Massive Lawsuit Filed Against US Federal Government in Bond Theft Scheme
Some weeks ago, I wrote an article dealing with a bizarre lawsuit full of twists and turns that has been filed against individuals, governments, private institutions, and secret societies spanning the entire globe.
Essentially, the plaintiff of the lawsuit is alleging that billions of dollars worth of U.S. bonds were stolen from him by a wide-ranging cartel - bonds that he was entrusted with by the extremely rich and reclusive Dragon family of Asia.
But what at first may seem like an isolated incident, now appears to be an emerging pattern of theft of U.S. bonds from individuals who have either acquired them individually or have had them passed down through generations. That is, at least the claims of stolen bonds are becoming more and more common.
Take, for instance, another recent lawsuit filed with the Eastern District of Pennsylvania - U.S. Federal Court, by Joseph Riad.
Riad is suing the U.S. Federal Government for $15 billion as a result of the fifteen $1 billion bonds that he alleges have yet to be returned to his possession by an agent of the Department of Homeland Security.
Riad claims to have a total of 735 $1 billion Federal Reserve bonds that are stashed in banks outside of Philadelphia where he lives. These 735 are in addition to the 15 bonds he is suing for.
The 15 bonds at issue, according to Riad, came from three rare “sealed and certified bronze boxes,” each of which contained 245 $1 billion Federal Reserve bonds dated back to 1934.
As Reuben Kramer of Courthouse News Service writes,
“The billion-dollar bonds allegedly were used by the government for debt-management purposes in the 1930’s when physically moving lower-denomination currency or gold was impractical.”
Riad allegedly discovered the bonds after his attorney suggested he open the boxes to determine whether or not there was anything of value inside them.
But, while some may automatically assume that Riad’s claim is false or that his bonds are fake, all indications are that the bonds are, in fact, real. Indeed, Riad has cited in his lawsuit,
“extensive and exhaustive proof of the authenticity of the Bonds.”
However, according to Riad, no federal agency will redeem them, despite this proof.
As part of his case, Riad has provided what he calls and Affidavit of Procurement, in which he states that the boxes became collateral for over $76,000 in loans made by him to,
“a mandate to the South African government.”
Riad claims that he has spent nine years confirming the authenticity of the bonds, including contacting a number of officials and experts in the field of bonds, finance, and sculpting and metal.
Riad claims that he contacted,
“Kermit Harmon, PE, CEM, CCP, DGCP, a former Security Director for the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, and an expert in bonds, notes, and other financial instruments,”
…and that Harmon, along with “Bruce Colburn, PhD., PE, CEM,” inspected these bonds meticulously and determined that they are authentic government-issued Federal Reserve bonds.
Riad has attached the report made by Harmon and Colburn to his lawsuit as an exhibit.
Riad also claims that he consulted,
“A.J. Obara, internationally-renowned bronze sculptor and bronze metal expert,” who “inspected Plaintiff’s three bronze boxes containing the bonds.”
It is then claimed that Obara also confirmed the authenticity of the bonds. Like Harmon’s report, the report by Obara is also included as an exhibit to the lawsuit.
Furthermore, the lawsuit claims that Riad contacted Dr. Franklin Noll,
“a consultant with the Bureau of Public Debt who is an historian with expertise in the history of government-issued, high-denomination bonds, such as those Plaintiff possesses,”
…as well as former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Stuart Eizenstat, Esq., and Patrick Oxford, Esq. of Houston, all of whom recognized the bonds as real and authentic.
Riad asserts that he was then referred to the Secret Service, where he met with Secret Service agents Chad Sweet and Craig Caldwell who took the bonds, confirmed their authenticity, and then returned them.
Again, Riad includes the report that the agents produced in reference to their documentation of the receipt of those bonds, as an exhibit in the suit. It should be noted that the filing points out that if the bonds had been fraudulent or fake, the Secret Service would have been bound by law to seize them and that they would not have been returned.
This is where Riad claims his fortunes took a turn for the worse. He claims he was referred to the Bureau of Public Debt, and specifically to an official of that department by the name of Donna Ayers.