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- From: Kimnach@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg L. Kimnach)
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- Subject: Re: ATTN: Victims of the thief Dirk J. Rokicki (palo alto, ca)
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:04:03
- Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
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- References: <Kimnach.486.00097C14@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov> <zack-3101961204150001@cesinst.pa.scruznet.com>
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- Keywords: Detective Mark Winn phone #: 415-329-2559
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- In article <zack-3101961204150001@cesinst.pa.scruznet.com> zack@cesinst.com (Mark Stevans) writes:
- >From: zack@cesinst.com (Mark Stevans)
- >Subject: Re: ATTN: Victims of the thief Dirk J. Rokicki (palo alto, ca)
- >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 12:04:15 -0800
-
- >In article <Kimnach.486.00097C14@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov>,
- >Kimnach@popserve.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg L. Kimnach) wrote:
- >>first of, if you haven't dealt with this person, DON'T. BEWARE,
- >>He is a THIEF and a LIER.
-
- >Could you give us an account of your first-hand experience with this
- >alleged criminal, just so we have a solid testimony against him on the
- >public record? Are you the above is his real name? Perhaps fraudulent COD
- >checks are covered under federal statutes, even if the shipments were
- >within a single state....
-
- >ZZZ
-
- first, i've included detective mark winn's (fraud unit, palo alto police
- department) phone number for any of you requiring it. and i ask that other
- victims reply to my request for your dealings with dirk, and your
- phone/address. that said....
-
- i sold dirk a retina zII card. having spoken with him on the phone, we agreed
- on a cod price ($335). i shipped the retina via ups--but made the mistake of
- not expicitly writing "cash or cashier's check only" in the provided space on
- the cod tag. (i only checked the "cash only" box.) ups accepted a personal
- check which, like all good rubber, bounced.
-
- i called dirk, and he was very apologetic--claiming that someone got a hold of
- some of his checks and was using them without his consent, so he had to close
- the account. he promised to send a cashier's check to me and that i should
- receive it by the following friday. (this was in november '94.) he told me
- to call him and let him know when the payment arrived--it never did. i called
- dirk's home and was told he was out, so i asked that he return my call. he
- didn't. i tried calling again--the phone was disconnected. i tried a few
- more times in the following weeks--the line was finally back in service. i
- could tell he was at home by the way the girl who answered told me that
- he was out. by the end of january (yes i'm patient), i got very tired of it
- and was going to be very adament that he pay me, or else.....well, the phone
- was again disconnected. i called his bank to file a complaint and get his new
- number. (they would not give out such information, but the receptionist gave
- me the number to the palo alto police department.)
-
- in febuary '95, i contacted detective mark winn of the fraud unit
- (415-329-2559) who attempted to "pester" dirk and his family. he figured that
- if the police would call often enough, dirk's family would get tired of being
- called by the police and would convince dirk to make good on his debts. it
- didn't work.
-
- during this time i also was trying to get ups to help, but there was only so
- much they could do. they would not let the driver, who delivered the package
- and accepted the personal check, get involved in the case as det. winn had
- requested.
-
- yes, by may i had gotten busy with other things and i "forgot" about it. but
- then i recently saw dirk's name come up again on the net. he had struck
- again, and now i'm pissed that i let this little rat do it to someone else.
- if i had just kept the pressure up......
-
- but now, i'm collecting names and accounts of the various victims and
- near-victims of this low-life and will make sure that he is held
- accountable!
-
- hear that, dirk?
-
- oh, and this little pisser had the nerve to tell me he would contact me by
- last thurday. he didn't. he claimed--on the net--that he would make good on
- his past mistakes. i'm sure the others have not heard from him either.
-
- prison, where big men would call him "ma'am", is where he belongs.
-
- greg
-
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