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KING CON SHMUEL SHMUELI CHALLENGES ISRAELI NATIONAL HERO

December 24, 2015

BY FRANK PARLATO This week in our series on that fascinating conman, Shmuel Shmueli, we go to Shmueli’s native country Israel. Shmueli, who by our calculation has sued or was sued about two dozen times, finds it easy to participate in…

The Cult of Keith Raniere

Did Asimov inspire Raniere to be ‘the mule’?

by Frank Parlato

December 24, 2015

(This essay contains major spoilers about Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” of science-fiction novels. So if you want to fully enjoy these classics, read them first before reading further. For the rest of you, we continue below.) A little bit of light reading…

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Are the women who criticize Raniere telling the truth?

by Frank Parlato

December 23, 2015

Several women have criticized Keith Raniere. Kristen Keeffe was Keith Raniere’s top assistant, a member of his inner circle, strategist for his legal quests to punish women he declared war on and is the mother of his child, a child he…

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Cult of NXIVM Part 6: Raniere and the Bronfmans try to buy the Dalai Lama

by Frank Parlato

December 22, 2015

By Frank Parlato During my tenure as a press consultant for purported cult leader, Keith Raniere, and his benefactors, Clare and Sara Bronfman (heiresses of the Seagram’s liquor fortune), I was tasked with improving Raniere’s public image and that of his company,…

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Bouchey, Keeffe: Keith ‘doing’ Bronfmans

by Frank Parlato

December 21, 2015

The March 24, 2015 recorded conversation between Kristin Keeffe and Barbara Bouchey, two inner circle members of Keith Raniere’s love cult, has many candid observations. Two otherwise intelligent women who lost years of their lives under the thralldom of Raniere, make some…

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Keeffe: Criminal acts of Raniere and Co.

by Frank Parlato

December 21, 2015

Since we are getting steadily increasing traffic at this website – and not just from ex NXIVM and perhaps present NXIVM members, but, through the publication of my two Western New York newspapers, of the Cult of NXIVM series, a growing body…

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Reader: Relative trapped inside NXIVM

by Frank Parlato

December 21, 2015

Another note from a reader: Worried about relative trapped inside NXIVM I have been reading your articles about NXIVM. My —— is one of the NXIVM members and I think she is so brain washed. She doesn’t have the brain capacity to…

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Reader: Working Families Party Conduit Bronfmans use to funnel money

by Frank Parlato

December 21, 2015

We received this note from a reader: The Working Families Party (WFP) is the conduit that Sarah and Clare Bronfman have used to funnel money to Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares. It is also the conduit that several members of…

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Kristin Keeffe on Raniere: ‘Look at his fucking life. He’s so lazy’!

by Frank Parlato

December 20, 2015

There are many gems found in the transcript of the March 24, 2015 recorded phone call between Barbara Bouchey and Kristin Keeffe, two former inner circle members of NXIVM, both of whom were sexually involved with NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and later…

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Why do people criticize Keith Raniere?

by Frank Parlato

December 20, 2015

So what should we make of the constant criticism of Keith Raniere? He has said that “the brighter the light, the more the bugs” in reference to his many critics. Is it possible that the gentle Raniere is misunderstood? Are the…

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Reader thanks this writer, refers people to Reddit on Raniere

by Frank Parlato

December 20, 2015

There is a bit of activity on the popular website http://www.reddit.com on the topic of NXIVM and Keith Raniere. Indeed there are some posts purportedly written by Raniere. I say “purportedly” since it seems improbable that Raniere would post under his own…

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King Con Shmuel Shmueli Learns New Trade: Stiffing Lawyers and Winning Through Losing –Lawsuits

by Frank Parlato

December 19, 2015

We’ve previously written in this series that while living in Brooklyn Shmuel Shmueli started a Hebrew newspaper, Israel Shelanu (Our Israel), and instead of hiring reporters, he found it convenient to “lift” stories from other Hebrew newspapers without their permission. Haaretz Daily,…

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Look out Raniere will come after you, reader warns

by Frank Parlato

December 19, 2015

Today I received this email Congratulations on having the cojones to continue taking on NXIVM! You can expect to be the target of defamation lawsuits. These will have monetary damage claims, but there are two other goals: shutting you up, and as…

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Letter from reader: Who will take on Raniere?

by Frank Parlato

December 19, 2015

This email came from a reader: I wondered who might step up to replace former Albany Times Union reporter, Jim Odato and blogger John Tighe as people to whom ex-NXIVM members would send “inside information” (It’s a shame that Tighe turned out…

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Authorities should focus on alleged crimes committed with Bronfman millions ‘loaned’ to Raniere; But will they?

by Frank Parlato

December 19, 2015

So what? If sisters, Clare and Sara Bronfman, want to piss away $160 million supporting the NXIVM cult and Keith Raniere’s gambling activities, what’s wrong with that? Even if Raniere did steal from the Bronfmans – set up secret commodities accounts,…

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Federal Law Enforcement said to be investigating Raniere/Bronfman probe of judges

by Frank Parlato

December 18, 2015

One topic that may be gaining traction with federal law enforcement officials is Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman’s alleged accessing of the bank accounts of federal judges involved in their cases. Ex NXIVM members have been contacted by federal law enforcement officials seeking…

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Raniere-influenced groups downplay connection to NXIVM; Raniere disciple, accused by woman of rape, heads men’s group

by Frank Parlato

December 18, 2015

The Cult of NXIVM Series, which is being published in print and online in Artvoice and the Niagara Falls Reporter, as well as in www.frankreport.com, has presented information about Keith Raniere, his inner circle, and NXIVM as an organization that some have…

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A map of NXIVM/Raniere/Bronfman criminal enterprise?; Reader advises “Read Keeffe-Bouchey” transcript

by Frank Parlato

December 18, 2015

Contained in the flow of emails commenting on my Cult of NXIVM series is this: “I’m surprised you aren’t making more noise about the revelations in the Kristin Keeffe / Barbara Bouchey transcript: 2015 03 24 People v BB Keeffe Transcript “Kristin,…