Many obstacles have prevented me from regaining access to these blogs, until now. I will continue to write. March 8, 2008 at 3:01 P.M.
Alan Feuer, "Four Charged With Running Online Prostitution Ring," in The New York Times, March 7, 2008, at p. B3.
"Federal authorities arrested four people Thursday on charges of running an online prostitution ring that served clients in New York, Paris and other cities and took in more than $1 MILLION in profits over four years."
More like five million "clean." Probably and allegedly. (Compare "One of New Jersey's Highly Ethical Attorneys Has a Problem" with "New Jersey's Legal System is a Whore House" and "We don't know from nothing!")
"The ring, known as the Emperor's Club V.I.P., had 50 prostitutes available for appointments in New York, Washington, Miami, London and Paris, according to a complaint unsealed in Federal District Court in Manhattan. The appointments, made by telephone or through ... an online booking service, cost $1,000 to $5,000 an hour and could be paid for with cash, credit card, wire transfer or money orders, the complaint said."
Let's guess about what jurisdiction serves as home base for this operation, boys and girls. Where do you think the powers-that-be know how to cooperate with ... shall we say, "business enterprises"? You guessed it:
"According to the office of the United States attorney in Manhattan, MARK BRENER, 62, of New Jersey, was the leader of the ring, but delegated day-to-day business responsibilities to CECIL SUWAL, 23, also of New Jersey. The office said that Ms. Suwal controlled the bank accounts, took applications from prospective prostitutes" -- let me guess, you need two references to good character? -- "and oversaw two booking agents, identified by the authorities as Temeka Rachelle Lewis, 32, of Brooklyn, and Tanya Hollander, 36, of Rhinebeck, N.Y."
It is rumored that minors, including pre-teens were available for additional fees, though this is neither confirmed nor denied at this time by anyone. (See again: "We don't know from nothing!" and "Judges Protect Child Molesters in Bayonne, New Jersey.")
They are worried about my ethics at the offices of the OAE, not about the lawyers and crooked politicians who must have helped to make this operation viable. You people in Trenton -- including the members of the most corrupt state Supreme Court in the country -- make decent people everywhere sick to their stomachs. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
New Jersey's legal bosses and crooked judges usually require 10-15% off the top for protection, allegedly, plus an occasional show of hospitality towards visiting dignitaries and "bosses." I knew a prominent N.J. "businessperson" who assured me that he could obtain any documents necessary in New Jersey for a reasonable fee within 10 to 14 days. I believe him. (See "One of New Jersey's Highly Ethical Attorneys Has a Problem" and "New Jersey's Legal System is a Whore House.")
Illegal aliens who visited my office usually acquired valid legal documents with names of choice on them. It was assumed that "all-American" names were less likely to call attention from the authorities. I was amused to discover people with names like "Thomas Jefferson" or "John Henry" who spoke no English. Movie star names were also "feasible." When you run into a brown-skinned person, who speaks no English and whose driver's license identifies him as "Brad Pitt," you'll know what I mean. Still $1,500.00 for a driver's license in North Bergen's DMV office? More if you go to Wayne? Or have they closed the office in North Bergen? For $5,000 you can be called "George W. Bush"?
Wouldn't it be a hoot to discover that several owners of these shady websites or "shared addresses" have visited my sites? Perhaps there is more interest in philosophy than I suspected in New Jersey's legal sewers. Ethics?
"For its most valued clients, the Emperor's Club offered membership in the elite 'Icon Club,' with hourly fees starting at $5,500, according to the federal complaint. The club also offered clients the opportunity to purchase direct access to a prostitute without having to contact the agency."
The prostitute in that situation probably still has to pay "overhead." These two "persons" are each looking at 25 years in the can. The authorities are said to be sitting on several middle level players and to have hooks in a few more higher ups. I suggest that we look for more arrests soon, together with seemingly unrelated indictments of more prominent political figures in the Garden State on money laundering charges. Senator Bob? No wonder they're inserting new "errors" in my essays. Whenever you see attacks on these writings and new "errors" arising, mysteriously, it usually means that the pressure is rising in Trenton.
The feds are going to sit on a few of these goons hoping that, eventually, they'll develop a condition known as "verbal diarrhoea." The goal is for these suspects to "splatter" (as it were) as many N.J. judges and politicians as possible. Quite a few New Jerseyeans are in the federal pooper scooper already. There's more coming. I will profile more New Jersey judges and legal figures in the weeks and months ahead. I will make some field trips to observe proceedings in New Jersey court rooms and report on all of the rules being violated by judges, providing dates and times, along with the names of offenders in judicial robes. Am I getting through to you, Stuart?
Oh, here is another little tid-bit. A man named "JUAN PABLO RAMOS, 33, who lived in Edgewater, N.J., but worked out of [an Upper East Side] apartment, the authorities said," was arrested on Wednesday. This businessman is alleged to have operated a "heroin mill out of an apartment building opposite a middle school on the Upper East Side."
Cubanoid? Anti-Castro activist? Court officers and others -- including street-level dealers -- were part of this operation, made possible (allegedly) by the protection afforded by the authorities in New Jersey to a multistate operation only "fronted" in Manhattan, which is aimed at your kids. Thank goodness N.Y. cops made the bust. Perhaps the next time we see Mr. Ramos he will be called, "George Clooney."
Anahad O'Connor, "Police Arrest Seven as Members of Heroin Ring," in The New York Times, March 8, 2008, at p. B2.
It will not help with this "gentleman's" defense that "Mr. Ramos was arrested on Wednesday as he was taking about $100,000.00 worth of heroin from a safe and packaging it."
Perhaps when he was seized by constables, Mr. Ramos expressed shock and said: "Hey, how did dat get there? Geez ..."
Senator Bob is expected to say that he is generally "against crime." Have a lovely weekend in Trenton. Please remember that I'm always thinking of you.
