Private Sector Act dot Com
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:03 pm
When I first directed this particular item to some like-minded persons I referred to it as “The Gift of Stupid”. With that, please allow me to introduce you to “Ty Griffiths”, “human rights activist” and “reality television promoter”. He apparently operates this website:
http://www.privatesectoract.com/
Be prepared for a barrage of home-made hip-hop, computer animated and ‘green screen’ videos, and a speaker dressed in stylish yarn dreadlocks, Elton John novelty glasses, and an oversized “Slash” hat, cryptically babbling about how persons in Alberta are being stripped of their legitimate rights, various stereotypical ‘Strawman’-based concepts, and how some form of legislation is required to protect the everyman’s interest.
If you begin scratching your head, you are not alone.
Oh, and by the way, the button on the front page which you are invited to click so as to send a fax complaint to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench? Please don’t click it. I have from a reliable source that it does exactly that.
So what the heck is this thing about?
The answer is provided by this decision of Master Laycock of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench:
Scotia Mortgage Corporation v. Gutierrez, 2012 ABQB 683: http://canlii.ca/t/ftq8h
A transcript of the proceeding that led to this judgment is on the Private Sector Act dot Com website under the Unfair Judges Transcripts tab, and Master Laycock button.
So, it seems that an individual in the Calgary, Alberta area named Derek Johnson has been marketing an old 1970’s scam where desperate homeowners can put Mr. Johnson’s company on title to preempt foreclosure. This does not actually defeat the foreclosure, but instead causes the homeowners to incur yet further loss as they pay rent to Johnson and his associates, and then lose their house.
And here is Mr. Johnson’s website:
http://www.freelistcalgary.com/
Perhaps I have an overly suspicious mind, but it appears to me that there is a certain resemblance between the spokesperson on the FreeListCalgary website videos and “Ty Griffiths”. After you mentally remove the get-up that “Ty” is wearing.
So what is the connection between the “Sovereign Citizen” and “Freeman-on-the-Land” concepts that “Ty” is mentioning, and the actual mortgage scam? None that I can identify. Here we have a person who has taken an old kind of fraud and simply placed it, en toto, in a more modern and popular context by superficial reference to ‘dual/split person’ concepts, and other various things. If you review the transcripts published on the Private Sector Act dot Com website, it is apparent that homeowners have been instructed to babble these ideas while in court for some notational effect. The “HSBC Finance Mortgages Inc. vs John and Mary Lou Regier” transcript is probably the best illustration of that.
Judging from the correspondence between “Ty” and various lawyers, it seems there are actual ongoing appeals of a number of Queen’s Bench level decisions. Beyond that, I don’t think “Ty” has had much success in attracting public (even kook) interest. A few months ago an attempt was made to promote this website in the David Icke forum, and that did not seem to attract any attention from even those who embrace the concept of subterranean shape-shifting reptilian overlords. On that basis, I suspect “Ty” will not meet with much success, inside or outside court.
For those who may wish to follow-up for future court outcomes, there is a good chance that none will be published. While the Alberta Court of Appeal does release written reasons for all its decisions, that court has a ‘filtering’ mechanism for dubious claims. The court may require a litigant pay into court a “security for costs” sum prior to the appeal hearing. In Canada, an unsuccessful party to a civil lawsuit is usually required to pay some amount to offset the legal bill of the successful party for being dragged into court. The security for costs in these instances is ordered to guarantee payment of that amount. My understanding is that many frivolous appeals founder at this point.
SMS Möwe
http://www.privatesectoract.com/
Be prepared for a barrage of home-made hip-hop, computer animated and ‘green screen’ videos, and a speaker dressed in stylish yarn dreadlocks, Elton John novelty glasses, and an oversized “Slash” hat, cryptically babbling about how persons in Alberta are being stripped of their legitimate rights, various stereotypical ‘Strawman’-based concepts, and how some form of legislation is required to protect the everyman’s interest.
If you begin scratching your head, you are not alone.
Oh, and by the way, the button on the front page which you are invited to click so as to send a fax complaint to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench? Please don’t click it. I have from a reliable source that it does exactly that.
So what the heck is this thing about?
The answer is provided by this decision of Master Laycock of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench:
Scotia Mortgage Corporation v. Gutierrez, 2012 ABQB 683: http://canlii.ca/t/ftq8h
A transcript of the proceeding that led to this judgment is on the Private Sector Act dot Com website under the Unfair Judges Transcripts tab, and Master Laycock button.
So, it seems that an individual in the Calgary, Alberta area named Derek Johnson has been marketing an old 1970’s scam where desperate homeowners can put Mr. Johnson’s company on title to preempt foreclosure. This does not actually defeat the foreclosure, but instead causes the homeowners to incur yet further loss as they pay rent to Johnson and his associates, and then lose their house.
And here is Mr. Johnson’s website:
http://www.freelistcalgary.com/
Perhaps I have an overly suspicious mind, but it appears to me that there is a certain resemblance between the spokesperson on the FreeListCalgary website videos and “Ty Griffiths”. After you mentally remove the get-up that “Ty” is wearing.
So what is the connection between the “Sovereign Citizen” and “Freeman-on-the-Land” concepts that “Ty” is mentioning, and the actual mortgage scam? None that I can identify. Here we have a person who has taken an old kind of fraud and simply placed it, en toto, in a more modern and popular context by superficial reference to ‘dual/split person’ concepts, and other various things. If you review the transcripts published on the Private Sector Act dot Com website, it is apparent that homeowners have been instructed to babble these ideas while in court for some notational effect. The “HSBC Finance Mortgages Inc. vs John and Mary Lou Regier” transcript is probably the best illustration of that.
Judging from the correspondence between “Ty” and various lawyers, it seems there are actual ongoing appeals of a number of Queen’s Bench level decisions. Beyond that, I don’t think “Ty” has had much success in attracting public (even kook) interest. A few months ago an attempt was made to promote this website in the David Icke forum, and that did not seem to attract any attention from even those who embrace the concept of subterranean shape-shifting reptilian overlords. On that basis, I suspect “Ty” will not meet with much success, inside or outside court.
For those who may wish to follow-up for future court outcomes, there is a good chance that none will be published. While the Alberta Court of Appeal does release written reasons for all its decisions, that court has a ‘filtering’ mechanism for dubious claims. The court may require a litigant pay into court a “security for costs” sum prior to the appeal hearing. In Canada, an unsuccessful party to a civil lawsuit is usually required to pay some amount to offset the legal bill of the successful party for being dragged into court. The security for costs in these instances is ordered to guarantee payment of that amount. My understanding is that many frivolous appeals founder at this point.
SMS Möwe