Hi family, After two years of warnings to everyone, look what FINALLY happened! Thought you'd all want to know. :) Colleen -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Newsletter-standard] Genealogy Scam Artist Arrested! Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 00:41:48 -0400 From: Dick Eastman <richard@eastman.net> Reply-To: support@eogn.com To: newsletter-standard@eogn.com SPECIAL EDITION: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter I have written a number of times about a genealogy-related scam that operates under a variety of names, including GenSeekers.com, GenealogyGiants.com and more. In the July 7 edition of the newsletter, I identified the owner/operator of this "business" as 21-year-old Elias Abodeely of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since then, I have had conversations with several people in Iowa about this "business." I can now report that earlier today the Cedar Rapids police department arrested Elias Abodeely for his activities with GenSeekers.com and the other Web sites he operates. KWWL television in Iowa is now reporting that Cedar Rapids Police have made an arrest after a two year Internet crime investigation. The crimes involved genealogy websites. Today police arrested Elias Abodeely II of Cedar Rapids.. He faces four charges: 1st degree theft, identity theft, money laundering, and ongoing criminal conduct. Police say they expect to file charges against more suspects. Details are still developing. Keep an eye on the newsletter Discussion Board at http://www.eogn.com for updates. I will also be writing about this in the next newsletter. You can read my earlier article at http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0327.htm. - Dick Eastman _______________________________________________ Newsletter-standard mailing list Newsletter-standard@eogn.com http://eogn.com/mailman/listinfo/newsletter-standard_eogn.com

Thank you for your diligence and good work to help protect us all. I, for one, am very appreciative!! Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <HOWELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:05 AM Subject: [HOWELL] [CHAT: Fwd: Genealogy Scam Artist Arrested!] > Hi family, > > After two years of warnings to everyone, look what FINALLY happened! > > Thought you'd all want to know. :) > > Colleen > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Newsletter-standard] Genealogy Scam Artist Arrested! > Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 00:41:48 -0400 > From: Dick Eastman <richard@eastman.net> > Reply-To: support@eogn.com > To: newsletter-standard@eogn.com > > SPECIAL EDITION: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter > > I have written a number of times about a genealogy-related scam that > operates under a variety of names, including GenSeekers.com, > GenealogyGiants.com and more. In the July 7 edition of the newsletter, I > identified the owner/operator of this "business" as 21-year-old Elias > Abodeely of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since then, I have had conversations with > several people in Iowa about this "business." > > I can now report that earlier today the Cedar Rapids police department > arrested Elias Abodeely for his activities with GenSeekers.com and the > other Web sites he operates. > > KWWL television in Iowa is now reporting that Cedar Rapids Police have made > an arrest after a two year Internet crime investigation. The crimes > involved genealogy websites. Today police arrested Elias Abodeely II of > Cedar Rapids.. He faces four charges: 1st degree theft, identity theft, > money laundering, and ongoing criminal conduct. Police say they expect to > file charges against more suspects. > > Details are still developing. Keep an eye on the newsletter Discussion > Board at http://www.eogn.com for updates. I will also be writing about this > in the next newsletter. > > You can read my earlier article at > http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0327.htm. > > - Dick Eastman > > > > _______________________________________________ > Newsletter-standard mailing list > Newsletter-standard@eogn.com > http://eogn.com/mailman/listinfo/newsletter-standard_eogn.com > > > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. >