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 MajorTom11 wrote:
Alright guys, let's stop engaging with Glasses please as he really doesn't have anything new to say.

Glasses we appreciate your opinion but the majority of us drastically disagree with you on what constitutes relevant evidence and also service to the community. I think it has been established that we will have to agree to disagree with you on those points.

If you have new information or new commentary to make then you are welcome to continue posting, but you have stated this is shameful bs 4 or 5 times now with little else to add, and we have all heard and acknowledged you. I would hate to assume your only goal here was to incite aggression.

I'll just add some red to this so you guys actually notice it then.

Has anyone who has been bothered by Daniel ever actually gone to the police? He's (all allegedly) impersonated a police officer (during TSS), now a lawyer, made harassing phone calls, threats, all on top of money issues still outstanding.

If there's no real consequence to his actions, other than moving shop every few months, what's to make him stop? No disrespect intended, I know first hand what a pain "petty" claims can be to follow up on. It just ...... all feels a bit futile, despite the level of interest.

We don't know that Daniel impersonated a lawyer. For all we know somebody saw him in trouble and decided to con him into thinking that the person he hired was a "legal" film.

We have plenty of evidence that Britcons is fake and the C&D is a wash. We don't have any proof of how far Daniel is involved in that.

 d-usa wrote:
We don't know that Daniel impersonated a lawyer. For all we know somebody saw him in trouble and decided to con him into thinking that the person he hired was a "legal" film.

We have plenty of evidence that Britcons is fake and the C&D is a wash. We don't have any proof of how far Daniel is involved in that.

Right, but whoever is involved in that should face consequences. If those involved do nothing, then there is no point in any evidence that has been uncovered as anyone conducting criminal behavior will simply get away with it.

Vetric wrote:
Has anyone who has been bothered by Daniel ever actually gone to the police? He's (all allegedly) impersonated a police officer (during TSS), now a lawyer, made harassing phone calls, threats, all on top of money issues still outstanding.

If there's no real consequence to his actions, other than moving shop every few months, what's to make him stop? No disrespect intended, I know first hand what a pain "petty" claims can be to follow up on. It just ...... all feels a bit futile, despite the level of interest.

Most claims of theft and/or mail fraud don't become worth it to pursue and prosecute until they reach one thousand dollars in damage/missing property.

From what I can gather, individuals rarely, if ever, exceed this number when doing business with Mr. Mandelbaum. It would take the people that have issues with missing product (like Alpharius, who by his count is owed 235 USD worth of product and services from Mr. Mandelbaum) to band together and create a class action claim of sorts. Something similar happened with people in the Swap Shop with a user named Ahriman085, who had scammed several people out of at around 2 grand worth of models and money, they managed to get a detective to come and look into the situation and recover the stuff.

Let's hope that the person in Germany decides to follow this incident with any legal action.

Vetric wrote:
Has anyone who has been bothered by Daniel ever actually gone to the police? He's (all allegedly) impersonated a police officer (during TSS), now a lawyer, made harassing phone calls, threats, all on top of money issues still outstanding.

If there's no real consequence to his actions, other than moving shop every few months, what's to make him stop? No disrespect intended, I know first hand what a pain "petty" claims can be to follow up on. It just ...... all feels a bit futile, despite the level of interest.

While Daniel has done many things, during the TSS incident I was able to follow up with Dallas PD and confirm that it was(granted rather unprofessional) a legitimate officer who called from his personal phone to investigate during that time.

Unless there were other calls that I'm not aware of, I don't think there is any evidence of impersonating an officer, and the allegations on impersonating a lawyer are speculation(granted made with compelling arguments).

So while we should avoid labels for allegations, we can indeed stick with facts.

I don't recall any threats from RF off the top of my head, and I"d have to go digging through emails to see if there were any during TSS. Harassment is a verified thing he has done, and fraudulent use of identities other than his own are also verified.

 d-usa wrote:
We don't know that Daniel impersonated a lawyer. For all we know somebody saw him in trouble and decided to con him into thinking that the person he hired was a "legal" film.

We have plenty of evidence that Britcons is fake and the C&D is a wash. We don't have any proof of how far Daniel is involved in that.

That's why I threw in the "alleged". Ignore the lawyer part, my concern still stands. It's a big list of stuff he looks to have done.


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Heck, even I got in on the "try and engage him on FB" stuff that it looks like half of Dakka has done. It just doesn't really get anywhere.

I may just be speaking out of frustration. Been dealing with (non-wargaming related) scamming nonsense IRL too. It all adds up

 d-usa wrote:
We don't know that Daniel impersonated a lawyer. For all we know somebody saw him in trouble and decided to con him into thinking that the person he hired was a "legal" film.

We have plenty of evidence that Britcons is fake and the C&D is a wash. We don't have any proof of how far Daniel is involved in that.

This is true with the limited informaton we have.

Remember boys and girls, if you get a C&E from Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe, you might verify that...

Just curious, seeing as I haven't seen the actual C&D in the form it was submitted to yakface, was it by chance filed through a court with an official stamp or anything along those lines?
Just spoke with my brother who is HPD, if its an official court document that he forged (ie put a state seal or official court number etc on) then its forgery of a government document..... A state jail felony in Texas.

Now thats a thing I had not considered.

guidsgjg wrote:
Just curious, seeing as I haven't seen the actual C&D in the form it was submitted to yakface, was it by chance filed through a court with an official stamp or anything along those lines?
Just spoke with my brother who is HPD, if its an official court document that he forged (ie put a state seal or official court number etc on) then its forgery of a government document..... A state jail felony in Texas.

It was emailed to Yak, who states that in the OP under the 5/13/2013 Update:

Yakface wrote:The Cease & Desist email was sent by someone pretending to be Michael Duerkop, the CEO of this fictitious company.

It's certainly a good point, but I doubt that an email would have an official court seal/stamp :-\

 Aerethan wrote:

While Daniel has done many things, during the TSS incident I was able to follow up with Dallas PD and confirm that it was(granted rather unprofessional) a legitimate officer who called from his personal phone to investigate during that time.

I was the one that went up one side of the officer and down the other before I realized he was legit. I did call the officer back and apologize. It was the least I could do.

@Alfndrate
And Roger, I'm no lawyer but under that pretense it can be explicity deduced that it is not a legal document, therefore is inadmissable as legal evidence in a court of law, and can therefore be ignored. All things that have already been stated =/, was just hoping there was a slip up we could exploit for real legal action. I'd like to be able to start some form of action, but without me personally having been frauded or taken advantage of, its hard to do anything about lol.

Vetric wrote:
Has anyone who has been bothered by Daniel ever actually gone to the police? He's (all allegedly) impersonated a police officer (during TSS), now a lawyer, made harassing phone calls, threats, all on top of money issues still outstanding.

If there's no real consequence to his actions, other than moving shop every few months, what's to make him stop? No disrespect intended, I know first hand what a pain "petty" claims can be to follow up on. It just ...... all feels a bit futile, despite the level of interest.

I agree. Mr. Mandelbaum will not stop on his own behalf. I think I recognize the underlying psychiatric reason behind his doings, an illness that is almost impossible to treat, but that I won't name here out of respect of his privacy. If I am right, it should be at least easy to uncover the system of schemes, tricks and false identities, as they won't stand any closer scrutiny (like the mercenary-lawyer-photographer mess).

 alarmingrick wrote:

 Aerethan wrote:

While Daniel has done many things, during the TSS incident I was able to follow up with Dallas PD and confirm that it was(granted rather unprofessional) a legitimate officer who called from his personal phone to investigate during that time.

I was the one that went up one side of the officer and down the other before I realized he was legit. I did call the officer back and apologize. It was the least I could do.

That would be the instance I'm referring to. We were able to verify the officer and I let his sergeant know that personal cell phones really should not be used for official police business, but as I'm not a local resident, I'm sure they did not care.

 Aerethan wrote:

 alarmingrick wrote:

 Aerethan wrote:

While Daniel has done many things, during the TSS incident I was able to follow up with Dallas PD and confirm that it was(granted rather unprofessional) a legitimate officer who called from his personal phone to investigate during that time.

I was the one that went up one side of the officer and down the other before I realized he was legit. I did call the officer back and apologize. It was the least I could do.

That would be the instance I'm referring to. We were able to verify the officer and I let his sergeant know that personal cell phones really should not be used for official police business, but as I'm not a local resident, I'm sure they did not care.

The only thing the officer cared about was getting the hell away from the Mandelbaum clan, he said.

 WarOne wrote:
irregardless.

Grrrr....

Now, I'm sorry for asking but who is this Mandelbaum fellow? I he the guy who (allegedly) kept making fake websites and kept ripping everyone off?

 DeffDred wrote:

 WarOne wrote:
irregardless.

Grrrr....

Now, I'm sorry for asking but who is this Mandelbaum fellow? I he the guy who (allegedly) kept making fake websites and kept ripping everyone off?

Yes. Daniel Mandelbaum is "allegedly" the person who operated as Matthew Bonder(RedStarOne), Susan Beasley(Lord.Serpius) and he is verified as the person behind Three Stage Studios, and is a verified owner behind Resin Forge.

The evidence connecting him to the alleged names is VERY damning, to the point of being irrefutable.

If I am right, it should be at least easy to uncover the system of schemes, tricks and false identities, as they won't stand any closer scrutiny (like the mercenary-lawyer-photographer mess).

In any case we can accuse (allege?) Mr Mandelbaum of a lot of things, but being a criminal mastermind is certainly none of them. Just by using the internet and rounding up some people for questioning we were able to pinpoint him, his company and a half a mile radius he's moving inside of to receive and dispatch his parcels. And that AFTER he had already been exposed before. Not a quick learner apparently or at least not somebody who knows what he is actually doing in a time where everything is tracked everywhere.

EDIT: you can also link him to "Hobby Bits". Not only allegedly.

 DeffDred wrote:

 WarOne wrote:
irregardless.

Grrrr....

Now, I'm sorry for asking but who is this Mandelbaum fellow? I he the guy who (allegedly) kept making fake websites and kept ripping everyone off?

Part of Resin Forge
Redstarone
Matt Bonder
Three Stage Studios
Conversion corner

Kinda jumping in late to be asking a question like that, no offense.
I'd suggest start reading from page one if you have any more questions.

 DeffDred wrote:
Now, I'm sorry for asking but who is this Mandelbaum fellow? I he the guy who (allegedly) kept making fake websites and kept ripping everyone off?

First post:

 yakface wrote:
Naturally anyone interested in Mr. Mandelbaum and any of his alleged aliases (such as Matthew Bonder, RedStarOne, Lord.Serpius, Kellz1234, Susan Beasley) or his alleged involvement with a number of now defunct sites/businesses while using those aliases (such as Conversion Corner, Miniature Wargame Conversions, Three Stage Studios, Lord.Serpius ebay account, Great.Hobby.Bits ebay account, Double.Your.Bits ebay account) should feel free to do their own research and come to their own conclusions.

 DeffDred wrote:

 WarOne wrote:
irregardless.

Grrrr....

Now, I'm sorry for asking but who is this Mandelbaum fellow? I he the guy who (allegedly) kept making fake websites and kept ripping everyone off?

Daniel Mandelbaum is a man that has gone by various alias over the past (at least 4 years) where he has allegedly taken people's money for services and then failed to provide services. For a while he went by the name RedStarOne (RSO)/Matthew Bonder. He would always follow the same pattern of business. He would start up for a few months and provide decent service and product (see his True Scale Terminators as part of his Three Stage Studios debacle). And then after he had built up credibility with his store, he would take on several orders and then fail to provide those people with product. He would quote ailing health of a family member (sometimes a wife, sometimes a child, sometimes both). Eventually as people were starting to figure out the chances of them getting their money or their product were slim to none, RSO would disappear into thin air and come back under a different name a few months later and repeat the process. During his last gig of Three Stage Studios, Matthew Bonder was revealed to be a man named Daniel Mandelbaum, and Resin Forge is his new gig.

well I found him on www.pipl.com, and verified his address through the Dallas County Appraisal website, it isn't that hard if you are really looking for someone... I don't know anyone in the DFW gaming community that knows him or his aliases though.

 warhamster77 wrote:
.. I don't know anyone in the DFW gaming community that knows him or his aliases though.

Not doubting you at all, but that really surprises me. I know it's a very large area, but maybe he doesn't "crap where he sleeps" so to speak?

Not that I am advocating ANY kind of confrontation with this person, this is Texas, and most Texans are armed...

3rd party supporting documents of fraud could include a reversal of charge on a credit card, a PayPal dispute resolution email/notice or a money order thingy or what ever they use.
The owner would have received either a letter or email about it with some info and conclusion.


Or since the USPS handles mail fraud and the like did anybody file a complaint there?

That is usefull as Ive not seen the USPS listed as a place to go for mail fraud.


Im pretty sure this will be my last post as it very clear Major Tom thinks im here to incite anger.

If you have such "evidence" share show me he is a crook. Show me a simple document that you tried to get your money back.

Names in under clothes ID can be used for preliminary id.

@alarmingrick, I've been part of this community for the last 3.5 years, and have met most of the gamers, some of them have become close friends, others have not. Of all of them, I haven't met or heard of this person(s) until this whole mess.

 warhamster77 wrote:
@alarmingrick, I've been part of this community for the last 3.5 years, and have met most of the gamers, some of them have become close friends, others have not. Of all of them, I haven't met or heard of this person(s) until this whole mess.

Don't take it wrong, I seriously don't doubt you.

Oh I wasn't I was just stating a fact. But it is disheartening that the gamer community has been taken advantage of in this way. I know I treat my own business VERY differently than this person does his, and if nothing else, it is educational on what not to do to my own customers. And as glasses said, I am surprised no one has taken this up with the USPS, I know from having worked at UPS mail fraud , and messing with mail will land you solidly in jail.