Shmuel Shmueli Says We Lie
This week the extraordinary conman Shmuel Shmueli contacted this publication to inform us that we told “lies” about him and “distorted” and “manipulated facts in amazing ways”.…
Raniere wants to control wealth for humankind’s sake Claims to have people killed for their beliefs
By Frank Parlato NXIVM has 12 “commandments” which followers pledge to observe. Number 11 refers to money. Followers “pledge to ethically control as much of the money, wealth, and resources of the world as possible,” since “it is essential for the survival…
Who Escrows Proceeds From a Theft? … Get Real!
(As published in the Niagara Falls Reporter, Dec. 3 2015) In the present case against Frank Parlato, it had been reported that the one million dollars the developer allegedly defrauded the Bronfman sisters out of was held by Parlato in escrow pending…
The Cult of NXIVM Series: Keith Raniere, Self-Proclaimed Smartest Man In the World and Spiritually Evolved Guru
By Frank Parlato Dec 3, 2015 I lived and worked with NXIVM for several months as their round-the-clock consultant, staying in their properties and communicating closely day and night with their top officials. That included leaders Keith Raniere, hypnotist and president of…
Conman Extraordinaire Shmuel Shmueli Comes to One Niagara
By Frank Parlato Dec 3, 2015 This week we return to the extraordinary conman Shmuel Shmueli, who defrauded dozens of local lawyers along the way to making me his chief victim. Born April 9, 1951, in Israel, Shmueli came to the…
Parlato Pleads ‘Not Guilty’, after Turning Down Plea Deal
By Staff of Niagara Falls Reporter (The following report is based on news media reports, sometimes using the exact language of published reports, documents in the public domain, and documents made available to the Reporter from various sources and interviews.) By Staff…
Bronfman, Raniere Need Investigating Themselves
By Frank Parlato Nov 12, 2015 Hacking into people’s emails, phone records, bank accounts, bribing Mexican judges and politicians, massive tax evasion, secreting $10 million into the US in cash from Mexico, bringing illegal aliens across the border at Niagara Falls, then…
Shmueli, a Master at Deception, Schemes to Defraud Dozens of Local Lawyers
Has US Attorney Done Due Diligence on Their Source of the Parlato Investigation? By Frank Parlato A hall of fame of lawyers? Yes. A question: What do attorneys Joseph Zdarsky, David Gutkowki, Steven Cohen, Corey Hogan, John LaFalce, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, …
FBI Should Investigate Bronfmans and Cult Leader Keith Raniere
Followers, mostly female, have described Raniere as a “soft-spoken, humble genius” and some of these consider him to be like a Christ or Buddha born to save humanity. Raniere has a penchant for attractive, affluent women and apparently teen and pre-teen girls.…
The Bronfman/Raniere Cult Demands Investigation
This is another installment of a series where I am the journalist covering my own federal indictment on- 19 criminal counts. Last week I wrote about cult leader Keith Raniere and the two women who fund and empower him – Seagram heiresses,…
Shmuel Shmueli, Serial Conman and Fraudster
Part II of a series where I am the journalist covering a federal investigation in which I am also the investigation’s target. A companion series about the Bronfman sisters and cult leader Keith Raniere are also in this issue. Both are connected…
Frank Parlato’s Strength as Journalist Will Help His Defense
By Tony Farina Long-time businessman Frank Parlato, 60, joined the Fourth Estate later in life but he has definitely made his mark in his relatively brief time as a newspaper publisher, editor, and reporter. I began my professional journalism career in 1966…