About 2 years after moving out of these condos, I found that retaliation through Identity Theft was apparently used & now I'm attempting to get this cleared up with the credit companies (and with any luck, bring the individual to justice that did it).
One 2/7/2018, I got a call from the automated anti-fraud system of my bank, reporting a number of possible fraudulent charges to the Lyft service. I was in the middle of a stream on Twitch at the time, my webcam showing me going through the automated prompts, then having to shut off the stream to report the fraudulent charges as the forward to that system was not successful. While I was on hold with my bank to report the fraudulent charges, I contacted Lyft on their Facebook page, which surprisingly got me a response very quickly, this eventually leading to getting a page to their support page, where I reported the matter & they eventually reversed the charges themselves (canceling out the reversals that was to be expected by my bank). The matter was still reported to the police on 2/19/2018 regardless because I wanted to bring the individual to justice that has misused my information, but what it resulted in was because Lyft was apparently just choosing to write off the loss, no charges would be taken against the individual that caused the crime...
The other thing I noticed directly after reporting this matter to my bank was that my credit rating 45 points (not being below 800 in years), not being certain that it was a matter of identity theft at the time & told the officer (when I was handing over about 20 pages of evidence regarding the fraudulent charges to Lyft), so I stated I wanted to confirm whether that was the case before filing a legitimate Identity Theft report.
About mid-March, I determined that there had to be something going on when my credit score dropped another 16 points, at which point I attempted to get my credit report from Experian again & as was to be expected, I wasn't able to get it again (as before, claiming there was an error & I had to request it via regular mail). Normally I wouldn't have considered this a big issue, but I noticed that I had an entire page of questions on the application asking about accounts that were opened in 2015, where there really shouldn't have been any... I do understand that the credit report companies will sometimes throw in false-positives to throw of people from requesting those reports for somebody other than themselves, but there was no way there was going to be an ENTIRE page of false-positives, so I started looking for a contact on line for Experian to try & figure out why these were on my report at all.
I didn't find a phone number online that I could contact them at (not one that worked anyways), so I considering making a review against the company through consumeraffairs.com, however decided to fire attempt to contact Experian directly through their Facebook page. It was no surprised that Experian flat-out ignored the attempted contact on their Facebook page, so the next step was to attempt to sign up for LifeLock. Of course this ended up being a dead end also, LifeLock was never able to complete the registration, I would expect due to false information on my record (wrong addresses or social security numbers).
After asking the LifeLock representative for her badge number & first name, I made a call to the Millcreek Police, the first officer giving me a number for the member's line of Experian, but I didn't really expect they would be willing to speak to me about out, so I waited for the follow-up call to fully report the matter. The officer that called me back was actually the same officer that I spoke to about the fraudulent charges back during the Lyft situation. I explained what I got when I attempted to get my credit report through Experian & pointed out the timeline of the opening of those accounts (2015) gave me a good indication of who was responsible & I could have given him at leave 4 names right there of people that were likely responsible (of course I didn't have proof & wasn't able to give them to him, but I might at a later date if I can prove who has committed the fraudulent activity effecting my credit rating). He gave me 3 phone numbers where I was supposed to be able to report fraud that could have been effecting my credit score, but it's no surprise that those numbers really didn't help in getting a live representative on the line, looked like I was going to have to take the matter another route (likely through a legal representative and/or mediator).
Currently the problem is still unresolved, but I'm still digging into what is happening & will eventually have enough information to at least get my credit rating fixed, but whether I'll be able to bring the individual to justice that caused it, well that's just wishful thinking currently & still undetermined whether I'll get enough to information to go that far (that's definitely what I'll be shooting for, however).
March 19, 2018
January 17, 2018
01/17/2018
Early January, it became apparent that my father was contacted about the review that apparently had been accepted onto the PMS BBB page (previously expecting they would be able to get the BBB to not publish it by claiming it wasn't accurate, however I had proof to provide should it be needed, including some voice logs from the manager of the South 67 Condos). At the time I wanted to write the review on the South 67 Condos, however when I contacted the BBB to request the creation of a page for the condos HOA themselves, they stated that seeing as PMS was the manager of those condos, the review needed to be done on the management, not the HOA themselves.
Back to the matter at hand, it seems my father had no intentions in telling me anything about this contact & for the most part still hasn't told me anything about it (so I can't really say what was said in that contact), but approximately 18 hours after my father stated something about "not wanting to hear about my site ever again" (something that slipped out during a discussion on rent for another property), I started looking into it & found that the PMS BBB page did in fact have the review I submitted to the BBB.
While I can't say what exactly was discussed during the contact, I expect they were stating that they were going to sue him as a result of the review. Why go after my father rather than myself? Well my father was the owner of the unit & they used the blood relationship to their advantage by going after my father rather than an individual that doesn't even make enough in disability benefits to pay their own living expenses (rent, utilities, food, phone/internet, clothes, etc). My father on the other hand has the money, so they chose to go after the person they could gain an advantage on, even though he is not the person they could legally go after & was not the person they were retaliating against, but they were going to use the blood relationship to their advantage regardless. In the beginning (before moving out) it was threats of a lawsuit, threats to have a lien placed on the condos or flat out taking the condo from him if the information online was not removed & I didn't cease attempting to publish the truth about the condos so others were aware of just how corrupt the HOA was. They had no legal standing to go after my father after he had sold the unit, however (while unproven & will be unless my father gives me information on the contact made regarding the BBB review submitted on 12/19/2017) they chose to go after my father regardless & didn't even bother to contact me about it (which is unsurprising, as all retaliation thus far has been put into that review on the BBB & appended to the original review on my personal site, with follow-up reviews being published later on, later deciding if they were going to continue cyber attacks against my site to have those reviews de-indexed by search engines, I had to get the review published to a site where it would actually be seen). This was probably smart on their side, as they knew I would publish it (this was specifically stated in one of the follow-up reviews published mid-December), but either way I got wind of it & I'm still going to publish what new information I have on it, possibly with even more follow-up reviews in the future. Should I found they are suing my father as a result of the review being published to the PMS BBB page (where they no longer have legal right to do so), I am expecting to write a secondary review to their BBB page (not that I expect the BBB will allow a secondary review, however it is stated in that review that it was expected there would be legal action should they find the review & it appears the BBB contacts the company when a review is published to their page, so I'm certain they were notified by the BBB about the review & they may allow a secondary review to be published on those grounds) regarding the lawsuit against an uninvolved individual (at least uninvolved at this point) they are using as leverage for retaliation to negative factual publicity.
One other thing to point out is it seems the PMS Facebook page appears to have been shut down (I would expect directly after the publication of the BBB review, despite still being listed at the bottom of the PMS website), however there is the possibility that my account could have just been blocked from accessing it (however this would be a fairly extensive block, as I created a secondary account in an attempt to test whether the page was still there, where I got the same results even with the test account. Another step to avoid negative publicity, although what is interesting about this is they haven't attempted to claim the South 67 Condos Facebook page yet, because nobody in the condos would have originally known about the reviews if not for being originally mentioned there & the management getting notified about the reviews when those that found them decided to inform the management about them (while only a few people agreed with my fight for clean air, most of the condo did not & were hostile against it, which makes it unsurprising they were choosing to snitch on the facts of those condos being published publicly).
Screenshot of BBB review
NOTE: Paragraph formatting was removed from the review when submitted, however the original review can be found here.
Back to the matter at hand, it seems my father had no intentions in telling me anything about this contact & for the most part still hasn't told me anything about it (so I can't really say what was said in that contact), but approximately 18 hours after my father stated something about "not wanting to hear about my site ever again" (something that slipped out during a discussion on rent for another property), I started looking into it & found that the PMS BBB page did in fact have the review I submitted to the BBB.
While I can't say what exactly was discussed during the contact, I expect they were stating that they were going to sue him as a result of the review. Why go after my father rather than myself? Well my father was the owner of the unit & they used the blood relationship to their advantage by going after my father rather than an individual that doesn't even make enough in disability benefits to pay their own living expenses (rent, utilities, food, phone/internet, clothes, etc). My father on the other hand has the money, so they chose to go after the person they could gain an advantage on, even though he is not the person they could legally go after & was not the person they were retaliating against, but they were going to use the blood relationship to their advantage regardless. In the beginning (before moving out) it was threats of a lawsuit, threats to have a lien placed on the condos or flat out taking the condo from him if the information online was not removed & I didn't cease attempting to publish the truth about the condos so others were aware of just how corrupt the HOA was. They had no legal standing to go after my father after he had sold the unit, however (while unproven & will be unless my father gives me information on the contact made regarding the BBB review submitted on 12/19/2017) they chose to go after my father regardless & didn't even bother to contact me about it (which is unsurprising, as all retaliation thus far has been put into that review on the BBB & appended to the original review on my personal site, with follow-up reviews being published later on, later deciding if they were going to continue cyber attacks against my site to have those reviews de-indexed by search engines, I had to get the review published to a site where it would actually be seen). This was probably smart on their side, as they knew I would publish it (this was specifically stated in one of the follow-up reviews published mid-December), but either way I got wind of it & I'm still going to publish what new information I have on it, possibly with even more follow-up reviews in the future. Should I found they are suing my father as a result of the review being published to the PMS BBB page (where they no longer have legal right to do so), I am expecting to write a secondary review to their BBB page (not that I expect the BBB will allow a secondary review, however it is stated in that review that it was expected there would be legal action should they find the review & it appears the BBB contacts the company when a review is published to their page, so I'm certain they were notified by the BBB about the review & they may allow a secondary review to be published on those grounds) regarding the lawsuit against an uninvolved individual (at least uninvolved at this point) they are using as leverage for retaliation to negative factual publicity.
One other thing to point out is it seems the PMS Facebook page appears to have been shut down (I would expect directly after the publication of the BBB review, despite still being listed at the bottom of the PMS website), however there is the possibility that my account could have just been blocked from accessing it (however this would be a fairly extensive block, as I created a secondary account in an attempt to test whether the page was still there, where I got the same results even with the test account. Another step to avoid negative publicity, although what is interesting about this is they haven't attempted to claim the South 67 Condos Facebook page yet, because nobody in the condos would have originally known about the reviews if not for being originally mentioned there & the management getting notified about the reviews when those that found them decided to inform the management about them (while only a few people agreed with my fight for clean air, most of the condo did not & were hostile against it, which makes it unsurprising they were choosing to snitch on the facts of those condos being published publicly).
Screenshot of PMS Facebook page error
December 18, 2017
12/18/2017
As expected, the follow-up review regarding digital gag orders (cyber attacks causing de-indexing of webpages) ended up happening in under 24 hours after it was published. It's time to write the review on the BBB website, which will be duplicated on my personal site afterwards (expecting it's going to be either censored or not become public at all in response to PMSs actions after it's submitted).
December 16, 2017
12/16/2017
As of 12/16/2017, it appears the South 67 Condos has effectively blocked the review written regarding this situation located here from getting indexed in search engines. For this reason, I will be publishing a second review regarding web statistic damaging practices as this one (which is likely the reason why negative reviews on these condos can't actually be found through standard internet search, they have effectively blocked all of them from getting indexed in search engines).
Keep in mind that getting into a situation where you have any connection with these condos will show that your voice won't be heard if you have anything negative to say about them, which is why I continue updating the fully-detailed review with additional information (even if it can't be found through various search engines, the information will still be there, with additional information as to why it can't be found) & may have to continue writing additional reviews to back up the one that can no longer be found through normal search methods (not too far off from a cyber gag order; gag orders are apparently not uncommon with these condos when you consider I'd get legal threats about negative online reviews against them while I was still living there to keep me quiet about it).
Keep in mind that getting into a situation where you have any connection with these condos will show that your voice won't be heard if you have anything negative to say about them, which is why I continue updating the fully-detailed review with additional information (even if it can't be found through various search engines, the information will still be there, with additional information as to why it can't be found) & may have to continue writing additional reviews to back up the one that can no longer be found through normal search methods (not too far off from a cyber gag order; gag orders are apparently not uncommon with these condos when you consider I'd get legal threats about negative online reviews against them while I was still living there to keep me quiet about it).
September 3, 2016
09/02/2016
I found out today that they are apparently still charging my father (landlord of the unit while I was living there) condo fees, despite no longer being an owner of any unit in those condos anymore. It seems he told them he needed to cancel them after the sale of the unit was completed, however being as my father was a CPA for most of his career, he pays close attention to what goes in & out of his bank account & had to call them to try & get it corrected. Eventually they agreed to send him a check for the amount that was taken out of his account that shouldn't have been.
I only know what was stated above because my father comes to use the internet at my home (again, he's the landlord of this one also), where he also made the call from my number (forgetting to bring his cell today). Aside from that, there was also a problem with something his bank did; he got the bank charge reversed for their error, however he spent another hour going over numbers with my mother over the phone getting numbers corrected in their logs to compensate for the banks error, as well as doing some transfers to get numbers back where they should be. He was here for over 4 hours today, using the internet & making various calls for bank/bill related situations.
As for the condo fees that were still being taken out from my fathers account, I suppose it's acceptable that it might have been an error, they just hadn't been canceled yet & I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, however I'm still skeptical based on legal threats from Charles Blackwood (employee of Property Management Systems, hired by the HOA to be Property Manager) I got pretty regularly for my online reviews/comments about the condos whenever he found out about them. When I was considering filing a Better Business Bureau complaint against the condos, I found that you couldn't even find the condos on the site & even though I requested a listing for them from a BBB representative, they stated I need to file the complaint against the management (which was the only reason I didn't file it, I was trying to keep Charles out of it as he was attempting to help with the pollution for some time, but eventually he gave up & showed the same discrimination as the HOA did towards renters); when I looked up the BBB page for PMS (probably over a year back), they had a wide range of complaints about billing, fines & other similar payment issues against them, which is what makes me skeptical that the fact they're still taking money out of my father's account as an error. I'm half-expecting they may still be taking fees out because it's likely they already know I have my reviews & logs back up regarding the activity at the condos (and it's management), knowing they can't sue my father (not being an owner at those condos anymore) & knowing they won't get anything from somebody who can't even pay their bills (myself); they're probably still trying to take money out of his account, thinking he won't notice (which is highly unlikely when you consider he's been working with money most of his career). If they do get the error corrected by next month, I'll determine it was an error & hopefully won't have to write any more logs regarding this issue. However my father has ties with the IRS & I'm certain can get them audited fairly easily; I told him today that he could have had the charge reversed (which usually includes a fee against the company that took the charge, however I'm not sure how this would work when taken directly out of their account rather than through a credit card) if he had to take that route, but I think an audit would hurt the condos & it's management much worse, so I'll let my father do what's needed to take care of these fraudulent fees (only fraudulent if not in error, however we'll find out which is the case by next month).
I only know what was stated above because my father comes to use the internet at my home (again, he's the landlord of this one also), where he also made the call from my number (forgetting to bring his cell today). Aside from that, there was also a problem with something his bank did; he got the bank charge reversed for their error, however he spent another hour going over numbers with my mother over the phone getting numbers corrected in their logs to compensate for the banks error, as well as doing some transfers to get numbers back where they should be. He was here for over 4 hours today, using the internet & making various calls for bank/bill related situations.
As for the condo fees that were still being taken out from my fathers account, I suppose it's acceptable that it might have been an error, they just hadn't been canceled yet & I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, however I'm still skeptical based on legal threats from Charles Blackwood (employee of Property Management Systems, hired by the HOA to be Property Manager) I got pretty regularly for my online reviews/comments about the condos whenever he found out about them. When I was considering filing a Better Business Bureau complaint against the condos, I found that you couldn't even find the condos on the site & even though I requested a listing for them from a BBB representative, they stated I need to file the complaint against the management (which was the only reason I didn't file it, I was trying to keep Charles out of it as he was attempting to help with the pollution for some time, but eventually he gave up & showed the same discrimination as the HOA did towards renters); when I looked up the BBB page for PMS (probably over a year back), they had a wide range of complaints about billing, fines & other similar payment issues against them, which is what makes me skeptical that the fact they're still taking money out of my father's account as an error. I'm half-expecting they may still be taking fees out because it's likely they already know I have my reviews & logs back up regarding the activity at the condos (and it's management), knowing they can't sue my father (not being an owner at those condos anymore) & knowing they won't get anything from somebody who can't even pay their bills (myself); they're probably still trying to take money out of his account, thinking he won't notice (which is highly unlikely when you consider he's been working with money most of his career). If they do get the error corrected by next month, I'll determine it was an error & hopefully won't have to write any more logs regarding this issue. However my father has ties with the IRS & I'm certain can get them audited fairly easily; I told him today that he could have had the charge reversed (which usually includes a fee against the company that took the charge, however I'm not sure how this would work when taken directly out of their account rather than through a credit card) if he had to take that route, but I think an audit would hurt the condos & it's management much worse, so I'll let my father do what's needed to take care of these fraudulent fees (only fraudulent if not in error, however we'll find out which is the case by next month).
July 19, 2016
07/19/2016
Today I ended up finding out that my unit at the South 67 Condos had tested positive for meth (over 3 months ago I moved to a house that was purchased so I could move out of the health hazard); this came from my father checking his email at my house on my guest computer & I had to configure the firewall for him, where I noticed a subject on one of his emails that stated "Lester Ave." & "meth decontamination". I have to wonder if that was there before I moved in, but if it wasn't, I know it definitely was afterward due to the various drugs that was being smoked in E22 (meth being one of them) by the last renters in that unit before I moved. I have no proof that it couldn't have been coming from E26 as well, but it wouldn't surprise me, seeing as supposedly it was already cleaned, but the problem still remained afterwards, which means it could still be going through the ventilation system from Danny next door (unless there is somebody else that has moved into E22 that could be doing it).
I didn't smell any drugs (at least nothing strong enough to be a problem) while I was there early in July, when I went there to help my father get samples for what he claimed was asbestos testing, which seems the samples may have really been for meth testing (apparently he's attempting to keep the fact that meth was detected in my old unit from me, I would expect because he still wants me to believe it was in my head). In any case, I think my father believes me at this point that my claims of drug use in the condo making me ill almost daily for over 2 years was not all in my head as he previously thought, however he's apparently still trying to make me think that's the case by not telling me about it. The problem with this is this could end up making it so I have to move back there if he can't sell it for that reason (the guy that eventually bought E22 from Randy had to completely strip the unit clean & rebuilding everything from scratch, which I don't think my father is going to be willing to do), so while I hope this isn't the case, that drug use from the neighbors that kept me ill for over 2 years may end up moving me back there (if my father follows through on his threat), only to continue being sick until the day I die from it.
I didn't smell any drugs (at least nothing strong enough to be a problem) while I was there early in July, when I went there to help my father get samples for what he claimed was asbestos testing, which seems the samples may have really been for meth testing (apparently he's attempting to keep the fact that meth was detected in my old unit from me, I would expect because he still wants me to believe it was in my head). In any case, I think my father believes me at this point that my claims of drug use in the condo making me ill almost daily for over 2 years was not all in my head as he previously thought, however he's apparently still trying to make me think that's the case by not telling me about it. The problem with this is this could end up making it so I have to move back there if he can't sell it for that reason (the guy that eventually bought E22 from Randy had to completely strip the unit clean & rebuilding everything from scratch, which I don't think my father is going to be willing to do), so while I hope this isn't the case, that drug use from the neighbors that kept me ill for over 2 years may end up moving me back there (if my father follows through on his threat), only to continue being sick until the day I die from it.
May 18, 2016
05/14/2016
Went to the South 67 Condos with my mother today to check & make sure lights or the cooler wasn't being left on in my old unit (still attempting to have it sold), racking up my electricity bill. It came at no surprise that I could smell the potent smell of drugs as soon as I walked in the front door of the of Building E. When I got into my unit, it was more humid than anything (due to the cooler not being on), so I wasn't certain whether the smell I was smelling in my old unit was contributed by the indoor drug use from E26 or not, so I'm not going to claim it was when it may not have been, but I still believe there's that possibility. Due to the fact that I wasn't there long enough to get significant health problems from being exposed to it (and the fact that I no longer live there), I won't be listing health problems caused from it anymore, however that's not to say there wasn't any...
A couple of things we noticed while we were there making things were in order:
A couple of things we noticed while we were there making things were in order:
- The sliding glass door for the balcony patio may have been locked with the standard latch, but the deadbolt was not.
- The window in the bedroom was not latching properly, so I'm not certain where something has been done to it to make sure it can't latch or if something went wrong when my father removed it to clean it.
- The washer & dryer was still there, which is supposed to go to the new owner of the unit once it is sold; aside from making sure the power isn't being wasted while nobody is living there, making sure these aren't stolen is another reason for going back & checking periodically, as well as making sure somebody hasn't moved in without our knowledge & wracking up my electricity bill (the gas was shut off the beginning of September of 2015, so I don't expect this one should be a concern, however the electricity is still in my name & will be shut off immediately if something is awry).
- There were a couple of bait traps around the guest parking log, which means Charles is finally doing something about the infestation of rats on the bordering area of that parking lot. I would expect the people who were talking to my father & I around the final days of coming back to the unit (after moving) to fix it up took my advise & contacted Charles in the coming days to have something done with it.
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