Dealing with FEDS
DD...@mailvault.com
need to confiscate your computer. They dont need your finger prints.
All they need is a witness.
Someone who says they saw you do this or that. Its called "CONSPIRACY"
and its the governments best weapon in getting easy convictions. First
the Feds don't usually get involved with someone until local police see
indications you are a major criminal. If its not over 10,000.00 they
are not interested. In some cases only 5,000.00. When cops see a crime
involving large amounts of money, they go straight to the feds, the
feds are the ones with the ability to investigate money trails.
The Feds can get anyone to Rat. You may think you got balls of steel,
but when facing a sentence of 8, 10 or 20 years with no parole, the
hardest felon will get broke down. Women with children are easy
targets. People on drugs are easy targets. People who are jealous are
easy targets. People who have families are easy targets. People with
criminal records are VERY easy targets. If you ever get arrested and
don't decide to talk they will make you pay. They can add things to
your charges that YOU have to disprove. And if you ever take a plea
watch out. Here comes more drama. All of a sudden things you dont even
know about or ever heard of you are being charged with.
Why you ask? Well they have a law called RELEVANT CONDUCT. Research
this. It is deadly. Basically it means that if you showed a friend of
yours how to make IDs or commit a crime and he got caught and he
decides to give you up for a lighter sentence (and believe me he will)
then you are held responsible for all the money he made, you made, and
anyone he taught made. The reason for this is another little thing they
call Loss amount. The more money everyone involved made the longer the
sentence. And they will ALWAYS say you made more than you did. 100,000
can easily be made into 1.5 million. 1 million into 5 million. See the
news articles on Fargo to watch "loss amount inflation" in progress.
Get a lawyer. One who handles Federal cases. Most lawyers will refuse
to work on your case, that should tell you something. Usually you are
brought to the Feds attention by local police. They may let you off
with a slap but the feds are waiting in the back for the right time to
pounce. This helps them because now you have a prior (deadly). YOU WILL
NEVER SEE THEM COMING. The first time you are made aware of thier
presence is when they come to your door to present you with an
indictment with about 5 guys in SWAT uniforms.
If you are looking at over 10 years you will not receive a Bond. If you
plead guilty you will still have to go through something similiar to a
trial (unless you totally sold out and your lawyer worked something
out) at sentencing. ONLY at this time will you truly know who ratted on
you. This is why lawyers hate Federal cases because they have to look
at all possible angles when preparing for litigation because the feds
do not say who the witnesses are. They can say they have 5 people ready
to testify and may only have one. But its a crap shoot. They want you
to take a plea. And chances are you will. Prepare to do time.
In sentecing hearsay IS PERMITTED. You are sentenced by something some
idiots dreamed up in congress called the Federal sentencing guidelines.
The D.A. in my opinion is more powerful then the judge due to these
guidelines. Its basically a point system that looks at your:
-Priors
-Role in the offense
-Loss amount
-Relevant conduct
-Technical diffiulty ( If you are smart they will give you more time)
YES, its in the Law!
-Any guns (keep this out at ALL cost) involved or anything else.
The reason I say the D.A. is more powerful is because they can
manipulate any of the above where the judge will have no choice but to
give you more time even if they dont think you deserve it. A lawyer for
a federal case will run you anywhere between 10 and 20 thousand. But
save your money. The feds have a 95% conviction rate and they don't
come to get your ass until they know they have everything they need.
Save your money and have a Lawyer handle your sentencing which will run
you around 5K. Federal cases are known as plea cases, everyone charged
in a federal case knows their only option, even if they are innocent,
is to plea or cooperate.
These things will get you time reduction:
1)-
You rat. (501k reduction of 3 points roughly 25% off of your sentence.)
Usually if you are the first person to rat in a federal case you get
the lightest sentence, even if you are the Boss. If you are last you
will have hell to pay and very little options other than acceptance of
responsibility). Having bargaining power helps, if you have nothing to
give up you are serving max time. See recent news articles on Fargo.
2)-
You plead guilty and don't get into anymore trouble until sentencing.
(Acceptance of responsibility about 25% off sentence)
3)-
You can disprove the loss amount and bring it down a Level (very
difficult but maybe about a 15% reduction)
4)-
You go into a Drug program (automatically 1 year off) If you are heavy
into drugs dont take this option, it is a trap. Failing at a drug
program adds to your time.
And after all this you still will face fines and have to do 3-5 years
probation.
My advice:
Dont shit in your own backyard, you will draw flies. Never work at
home, if possible and you have the means, never work in your own state
or sell to people in your own state.
Keep moving. Work out of Hotels, your car or an apartment in another
name (Laptops essential).
Encrypt. They don't really need hard evidence but you damn sure don't
need to give them any. Keep nothing on hard drives and clean your free
space often.
No Family. If you are doing anything illegal I would advise you not to
have a family (wife children), you are an easy target. See the Movie
HEAT for further info.
False name. When your name keeps popping up and they know how to locate
you the investigation begins. No one needs to know your name. John doe.
Even for the little things.
Do not deal with people who have criminal records. They are prone to
getting into trouble and usually will again. If something happens they
will have more pressure. Same applies to women with children.
Get in and Out. Make your money and get the hell out. Invest wisely
with everything you make. You may think you are the smartest, sharpest
most careful individual on the face of the planet but they have people
in Jail much smarter than you. Fluke shit happens. Everyone in jail has
a story tell and most would never have guessed they would be arrested
the way they were. This is not a job.
Keep business dealings seperate. 10 people don't need to know you and
each other. You should be known as a different name to each person.
Have a new Identity (a real one) on standby. Don't use it for shit
until you need it. Mandatory. Self explanatory. When you get out of
jail you are now a convicted felon, life is now a bitch.
Watch C-span and Vote (while you can).
2005 upadtes:
Don't deal with returning "old school nics" (examlpe: Gollumfun). These
are the biggest potential rats out there.
Don't let someone questionable approach you with a big deal, like
buying 1 million dollars worth of OXYCONTIN in exchange for stolen
military hardware. No one makes deals like this in real life, only a
fed makes deals like this. Don't deal with someone offering you
impossible trades, like stolen military hardware, or excessive dollar
amounts like dumps capable of 8k instore buys. THIS IS A FED TALKING.
Watch out on these boards for staged conversations.
Player A: "How do I do...",
Player B: "Here is how..."
Player A: "Gosh you are sure smart, hey everyone look at this smart
mofo, isnt he great?"
Player B: "Yes I am great, here is my ICQ so all you criminals can
speak directly to the F.B.I."
Player A and B are two feds staging this entire chat so Player B comes
away looking like a real crook with something to offer. This is how
they get other crooks on the hook.
Encrypt your chats with PGP, dont use the same IP or proxy for your
different email accounts. Never use ICQ directly use Trillian at the
minimum. Do not rely on encrypted email services, most of them can read
your emails on the server where they are stored unencrypted.
These are the current crop of police and fed sting boards:
IAACA.com, (and its hidden forum privatepetshow.net)
Extreme-card.com (Gollumfun was its admin before we pointed it out)
crew-sellers.com - Kevlars MI vending board, total sting now after he
was busted)
Offshorecrew.biz was a previous sting board ran by Kevlar.
As an update, a friend has pointed this out:
The only point I would correct you on is hush mail, is encrypted e-mail
at all times unless you send it to some one not using Hush, they are
the only secure e-mail company where your e-mails are stored encrypted.