Minuteman X Shares Insider MM emails suggesting Mercer, Simcox and Garza Scammed the American Public and Fled!

Minuteman X has sent me a very revealing email. The Leadership of the Minutemen were very aware of the corruptness at the top of their organization, including Mercer, Simcox and Garza. He reveals their corruptness has been long term, extensive and continuing! IF what the email indicates is correct, Simcox, Mercer or Garza should never, ever be elected to any public office. In fact, they should be investigated by the FBI and arrested for their crimes against not only the MM contributors, but their fraudulent crimes against the American public!
PS: My sources are saying this email was written my AZ Minuteman Stacey O'Connell.
Forwarded email from MM X:
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:37 AM
Subject: MCDC Pres. Carmen Mercer: FRAUD ALERT

Minutemen & Supporters,

It was announced by the Arizona Attorney Generals Office Friday that Carmen Mercer President of MCDC, along with a California company are the focus of a fraud investigation. The allegations come from unsuspecting property owners in States that include Arizona; that received mailers claiming to help reduce their property taxes if the send in $189. People in Arizona have been on alert for the past month as local media has reported this mailer to be a scheme, and have been advising people to disregard the mailer and report it to the Attorney Generals Office. In fact, I received one just last week. Little did I know that a Minuteman, President of MCDC; appears to be heavily involved.

The official complaint states that Carmen Mercer operated the PO BOX out of Phoenix Arizona that took in the over 1000 checks the company was to receive over the past several months, raising an astonishing minimum $189K in fees. Over the past 2 years, myself, former members of MCDC, and others- have been actively pursuing the MCDC Financials in detail from publicly unreleased 990s, Minuteman Fence Project financials from 06-current, unreleased By Laws, and Chapter Financial Statements. As you are aware, MCDC and its sister companies have been heavily involved in mass mailers on a national level to gain donations for a Minuteman Fence that was never built per its advertised intent or specification, and in fact still advertise for those donations today in both its MinutemanHq.com and MCDCHQ.com websites. Money comes into the MCDC via mail and over the internet, but nobody is allowed to know how much, where it goes, or gets to participate in building the fence they donated to. Mass Mailers.........such an easy way to get folks to donate to a grand idea when they cant participate themselves!

For those of us who were terminated 2 years ago for requesting a meeting with Chris Simcox, Carmen Mercer and Al Garza to discuss MCDC Financials....this fraud investigation by the AZ Attorney General Terry Goddard comes to no surprise. The MCDC leadership have refused to address the concerns of its volunteers for years, are blanketed in perceived corruption, and have been proven to be liars. There is no transparancy within MCDC, and those that inquire to leadership and ask for answers are banned.
Several weeks ago, Al Garza; National Executive Director and Board Member of MCDC- resigned to form Patriots Coallition, naming himself as Director/Founder. His website also links MCDC. In his resignation statements to Carmen Mercer, he sites his different approach to MCDC non-transparency, and how the MCDC has been mired in unfavorable media releases, along with internal infighting- as his reasons for departing the MCDC. I find the timing of Garzas resignation right on target to the time Mercer was likely advised she was being investigated for Fraud in a Property Tax scheme.
Coincidence? I call it like I see it.

Also recently, Chris Simcox sent an email to Al Garza and Carmen Mercer claiming that MCDC will be shut-down at the end of this year, and to continue with minor operations, and the bills would be paid until then.
Now, Im not convicting anyone of fraud....that's what the courts and a jury are for. But until then, let the facts fall where they may. We know that MCDCs Simcox, Mercer and Garza have been raising money nationally through mass mailers for 3 years. We know the status of that fence. And now we know that Carmen Mercer is under investigation for fraud in an entirely different idea.....lowering your property taxes if you send her $189. Coincidence? Is it possible Mercer could spend 3 years raising money for the Mintueman Fence through mass mailers........not build an Isreali styled fence they advertised for.....then go along with another company to do mass mailers to lower your property taxes? Sounds to me like tens of thousands of unsuspecting people are getting the short end of the stick. Simcox is running around Arizona to run for US Senate against McCain next year. A campaign in which he nor anyone else in Arizona has a chance of winning, and he knows it. But, there is money to be raised through Declaration Alliance and the MCDC PAC......Alan Keyes was the Master.....Simcox makes a good student. Minuteman/MCDC PACs make a ton of money........Ive seen it.
For those of you that shunned me and my pals for standing up, for those that told me to shut-up because the cause was bigger than the implied schemes...... still, you can donate to the Minuteman Fence Project, and of course pay your $150 fee to become a Mintueman. No more border operations. No more protests. No more sitting on post helping out the US Border Patrol. But send in your money, but dont tell anyone they are closing at the end of 2009!

There are no more MCDC Minutemen. The organization is now officially dead. No events. No Board of Directors that can be found. There are no members. The President is under investigation for fraud. The MCDC National Leaders have now officially killed what was started as a patriotic political protest in 2005, after turning it into a money grabbing, money hiding, scheme building effort to prey on those that want to secure the border and stop illegal immigration.
http://www.azag.gov/press_releases/aug/2009/Property%20Tax%20Lawsuit.pdf
Goddard Files Lawsuit to Stop Alleged Property Tax Scam
http://www.azag.gov/press_releases/aug/2009/Property%20Tax%20Complaint.pdf
COMPLAINT
http://www.azag.gov/press_releases/aug/2009/Property%20Tax%20Affidavit%201.pdf
AFFIDAVIT

Head of Minutemen, Carmen Mercer, Scamming American Property Owners in multi-state Tax Reduction Scam!

Breaking News: The Minutemen have been caught scamming Americans in Arizona, California and Nevada via a Tax Reduction Scam. Attorney General Terry Goddard announced Friday that he has filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order to stop the perpetrators of a fraud that claimed a homeowner's property qualified for a "property tax reduction review." The lawsuit names Property Tax Review Board, Inc., a Granada Hill, Calif.-based company; Property Tax Review Board's President and CEO Michael McConville, of Simi Valley, Calif., and Minuteman Leader Carmen Mercer, of Tombstone, owner of the Post Office box included in the solicitation. Goddard indicated the solicitation was an attempt to scam property owners who were looking to reduce their property taxes.

The solicitation, which requests a $189 processing fee, is not affiliated with any government entity, Goddard said. The document attempts to appear official and contains a “notice number” and deadline for prompt processing. Assessed valuations for 2009 cannot be changed since the appeals process for 2009 has ended, Goddard said. "In addition, there is no fee required to file a property valuation appeal with county treasurers’ or assessors’ offices in Arizona," he added. The letter was sent by a company called the Property Tax Review Board.

The lawsuit said the solicitations distributed by McConville and Property Tax Review Board are completely fraudulent and deceptive because the deadline for appealing 2009 property valuations has lapsed, Goddard said. The lawsuit also says the defendants led consumers to believe they were conducting a legitimate business when, in fact, they were accepting monies for services that they cannot perform, Goddard said.

On Friday, Minuteman President and CEO Carmen Mercer, who is a well-known activist for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps., turned over to U.S. Postal Inspectors the Post Office box and the more than 1,000 responses she has received.

Chris Simcox, head of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp, stepped down in July to challenge John McCain for his AZ Senate Seat. When he stepped down last month, Simcox said Carmen Mercer, a German immigrant and naturalized U.S. citizen who has been involved with MCDC since its inception, would succeed him as the group’s president and CEO.

Minutemen have been in the news recently for their schemes and scams to raise money for their causes. Most recently, Minutemen Leaders Shawna Forde and Gunny Bush, who were trained at MCDCs border camp, were arrested for murdering 9 year old Brisenia Flores and her Dad. Forde had grandiose schemes of stealing from border residents in order to build funds for her own Minuteman Border Patrol Camp.
Previously, both Simcox and Mercer were under scrutiny and accused of misappropriation of funds by their own members when hundreds of thousands of dollars of donations were unaccounted for. These funds were meant to build their unbuilt MM Border fence.
References:
Suit Filed To End Property Tax Scam
Simcox, MM Leader Quits Group to Run for Senate
Minuteman Border Fence Scam

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Note: Big Thanks to one of my Anonymous readers for passing this story on to me!