Kevin Metcalf, JW and counterfeiter

by Kent 16 Replies latest jw friends

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  Kent

  ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS

  
  United States Attorney
  Central District of California

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  Thom Mrozek, Public Affairs Officer
  (213) 894-6947
  [email protected]

  February 3, 1999

  ORANGE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS PRISON
  FOR COUNTERFEIT MONEY, CHECK OPERATION

  An Anaheim man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for counterfeiting as much as $120,000 in United States currency and corporate checks, United States Attorney Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced.

  Kevin Metcalf, 38, who used a computer and a scanner at his former home in Yorba Linda to manufacture the counterfeit items, was sentenced by United States District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram, sitting by designation in Los Angeles.

  Metcalf was found guilty in May 1998 on conspiracy and four counts of counterfeiting. At trial, Assistant United States Attorney James W. Spertus presented evidence showing that Metcalf and a confederate scanned $20 Federal Reserve Notes and used Metcalf's computer to print fake currency.

  Metcalf and his co-conspirator also used the computer to print counterfeit checks that appeared to be drawn on the accounts of mortgage companies and other firms. The information on the fake checks came from legitimate checks that the victim companies had given to Metcalf to pay him for work done as a real estate appraiser, Spertus said.

  Metcalf was arrested after his co-conspirator attempted to sell counterfeit checks to an undercover Secret Service agent following a two-week undercover sting operation. The co-conspirator pleaded guilty to federal charges.

  In addition to the three-year prison term, Judge Kram ordered Metcalf to pay a $15,000 criminal fine and $2,068 in restitution to California Federal Bank. In sentencing Metcalf, Judge Kram found that the defendant obstructed justice by giving false testimony during his trial and that he was the organizer of the conspiracy. Judge Kram rejected Metcalf's request for a reduced sentence based on his claims that the counterfeiting operation was "aberrant behavior" because he was a Jehovah's Witness who was active in charitable causes. For sentencing purposes, Judge Kram determined that the amount of loss in this case was between $70,000 and $120,000.

  This case is the product of an investigation by the United States Secret Service, Santa Ana Counterfeit Crimes Strike Force.

  Release No. 99-026

  http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/pr/026.htm

  Yakki Da

  Kent

  "The only difference between a fool and the JW legal department is that a fool might be sympathetic ."

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  friendorfoe

  I wonder if his charitable contributions helped finance legal aide for the pedophiles within the borg ?
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  Flip

  because he was a Jehovah's Witness who was active in charitable causes.

  ...active in charitable causes?

  Flip
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  BoozeRunner

  Charitable causes? It seems his favorite charity was HIMSELF!!!

  Boozy
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  Moxy

  ok, a man whos being sentenced wishes to show the court how abberrant his criminal behaviour is by pointing to his religious and charitable activities. yeah, thats unbiased. what possible motives could he have for claiming that? i think ill pick up kismet's line (i think hes getting bored with this debate himself) and also ask how kent's headline distorts the article, despite the fact the article is faithfully reproduced and referenced. ie, if the newspaper (sorry, press release) had used kent's headline instead of the one they did, would they have been forced to print a retraction?

  mox

  edited for parenthetical insertion.
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  Kent

  if the newspaper had used kent's headline instead of the one they did, would they have been forced to print a retraction?

  No, they wouldn't. He was a JW, AND a counterfeiter. Can't you read?

  Besides, it wasn't a newspaper who wrote this. You can't read, so you're excused.

  How long since you accepted that lobothomy?

  Yakki Da

  Kent

  "The only difference between a fool and the JW legal department is that a fool might be sympathetic ."

  Daily News On The Watchtower and the Jehovah's Witnesses:
  http://watchtower.observer.org
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  joelbear

  But was he a "real JW"?
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  Kent

  According to his own statement, he was a "real JW" - whatever that is. This document is rather official, and I believe that seal should be some kind of evidence to that. Or can anyone use that seal and the names of officials in the US as they please?

  Yakki Da

  Kent

  "The only difference between a fool and the JW legal department is that a fool might be sympathetic ."

  Daily News On The Watchtower and the Jehovah's Witnesses:
  http://watchtower.observer.org
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  larc

  Moxy,

  What is your problem on this one? Kent is not the editor of a newspaper who has to get the headline just right for the general public. Kent is giving a title to a thread to get people's attention. I see nothing inflamitory about it at all. He generated the article as is, for our review. Moxy, are you holding a grudge from some other thread?

  Kent,

  I appreciate your tireless efforts in bringing us the news from around the world regarding the behavior of some individuals who claim to be "one of God's choosen people." Keep up the good work.
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  Moxy

  no, he is not the editor of a newspaper who was to get everything right. do the editors of newspapers try to get everything right because they 'have to' legally or because they are interesting in gaining credibility?

  if you report news on a website, would you like your reporting to more closely resemble tabloid journalism or professional journalism? would you care?

  how would you feel if your reporting style turned away JWs seeking answers because information was presented with technical correctness but with emotional verbiage or sensational headlines or misleading statements typical of the grocery store tabloids they see every day and immediately dismiss? (i had this exact experience myself some years ago. i might have been spared much pain otherwise.)

  i do not hold a grudge against kent but feel that these are important questions along the lines of those raised lately by kismet. i enjoy many of kents posts. the georgian article with the JW interview posted alongside this one was very good. i do not object to his character and do not see why this should be an issue. please do not make it one.

  as to the question of the JW-ness of the counterfeiter, it strains my imagination to believe that i even need to spell this out.

  i am not questioning whether this is an official doj press release.

  i am not questioning whether the named officials are real.

  i am not questioning whether the events happened as reported.

  i am not questioning whether or not this actually appeared in a newspaper or not and fail to see the relevance of this.

  i would never question the legitamcy of a webpage based on a GRAPHIC that appeared at the top of it. (this assertion frankly baffles me.)

  i am questioning the relevance of a man claiming he is a JW in hopes of reducing his prison sentence. this PR says nothing more than that except that the plea was rejected.

  mox