That’s the front entrance to Obama Binary Options. The picture was captured several days ago complete with two jevitos (i.e., upper class born-rich Dominican kids) employees taking a smoking break (disgusting jevitos).
Aside from being a multi-million-dollar (estimated at half a million per day) scam broker Obama Binary Options is also somewhat unique in that it also, essentially, is a ‘call center’ which will not hire deported Dominicans (i.e., jailed in the United States and subsequently booted back to the land of their birth…a place they all seems to dislike).
Most Americans likely do not know this but the Dominican Republic is home to hundreds (maybe more than 1000 if you count all of the 4 and 5 seat places) call centers.
What is all a ‘call center’ in the Dominican Republic? When a company or corporation in the United States looks to move their customer service or technical support overseas the first place they look to is the Dominican Republic. Often times some of the BIG NAME companies and corporations will still maintain a small call center in the United States for appearance purposes. They might not want you to know that black Latinos such as Rodriguez and Sanchez, who not long ago served 15 year sentences in federal prison in New York, are answering your tech support calls for $2 dollars an hour in Santo Domingo. NOTE: Often times these employees are not permitted that reveal that they are working at offshore (non-US) sites.
Why do American companies and corporations look to the Dominican Republic when they think of offshoring customer support and tech support? Other than the fact that they can pay an employee the equivalent of $2.50 US dollars per hour (and less) the following are exceedingly important factors:
1. Dominicas who speak English tend to speak it like NO OTHER foreigners on the planet. Chances are (if you are an American in the United States) that you have (and will again) spoken with a Dominican on the phone and were not at all aware of it. You might have suspected that the voice on the phone sounded ‘black’ or maybe ‘urban New York’ but you probably never suspected that you were talking to a guy (or woman) in the Dominican Republic (who likely once served time in a prison in the United States).
2. Dominicans tend to not problems with saying WHATEVER it takes to get the job done, even if that means lying and never ever admitting that they have absolutely and categorically no idea what they are talking about. That may sound harsh but it is accurate. These are culture (or other) differences.
In the United States people typically prefer the facts, even if they must concede (or least personally acknowledge) that they were incorrect, and progress is usually made when things are understood and accurate.
In the Dominican Republic (and from what I’ve seen in African countries such as the Congo and Kenya) people typically prefer being ‘right’ and being accurate or sticking to facts is of very little importance. Essentially (and assuming that these are ONLY cultural differences), only the following outcomes are of importance:
A. The short term payout. Example: Lie, cheat and deceive because one wants money to eat food today, buy retail and make some sort of what it is perceived as progress.
B. Winning the argument or debate. Lie, cheat, deceive and create impromptu fiction because winning the argument or debate probably means that you will get something that you want or need. Example, if the winner of the SAVE THE DOMINICAN RIVERS project (a fictional example) debate is going to receive a grant for $50,000,000 pesos the facts, or being accurate or truthful, now mean very little if anything at all.
The objective is to win the $50,000,000. Moreover, if one wins the money one has secret plans for most, or at least a good percentage of, the prize money going towards buying a house, fast car, clothing, sex and status. Its not my fault the river is contaminated and me using the money to clean the river makes very little sense because cleaning the river is not going get me a car, house, tasty food, beer, sex and status so why would I want to clean the river. Moreover, why would one want to do something which benefits not only themselves but also others (such as cleaning the rivers)? Answer: Schadenfreude.
Readers might be interested in a few BIG NAMES who offshore their customer and technical support to the Dominican Republic:
1. Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Customer support related to changes due to Obama Care)
2. FedEx (Customer support)
3. Western Digital – one of the worlds largest, if not the largest, manufactures of computer drives. (Technical support)
4. AT&T (Sales)
There are legitimate or reputable call centers in the Dominican Republic but there are also hundreds of scam call centers, as well. Obama Binary Options is probably the most sophisticated scam call center in the history of scam call centers in the Dominican Republic but there are other profitable, though not even remotely near the same level of profit as Obama Binary Options, scam call centers in the Dominican Republic which include, though not limited to, the types listed below:
1. DEA (US Drug Enforcement Agency) scam. Scam websites in RD offer prescription drugs to US customers at reduced prices and without prescriptions (much like Canada does, though those in Canada are typically not scams). A few weeks after the purchase (which was ‘confiscated’, which in reality it was never sent in the first place) an ‘agent’ from the DEA calls and indicates that an illegal purchases of prescription drugs was made and that if a fine of several thousand US dollars in not paid, and quickly, that a warrant for their arrest will be issued and served.
2. Timeshare scam. Thousands of desperate owners in the US would like to sell their timesshares but the market is just not like it was in the good old days. A call is received from a company which has client interested in purchasing their timesshare. A contract must first be drafted and all details must be verified. After three (3) weeks or so of back and forth calls between the scam company with the ‘client’ (who does not exist) and the customer, things are finally ready to proceed and to signed. However, all fees need to be paid up front by the owner and the owner must pay a couple of thousand dollars.
3. T-Mobile and AT&T scam. You receive a call which shows up on your caller ID as being the number from T-Mobile or AT&T and when you answer you are told that you have been selected for a three (3) question survey and that if you participate you will receive a credit towards you next monthly bill. After you answer the questions you are told that you will now receive a text message with a ‘confirmation code’ (it’s really a temporary password) which you will need to read back to them to confirm your participation in the survey and to get the credit on the next month’s bill. In the truth the thieves are sitting in front of a computer looking at the T-Mobile website and have pushed ‘forgot my password’ which sends a text to the customer’s phone with a temp password. Once the thieves are able to login (with the temp password that you just gave them, which even says ‘password’ in the text message and that T-Mobile will NEVER ask you for it) the thief then ports your number to a new sim card and sell the sim cards to foreigners in New York City who rack up 2 and 3 thousand dollars bills calling to Africa, China, Russia and other countries. Sounds a little unbelievable doesn’t it. Google it if you don’t believe me.
In any event, back to Obama Binary Options:
I checked with the Dominican Government to see if Obama Binary Options is legally registered (which it must be otherwise it is operating illegally in the country) in the Dominican Republic. I went to the following offices (pictures taken by myself):
They’ve never heard of Obama Binary Options. It appears that Obama Binary Options is operating illegally in the country and also not paying taxes.
At the estimated earnings of half a million dollars per day (they operate 24 hours a day, 3 shifts) and having been in business in the Dominican Republic for now approximately one (1) year they now owe taxes on approximately:
$182.5 million US dollars or approximately 7.85 billion Dominican pesos.
I will report again soon. Also stay tuned for upcoming report regarding extradition to Kenya for charges including treason.
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And this relates to your debunked extradition lie, how?
@ Andrew Vrba, PmG:
What you might be able to relate to is another opportunity for me to call you out as the RACIST sympathizer disguised as an obot that you are. Stings bad doesn’t it Andy boy?
Well, DR has never heard of OBO, just as Kenya has never heard of one Lucas Daniel Smith, so I guess the story is a parallel to your own in that regard.
@ Andrew Vrba, PmG:
What is your story Andy boy? Besides being a slow witted liar that pretends to be an anti birther obot while in reality you are a PROVEN to be a RACIST sympathizer.
Interesting investigation Mr. Smith,
nevertheless I believe you forgot to mention the biggest Dominican scam operation of them all: WASOBAMABORNINKENYA.COM.
As you probably are aware of this operation is intended to collect financial aide from sc American “birthers” luring them with improbable stories about expatriate patriots threatened with extradition to Kenya.
We have learned of one Mr. Steadman, US citizen, having lost over 10000 USD, after having been pressured to write hundreds of letters to congress and to bail out one of the scammers.
We believe you should investigate.
greatkim wrote:
I dunno, Kim. Does it really count as a scam, when the “victims” are willfully ignorant? Birthers know Obama is eligible, but they think that if they scream the same lie over and over again, like a certain Larry Bland here, it’ll somehow come true. They just want Obama to go away. They don’t care how. Birthers are perfectly content in spending their money on this fantasy, and if some of them lose their live savings in the process, so be it.
@ Andrew Vrba, PmG:
There you go Andy boy, using my name in vain, not good. Andy boy, no matter what you say or do short of a full apology for being a RACIST sympathizer will stop my quest to expose you at every site that you and I both post on. I have no mercy for you RACIST types. You will suffer the biting sting of the consequences of your exhibited RACISM. Of course you can excercise the same option that ehancock chose and save yourself any further embarrassment.
I did a quick search and found an interesting article that contrasts the life of the ‘jevitos’ in Santo Domingo with those living in the ‘barrios’
http://dr1.com/articles/barrio.shtml
Excerpt:
Lucas,
GREAT RESEARCH and a VERY INTERESTING REPORT
The above, as you well know, IS VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION!
Bruce, serious question. WHY is that information very valuable? In what context?
@ Andrew Vrba, PmG:
Andy boy, do you really think that Bruce would dignify your question with any type of answer considering you are a proven RACIST sympathizer?
DEA Public Affairs – May 28, 2014:
International Scheme to Extort Americans by Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled
http://www.justice.gov/dea/divisions/hq/2014/hq052814.shtml
Seventeen arrests in Dominican Republic target those calling innocent citizens demanding payment in exchange for dropped bogus charges
MAY 28 (WASHINGTON)–DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York today announced that 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers, extortion, and wire fraud. Beginning two weeks ago, authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the defendants in the Dominican Republic, who are now awaiting extradition proceedings in that country. Four defendants remain at-large.
The defendants are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to extort money from individuals located in the United States by posing as DEA agents or other representatives of the United States Government. The defendants targeted individuals who they believed had illicitly purchased prescription pharmaceuticals through call centers located in the Dominican Republic. As part of the defendants’ scheme, a member of the conspiracy would call a victim located in the United States and identify himself or herself as a DEA agent or representative of another United States agency. The victim would then be told that he or she was under investigation for illegally purchasing prescription drugs, and that the only way to avoid arrest and jail would be to pay a “fine” or some other fee to the DEA. In total, the defendants and others who participated in this scheme and copy-cat schemes demanded at least $3.5 million, and received at least $880,000, in extortionate payments from victims in the United States.
“These alleged criminals not only bilked thousands of dollars from unsuspecting Americans but they also called into question the integrity and honor of the DEA and all law enforcement,” Administrator Leonhart said. “The DEA, with the assistance of our Dominican Republic counterparts, have worked diligently to identify, target and, ultimately, dismantle this group of alleged scam artists. We urge anyone who receives a similar threatening phone call to hang up and contact local or federal law enforcement immediately.”
United States Attorney Bharara said: “These defendants generated untold millions of dollars in illicit profits by posing as DEA Agents or other U.S. law enforcement officers. They carried out the internet or telephone equivalent of displaying phony badges to rip off their victims. In the process, the defendants assaulted the good name of the DEA. We commend the DEA for putting a stop to this criminal charade.”
According to the Indictment, which was unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:
From at least 2008, up to and including March 2013, JULIO SANTANA JOSEPH, FRANCISCO RUBIO MONTALVO, ANGEL PEREZ AVILES, a/k/a “Mike,” DEIVY BURGOS FELIX, CHENGY PADILLA GARO, GEURY GUZMAN ROSA, DANTE CAMINERO VASQUEZ, SAUL HERNANDEZ BATISTA, MOISES DE LA CRUZ DECENA, CELSO MIGUEL SARITA, EDWARD CUEVAS ESCANO, SANTIAGO GUZMAN GONZALEZ, JOSE ARISMENDY CUESTA ABREU, CARLOS PERDOMO ROSARIO, a/k/a “El Depo,” ELINSON REYES ALMONTE, YEURY AMARANTE ROSARIO, MARIO ANTONIO PLACIDO, YGNACIO ESTEVEZ MESSON, BORIS GIL GUERRERO, VICTOR VELASQUEZ ROCHTTIS, a/k/a “Vitico,” and RAFAELA MEDINA, a/k/a “Carolina,” the defendants, and others known and unknown, engaged in a scheme to extort money from individuals located in the United States by posing as DEA agents or other representatives of the United States Government (the “Impersonation and Extortion Scheme”). Each of the defendants made extortionate calls and/or received money from victims who had been extorted. The Impersonation and Extortion Scheme targeted individuals who the defendants believed had purchased prescription drugs unlawfully over the internet or through call centers. The illicit websites and call centers at issue sold pills to customers that would typically require a doctor’s prescription to purchase. The illicit websites and call centers did not require consumers to obtain the required prescriptions before purchase (hereinafter, the pills sold in this manner are referred to as the “Prescription Drugs”).
The DEA Impersonation and Extortion Scheme typically operated as follows: First, certain of the defendants and other individuals not named as defendants who engaged in the Impersonation and Extortion Scheme (the “Extorters”) purchased, or otherwise obtained, lists of individuals who the Extorters believed had previously purchased Prescription Drugs over the internet on illicit websites or through illicit call centers located in the Dominican Republic (“Customer Lists”). The Customer Lists generally contained the names, addresses, credit card numbers and other information for individuals located in the United States.
Second, an Extorter contacted a customer from the Customer Lists (the “victim”) and identified him- or herself as a DEA agent or representative of another United States agency. Often, the Extorter provided the name of an actual DEA supervisor from a DEA office located in the United States. The Extorters attempted to extort money from victims throughout the United States, including victims in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York.
During a call with a victim, an Extorter falsely informed the victim that authorities in the Dominican Republic or elsewhere were investigating or criminally charging the victim as a result of his or her illegal purchase of Prescription Drugs that were sent to the victim from the Dominican Republic. In a single call or series of calls and emails, the Extorter detailed the purported criminal charges and potential penalties facing the victim, including imprisonment, and the likelihood that the victim would be arrested and extradited to a foreign country for prosecution.
During a call with the victim, an Extorter also generally informed the victim that he or she could dispose of, or avoid, the criminal charges by making a cash payment. In order to do so, the Extorter had the victim transfer between several hundred and several thousand dollars either (i) through a money remitting service to a particular individual in the Dominican Republic, or (ii) via wire transfer to a particular bank account located in the Dominican Republic.
Following receipt of a payment from a victim, an Extorter typically contacted the victim again. During the follow-up conversations, the Extorter demanded additional payments and threatened to have criminal charges re-filed against the victim. If the victim refused to make, or to continue to make, extortion payments to the Extorter, the Extorter threatened the victim with his or her imminent arrest, with searches of the victim’s home in the United States by federal law enforcement officers, or with public disclosure of the victim’s prior purchases of Prescription Drugs.
The Extorters typically made extortion calls from illicit call centers located in the Dominican Republic (the “Call Centers”). In these Call Centers, the Extorters gathered together and used multiple computers equipped with Voice Over Internet Protocol (“VOIP”) technology to make extortion calls to victims listed on a Customer List. VOIP is a means of transmitting digital voice communications over the internet via a high-speed internet connection. The VOIP technology allowed the Extorters to contact their victims by using VOIP lines that made it appear as though the Extorters were calling from telephone numbers with area codes from within the United States. For example, the Extorters used VOIP lines that made it appear as though the Extorters were calling from, among other places, Washington, D.C., and New York, New York, when, in truth, the Extorters were located in the Dominican Republic. The Extorters often made hundreds of extortion calls a day from these Call Centers to victims in the United States.
Once a particular victim made an extortion payment to one of the Extorters, the Extorter who received that payment often shared that victim’s contact information with other Extorters, who then besieged the victim with additional, repeated extortion attempts via telephone. While using these lines to further the Impersonation and Extortion Scheme, the Extorters often traded tips with other Extorters in the same Call Center on the best techniques to use to extort victims.
Beginning in June 2010, the DEA established a telephone hotline (the “Hotline”), to allow victims to report extortion attempts and other contacts with the defendants and other individuals who engaged in the Impersonation and Extortion Scheme and who posed as DEA and other federal agents. Since the Hotline was established in June 2010, through January 2013, the DEA received approximately 6,500 reports from victims of extortion attempts, nearly all of which followed substantially the same pattern described above. In sum, through the Hotline, the DEA has learned of the Extorters’ efforts to obtain over $3.5 million in extortion payments from victims, and of actual extortion payments from victims to the Extorters of over $880,000. These attempted extortions and actual extortion payment amounts reflect only what was reported to the DEA through the Hotline, and thus represent only a portion of the extortion payments that the Extorters have attempted to obtain, or actually obtained, from their victims.
Each of the defendants has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, each of which carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. Each of the defendants has also been charged with one count of conspiracy to impersonate a United States law enforcement officer, which carries a maximum potential penalty of 5 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. The maximum potential sentences are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencings of the defendants will be determined by the judge.
Those instrumental in this case include DEA’s Special Operations Division, DEA New York Field Division, DEA’s Dominican Republic Country Office, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs, the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations, and the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control for their work in this investigation.
Amazing
Obot Public Affairs – May 28, 2014:
International Scheme to Extort Americans by Promoting the Idea that Obama was born in Kenya and by fabricating false documents to support the claim
WasObamaBornInKenya.com
The scheme is simple.
Making innocent patriots believe that President Obama is in effect an Illegal Alien originating from Kenya who has sneaked into the country somewhere between age 1 and 3.
Supporting the claim with “wathever it takes” to persuade patriots with a natural distaste for a black commander in chief.
There are various, often conflicting, ways to pursue this Goal.
Vattelism, which consists in distorting the writings of a Swiss philosopher who believed he could define a single set of rules for all nations. We should ask ourselves about the purpose of “nations” once Vattelite law rules the planet. Are Nations illegal entities ?
Taitzism, which amounts to stubborny flooding courts at all levels, with legal challenges to the President’s eligibility.
Racism, probably the most sincere and honest method. In the sense that these people have the courage to admit their prejudice.
Forgery. Tangentism. Or google-wars. These are the true warriors of the internet. They usually introduce themselves as “experts” in fields related somehow, even loosely, to a broad category. Documents. Documents, as we understand, are basically all written documents. So anything from petroglyphs to computer typesets falls within their expertise. These people can satisfactorily reply to a question about a signature with a discussion about call center scams in the Dominican Republic. When questoned, for example, about the tenure of doctor whose signature appears on one of their documents (for which they are exp.e.rts.), they will reply by asking you how many African countries you visited. When announcing that they are about to be extradited to Kenya, where they will be executed, they produce a supporting video (a document) about a Court hearing of a Dominican carpenter doubling as part-time law enforcer.
Currently, while stoically wating to be decapitated, one forger is debating with himself and one patriot about the extraordinary skills Dominicans display when speaking English with a New York accent.