bostonteaparty wrote:It was a verbal order from pre-trial services.
"Pretrial services" usually means criminal action.
The only criminal action for Michael S. Ioane is in the Eastern District of California, 1:09-cr-00142-LJO-3.
A check on the docket shows orders by Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder, the same MJ that "bostonteaparty" is complaining about.
Demo has already linked above to a copy of the complaint, which can be found at
http://www.cheatingfrenzy.com/ioane1.pdf
The complaint alleges that Ioane, doing business as "Acacia Business Solutions," "First Amendment Publishers," and other entities, engaged in a conspiracy to evade income taxes using, among other things, fake corporations and trusts.
The link in question seems to be from a promotion of a book published by "First Amendment Publishers" to a website for services provided by "Acacia Business Solutions," which services include the creation of corporations.
In other words, the link seems be from one Ioane web site to another Iaone web site, and could be part of a plan to direct people interested in evading taxes to services to help them evade taxes.
The orders setting the conditions for Ioane's release have a number of Internet-related conditions, including that he not have any access to the Internet, terminate his Internet access, make his computer available to the Pretrial Services Officer for inspection from time to time, not provide tax advice, not be involved with trusts, and not promote, manage, or consult on any corporation, trust, or limited liability company.
Telling Ioane to sever the link between the tax book and the "business services" web site might have seemed to the MJ and PSO as steps necessary or appropriate to enforcing the conditions of release, and they might have told him to do it or risk being returned to custody. (Although I don't know how he would change the web page without access to the Internet.)