http://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/ar ... 391775.php
"Ah", you might think, "but what if he's just an ordinary fraudster?" to which I respondInvestigators say the Des Moines man who has gone by all those names was hawking a bogus homestead scheme purported to allow squatters to seize legal ownership of abandoned houses.
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Leading group meetings, Yishmael claimed Washington’s homestead law allowed people to claim vacant homes as their own, the special agent said in charging papers. Yishmael and his wife then sent out emails alerting members of properties “available” for squatting.
Many of the homes involved had been abandoned in the face of foreclosure. The squatters often weren’t discovered immediately, and the debtors had little interest in removing them from homes their lenders were trying to claim.
Yishmael then helped members file false paperwork at the King County Recorder’s Office in an effort to legitimize the squatting, the special agent continued. A member of the group changed the locks on the homes.
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Et cetera, et cetera.AMENDED MOTION TO
STRIKE/DISMISS COMPLAINT AND
REQUEST FOR FULL FINDING OF
FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Lack of In Personam & Territorial
Jurisdiction
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Even if the absurd claim is made harm is not a necessary element of a real crime, the complaint is still fatally flawed as there is no accusation alleged defendant violated any one's legal rights. If there were a true adversary against alleged defendant, it would be laughable to even try to discuss causation because defendant is not accused of causing anything, real or imagined.
