession a good public impression by refraining from even the smallest act which might be deemed inappropriate conduct unbecoming an attorney. Your behavior is abhorrent and shameful, and should be looked at by the Grievance Committee as a breach of client/attorney privilege. I know there are several complaints filed against you with the Grievance Committee to date, and I think someone should forward all your unprofessional behavior on this site alone with them as well, to be looked at in totality of your on-going unprofessional behavior. Maybe then will 'attorneys' like you stop being the blight on the American landscape such as you are. Shame on you, Mildred Michalczyk-Czech.
Hi Daisy a/k/a Lisa C. Gagliano. Please stop talking about other's families and other's children. Look at your own history with your grandfather and brother. We know your viciousness and hatefulness is coming from hurt and pain.
Hi Daisy (alleged sister in law of Debbie Blangiardo) a/k/a Lisa C. Gagliano, why do you continue to use other's names? Why are you using the names of all litigants' relatives? Here is another posting about a Judge made by Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie. "He should go to prison like Ex- Brooklyn Judge Gerald Garson. He is an evil women hater." As for comments on hearsay vs. evidence, that comment does not even make sense. We know who is doing the posting, and we know you have been arrested on at least three (3) separate occasions, Lisa C. Gagliano, and we know how to prove a case.
Quote: "you clearly suffer from a serious condition that needs immediate medical attention to keep those around you safe". Mildred Michalczyk Esq. in your spare time you should be reviewing the following:LAWYER ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM,you clearly, as Lawyer are out of touch. You have no ethics. Evidence vs. Hearsay: While, we all have equal rights and should not censor each other, emotions should be separated from facts which can be verified. Facts are evidence and beyond hearsay and/or emotions. Mildred Michalczyk Esq., you have ruined your reputation. One women is not powerful enough to destroy a Lawyer of Suffolk County, your the only one to blame for your self destruction. Your rantings are truely unprofessional and pathetic. Your victims will prevail! There is strengh in numbers.
More constructive comments and recommendations from Lisa C. Gagliano n/k/a Lisa Mackenzie regarding lawyers, judges, law guardians, forensic doctors, neighbors. Perhaps the Judge, the law guardian, the forensic doctor, your neighbor, your co-defendant and your former lawyers will sue you as well. www.ripoffreport.com will explain the truth about this crazy lawyer. This lawyer is crazy and you will be sorry if you hire her, your children and your family will be in harms way and this website will not help you. Go to www.american4legalreform.com for help.
Although Ed Magedson's site rip off report.com does have good points as recommended by Americans for Legal Reform (ALR) and Lisa C. Gagliano, the bad points are these. For big companies like Capital One and some other banks, the site is useless; these companies are so big that a rip off report would have no value; for small companies that do not advertise, and rely on word of mouth, Ed's site has little impact. The small company's reputation cannot be impugned. It is for the start up companies or new companies that get bad reports and attacks from one person over and over again that the site might have some impact. For instance, Lisa C. Gagliano wrote about her law guardian, the following: "this lawyer pretends to be a lawguardian for children, but in essence she is no better than Paul Siminovsky, who is another corrupt law guardian in Brooklyn who was arrested with Judge Gerald Garson for taking bribes and selling children to the highest bidder. This women only cares about filling her own pockets and not the children. She only sides with the party with the *Money* This puts children in harms way like she did with my daughter. She is evil and will not help your children. I have transcripts and proof. The Media also uncovered her being a fraud. She wrote about her former lawyer: "incompetent and incapable attorney. he is a shame to his profession". Thus one person could write all horrible things about a Judge, lawyers, and law guardians and this attack could in reality be one person trying to scam his or her way out of paying bills or trying to gain a tactical advantage; and all the complaint means is that one person is refusing to accept personal responsibility for their past and their actions. The response of Ed Magedson would be that the company has the right to respond on his site, however, that may not mitigate all damages incurred because of the original post. The question becomes is it the responsibility of the person passing along "important information" to others to verify the factual contents of these "profiles" or other missives from original or reliable sources before they do so. Disseminating lies and half truths as truth does the subject irreparable harm and is almost impossible to change in the public's eyes. To quote Shakespeare "The evil that men do lives on, The good is oft interred with their bones." The writer has no answer to the foregoing questions. However, the writer would suggest that Lisa C. Gagliano refrain from talking about other people's children and worry about her own and the multiple lawsuits against her; and the writer hopes Lisa C. Gagliano finds peace so that the anger, hate, and viciousness do not continue in another generation. P.S. Lisa C. Gagliano made a complaint about the Judge and the lawyer and the law guardian and the forensic doctor and a neighbor's wife (CPS) with whom she had a relationship included in the previous posts. Lisa C. Gagliano apparently has no concern for others involved in the litigation process. It is apparent that the posts of Lisa C. Gagliano and her complaints do nothing other than to create chaos and havoc in everyone's life that she comes into contact with; and potentially they could make people not want to deal with anyone that has any contact with Lisa C. Gagliano. I.e. the vicious posting of cases involving other litigants where those litigants only tried to assist Lisa C. Gagliano; using the name of the attorney of another litigant. Thus although Ed Magedson's and Google's view may be that everyone has the right to post, a person like Lisa C. Gagliano puts the exercise of our Constitutional Rights over the internet into question and in jeopardy; and may be the reason that the Supreme Court eventually limits the right to exercise free speech
MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ, You should give up your Law Licence voluntarily to avoid all the embarassment you and your family will face. It is our opinion that you are the most abusive, mean and spiteful women(lawyer) we have ever met. Why are you so filled with rage and anger? Do you treat all your ex-clients, ex-friends, neighbors,family and animals(especialy dogs) with such rage when you lose your cases? Why do you continue to be obsessed with hurting Lisa G.? After having horrible experiences with you and hearing the things you have done to 19+ others victims,it is our opinion that you clearly suffer from a serious condition that needs immediate medical attention to keep those around you safe.
The purpose of this article is to provide information on rip off report.com. The purpose of rip off report.com is to provide information on business and individuals that scam and engage in fraud. The question in the article is whether the ripoff report. com site is fair? Does Ed Magedson post all posts? Does he take off some posts for those he favors? Lisa C. Gagliano uses everyone of these cites to impugn the reputation of all; yet she complains when people post about her business of scamming others and impugning the reputation of others to avoid accountability. She makes complaints about Judges in the Judge's forum; look at the spelling errors that follow. "This Judge is completely incompitant. He needs to be removed from the bench. He is a menace to all women and children. He is Bias towards women, and especially if they are prose.He takes children away from the protective parent and hands them over to the abusive parent with no regard for the child's safety and well being. The people who allow him to run his court room in this manner should be discusted with themselves." Lisa C. Gagliano complains about attorneys, school principals, about law guardians and makes up stories about forensic doctors when faced with a legitimate dispute or bill. She fails to take personal responsibility for anything. Thus, when Lisa C. Gagliano says she is not engaged in a business, she is not correct. She is in the business of trying to destroy others by scamming. This is wrong. Lisa C. Gagliano, the only one you are hurting is yourself; your vindictiveness comes from hurt and pain. Try to turn your life around and move on. Stop hurting other litigants by claiming to be their relative, and by posting personal information related to their case, that you have some how acquired. Everyone is entitled to basic human rights and you should try and help other litigants, and not hurt them. After all, you received much assistance and support. Perhaps, the purpose of the rip off site and Ed Magedson is to make you turn your life around, and find peace within yourself.
Mildred Michalczyk's lies are posts #33 Lena, #34 Laura, #40 Rocky, #47 Olivia, #60,64, 67, 72, 73 Plaintiff, #75, 77 - Lea. She also has used alias all over the internet, Obsessedbyjustice, Gentile, Rico Lambamba of the Poconos, Mother, Justice, Justie and Truth for All, Lindenhurst, Kings Park
It is not my custom to write in. I merely was searching the net to see how I can help my fiance from lies which are being posted on Rip-Off and other cites on the internet. Then I came acrooss this site and was pleased to see people finally seeing this Rip-Off publication for the travestity it is. As I was reading the many comments, I was stunned to see that the person I was doing the research on, Mildred J. Michalczyk, Esq. an attorney out of Farmingdale, NY had apparently also found this cite. I began looking into what to do about this lier lawyer and found that she is here, lieing once again..Only this time I see people like myself, are fighting back. Glad to see it. Mildred Michalczyk has violated every rule that lawyers are supposed to have, she has lied about people she does not know, clients who fired her and must be disbarred. By Rip-Off permitting to allow any nut to post without checking the truth or the veracity of the poster is negligent at best. To any others who are victims of this Mildred Michalczk, keep an eye on the court system, as I understand it, several Judges who Mildred has posted about on Rip-Off are not happy having seen the posts and have joined the ranks of those who no longer intend to permit this woman's lies and vengeful tactics.
I have an opinion for you MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ, from E. Farmingdale, NY. It is my belief from all the horror stories about you on Long Island, NY, It is easy for your victims to form the opinion that you are a Fraud, Cheat, Scammer, and a lousy, incompetent Lawyer for Hire. I also believe that if any other poor, unknowing souls hired you, they themselves and there families lives would be in jeopardy.As for Ed, I don't know him, I just found myself on this website defending myself against a Lawyer who is all wrong in too many ways.
Please Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie a/k/a all those other people whose name you use, no profanity on the internet. Kindly use spell check. Please do not speak badly about anyone's children. For the record, and to the point of the article, what is your opinion of Ed Magedson and RIP OFF report or do you have any opinion?
MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ. is copying peoples usernames to continue to defacate on the internet. Shame on you !!! Do you practice Law or just breaking it ?
How dare you bring up anyone else's children Lisa C. Gagliano!!!!! Shows the kind of person you are, full of hate and venom!!!!!!!
WELCOME BACK MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ! You've been gone all this time and the best you could come up with during one of your psychotic episodes was accuse a women of being 4 or 5 different people, and begging for money? You need a hobby. You are a blight on the entire Human race. You are an embarassment to all decent Attorneys. Leave your ex-clients alone and stop harassing them,their families, and their children. Spend your time more wisely, perhaps with your own children.I was present as a Court Watcher in Lisa's Bankrupcy case in 2005 and it was brought out to the Judge by a Trustee that in Fact, You, MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ.,committed fraud in the Bankruptcy Court and that is why you will not see any money. You are a LIAR and a CHEAT, this to has been proven in a Court of Law against You, MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ. How many more innocent people will you cheat?
Hi sorry forget to say Hi To Jill, lea smith, a/k/a Lisa C. Gagliano , Lisa Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie a/k/a Gwen; did you know the bankruptcy rules changed because of your fraud. What a crazy way to get out of paying your bills! Call up your creditors and make a deal.
Hi Gwen a/k/a Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie, What a sexist and tainted view that you have against people! Unhappy with Ed M. because of the exposure to fraudulent acts. Let us add identity theft to myriad of fraudulent and unethical allegations against you. ie. domestic partner registry while married to another and bankruptcy fraud; why don't you pay your creditors?
This paper should do better than RiP-OFF....MILDRED MICHALCZYK, Esq. the Farmingdle, NY (long Island) attorney who lies and files false complaints against individuals, businesses and people she has never met ...has posted her 8 different times. All alias, all lies. MILDRED MICHACLZYK, Esq. whose reputation is that of a crazy lier has posted here on #33, #34, #39, #40, #47, #60, #64 and #67. She may continue, who knows....but maybe since one of the posters here wrote and made her aware that although she is using an alias...the IP address of her computer is tracked....she since has not posted!!! RIP-OFF REPORT EQUALS THE LIKES OF MILDRED MICHALCZYK..irresponsible businesses just out to extort money without any accountability....well the time has come...MILDRED MICHACLZYK is about to be held accountable by a Court of Law and then maybe, she can go work slinging hash, since she should loose her law license. Maybe RIP-OFF will report the truth then!
I found this cite after trying to find out about RIP-OFF REPORT and Ed's policy to permit absolute lies to be listing on what I suppose was to be a cite for the benefit of people being taking advantage of by unscrupulous businesses. Sadly, as with the very businesses he claims to wish to protect people from, RIP-OFF REPORT takes complaints from anyone without paying the smallest bit of attention to the truthfullness of the content. One of my very close friends, who has no knowledge of MILDRED MICHALCZYK, ESQ. suddenly was posted on RIP-OFF REPORT because she knew someone who MILDRED MICHALCZYK, Esq. was out to destroy. This lawyer and she had no contact, no knowledge of one another, but MILDRED MICHALCZYK did a google search and found her name associated with the person MILDRED MICHALCZYK was out to destroy. So, naturally, this very distrubed person, put my friend on RIP-OFF just to get at this other person. Now, my friend has joined with the others MILDRED MICHALCZYK has done this too and have sought the services of an attorney to combact MILDRED MICHALCZYK evil ways. Here's what she has learned so far, MILDRED MICHALCZYK of 106 Walnut Avenue East, East Farmingdale NY has been sued already. Her clients are fighting back now because she has defamed them, lied to the Courts, lied in her affidavits, perjuried herself, lied outrageously on this RIP-OFF REPORT, lied to anyone she could talk to. She has been sued for fees she stole from her clients and they have won. She is trying to sue the mother of one of her former clients and recently, a portion of that lawsuit was THROWN OUT BY THE JUDGE after the client's mother is fighting back showing the COURT ALL THE LIES, THE HARRASSEMENT RECEIVED BY MILDRED MICHALCZYK. MILDRED MICHALCZYK has breached her attorney client privledge more than once. She claimed money due her without following the law -why? Because as her fomrer secreater todl everyone, MILDRED MICHALCZYK SAID she demands money at the end of the case because she knows they jsut want out and "she likes to f...k them in the end." Apparently, Judges in many of the Courts think she's a joke, one in partiucular filed a grieivance against her for lying. Her neighbors and the parents of her children's friends can't stand her -all for the same reason - they all believe the mental illness that her family suffers from is very obvious with her. Her former secretary told us of pills she takes which she gets from Queens, NY in massive quantities. NOW...I see she once again is using this forum to be "annoymous" using names like plaintiff...again just to cause more harm. My friend didn't even know her -and yet - she pulled her name and put it on RIP-OFF REPORT and this character ED permitted it. Someting must be done....and I hope the actions my friend and those she has now found who MILDRED MICHALCZYK and RIP OFF REPORT have harmed will go the distance and expose RIP -OFF REPORT FOR WHAT THEY ARE PERMITTING and take MILDRED MICHALCZYK, Esq. to task econiomically and perhaps get her the mental help that she needs.
Now, MILDRED MICHALCZYK Esq. is using this forum for more of her defamotory spewing. Perhaps this paper will stop her comments which are done for no other purpose to spew her venom. I am not Lisa, I am the sister of one of MILDRED MICHALCZYK'S former clients who has seen and heard all the threats, insane lies and mentally challenged behavior of this lawyer toward not only my sister but to the many people who have thrown her out of their groups, fired her, quit from her employ and complained to the bar association of her very dangerous behavior. RIP-OFF REPORT permitted this person who is either over medicated or needs more medication to use a public forum to cause harm to many many people with complete autonomy by not fact checking, by not authenticating who she was. As a result, a class action lawsuit against MILDRED MICHALCZK is in the works citing the many alias both on RIP-OFF REPORT and now this cite. And of course, MILDRED MICHALCZK being computer illeterate doesn;t realize that each time she wrote her lies about anyone the IP address of her computers was recorded. That her hard drive contains each 3am stroke she made, each letter she typed spewing lies, all of it recorded. He malpractice carrier is going to have a hard time disproving that she lied about filing police reports, suing people, claiming harm not done, perjurying herself in statement to the various courts all with no other purpose then to do people harm. And when my sister and the others are done, they will go straight to the media with their story exposing MILDRED MICHALCZYK AND RIP-OFF REPORT for the bogus lies that were permitted bu this mentally unstable woman wtihout accountablility. So keep it up "plaintiff" for each time you write..it is recorded.
WOW! Ms. RIP-OFF (MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ),I know Lisa MacKenzie and she is not Gwen. Can someone say PARANOIA WITH DELUSIONAL RAGES!!!! "Ed from Rip-off, permitted her lies against individuals, not businesses, just her former clients who legitmately voiced their disgust about her tactics and abusive ways...then Ed of Rip-off allowed this nut to lie." I agree Gwen, well put. P.S Who is CL, Mildred?. Is this a friend of yours?
Hi GWEN a/k/a Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie a/k/a Lisa Gagliano Just wanted to know you and CL recommended Ed Magedson, did he turn on you as well???? Now you are calling him a cretin!!! Well, well, well!!! What a strange turn of events!!! What a shame!!! Oh, and Lisa C. Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Gagliano a/k/a Lisa Mackenzie, as an adjudicated bankrupt, you have no standing to sue!!! Bankruptcy problems and problems in the registry of domestic partners, yes, I would say you know alot about ETHICS.
So, Mildred Michalczyk, Esq is back posting under alias', defaming former clients. Just so you should know, Mildred Michalczyk of East Farmingdale, NY is about to be sued by those she has mentioned for defamation, and other actions. The goal is to see she stops practising law as she has no business abusing people the way she does. She has threatened enough people and they have orgainized, found a lawyer and have had just about enough. Sure hope Mildred has malpratice insurance. And this cretin, Ed from Rip-off, permitted her lies against individuals, not businesses, just her former clients who legitmately voiced their disgust about her tactics and abusive ways...then Ed of Rip-off allowed this nut to lie.
Hi to you MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ. OF E.FARMINGDALE,NY, author of posting #33,#34,#47 and #60 AND #64. MILDRED, why are you using this site as a way to THREATEN YOUR EX-FRIENDS AND EX-CLIENTS?? Is this ethical? Once again you show everyone how you are and how you conduct business as a LAWYER AND A PERSON! I WOULD NEVER HIRE YOU OR REFER YOU TO ANYONE! If your trying to sue anyone for the above reasons, it seems to me that you are your own worst enemy and you bring all these problems on yourself. This is very clear to many Judges and your fellow peers. You can call anyone you have mentioned in post #60 and maybe we could help you find a good councelor and get you some legal training on being an ETHICAL LAWYER.
Hi All Why does not Ed Magedson allow a post about a person (who may not have a legitimate disability) who registers his paramour as a domestic partner and receives health insurance benefits for her while she is married to another. Is this illegal??? Also, this same person seems to have had assets transferred into his name to help his paramour avoid payment of legitimate creditors, is this ethical? By the way, I am talking about the suits for libel, slander, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud, and invasion of privacy. Keep writing, damages are growing with every post. Now damages are $$11.3 Million each against all named. Bye for now!!! Strange, how you all turned on Ed Magedson in his time of need, but he is advertised in a certain newsletter. ????? Are they connected???? Are you going to turn on that owner as well.
Fort Hood Soldier Judge Neil Wake - Ed Magedson ? http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GFRB_enUS218US218&q=judge+neil+wake+soldier Cut and paste the URL above and look at the Google results.
Judge Neil Wake - Ed Magedson ? http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GFRB_enUS218US218&q=judge+neil+wake+soldier Cut and paste the URL above and look at the Google results. Arizona passed a law making it a Criminal Offense to sell items like tea shirts etc., using the names of the Soldiers that have died in Iraq. Judge Neil Wake granted an injunction stopping a prosecution against a guy currently breaking an Arizona law that is running just such a enterprise in Arizona. It is important to note that many other States have passed similar laws. Letting people profit from the sacrifice of the American Soldier is a disgrace to the Soldier, the Soldier's Family and the American public. This is the same Federal Judge that has heard Many of Ed Magedson's cases and has let him slide time and time again. Freedom of speech is by no means FREE ! We have the luxury of writing in posts like this one because of the Soldiers sacrifice. We owe the Soldier for the sacrifices they are making for us. The laws are in place to protect the Soldier from this sort of profiteering. Judge Neil Wake needs to be watched closely. We will be investigating and reporting his decisions at EdMagedsonSucks.com. Judge Neil Wake - Edward Magedson Which one is worse ?
Hi to you MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ. OF E.FARMINGDALE,NY, author of posting #33,#34,#47 and #60.1) MILDRED are you referring to the suit you filed against an ex-clients widowed mother after you forged the mom's signature on a Bogus Guarantee to extort money from the ex-client because you forced the daughter into Bankruptcy?? Didn't the Judge just make a decision last week "ON THAT SUIT"? NOT IN YOUR FAVOR! 2) MILDRED, are you referring to the suit where you breeched a clients (attorney-client privilege) and tried to use 3 U.S Trustees to again extort money from your client?? Wasn't that "suit" also dismissed? NOT IN YOUR FAVOR! 3) MILDRED, Is it not also true that you are mentioning another suit "YOU LOST", AFTER A CLIENT SUED YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR FRAUDULAND ATTORNEY FEES? The Judge ordered you to pay him!! You are not suing any one else from your long list of people mentioned her, so once again your not making any sense at all. Why is an attorney suing all her ex-friends and ex-clients, is it incompetency ???
HI LISA GAGLIANO, EDWIN COLON, KIM LURIE, AND JOANNE (KIM'S FRIEND) CARL LANZISERA, DEBBIE BLANGIARDO, PAMELA MACKENZIE, AND CYNTHIA NEYER -FORMER FRIENDS OF ED MAGEDSON UNTIL HE TURNED ON YOU TOO AFTER THE FALSE POSTINGS OF LISA GAGLIANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH ALL THOSE SUITS AGAINST YOU?????
Judge Neil Wake - Ed Magedson ? http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GFRB_enUS218US218&q=judge+neil+wake+soldier Cut and paste the URL above and look at the Google results. Arizona passed a law making it a Criminal Offense to sell items like tea shirts etc., using the names of the Soldiers that have died in Iraq. Judge Neil Wake granted an injunction stopping a prosecution against a guy currently breaking an Arizona law that is running just such a enterprise in Arizona. It is important to note that many other States have passed similar laws. Letting people profit from the sacrifice of the American Soldier is a disgrace to the Soldier, the Soldier's Family and the American public. This is the same Federal Judge that has heard Many of Ed Magedson's cases and has let him slide time and time again. Freedom of speech is by no means FREE ! We have the luxury of writing in posts like this one because of the Soldiers sacrifice. We owe the Soldier for the sacrifices they are making for us. The laws are in place to protect the Soldier from this sort of profiteering. Judge Neil Wake needs to be watched closely. We will be investigating and reporting his decisions at EdMagedsonSucks.com. Judge Neil Wake - Edward Magedson Which one is worse ?
"One cannot yell 'fire' in a movie theater without repercussions. A person should not be entitled to post a false statement without similar repercussions", this is a quote from MILDRED MICHALCZYK ESQ. She stated this on www.ripoffreport.com during one of her rebuttals about herself. She has a history of Mental Illness and accuses her ex-clients of being ill when they fight back and defend themselves against her. She mentions ex-clients personal information and docket numbers on rip off report, all those cases were WON by the client, (prose). She has lost every Appeal even in her own Divorce. All statemnts made about MILDRED (CZECH)-MICHALCZYK ESQ. are TRUE. If ED M., or his Attorney were to take the time to do a little research, a lot of innocent people would not get hurt, and more consumers would be protected.
Just finished readig all the comments. I'm glad to see that Shawn is around. And for the record of the Rip-Off record of permitting crazies to post without fact checking...MILDRED MICHALCYZK Esq. posted here....under 3 different names...#33 Laura, #34 Lena, #47 Olivia. All lies. In fact, Rip-Off took postings from this crazy woman against individuals who do not have any kind of business what so ever - so the "corporate" way to solve this problem, full restitution? Well, the complaints this lawyer made were not about any companyies, just her former clients who fired her and workers who quit.
Rip-Off report seemed like a good concept, until you do a bit of research. They permit any nut to write any piece of fiction without checking the facts. And despite their "want to sue" disclaimer, the owner has been successfully sued many times. He, however, has made himself judgment proof, living in Florida. If your paper, or any paper that matter, permitted this egregious conduct, allowing anyone to post any lie without fact checking they would be out of business. But, Rip=Off report continues without the slightest bit of investigation into the facts behind anyone's comments. In one case, an attorney MILDRED MICHALCYZK, ESQ. of Farmingdale, NY has been fired from many companies and clients have dropped her for her abusive conduct. She has a history of lies, vengefulness, abuse, litigation, fraudulent conduct and mental illness in her family which play out in the written lies she rights on rip=off, always anonymously. In one case, for revenge on her secretary for quitting due to her abuse, she called the secretary's judge (a custody case) and lied about her to the judge, causing this woman's lawyer to write a threatening letter to Mildred stating "how dare you infiltrate this case, I trust you value your law license and will immediately cease and desist". She beats her dogs and her children and her children's school, her church, the neighbors, all have asked that she stop attending their functions. In retaliation, she used this rip-off site to post under many alliances, one lie after another...then she linked others who have sued her and won with more lies. She then turns around and sues their family...and again she loses. In fact, she has posted a comment here, yet another lie, under an alias, comment #33. Everyone of those people she mentions in her writing, has fired her, has sued her and won or is suing her now. Her reason for being on the fence, because those same people went on the site and exposed what she is doing - so she doesn't like it. This is a dangerous crazy woman who has a history in the Courthouses. The judges laugh at her but yet she continues to rip people off and then lie. Currently, their is a grievance against her filed by a Suffolk County Judge. She just lost 3 lawsuits when she filed against her former clients and then, fed up they countersued and there is more to come. So, Rip-Off report is not to be believed, for they permit individuals who have clear mental illness and/or vengeful behavior to post lies without doing any background check at all.
CONFIRMED www.EdMagedsonSucks.com – RECENT UPDATE Maria Crimi Speth & Ed Magedson - the owners of the wildly successful Internet site ripoffreport.com are finally going down. Multiple RICO lawsuits have been filed by very large and prominent Corporations that have triggered the Feds to take action. A US Attorney in Nebraska (according to a trusted source) will be (or possibly has already) filed criminal charges and it appears that Magedson & Speth are headed for the slammer. Criminal racketeering and extortion under (18 U.S.C. Part I Chapter 96 §§ 1961-1968 has been alleged against Magedson & Speth and many US firms are waiting with baited breath to see justice final prevail. It is estimated that as many as 30 counts of racketeering will be included in the indictments. We are tracking the story and posting relevant content At: www.EdMagedsonSucks.com Comment by Shawn — October 19, 2007 @ 11:23AM
hi, are you about anything like: a person being accused of not paying a credit card bill that they don't even recognize! i was targeted by an att'ny wanting to collect. he garnished my meager wages and collected around 1500.00! i think he said the original debt was approx. 500.00, so he tacked on around 1K. is there anything you can do about this "rip-off" as i consider it? i have one more also; bankone, columbus. thanks for your time.
www.EdMagedsonSucks.com – RECENT UPDATE Maria Crimi Speth & Ed Magedson - the owners of the wildly successful Internet site ripoffreport.com are finally going down. Multiple RICO lawsuits have been filed by very large and prominent Corporations that have triggered the Feds to take action. A US Attorney in Nebraska (according to a trusted source) will be (or possibly has already) filed criminal charges and it appears that Magedson & Speth are headed for the slammer. Criminal racketeering and extortion under (18 U.S.C. Part I Chapter 96 §§ 1961-1968 has been alleged against Magedson & Speth and many US firms are waiting with baited breath to see justice final prevail. It is estimated that as many as 30 counts of racketeering will be included in the indictments. We are tracking the story and posting relevant content At: www.EdMagedsonSucks.com
www.EdMagedsonSucks.com I have been receiving on the average of 10 phone calls a day about Ed Magedson the owner of ripoffreport.com. Our Company has been helping victims of Ed Magedson by teaching them the technical principals behind search engine optimization and negative report suppression. Our in-house Counsel and other Attorney clients have taken an interest in Magedson’s operation. Evidenced by the fact that many large and prominent Companies around the United States have brought causes of action in Federal Courts alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) against Ed Magedson, we have subsequently setup a web site to organize and consolidate the pleadings and legal points of contact in said suits. If you an Attorney that has been contracted to file suit against Mr. Magedson for similar causes of action, it is advised you secure a PACER account and visit: www.EdMagedsonSucks.com Mr. Magedson’s lead Counsel is Maria Crimi Speth at the law firm of Jaburg & Wilk. She typically attacks pleadings and causes of action filed against Magedson in Federal Courts other than Arizona on the basis of “Personal Jurisdiction”. In August 7th 2007 in - GWC Equity LLC. V Ed Magedson (US DISTRICT COURT – NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS) – Judge Ed Kinkeade denied Maria Crimi Speth’s motion to dismiss and declared that Magedson’s web site was interactive (DOC 33) and that he subsequently availed himself to the Court’s jurisdiction. We have collected and assembled all of Maria Crimi Speth’s pleadings in every cause of action she has been involved in and have ascertained her patterns and methods. Before filing suit, please contact me at (254) 690-6373 – and ask for Shawn. If you are a licensed Attorney - I will provide you with a URL to the site containing this compilation and research. A private Investigator has been hired in the Phoenix Area that has secured the physical address and location of Ed Magedson. Another private investigator by the name of John Brewington (602) 490-0676 located in the Mesa area is scheduled to be deposed on Monday October 15th 2007 in the Magedson v Russo cause of action. I am told he has secured Mr. Magedson physical location as well, however he may be under a gag order. Magedson is paranoid beyond anyone’s understanding. He moves from house to house on the average of 180 day increments. As one would imagine, he has developed enemies on all corners of the globe. Mr. Magedson is known to tape record every telephone conversation and is a confirmed FBI informant. His previous criminal record is for petty crimes in Florida, New York and Arizona.
HAUNTED EBAY SELLERS RIPPING YOU OFF I'm tired of those weasels on Ebay buying our jewelry and reselling it as a haunted item. There are two selling rings, which many sellers belong to that constantly purchase from many of the regular jewelry sellers. They bid on each other's items and jack the bid way up there. It's undetectable to Ebay because the ring of sellers stretch out clear across the USA so shill bidding can't be detected. The jewelry sellers who sell their items at fair market value agree that we always see our jewelry being resold by these rings of thieves. One honest seller sells ancient rings for about $20 (fair market value) and finds the same exact ring being sold as a haunted ring. They wait about a month to list it but a seller always knows their stuff. They don't know the meaning of making an honest living and go around in packs shill bidding. It's the lonely, vulnerable, and desperate that purchase with no end results. One fellow told me that he was promised a full head of hair. He was going bald and although it’s comical in some ways it was very real to him. He purchased spells, oils, and genies from one seller and was conned out of thousands. One states on her all about me page that she's a Hollywood actress and many claim to have been on TV or in the process of writing a book. There isn't one among them who tells the truth and they have their greedy, lying hands out there waiting for someone to believe that a genie, ghost, or other creature is going to make them rich. With all the supernatural TV programs it's a fad. I believe in the supernatural but you won't find them on Ebay. They are hoodlums who are good con artist with a great story. If you want to become an instant millionaire go buy a scratch ticket or play the lottery. Don't let these lazy good for nothing thieves steal from you. Don't get caught up in bidding as they are bidding on each other’s items and raising the cost by hundreds. Just remember the next item you are tempted because it sounds so alluring that since they don't work they have lots of time to come up with stories sleeping in late while the rest of us are out working. Save your money and curl up with a good haunted book. Ebay is worse than the raunchy thieves because they don't put a stop to it and allow them to get away with it.
Everyone can say what they will about the Rip-Off Report. But I posted my daughters deadbeat dad on it. He had disappeared and could not be found to take the paternity test so that my daughter could get child support. Well someone found the report I posted on him and knew him and contacted me and now he was legally forced to take the paternity test, proving he was my daughters father, and now we are inforcing child support. So I know that the rip-off report was the key to solving the disappearing dad in my case and I am grateful!!!
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I'm glad to see that somebody is trying sticking up for that teenage girl. Could her parents call somebody in the media? You'd automatically think her parents would have some legal recourse there. But Ed brags false reports are never removed. For that young gal and a lot of other folks it's not just mean, it could be dangerous. What logical reason is there for that? None. Ripoff Report lets that happen because they can, so they do. They know they have people by the throat with those stupid google search results and it will ruin their reputation so people wind up paying up. It's the most pathetic way to make money I've ever seen. Ripoff thinks its a good idea that false reports that stay up forever? Automatically they've got long term relationships with some rightfully ticked off people. Ripoff hates negative comments about themselves, but they better get used to it. I think It's going to happen a lot and for a really long time. There's no excuse under the sun to keep a teenage girls info up on that site, at all ever.
Hi Ed and Tina, Do not forget to check into who is funding Ed Magedson. Carl Lanzisera, Kim Lurie, Debbie Blangiardo, The Alliance to Restore Integrity in Divorce, and Americans for Legal Reform highly recommend Ed's sight. Follow the money trail. Please do not tell me that not-for-profit money is used to fund Ed Magedson's sight!!!!!!!!!!
Talked to Shawn Richeson today about the site www.freeripoffreport.com. The site is no longer up but the instructions on how to force answers Way Down in the search engine rankings, effectively making them almost invisible. This is the process: o Create a Yahoo! account - Don't use any account you may have... o Go to Yahoo! Answers o Query the string (Person, comany name etc.) you want to force down in the search engine rankings. For example, if you are doing the name of a business or person, type in the name exactly as it appears in current search-engine rankings. o Do the Yahoo! Answers query for the string 5 times. o Create another account and do precisely the same process. o Repeat create account, Yahoo! Answers query TwENTY times... o Voila ! The name is forced so far down in search-engine rankings, hardly anyone will ever see it - certainly far, far fewer people than when it was in the top three or four 'hits'... Many thanks to Shawn Richeson...spread the word...
Yeah, Ed is still selectively posting to slant the stories the way he wants. I posted yesterday about a complaint on - get this ! - a 'phony psychic' ! You got that right, a complaint about a fake psychic. Somehow oxymoron or contradiction-in-terms applies to that... Anyway, Ed had black-listed me for quite a while because I once titled a post "RipOffReport Not Always Fair to Businesses", or something like that. But it wasn't just a rant - it was a reasoned assertion that haters could get away with murder on ROR. Ed also carefully edits posts so posters can never contact one another and 'go behind his back'. He seems to want to exercise some type of control over how those people can access complaints boards on the Web. Sometimes links to sites are allowed but the phrase appears often and posters who are often desperate to contact one another to try and begin lawsuits etc. are frustrated. I pegged the CAP as extortion a long time ago. Ed can structure things so a company has to pay him over and over, saying all the time, "Hey, You paid for one topic and have to pay for additional topics." The problem Ed will soon discover - if he has not already - is that when he set himself up as a Supreme Arbitrator, his lawyers can be out-lawyered. All Ed has to do is stay around long enough and a clever law firm will eventually 'score' off him. I know he reads all this obsessively so here goes: Ed, the fact you left the name and address of that little girl up when several dozen posters begged it be has earned my undying enmity. And I'll be there when you arrive at your reckoning, wherever and whenever that may be, shouting at the top of my lungs (or furiously typing away) that you visited an injustice upon a 16 year-old girl and caused her parents untold grief and concern for the safety of their child. I have screen prints of the entire topic and have saved the page off-line. Waiting...Waiting...it must be terrible always looking over your shoulder like that, never knowing when or where "it" may come from. And I have little doubt there are many looking for you...happy landings, in whatever it is you want. You have ahold of the tail of the dragon and damned sure don't dare let go or appear in public...
Well, Well...Ed MAgedsen finally gets his comeuppance. I have posted on RipOffReport many times and was always skeptical over Magedsen's claims he never edits topics etc. Well, he sure ommitted and did not post many replies I made that in any way implied ROR was going WAY over the top in allowing some of the rants to rage out of control. Not one of my posts that tried to help the poster and included even the tiniest criticism of ROR ever saw light of day. One really has to wonder about Magedsen's selectively posting rebuttals and how bad the companies often look. Do they look that bad because Magedsen has engaged in bias by ommission ? An what about the "Corporate Advocacy Program" ? How much money changes hands therein ? Several weeks back on ROR, a poster included in her rant the name and address of an underage teen girl who runs a Website. The poster claimed a download from StreetCarCircus.net infected her computer with some type of virus or something. Posters were pleading with Magedsen left and right to remove the name and address of the schoolgirl - her parents were frantic. I downloaded from the site and scanned the Paint Shop Pro files and found nothing malicious. Magedsen could not have cared less and never answered E-Mail pleas to just edit out the girl's personal information. He hasn't got time for that sort of thing. But let him sniff a few bucks and you'll get a prompt response... Lawyers have pretty much given Magedsen (I know he'll read this - he's obsessed: Hi, Ed ! Why didn't you ever E-Mail back about the girl ?) what he needs to hide. But the way he has gone underground with his life is really creepy. Seems to me a legit site owner would work from an office and have some way to contact them rather than hiding like a felon on the run from the law. What's he compulsively hiding from ? Shame ? Guilt ? The fact many he has pissed off want to catch up with him ? A VERY strange and creepy person claiming to be an "advocate"... Now, I really HAVE heard it all... Chris
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Sorry I meant to say, I would not have a lot of trust in that system. Meaning people out volunteering to find ripoffs anonymously and get paid for it. Then a website that charges to 'investigate' later with the utterly odd CAP deal. That's just not what I'd call the building blocks of a good idea. Just my 2cents.
We have been trying to understand more about ripoffreport also. Mainly what the deal is with the 'volunteer' part of the site. One can click on this from the front page. Ripoffreport asks people to volunteer for them, to go out and find ripoffs then write them up on the site. It says, that if the ripoff is good enough they will be compensated for their time. What is that all about? What do they mean by good enough? How much are they paid? Do they try to avoid responsibility for whats posted that way? Would that change if the person doing the reporting was on their payroll? How would anyone figure this out since the site privately owned and immune from lawsuits (so they say)? I would have a lot of trust in that arrangement. I don't know if/how class action lawyers play a part in backing the site. Ripoff report also charges them to provide names and contact info of supposed victims. Put that together with this CAP deal and all I see are revenue streams going in one direction. There are about 1000 ways to poke holes in a system like that. Instead of helping fraud I'd say it's wide open for more. Anyway, it sure looks murky from over here, and like it's not going away anytime soon.
I filed this report about this person on RIPOFF, Ed Magedson took it off ; Is this not worthy of RIPOFF? Appears to be a scam to me and very involved. ED MAGEDSON a/k/a TIna who are your contacts??? Who is funding you??? eBay seller Dina Elardo (Dina Elardo continues to do business on eBay with a different email address. Her feedbacks have been returned to public view, but eBay has deleted my ... www.nikonlinks.com/unklbil/ebay.htm - 22k - Cached - Similar pages
Hello TINA a/k/a ED MAGEDSON, In the past weeks, we have seen you remove a report about a business person seeking "for profit business" for a not for profit groups and having scammed others on EBAY!!!! We are writing a book about how unfair and injust you are and how your "alleged" concern for CONSUMERS is the real RIPOFF> Why did you remove if you are not getting paid?? Do you only remove for friends???? Where do you bank???? Who funds you???? Why not disclose this information if you Ed Magedson are legitimate???? ED MAGEDSON, You remove ripoffs as long as the ALMIGHTY BUCK IS IN YOUR POCKET!!!!!!
We have been running a test for months now on Ed. He removes certain reports. We have been trying to pin point who he removes them for. We have also been investigating why on Google certain persons go straight to the report, others to the search results, and then others do not appear. We have also been investigating who backs him. If he is going to remove a report for one, then he should do it for all. I think you have it wrong about investigations.
This is for Laura and Lena: I'm not a regular reader of New Times, and a couple days after posting my inquiries to Jonah (above), I ran across this letter to the editor I'd never seen before while idly googling names and issues on the Internet. It was gratifying to me, seeing as how Ed Magedson's attorney here had posed two of the same issues that I did when I first read the story. ____________________________________________________________________ LETTERS FROM THE ISSUE OF MARCH 8, 2007 After reviewing your article ("The Real Rip-off Report," Sarah Fenske, February 1), I feel that it is important to point out two important aspects of the story that you failed to address. We fully understand that your job includes making difficult decisions regarding what to include and what to not include in the space that you have. However, as to these two aspects that I address below, we feel strongly that their absence in the story affects the integrity of the story. The first and most important missing aspect is a description of how the Corporate Advocacy Program works. This failure to describe the program was particularly disconcerting in light of the accusations that the program constitutes extortion. A description of the program can be found at http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff167471.htm. The core of the program is that the business must commit to complete customer satisfaction, including providing refunds. The program is a win-win-win. The consumer benefits because the company commits to address the past and future complaints to the satisfaction of its customers. The company benefits because the complaints posted about the company are investigated and updated to reflect the company's commitment to resolve it or to expose the falsity of the report when applicable. Rip-Off Report is compensated for the time and effort spent on investigating the company, contacting the authors of the reports and updating the reports. The second important oversight was not disclosing the names of the companies who falsely accuse [RipOffReport.com creator] Ed Magedson of extortion. Readers who are evaluating these allegations might want to investigate the companies represented by those making the allegations. Steve Miller [one of Magedson's most outspoken critics] is the principal of Federated Financial Services Credit Counseling Corporation, a non-profit whose address is in the same building as a for-profit called Federated Financial Services, Inc., which is in the same building as a non-profit called Federated Financial Debt Management Group, Inc., which is in the same building as a for-profit called Federated Consumer Counseling Institute, Inc., which is in the same building as a non-profit corporation known as Federated Financial Counseling Services, Inc. Christopher Sharp [who criticizes Magedson in Fenske's story] is the attorney for Whitney Information Network — run by Russ Whitney. Whitney Information Network is the subject of a securities law class action and an SEC investigation. Also, Ed Magedson does not understand why you never mentioned the thousands of thank-you e-mails he receives and his work with the FBI, FTC, Homeland Security, U.S. Postal inspectors, attorneys general from more than 20 states, the IRS, the Justice Department, and local authorities all over the U.S. Maria Crimi Speth, Ed Magedson´s attorney, Phoenix
I periodically check the comments here, awaiting a reply from Jonah to my questions of August 23. It's been three weeks, certainly longer than 3 days, so I assume Jonah was simply unable to be extricated from the belly of the big fish to account for himself. Meanwhile, Lena and Laura have posted comments pertaining to matters which apparently have something to do with parental custody and visitation rights for children in divorce settlements. The specifics are unclear, but I gather that since Lena named eight "groups" that must somehow involve themselves or misrepresent their "services" in disputes of this kind, that Lena might be a general "watchdog" in these matters, more than just one aggrieved parent who supposedly came out on the short end of a dispute. She commends the host Rip-off Report website for having made it possible for people to air their grievances about the eight groups she names, which she says, "make money off people's suffering" and "impugn a good person's reputation." Laura repeats Lena's terminology about somebody or some people having a "borderline personality disorder" and says that "anyone who went to these groups has been screwed up in Court or lost custody of their children because they go over the edge with their demands and nonsense." However, the beginning statement of Laura's post is a falsehood and flies in the face of logic. She says, "I am writing because I was asked to give Ed M $3,000 up front, and $1,000 per month to have the stuff removed." (She must be referring to posts on Rip-Off Report by others that maligned her in some matter, and if this was the case, I assume Laura certainly must have posted rebuttals to the negative remarks and claims posted about her.) At any rate, Laura has obviously mixed up Ed Magedson of Rip-Off Report with one of those get-rich-quick "reputation defending" companies that have sprouted up, such as DefendMyName, Complaintremover, DefamationAction and probably half a dozen others. It's even alluded to in this lopsided story by Sarah Fenske, that Ed Magedson has not lost lawsuits. And those costly lawsuits are filed against HIM by misguided or unethical people and companies, with sometimes unscrupulous lawyers, who DEMAND he remove negative reports filed against them or their companies. It doesn't work because he is merely the host of the website, as are hosts of other consumer webites, and is protected by the Communications Decency Act. He simply will not remove reports for anybody at any cost, not even his Corporate Advocacy Program members who must make good with their customers or clients. It is not logical that he would spend probably hundreds of thousands of dollars defending lawsuits by threatening, well-heeled bullies (which is ultimately returned to him when they lose and have to pay his legal fees) to NOT remove a report, and then say to Laura that $3,000 and $1,000 a month will do the trick to have a report removed. Maybe Laura could reveal WHO asked her "to give Ed M $3,000 up front, and $1,000 per month to have the stuff removed."
Can'tsay much for Magedson's tactics, but he's got one thing right: The "Better Business Bureau" is a membership organization, not an advocacy group, with their own worrysome issues. Here's a local headline discussing the issue, along with a link. ---------- Michigan City resident out nearly $50,000 after Better Business Bureau reneges on lease agreement http://www.heraldargus.com/archives/ha/front_photo.cgi?prcss=display&id=377469 ---------- Whatever else Magedson's got going on, he should get Props for exposing the BBB.
I am writing because I was asked to give Ed M $3,000.00 up front, and $1,000.00 per month to have the stuff removed. And Defend My Name asked for a similar amount. It seems like a lot of money to get rid of a post by a crazy person with borderline personality disorder who is using the posts of get out of paying her bills. Finally, her trustee in bankruptcy was featured on the news as being tough on FRAUD. Oh and obviously because Ed is not posting the ripoff's about Carl Lanzisera, Americans for Legal Reform, Kim Lurie, Monica Getz, John Rubin, the Coalition for Family Justice, he must be receiving money $$$$$$$ from them. (Money that members donate in a "tax free" manner", Anyone who went to these groups has been screwed up in Court or lost custody of their children because they go over the edge with their demands and nonsense.
In one way I would like to thank rip off report for exposing groups like Kim Lurie's, Monica Getz', John Rubin, Debbie Blangiardo, The Coalition for Family Justice, Carl Lanzisera, Americans for Legal Reform and the Alliance to Restore Integrity in Divorce. They make money off people's suffering. They give them crazy advice and I cannot tell you how many people lost custody and or visitation of their children and declared bankruptcy and lost everything in Court. In another way it is not fair, as only the real lunatics, without a job that live off their parents, and have borderline personality disorder and a criminal record will post outrageous and crazy things that will impugn a good person's reputation, especially if the good person exposed the Con Artists in these groups. So I am on the fence about rip off.
Jonah, Your comment was for the most part well thought out, and although it slips and slides around somewhat, it does offer a welcome break. Unlike yourself, before reading his posts here, I'd never heard of Richard Ackerman, much less the allegations you assert; and your strange Woodward & Bernstein/Deep Throat analogy escapes me, as do your presumptuous and inconsequential assertions about Magedson that precede it. However, I do have some questions. You ask, "Why aren't you complaining about the Fox News story that came out?" THE Fox news story? WHAT Fox news story? I have no clue what "Fox news story" you are referring to. In fact, I don't even watch Fox News. Please fill me in. When and where did it air? Did it air nationally? What was it about? Was there a follow-up to it? Who was the reporter? An investigative reporter? Again, please fill me in. I'd like to look into it, learn more about it. Near the end of your post you say, "There are many other 'consumer' sites and I don't think they are in Federal court 'accused' of extortion." Your inference is that Ed Magedson is a defendant in a current Federal court case pertaining to the ripoffreport website with the charge of extortion having been leveled against him. I could be wrong, but I thought extortion was a criminal, not a civil, matter. Nevertheless, this is another matter I'd like to learn more about. Can you provide the case number, date of filing and what Federal District Court is adjudicating the case? I'd like to read the pleadings, particularly the extortion claim. More than anything, it is your first paragraph that is intriguing. It begins, "We have viewed your comments with interest too Tina." Why did you use the pronoun "we" here? (Further down in your post, you say, "I assure you more stories are going to come out and you will have your hands full trying to spin those.") Because your first paragraph then circuitously defends "Sarah's story" in the context of being some kind of overseer of the paper, the reader here is led to believe that you might be speaking from the position of being in an executive capacity with New Times or Village Voice (for example, Michael Lacey, Jim Larkin, Scott Tobias) just using the handle "Jonah." Are you? Or do you use "We" here to indicate you are closely aligned with ripoffreport's adversaries (e.g., those named and quoted in the New Times story) and you all collectively "have viewed Tina's comments with interest"? Or is "We" simply the "royal we" used by some for snob appeal and interchangeable with "I"? Is there some significance to your use of "We" instead of "I"? Amazingly, you go on to say, "It seems there is really no dispute over the content of Sarah's story, just the agenda behind it." Where have you been? Your statement stems either from ignorance or dishonesty. All you need do is scroll up to comment # 13, posted by a New Times writer who indicated he was one of many New Times writers in receipt of three BCC emails addressed to Phoenix New Times writer Ray Stern. (Magedson was responding to Stern's request for assistance with an article he was writing, and Magedson let it all hang out, detail after detail, point after point, on what Fenske knew and did NOT report to rebut the statements made by Magedson's adversaries in her New Times story on ripoffreport and Magedson.) At any rate, as you can see, that New Times writer posted the Magedson emails addressed to Stern, which you can read for yourself, right here. It was not Magedson who posted his letters to Stern, it was the party who received them. When I first read Fenske's story, having had no preconceived notions from anyone about it, I thought "Something is wrong here." Yes, there was balanced fluff: pink fluff and lime fluff. Yet she glossed over the identities of ripoffreport's strongest accusatory adversaries with whom she was in contact and did not name their companies or clients that consumers had supposedly written complaints about on the website. Her choice of derogatory adverbs and adjectives, with nothing to back them up, was also prevalent in her writing. At the time, I had no clue about anybody's "agenda behind it." My gut feel about her lopsided story, was later reinforced in the post by that other New Times writer (comment # 13) when he said, "I also determined that Fenske made no effort to contact Magedson for his reponses to the charges in Fenske's article, which is a flagrant violation of the ethical guidelines for journalism, although she did contact him to discuss other matters." You then say, "I am not clear why you would object so strongly, this is after all the freedom of the press and in this case there were editorial controls." In my previous posts here (comments 15, 21, 26 and 28) I didn't think I came across as "objecting so strongly" to the contents of Fenske's story. Rather I questioned other posters' comments on matters other than the Fenske story itself. However, my first reaction after reading the story, for the reasons stated above, was that there were little or no "editorial controls" and that it was not respectable journalism. You end that first paragraph with, "It appears Mr. Magedson had full access in the interview as did some of his Corporate Advocacy Program clients who seem to refrain from entering this debate." The Fenske article described "the interview" as a meeting with Magedson for lunch at a restaurant called Chompie's that lasted a few hours. Surely if there were also Corporate Advocacy Program members present, she would have mentioned it in her article or he would have mentioned it in his detailed letter of complaint to Ray Stern. It's unclear what you mean by having "full access in the interview." Full access to what? An interview is an interview. Both Fenske and Magedson say that Fenske contacted Corporate Advocacy Program members, with no negative reports from program members. So where's the story? As I read Magedson's letter to Stern, his big gripe was that Fenske misled readers into believing his CAP was something that it was not. Other comments in your post pertaining to paranoia, personality disorders, certainly an obsessive fixation on a particular person exhibited in many of these posts here, and other behavioral abnormalities might be worth discussing at another time.
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We have viewed your comments with interest too Tina. It seems there is really no dispute over the content of Sarah’s story, just the agenda behind it. I am not clear why you would object so strongly, this is after all the freedom of the press and in this case there were editorial controls. It appears Mr. Magedson had full access in the interview as did some of his Corporate Advocacy Program clients who seem to refrain from entering this debate. I don’t know that I have read anywhere that the Rip Off Report is a total work of fiction. There are absolutely true stories of consumers being victimized. There is no doubt that consumers have been helped as a result of other consumers posting in a forum. There is also no doubt there was very little EDitorial constraints in place on the Rip Off Report, he after all chooses to refrain from that. Mr. Magedson has been clear that he does not post items himself and that is true till it is proven otherwise. However what has become clear is that he manipulates the posts by providing information to others knowing they will take that information and post it themselves. He is able to lay claim that he does not post himself. Look at it like Woodard and Bernstein calling Deep Throat and telling him everything about Watergate knowing Deep Throat would call the Washington Post and provide that information. Deep Throat would therefore expect to have his identity protected and Woodard and Bernstein can take credit for breaking the story. Paranoid is a word that has been used to describe Edward Magedson. Personality disorder aside it is reasonable to expect that he is being followed and that there are those with a malevolent agenda. But so far they haven’t been arrested or convicted of crimes or civil torts…yet. Being paranoid causes one to imagine there are conspiracies where they don’t exist. The back door conversations with consumers espousing those conspiracy theories cause and are meant for those conspiracies to be posted as fact in a public forum. Some would call it rumor mongering, others baring false witness against ones neighbor. Either way it is a view into the ugliness that can exist in human nature. I think most readers would be glad that companies that choose to operate in unethical ways are glad that that they are being exposed. Also though I think those same readers are horrified to understand that some if not many of the posts are the ugly agenda of those that would do them harm. Some of those posts are the direct result of paranoid delusions or just malevolence, either way quite harmful and in many ways. I would think that the editorial staff of The Phoenix New Times would be able to figure that out but clearly not so for the Rip Off Report. One of the bigger dangers that exist is that “consumer sites” are being viewed with great suspicion as to their agendas. There is great confusion as to what is the truth, a conspiracy theory or a malevolent lie. Consumers are no longer able to make educated decisions because of disinformation. Hopefully they will choose to rely on information from unbiased sources like the public record. Richard Ackerman is a great friend of the Rip Off Report and he has many posts as he admits. What is hidden here is that Richi Ackerman has been in the debt collection business for many years and advertises Rip Off Report on his web site. Richard Ackemerman posted the personal American Express account number of one of his victims in a public fashion for anyone to get. That account has been closed and American Express is conducting an investigation. The victim has suggested that Richard Ackerman commented that if he is paid the money he alleges is owed, that he will remove his post off the Rip Off Report. It is dubious that that could come to fruition but it would not be the first time that someone has tried to strong arm another by the use of public posts and search engine optimization. Imagine the consequences if every bill collector went on a forum and posted scurrilous items about a debtor. It isn’t clear why suit wasn’t filed against Richard Ackermans debtor, after all the courts are the place where disputes should be handled. Tell us Tina how does one get moral immunity? Why aren’t you complaining about the Fox News story that came out? Was that reporter also involved with dishonorable people? I assure you more stories are going to come out and you will have your hands full trying to spin those. To answer Richard Ackermans question as to where one can go to post items about people he perceives to be a danger to the community, other than The Rip Off Report? There are many places. Scam.com, consumeraffairs, my3cents. There are many other “consumer” sites and I don’t think they are in Federal court “accused” of extortion. Why he even feels compelled to post here and while there has been an odd claim that there is a conspiracy to this story, you both nonetheless draw attention to it with your posts. So far there doesn’t appear to be Consumer Advocacy Program in place for those sites and therefore no claims of commissions being paid for the referral of Consumer Advocacy Program members. Edward Magedson sells revenge. It would seem he objects when that is used on him and maybe that’s been the point of all this. Revenge…doesn’t…work. It perpetuates itself and goes on forever.
If you are not Ed Magedson then please call me at (254) 690-6373 and tell me why you don't believe Ed Magedson deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. As far as the audio recordings of Ed Magedson, you may be interested in hearing several of them. We have an interesting video of Edward as well. That will be published online towards mid September. I also feel you should maybe get a hold of Judge Neil Wake. He is the presiding Judge over the Magedson v Russo cause #CV-00954-NVW. The case is being administered right there in the Federal Court in Phoenix. I am assuming you are Ed or possibly that woman that works for Ed. In either event you are all probably going to get indicted. When you see Maria Speth at the Law Offices of jaburg and Wilk - have her seek a subpoena and come get this audio and video evidence of Ed Magedson crimes. It may help clear up a few issues for you !
Wrong again, Shawn. I am not Ed Magedson or Edward Magedson. Not even close. Do you hear clicks on your telephone? Are there strange vehicles parked outside your house at night? Has your mail been opened? You, of all scheming and dreaming people (yes, I've read your bizarre posts on other blogs), are now cooking up conspiracy theories of your own. I related on ripoffreport a few years ago my own experience of getting scammed by one company's unlawful practices, and learned from other victims in many subsequent posts that I was by no means alone. Although posting my experience didn't help me directly since I'd already been scammed, I later found that many of those unlawful practices did ultimately come to a halt. Ripoffreport exposure undoubtedly helped to right those wrongs and helped others as well. Consequently, Sarah Fenske's cockeyed hit piece here was a real puzzlement. Since then I've followed the unraveling of characters and their actions, including your own, with great interest. It's become evident to interested readers that half-baked Sarah Fenske fell in bed with malevolent thugs, by design or not, whereas you've been a wacko case for quite a while now. I doubt if she would have doctored a tape as you did (I remember your many posts on that CNetNews report)or deviously created a bogus website posing as Magedson then unsuccessfully filing a false report with the Arizona State Bar. Creative? Yes. Stupid? Yes. However, Fenske's paranoid reaction to criticism is the same as your own. Unable to respond rationally to criticism by another writer, she too hit a brick wall and accused that writer of being Ed Magedson, something a true wordsmith could never have done in good conscience. You can opt for the high road, or take the short-lived-gratification low road playing second string with your pathetically dishonorable Phoenix contact. For your own well being, I offer this caveat. Pathological liars end up lying to each other. And that's when the "game" ceases to be fun.
Hello Tina aka Edward Magedson aka Ed Magedson The search engine ranking power of ripoffreport.com and similar blog sites are becoming a fading memory and the subject of many jokes in the technical arena. Please visit: http://www.freeripoffreport.com American Business and Consumers alike are wise to the online extortion scam and are now empowered to deal with it on a technical front. We teach the ripoffreport.com victims how to neutralize the negative postings that Magedson, Speth and the other surrogates (such as you) post on ripoff report. Computer Nerds 1906 Twilight Drive Killeen, Texas 76543 (254) 690-6373 Shawn A. Richeson Author and poster to this Fair and honest community forum
I see Tweedle Dum Shawn Richeson is still at it. Your lies have already been disproved, and you've aided that endeavor. I realize that much of your problem and your erratic posts stem from your need for attention, and probably the fact that "business" at Computer Nerds must be faltering motivates you to post the garbage you do. But if you're viewing this as free advertising, keep in mind that honorable people prefer working with honorable businesses. Your contact in the Phoenix area is not an honorable person.
To the previous poster on this blog may I respond like this? You are aligning yourself with a criminal (Ed Magedson) aka (Edward Magedson) If you are being paid to write posts on the ROR - the FBI may be contacting you soon. You are obviously “a few fries short of a happy meal” and most assuredly missing the point. ((( Extortion is a criminal offense in this Country ))) The search engine ranking power of ripoffreport.com and similar blog sites are becoming a fading memory and the subject of many jokes in the technical arena. Please visit: http://www.freeripoffreport.com On a positive note, I would however, like to defend the reporter Sarah Fenske. She is the only reporter to date that has taken the time to really investigate this criminal enterprise. In spite of the fact that Magedson and Speth make it a point to sue anyone who gets close to exposing the real motive behind ripoffreport.com, Sarah has demonstrated a remarkable courage. American Business and Consumers alike are wise to the online extortion scam and are now empowered to deal with it on a technical front. We teach the ripoffreport.com victims how to neutralize the negative postings that Magedson, Speth and the other surrogates (such as you) post on ripoff report. Computer Nerds 1906 Twilight Drive Killeen, Texas 76543 (254) 690-6373 Shawn A. Richeson Author and poster to this Fair and honest community forum
Call me or send a mail -- I always found Ed to be 100% there for me. I was beat for money by many different low lifes. Search for Jack Abraham; Abraham (Abie) Pierkarski or Piekarsky; Gene Kazlow -- the crooked lawyer; Steven Sigman nee Armstrong and his appliancesbuyphone.com site. He ripped me for 8000 dollars after we delivered the work product he went to American Express and they refunded his cash because he said he never authorized use of his card. Funny where did we get his card number and x date? Also look for Raj Lonsane and DynaShoppe another low life who made promises to me and my clients and ripped us all off. S. Bruce Klein who worked for me and got paid $30,000+ for his best WEEK and stole my back up tape along with a disbarred attorney Kenneth (Ken) Ampel. Now where the hell do you think I could have gotten these scum low lifes posted other than by Ed? The latter never asked me for a penny, my brother in law attempted to pay him off to remove the posting and Ed refused the money. So I think you miscreants posting here are probably dead beats who got posted by Ed in the first place... come on now... tell us the truth ya bum ya! Call me at 646-383-7961 and I will corroborate all this clearly for you. Don't call to hassle me because I will abuse you in a grand way! I am at realtimemeister@gmail.com.
Wow. You certainly are a journalist with a yellow streak. This is NOT an impassioned article but one with a vengeance. I especially liked the mention of a pot bust -- in this plastic fantastic hypocritical country where children can watch wrestlers bash each other with chairs but nipples must be pixilated. What a country! I have posted many dead beat degenerates on the ROR. Furthermore if you take the time to read some of the postings say against American Express or AT&T you will find many folks with real gripes that have nowhere else to go to post their problems. For example there are sites such as ROR specifically dedicated to bashing Scientology but few to bash the church -- murderers and liars who for thousands of years have abused humanity. So what is your beef with the ROR? You have any better ideas on how to get people reported? I was robbed by a lawyer of at least 40,000 dollars that I know of. I was ripped off by an Indian firm named Mindware Software Solutions (P) Ltd. and they beat me for a lot of money while my firm was the only one selling for them. Lies and robbery, where do you think I should post this? Should I sue and wait for 15 years or so to find that after I won a judgment the guy died or the company is no more? What do YOU have to suggest as an alternative? How about if we look into YOUR past and skeletons, thank G*d you didn't start taking positions on the guy's sexual preferences. Again what do YOU have to replace this? I posted my own brother in law who ripped me off after promising to give us a client with a 150,000 contract and basically told me to go f myself. By the way I want to thank our dear President the Bush for sending Osama's family out of the country after 9/11 and for beeping the f out of cable and other media. That will be on his grave as an epitaph "He beeped the f---k out of everything." lol.
To the previous poster on this blog may I respond like this? Computer Nerds posted fake complaints on itself on ripoffreport.com. At one time, the key words “computer nerds” were buried by the fake reports that we created as a hoax on ripoffreport.com outranking our own web site. Now try and “Google” or “Yahoo” or “MSN” the key words “Computer Nerds”. Magedson’s can’t make any money by scamming businesses anymore. We teach the ripoffreport.com victims how to neutralize the negative postings that Magedson, Speth and the other surrogates post on ripoff report. I just want American businesses to fully understand that they can quit stressing out over the ripoff report and the evil it perpetuates and fix the problem on their own. However, if you don’t know how to fix this problem yourself, then I understand the panic and fear the business feels from extortionists like Magedson, Speth and a law office as powerful and well connected as Jaburg and Wilk. If the last poster is just Ed Magedson, then I would respectfully submit that your extortion days are numbered my friend. When you get a permanent address at whatever Federal Prison you are assigned to, please send me a line: Computer Nerds 1906 Twilight Drive Killeen, Texas 76543 (254) 690-6373 Shawn A. Richeson Author and poster to this Fair and honest community forum
Shawn, what took you so long to display your warped value system and your deceit? You boast about posting fake complaints on ripoffreport. In that case, you created your own unwitting victims, who you are now luring to avail themselves of your "services." For a price, of course. In your pathetic attempt to pick up the pieces here, your motives are evident by their transparency.
I know Ed Magedson personally. What is amazing is that the FBI uses him as an informant and lets him get away with this clear cut extortion of American Businesses. The guy hides from the process servers, moves from house to house ever 6 months, and with the exception of his website email address: editor@ripoffreport.com , is for all intents and purposes an invisible man. We receive a new client aka victim of ripoffreport.com - almost every day that uses our service to bury the ripoff report. The Government lacks the power or maybe it’s the desire to shut this guy down but Computer Nerds seems to be doing a pretty good job. We have successfully posted fake complaints to ripoffreport.com with strong keywords that trigger Yahoo and Google ripoff reports. Our search engine experts within just a few days neutralize the effects of those keywords and the ripoff report comes of the first page of the search results. Until the FBI finally latches on to these criminals, Computer Nerds will help with this problem. Any one thinking of suing ripoff report should not even waste the time or money. Ed Magedson, Maria Crimi Speth and the Law Firm of Jaburg and Wilk are a strong force to be reckoned with. In my humble opinion they are all internet terrorists deserving to be in prison. I hope Judge Neil Wake who is the Federal Judge in several cases involving the aforementioned comes to the conclusion that the bulk of the American Businessmen have already come to. If you are a victim of ripoffreport.com - See: http://www.computernerds.net/seo/ The database that we are collecting at this web site is being turned over to the FBI, maybe we can finally get this guy shut down. Computer Nerds (254) 690-6373 Shawn A. Richeson
Thanks Fly, I think it would be important for the reader to understand what it means to be a Private Investigator in Arizona. JFB Acquisitions, LLC is a licensed Private Investigative Agency. Below you will find requirements as set forth by the state for me to hold that license. The state is very concerned that consumers get what they pay for, which is why a bond for $2,500.00 is on file. As you see they also want the QP of the agency to have experience. Not all “Investigators” are created equal as we will see in the below. Not all “reporters” are created equal either. Legal Definition of a Private Investigator (ARS 32-2401-16) 16. "Private investigator" means a person other than an insurance adjuster or an on-duty peace officer as defined in section 1-215 who, for any consideration, engages in business or accepts employment to: (a) Furnish, agree to make or make any investigation for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to: (i) Crime or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or any state or territory of the United States. (ii) The identity, habits, conduct, movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations, transactions, reputation or character of any person or group of persons. (iii) The credibility of witnesses or other persons. (iv) The whereabouts of missing persons, owners of abandoned property or escheated property or heirs to estates. (v) The location or recovery of lost or stolen property. (vi) The causes and origin of, or responsibility for, a fire, libel, slander, a loss, an accident, damage or an injury to real or personal property. (b) Secure evidence to be used before investigating committees or boards of award or arbitration or in the trial of civil or criminal cases and the preparation therefor. (c) Investigate threats of violence and provide the service of protection of individuals from serious bodily harm or death. Conducting investigations in Arizona Anyone conducting private investigations in Arizona must be licensed in Arizona. Failure to do so can be a class 1 misdemeanor. You may hire other employees, such as office staff, but they cannot conduct private investigation in Arizona. You do not need an Arizona address or a Resident Manager to be licensed as a private investigation agency in Arizona. After all requested information has been received at DPS and the background checks and experience have been reviewed and approved, we then request the new agency license fee of $400 and a Surety Bond in the amount of $2,500.00. Qualifications of Licensee A Private Investigation agency license is issued to an individual who is the Qualifying Party (QP) regardless of the agency structure (sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation). The Qualifying Party is sometimes called the Licensee. The Qualifying Party must comply with the requirements as listed in the Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) §32-2422.A.9, which states: Have had a minimum of three years of full-time investigative experience or the equivalent of three years of full-time investigative experience that consists of actual work performed as an investigator for a private concern, for the federal government or for a state, county or municipal government. This is a post on the Rip Off Report about a Private Investigative Agency whose name I have redacted. You will see this report is from is a Ripoff Reporter. Ripoff Reporter HA, California U.S.A. (Redacted) Investigations – (Redacted) Search (Redacted) Investigations on this site for information on this company. The owner is not a licensed PI in California and the company is not a California Corporation as his website claims. He has multiple criminal convictions in Orange County California Superior Court for theft, stalking and failure to provide for minor child. The BBB has 19 complaints in Southern California and one pending in Delaware. Buyer beware! What consumers should have been told is that the agency name does actually have a license in California, it just doesn’t appear online. You have to call the state and they will tell you it does exist and its condition. The actual owner of this California agency does not have the public record as suggested by the reporter. The state told me that employees do not have to be licensed. You will find that the name on the license though is not the name of the party that claims the license on the internet or whose name appears frequently on complaints. The redacted name is actually a corporation. I don’t believe the website specifies what state they are incorporated in, though an unsophisticated consumer would presume it be California, it is in fact Delaware. The office location for that corporation is Alabama. This is the law regarding licensing for PIs in Alabama. Alabama There is no P.I. licensing requirement in Alabama, although some cities, such as Birmingham and Mobile, have their own, and a state business license is required to operate any business in Alabama. The address in Alabama appears to be a virtual office and there may not be a physical presence there, just the illusion they are there. One might conclude they are trying to circumvent California and other state laws by making it appear they operate in a state that does not have a licensing requirement for PIs. Toll free numbers with no state area code cover up a location. This is a clear example on why it is best to go with a professional because this agency has many alleged complaints against them. Also because the Ripoff Reporter missed so much of the truth either because they are not skilled or just didn’t care what the truth was. Either way the consumer is not well served. I have filed a complaint with the Arizona Department of Public Safety because this agency is advertising to do work here. I have also forwarded the information to the FBI, because this agency has mounted a campaign of terror against the Rip Off Report and Edward Magedson. Because of my involvement in investigating the death threats against Mr. Magedson, I feel any pertinent information should go to the authorities. I hope everyone agrees.
Those are outstanding comments John. Proof you are sticking to the high road here, even though evidence to the contrary appears overwhelming. To me, it's espcially impressive, since you have experienced the "no other way to retaliate" game often played by Ripoff Report because of your work. You've paid a personal price for getting involved at all. I appreciate all your efforts, to shed light on this situation. It takes a very brave person to go there. Sarah, you wrote a very insightful and well written article. I am a person who has suffered the effects of that website, and it's been extremely difficult. I am thankful for the opportunity to read a professional journalist's unbiased opinion. I appreciate the fact, you carefully considered the website as a whole, and not in peices (I get the idea, that's what Ed might prefer). Thank you for your hard work and even more importantly, for not apologizing. Ed Magedson has some very creative, elaborate and flat out weird responses to people who disagree with him. He's clearly not content to file a "rebuttal". In fact, the little phone booth blip, might prove hard to "rebut". It seems in Ed's quest to whatever it takes to "win every argument", he's perfectly happy to drop the truth off at the door. IMO Ripoff Report is a glaring example of the how left unguarded, unchecked and without boundaries the Internet lobbed right over into Lord of the Flies. Or better yet in this case, Gadflies.
"And speaking of threats, in September 2006 I received a phone call, that was later traced to a Tempe pay phone located under Hooters at 5th and Mill, from an individual identifying himself as “Bill.” He wanted me to come down there to meet with him so he could kick my ass. But more interesting, in hindsight, is that “Bill” said his relative was affiliated with New Times and that his relative was going to ruin me and Rip-off Report. I just hung up on him. Little did I realize…." Quoted from a prior comment attributed to Edward Magedson. Speaking of yellow journalism I think it’s time to set the record straight. I have just now read the rebuttal to The Real Rip Off Report as posted by Ed Magedson and another party. The story gets crazier all the time. As you know, I brought the story to Sarah Fenske based upon her past work. No one from the paper ever solicited me for the story. I bought it to the New Times because it is important to me that a story has some checks and balances that do not occur in everyday life. Those balances to me would be the investigation by the reporter, the editor and the legal teams. How I feel as a person has little relevance and I choose to have a non biased party look into the facts themselves, thus Sarah Fenske did the story and well I might add. It seems the FBI has taken notice as they visited with me about 4 weeks ago and I gave them what information that I could and continue to do so. There is much that has not been made public but now will because I am set to be deposed in the action Magedson has against Russo & Stanley. The FBI gets thrown about a great deal by lots of people. A post on the Rip Off Report claims that I have posed as an agent. Magedson has claimed he has me on tape doing so. I have sent this information to both the FBI and the Arizona Department of Public Safety asking that they investigate this claim made about me. So far there is no investigation as to my actions that I am aware of and I will be very interested in finding out who made that post and what proof they have. I of course deny it and since I am not in jail presume the authorities know this. Bill Stanley has asked that I investigate the death threat letters that have been disseminated to the press by Mr. Magedson. I have never been hired or received money as a result of any investigation about Rip Off Report or Edward Magedson. I agreed to represent Mr. Stanley because I think it is outrageous for these issues to be reduced to threats of violence and made it clear to him that if I find out who did it they will be reported to the authorities. The courts will resolve the other issues. Prior to the story I have never spoken to any of the parties. I have never spoken to Steve Miller and do not know him except for his posts on the internet. As a result of the investigation I have forwarded the threats to the City of Mesa Mayors office asking that an investigation take place. This was at the insistence of Mr. Stanley who also asked for the involvement of the Attorney General. In the complaint made to the Mesa Police, Mr. Magedson mentions he fears the police because of past actions. Mr. Magedson is not the only one threatened in the letters. My thoughts are that those others need the protection of the police and I asked the detective in charge of the case to reopen it, again at the request of Mr. Stanley. They declined because Mr. Magedson had informed them that the FBI was now handling the case but to date no agent has contacted them. When I discussed this with the agent that visited me he seemed puzzled by that. In fact he was very clear that the FBI does not investigate death threats unless they are on public officials. The Mesa detective made it clear to me that Mr. Magedson wanted me to become a person of interest. The detective says Mr. Magedson was told that it was unlikely I had anything to do with it. Mr. Magedson turned over tapes to the police to substantiate his death threat claims. The police report is very clear that they did not find deaths threats on the tapes. Their investigation is closed until Mr. Magedson asks that it is reopened, something we would very much like. Everyone I have spoken to would gladly take a polygraph or assist in any way, including me. My observation on this is that many are trying to make this a good vs. evil. It is clear that if there are sides to this debate, both have done things they should be ashamed of. After all some of the posts in The Rip Off Report are true. Sadly many are not true. I have seen how those that claim to be victims of the Rip Off Report spit out disinformation with the intent to malign Mr. Magedson or get revenge and he has been accused of the same thing. My thoughts on this subject is that an “Eye for an Eye and we would all be blind”. Vengeance doesn’t work. Ask the defendants that have been sued as a result of posting on the Rip Off Report in spite of freedom of speech. There is a great public clamoring for the demise of the Rip Off Report and of course there are those that feel it is a good thing. As for me I think there should be a way for consumers to learn the truth. After all if I am a conman the world should know. What I also think is that no man is all either one thing or another. A moment in their lives should not define who they are for eternity. We are a nation of great forgiveness but the internet doesn’t really have a statute of limitations. If I have been accused of something rightly or wrongly it will be there for eternity. Really though should that be the case if the person had one moment in their lives that seems inconsistent with the way they have lived the majority of their lives? And should the masses, who have little legal knowledge, be the ones to judge and convict anyone? Not for me to say, it is for the courts to decide. Everyone one needs to take a step back and take a breath. The Feds and the police are on this. The courts will hear the cases. People should not commit illegal acts or that will be how they are defined. Unfortunately though like the agent said, there are many who don’t care what the truth is, they will believe what they want and then disburse that to the masses. So far as Magedson not getting his due? He wants credit for the postings on his site made by others? I thought he was trying to distance himself from that. He after all is just the portal that allows the posters to vent. My experience with helping consumers is that there will be little thanks for it. Some do it for money, fame and some because it is wrong to turn your back on injustice. Mr. Magedson is going to make history. He will be glad for that I think but I somehow suspect it won’t be for what he would like. The Rip Off Report now has many heir apparents. If the site were shut down tomorrow there are several more sites that one can post to and there will be more to come. These are very interesting issues and the public needs to know, just like they need to know if I am a conman or if Magedson has really done the things he has been accused of. Rip Off Reports Corporate Advocacy Program will have little impact when there are 7 other sites that have posts of those clients and have even stronger links. Mr. Magedson has mentioned calls made from a pay phone under the stairs of Hooters downtown Tempe at 501 S Mill Ave Tempe. At my website www.jfbainc.com, on the pictures page you will find the stairs under Hooters. There is no phone. However across the street at the US Post Office 500 S Mill Ave Tempe you will find 2 pay phones. You will also find P.O. Box 310 which is of course the box Rip Off Report has operated out of for years. Strange coincidence I would say. Maybe I would be the first to encourage everyone to go to the Rip Off Report and look up my post. John F Brewington and JFB Acquisitions. While this will of course strengthen the links to Rip Off Report, I feel the world should see how the system works and I offer myself not that it matters because my name and others names have been thrown about here with the intent to have search engines pick it up and post it on the internet. That magic goes 2 ways.
I couldn’t help but laugh as I read post #13 – Ed Magedson pretending to be a New Times sales executive. It’s amazing that Magedson has to resort to such a complicated fantasy to explain away “The Real Rip-Off Report.” To paraphrase a certain cheesy movie, he can’t handle the truth – so he’s concocted outright lies as evidence of an elaborate conspiracy against him. For the record: No one at New Times ever suggested that I write about The Rip-Off Report, or for that matter, the Miss Arizona pageant or satellite radio. I’ve never taken a dime from anyone on the sales staff, or indeed, anyone I’ve written about. That’s just not how it works. My story speaks for itself. We’ve never retracted, or apologized, for a word of it. Magedson and his buddies can keep dreaming, but we won’t be doing so in the future, either.
Hatefuckingliars, your post is quite an emotional rant. However, you offer nothing to substantiate your accusations, nothing specific to dispute whatever it is you are disputing. Referencing the previous VERY lengthy post by a person who identified himself as an employee of a New Times franchise -- who said he received two BCC emails from Ed Magedson, emails that were addressed to another New Times employee Ray Stern -- you dismiss the employee's statements with broad brush general assertions, "This guy's an idiot" and "He's obviously a lying sack of shit." You call him a "sick-in-the-head source" and say, "New Times employee, my ass." The employee's post was EIGHT paragraphs longMy, my, that's quite a rant, "hatefuckingliars. Then there are the two emails he received from Magedson -- one is 26 paragraphs long, the other 9 paragraphs long -- which the employee also posted for readers of these blogs. What specifically are you disputing in his long post What do YOU know about anything in particular that proves him wrong? I found his post and his comments quite credible since he backs up his statements with specific background examples of Phoenix New Times articles and previous actions of both Phoenix New Times and of its employee Sarah Fenske. Are YOU an employee of Phoenix New Times or a New Times affiliate paper? How do YOU know what its advertisers did or did not do and what New Times advertising executives did or did not do? Do you know Sarah Fenske? If so, have you spoken to her about this issue? For example, are you disputing that she spoke to Rob Russo of QED Media, Bill Stanley of Spamhaus, John Brewington of JFB Acquisitions, Steve Miller and Chris MacFarland of Federated Financial from Florida in preparation for her hit piece of a few months ago on Ed Magedson and the ripoffreport.com consumer website? What and who motivated Fenske's assignment for that voluminous Feb 1 article, if it was something other than what is stated by the previous poster? Providing particular examples of previous Fenske articles, the NT employee says, "Sarah has become known as the 'pitch woman of print' with our own form of payola." Do you dispute that statement? If so, please give reasons for your contrary viewpoint. Magedson's emails to Stern relate Magedson's first-hand experience with Fenske, how he provided her with documentation, which she ignored, but which add authenticity to his position. What is YOUR first-hand experience in this matter that can add authenticity to YOUR sweeping general statement that the previous poster is "a liar"? Lastly, you say, "I haven't seen new times run any corrections, clarification, nothing." Precisely. New Times' arrogance and non-adherence to ethics in journalism is perhaps the strongest point made by both the New Times employee and by Magedson. Citing Fenske's particular methods, the employee says Fenske's article is a "flagrant violation of the ethical guidelines for journalism" and "This bold lapse of ethics is a black eye not only for this newspaper, but for the other newspaper franchises, like ours, across the country." Similarly, I noticed that Magedson also provided Stern and recipients of his BCC emails certain tenets from the Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists. In this instance, of course there will not be any clarifications or corrections. Seems to me that both the employee who has opted to leave his New Times affiliate and Magedson have amply demonstrated that the credibility of New Times as a viable alternative newspaper is in the toilet.
this long diatribe could only be from one sick-in-the-head source, and he's obviously a lying sack of shit. new times employee, my ass! this guy's an idiot to think anybody would believe this crap, or care what's going on in his delusional little pea brain. a cospiracy of business people burned by ed m., dumbass please!? truth is, ed's been whining like a little c-word about this story since it was published. everybody knows that. hmmm, i haven't seen new times run any corrections, clarifications, nothing. guess whoever wrote this diatribe knows where to stick his bullshit.
Sarah Fenske - “the bitch with a pitch.” New Times article on Ed Magedson of ripoffreport.com demanded by New Times Advertisers. I am a employee of New Times and have been well aware of the hit piece authored by Sarah Fenske that attempted to discredit Rip-off Report and its founder, Ed Magedson. A number of us are going to be leaving New Times soon and have my own reasons why I want the truth to come out before I leave. I came to work at New Times for ideological reasons and I have seen them sell out little by little and in the case of Sarah Fenske, she is particularly amenable to doing story for the highest bidder. This is how the story on Rip-off Report came to be and how it came to be Sarah’s assignment. There were a consortium of businesspersons who approached New Times and told sales in marketing that they were going to pull their advertisements unless there was an effort to discredit this website that had done them so much damage, in their opinion. The New Times advertising executives got together, upon order from the advertisers, to decide to whom the assignment would pass. Sarah Fenske! the natural conclusion, but for the reasons you may not know. Sarah has become known as the “pitch woman of print” with our own form of payola. First move was to cut her teeth on a pitch piece for the promoters of the Miss Arizona Pageant in February, 2005, and then a little over 18 months ago, Sarah did a piece with the assignment to help peddle satellite radio, mildly disguised as support for a local X-jockey. So, Sarah quickly became known privately as “the bitch with a pitch.” Contributions to her new car are rumored as her rewards for her effectiveness (I was going to say “loyalty,” but that seems absurd.) The hypocrisy is overwhelming. Ms. Fenske claims to be a morally conservative individual, but is able to overlook swapping the ENTIRE truth for advertising dollars. I became aware that there were strident objections from Mr. Magedson when he sent many of us copies of his emails BCC, which adequately explains the situation. I will add them immediately below with this single analysis; It is true that New Times nominated him as a consumer advocate in “Best of Phoenix” Awards several times over the years as the “Best of Phoenix” most valuable consumer website pick, but shortly before the Fenske article appeared those awards disappeared off our website. It is also true that New Times and its affiliates continue to ask Magedson for help after ripping him so badly. With just a little digging I was able to determine that Sarah did speak with some specific people mentioned in Ed’s emails, below; Rob Russo of QED Media, Bill Stanley of Spamhaus, John Brewington of JFB Acquisitions and Steve Miller and Chris MacFarland, the CEO and in-house counsel for Federated Financial of Deerfield Beach, Florida, a debt consolidation/financial rehabilitation company. I also determined that Fenske made no effort to contact Magedson for his responses to the charges in Fenske’s article, which is a flagrant violation of the ethical guidelines for journalism, although she did contact him to discuss other matters. Ed was also responsible for contributing a number of New Times front page stories and background for several other pieces, not only in Phoenix, but also in other parts of the country. Just in Phoenix, where Ed resides, he provided stories which exposed self-proclaimed civil rights activist, Ramon Gomez http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/005/RipOff0005135.htm in Cause Celeb by Gilbert Garcia, http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2001-06-07/news/cause-celeb/ , Harassment Supreme by Gilbert Garcia, http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2001-08-02/news/harassment-supreme/ about the Pizza Hut from hell (Apache Junction) http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/002/ripoff0002994.htm, Welcome Back Warrior by Paul Rubin, http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2002-11-21/news/welcome-back-warrior/ about the veteran who shot himself because a Phoenix car dealer lied to him. In the latter case, the family of the victim had first turned to Rip-off Report, where they posted their hear-breaking story, long before Rubin got wind of it. It is significant that they trusted the website and decided to take their story to the public first on that forum, http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/036/RipOff0036168.htm. Rubin got access to the victim’s family through Ed. Furthermore, Sarah Fenske exposed her lack of objectivity by failing to mention the former relationship New Times has had with Magedson. This is the reason, according to him, that he is hopping mad that Stern now approached him for help so soon after the betrayal. This bold lapse of ethics is a black eye not only for this newspaper, but for the other newspaper franchises, like ours, across the country. If this paper wants to recoup its reputation, advertising should review to whom they sell advertising. This paper can be picked up by anyone, including children and it is crammed with advertisements from the sex industry or that are highly sexual; depicting scantily clad men and women and obviously pandering to prurient interests. Ed refers to these stories in his emails below. That is where Ray Stern comes in. Ray evidently had a preexisting relationship with Ed when he worked at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Arizona. I can confirm that Ray Stern did come over to New Times from East Valley Tribune about a year ago and has contacted Ed for some aid recently. I had to laugh at Ray’s attempt to guilt Magedson in to helping. Well, here you can read for yourself his pleas for help below: Ray was asking him for help, no doubt because New Times wanted to test the waters to see if they could still use him as a resource and they were using Ray to bait Ed. It is all very calculated and manipulative… and that’s why I and others are leaving Incidentally, I contacted my sources at the US Postal Inspectors office. They told me ripoffreport.com is a regular tool for additional victims to assist them in scams that use the US Post. They added that Magedson is well-respected and reliable. At a minimum, Magedson deserves an apology, but optimally, he should get acknowledgement for all he has done. If readers cannot rely on us to adhere to the truth, then we are just an advertising rag. Signed, Pissed, in one of the various New Times cities Here is the email interchange Ed sent BCC to everyone with whom he has previously corresponded at New Times. —–Original Message—– From: Ray Stern [mailto:Ray.Stern@newtimes.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:43 PM To: editor@ripoffreport.com Subject: Hi, Ed, I called you today about the identity theft story I’m working on. I can’t find anything on your site about “LifeLock” and I was wondering if you’ve ever dealt with the company or with people wanted to post a ripoff report on the company. I came across some blurb on the Internet that said ripoffreport endorses LifeLock, so I also wanted to ask about that. In addition, I wanted to ask if you knew if there were many posts on your site about identity theft protection companies. There seem to be so many of them these days. You probably don’t remember me, but I talked to you on the phone a few times when I worked for the East Valley Tribune as a reporter a few years ago. I’ve been with New Times since last August after 10 years at the Trib. If you can help me, great. If you can’t, I appreciate your time. Sincerely, Ray Stern 480-205-1686 (mobile) From: EDitor@ripoffreport.com [mailto:EDitor@ripoffreport.com] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:29 PM To: EDitor@ripoffreport.com Subject: New Times - Phoenix requesting assistance - phone call and email to Rip-off Report - Once I get a public apology we can talk. Just as I had assisted you and your colleagues for years Ray Stern Phoenix new Times 1201 E Jefferson St Phoenix, AZ 85034 (602) 271-0040 480-205-1686 (mobile) Ray = In response to your phone call and email to me on June 20th 2007…. Yes, I remember you now - - Congratulations on your new job. Sorry for the delay in my response, I have been swamped, and I needed to make sure of my feelings, that they were not misguided. Here are my thoughts…. Your paper has a lot of nerve asking me for assistance again. You do know about the less than flattering, twisted January article New Times did about me and Rip-off Report? I am sure you do. Once I get a public apology we can talk. Just as I had assisted you and your colleagues for years at the East Valley/Mesa Tribune with different stories and victim information, I had also assisted New Times over the years.. The Real New Times. Sarah Fenske. Did you know that New Times named me, ED Magedson / Rip-off Report, as the best consumer website? Ask them how many years in a row that was and be sure to let Sarah Fenske know. Ooops, I forgot, she knows all that. Dont you think it was a little strange that Sarah Fenske did not mention that in her article? That was not ED calling himself a consumer advocate as she repeatedly intimated. That was New Times. Did you know that Rip-off Report assisted in more than 2 dozen published stories by New Times including at least 2 front page articles? No, they never gave any credit - and no, I am not including the satire or hit piece — call it what you will — New Times did on me. Did you know that Rip-off Report assisted almost every newspaper owned by New Times in many stories over the years, including the Village Voice? Did you know that almost all other publications including Wall Street Journal and NY Times gave us credit, and we did a lot less for them? And that all these newspapers and TV News stations across the USA, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom call ED Magedson a consumer advocate, but that Sarah Fenske felt it better to say that I called myself a consumer advocate, as if I was the only one who did. For the record, Sarah Fenske has in her possession a CD with about 20 TV News station stories using Rip-off Report, with most of them dubbing me, ED Magedson, a consumer advocate. Fenske also has emails with more than 30 attachments of articles, many of them describing me as a consumer advocate, including thank you letters from government agencies and dozens of thank you emails from consumers from around the world.. Fenske elected not to mention any of those. Why do you think that was? YELLOW JOURNALISM AT WORK - THE THREATS Fenske’s so called “investigative report” also made light of the countless serious threats I have received, despite the fact that she has in her possession a copy of about four of those different threats, a random sampling, along with threatening letters mailed to Rip-off Report, its attorneys and another business I was doing business with at the time. Yes, despite the evidence supplied to her, she managed to make it seem like there were really no threats, that it was all a lot of hooey. Here is just one of many Fenske knew about. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/174/RipOff0174371.htm Read this Report, especially the first UPDATE. It contains one of the many threatening phone calls along with the transcript of the call. The funny thing about this threatening phone call is that this company, called Roni Lynn Deutch, dropped their lawsuit against Rip-off Report right after we posted those threats by one of their employees , the half brother to the owner of the company of Roni Lynn Deutch, Scott Juceam. And speaking of threats, in September 2006 I received a phone call, that was later traced to a Tempe pay phone located under Hooters at 5th and Mill, from an individual identifying himself as “Bill.” He wanted me to come down there to meet with him so he could kick my ass. But more interesting, in hindsight, is that “Bill” said his relative was affiliated with New Times and that his relative was going to ruin me and Rip-off Report. I just hung up on him. Little did I realize…. Now you tell me. Is that just coincidence? Ask Sarah Fenske why she never mentioned anything about the glowing reviews she received from the State and Federal agencies she had spoken with? Why did Fenske not mention anything about them in the article ? . It would have given me / Rip-off Report too much credibility, counter to her purpose. Ask Sarah Fenske why she tried to get all the people she called who are on our Corporate Advocacy Program to say something negative. They would not do so, as they all had only positive things to say about the program. One member, concerned about the nature of Fenske’s loaded questions, said she was compelled to call Fenske back to make sure Fenske did not twist her words around. ALL COMPANIES ON THE CORPORATE ADVOCACY PROGRAM MUST AGREE TO GIVE A FULL REFUND.. WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE A DISSATISFIED CONSUMER SATISFIED… Fenske mentioned in her article, that I kept repeating myself. Please convey to her, when I was talking about important relevant matters, she had stopped writing notes from our conversation: Matters such as. - - - The first thing that a company must agree to, in order to join the Corporate Advocacy Program is to provide a refund to anyone that filed a Rip-off Report. The company agrees to allow Rip-off Report to send out an email to everyone, letting them know the company will make things right, whatever it takes. I even supplied Sarah Fenske with sample emails that we sent to other companies. There was no mention of any of this. Fenske erroneously impressed upon the reader, that if a business or person pays Rip-off Report, Rip-off Report will write something positive about them or their company, period. Wrong !. New Times has stated to its “secret sources” and others that Rip-off Report is suing New Times. Who said we were doing that? Maybe it’s something we should be looking into? With regard to the lawyer Fenske quoted, who stated that ED Magedson is an extortionist, doesn’t it seem odd that Fenske never mentioned what company the lawyer was with? I will tell you. Look up on the Internet, Whitney Information or Russ Whitney. Given that information, do you think the lawyer’s quote would not have been as strong or credible? .. You think? What a great investigative newspaper reporting “the truth” to its readers, .. you think? Sarah Fenske never mentioned other people she spoke with to certify the validity of her article. Ask her about Federated Financial - owner Steve Miller and also Chris McFarland who is a disbarred attorney, posing as an attorney that we have evidence of. Search them on Rip-off Report. When Fenske asked me to give her some names of those that hate Rip-off Report, I had told Fenske to talk with Steve Miller and Chris McFarland, one of the biggest instigators of hate and distortion about and against Rip-off Report, who tells other businesses to sue ED Magedson and make claims that ED authored the Reports himself, in order to get around the Communications Decency Act, just as Steve Miller did when he sued Rip-off Report. Fenske told me she was already in contact with Miller. I also offered to Fenske the contact info for all those who claim to be victims of Steve Miller of Federated Financial, one of her sources of information. Fenske quotes Miller but conveniently does not mention his company name so that any half-witted reader could look up that person’s company who is making these claims against me and Rip-off Report. Again, Fenske misled readers and distort ed the truth. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/038/RipOff0038900.htm Then there is John F Brewington. Too much to tell you, but in short, this is another one of Fenske’s reliable sources. So, what do you think Ray? If you were me would you ever cooperate with New Times again? If New Times were any kind of a credible newspaper, the editor and/or the owner of the paper would have called me back when I left word for them to return my call about three days after the Fenske article came out. I am working on an article about all this, and I called to interview her editor and Sarah Fenske. I was told Sarah Fenske and New Times staff do not do interviews. hmmm. New Times never printed any positive comments it had received about Rip-off Report. Many people emailed and called us, saying they have lost total respect for New Times. I was contacted by many people who submitted positive comments to New Times about Rip-off Report and myself.. not one letter/email that was submitted was ever posted. This did not include the submissions from my lawyers and others we know personally who were then outraged further that their letters / comments to the article were ignored. New Times lawyers told our lawyers at Rip-off Report that New Times lost their letters to the editor. None of the negative letters got lost, those got posted. You would think, if your newspaper were credible, that New Times would have contacted me to rectify the article. Think how much respect readers will have for a newspaper admitting the reporter made a mistake. What about a little FACT CHECKING ?!! Something most reputable newspapers do today.. Ray, do you think you made the right move? You may have had issues with the Tribune, which has captured some awards for investigative reporting. Yet there are standards of journalistic integrity that all ethical newspapers, the Tribune included, adhere to. I seriously doubt that the Tribune would have stooped to the purposeful deceit, dishonest spins and malevolent intent exhibited by New Times in its misguided article on Rip-off Report and myself. We all know you cannot always believe what you see on the 6 o’clock or 10 o’clock news, much less the Internet — but one would not expect a local weekly newspaper, known for its uncommonly long narratives, to fervently twist and grind in order to make a sensationalized story. After a while readers catch on. At least on Rip-off Report you’re getting it straight from the horse’s mouth, unedited, where anyone can rebut a submitted Report. Readers can then decide for themselves what the truth is and make their own informed/educated decision. regarding your email to me below… Ray - nothing against you personally, but, I will be glad to assist your newspaper with any article as I have in the past - once New Times rectifies this matter. I believe many readers will have new found respect for New Times. This is the same lesson /concept that our Corporate Advocacy Program members understand and appreciate. It is best to admit wrongdoing or that a mistake was made, and rectify the situation. Be they readers of newspapers or consumers of goods and services, trust is restored when wrongdoing or a mistake is acknowledged and corrected. .. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/167/ripoff0167471.htm So, when the New Times publishes an apology for its one sided journalism and acknowledges all the help we at RipoffReport.com have provided, I will be happy to get you any info you need and continue to help your team in any way I can, as I always have. Sincerely - ED Magedson - Founder EDitor@RipoffReport.com www.ripoffreport.com We are not lawyers. We are not a collection agency. We are Consumer Advocates. …the victims’ advocate WE are Civil and Human Rights Activists We are a Worldwide Consumer Reporting News Agency ..by consumers, for consumers Rip-off Report PO Box 310, Tempe, Arizona 85280 Remember. Don’t let them get away with it!™ Make sure they make the Rip-off Report™ —–Original Message—– From: Ray Stern [mailto:Ray.Stern@newtimes.com] Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:58 PM To: EDitor@ripoffreport.com Subject: Re: New Times - Phoenix requesting assistance - phone call andemail to Rip-off Report - Once I get Of course I had read the story about you and ripoffreport.com, but I would never let the fact that someone might be pissed at me or my newspaper to stand in the way of me calling them for a comment. Whether you withhold info or not that might benefit the public is up to you. Thanks for taking the time to write back. ray From: EDitor@ripoffreport.com [mailto: EDitor@ripoffreport.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 9:47 PM To: EDitor@ripoffreport.com Subject: New Times - Phoenix requesting assistance - phone call and email to Rip-off Report - Once I get a public apology we can talk. Just as I had assisted you and your colleagues for years Ray - - First, I am disappointed that you never addressed my request for New Times to make this right. Second, you say that I am pissed at you. I dont see where I blame you anywhere in my email to you below. Your newspaper needs to take responsibility when a reporter does something wrong. And, if it happened to me, who else is a victim of this same type of distorted journalism? How condescending….! I just cannot believe you responded the way you did. I expected more from you In April, two months ago, without question, I again assisted New Times Dade / Broward County in Florida, along with other New Times papers over the last five months. That is because I am more concerned with consumers being educated and didn’t think twice about sending the information the reporters sought… and at my expense, knowing damn well they will never give us a mention, as usual… a sign of poor and unethical journalism. Now, after thinking about all this, if New Times allows this type of Fenske behavior in Phoenix , I have to ask myself, is this the same editorial mentality throughout the New Times/Village Voice newspapers…since, after the relatively recent merger, they are all under the same ownership/management? Until I am convinced otherwise, I want nothing to do with the New Times/Village Voice papers. Although the truth will eventually be revealed, this action and inaction by Phoenix New Times naturally leads me to conclude that I am not the only victim or sucker. You stated below “Whether you withhold info or not that might benefit the public is up to you.” Withholding information? New Times is in the business of doing that. What part of my email did you not understand? Your odd, “let’s pretend” reply makes me wonder if you even did read my entire email, or if you merely looked at it from your blackberry. If that is the case, I would like to afford you the opportunity to review my email to you once again in its entirety. One would think that a responsible journalist seeking assistance, one who abides by the given standards of his profession, would have thought, “Gee, if that really happened, I can understand why ED is so upset with my employer.” I assure you it all really happened, as well as so many more complex but provable wrongdoings or errors that were not conveyed to you. Does the New Times/Village Voice have a Code of Ethics as does the Arizona Republic? If so, has it been registered with Poynter? ED Magedson - Founder EDitor@RipoffReport.com www.ripoffreport.com From: EDitor@ripoffreport.com [mailto:EDitor@ripoffreport.com] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:30 PM To: Ray.Stern@newtimes.com Subject: SPJ Code of Ethics - New Times - Phoenix requesting assistance - phone call and email to Rip-off Report - Once I get a public apology we can talk. Just as I had assisted you and your colleagues for years Ray Stern Phoenix new Times FYI The entire SPJ Code of Ethics is attached. . Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. — Identify sources whenever feasible. The public is entitled to as much information as possible on sources’ reliability. — Always question sources’ motives before promising anonymity. Clarify conditions attached to any promise made in exchange for information. Keep promises. — Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context. —Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived. Be Accountable Journalists are accountable to their readers, listeners, viewers and each other. Journalists should: — Clarify and explain news coverage and invite dialogue with the public over journalistic conduct. — Encourage the public to voice grievances against the news media. — Admit mistakes and correct them promptly. — Expose unethical practices of journalists and the news media. — Abide by the same high standards to which they hold others. ED Magedson www.ripoffreport.com
Police Blotter: Dark side of 'reputation defending' service Last modified: June 29, 2007, 11:27 AM PDT By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com Police Blotter is a weekly News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: A company claiming to remove defamatory comments about clients from the Internet is found liable for defamation and making death threats. When: Arizona federal judge rules on June 21. Outcome: Preliminary injunction granted against DefamationAction.com and ComplaintRemover.com. What happened, according to court documents: Companies like DefendMyMagedson said, and a judge eventually agreed, that William Stanley (behind DefamationAction.com and ComplaintRemover.com) sent him a series of threats demanding that uncomplimentary information be deleted from RipOffReport. An example: "This letter is being sent to you in the name of more than 500 businesses. No matter where you go, we will cause you a problem. Your life is in danger until you comply with our demands. This is your last warning." Stanley also made statements that, unless true, would be libelous including calling RipOffReport's Magedson: "one of the most notorious and prolific extortionists on the Internet today," a "scumbag," a "fugitive," a "wanted criminal...with a track record of fraudulent activity," a "con man," a "career criminal," and an individual who engages in "blackmail schemes." Stanley appears on the Register of Known Spam Operations. Also, Stanley is alleged to have targeted Xcentric's business partners, including Prolexic, which provides Internet security services, saying it would be sued and harassed unless it ceased doing business with Xcentric. The marketing firm Professional Media Group, used by Xcentric, was also drawn in, and the site PGMIsucks.com created. Some business partners terminated their relationships with Xcentric as a result. RipOffReport's Magedson replied by saying he had hired the law firm of Jaburg & Wilk and was going to file a lawsuit. In response, Stanley created the Web site JaburgWilkSucks.com that calls the firm "Internet extortionists." On May 11, U.S. District Judge Neil Wake in Arizona granted a restraining order against Stanley, prohibiting him from sending threats and harassing Xcentric's business partners. The restraining order also applied to the other defendants, Robert Russo (behind DefendMyName.com), the Defamation Action League, and the Internet Defamation League. Name.com have recently been treated to a flurry of positive news articles describing how they help paying clients remove embarrassing information from the Internet. The Wall Street Journal refers to "success stories of customers who have buried snippy blog comments" and an ensuing Slashdot thread was titled "companies that clean up bad online reputations." A court ruling last week, however, revealed the dark side of how some of these companies work. Arizona resident Ed Magedson is the manager of Xcentric Ventures, which operates RipOffReport.com, a clearinghouse where disgruntled customers can post freely about how much they hate a company, its products, or the people who work for it. As you might imagine, RipOffReport has become something of a magnet not only for frustrated consumers, but also the reputation-defending services that can charge up to a few hundred dollars a year to try to clean up someone's name (or business name) online. It didn't seem to makeExcerpts from what Wake ruled was an illegally threatening e-mail message from Stanley in February 2007: This letter is being sent to you in the name of more than 500 businesses. No matter where you go, we will cause you a problem. Your life is in danger until you comply with our demands. This is your last warning. Your neighbors already know about your criminal dealings and how you are making many people loose (sic) their business. You will soon be beaten to a pulp and pounced into the ground six feet under with a baseball bat and sleg (sic) hammer. You will soon be sorry not just from what I am capable of doing to you, but what other members will do as soon as they know exactly where you are. Its (sic) just a matter of time until I get to you. Here is what you can do to save your life. But you must act imidiatly (sic). Make what ever deal it takes, you must comply. You have the previous list of companies that you need to remove from Rip-off Report. We know you hold the power. We know you have that list. You were provided an additional list several hours ago. It's too late for anything that we discussed today. No more deal. No more playing Mr. Nice Guy. Now you must delete any of our members from your data base who have reports listed on any search engine. If not, BVA will drop you with in 24 hours. We will make thier (sic) life misrable (sic) like we have with Prolexic and gigenet. They don't like you either. We now know who your host is and the IP address to your servers. Those you do business with will be in danger and will be continusily (sic) be harassed till they stop doing business with you. We are contacting your advertisers. We will continue to spam you making it impossible for you to read your mail. much of a difference. In a ruling on June 21, Wake said that "Stanley violated the temporary restraining order by knowingly sending spam e-mails that falsely disparaged...Jaburg & Wilk." Wake also noted that the site JaburgWilkSucks.com was created after the initial restraining order was granted. In an ironic twist for Stanley's company, which purports to remove libelous statements from the Internet, Wake ruled: "Stanley committed the tort of libel by publishing online false statements that the attorneys at Jaburg & Wilk are 'partners in slime' and that Speth is an 'unethical attorney,' an 'Internet extortionist,' and a "partner in the ripoff report extortion scam.' The statements were published in at least reckless disregard of their falsity." For good measure, Wake also ruled that Stanley sent unlawful threats to Magedson, unlawfully interfered with Xcentric's business relationships, invaded Magedson's privacy rights by placing him in a false light, and committed copyright infringement as well. Excerpts from a second threatening message sent the same day: We warned you ed magedson. Did you hear the gun shots last night? Because of you innocent people will die. Your tenants, family members and those that work with you. Think we're joking? I told you that your site will be down and it is. That is all we want and we will not hurt anyone. If ripoff report moves again to new hosting facilities you will not like what we will do next. Your home will burn. Those around you will burn. Do not expect any help from the police. Once you have completed with our first list we demand you remove we will give you another list on Saturday and every Saturday from this day forward and you will have 6 hours to do the same from the time we give you that list on each and every Saturday. If the Links work after the 6 there will be a man hunt for you. We know where you shop. We know where you bank. Greenfield and Broadway, Greenfield and Main. Are we getting closer ED? What about Basha's at Higley and Brown?
Google settles a class action with 90 million dollars. Just as good an opening as can be expected for Rip-Off Reports. I was in Canada at a Storesonline Conference and in attendance were three police from Phone Busters,this moved me to check Rip-Off Reports. RIP-OFF REPORTS was so supportive of Storesonline I ventured into a whole new series of Rip-Off portals and I found Scam review sites, and now more than ever I am dubious of everyone on the Internet. I think the only innocent party in this story is the dog who did not show up for his hamburger. I would not place bets on who ate it either Ed or the reporter from the Phoenix Times. This reporting did not have any meat to it irrelevantly .Who cares about Madgedson's peculiar habits,RIPOFFS is the Main attraction not dog food. Then again Phoenix reporters may have dry humour !The Real Rip-Off report is still an enigma... IS The INTERNET a WIDOW To a WHOLE WIDE WORLD of DOG EAT DOG and RIP OFF ARTISTS ? PREY TELL !
Unless, these lawsuits have been settled outside of court, ripoffreport.com (ROR) will finally have a jury decide if he can continue to allow FALSE and LIBELOUS post to appear on his site, in light of the fact that he edits the reports and makes complaint appear even harsher than they actually are. HyCite Corp. v. badbusinessbureau.com, 418 F. Supp. 1142 (D. Arizona 2005) (The Plaintiff properly alleged RICO (racketeering activity) as it relates to removal or editing of ripoffreports). George S. May International Co. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC, 409 F. Supp. 2d 1052 (N.D. Ill. 2006) (Plaintiff whose reputation was tarnished by allegations of fraud and child pornography could properly bring the action in Illinois) Also, badbusinessbureau.com is located in St. Kitts for the sole purpose of avoiding service in a US court. Does this sound like a legitimate company to you?
What goes around comes around! Ripoffreport.com (ROR) has allow individuals to be harrassed by allows BLATANT lies to remain on its site and now they are being harrassed. I don't think ripoffreport.com would find a sympathetic jury in light of the nonsense it allows to be posted on its site. For instance, do a search and you will actually find a report from a woman who wasn't allow to leave messages for her husband at work. She basically bad-mouthed the company itself because her husband would not speak with her. What kind of legitimacy can a site like ripoffreport.com have if it would allow a company's reputation to be ruined because of some crazy ex-wife.
http://extortionnews.googlepages.com/Xcentric-Complaint.pdf http://extortionnews.googlepages.com/Xcentric_-_Complaint.pdf http://extortionnews.googlepages.com/Xcentric_-_Exhibit_A_to_Complaint.pdf http://extortionnews.googlepages.com/Xcentric_TRO_and_Order_Setting_Preli.pdf This is the TRO asked for. http://extortionnews.googlepages.com/StanleyTRO.pdf This is the revised TRO allowing for free speech. One only has to Google "ED Magedson" to see the hundreds of extortion complaints against him and the Ripoffreport. Most of what is in this complaint is complete fantacy by Ed Magedson in an effort to sway the Judge on how persucuted he is. This TRO is a victory for free speech as it looks like the Judge did some Research on the history of Speth and Magedson and allowed the websites to stay up. It is not like DefamationAction is the only ones who claims Ed Magedson and Speth are Extorting folks. This ruling is a victory for free speech and for all victims of the RipoffReport. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DefamationAction Denies making death threats to Ed Magedson. In all likelihood the Death Threat letters were made by Ed Magedson himself. DefamationAction stands by it's allagation that Maria Speth is a partner in the Ripoffreport Extortion Scam. DefamationAction regrets that Robert was named in this suit as Robert has nothing to do with DefamationAction in anyway whatsoever. Speth only named Robert as a pawn to get to me. William Stanley. visit http://www.DefamationAction.com for more Information http://www.ComplaintRemover.com http://www.mariaspeth.com/ http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-02-01/news/the-real-rip-off-report/ Story on ED http://www.goodbusinessbureau.com/ http://www.bad-business-rip-off.com/ http://www.ezripofflawsuit.com/ This is a protest site by the http://www.jaburgwilksucks.com/ http://www.mariacrimispeth.com/
I am appalled at a group claiming to be a consumer advocacy group, allowing real victims to be re-victimized on a site with lies and posts other false information. Ripoffreport.com was a good site when it allowed consumers to post REAL concerns about a product or service you purchased. Now, the site is a joke. Most of the information on the site is fake and people know this so they post more fake information. To legitimatize ripoffreport.com, they need to do the following: If a business or individual PROVES that a ripoffreport is fake, it should be removed upon NOTIFICATION. No one is requiring Magedson or ripoffreport.com to VERIFY each and every report. Consumers are asking only that he REMOVE reports that are proved false. The question many may ask: how can you prove a report is false if it is based upon opinion. Well, if the report contains information that can be proven or disproven then delete the questionable information upon proof that it is erroneous. For instance, I saw a ripoffreport where a lady was called a child molester. If that person contacted ripoffreport and produced her criminal background which contained no such information, the report should be removed until the original poster provides proof of his or her allegation. Yes, this creates additional work, but it also would give the site back its credibility. As it stands, this site is one solely geared towards revenge. I used to post reports notifying consumers of bankrupt companies, companies that will not honor their customer service policy and so forth. Now, I don't feel comfortable posting even helpful information on that site. Any site that would allow false and hurtful information to stand is not a site I would like to be involved. Ripoffreport's dispute with Federated Financial is an utter embarrassment to both Federated and to ripoffreport.com. The dispute is laughable because both parties are in the wrong: If Ripoffreport.com believes it has done nothing wrong, why avoid service. Just go to court and fight on first amendment grounds. If Federated knows it did not do anything wrong to customers, why not just post the correct information and then fight the matter in court. Instead, Federated and these other companies are posting the same thing over and over again: Magedson is a criminal, ripoffreport.com is down, defamationleague is going to get ripoffreport. This sounds like a kindergarten fight. A good business does not have to be concerned with reports on ripoffreport if they know they are engaged in lawful business practices. A consumer advocate site that is doing the right thing doesn't have to hide from the law. Sadly, consumers need legitimate advocates and, other than people like Ralph Nader and a few consumer advocate lawfirms, you don't have them getting the help that they need. With the proliferation of the internet, consumer fraud has ESCALATED and ripoffreport.com (a supposed protecter from consumer fraud) has not reduced the fraudulent activity. Perhaps, if ripoffreport.com, cleaned house and removed the silly fights and other non-sense, people would again refer to it when it needs to research a company. As it stands, no one in their right mind would trust any information on ripoffreport.com
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It seems odd to me that Oliver is posting both here and in Scam.com where it became very clear he is Edward Magedson. I guess Oliver is the sum total of the Friends of Ed Magedson. Couldn’t he actually find someone that doesn’t find what he does repugnant?
Ed wanted $44,000.00 and a $1500.00 a month fee. That is nothing like cox cable. the complaint on Rip Off report was not even about my company. If I paid that then another one would pop up and then I can be extorted twice by ED or whomever else wants money. Just extort it. Ed Magedson bitches about George Bush, but acts just like he accuses our President. Eddy thinks that George Bush acts with any truth. Is that not the whole basis of ripoff report. Ed meddles in the affairs of all types of companies just like Bush messing with all types of countries foreign policy. Ed you are hypocrite just like most left wing liberals. You want free money.
Well it is pretty obvious that Oliver is ED Magedson, Don,t worry he plays sock puppets all the time on Forums. Look ED. NO ONE wants to pay you. You are not "helping" anyone. You are what you are and everyone knows what that is. Learn to be a better person. The Defamation Action League is going to "help" you. Bill Stanley DefamationAction.com
What was Magedson trying to charge you for? It seems like every time anyone is asked to pay something, they always say "I've been extorted!!!" Ya know, I pay like $140/mo to Cox Cable and that feels 10000% like extortion to me (plus their service SUCKS), but sadly what Cox does isn't really within the definition of extortion. So, why do you say you have been extorted for five years? If Magedson asked you for money in order to help you, I can see that maybe you would prefer help for free, but that doesn't make it extortion. If you had a company which got complaints on RipoffReport.com, why not just post a rebuttal which explains your side of the story? That doesn't cost a dime, but of course you would have to get off your @ss and make an effort...so that part maybe sucks for you. If you were really the victim of extortion, call the police. If not, you're really not doing any service to anyone to get on here and cry wolf.
I have been extorted by Ed for close to 5 years now. Our first 7 conversations were long and he was nice, but Ed wanted $44k and $1500 monthly fee. The complaints were about another company with a similar business model. When I did'nt pay Everything changed.They went on the offensive! If you did a google on my company you would find at the top of the page false and hurtful postings. He even added his on comments as well as personal info on kids, dogs, and anything else you can think of. I will still never pay Ed a dime, but that cost me. Ed's site is a powerful monster and it makes him fell god like. I feel bad for anyone that crosses path with ripoffreport.com. One day justice will be served. Great story by the way. You captured Ed's real personality.
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Ed Magedson Rip-offreport.com Frank Torelli aka Danny Scalf ,the failing actor,Les Henderson Danny Scalf posts on repoff under Frank Torelli recored many calls taking direction from ED Magedson, he has been hailed into US ditrict court in orlando fl March 18-21 come listen to the tapes and meet Danny Scalf and listen to the direct link of recorded ,incriminating calls with Ed Magedson of Rip-offreport.com If you have wondered if they make up stories come listen to the unbelievable damage they do to companies in order to extort money from them later