Jeremy Swisher is a no good scum of the earth THIEF

ilovekershaws said:
Christine called me back and said that since this happened over the internet and there are multiple victims, this might be something for the feds to look into. For now though, anyone scammed should file a local report.
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Did the sheriff's office direct you to Christine, who directed you to a federal office? How do you file a local report in that case?
 
Make_it_work said:
Did the sheriff's office direct you to Christine, who directed you to a federal office? How do you file a local report in that case?
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I called the Franklin County Sheriff's office who directed me to Christine who told me to file a local report. She brought up the feds getting involved but didn't say who to contact. It sounded like first thing is to get the local report filed and sent to her so she can work off of that. The Franklin County Sheriff also told me that we should file with our own local authorities and then if the local authorities need help, they'll reach out to the Franklin County Sheriff's office.
 
Christine suggested that we find a central point of contact among ourselves and assemble the evidence, to file federal. I am assembling my evidence (showing loss, correspondence, so-called "passed away") for my case. Perhaps you (the larger group) can post when you have done the same for your case, and we'll see how many there are. BTW, her telephone number is 636-583-8933 (differs from earlier number given in thread).
 
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I filed a case with the local police. I was told that as others file locally, the cases will be "matched" to allow it go to the next level (federal) as appropriate. I included evidence of 1) original ad; 2) correspondence; 3) evidence of payment; 4) response to my e-mail that Jeremy "passed away"; 5) past MODOC record. I have a case and dispatch number, and will share with parole officer as soon as the report is ready.

BTW, I set up a google drive folder for cases, where I will be putting mine. PM me if you want to include yours and I can send you a link and upload yours. Please, only for people who have a case to report.
 
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Update on my end: I spoke with my LE but they wouldn't file a report. I live in unincorporated Los Angeles county so I spoke to LA County sheriffs and their view was that if we had entered any kind of agreement online then it's on us (the consumers) to go through the appropriate ways of handling and securing a transaction or else we're screwed. I tried explaining about how Jeremy Swisher's parole agent told me and others in this forum to get a police report and the sheriffs basically said they won't do it because there's no way to prove anything from my side (though I have emails, transaction records, etc.) and the parole agent should be able to do their job and figure out if Jeremy broke his parole terms (which all of these phony Bladeforums scam transactions would be). So TLDR my LE wasn't helpful and I think I'm out the $190 and hours of frustration with this but at least I learned a valuable lesson. Hope the rest of you guys who got scammed will have better luck when you try to file your reports.
 
ilovekershaws said:
Update on my end: I spoke with my LE but they wouldn't file a report. I live in unincorporated Los Angeles county so I spoke to LA County sheriffs and their view was that if we had entered any kind of agreement online then it's on us (the consumers) to go through the appropriate ways of handling and securing a transaction or else we're screwed. I tried explaining about how Jeremy Swisher's parole agent told me and others in this forum to get a police report and the sheriffs basically said they won't do it because there's no way to prove anything from my side (though I have emails, transaction records, etc.) and the parole agent should be able to do their job and figure out if Jeremy broke his parole terms (which all of these phony Bladeforums scam transactions would be). So TLDR my LE wasn't helpful and I think I'm out the $190 and hours of frustration with this but at least I learned a valuable lesson. Hope the rest of you guys who got scammed will have better luck when you try to file your reports.
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A bit ridiculous since you don't have to prove anything at this point, you just have to document that you think you have been wronged. The proof comes in a court of law or other means. Internet scams can be reported to:

reportfraud.ftc.gov

Report Fraud

Protect your community by reporting fraud, scams, and bad business practices
reportfraud.ftc.gov reportfraud.ftc.gov

Or with the District Attorney (depending on your county):

District Attorney Roster | CDAA

www.cdaa.org www.cdaa.org
 
You should still contact the Franklin Co MO Sheriff and Ms Castelli
ilovekershaws said:
Update on my end: I spoke with my LE but they wouldn't file a report. I live in unincorporated Los Angeles county so I spoke to LA County sheriffs and their view was that if we had entered any kind of agreement online then it's on us (the consumers) to go through the appropriate ways of handling and securing a transaction or else we're screwed. I tried explaining about how Jeremy Swisher's parole agent told me and others in this forum to get a police report and the sheriffs basically said they won't do it because there's no way to prove anything from my side (though I have emails, transaction records, etc.) and the parole agent should be able to do their job and figure out if Jeremy broke his parole terms (which all of these phony Bladeforums scam transactions would be). So TLDR my LE wasn't helpful and I think I'm out the $190 and hours of frustration with this but at least I learned a valuable lesson. Hope the rest of you guys who got scammed will have better luck when you try to file your reports.
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Pete1977 said:
You should still contact the Franklin Co MO Sheriff and Ms Castelli
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I did. The Franklin Co Sheriff weren't super helpful to me; all they did was tell me to work with Christine Castelli who told me to get in touch with my local LE. Like I said though, I couldn't get a report filed and that seems to be the only thing that Christine and the Franklin Co Sheriff will work off of (at least in my experience)
 
I would suggest everyone file an online complaint with the state attorney general in the state this swisher guy resides.
 
Typically, especially in the COVOID Age of sharply reduced resources, a law enforcment agency is going to require proof amounting to "probable cause" to believe a crime within it's jurisdiction has been committed before taking any action. AS for "filing a report," that's a new one on me. Our local department "takes" reports, and then decides whether further action is warranted.

If this person set this up over the Internet with the intent not to deliver, which would be evidenced by a pattern of non-performance, it is arguably Wire Fraud. According to the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Resource Manual Section 941.18 U.S.C. 1343 cites these as the key elements of wire fraud: “1) that the defendant voluntarily and intentionally devised or participated in a scheme to defraud another out of money; 2) that the defendant did so with the intent to defraud; 3) that it was reasonably foreseeable that interstate wire communications would be used; and 4) that interstate wire communications were in fact used."

As of 2018, the average federal sentence imposed for Wire Fraud fell between 20-24 months in prison, plus restitution if there was actual loss.

As a practical matter, again given limited respources, the feds (FBI) are more likely to prosecute a wire fraud case as the amount at stake increases.
 
PayPal refunded my $, and b/c I don't really want to get the feds involved in an interstate transfer of an otf I am going to stay out of it, but hopefully those of you who didn't get refunds can get some relief!
 
Tryoically, especially in the COVOID Age of sharply reduced resources, a law enforcment agency is going to require proof amounting to "probable cause" to believe a crime within it's jurisdiction has been committed before taking any action. AS for "filing a report," that's a new one on me. Our local department "takes" reports, and then decides whether further action is waranted. \

If this person set this up over the Internet with the intent not to deliver, which would be evidenced by a pattern of non-performance, it is arguably Wire Fraud. According to the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Resource Manual Section 941.18 U.S.C. 1343 cites these as the key elements of wire fraud: “1) that the defendant voluntarily and intentionally devised or participated in a scheme to defraud another out of money; 2) that the defendant did so with the intent to defraud; 3) that it was reasonably foreseeable that interstate wire communications would be used; and 4) that interstate wire communications were in fact used."

As of 2018, the average federal sentence imposed for Wire Fraud fell between 20-24 months in prison.

As a practical matter, again given limited respources, the feds (FBI) are more likely to prosecute a wire fraud case as the amount at stake increases.
fishface5 said:
PayPal refunded my $, and b/c I don't really want to get the feds involved in an interstate transfer of an otf I am going to stay out of it, but hopefully those of you who didn't get refunds can get some relief!
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Prudent, given the law basically prohibiting sending a "switchblade" or "butterfly" knife across state lines, as Spyderco discovered to its sorrow.
 
I must be one of the lucky ones. I bought a Kershaw Launch 2 from him and it was delivered today. He was using the screen name of W -reed2 but he must have just been banned because there is no longer a record of that user name. Here's a picture of the USPS label with his full address.
 
Your black redacting is see through boss
 
Dickens said:
I must be one of the lucky ones. I bought a Kershaw Launch 2 from him and it was delivered today. He was using the screen name of W -reed2 but he must have just been banned because there is no longer a record of that user name. Here's a picture of the USPS label with his full address.
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Here you go, you know in case you want to delete your image that isn't actually redacted.

ETA: On second thought I will not post the image myself. I have PMed it to you so you can use it or not at your discretion.
 
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