MSP charged with extortion
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
While there is still no update, I wanted to share a new story on MSPMentor.net with commentary from the arresting detective.
http://mspmentor.net/managed-services/msp-denies-destroying-office-365-data-nonpayment-flap“So he can’t withhold their property,” Karic continued. “He can withhold the service of it.”
Um, of course, and the service included the storage of it. Sounds like the sheriff's office just stated why it was proper to dispose of the data.
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Sounds like, from the article, that Karic did nothing to validate the claims and arrested without even attempting to verify evidence? But from Karic's own statements, even if there was evidence, it would not matter as the storage was the service and they didn't pay so there was no need to continue the service.
We'd need Karic's own versions to know, but MSP Mentor paints a pretty solid picture of corruption and crime in Forsythe County's sheriff's office. I bet we would find someone in the sheriff's office related to someone making money at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Found a picture of the sheriff...
https://bookshelfbattle.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/tumblr_l9l2dvec6d1qate3qo1_400-2.jpg
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Honestly Jim, when this guy signed the contracts at the chamber of commerce, you should have known to have been wary.
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@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
Found a picture of the sheriff...
https://bookshelfbattle.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/tumblr_l9l2dvec6d1qate3qo1_400-2.jpg
If you had ever been to Forsyth, you'd know how dead on this is.
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@RojoLoco I've not been, and I still know
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Any update on this?
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Last I knew he was still waiting to hear anything at all. The town is stalling
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@minion-queen said in MSP charged with extortion:
Last I knew he was still waiting to hear anything at all. The town is stalling
That's how these things work. No need to have a real case, drive a business out of business using the legal system as a weapon. No due process, no need to even go to court.
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Serious reminder that corrption in America, having to pay off local officials, is just the same as it is in the third world.
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@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
Serious reminder that corrption in America, having to pay off local officials, is just the same as it is in the third world.
I didn't believe this until working at the law firm I work at now that mainly defends businesses. It is absolutely horrible what happens to businesses, especially SMBs.
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@penguinwrangler said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
Serious reminder that corrption in America, having to pay off local officials, is just the same as it is in the third world.
I didn't believe this until working at the law firm I work at now that mainly defends businesses. It is absolutely horrible what happens to businesses, especially SMBs.
Yeah, there is no protection for ordinary people in America. The law isn't there to protect people, it is a weapon of the rich and powerful.
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@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
@penguinwrangler said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
Serious reminder that corrption in America, having to pay off local officials, is just the same as it is in the third world.
I didn't believe this until working at the law firm I work at now that mainly defends businesses. It is absolutely horrible what happens to businesses, especially SMBs.
Yeah, there is no protection for ordinary people in America. The law isn't there to protect people, it is a weapon of the rich and powerful.
We are unfortunately becoming more and more a police state ...
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@irj said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
@penguinwrangler said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
Serious reminder that corrption in America, having to pay off local officials, is just the same as it is in the third world.
I didn't believe this until working at the law firm I work at now that mainly defends businesses. It is absolutely horrible what happens to businesses, especially SMBs.
Yeah, there is no protection for ordinary people in America. The law isn't there to protect people, it is a weapon of the rich and powerful.
We are a police state ...
ftfy
Unlike most, I know the how and when it actually happened. Won't get into that here tho.
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@travisdh1 said in MSP charged with extortion:
@irj said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
@penguinwrangler said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
Serious reminder that corrption in America, having to pay off local officials, is just the same as it is in the third world.
I didn't believe this until working at the law firm I work at now that mainly defends businesses. It is absolutely horrible what happens to businesses, especially SMBs.
Yeah, there is no protection for ordinary people in America. The law isn't there to protect people, it is a weapon of the rich and powerful.
We are a police state ...
ftfy
Unlike most, I know the how and when it actually happened. Won't get into that here tho.
It seems like we tend to agree on things...
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@travisdh1 I'm curious how you how and when "it" actually happened? I don't know you.
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@travisdh1 I'm curious how you how and when "it" actually happened? I don't know you.
he's talking about the police state, I think.
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@scottalanmiller Okay.
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Of course you can shut off services for non-payment. The BIG caveat here is Office 365, its not the MSP's service and during your Cloud Partner training with Microsoft you have to specifically illustrate that you understand this on the tests.
Even with the CSP program where you are directly billing the customer, you can not just reset their passwords and shut them off. You can stop paying and they can login to start their own subscription.
It reads as if he shut off access by resetting their Office 365 passwords.
