NOTICE
A Brief Explanation of the
Stolen-Valor.org Slander Campaign
Note to Reader: If you have received an
email from “info@stolen-valor.org”, this will give you a bit of background into
this slander campaign.
Note: A complete digital record (I have gathered several
gigabytes of data) of this case is available to interested parties by
contacting the following:
Bob Christ
23083 Hwy. 190E
PO Box 898
Robert, LA
70455
Tel: (985) 350-6299
Fax: (985) 520-0002
e-mail: bob.christ@@seatrepid.com
(remove one of the “@” signs to e-mail)
For a PRESS SUMMARY OF THIS CASE written by Moneyweb in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2005, please see here (and search on “Elan Suisse”), or simply Google “Elan Suisse”. Also, Google “Brett Cormick”. It is my understanding that Julius Cobbett of Moneyweb has done extensive investigative work on both Cormick and Elan Suisse. For more information, contact him directly.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In January 2004, Australian citizen and known
fraudster (search on Cormick) Brett John Cormick formed a sham business
venture into which I funded US$250,000 under the veil of a trusted friendship. It was an expensive mistake on my part.
I entered suit in the Republic of South Africa in
early 2005 for return of my stolen property.
The suit (Case No. 5401/2005 - Witwatersrand) failed since I could not
establish personal jurisdiction over Cormick in the Witwatersrand Local
Division of the High Court of South Africa.
Unfortunately (for me), Cormick had planned the scam well by spreading
the transaction over several international venues (purposely occluding the
legal jurisdiction).
In late-2005, Cormick started a two-pronged slander
campaign in attempts to stop my law suit by hurting SeaTrepid - my governmental
contracting business. His attack was
through challenging something sensitive to the government – my patriotism. SeaTrepid was funding the legal battle,
hence his attack against SeaTrepid was meant to cripple my source of funding
for the legal battle.
Please note:
1.
I
have never been in the military.
2.
I
have never claimed to be in the military.
3.
This
slander attack has no basis in fact and is meant only as a personal attack.
Cormick’s first “Major Bob Christ” attack occurred
when he registered the domain “www.bobchristamericantraitor.com” and published this web page
in late-2005.
At the same time, he published personal insults and
attacks against both myself and my wife [whom had nothing to do with this]
under the domain “www.bobchrist.net” (please see this
page – and please excuse the foul language).
In 2006, he registered “www.juliuscobbett.com” then
attacked the Moneyweb
reporter investigating his Elan Suisse scam. In 2007 (while going through divorce with his second wife), he
registered “www.jennifermortleman.com” and started posting insults against his
‘soon-to-be’ ex-wife. In other words,
this technique is nothing new to Cormick.
In late-2008, I obtained a judgment against Cormick
(see The
Official Delaware Court site with the judgment).
Since late-2008, I have been attempting to locate
Cormick for process of this judgment.
Thus far, I have been unsuccessful.
In late-2010, Cormick resurfaced to re-start this
“Major Bob Christ” slander campaign in obvious retaliation to my having won a
judgment against him. This campaign is
not new, but Cormick’s tactics have changed to spoofing other legitimate
organizations then direct emailing to my customer list, posting pages on many
unregulated blog sites and emailing slanderous unsigned accusations to press
organizations in the USA and Canada.
So, Cormick (an Australian citizen) is now spoofing two
legitimate organizations (www.stolenvalor.com
and www.reportstolenvalor.org -
Cormick’s domain is “www.stolen-valor.org” – a close name to the legitimate
organization) and is posing as a US Veteran by posting what I consider to be a
completely incoherent personal attack by accusing me of impersonating a US
Military Officer. This is bizarre
indeed! The registration for “www.stolen-valor.org”
is private with the site being hosted by an ISP in Russia (so as to hide both
Cormick’s identity and whereabouts).
Reward
I am offering a One
Hundred Thousand US Dollar ($100,000 USD) reward for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of Brett John Cormick as well as the
return of my stolen property (through satisfaction of the Delaware judgment
against Cormick). The award will be
paid through proceeds on collection of the judgment. Alternatively, I am offering to sell this judgment (which is
currently standing at approximately $450,000 USD with accumulated
interest). Cormick is due to come into
some inheritance in Australia soon (according to my sources).
Here is where
to start locating Cormick:
Cormick’s
Parents:
Neil and Margaret Cormick
12 Commodore Drv
Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
+61 (07) 5528 2537
email: neilcormick@tpg.com.au
Cormick’s
Brothers:
Wes Cormick
email: wesc@msn.com.au
http://www.canberraimaging.com.au/wes_cormick.htm
Gavin Cormick (no contact information at this time)
Craig Cormick
Email: craig.cormick@innovation.gov.au
To the best of my knowledge, Cormick has abandoned
all four of his children (from two marriages); therefore, I feel it would be a
waste of time to contact them.
It is my understanding that Cormick has his assets
managed by a trust attorney in Jersey, Channel Islands by the name of Michael
Kearns.
Brett Cormick (circa 2005)
Доброй
охоты! (Good hunting!)
April 21, 2011 Update:
I am increasing the reward (under the same terms and
conditions as above) to One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand ($125,000) USD for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of Brett Cormick as well as
the return of my stolen property.