One of the most ignored stories in the mainstream media will surely
be coming to a television screen near you once the court proceedings
commence. That lawsuit is none other than racketeering charges leveled
against one Willard “Mitt” Romney and his co-defendants in Haas v.
Romney.
Filed on October 18
in Los Angeles, CA, in an ironic twist of fate it was decided on
November 6, the one-year anniversary of Romney’s loss to Barack Obama,
that the lawsuit could go forward.
eToys executive Steven “Laser” Haas and his company, Collateral
Logistics, Inc., was the court appointed fiduciary charged with
overseeing the liquidation of eToys. Haas filed the suit after
discovering multiple frauds while in the process of liquidating the
company. In his
affidavit to the Securities and Exchange Commission
dated August 3, 2012, Haas charges, among other things, that he was
offered $850,00 by Bain Capital to keep quiet about irregularities he
uncovered.
He is suing the defendants for $100 million in an effort to recoup
the losses incurred by him and the other victims of the alleged fraud.
Several steps are necessary as the lawsuit goes forward. In a lengthy and sorely in need of an edit
article written by Haas for the Daily Kos, he lists the procedural necessities:
Haas notes that the
Court denied his request for the U.S. Marshal’s Office to
serve the summons on legal grounds, but that notwithstanding, the case
will go forward. It is up to Haas to find the means to have the summons
served to the parties involved by February 16. He is gleeful at the
prospect.
There are allegations of murder and mayhem in addition to the breaking of federal racketeering laws.
The case number is 2:13-cv-07738 and will be tried in the Los Angeles
Division of the Federal District Court, located on Spring Street in
downtown Los Angeles.
Stay tuned.
Additional references:
http://theobamacrat.com/2013/12/07/willard-mitt-romney-bain-capital-sued-for-rico-in-federal-court/comment-page-1/#comment-94214
http://stellionata.com/in-the-news/8598-racketeering-lawsuit-haas-v-mitt-romney-going-forward
Update from Haas:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/23/1264888/-Haas-v-RICO-Romney-Huge-Case-But-Haters-Are-Nixing-Merits-Debates
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