05.27.23
Posted in Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre Software at 2:38 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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HMRC Useless UI, No Reference
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Summary: The crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ were reported 7 days ago to HMRC (equivalent to the IRS in the US, more or less); but there has been no visible progress and no tracking reference is given to identify the report
THE system of accountability (“checks and balances” is the motto) isn’t working. The matter is now being escalated to a political level.
“…HMRC inaction would say a lot about the system and reinforce the widespread belief that enforcement is done only/mostly against foes of “the system”.”The video above deals with HMRC. I don’t have much to say about the progress; I have received no reference code/number, they did not get in touch (phone, E-mail, post), and it’s not clear if they’re doing anything at all to hold Sirius accountable. As noted earlier, HMRC inaction would say a lot about the system and reinforce the widespread belief that enforcement is done only/mostly against foes of “the system”. Irrespective of severity, scale, and strength of evidence.
Setting up a UI in a Web page is only the first step; does HMRC do anything with what’s collected in this UI? it’s certainly not designed for anonymous reporting. █
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Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre Software at 12:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
It’s like writing to zombie agencies that exist only on paper or selectively enforce (based on special interests)
Summary: One week ago we reported tax abuses of Sirius ‘Open Source’ to HMRC; we still wait for any actual signs that HMRC is doing anything at all about the matter (Sirius has British government clients, so maybe they’d rather not look into that, in which case HMRC might be reported to the Ombudsman for malpractice)
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05.24.23
Posted in Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre Software at 6:16 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Fraud Escalation to MP
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Summary: The crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ are of interest to the British public sector; we’ve begun contacting relevant people
THE police chief in London openly admits that British courts are cherry-picking cases and it seems clear, based on personal experience, that the police is cherry-picking cases as well, no matter how many victims exist or how profound the crime/s might be. In fact, even when all the unambiguous (“slam-dunk”) evidence is handed over, Action Fraud can decide to do nothing.
“They probably would wish to know government contractors scamming their own workers, who worked on government computer systems.”I now correspond with my public representative in Manchester. Sirius has had many government clients (which we would rather not name as we never name clients of Sirius). This is a serious reputational problem for various high-profile clients of Sirius, which are tied to the umbrella system, governing the nation, including police, immigration, the health services and so on. They probably would wish to know government contractors scamming their own workers, who worked on government computer systems.
To put it another way, is this how the British government treats workers, via contractors that are rogue? The embezzlement started only a few months after I had joined the company in early 2011. So it’s not something that happened very recently. It had many victims other than me.
“Sooner or later, we believe, the Rule of Law will catch up with Sirius and its enablers.”The way in which my reports were handled (or not handled) is of interest for political reasons, not just for more ordinary reasons (cracking down on crime). We’ll hopefully be ready to report concrete progress some time before this month ends.
If we must take this ‘dirty diaper’ to all the facilitators, who helped abuse their workforce by proxy, then so be it. We still have 4-5 escalation levels/points at this stage, but we’re exhausting them one by one, based on the hierarchy of the system. Sooner or later, we believe, the Rule of Law will catch up with Sirius and its enablers. Justice needs to prevail, one way or another. █
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05.22.23
Posted in Deception, Finance, Free/Libre Software at 9:38 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Series parts:
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part I — Sirius Crimes Reported to British Authorities, Formally Registered With References (Many Victims), Here’s What It Means and What Happens Next
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part II — Still No Action From Action Fraud
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part III — Why Police Action is the Only Option Now
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part IV — British Prime Minister “Launches Crackdown on Fraud”, So Now Prove It
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part V — 20 Days Later, UK ‘Action Fraud’ Shows No Signs of Action
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part VI — 26 Days Later and Still Inaction/No Action by the Police That Had Endless Resources for Coronation Ceremony
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part VII — Fraud Since 2011 (If Not Earlier) Merits Criminal Prosecution
- YOU ARE HERE ☞ Lots More to Come After Police Inaction
Summary: The crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ are being ignored by the police, but that does not mean that holding Sirius accountable is not possible
MERELY two weeks from now it’ll be half a year since I left Sirius ‘Open Source’. I’ve since then demonstrated that crimes were committed and I received official letters (several from pension providers) to prove it. The police — as I dare say I expected all along — did nothing about it, but there are 4 more avenues we’ll turn to. There will be big scandals ahead, that’s for sure, assuming we can hold people accountable before they and the company vanish completely. Not only myself but others (former colleagues) suspected something was amiss. Proving it, however, was a big endeavour, owing partly to how pension fund managers operate in the UK (immensely arrogant; not even responding to mail!).
“It looks like the pension scheme failed to alert you and failed to alert the regulator,” one person told me recently. “If the employer becomes insolvent, will the incompetence at Standard Life make them liable to cover the loss?”
“There will be big scandals ahead, that’s for sure, assuming we can hold people accountable before they and the company vanish completely.”“They try to claim not to know us,” I responded. “This may be a sign that they know they could be liable,” I was told by this person (whose identity and role we prefer to keep private). “Do they have record of any of the employees at all?”
He kept on asking crucial questions: “Is there even one employee who has ever received correspondence direct from Standard Life in the past, either by email or by post?”
Standard Life and the IFA were in cahoots, and we have official papers to prove it. We shared some of these before.
“Standard Life and the IFA were in cahoots, and we have official papers to prove it.”“If you can get evidence that they knew of even one employee then that might be sufficient for all of you to launch a class action together against Standard Life,” the person noted. The pension fraud of Sirius would not have been possible without ‘outside help’…
There are several steps ahead of us now, “but the stronger the proof against them,” the person argued, “the harder it is for them to make excuses and the more serious their sentences / director bans.”
“This is useful too, especially if they owe you expenses or salary.”
The company owed me money, aside from the money stolen for over 5 years (stolen from colleagues too). To quote the British government: “Anyone who’s owed money (the ‘creditor’) can make a statutory demand. You do not need a lawyer.”
“Either way, this saga is far from over. We’re only warming up.”Before that, however, we have 3 more escalation points to explore if not exhaust. This can take several more months. Setting the record straight is very important.
“There have been some cases where the courts looked beyond the company and seized personal assets of the directors,” the person said, citing this case. There are some caveats however. To quote the person:
You would need to get legal advice and probably have some evidence along these lines:
- who was the director at the time you started employment? They should have enrolled you in the pension
- any other directors since then
- assets of each director (house, shares, 2nd homes, cars, etc) – if they really have no assets then it may not be worth your time.
- evidence of criminal acts / decisions / gross negligence leading to the current problem. E.g. did they ever actively send you emails referring to the promised pension? Do you have records of discussing the pension during the hiring process? Same for all the other employees you are in contact with.
If the director is also the owner of the company then their share of the company is an asset and in the event that this person faces personal bankruptcy, you could ask to take the company from the liquidator.
You need to remember that the purpose of limited companies is to shield director and shareholder’s assets in the case of mistakes and accidents.
If you are going to challenge that principle then you really need to have convincing evidence that they knew they were doing something wrong.
As a reminder, there are documented cases of the company employing people without an actual work contract (likely illegal) and failing to pay contractors for their work. Sirius is registered as a “limited” company (“SIRIUS CORPORATION LIMITED” and “SIRIUS OPEN SOURCE LTD”). They probably foresaw this mess.
Either way, this saga is far from over. We’re only warming up. █
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05.21.23
Posted in Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre Software at 4:09 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ remain without punishment, albeit we have plans to escalate up to three more levels to ensure justice is done (or to expose a system inherently tolerant of large-scale fraud)
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Posted in Deception, Finance, Microsoft at 12:05 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Marketers from Microsoft — and former Chief Marketing Officers or HR VPs too — are trying to spin Microsoft’s collapsing business units (and mass layoffs that are under-reported and grossly under-counted in the media); how much of Microsoft’s remaining financial activity is just financialization and debt-loading (e.g. buying companies to offload debt onto them)?
Microsoft is 80 billion dollars in debt (a lot higher than its cash reserves or bank balance) and the layoffs carry on and on this year (example from this past Friday). The bleeding does not stop.
“The bleeding does not stop.”As an associate put it this morning, “it is telling that Microsoft is [as per news sites] linking the possibility of salary raises to stock price because it suggest that Microsoft makes most of its money through financialization and that the Office format monopoly rents are weak or gone and that the OEM monopoly rents are weak or probably gone, since they are now basically giving away Windows.” (Almost no cost, as the competition with GNU/Linux is fierce)
“Notice how the media now quotes as financial expert a marketing person.”We’re going to see some interesting things ahead because government bailouts will be harder for Microsoft to secure (Trump and Biden bailed Microsoft out with "defence" contracts worth tens of billions of dollars). Now that the US government grapples with the possibility of default (aside from almost $32 trillion in national debt there is also close to $18 trillion in US household debt), not to mention many failing banks (hundreds more are said to be on the verge of collapse right now) there are not many chips left on the table. Will people’s pensions be thrown at the stock market, tied to stocks where the valuation is massively inflated and unrealistic?
Notice how the media now quotes as financial expert a marketing person*. To quote: “Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela has reportedly told employees that “the most important lever for almost all our employees’ compensation upside is the stock price.”” █
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* That Microsoft “report” and similar ones (same ‘script’) has helped distract from the layoffs (we saw numerous of the same spiel, an identical ‘script’). Last week Microsoft spread a bunch of fluff about salaries and salary increases while many layoffs were quietly signed off.
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05.19.23
Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre Software at 8:30 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
He quietly stole his workers’ money and bought luxury cars
Summary: The fraud at Sirius ‘Open Source’ had many victims; most of them are voiceless, however, as they don’t blog, but they still got robbed and they want justice.
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Posted in Finance, Fraud at 9:48 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Nobody to Speak With Today
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Summary: 28 days ago I reported fraud committed by Sirius ‘Open Source’ against many members of its own staff for more than half a decade; “An assessment will be made as to whether there are viable lines of enquiry that would enable a law enforcement body, such as the police service, to investigate. The NFIB aim to provide you with an update on your report within 28 days,” they said 28 days ago, but no word was received from them. Today I phoned them up for an update and the video above documents the process. The short story is, no human answered the call and I ended up with a silent wait, maybe due to a technical error.
“I am sorry to hear you have been a victim of crime,” said a message to me 28 days ago. “Thank you for taking the time to report to Action Fraud. Your report has been sent to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) for review.”
“I didn’t even get to speak to a person.”Did they get back to me? No, Not yet.
Maybe the coronation spectacle kept them very busy.
For some background and context, consider reading the follow parts in turn:
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part I — Sirius Crimes Reported to British Authorities, Formally Registered With References (Many Victims), Here’s What It Means and What Happens Next
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part II — Still No Action From Action Fraud
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part III — Why Police Action is the Only Option Now
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part IV — British Prime Minister “Launches Crackdown on Fraud”, So Now Prove It
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part V — 20 Days Later, UK ‘Action Fraud’ Shows No Signs of Action
- Holding Criminals Accountable — Part VI — 26 Days Later and Still Inaction/No Action by the Police That Had Endless Resources for Coronation Ceremony
As the video hopefully makes evident, their answering system isn’t working. I didn’t even get to speak to a person. I was just muted completely for several minutes (or rather, the other side was perpetually muted, without any indication of any progress whatsoever).
This is especially frustrating as people have been the victims of a crime and there’s nobody to even speak to. Manchester’s police told me I must contact Action Fraud, not them. After 28 days there has been no action, just inaction, and there seems to be nobody to speak to for updates. That’s a lot worse than I expected when initiating the call.
“Action is needed, not automated messages and robots on a telephone line.”Maybe it’s intentional? To keep down the “plebs” and “chavs”? It’s probably not intentional, but I will try again on Monday to see if I get any luckier, even though these calls aren’t cheap and quite frankly they should have made these ‘freecall’ (0800 and similar), especially if the aim is to protect vulnerable people on shoestring budget. Making such a process this slow would result in fatigue, frustration, and in turn learned helplessness. Curiously enough they present options (in the voice menus) insinuating that their target callers are business and organisations.
Having a police unit that claims to be doing something without actually doing it (or improperly doing it) is a matter of saving face or ticking the “right box”. Action is needed, not automated messages and robots on a telephone line. █
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