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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 0:10:01 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 0:10:01 GMT -5

Please take a serious look at the person you have followed and defended so strenuously as a champion of the 99%.

He is a New York criminal defense attorney.

He has made his reputation and living defending those accused of defrauding, cheating, and abusing Americans and that’s what his firm STILL does.

Mr. Pollok represents himself as someone with a passion for the 99%, yet as lead council for his firm, he “vigorously” defends “mortgage, securities, insurance, tax and immigration fraud.”

That’s not slander, mean spirited or trying to hurt him personally. It’s not swearing, and it’s not against the 99Dec’s board rules to post this.

It’s TRUE.

I just want people to know WHO they are following, and want them to be WELL aware that as the 99% Declaration gets bigger, people will ask more and more questions about its founder. This information, combined with the email exchanges and facebook and forum postings filled with angry swearing, diatribes and threats of lawsuits to any dissenters may prove very difficult for many news outlets to reconcile with his smiling face.
I am screen-shotting this against deletion (it will be passed along to appropriate news channels that you attempted to silence me if you try to hide this from your members, Mr. Pollok.)

I’ve made a new identity to post this because If it’s banned, I want to be able to RE post it with the screen shot, as it violates NO board rules to tell the truth, using only copied and pasted information, about the founder of this group.

So... the docs:

Michael Pollok's Overview
Current
Of Counsel at Marvin and Marvin, PLLC
Past
Of Counsel at Allegaert Berger and Vogel
Of Counsel at Hoffman & Pollok, LLP
Associate at Barrett, Gravante, Carpinello & Stern, LLP
intern at NYS Courts

nymag.com/nymag/advertorial/criminallaw/2011/hoffman-and-pollock/
“Established thirty-five years ago, Hoffman & Pollok is a firm recognized in the business as “lawyers’ lawyers.” The firm has defended, not only lawyers, but also doctors, brokers and other professionals caught in the cross-fire of the prosecutorial frenzy of the day, including mortgage, securities, insurance, tax and immigration fraud.”

openjurist.org/391/f3d/147/doe-v-menefee
bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/391/391.F3d.147.03-2432.html
queenscourier.com/2008/photographer-pleads-guilty-15279/
www.ice.gov/news/releases/1003/100326brooklyn.htm
blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/01/queens_photogra.php
Child Porn (at least twice, and through the appeals process)
law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/115/155/568329/
Organized crime
lawyers.law.cornell.edu/lawyer/michael-s-pollok-1490243 “White collar fraud defense lawyer”
www.hpplegal.com/firmprofile.php
“Over the last several years, our attorneys have represented individuals and professionals charged with securities fraud, health-care fraud, tax and accounting fraud, as well as public corruption investigations and prosecutions.”

www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2011/May/14/Williams_sen-14May11.html
groups.yahoo.com/group/Patterson12563/message/8070
Corrupt Public Officials- Lead Council
www.crimdef.com/federal_crime_law.html
White collar crime including tax evasion and Medicare fraud.

“Michael was then employed as an associate at Barrett, Gravante, Carpinello & Stern, LLP (now merged with Boies, Schiller and Flexner, LLP) in Manhattan, where his practice involved white collar criminal defense litigation and appeals, SEC, NASD, Medicaid and Medicare fraud investigations, complex civil litigation, including investigations and litigation involving failed savings and loan institutions on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Resolution Trust Corporation.”
www.martindale.com/Michael-S-Pollok/157504837-lawyer.htm

David Mauriello a.k.a.Diamond Facilitation Committee Posts: 6	Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 0:45:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by David Mauriello a.k.a.Diamond on Feb 7, 2012 0:45:32 GMT -5 Michael Pollok stepped down from the board and has resigned as attorney for the group. I feel that nothing more is needed to be said at this point.
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sandymiracle
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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 0:54:41 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 0:54:41 GMT -5

When?

He posted using the 99Declaration page as recently as today, and no announcement has been made regarding him no longer being a board member. Additionally, he is listed on the website as a member of the board, as well as on the incorporation papers with the state of New York.

appext9.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=4428814&p_corpid=4166688&p_entity_name=the+99+percent+working+group&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0

David Mauriello a.k.a.Diamond Facilitation Committee Posts: 6	Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 1:54:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by David Mauriello a.k.a.Diamond on Feb 7, 2012 1:54:13 GMT -5 We will make the appropriate statement shortly.
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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 5:12:04 GMT -5

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Post by rap on Feb 7, 2012 5:12:04 GMT -5

Hey there Sandy one. That is a very threatening post you have made. I wish we all knew as much about your personal life as you have posted on MPs. But alas you hide like many of the new regime, using excuses to hide a basic lack of matu. No I dasn't say it. It would be considered a personal attack, not a sweet loving endorsement like the one above of the man who gave us all this movement.

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 5:29:29 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 5:29:29 GMT -5

Not sure why you would think I threatened MP. Also I'm sure that seeing as he already quit at least once when he didn't get his way, demolishing infrastructure as he went (November) I'm sure you can see my concern that members be aware not of his personal life, but of his professional ties and credentials. We are in the media eye and the work in which Mr Pollok engages will surely have an impact on future group activities even if he has really Quit again, or been fired, or whatever.

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 7:48:03 GMT -5

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Post by rap on Feb 7, 2012 7:48:03 GMT -5

What would you call this sandy: "I am screen-shotting this against deletion (it will be passed along to appropriate news channels that you attempted to silence me if you try to hide this from your members, Mr. Pollok.) ?

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 8:17:38 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 8:17:38 GMT -5

"This" is a simple cause and effect statement. As someone who has had my posts deleted in the past solely because I said something that either MP or KC didn't like, (for example pointing out that treating volunteers with no appreciation is not the way we should be running things) I was banned. Sweeping things under the rug cannot become standard procedure. For example, hours ago we were assured that MP was no longer a board member or attorney for the group, yet he is still prominently vocal. Thus, he is still able to make public announcements and be respected as group leader. No mention of WHY he is being FORCED down, no repudiation of his behavior, and no transparency as to the process of ensuring that respect is universal or apologies issued to anyone he abused has been initiated. It's "business as usual" with just enough modification to get the secret from the group, non-transparent donor money in hand. No proof that the mystery donor is not on the board. We must simply "trust." We are also given the supposition that a 5K member Facebook page was "hacked" offline through repeated reporting. This is utterly preposterous. If it were that simple, the vocal minority against us at OWS would have done it already. We could take down the pages of congressmen and bankers easily. No, each report is IP tracked and duplicate reports tossed. The page, like others before it, was taken down manually in an effort to control information. Don't believe me? Go spend the next hour, heck the next MONTH reporting a page. Being 10 friends along for the effort. The page will remain. Want to take it a step further? Request access to the gmail account used to create the page. Go to Facebook and complete the password resend procedure. When the password arrives, log in and restore the page. Easy day. Think on it. If the page went down unexpectedly, how were the names of all 5K friends retrieved? When Facebook takes a page down they take it DOWN and ban associated IP addresses. This is simple stuff from facebook's terms and user agreement and help pages. So why are we being told something contrary?

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 8:54:27 GMT -5

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Post by webe1954 on Feb 7, 2012 8:54:27 GMT -5

Feb 7, 2012 5:12:04 GMT -5 rap said:

Hey there Sandy one. That is a very threatening post you have made. I wish we all knew as much about your personal life as you have posted on MPs. But alas you hide like many of the new regime, using excuses to hide a basic lack of matu. No I dasn't say it. It would be considered a personal attack, not a sweet loving endorsement like the one above of the man who gave us all this movement.

There is nothing about his personal life in what Sandy posted. It is not wrong that we learn about his professional life since it does relate to the movement.

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 8:59:39 GMT -5

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Post by hendrimike on Feb 7, 2012 8:59:39 GMT -5

The FB page to my knowledge was taken down and MP sent a board member the notification from FB as to why. I have not read it yet. The friend list was copied and pasted to a document before this happened because we were aware that this was a possibility due to people reporting the page being used improperly.

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 9:03:04 GMT -5

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Post by hendrimike on Feb 7, 2012 9:03:04 GMT -5

And MP is no longer a member of The 99 Declaration in any capacity. A statement is being prepared. It just happened. We are aware of things that may have been done to people that would be deemed hurtful to them and we apologize for those things. We hope to move forward by displaying actions that will strengthen the view of our members that we look to being more inclusive of all.

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 9:33:42 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 9:33:42 GMT -5

Thank you for that more plausible explaination.
It does not match the public one given to 99%Declaration members.
MP, David Itkin, and someone posting as 99% Declaration spin a very convincing (on the surface) flatly contradictory story.
MP initiated the post claiming that "someone" deleted a PERSONAL PAGE (no admins just one owner) and then followed up with "that's a shame" when the "Facebook did it" explaination was presented.
Any individual owner with username and password could just go restore the page. The last user posting as that page was MP (check the threads in the group for discussion by Daine) and during his removal from the board users reported being unfriended and blocked from that page. Then the page went down.

A bit of past history: back in November, 99%Dec was a yahoo group.
occupywinstonsalem.org/groups/affiliations/#.TzEyDIl5mc0

That group was deleted.

As was the OWS working group for 99%Declaration.
www.nycga.net/2011/11/01/the-nycga-true-hollywood-story-the-99declaration-group-an-expose/

This was publicly attributed to OWS by MP and those who, at the time, supported him.
www.revleft.com/vb/harassment-99-declaration-t165237/index.html?s=03ed81df8ac2cf3bca2550e7127175d0&

(note his condemnation of censorship in his post.)

Yet there are since numerous complaints of censorship by MP and his supporters simply for asking Questions the TRUE answers to which might place him in negative light.

And the 99%Declaration, as a group, has not acknowledged that this behavior is occurring, and enforced the same consequences any other member would expect to receive. Does this not give the impression that the behavior is condoned, or at least covered up? Does this not indicate preferential treatment and undue influence of a few members? In government, do we not call that corruption?

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 9:42:22 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 9:42:22 GMT -5

He posted on the 99% Declaration page 43 minutes ago, and is left unmoderated.
Do you not agree that this could lead many people to believe he IS a member?
Unless by "just" you mean "in the last 43 minutes" in which case, I congratulate the 99%Declaratiom for finally cleaning their OWN house, and look forward to a statement as clear as those we make against corrupt elected officials.

Speaking of elections and the voice of the people, how was the new board selected? I don't recall seeing any open discussion, and given the recent transparency promises we've seen... And given the removal of board members who selected themselves, I would have expected to be offered a choice as a member of the group.

Does that not seem reasonable?

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 9:53:46 GMT -5

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Post by hendrimike on Feb 7, 2012 9:53:46 GMT -5

I cannot control a member of the public that wants to post on that page if it doesn't impede with the moderation guidelines. I agree that the way that he is posting still makes it seem like he is a member, but I assure you...he is not.

The new board members were nominated and voted on by those that were on the board at the time. Michael P, Adeline, and Kevin A at the time. Board members are voted on by board members. I don't want to comment further on the process because I do not understand the legalese of the process, but I know that once a member of the board, board members are legally binded to anything the organization does and so new members must meet the approval of the already existing board.

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Docs on MP For consideration. NO SLANDER JUST DOCS Feb 7, 2012 10:17:30 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 10:17:30 GMT -5

A) What you are saying is that his conduct warranted dismissal from the group, but not protecting ourselves against him continuing to act as though he is a member of the group and thereby furthering his own agenda by banning him? You personally moderate people for having a negative ATTITUDE in a post on the Facebook page, or posting a comment that you feel may not represent 99% Declaration in its best light. Yet MP is allowed to continue representing himself as a member, undermining the cause in the EXTREME to both detractors and former members afraid to return until he is gone. Why?

B) If the old board chooses the new board... does anyone else see a problem with that, given that at least one member of the old board has been expelled for corruption?

How do the bylaws of this organization address removal of a corrupt board of directors by its members if the board of directors fails to remove corruption before it damages the organization?
(Numerous examples of MP's damage to the organization are easily referenced. That is why he was... eventually... removed... by... someone... somehow...sort of.)

What happens to the cash that he contributed?
What happens with the matching donation?
Is the donor a member of the board now?
(Since we are not permitted to know the donor's name... we don't know.)

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 0:10:01 GMT -5

Post by David Mauriello a.k.a.Diamond on Feb 7, 2012 0:45:32 GMT -5

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Post by David Mauriello a.k.a.Diamond on Feb 7, 2012 1:54:13 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 5:29:29 GMT -5

Post by rap on Feb 7, 2012 7:48:03 GMT -5

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Post by webe1954 on Feb 7, 2012 8:54:27 GMT -5

Post by hendrimike on Feb 7, 2012 8:59:39 GMT -5

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Post by sandymiracle on Feb 7, 2012 9:33:42 GMT -5

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