From Crystal Cox at: http://www.ethicscomplaint.com/2009/09/kevin-padrick-cartel-obsidian-finance.html

Below are the reasons I am withdrawing the Objection to Fees:

1.  Obsidian Finance, Kevin Padrick, & Tonkon Torp Threatened to make me pay all their legal fees IF I would not withdraw the Objection to fees.  The Judge did not with certainty say that I would not have to pay it.  He just said, he wasn’t going to talk about it at the hearing.  I could not financially carry that cost.

2.  Susan Ford, Sussman Shank, had an off the record conversation with my attorney.  During this off the record conversation she hinted to him to fish for a deal between Steve Hedberg, Kevin Padrick, & Annie Buell.  Even so, when we Subpoenaed Tom Stilley & Susan Ford from Sussman Shank – Sussman called their professional liability insurance for attorney malpractice.  Is Sussman worried about the deal they made with Kevin Padrick to have them get their fees and keep them on to earn additional fees doing the exchanges?  Now I would have attorney charges dealing with the attorneys protecting their dirty laundry.

3.  These attorneys are going to use all their legal bags of tricks to keep the TRUTH of their side deals from getting out.  I don’t have any more desire to learn all of these dirty tricks.  Especially when The Creditors don’t care if they lose their money!  Even if they do care, I don’t blame them from not pursuing it because the Attorney Fraternity and the Fraud in our Bankruptcy system is RULED by the attorneys who play the GAME.  Real Good Judicial System don’t you think.  The only ones it works for are the Attorneys. Oh and by the way, these attorneys get to make deals, switch sides, lie their tail off, harrass, bully, and take the money all at the creditors expense.

So I leave the rest up to God and hope the US Department of Justice gets off their tail and investigates this particular group of attorneys because I believe they will find corruption on all levels.

I will also continue to post things as they are pertinent to getting information about this case to the public and to all the Government Agencies who have spent days & hours looking at this site.  I sure don’t mind helping them investigate the Attorney Fraternity!

#1 Favorite Page Steve Hedberg & Jeanette Thomas Like to VIEW is Part 1 of Kevin Padrick & Obsidian Finance’s Presentation to us.  They have visited it 21 times since July 29th.

#2 Favorite Page Steve Hedberg & Jeanette Thomas Like to VIEW is How much does Annie Buell & the Tennant Family have to do with this?  They have visited this page 6 times.

Other Perkins Coie Favorite’s…

February 22, 2009 Email from Mark Neuman to Kevin Padrick

Attorney Connections

Objection to Fees 

I did not attend this meeting, but I hear the following parties attended:

• Kevin Padrick, HIMSELF
• David Aman, MY BUDDY
• Leon Simson, APPARENTLY NOT HAPPY WITH THE OBJECTION TO FEES
• Annie Buell, LOVES TO BE IN EVERYBODY’s BUSINESS
• Jeanette Thomas, VIA PHONE
• My Attorney, WE WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO GO, but my attorney thought he would stop by JUST IN CASE.

Sure GLAD my attorney stopped in.  Who knows what Kevin Padrick, David Aman, Leon Simson, Annie Buell, & Jeanette Thomas would have done if he didn’t stop by?  These Players could form a basketball team.  They were FULLY PREPARED to defend themselves from something!!

I am not exactly sure, but I don’t think the Judge is going to make me pay for their fees in dealing with the Objection to Fees.

It seems that Leon Simson, today’s spokesman, thinks the Objection to their fees is about 1 thing.  I find it hard to believe Leon really knows what my 1 reason for the Objection to Fees is…Funny thing is the Objection to Fees does nothing for me.  I am trying to STOP the attorneys from getting money they have not earned.  Reason being is that the Summit principals want the Summit 1031 Exchangers to be paid back.  I believe you should EARN YOUR Money.  They should NOT be allowed to take from the 106 Innocent Parties by bullying them and harassing them to Pay the Summit 1031 Exchangers.  If the Trustee would  just do his job and you did not have 5 or so highly compensated attorneys needed to make the most simple decisions, maybe you could save yourself some money on attorney fees.  When Terry Vance was in charge, he did not need all these Players to make a decision.  Those were the days!

Looks like the hearing is still set for September 15, 2009.

I don’t know, I am not the Department of Justice.  I think the DOJ is the only entity who could investigate & determine whether this is the case.  I think there is enough evidence on this blog to ask a question or two, don’t you?

What Injustices do I See?

I. Obsidian, Kevin’s company, was contracted to assist Summit in their restructuring efforts. They took the information Summit provided them and got themselves a better, more lucrative job as Trustee and Consultants to Trustee. These actions causing the majority of the $2 Million in Fees charged so far and the increasing claims 13 Million to 40 Million.  See schedule of fees

II. These “professionals” are seizing bank accounts that have other peoples’ money in them, filing documents with the state under false authority, ignoring FMV offers, ignoring capital calls, ignoring people’s credit problems, harassing people for no reason with Rule 2004 Examination Requests.

So far there are Rule 2004 Examination Requests on Umpqua Bank, Dan Cardot, Erich Shultz, Bruce Thompson and me.  There are many more related parties on their list.  Are you next? Here is my 2004 Response without my documents.  Pages 12-15 contains the list of “possible aiders and abettors”. You can see that they want to torment a lot of so-called “aiders and abettors of a “Ponzi Scheme Conspiracy”.   Do you 1031 Exchangers really think there was this “Ponzi Scheme Aiding & Abetting Conspiracy”?  Do you want them spending your money on this?

III. These “professionals” tell lies…Here are a couple:

1. Kevin Padrick Testifies that Summit Principals transferred roughly 90% to Inland Capital, but I have the numbers and since 2002 it never went over 41.9%. Did Kevin Padrick perjure himself?  

2. Kevin Padrick’s Attorney, Tonkon Torp…David Aman said the camera equipment was concealed (matter of opinion), but most importantly David Aman sent me an email that says“Terry Vance has confirmed that he, like Mr. Padrick and the other Obsidian staff, did not see any operating video camera or other recording device in the room when the meeting took place.” Click here to see part of the video.

i)I spoke with Terry Vance (CRO whose job was taken by Padrick) and he said that he told Jeanette Thomas (Perkins Coie – Creditors’ Committee attorney) that he did see the camera equipment.  I believe Vance confirmed this with the  police so they haven’t been bothering me with my posting on the Internet of this taping.  See for yourself if you think the video equipment was concealed.

I had a criminal attorney, Mark Anderson, assess the matter prior to posting and I collected all the evidence…

a) Audio of a hearing

b) Email to Ms Vivienne Popperl – attorney for US Trustee.

c) Taping Kevin Padrick and Obsidian Finance Presentation

ii) Mark Anderson gave me the go ahead – Click Here for Letter.

 iii) You can see in the video when Terry Vance looks at the laptop with the web cam & you can see that Here - the video equipment was not concealed.

 IV. These “professionals” are seizing bank accounts that have other peoples’ money in them, filing documents with the state under false authority, ignoring FMV offers, ignoring capital calls, ignoring people’s credit problems, harassing people for no reason with Rule 2004 Examination Requests, See Exhibit F (not all is posted out of peoples’ fear)

 V. Word on the street is Ewan Rose of Obsidian Finance is telling innocent parties that they will give them amnesty (from a “Ponzi Scheme conspiracy”) in exchange for their interest in their LLC investment AND a cash payment.  Additionally, Obsidian will release property that is upside down (loan is greater than FMV) to them.  These are properties where the innocent party previously financed 100% of the property to pay back Inland in full.  Great DEAL don’t you think!!? Letter to the Department of Justice

VI. Is the US Trustee’s Office in Bed with the Attorneys & Professionals?  Maybe.  When I send an email with concerns, the US Trustee’s Attorney, Ms. Vivienne Popperl, sends the email directly to Kevin Padrick – the Person you are having concerns about.  See correspondence with Ms. Vivienne Popperl.

Thanks Vivienne, that was so very helpful. 

Cork Andrews is a high profile member of the Creditors’ Committee.  Word on the street is that Cork originally said Kevin Padrick was a shyster.  Then on another day, Cork changes his mind and votes Kevin Padrick in to take care of all your money. 

 I find it funny to see that Cork put a lien on a Montana property owed by two of the Summit Principals and 2 innocent parties.  This tells me that Cork was trying to position himself first in front of all of you.  This also tells me that Kevin Padrick and/or Obsidian should know about this lien if they have done any work on this property.

So now we have Annie Buell and Cork Andrews as Chair and High Profile members of the Creditor’s Committee pushing for Kevin Padrick to be put into the CRO/Trustee role in this case.

Looking back, I don’t see any reason why Kevin Padrick or Obsidian needed to be involved.  This could have been handled just fine in its original format with Terry Vance as CRO and actually WORKING on the JOB.  My opinion is that Kevin Padrick & Obsidian were simply SELLING THEMSELVES for the JOB.  They had good allies in Cork Andrews & Annie Buell.  

Cork Andrews completely changes his position and gets himself in front of the line.  Then Kevin Padrick allows this.  I wonder what this is about?  Maybe another deal was made at your expense?

It seems to me that Annie Buell acts as a good instigator for Kevin Padrick and maybe there is a deal there too.  I hear Annie Buell pushes Jeanette Thomas at Perkins Coie around.  Why is Jeanette Thomas being pushed around by Annie Buell??

Seems like individuals who have their own interests in mind are big players in this Bankruptcy Case.  Ask yourself why this is the case?  Dig Deeper!  Find your own Answers.  Ask the questions you are scared to ask because you don’t want it to be the Truth.  Only then will you be able to see what you need to do to save your money.  THE MONEY IS THERE!  It is YOUR HARD EARNED money!  The Attorneys look at your money as a game.  I don’t think money is a game.  It is what we use to pay for our living expenses.   We shouldn’t want all of it, but I don’t see why we shouldn’t be able to PROTECT the money we did earn and is still there.  Do you see why you should not get your money back if someone just did their job and looked out for your best interest?

“Click here for a July 19, 2009 posting by Crystal L. Cox on Cork Andrews”

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