[BC] re: communications attorney was: am radio kit - busted

[Mike McCarthy]

Keep a log of all your communications or interactions as well as the nature 
and character of them with this person.  If this person is of the FCC, they 
are certainly doing the same.  But there are always two sides of the 
story.  The more detailed your records are, the more credible they will be 
if any real pushing starts.

Also, in offering ANY replies by e-mail, cc at least two people.  One who 
can testify as your witness, and a second higher ranking staff member of 
the FCC.  Include the entire text of the original e-mail when replying.  Me 
thinks that if this person sees that their deviation in normal procedure is 
being noted, they will revert back to traditional means of communications 
or back-off.

The inspector/field engineer's disposition will depend on the conditions 
present.

At this point, you would be well advised to get counsel...and now.

MM



At 09:15 PM 2/8/2006 -0500, Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis wrote
>Well his emails and headers come from FCC.gov. he is listed on the fcc 
>website. the number i was given is listed on the fcc website. all 
>indications is he is real. he just is not following established procedures 
>and acting more or less in a harrasing and adversarial manner. I always 
>thought fcc agents are suppose to be helpful, curtious, and proffessional.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrod Munday" <smunday at srnradio.com>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [BC] re: communications attorney was: am radio kit - busted
>
>
>>On Wednesday 08 February 2006 17:35, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>>>Someone is phishing.
>>>
>>>The FCC doesn't deal in that manner as a far as I am aware.  A call to the
>>>Enforcement Bureau is necessary to find out if this guy is an employee of
>>>the FCC and/or a field enforcement engineer/officer.  I'm sure they would
>>>be really interested in hearing they have an imposter out there...which is
>>>a federal felony offense.
>>
>>Ditto.
>>
>>IMHO call the local/closest FCC EB office and find out if there really is
>>anyone by his name that works for them.  Explain the situation, and let them
>>know you'd love to have them and the appropriate public safety official (e.g.
>>local cops, federal marshal, etc.) come by your place to meet/pick up someone
>>posing as a federal official.
>>
>>Then respond by email to the supposed FCC "official" and indicate you'd love
>>it if he came by at time xx:xx to meet with you to discuss the legality of
>>what you're running, and if it's not legal, then you'd be willing to forfeit
>>it (you needn't indicate to whom... ;-).
>>
>>Have the feds waiting inside your apartment when he gets there.
>>
>>Not on a broadcast note, but I had a friend have to do something like this
>>when someone years ago stole his credit card info and bought (among many
>>other things) a pair of race tickets to be delivered to a hotel room.  The
>>police were waiting around the corner of the check-in desk when he came in to
>>sign for the tickets...  In that case, the perp had crossed state lines and
>>had plenty of outstanding warrants so it was a bigger offense than just what
>>we now know as identity theft...
>>--
>>Sherrod Munday <smunday at srnradio.com>
>>Technical Director
>>Salem Radio Network    (972) 831-1920
>>
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