There was a case uncovered recently where an American forged papers to get residency in another country that America has close ties to, with intent to possibly commit other crimes there, if he needed it. The forging was done with the help of another American or Americans, so my question is, even though they were Americans acting on American soil, since they were helping someone defraud another country, that America has close ties to and a strong extradition treaty with, could the other country get them extradited? Or even if not, is it a crime under American law to forge documents even if they’re meant to defraud a foreign government, especially an ally?
Wanted to write and share the ongoing experience users and patreons are having with Findster and Maven company that develop pet tracking devices. This is about their shady business practice that foiled thousands of people who crowdfunded the product on kickstarter and indigogo under false pretense. The premise of the Findster Home device was a GPS pet tracker for your dog or cat collar that used a proprietary MAZE technology that was SUBSCRIPTION FREE.
https://getfindster.com/
A decent technical breakdown can be found here of how it worked. But try and think of it like an encrypted FM radio that sends periodic GPS signals. This is what gives the collar the ability to operate without a cell tower for communication and have improved battery life over CELL based collars.
https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/28/findsters-gps-tracker-locates-missing-kids-or-pets-without-a-monthly-fee/
Ultimately the success of the Findster was from designing a GPS MAZE collar which investing in their proprietary technology to corner the market with a collar that avoided monthly fees. Otherwise you might as well use a CELL based collar as it would provide unlimited rage.
Findster success was due to the support through the crowdfunding campaign, crowd marketing and their own seed and venture capital. Patrons are a large reason to the success as crowdfunding sites provide a lot of visibility and allow companies to test the waters before investing capital. It also allows them to raise capital and a higher valuation from VC’s because they can gauge external interest.
Their products were the original Prototype, DUO, DUO+ and the new Home/base station device. Some back story. The DUO+ product was a collar that the pet could wear and the receiver would have to worn by the person tracking the pet on their belt. Ultimately it would operate as a wireless dongle that connected connect receiver (the belt unit) and collar with MAZE and then the receiver to your phone via Bluetooth. Distance was generally limited to around 1km in good circumstances around the receiver. The limitation could be summarized with distance reliability and battery life.
Findster Duo+ was targeted to people with dogs who go out for walks/hikes far away from their property. The current product that Findster home is the product the company has failed to deliver. It has been changed due to the merger that screwed over their patrons. The Findster Home product was presented to patrons as a home base station with
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> SHERMAN, Texas - A Central Texas criminal defense lawyer was sentenced to federal prison today for an international fraud scheme involving his Colombian cocaine trafficking clients, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
> James Morris Balagia, 65, of Manor, Texas was found guilty by a jury on Oct. 29, 2019, of five federal charges and was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant.
> According to information presented in court, Balagia, also known as Jamie Balagia, also known as "The DWI Dude," had a law practice with offices in San Antonio and Manor, specializing in defending clients charged with violations such as driving while intoxicated and drug possession.
> In 2014, Balagia conspired with Florida private investigator Chuck Morgan, and Colombian attorney, Bibiana Correa Perea to swindle Colombian drug traffickers under the guise of bribing officials in the United Sates.
> The Office of Foreign Assets and Control had previously designated Balagia's Colombian clients as "Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers." These individuals were considered some of the biggest drug traffickers in the world.
> As part of the scheme, Balagia provided Colombian co-conspirators with his personal bank account number and routing number.
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