Cyber Crime Report Documenting the activities of Kent Holman Madin This information is provided as a public service. “Slander is a blighting sirocco; its pestiferous breath pollutes with each respiration; its forked tongue is charged with the same poison; it searches all corners of the world for victims; it sacrifices the high and low, the king and the peasant, the rich and poor, the matron and maid, the living and the dead; but delights most in destroying worth and immolating innocence.” Henry F. Kletzing Table of Contents Introduction – A Public Warning – 1 Chapter One - Ritual Defamation - 2 Chapter Two - Counterfeit Journalist - 10 Chapter Three - Identity Theft – 31 Chapter Four - Diplomatic Deception - 40 Chapter Five - Enlisting the FBI - 42 Chapter Six - Copyright Violations - 49 Chapter Seven - Deceiving Google - 83 Chapter Eight - Violation of Human Rights - 94 Chapter Nine – Conclusion – 97 Introduction A Public Warning Since 2013 Kent Madin has perpetrated an international cyber campaign against people in many countries. Those who use the internet to harm others should be viewed as relentless apex internet predators. Members of the public and journalists are warned not to interact, respond or engage with Kent Madin. To do so may place you at risk. Do not be deceived into believing that Madin is an authentic journalist. He told the Australian police that he has no publisher or editor. Madin disguises his cyber transgressions as investigative reporting yet he has no journalistic credentials. Madin has never published an article or book. Madin has used dozens of aliases. Madin stole the names of victims and the identities of deceased Americans. Madin abused his diplomatic status to find information under false pretences. Madin misleadingly used Bozeman Police Chief Steve Crawford as a character reference. Madin misleadingly used FBI Agent Shiloh Allen as a character reference. Madin perpetrated 29 violations of copyright. Madin has an eight year record of defamation. Madin uses hidden text to mislead the Google search engine. Madin perpetrated multiple unlawful attacks on his victim’s human rights. If you respond to Madin, you risk becoming his next victim! Chapter 1 Ritual Defamation Dr. Michael Nuccitelli is a New York State licensed psychologist, Cybercriminal Psychology Investigator and the creator of the IPredator internet safety company. https://www.ipredator.co/ He warned, “An Internet Predator is a global term used to distinguish anyone who engages in criminal, coercive, deviant or abusive behaviours using Information and Communications Technology. Internet Predators are identified by the following traits: a person who engages in exploitation, victimization, coercion, stalking, theft or disparagement of others using ICT, a self-awareness of causing harm to others, the usage of ICT to obtain, tamper with, exchange and deliver harmful information, an understanding of cyber stealth used to engage in criminal activities to profile, identify, locate, stalk and engage a target. Their motivations are cloaked by moral turpitude, self-righteousness and pseudo-justified convictions.” Kent Holman Madin, a resident of Bozeman, Montana, is the apex cyber predator who for the last twelve years has defiled lives, defamed reputations, stolen the names of his victims and used them to create cyber squatting websites, stolen and illegally republished copyrighted work, manipulated Google to aid his campaign of cyber persecution, used numerous false identities to obtain confidential information, and harassed the family and friends of his victims. Dr. Nuccitelli explained, “The Practice of Ritual Defamation is the attempted destruction of a person’s reputation by wrongful, unfair, or malicious speech or publication. Character assassination is its primary tool. An attempt is made to involve others in the defamation. To claim truth as a defence is interpreted as unrepentance. The power of ritual defamation lies entirely in its capacity to intimidate. Ritual defamation is accomplished entirely through the manipulation of language and symbols, and when one understands that then it becomes recognized for the hypocritical, slanderous assault on human dignity that it really is.” In conclusion, according to Dr. Nuccitelli, an Internet Predator engages in the disparagement of others, a self-awareness of causing harm to others. using internet technology to obtain and deliver harmful information designed to identify, locate, stalk and engage a target and justifies his actions in self-righteousness and pseudo-justified convictions. Kent Madin’s actions provide conclusive evidence that he is a ruthless Internet Predator who has engaged in ritual defamation against victims around the world. Chapter 2 Counterfeit Journalist “I am not a reporter.” Kent Madin You can put a cat in a barn but that doesn’t make it a horse. Likewise, despite his claims to the contrary, Kent Madin is not a journalist. He is a ruthless cyber vigilante and an internet peeping tom. Pretending to be an accredited journalist is akin to appearing at someone’s door falsely dressed as a police officer or an ambulance attendant. In either case a deliberate deception is enacted so as to lull the victim into a false sense of security, before taking an unfair advantage. Kent Madin’s claim to be a journalist is a brazen fabrication built on a foundation of lies. Cyberstalker or Reporter? In stark contrast to authentic reporters, Kent Madin has polluted the noble name of journalism by using it as a means to camouflage his campaign of cyber sadism. Madin has no journalistic credentials! He claims to have obtained a degree in “Outdoor Education” from an Arizona college that went bankrupt in 1974. Madin’s only participation with journalism occurred in 2012 when he was listed as a “source of information” by a Danish newspaper. Yet he has created an extraordinary journalistic charade which serves as a cloak to disguise his activities as an internet marauder. In His Own Words Since 2011 Madin has repeatedly claimed that he is not a cyber stalker but then publishes evidence to the contrary. On December 18, 2014, in the headline on his blog, he described himself as a "cyberstalking sleuth" That blog, entitled “Stalking Walts: Hunter and Hunted in the Digital Wilderness”, is the journalistic fig leaf where he claims he is "investigating" his victims. https://stalkingwalts.wordpress.com/ On November 24, 2016 Madin announced that he was "returning to journalism." https://www.linkedin.com/in/kent-madin-3a85728 But in an abrupt about face, on April 12, 2017 Madin sent the President of the United States a tweet wherein he contradicted all previous claims and publicly announced, "I am not a reporter.” https://mobile.twitter.com/kmadin Obtaining Evidence by Deceit Madin does not adhere to the ethical guidelines followed by legitimate journalists. He lacks credentials and credibility. But that has not prohibited him from eliciting personal information under false pretences. On his cyber squatting websites, Madin claims that the information he gathers against his victims is based on “consenting interviews.” Geoff Young is an example of how Madin grooms his victims under false pretences. As the American publisher learned, it is easy to pretend to be a journalist on line. Madin used this trick to obtain information from Young, the unsuspecting publisher of one of America's leading equestrian magazines. A Publisher Protests Geoff Young is not the type of man who tolerates deception. In a stormy letter addressed to Montana legal authorities, Young wrote, “On the morning of December 27, 2013 Kent Madin contacted me by email claiming he was a journalist, and asking for my help in an article he was working on regarding modern day explorers, and specifically asking for information on Basha and CuChullaine O’Reilly, of which I wrote an article about and published in my magazine Horse Connection. As a publisher, I am always willing to help a fellow journalist, and especially willing to help promote the O’Reilly’s and their wonderful organization – The Long Riders’ Guild. I responded to Madin that I would be happy to assist him and would contact the O’Reilly’s at their home in France. Madin then sent me another email saying he had lied about his intentions and thanked me for the information I had provided, that information being where the O’Reilly’s are now living. In that follow up message Madin admitted, “I apologize for the disingenuous nature of my initial note to you.” I was outraged when he told me that what he had planned would not turn out well for the O’Reillys, and was equally outraged to find out I had been duped and deceived into providing this man with the location of the O’Reillys. I had believed Madin when he told me he was a journalist, and am now appalled to find out that not only is he not a journalist, but has been embarking on a campaign to discredit and harm people’s reputation for his own amusement. Kent Madin obtained information from me under false pretenses to wage his cyber campaign of destruction and defamation. Because he falsely claimed he was a journalist, I will be filing a complaint with Joe Skeel, the Executive Director of the Society of Professional Journalists.” Young called upon Marty Lambert, the Gallatin County Attorney in Montana, to immediately arrest Madin. “I believe that Kent Madin has wilfully and repeatedly violated the cyber stalking and cyber harassment laws of Montana and most states in this country. That is why I am writing to you, Attorney Lambert, to request that Kent Madin be charged with cyber stalking and cyber harassment, and ordered to cease and discontinue this destructive and criminal campaign.” (Evidence 18 – Copyright Violation) As Young learned, Madin was not engaged in authentic reporting. He was operating an on-line racket that is fuelled by emotional exploitation. When Young realized he had been tricked via a message of malice, the American publisher expressed his contempt to Madin. “Kent, Let’s be honest here. You lied to me and admitted as such with your second email saying you were being disingenuous in your previous inquiry. You are not an investigative journalist working on an article about explorers as you stated in your email to me. Again, another lie. I won’t pretend to know what goes on in the mind of someone bent on deception, lies, slander and persecution of people he knows nothing about, but I would prefer not to have anything to do with you or your cruel games. Do not contact me again! Geoff” Young summed up his opinion of Madin when he wrote, “He sounds like a man whose failure in life now has him trying to drag other people down into his pathetic world.” Attacking a Reporter It is a bitter irony that Madin is using the internet to harass, threaten and intimidate his victims, including authentic reporters. In May, 2015 the pretend cub reporter harassed a genuine journalist to the point that she felt the need to inform the police. Antonia Paget is a reporter for the Irish Daily Mirror, who wrote an article about an athletic event which involved one of Madin’s victims. Madin harassed the reporter to the point where she was urged to report him to Detective Superintendent Gerard Walsh, who was investigating Madin’s cyber activities in Ireland. A Legal Warning These assaults against the rules of journalism have not gone unnoticed or unchallenged by legal authorities. On May 23, 2014, Captain Steve Crawford of the Bozeman Police Department informed a victim that he had a) interviewed Madin, b) warned Madin not to have any further contact with victims and c) said he “intends to submit a case for prosecution to our prosecutor’s office.” Crawford also revealed his belief that Madin’s activities were not those of a legitimate journalist. Crawford wrote, "I have also told him (Madin) that his text messages have probably taken it to the next level and don't see them as anything that can be defended as under the guise of journalism." On December 3, 2014 Captain Crawford confirmed that he wanted to prosecute Madin on charges of "Stalking MCA 45-5-220, Criminal Defamation MCA 45-8-212, and Violation of Privacy in Communications MCA 45-8-213." No Editor or Publisher Though Madin has spent years fantasizing about being a reporter, he is not required to uphold any standards of journalism. “Independent Research/Journo” is his slang for “no editorial control and no publisher.” Madin has no newspaper, magazine or book publisher backing his so-called project! This last point was strongly reinforced when an Australian police detective asked Madin to provide the name of the editor and publication he was writing for. Madin’s response confirmed that he is pursuing a personal delusion which is motivated by vengeance. The “smoking gun” message which proved Madin’s lack of journalistic credentials and supervision was sent by the Australian police on January 6, 2017. POLICEMEDIAUNITMgr@police.vic.gov.au wrote: Hi Kent, Thanks for your email. Please provide details as to where you work and where this would be published before we can make enquiries. Thanks, Leonie Johnson Supervisor Media Unit Victoria Police What was Madin’s answer to two such basic questions regarding his journalistic credentials? Silence! Madin’s Journalistic Achievements? This begs a comparison between an authentic author and a Walter Mitty wanna-be. Madin has repeatedly stated, “Since 2011 I have been researching the professional claims of several self-described ‘explorers’ in order to write a story about how such explorers leverage the internet to create a commercially viable narrative about themselves.” Ten years later no such article has ever been written or published! The fact that Madin launched his so-called "article” nearly a decade ago highlights several important facts. He lacks the ability to construct an investigatory article; i.e. he can't write. Even if he was to create an article, no exploration or equestrian editors would publish his rants. Thus Madin is left with only one avenue of expression – his four cyber squatting websites which bear the stolen names of his victims and the Long Riders’ Guild. Madin’s pretence to be "writing an article" has descended into libel, slander and invasion of privacy. He has no experience with exploration but falsely claims he is investigating the subject. He has no journalistic credentials but hides his terror campaign behind "freedom of speech." He has no publisher yet pretends to strangers that his so-called article is genuine. What is important is that 120 months after Madin began his campaign of cyber terror, there is no article. The mere fact that no reporter spends a decade, and then never produces an article, is conclusive proof that Madin’s claims to be a journalist are a flagrant fraud! Journalist or Cyber Criminal? Freedom of expression does not mean freedom from legal consequences. Chris Anderson is the Director of the Cyber Investigation Service whose expertise as a police officer has been instrumental in arresting many cyber stalkers. Anderson wrote, “Another misconception that perpetrators rely upon is that they will always be protected under the 1st Amendment. This is an amendment to the U.S. constitution located in the Bill of Rights which prohibits the abridgment of freedom of speech. Perpetrators of internet attacks interpret this to mean that they can say whatever they want or hide behind terms like “In My Opinion” and that they therefore have fairly free reign over what they post. However, this couldn’t be further than the truth.” http://www.cyberinvestigationservices.com/Winning_The_War_On_Internet_Defamation .pdf Madin has never met any of his victims, nor is there any evidence that he has ever undertaken any exploration or long distance equestrian expedition. He is not associated with the Royal Geographical Society, the Explorers’ Club or the Long Riders’ Guild, yet since 2009 he has undertaken to systematically persecute members of the exploration and equestrian travel world, as well as their family, friends and sponsors. Madin justifies his actions by falsely claiming to be engaged in an “investigative journalism article.” However there is no evidence that he possesses any journalism experience. Nor has he been granted journalism credentials by any known media organization. On the contrary, editors of the world’s exploration and equestrian media organizations have all expressed the strongest distrust of Madin’s motives and have gone on the record to state that they will neither publish him nor enter into a dialogue with him. Journalists abide by professional standards. They do not elicit confidential information under false pretences. They do not use false identities to obtain information or spread gossip. They are accountable to their editor and publisher. Thus Madin is not a journalist. He is a vindictive vigilante who has spent years stalking and terrorizing private citizens. His motivation is not to inform the public but to violate the privacy of his victims. The former is an act of public service. The latter is an act of cyber assisted crime. It is instead accurate to describe Madin as a private citizen who relentlessly pursues strangers because he is motivated by revenge and addicted to cyber sadism. During his protracted internet stalking campaign, Madin has revealed himself as cunning, ruthless and resourceful. Intense, intrusive and obsessive, Madin is guilty of obtaining property by deception, in particular copyrighted material, and of posting private information online in a deliberate campaign to destroy personal and professional reputations. A committed violator whose patterns of international abuse are well documented, Madin has avoided justice in every single country where his victims reside. This ensures he intends to continue his persecution, cyber stalking and defamation without fear of legal retribution. Madin is an unrepentant, committed, vengeful offender, one whose goal is to arouse apprehension and inflict mental anguish on his victims. Does a malevolent parasite, which draws his life and nourishment from others, have the right to invade the privacy of a stranger? Can a man justify his actions by pretending to be a journalist? Are we obligated to discuss our lives with a stranger who uses the internet to intimidate and interrogate us, our family and friends? Madin has waged an twelve-year campaign designed to inflict the greatest possible emotional and professional harm to his victims. That is not journalism. It’s persecution. He’s not searching for a story. He’s invested years of his life in exploitation. The privilege to write is not a license to “hunt” strangers. Madin has betrayed the journalism he pretends to represent. His actions are besmirched with the strong smell of deceit! Chapter 3 Identity Theft "I have never attempted to obtain personal information under false pretenses”, Kent Madin. Though Madin has spent years pretending to be a journalist, the depth of his deception can be measured against the fact that he has created and used dozens of false identities in an effort to obtain confidential information designed to harm his victims (Evidence 3). Malevolent in intent, cyber predators rely on their capacity to deceive others. Cyber stealth is the covert method by which internet marauders establish and sustain anonymity while they plan their next assault or research the social profiles of their targets. The goal is to create online profiles and diversionary tactics that remain undetected and untraceable. Ample evidence exists which proves that Kent Madin fits the above description. Yet Madin hasn’t been content with merely inventing identities or embezzling the names of his victims. Identity Theft Genuine journalists respect the rights of others and obey the law. Madin trampled on both concepts when he looted the image of deceased American gospel singer Rosalie Wolff (right). “That’s me on the right,” Madin falsely claimed for ten years (2010-2020), while using the copyrighted image as his Twitter ID photo. In fact Rosalie Wolff attended the University of Montana when the record “Jesus Use Me” was created by the trio of singers in 1964. https://www.facebook.com/pg/The-Faith-Tones-156175514449793/community/?mt_nav =0&msite_tab_async=0 Yet Madin’s most audacious act involved using another deceased American to perpetrate an act of international internet defamation. Raising the Dead Two things happened in 2014. Peter Fitts died. But then in an internet version of a zombie movie, the deceased Peter Fitts created an email account and began sending phishing messages about Madin’s victims. The Peter Fitts email account, Lastfrontier3000@gmail.com , was created on July 21, 2014. The IP address 69.145.84.36 is located in Bozeman, Montana, home of Kent Madin. Antisocial personality disorder, sometimes called sociopathy, is a mental condition in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others. People with antisocial personality disorder tend to antagonize, manipulate and treat others with callous indifference. They show no guilt or remorse for their behaviour. Madin certainly displayed no remorse when he callously took over the identity of Fitts, an international banker who was described in his obituary as being “impeccably honest.” He employed this chicanery to further a campaign of persecution and to deploy damaging information under false pretences. On March 16, 2016 Madin falsely claimed, “I am not anonymous and I have never attempted to obtain personal information under false pretences.” https://mobile.twitter.com/kmadin The irony of this misleading statement was revealed when Madin used Peter Fitts’ identity to create a fraudulent Twitter account – which was used to spread defamatory information about one of Madin’s victims. But the preface to Peter Fitts internet resurrection occurred on March 16, 2016, when an anonymous message was circulated through the European exploration community. The language used in the email was a perfect linguistic fit for phrases and words published by Madin on his various websites. Anonymous email - "In researching for an article about self-made explorers" Madin Website - "M. S. is a self-made explorer" http://ripleydavenport.net/strandberg.htm Anonymous email - "I have gathered background material" Madin Website - "I have gathered considerable background material" http://ripleydavenport.net/ On April 26, 2016 the victim was alerted to the appearance of "Peter Fitts," who had suddenly appeared as a contributor on Madin's twitter account. The victim responded by saying, "Peter Fitts and Madin are the same. This Fitts started his stuff in February, when Madin started the attack. So they´re the same and he is using this Fitts to send out the stuff." The victim didn't explain how he knew Fitts was an alias for Madin. But the next day Madin published a link to a twit that appeared on the Peter Fitts twitter account. Upon visiting the twitter page suspicions about Madin being Peter Fitts were reinforced. Peter Fitts described himself as an "Imaginative writer, freelance journalist, columnist, researcher and blogger on adventure and exploration." The language is remarkably similar to how Madin describes himself on Twitter. "Independent Research /Journo." But it was another word, "zika," that was of interest. Madin put a comment about zika on twitter on February 5, 2016. Fitts followed suit a few days later. Then the Fitts twitter account was inspected. It had been created in early February, 2016. Most of the entries were stories that had been carried over from other main stream sources. This was deliberately done so as to provide filler. What was more significant was that the Fitts’ Twitter account also published a series of damaging statements about the European explorer. These statements denounced the explorer’s personal life, an act which Madin had publicly stated he would not do. "Mr. S. has very serious skeletons in his personal closet but I am only interested in whether there are skeletons i.e. fake claims, in his professional closet." http://ripleydavenport.net/strandberg.htm Madin has always publicly maintained that all of his efforts were on the record and public. But having obtained damaging information about a past problem in the explorer’s private life, Madin could not resist the temptation to publish this discovery. Yet he could not do so in his own name. So evidence suggests that he created a phony Twitter account ostensibly operated by the dead American, Peter Fitts. This person suddenly appeared on the internet out of nowhere, made a few public postings, smeared the European explorer’s reputation, and then disappeared. Yet Madin then used the Fitts’ Twitter postings as "evidence," which he circulated to the victim’s family, friends and professional contacts. It was a sneaky but bold move, because it meant that Madin employed a dead American and then used the deceased party to harm a living victim. Once the damage was done, @FittsPeter was suspended by Twitter in 2016. https://mobile.twitter.com/account/suspended Madin has a reputation for being a sinister figure, one who is infamous for his verbal abuse. Using false identities is a classic sign of a cyber predator. But the theft of Peter Fitts’ identity is an act that was so deceptive and dysfunctional, that it epitomizes the depth to which Madin will go in an effort to harm his victims. Evidence List of 30 false e-mails and pseudonyms used by Kent Madin Used victim’s name Ripley Davenport to create a false e-mail account with his name: rip@ripleydavenport.com on online contact form. Date 16.05.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used victim’s name Laura Davenport to create a false e-mail account with her name: laura@lauradavenport.com on online contact form. Date: 01.05.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used victim’s name Earl de Blonville to create a false e-mail account with his name: earl@earl.com on online contact form. Date: 19.05.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used victim’s name Basha O’Reilly to create a false e-mail account with her name: basha@cyberstalker.com on online contact form. Date: 17.05. 2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used victim’s name, CuChullaine O’Reilly, to contact third party on their online contact form with a stolen e-mail account, which belongs to the international equestrian organisation: info@thelongridersguild.com Date: 22.04.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used deceased American Peter Fitts’ name to create false e-mail account: Lastfrontier3000@gmail.com Date: 21st of July 2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman USA Used false e-mail account: yourmail@wingnuts.com. Date: 26.04.2014, IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used false name, Divall, and false e-mail account: divall@divall@bearclan.biz Date: 22.04.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used his Internet pseudonym, Mongcon and false e-mail account: mongcon@fauxstalker.com on online contact form. Date: 21.04.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used false e-mail account: youremail@wingnutsRUS.com on online contact form. Date: 26.05.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used ‘Madininkent’ with false e-mail account: factcheck@earldeblonville.net Date: 23.04.2014 IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Used false name B.Leavitt Tournut and false e-mail account rett39@hotmail.com in communication with the third party. Date: 03.06.2011. Pretended to be Mark Davies and stole his work e-mail account contacting third party on their online contact form: markdavies@thespeakersagency.com. Date: 23.04. 2014, IP address 69.145.84.36 confirms Bozeman, USA Pretended to be Tom, a potential client to Sylvia Tidy-Harris and used false e-mail account tom@lavabit.com. Date: October, 2012 Pretended to be Peter-Wilson Smith on Facebook page and used this profile to defame the Gobi expedition. Date: 06.07.2011 Other false names and counterfeit email accounts used by Madin. “Kent Boojum” (mostly used to stalk through LinkedIn in 2013 & possibly 2014). The ‘Kent Boojum’ alias is related to his former business Boojum Expeditions. “Mongcon”, aka “MongCon”, aka “MongCong” (from 2013 or earlier and still in 2017). The ‘MongCon’ alias is related to his misuse of his role as the Honorary Consul of Mongolia in Montana. Dr. Deanna Carbury - deannamcarbury@gmail.com Dr. Steven Cox - drcox@TWC.com Stephen Jones – steve.jones959@btinternet.com montydeepak@rr.com montydeepak@yahoo.com montydeepak2@yahoo.com monty_deepak@aol.com monty_deepak@hotmail.com montydeepak@bellsouth.net rett39@hotmail.com rett139@yahoo.com djdoom28@yahoo.com steve.hallberg1989@gmail.com Evidence Peter Fitts Obituary Peter C. Fitts April 30, 1940 - July 16, 2014 Impeccably honest, always respected international banker and protector of credit standards; member of the Citibank and Fleet executive diaspora. Mischievous son of the late Howard P. and Katharine G. Fitts, Wellesley, Mass. Williams College, Class of 1962; MBA Babson. Brilliantly funny, irascible but irreplaceable husband and beloved Rock of Gibraltar for Colleen Kaftan, his wife of 22 years. Father and challenging role model for Jeff (Leslie), Catharine (Derik Keel), and Alan. Grandpa of Sara, Jessie, and Michael. Also survived by ex-wives, Candida Fitts and Anne Strauss. Lifelong lover of dogs and cats, beautiful spaces, intellectual challenges, unfamiliar cultures, and his haven in Williamstown, Mass. Our deepest appreciation to the wonderful people at Genesis Keene Center, N.H., for taking such good care of him and making his final months so very fulfilling. Rest in peace, PCF. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenbaypressgazette/obituary.aspx?n=peter-c-fitts&pid=171867635 Chapter 4 Diplomatic Deception Supremely adept at exploiting his public role, Madin used his equestrian tourism business, Boojum Expeditions, to develop political connections in Mongolia. In 2007 the Mongolian government appointed Madin as the Honorary Consul for the Northern Rockies. Honorary Consuls are United States citizens with special ties to a particular foreign country. Their appointment is confirmed by the United States Department of State. Their duties include promoting understanding between nations, not using their title to engage in cyber stalking against explorers. Pretending to be a journalist is unethical. The deliberate exploitation of your diplomatic status is a more serious offence. In emails sent to explorers, their family, friends, sponsors and journalists, Madin repeatedly sought to authenticate his activities by the misuse of his role as a Consul. In February, 2014 he sent messages to an explorer’s friends and colleagues, using his role as Honorary Consul in an attempt to extract potentially harmful information. Madin wrote, I hope you'll take the time to respond. I promise not to quote you without your permission. You can feel free to Google me or start here https://www.facebook.com/kent.madin.5, here www.boojum.com or here http://mongolianembassy.us/honorary-consuls-2/ Sincerely, Kent Madin Honorary Consul of Mongolia for the Northern Rockies Director, Boojum Expeditions Skype KentinBZN +1-406-595-2310 Mong Con Madin’s attempts to camouflage his internet activities had not gone unchallenged. As early as August 2011 an explorer filed an official complaint with the Mongolian ambassador posted to Washington DC. The explorer informed the Mongols that Madin was using his diplomatic privileges as a cover for cyberstalking. “He (Madin) is abusing his position of Honorary Consul of Mongolia to wage an illegal, widespread and sustained internet campaign of hate, defamation and vilification through the criminal activity of cyberstalking.” Evidence was provided and protection was requested. The government of Mongolia, which is ranked next to Liberia in terms of national corruption, ignored the explorer’s appeal for help. This only served to embolden Madin and to make him more aggressive. In February, 2014 Madin was listed as a cyber stalker on a UK based cyberstalking website. Shortly afterwards he used his status as an Honorary Consul to disguise his activities and lend credibility to his actions. He wrote, “And it’s MongCon, (mongcong for pete’s sake). It is short for Mongolian Consul which is my title as an Honorary representative of the Mongolian Government for the last half dozen years.” On his Boojum Expedition’s website Madin boasted of enjoying “the perks of being able to fly the Mongolian flag on his car and obtain special consul license plates.” Madin’s first step had been to obtain confidential information from the public by disguising himself as an “investigative journalist.” He then cloaked his cyberstalking activities under the guise of “Honorary Consul of Mongolia for the Northern Rockies” to authenticate his activities. These two deceptive practices were refined when Madin used these tactics in a manner that implicates the FBI. Chapter 5 Enlisting the FBI Madin manipulated events involving the FBI. This is unacceptable and corrodes the reputation on which the FBI takes justifiable pride. Disregarding Requests for Help The FBI was twice informed of how Madin was engaged in an international campaign of cyberstalking and asked to investigate claims that he presents an international menace to the public. On March 31, 2014 Basha O’Reilly contacted FBI Regional headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, urging them to investigate Madin for cyber crimes and invasion of privacy. There was no response. On September 26, 2014 Basha O’Reilly sent a letter to FBI Cyber Division Director Joseph Demarest, asking that agency to investigate Madin’s activities. Both appeals were ignored. In fact no one from the FBI had the professionalism to even acknowledge the arrival of those serious legal complaints! Instead, in a remarkable demonstration of “kid glove” tactics, FBI Agent Shiloh Allen apparently had a friendly chat at the home of the cyber-crime suspect, made no attempt to contact any of the victims worldwide, ignored the abundant evidence discovered by this journalist, and filed a report that included erroneous conclusions. Agent Allen and Suspect Madin If Madin is to be believed, on May 29, 2015 Special Agent Shiloh Allen of the Montana FBI office interviewed the suspect at his home “for roughly 45 minutes by an FBI agent in Bozeman.” http://www.cuchullaineoreilly.net/Long%20Riders%20Guild%20stalking%20allegations.h tm In what Madin described as a “cordial interview,” the suspect described the examining officer as “a specialist in cyber crime.” In less than an hour Madin cajoled Allen into seeing the world from his distorted perspective? When Madin denied harassing anyone, Allen conveniently ignored the multiple victim complaints already filed with the Bozeman Police Department which include these alarming statements; “Based on my experience with Kent Madin, I can confirm that his actions define Cyber Stalking and Cyber Harassment.” – Steve Ballantyne “Madin contacted me under false pretences via email and on Facebook and attempted to extract privileged information regarding an important business client.” – Steve Blethyn “Despite my repeated requests to Mr. Kent Madin to stop dialog with me, I received libelous, unwanted and defamatory letters.” – Renata Burbuliene “I have been repeatedly, regularly and aggressively harassed by Kent Madin.” Todd Carmichael “The acts of cyber bullying became most threatening and in the end I had to contact Mr. Madin to request he cease to harass my business, myself and my colleagues.” – Sylvia Tidy-Harris “Kent Madin obtained information from me under false pretences to wage his cyber campaign of destruction and defamation.” – Geoff Young Ignoring the Victims As this sampling of statements demonstrates, Madin’s victims in the USA, UK, France, Sweden, Lithuania, Ireland and Australia could have all provided vital information, clarification and evidence of numerous cyber crimes. Yet they were pointedly ignored. No court is likely to even consider proposed criminal charges without any witness corroboration. Yet not a single victim was interviewed – or even informed of the fact that the FBI had undertaken a cursory inspection of the suspect. Had the victims been consulted, they could have informed Agent Allen that Ireland’s Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms. Frances Fitzgerald, had authorized the Garda's Computer Crime Investigation Unit, to investigate Madin for various cyber crimes, including invasion of privacy. Superintendent Flor Murphy and Detective Superintendent Fox investigated Garda case number GBFI_11-14525/15. Madin was also investigated in Australia by Detective Sergeant Peter Rains for defamation, copyright violation, and issuing a death threat to a victim. But Agent Allen had believed Madin’s unjustifiable claim that he was merely attempting to “gather factual information as the basis of an article about self-made explorers.” Agent Allen was apparently unaware of the Canadian academic study published shortly before he interviewed Madin. The Canadian academics could have warned Agent Allen that “people who partake in so-called trolling online showed signs of sadism, psychopathy, and were Machiavellian in their manipulation of others and their disregard for morality.” If Allen had read that study he would have known that the academics had warned that ”online trolling is the practice of behaving in a deceptive, destructive, or disruptive manner in a social setting on the Internet for no purpose other than their pleasure.” http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/online-trolls-are-psychop aths-and-sadists-psychologists-claim-9134396.html But the victims couldn’t warn the FBI agent because they learned of Agent Allen’s involvement long after the fact, when their persecutor bragged on-line, “To quote the FBI, your claims didn't "vet". http://www.thelongridersguild.org/ Agent Allen’s Actions On August 2, 2018 Madin obtained a copy of Agent Allen’s report to the Department of Justice. file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Panasonic/My%20Documents/Exploration/Enli sting%20the%20FBI/FBI-to-US-Attorney-report-shiloh-allen-redactions-filled-in.pdf In his own words, Madin wrote at the top of the FBI report, “I have re-entered redacted names etc that I am sure of, in the redaction boxes. The last paragraph makes it clear that the conclusion of the investigating Special Agent is that Kent Madin’s activities were consistent with journalism and there was no evidence of stalking, harassment, threat, etc.” Madin expressed such confidence because Agent Allen concluded the report by writing, “I have found nothing that would support the allegation that he (Madin) has been abusive, harassing, threatening, or intimidating….It appears his efforts have genuinely been in the pursuit of protected free speech and press related activity." http://www.cuchullaineoreilly.net/ As the sampling of victim statements above demonstrates, Agent Allen’s contention that Madin has not harassed, abused or intimidated victims worldwide is inaccurate. Madin’s original list of victims included explorers, their friends and families in a variety of countries. After Agent Allen turned a blind eye to Madin’s potential crimes, the suspect expanded his aggressive activities by acting against university staff, reporters, business owners and even police officers. Additionally, Agent Allen wrongly concluded that Madin was involved in a legitimate journalistic project. As this report confirms, Madin lacks any journalistic credentials, authentic editors and award-winning journalists had already denounced Madin as a journalistic fraud when Allen interviewed him, Madin has published nothing, Madin failed to reveal the name of his publisher or editor to the Australian police. Yet the numerous transgressions presented in this report went undiscovered, the victims were screened out as being totally irrelevant, and the cyber crime suspect received a free pass which served to further corrode the FBI’s credibility in this case. Agent Allen – Madin’s Character Reference Though Osama bin Laden was among the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted, even that notorious character lacked the nerve to enlist the aid of the agency that was hunting him. Yet emboldened by Agent Allen’s lenient treatment, Madin clandestinely recruited the Federal Bureau of Investigation into his cyber campaign. The World Heritage Encyclopedia states, “Police impersonation is an act of falsely portraying oneself as a member of the police, for the purpose of deception. In the vast majority of countries the practice is illegal and carries a custodial sentence.” Madin may not have flashed a phony badge and pretended to be a FBI agent, but he didn’t hesitate to work Agent Allen into his scheme of internet trickery. Complaints were filed with the Mongolian government in 2011 and 2014, which explained that Madin was using his office as an Honorary Consul to enhance his credibility. On May 8, 2016 Madin dramatically escalated his deception. In order to continue misleading the public, Madin informed potential sources of confidential information that he had two sterling character references; Bozeman Police Chief Steve Crawford and FBI Special Agent Shiloh Allen. In an email designed to elicit confidential information about a victim, Madin wrote, “I can also provide the direct email for both the Bozeman Chief of Police and Agent Allen of the FBI…” When informed on June 28 2016 that Madin was using his name to obtain confidential information from potential sources, Bozeman Police Chief Steve Crawford responded, "I have not been approached to be a reference. Nor have I been contacted by anyone inquiring to anything related. It would not be appropriate for me to be a reference at any rate as my role was that of objective investigator." Did Chief Crawford inform Agent Allen that Madin was using the FBI as a character reference? Regardless of whether Allen knew, Madin has by indirect inference implied he has the acknowledged support of the FBI. Fall Out Madin’s baseless claim that he is a journalist demonstrates that he doesn’t know the difference between the truth and a lie. Yet Agent Allen’s contention that he conducted a careful investigation into Madin’s prolific cyber-crime career bears examination. Madin has publicly declared that he understands the difference between cyber stalking and cyber harassment. Madin wrote, “There is a difference between cyberstalking and cyber-harassment and it hinges on the presence or absence of threats. The relevant Federal statute pertains to use of electronic communications not to threaten, but just to harass, intimidate, embarrass and annoy. The key to this statute is "intent." http://www.thelongridersguild.org/ Intent! Legal scholar Rhett Bernstein wrote, “In order to prove someone guilty of a crime the state must show evidence of both actus reus and mens rea. Actus reus, “guilty act,” is evident in the criminal behaviour (in this case CH or CS). Mens rea, “guilty mind, “refers to the mal intent of the individual who committed the act. The individual must have understood that what they were doing was wrong (mens rea) and engaged in the behaviour (actus reus) anyway.” According to his own on-line statement and the legal definition above, Madin is an extremist cyber-vigilante whose INTENT is to terrorize victims in numerous countries. Agent Allen’s actions in this case resulted in years of additional misery and grief to the victims. The emotional cost was huge and the victims’ well-founded concerns were dismissed out of hand. As a result, the FBI needs to demonstrate that it intends to protect the public against cyber crime. Therefore a review of Agent Allen’s handling of this case seems warranted. Evidence Madin’s FBI Agent Character Reference May 8 2016 Name: kent madin Email: rett139@yahoo.com Website: Comment: Dear Ms. Muir, I have been working on research for a story for several years now, on modern day, self-declared explorers and how they build their brand through the internet and social media. Earl de Blonville is one of those subjects. You may already know he is not a willing participant in the project or happy camper regarding the information that has been collected and confirmed to date. You can find both the research and some of the history of Earl's and my interactions here: http://earldeblonville.net/ It's a shame that Earl has not been willing to provide answers to the questions raised in that page, but that is his choice. My reason for writing you pertains specifically to a program that Earl has episodically proposed and with which you apparently assisted in the promotion. http://www.earldeblonville.com/pdfs/Arctic2011-Invitation-WEB.pdf . You'll see you are listed as one of the adventure personalities participating in the launch party. My question is simple: Did this 2011 expedition happen? Earl claimed, in his CV, that the program is ongoing from 2010. In case you have been forewarned that I am a cyberstalker or other form of unreliable person, I would simply ask you to keep an open mind. For references as to my credibility you are welcome to contact any of the following, good friends of many years, people who you may know or be familiar with in the world of climbing; Gordon Wiltsie, Conrad Anker, Jenny Lowe, Tim Lavery. I can also provide the direct email for both the Bozeman Chief of Police and Agent Allen of the FBI, who can confirm that all the allegations of cyberstalking brought by Earl et. al. were investigated and dismissed for lack of any evidence of crime. Earl's despicable role in those wasteful allegations (which he clumsily attempted to conceal) have earned him whatever discomfort accompanies being unmasked. It's no secret that my own opinion of Earl is that he is a bombastic fraud, akin to the Wizard of Oz desperately pulling levers behind the curtain, running on the fumes of events of three decades ago. He has only compounded that opinion with his effort to portray himself as a helpless victim of cyberstalking. Sincerly, Kent Madin Chapter 6 Madin’s Copyright Violations Kent Madin is a repeat copyright violator who has blatantly stolen intellectual material which he has used to perpetrate numerous cyber crimes against his victims. During the ten year period (2011 to 2021), Madin has perpetrated 29 violations of copyright. Identity Theft Law professor David Steele shared a US legal perspective regarding the legality of registering someone else’s personal name as a domain name. “Under U.S. law 15 § U.S.C. 1129, it is unlawful to register a domain name that consists of, or is similar to, the name of another living person without their consent.” Madin has violated this law by using the names of three victims, and the name of the international association of equestrian explorers, to create four defamatory cyber squatting websites. On August 31, 2011 Madin created: http://ripleydavenport.net/ https://www.whois.com/whois/ripleydavenport.net On June 18, 2013 Madin created: http://earldeblonville.net/ https://www.whois.com/whois/earldeblonville.net On December 27, 2013 Madin created: http://www.cuchullaineoreilly.net/ https://www.whois.com/whois/cuchullaineoreilly.net On November 6, 2015 Madin created: http://www.thelongridersguild.org/ https://www.whois.com/whois/thelongridersguild.org Intellectual Theft Since 2013 Madin has been involved in the wholesale looting and illegal dissemination of copyrighted material protected by international treaty, including Sections 107-122 of the US 1976 Copyright Act. On January 10, 2013 Madin stole, illegally vandalized and republished the personal blog of one of his victims, Laura Davenport: https://kentmadinanswerslauradavenport.wordpress.com/ On June 18, 2013 Madin stole a copyrighted Doonesbury cartoon and republished it in an effort to defame one of his victims. http://earldeblonville.net/ On April 1, 2014 Madin stole, illegally annotated and unlawfully republished CuChullaine O’Reilly’s copyrighted article. In an email to equestrian editor, Geoff Young, Madin wrote, “For your information, the document in which you are quoted is being annotated and will shortly be available at http://ripleydavenport.net” http://ripleydavenport.net/american%20diplomat%20accused%20of%20cyberstalking% 20annotated.pdf On May 16, 2014 Madin illegally obtained and published 13 confidential Victim’s Affidavits which had been entrusted to Bozeman and Montana legal authorities. On October 23, 2014 Madin stole two scholastic videos published by the Long Riders’ Guild Academic Foundation and illegally downloaded them on Youtube. Madin wrote, “These two videos may help explain: Sikunders Law Toxic Trainers http://www.cuchullaineoreilly.net/ On July 24, 2015 Madin stole footage from the MGM film "Wizard of Oz" and used it to defame members of the international exploration community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvH7mt-7_dM On November 6, 2015 Madin stole the legally protected Long Riders Guild label (Kentucky State Registration Number 014641) and used the respected academic title to create a cyberstalking website. http://www.thelongridersguild.org/ On June 26, 2016 Madin used Genius Annotations to publish material stolen from the Long Riders’ Guild website. http://genius.it/9057345/www.thelongridersguild.com/news.htm (Page stolen from www.thelongridersguild.com/news.htm) And http://genius.it/www.thelongridersguild.com/chronology.htm (Page stolen from www.thelongridersguild.com/chronology.htm) That Genius Annotations website warns, “You shall be solely responsible for your user content and the consequences of posting or publishing it.” Thus, according to the terms which Madin had to sign in order to use the annotation program, he violated the clearly-stated company rules, not to mention boldly violating the law by committing a brazen theft. The Terms & Conditions of Use for the Long Riders’ Guild website are clearly set out on the home page: “Except as permitted above, you may not copy, store in any medium (including in any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify, or show in public any part of The Long Riders’ Guild’s website without the prior written permission of The Long Riders’ Guild. You agree not to adapt, alter, or create new work from any of the material contained in this site or use it for any other purpose other than for your personal non-commercial use. Any unauthorized copying or editing in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any such action establishes liability for a civil action and may give rise to criminal prosecution." (www.thelongridersguild.com/lrg.htm) As a result, Genius Annotations suspended Madin’s account and removed the offending stolen material. https://genius.com/Mongcon On January 6, 2017 Madin illegally re-published numerous Australian police emails, which contain this warning at the bottom, "EMAIL DISCLAIMER - This email and any attachments are the property of Victoria Police and should not be disclosed. They may also be subject to copyright." http://earldeblonville.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dss-brown-exchange-re-earl-de-bl onville-cyberstalking-allegations-nov-2106.pdf On February 10, 2020 Madin stole and illegally republished a Dilbert cartoon, which he used to defame a victim. Madin wrote, “Click the Cartoon for Earl de Blonville’s CV.” Evidence Stolen Blog Evidence Stolen Doonesbury Cartoon 53 Evidence Stolen Article 01 April 2014 14:16 To: Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert From: CuChullaine O'Reilly FRGS Subject: Notification of Attempted Intellectual Theft CC: Publisher Geoff Young, Montana Congress-woman Ellie Hill, Bozeman City Attorney Greg Sullivan, Bozeman Police Chief Ron Price Dear Mr. Lambert, Yesterday my wife, Basha O'Reilly, forwarded information to your office. It detailed how a Montana citizen named Kent Madin has been engaged in a long running campaign of cyberstalking. Mine was among the more than a dozen Victims' Statements which was provided as evidence to your office. Despite two attempts by Basha to speak to you by telephone yesterday, you were unavailable. In the interim Madin has engaged in another act of cyber harassment against me. Geoff Young, one of the victims of Madin's unwanted attention, received an email yesterday. In this message Madin clearly stated that he intends to steal the private document/article I composed and republish it without my permission on the internet. From: Kent Madin rett139@yahoo.com Date: Monday, March 31, 2014 at 2:48 PM To: Geoff Young <gyoung@horseconnection.com "For your information, the document in which you are quoted is being annotated and will shortly be available at http://ripleydavenport.net." As the aforementioned article demonstrates, Madin has adapted numerous false identities in order to obtain confidential information designed to harm me and other victims. He has falsely portrayed himself as a journalist. He stole the entire blog belonging to an explorer's wife, savagely edited it, and then republished it without her knowledge or permission. He looted a Doonesbury cartoon and then used it to adorn one of his cyberstalking websites. 54 In his mail to Geoff Young Madin has proclaimed that he plans to boldly engage in a second act of intellectual theft by taking my article and republishing it. Such an act is not only further evidence of his malicious intent to harm me and the other victims. It also adds theft to Madin's other crimes. I am writing to request that you acknowledge the request of the cyberstalking victims, that you warn Madin that stealing my article is an act of brazen intellectual theft and that such an act will result in prosecution from your office. I look forward to hearing from you without delay. CuChullaine O'Reilly FRGS Evidence US Copyright for Stolen Article Evidence Victim’s Affidavit Evidence Victim’s Affidavit Evidence Victim’s Affidavit Evidence Victim’s Affidavit Evidence Victim’s Affidavit
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