Showing posts with label IARDC. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Petition to Reinstate Law License and Notice of Claim for Damages against IARDC

Petition to Reinstate Law License and Notice of Claim for Damages against IARDC

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kenneth ditkowsky

6:17 PM (11 hours ago)
 
Chicago Summer makes some very serious averments concerning corruption in the Courts.    What makes these allegations so devastating is the fact that they exactly parallel the charges that are being made by the families and friends of all the elderly and disabled victims of guardianship abuse and/or the health care frauds that have a situs on the 18th Floor of the Daley Center!    

Of course the agencies paid millions of dollars to protect the public - such as the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission are no where to be seen, and in fact are fighting the concept of an HONEST INVESTIGATION!    

It does give pause to at least me as to why there is so much flak generated by the cry for an HONEST INVESTIGATION!    JoAnne Denison's blog was declared by the IARDC in a filing by the IARDC to the Illinois Supreme Court as being akin to "yelling fire in a crowded theater"  and I was asked by an IARDC attorney if I was repentant for my act of writing the Attorney General of the United States and requesting an Honest investigation of the outrageous Mary Sykes case and the Alice Gore case.    (NB.  For the life of me, I still cannot understand how the 2nd oldest profession is not outraged by the temerity of the guardian ad litem in the Gore case orchestrating the exploration of Alice Gore's mouth to recover the gold in her teeth!   These bastards removed 29 teeth from her mouth so that they could steal the few grains of gold  - which gold was allegedly not inventoried!) 
 
In an prior era which Americans had respect for themselves and were not politically correct the outrages being covered up by Larkin and the IARDC would induce the roughnecks in the community to purchase hot tar, feathers and a rail!  We are more civilized today and apparently our political and judicial leaders turn the other check to racism by the Political elite and National Socialism!

Friday, July 15, 2016

Fraud, deception, and extortion have replaced honor, honesty, and truth at the Courthouse.

Fraud, deception, and extortion have replaced honor, honesty, and truth at the Courthouse.   The Alice Gore case grinds at the core of American justice - HOW COULD ANY HUMAN BEING be so cruel as to harvest the few grains of gold in a elderly person's mouth for profit.   Yet that is exactly what was done by a honored guardian ad litem under the supervision of a Circuit Court Judge.   This is exactly the conduct condoned by the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission administered by Jerome Larkin.    The miscreants are not even embarrassed by their perfidy and the cover-up.

If Alice Gore were the only case covered up by the Larkin co-conspirators the cover-up would stip be wrapped in infamy - BUT, the policy of the Illinois courts is to foster more and greater infamous outrages.   No dishonor is too dishonorable for the IARDC and Larkin to engage in, foster, nurture or otherwise demonstrate their approval concerning.    The documents that are attached to this e-mail and to the filings in case Mr 27522 and/or 2013 PR 0001 should be sufficient proof to cause the States Attorney of Cook County and the United States of America to take a long look at Jerome Larkin, the IARDC, and all the co-conspirators including the corrupt attorneys, members of the various kangaroo hearing and review boards, and corrupt judges who aided and abetted the 18 USCA 371 criminal conspiracy. 

There is absolutely no excuse for Larkin's conduct, stalling, and theft of public funds.   Larkin as a lawyer is supposed to know the law and to be aware that under section 13 of the Court reporter act it is illegal to pay unlicensed court reporters.    He of course was aware that unlicensed court reporters would be more apt to go along with his subordination of perjury  (See Gloria Sykes chaining and intimidation).    

No matter where you turn you hear cries of 'fix!'   No level of government appears to be immune from severe corruption and the political and judicial elite being immune to the RULE OF LAW.     It may not be practical or even possible to bring honesty, honor, integrity and truth back to National politics, but,  not only is Jerome Larkin expendible, but he has personal liability for the taxes, interest, and penalties associated with his 18 UsCA 371 conspiratorial conduct.    At the very least, the Attorney General seek the civil collection of the interest, taxes and penalties for every dime stolen from the elderly and every dime stolen from the public trust funds that are manatorially paid by the legal profession to support the IARDC.    

Sunday, June 26, 2016

The decision to remove the United Kingdom

The decision to remove the United Kingdom was in part due to the arrogance of the bureaucracy and their elitism.   Not a single day goes by that we do not note that one or more of our public officials has been frugal with the truth, breached the public trust, or just ignored the law.  Worse yet, they get away with it.  This is the very model of elitism.

Attached to this e-mail is another saga concerning Hillary Clinton.   No it is not time to get all hot and bothered.   We have the incentive right now right here at home in Illinois and it affected each of us more intimidately and adversely that anything the Clintons, the Caphones, or the outfit have done, or will do.   Even the McDonald case pales by comparison.

There has been what appears to be a total breakdown in the law here in Illinois.   There has been no fan-fare and it remains our dirty little secret.  

Government governs with the consent of the governed in America; however, what the public does not know the public cannot be hurt by according to our current government.   Indeed, the public does not know.    There are two sets of rules - one for you and me, and one for the political elite.

A major danger to the political establishment is the exposure of their illegal sources of income.   Amongst the most lucrative areas of extra-ordinary compensation for our public officials is the cottage industry of Elder Cleansing.   Not only are the elite able to access and confiscate the savings of the elderly and disabled, but under Health Care subsidies such as medicare, etc the government contributes to the enrichment.    All you have to do is examine the Sykes/Gore/***** cases and the pattern strikes you point blank in the face.

The Cover-up of these felonies is essential to the cottage industry.    The Taxing authorities turning the other check and law enforcement looking the other way is an Achilles heel that worries each of the miscreants, but they have it under control if they can intimidate lawyers, objectors and other deviants.    The First Amendment has to be suppressed and the machinery is in place.   Clinton represents one method; however, much more brazen is the Jerome Larkin approach aided and abetted by the Supreme Court of Illinois.

Larkin in a effort to silence the blog MaryGSykes and its exposure of Judicial corruption and in particular elder cleansing operations promulgated right in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois brought disciplinary charges against JoAnne Denison.   Except for the fact that every charge was verified as false in the case record of the Mary Sykes Court file 09 P 4583 larkin and the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (iardc) had no problem in case.   Larkin's frugality with the truth was exposed almost on day one, however, he had that event covered.   

Judge Connors gave an evidence deposition and on page 91 she admitted that she was wired (fixed) and it did not matter what happened in the Courtroom - she was going to reach the same decision nevertheless.   Judge Stuart admitted to lying during direct examination and to unethical conduct.   

No matter, Larkin hired court reporters who were not licensed and therefore under Illinois Statutes could not be compensated.   The Report of proceedings in reference to Judge Stuart's admitted perjury was just altered.  (Court watchers reported this to authorities - of course nothing happened).   For the extra-ordinary and special services rendered to the Larkin cover-=up in violation of 18 USCA 371 the court reporters were paid with public funds wrongfully expatriated by the IARDC (and Larkin).   Of course Larkin was aware of the specific Statutory prohibition on payment to unlicensed professionals - he is our local version of the elite.

Illinois does not have a reputation for being corrupt that was not earned.   The Political elite such as Larkin know that they are 'special' and not subject to our laws, however, Ms. Denison was apparently ignorant of that fact.  SHE HAD TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON or DESTROYED

Anyone who has ever had to endure litigation knows that it is not for the faint of heart or for the poor.   In the 'wired case' poverty is not a unexpected result of the litigation; however, the felon who has wired the Court has to be proactive.    Indeed, the felon in this case Jerome Larkin had that problem covered.    Having breached his public trust and expropriated public funds for his own use, approximately $15,000.00 he secretly (ex parte) appeared before the Supreme Court of Illinois and demanded reimbursement for the IaRDC of the funds that were wrongfully and illegally paid.

Without a wimpier or a nod, the costs assessment was made and a secret order entered by the Supreme Court to assess these illegal charges to Attorney Denison.

As a matter of law, the Supreme Court decisions are to be interpreted to make them compliant with Federal and State Law.   How thus does the Supreme Court 'cover' for Larkin.  If licensing laws (especially the public protection laws) are void the order entered assessing the reimbursement of the prohibited payments is valid.   Thus, by its decision the Supreme Court of Illinois has ruled that all licensing laws in Illinois are VOID.    Not a single licensing fee for professionals is legal or appropriate.     

The Elite have won the battle against JoAnne Denison, but may have lost the war - just as the Brits have rebelled against them we have to do the same.   They cannot have it both ways!   The laws and the regulations have to apply equally to all.   The Supreme Court has to follow the law even when it does not -- as a matter of law we interpret the decisions to follow the law.    

If the Brits can revolt against the Oppression of the Elites (especially the felons amongst them) we certainly can also.    It is time for a bit of HONESTY in government!   
  

Monday, June 13, 2016

Please allow this e-mail to be a Freedom of Information Request.

J Larkin IARDC
 
 
Please allow this e-mail to be a Freedom of Information Request.    

1) As we are contemplating a class action lawsuit and demanding criminal prosecution let this be your notice to not destroy, alter or make disappear any records concerning any of the lawyer disciplinary cases that involve the hiring of court reporters who require a license issued by the State of Illinois.

2) Please produce the following:

a) all court reporter bills submitted to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission by court reporters or court reporter organizations that are not licensed by the State of Illinois

b) Records of payments made by IARDC for professional services rendered to non-licenses practitioners including but not limited to court reporters.

c) Records of demands for reimbursement of the IARDC from Attorneys for claimed payment of invoices for services of unlicensed professional services rendered, including but not limited to court reporter bills.    So that the record is clear In the JoAnne Denison case unlicensed court reporters were claimed to have been used by the IARDC.    In an exparte petition the IARDC claimed that it was entitled to reimbursement for the illegal court reporter bills.   We want the records as to the illegal payment of those bills.

The engagement of unlicensed persons to perform professional services by the IARDC is reprehensible.   The attempt to extort reimbursement from attorneys for the wrongful payments is disingenuous and fraudulent.    This freedom of education request is aimed at obtaining the records as to this fraud by persons who are required to act in the public interest and who apparently have openly and notoriously committed fraud while in the employment of the Illinois ATtorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (IARDC). 

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

MISCONDUCT AT THE IARDC -racism and sexism? or Just obscene corruption

On day's Probate Sharks blog is an article concerning the failings of the California lawyer disciplinary commission.   It seems that they run a backlog as to favorite lawyers - they just do not get around to investigate.   Ditto for Illinois.   Seth Gillman steals millions of dollars (estimated by some at a billion dollars) as they relate to Hospice services.   Even after Gillman pleads guilty in Federal Court the IARDC does not act; however, as some of us wrote the IARDC just about every day calling out the fact that they were following their program of protecting criminals in lawyers robes who were stealing from the elderly and disabled they reluctantly on their web site indicated an investigation.    However, not only as Gillman free to continue to practice law, but from the delay he had the tactic approval of Jerome Larkin and other officials charged with protecting the public.

Of course as to JoAnne Denison, an attorney who has a blog (MaryGSykes) dedicated to exposing corruption such as the Gillman type it was a different story.   It also was a different story as to Lanre Amu.    Mr. Amu was suspended for practicing law while black!   He and Crains Chicago Business both independly exposed a judge who was on the board of a Defendant whose case was assigned to her courtroom (and he brother was an attorney for the defendant).   Larkin was incensed and outraged!   No he was not concerned about the public, his concern and that of the attorneys who acted with him (18 USCA 371) was the fact that Amu had the audacity to comply with Rule 8.3 and 18 USCA 4 and reported the corruption of Judge Egan and her brother.   For this crime (practicing law while being an uppy N***) Amu was immediately suspended from practice and later on received a long suspension from the practice of law.   The fact that his statements were true did not matter -- Larkin and his cohorts had deemed them to be false even though anyone who did a scentilla of evidence would find that his statements were 100% true.   Do not confuse me with the facts = I've made up my mind is the lawyer disciplinary commissions Standard Operating position.

JoAnne indicates that besides Larkin the following attorneys are known to be culpable and this e-mail is a official complaint against each, to wit:

Sharon Opryszek and Melissa Smart and Leah Guiterrez Black were all on my case and presumably all knew or should have know about using unlicensed court reporters.  The transcripts are no good

In JoAnne Denison's case we have not only spoliation of evidence,  misrepresentation to the Supreme Court of Illinois of the Rule of Law - i.e. the Sawyer and Alvarez cases, but now an agency of the Supreme Court of Illinois using allegedly unlicensed Court Reporters and knowing that: 
  1. An entity that is unlicensed is not entitled to compensation for services in the unlicensed field of endeavor, and
  2. A public official seeking reimbursement in any form for the wrongful expenditure is per se committing a fraud on the public.
As this alleged fraud is being committed by attorneys acting as disciplinarians of the legal profession - who should no better, immediate termination and prosecution should be considered for each of the attorneys engaged in this fraud as well as Mr. Larkin.

Let us get down to brass tacks -  The IARDC has no covered itself with glory in the last half century.   In Greylord its conduct was a unfettered disgrace.    In the elder cleansing cases it has openly and notorious aided and abetted the isolation of senior citizens so that they could be exploited, abused and robbed of their liberty, property, and human rights prior to being subjected to INVOLUNTARY  assisted suicide.   The intimidation aimed at lawyers and others who sought to expose the felonies of elder cleansing has been despicable and an assault on both the Illinois Constitution and the United States Constitution.    (as minor note it also has been a violation of title 18 of the US code and the Illinois Criminal Code).    Such activity cannot be tolerated or condoned any longer.

It may not be politically correct for any lawyer to complain concerning the criminal activities of Jerome Larkin and his 18 UsCA 371 co-conspirators, but,  every lawyer took an oath.   Some of us take that oath seriously whether it is politically correct or not.    Strong words that are not politically correct are called for!     Something has to motivate the media and our government to protect grandma from the 'rape' of elder cleansing!     Grandma has to be safe from judicial officials who have so little concern for America's core principles that they would openly and notoriously prospect in her mouth for gold, and when they recovered a few grains not have the decency to inventory it.    The Alice Gore case is such as travesty and so horrendous in its infamy that *****.

I urge pursuant to Rule 8.3 that the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission petition to the appropriate Federal agency to do an Honest investigation of its violations of 18 USCA 371 ***** and in particular the lawyers mentioned herein plus all the lawyers involved in the 'cover up' of the elder cleansing cases.    I also urge the Illinois Department of Revenue to collect from the miscreant lawyers the State Income taxes owed as the result of their conspiracy with the lawyers in the numerous elder cleansing cases including but not limited to Sykes (09 P4585), Gore, Wyman, Tyler ******.



Ken Ditkowsky

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The JoAnne Denison case should have created a hue and cry


The JoAnne Denison case should have created a hue and cry every where as it is so absolutely obscene.    JoAnne was disciplined by the Illinois Attorney Disciplinary Commission (IARDC) because in her blog she disclosed corruption in the Courts.   47 USCA 230 specifically authorizes such action and makes JoAnne immune from any prosecution.   320 ILCS 20/4 is more specific.    Of Course Article 1 of the Illinois Constitution and the First Amendment specifically decry a prohibition on the IARDC, and government in general from interfering with her postings.   

In broad day light Jerome Larkin and his co-conspirators ignore 18 USCA 4 and Rule 8.3 and bring fabricated disciplinary charges against her that are in direct violation of her civil and human rights.   They tell the Illinois Supreme Court that her blog is AKIN TO YELLING FIRE FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER.    

How can exposing corruption, required by citizenship and professional conduct be akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater?    Such is absurd.   Janet Phelan wrote a fantastic article on the subject and even the legal professional associations carried comment on it; however, there was no hue and cry and there was no groundswell of indignation!   Indeed, when Larkin and his minions lied as to the record in the Mary Sykes case 09 P 4585 no one was interested.  (Imagine - a woman has all her rights and property forfeited without proper notice and without any hearing.   The Disciplinary panel without a scintilla of evidence made a finding that her family had notice of the non-existent hearing.    Again blogs and just about everyone knew of the prevarication by the IARDC and no one cared!    

Illinois is on the verge of Bankruptcy - however, the taxes that Larkin and his band of miscreants owe not only remains uncollected - but it does not appear that anyone is interested in the collection.   Worse yet, he has been retained in his job as administrator of the IARDC even though he thwarts the Constitution and openly and notorious protects the eldercleansing criminals so that they can prey on the elderly and the disabled.     (Read Probate Sharks - Larkin even protects corrupt judicial officials who exhibit such avarice as to prospect for gold in the mouth the elderly - see Alice Gore case - and complaints filed by Mr. and Mrs. Cooper ****)
 

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Judge: Video of another fatal police shooting should stay sealed

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Editor's note: The Probate Court of Cook County judge in the Estate of Alice R. Gore when confronted with a motion to disclose the mental health history of the insane guardian appointed by the court also sealed the records.The judge, GAL,bankers, insurance agent, and caregivers were all aware that if the mental health record were disclosed, the fraud being perpetrated on Alice and her family would be exposed. All this criminality was recorded on the court record! This Shark believes that sealing the truth from the public is an ongoing event in Cook County. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, Probate Sharks.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
Based upon the JoAnne Denison Illinois Disciplinary proceedings (IARDC) I am surprised that that Jerome Larkin and the Illinois Supreme Court have not started disciplinary proceedings against the lawyers requested the release of the video.   Larkin's cadre of lawyers wrote that her disclosing in her blog the corrupt was akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater.

You cannot make this stuff up!   The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed in both Denison and the Lanre Amu case and issued interim license suspensions!    

(NB: Where was the SunTimes and the Tribune?) 
 




 
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

NOW THAT THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT HAS EMBARRASSED ITSELF BY EQUATING CALLING A BLOG CALLING FOR AN HONEST INVESTIGATION OF ELDER CLEANSING AKIN TO YELLING FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER

Since I pointed out on the 'net' that the Jerome Larkin 18 USCA 371, 18 USCA 242 conspiracy had in the JoAnne Denison kangaroo disciplinary proceeding really stretched their credibility by their obvious misrepresentation of the SCOTUS's reasoning and decision in the Alvarez case and their (the IARDC) wrongful equation of calls for an HONEST INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIMINAL FELONIES OF ELDER CLEANINGS as akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater it appears that some of my communications to the Illinois Disciplinary Commission (IARDC) have been blocked!     I also notice that the AARP also periodically blocks my communications.

It is very sad that so much public money should be wasted by the IARDC in a State that is on the verge of Bankruptcy and is reported to have the lowest credit rating in the United States.   When the ignorance, arrogance and depravity exhibited by Mr. Larkin and his IARDC, 18 UsCA 371, and 18 USCA 242 co-conspirators is illuminated by the clear daylight a sorry situation is revealed that cannot be tolerated.   The problem is not going away by ignoring it!    The problem is also not going away by throwing the baby out with the bath water or by violence advocated by many of the frustrated victims and their families.    The problem is going to be solved only by every one of us demanding openly, notoriously and loudly that LAW ENFORCEMENT DO ITS JOB and commence prosecutions of Larkin and his co-conspirators for their criminal felonies!

Larkin's prosecution of Lanre Amu was pure and simple racism.   How can a lawyer be prosecuted for complaining that a judge is biased when a respected publication not only makes the same assertion, but the Judge does not deny that she was on the board of directors of the defendant and her brother is the attorney of record in a case pending before her.    (It just so happens that the complaining lawyer happens to be black-- no similar prosecution has ever occurred as to a 'white' lawyer).   Larkin's barring of Diane Nash from the kangaroo hearing involving JoAnne Dension is another milestone in Larkin's racist CV.

The recent JoAnne Denison prosecution complete with its obvious misrepresentations of the SCOTUS cases and the equation of reporting pursuant to Rule 8.3 and 18 USCA 4 of genocide and other criminal conduct in the Courts by corrupt jurists, corrupt lawyers etc to yelling fire in a crowded theater is just too much to sweep under the rug.   There at this point in time be no excuse for the Larkin conspiracy and the Elder Cleansing Scandal not being addressed by law enforcement.

Not a single one of us is getting any younger, and the prospect that this event is making our American citizenship more hazardous is not very appealing.   I personally do not want to be elder cleanzed - DO YOU?    Every minute that Jerome Larkin and this 18 UsCA 242 and 18 USCA 371 co-conspirators feel safe to ply their chosen perfidy you and I are not safe!   
 

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The care with which the elder cleansing conspiracy is carried out is a bit scary

The care with which the elder cleansing conspiracy is carried out is a bit scary.

Do you remember the Joel Brodsky affair (in the Sykes case!)   After Gloria paid a substantial retainer to Brodsky he suddenly decided that she was bi=polar, and he felt a need to (after he was discharged) to request a conference with the trial judge (Judge Stuart) to tell the judge of his medical diagnosis!   

I remember during that sequence of events that Brodsky disclosed that he was talking to IARDC attorney Lea Black and they were discussing what should have been confidential information concerning yours truly.   I also remember that Gloria had checked transcripts and was concerned that it appeared that almost every attorney she hired had been threatened with adverse to his/her career IARDC action.    The transcripts should bear out her findings.

The kangaroo aspect of the IARDC proceedings bears out that there is something rotten going on.   To prevail in disciplinary proceedings the IARDC has to prove allegations of misconduct by clear and convincing evidence.   Making Rule 8.3 reports is not misconduct, nor is calling for an HONEST investigation or writing to the Attorney General of the United States; however, fraud on the court, breach of fiduciary relationships, theft by fiduciaries, **** is what is normally considered criminal conduct and thus when committed by a legal professional *****.     

The more that we examine the Sykes case the more criminal conduct on the part of the miscreant corrupt jurists, corrupt lawyers, corrupt judicial officials, and co conspirators were find.   I think a similar analysis of Wyman, Tyler, Gore, **** would reveal similar patterns.   It is no wonder that Larkin and his gang of 18 UsCA 371/18 USCA 242 co-conspirators fear an HONEST INVESTIGATION.
 
Ken Ditkowsky

Sunday, August 16, 2015

It is clearly apparent that citizens are fed up....

Listing to the radio this afternoon, it is clearly apparent that citizens are fed up with the illusions that the pols present and the 'cover up' of the governmental assaults on the Constitution.    I suggested that law enforcement would have a good deal of its work done for it on the issue of elder cleansing if it just tuned into the blogs Probate Sharks, MaryGSykes, ****.   Over the years of persecution that some Illinois lawyers, including yours truly have endured a supporter I have referred to NASGA and have recommended to law enforcement to us it as a source.    I do so again.

The Utility of NASGA as a source is best illustrated by its references to GAO reports concerning the elder cleansing (guardian) scandal.    Please note - Jerome Larkin and the IARDC (and the Supreme Court of Illinois) prosecutes attorneys who refer to these GAO reports - Any HONEST investigation that exposes the isolation, abuse, exploitation and criminal conspiracy (18 USCA 371) that is going on in Illinois (and elsewhere) is according to Larkin's gang of conspirators "like yelling fire in a crowded theatre."    

ON NASGA you will find the following:


Read the GAO reports on guardianship and conservatorship:
In its report, GAO found that only 13 states require criminal background checks on all potential court-appointed guardians, and that there are gaps in information sharing that can adversely affect incapacitated adults.  GAO recommends that the Social Security Administration (SSA) find ways to share information with state courts dealing with the appointment of guardians for SSA beneficiaries. GAO also recommends that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services consider supporting promising court pilot programs that monitor guardians.
 



“Most of the allegations we identified involved financial exploitation and misappropriation of assets. Specifically, the allegations point to guardians taking advantage of wards by engaging in schemes that benefit the guardian but are financially detrimental to the ward under their care.  Also, the allegations underscore that the victim’s family members often lose their  inheritance or are excluded by the guardian from decisions affecting their relative’s care.”

 
 

VA’s Fiduciary Program has policies in place that are intended to ensure that qualified fiduciaries are selected and regularly monitored; however, insufficient staff compliance with some policies and weaknesses in others hinder VA’s ability to safeguard veterans’ benefits. For example, VA was late in conducting required follow-up visits to monitor fiduciaries or provided insufficient documentation to show whether these visits were conducted in about 18 percent of the cases GAO reviewed. In addition, while GAO estimated that nearly 40 percent of fiduciaries who were required to submit financial reports to demonstrate how beneficiary funds are managed turned their reports in late, VA did not always take actions to obtain them on time or provide documentation that an attempt had been made, as required by VA policy…...Moreover, VA does not have a nationwide quality review process to ensure that these reviews are conducted properly and consistently.

 
 
GAO’s 2004 report had three principal findings. First, all states have laws requiring courts to oversee guardianships, but court implementation of these laws varies. Second, those courts recognized as exemplary in the area of guardianships focused on training and monitoring. Third, there is little coordination between state courts and federal agencies or among federal agencies regarding guardianships. At present, these findings remain largely the same, but there are some new developments to report. Since GAO’s report was issued, some states have strengthened their guardianship programs. For example, Alaska established requirements for licensing of private guardianships and New Jersey and Texas established requirements for the registration of professional guardians. However, there continues to be little coordination between state courts and federal agencies or among federal agencies in the protection of incapacitated people.  
GAO’s report made recommendations to federal agencies, but to date little progress has been made.
 

 

 

All states have laws requiring courts to oversee guardianships, but court implementation varies. Most require guardians to submit periodic reports, but do not specify court review of these reports. Interstate jurisdictional issues sometimes arise when states do not recognize guardianships originating in other states. Most courts responding to our survey did not track the number of active guardianships, and few indicated the number of incapacitated elderly people under guardianship.
 
 

 

There are limited safeguards to protect older adults from abuse by guardians, who are granted authority by a state court to make decisions in the best interest of an incapacitated individual concerning his or her person or property. While guardians can play a key role in managing the assets of these older adults, we have noted in past reports that guardians are only subject to limited safeguards that could protect these older adults from financial exploitation. For example, local officials in California noted that it can be hard to determine whether a person applying to be a guardian is doing so to further his ward’s best interests. We have also reported that few states conduct criminal background checks on potential guardians. Moreover, we have noted concerns with weak court oversight of appointed guardians, as well as poor communication between the courts and federal agencies that have enabled guardians to chronically abuse their wards and/or others.
 




After you read these reports you will note the similarity to the complaints that so many citizens have made to their elected representatives, consumer protective organizations, the AARP, Civil Liberties Union, law enforcement etc.    

How does this happen in the United States of America we have our own holocaust going on?    Why is unethical for an attorney to comply 18 USCA 4 to report the felonies of fiduciaries?    

It is time for action now!    It is time for an HONEST investigation and for corrupt jurists, judicial officials and public servants to face criminal charges for their War on the elderly and the disabled. 
 

Friday, February 27, 2015

Attackers in Bangladesh hack to death American blogger



Blogger Killed
 

Attackers in Bangladesh hack to death American blogger

Editor's note: How much different is this free speech infringement than that of the IARDC against blogger JoAnne Dennison?  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Posted: Feb 27, 2015 8:49 AM CSTUpdated: Feb 27, 2015 8:57 AM CST
Bangladeshi policemen investigate at the site of attack on Avijit Roy, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Roy, a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger, known for speaking out against religious fundamentalism was hacked to death. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)Bangladeshi policemen investigate at the site of attack on Avijit Roy, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Roy, a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger, known for speaking out against religious fundamentalism was hacked to death. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)
By JULHAS ALAM
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death as he walked through Bangladesh's capital with his wife, police said Friday.
The attack Thursday night on Avijit Roy, a Bangladesh-born U.S. citizen, occurred on a crowded sidewalk as he and his wife, Rafida Ahmed, were returning from a book fair at Dhaka University. Ahmed, who is also a blogger, was seriously injured. It was the latest in a series of attacks on secular writers in Bangladesh in recent years.
A previously unknown militant group, Ansar Bangla 7, claimed responsibility for the attack, Assistant Police Commissioner S.M. Shibly Noman told the Prothom Alo newspaper.
Roy "was the target because of his crime against Islam," the group said on Twitter.
Roy was a prominent voice against religious intolerance, and his family and friends say he had been threatened for his writings.
About 8:45 p.m. Thursday, a group of men ambushed the couple as they walked toward a roadside tea stall, with at least two of the attackers hitting them with meat cleavers, police Chief Sirajul Islam said. The attackers then ran away, disappearing into the crowds.
Two blood-stained cleavers were found after the attack, he said.
Islamic extremism has made few inroads in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people, but there have been a series of similar attacks in recent years blamed on militants.
A divide has become increasingly visible between secular bloggers and conservative Islamic groups, often covertly connected with Islamist parties, with the secularists urging authorities to ban religion-based politics while the Islamists press for blasphemy laws to protect their faith.
Islam is Bangladesh's state religion but the country is governed by secular laws based on British common law, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has repeatedly said she will not give in to religious extremism.
Roy had founded a popular Bengali-language blog, Mukto-mona, or Free Mind, which featured articles on scientific reasoning and religion.
The website has apparently been shut down since the attack, but Roy defended atheism in a January posting on Facebook, calling it "a rational concept to oppose any unscientific and irrational belief."
Anujit Roy, his younger brother, said Roy had returned to the country earlier this month from the U.S. and was planning to go back in March.
In 2013, another blogger, Ahmed Rajib Haider, who also spoke out against religious extremism, was killed by still-unidentified assailants near his Dhaka home. In 2004, Humayun Azad, a prominent writer and teacher at Dhaka University, was seriously injured in an attack when he was returning from the same book fair.
Baki Billah, a friend of Roy and a blogger, told Independent TV that Roy had been threatened earlier by people upset at his writing.
"He was a free thinker. He was a Hindu but he was not only a strong voice against Islamic fanatics but also equally against other religious fanatics," Billah said.
"We are saddened. We don't know what the government will do to find the killers. We want justice," he said