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[dewayne]

I just got off the phone with Sargent Cunningham, after a brief conversation, and found that there is really not a Karl or Tim Bell. It is one guy that uses 8 different alias names. Have any of you ever been in dirrect contact with this guy? i have gotten a few personal messages from this forum from a guy who claimed to know Karl and suggested everything will work out? Now I wonder if that was Karl or not who sent me the message. Karl is under a $450,000.00 bond, and the police are still tracking down the money and all the information. Have any of you guys heard anything else. If you have anything that would help I would appreciate an e-mail. dstevens@wfeca.net Thanks!

[cooldad]

I have pretty much the same info you have. What I have heard was that his real name is Itsar Nagy, he did run a legitamite business untill sometime in 2001. At some point in 2001 he was introduced to "crack" at witch point it consumed him, he then lost his business and everything else. It was easy for him to keep taking orders because he was already set up for it. This became one of a few scams he did to further his habbit. The police told me that they found him living in a hotel, and that with the scams he was running was taking in an average of around 5000 a day "Im not sure I believe that", and may have put some moneys somwhere for future use.

As far as the person himself I had talked to him several times before placing the order. He always told me that his name was Karl. When I got burned I started to try and find things out myself, other local business's had never heard of him. I then did a whois on his web site and it was registered to a Damion Kessler. I had wired money to his Merchintile Bank account, so when I checked it out with their security they said that thier was only one name on the account and it didnt match any that I gave them. That is when I turned it over to the State Police inMaryland.

What really makes me ****ed even more than him stealing from me is that he had no negative feedback on the Better Business Report I got before I sent him any money, but I know now that there are some of you that got ripped off before me and had reported to the BBB and yet I was led to believe that he was still reputable.

[ase618]

hmm crack...big suprise. hell i know guys around home that got started on the stuff that i could have given my money to. i've talked to him but not lately. what are the 8 names? i know of 3 or 4. andrew

[agugliel75]

Strange I remember talking to Karl and whenever I used to call the shop their was someone who answered the phone that sounded like Karl and then he would say "let me get Karl, hold on" and then that same person would stop disguishing their voice. I even once tried to ask this person if he was disgushing his voice and they accidently hung up on me? To me after dealing with them it seems that they are a bunch of scam artist. I even placed a bad call in to the BBB and Karl tried to contact me but I never called him back. What a loser.

[brassman53]

I met Karl Bell nearly 4 yrs ago. Lavender contacts and better highlights in his dark hair than my wife's. I won't try to explain what he cost me. It is more than dollars and cents. The MSDS sheets at that time were for Tim Bell. Cell phone was for Tim Bell. I drove to MD and have pics of their "shop". That is a joke. They wouldn't meet with me. The MD State Police is only about a mile from them. I am sorry others got ripped off also. I kept getting stung along where they would send me a little something but never got near what they owed me. But yes I did meet the man. It was part of the deal for the money I was spending. I paid part and he dilivered part in person. Then I paid the rest(bulk) and never got it. The stuff I did get I found out later was low quality as far as the chems go. The "rebuilt" power supplies I had to rebuild. That 10hp buffer with new bearings on his site was mine. When he delivered "he just had to have" 2 of them and an inside belt sander that I had extra to complete the deal. He took them back with him. Sorry for everyone. Elrod.

[kenlancaster]

So why / how is the web site still up? Perhaps one of the stake-holders in the case should contact the appropriate authorities (e.g. courts, police, prosecutor, attorney general, ...) and suggest that they file an injunction to force this guy to take down the web site.

[dadkar2]

I was one of the lucky ones. I called for technical advice, with a long list of materials I was about to order, and talked to the guy. He kept repeating "Well you just have to know what you want to do" to every question. He was of no help and didn't know have a clue. I made the decision to stick with Caswell, who strives to improve processes and materials continuously. I've had flawless performance from Caswell systems since working the small bugs in my process for almost two years now.

[ase618]

well he's finally going to trial. should be interesting how easy he will get out of being punished for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from everybody. got a supoena in the mail requesting my presence to testify. and apparently if i don't go i will be held in contempt of court and a warrant will be issued for my arrest.... or body attachment...sounds kinda scary whatever they are talking about. but last time i checked the criminal was supposed to get in trouble for not going to court not the victim!?!? this fine country of ours. punished for being good; rewarded for being bad. makes sense don't it? oh yeah almost forgot court date is dec 29th right between two of the biggest holidays of the year. fun fun. andrew

[dewayne]

Well Andrew, how did court go? I never recieved a notice to go to court. But figured there would be some kind of update in here by now.

[ase618]

actually i didn't go, they are moving it to circuit court, which is a higher court so it was delayed anyway. if you filed a police report and said you would testify you should have received a sopena(?) in the mail couple weeks before christmas. andrew