2023 - Frank Report

Parcel-0-#4: Give Niagara Falls Mayor a Gold Statue But Let NFR Build Data Center

by Guest View

February 8, 2023

FR is investigating an unusual eminent domain taking in Niagara Falls New York. This is part #4 in a series examining the City’s effort to take a property that the owner wants to develop, announcing the move to take the property shortly…

NXIVM

Kevin Pushes Back on Those Attacking Danielle Roberts, Brandon Porter

by Guest View

February 8, 2023

Kevin OK. Suppose Keith is not “the smartest man in the world,” and someone gave their credit card and spent thousands of dollars on NXIVM courses, OK, forget buyer beware. Forget that these were adults who decided to give NXIVM a try,…

Criminal Justice·General·Law enforcement·Legal Issues

New York State Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castorina, Jr.

Spectrum NY1 News Laid Foundation for Judge Castorina Perjury: Developments Point to Rock Solid Case, Potential Criminal Investigation

by Frank Parlato

February 7, 2023

Yes, you can say Richard Luthmann was, maybe still is, a savage. He was rude, crude, mean, and a terror and this is often not something to be admired. But Luthmann paid the price for it, in prison -four years. And maybe…

General

Man Who Attacked Raniere Transferred to High-Security USP Terre Haute, Possibly CMU

by Frank Parlato

February 7, 2023

Maurice Adonis Withers could have fared better after attacking Keith Alan Raniere. The BOP removed Adonis from USP Tucson and sent him to USP Terre Haute. There is a Communications Management Unit there. The BOP designed CMUs to prevent terrorists and high-risk…

General

Part # 2 Motion to Dismiss: Plaintiffs Allege Clare Bronfman Responsible for Raniere’s False Claims About Himself, Teachings

by Frank Parlato

February 7, 2023

The case is Sarah Edmondson et al, v Keith Raniere et al. The venue is the US District Court in the Eastern District of NY. The judge is US District Court Judge Eric R. Komitee. A hearing was held on February 1,…

General

Hearing: Motions to Dismiss in Edmondson v Raniere: PT #1 Clare Bronfman RICO

by Frank Parlato

February 6, 2023

The case is Sarah Edmondson et al, v Keith Raniere et al. The venue is the US District Court in the Eastern District of NY. The judge is Us Dsitrict Court Judge Eric R. Komitee. A hearing was held on the afternoon of…

General

More Hard ‘Data’ on Flatley vs. Booth and How It Points to Perjury and Tampering

by Frank Parlato

February 5, 2023

I published FBI Ethics: What Did Flatley Say About Metadata; Was It Different than Booth? A commenter asked, “Frank, do you think this evidence gives Keith Raniere a chance to walk? Or get his sentence reduced?” I answered whether Raniere walks or not…

General

Back By Popular Demand: The Tender Ghanaian Love Story of Nancy and Ronnie

by Frank Parlato

February 4, 2023

Ever since FR reported that FBI Senior Forensic Examiner Stephen Flatley was rumored to have gone to Ghana, there has been renewed interest in that land of the hippopotamus, the elephant, and the African giant snail; where the civet and the antelope…

General·The Movement Center

Back to the Swami Chetananda, Who Will Henceforward be Called J. Michael Shoemaker

by Frank Parlato

February 4, 2023

I have not written about J. Michael Shoemaker AKA Swami Chetanananda lately, because I have been busy. I have had some interesting sources bring me a lot of new information about him. And I plan to trot this out. Among the reams of…

General

FBI Ethics: What Did Flatley Say About Metadata; Was It Different than Booth?

by Frank Parlato

February 3, 2023

Keith Raniere went on trial on May 7, 2019. A jury convicted him on June 19, 2019, of, among other charges, racketeering, with predicate acts of possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of a minor. For this article, I am uninterested…

General

Wife of Texas Prisoner Asks That Prisons Stop Treating Gang Dropouts Worse Than Active Gang Members

by Richard Luthmann

February 3, 2023

Frank Report received this communication from Honey Grieb. Her husband is in the SHU more or less permanently. Which means he is in lockdown between 23-24 hours per day. He is there, it appears, for his own protection. In her letter, she…

General

Appointment of Incompetent Special Prosecutor for Luthmann By Design

by Frank Parlato

February 2, 2023

Frank Report is investigating the prosecution of Richard Luthmann in New York State in 2018 for criminal impersonation. His crime, it appears, was that he took to Facebook and created pages in several politicians’ names, then lampooned them. One of the targets…

General

What Came First: the Data Center or Events Center on Parcel 0? Is Someone at City Hall Lying?

by Frank Parlato

February 2, 2023

This is #4 in the Parcel 0 series. The Parcel 0 series covers the battle between Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino and Niagara Falls Redevelopment LLC. Manhattan billionaire and philanthropist Howard Milstein owns NFR. Marketing guru Roger Trevino runs NFR locally. The…

General

García Luna Faces Tough, Maybe Impossible Odds, Because He Is on Trial While in Custody at MDC

by Richard Luthmann

February 2, 2023

Frank Report’s Richard Luthmann provided commentary on one of Mexico’s most prominent media outlets, Milenio TV, on the trial of former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna. Mexico’s former “Top Cop” is on trial in Brooklyn Federal Court. Luthmann describes the…

General

Parcel 0 -#2: Battle Between Niagara Falls Mayor & Developer Is on Over 12 Acres of Land– Meet the Combatants

by Frank Parlato

February 1, 2023

Part #2 on Parcel 0. This is Part #2 of a series on Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino’s attempt to force the sale of 12 acres of a private company’s land to develop an events center and park project that the City…

General

Guards Raid Raniere’s Cell Find Razor; May Be Moved to Midwest Prison for Muslim Terrorists to Mute Communications During Rule 33

by Richard Luthmann

February 1, 2023

On December 21, USP Tucson guards raided Keith Raniere’s cell and seized contraband – a razor. A lieutenant signed off on a disciplinary violation. It may have been the final shave – the needed excuse – that will lead Raniere out of…

General

FR Investigates Condemnation; Niagara Falls Mayor, Developer Fight Over Right-to-Own ‘Parcel Zero’

by Frank Parlato

January 31, 2023

Frank Report looks into a case of eminent domain – the power of government to condemn private property for public purposes through a forced sale, with the sale price determined through a trial with a judge and jury. A Niagara Falls case…

General

Luthmann: At Brooklyn MDC, I Was a ‘Jailhouse Lawyer’ For Gangsters Paid in Fish

by Richard Luthmann

January 30, 2023

By Richard Luthmann Everybody in prison has a story. My story is I set up a “Law Office” in the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC). I literally went from being a “Lincoln Lawyer” on the street to being a “Jailhouse Lawyer” while…

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