Author: Frank Parlato

How James D. Clark Cheated Retirees, Dodged a Federal Fraud Investigation, and Bought His Freedom With Leo Grillo PART ONE: THE TRADE It is not often that we get inside the FBI to see how its informants work. Happily, we have that view in the case of James D. Clark of Phoenix, Arizona. In June 2024, Clark filed for bankruptcy for his company, Midas Gold Group. The trustee suspected fraud and subpoenaed three and a half years of the company’s bank records. The issue was that 118 people had paid Clark’s company for gold, only to discover he never delivered…

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Leo Grillo, Founder of World’s Largest No-Kill Sanctuary, Is Being Railroaded. Leo Grillo, 77, is in federal custody without bail—the charge: attempted kidnapping. For 45 years, Grillo operated DELTA Rescue in Acton, California — the world’s largest no-kill, care-for-life animal sanctuary. 1,500 dogs, cats, and horses on 115 acres on a mountain ridge. Most of the dogs are pit bulls rescued from streets and deserts, the Angeles National Forest, and at the border, where people crossing over leave them. Pitbulls, often used for fighting, when their age or skill left them the losers, maimed and abandoned, Grillo took them. He…

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