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Topic: Deadbeats in the industry (see page 7 for current info on Ron Purtee)
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Timothy Eiler
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 126
From: Litchfield , Minnesota, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 12-04-2015 11:33 AM
quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
The bad aspect about bankruptcy is its all federal and if you are a business they let you keep your tools of the trade. So that means he'll be back
Apparently wont be back in North Dakota for a while
Brian Vita of Peabody ordered to pay $102K to defrauded North Dakota cinemas
12/04/2015 10:00 AM ET
Nov. 03--PEABODY -- Three different community movie theaters in North Dakota have one thing in common besides entertaining local residents: they all were played by the same person -- a Peabody man who has been ordered to make full restitution.
Following a recent court ruling, North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced that the man, Brian Vita, has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in refunds to the theaters.
The ruling found Vita accepted advance payment from the theaters -- Save Our Strand Foundation in Grafton, Lyric Theatre in Park River and Meadowlark Art Council in Crosby -- for the purchase and installation of projectors and other digital equipment, but he never delivered the shipments.
"Mr. Vita took advantage of our small community theaters and he will be accountable," Stenehjem said in a press release. "These small nonprofit organizations fight for every dollar possible to provide movie entertainment options for their local citizens, and his actions are very damaging."
Stenehjem said that when Vita failed to meet his commitments, the theaters were "devastated" and left "scrambling to try and replace the funding and continue their operations."
Additionally, Vita accepted the advance payments while he was apparently struggling with his own finances to the point where he'd filed for bankruptcy under his business, the Peabody-based Cinema Service and Supply LLC, and the IRS had frozen his business accounts, according to court documents.
While looking into the apparent fraudulent transactions, Consumer Protection investigators were stalled by Vita, as he refused to issue refunds or agree on a repayment plan, but they ultimately determined he had diverted the payments from the theaters to pay off other business expenses.
Vita owes $47,000 to Save Our Strand Foundation, $28,000 to Lyric Theatre and $27,000 to Meadowlark.
The theaters aren't the only places Vita owes money, in fact. State deeds records show that Vita -- who's lived on Heritage Street in Salem and currently lives at 24 Proctor St. in Peabody -- has a history of tax liens against Cinema Service and Supply, which is located at 77 Walnut St., Peabody.
Registry records show that in 2001, and then again between 2010 and 2015, Vita racked up more than $25,000 total in federal and state tax liens, though he did pay a portion of them off in 2014.
With the North Dakota case, in addition to the order to make restitution, Vita has been banned from conducting business in North Dakota for at least five years and until the refunds are paid.
Parrell Grossman, North Dakota's director of consumer protection, said authorities don't expect Vita to be able to work in the state again, however, because investigators concluded Vita does not have any assets with which to pay the restitution.
Vita, whose online LinkedIn account shows he is also the owner and programmer for CJazzChannel.com and an on-air personality and "tech guy" for WMWM, declined to comment on the court ruling. A recorded message on the Cinema Service and Supply number says the company has ceased operations.
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Marcel Birgelen
Film God
Posts: 3357
From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 07-08-2017 05:57 AM
quote: Adam T. Holland
Senator Russell K. Long once said, never get in a pissing match with a man that buys ink by the barrel. Mr. Reed I would head that advise. The strong arm of a Louisiana Politician goes way further than this website and it is not wise to take one of us on. If you happen to be driving through NELA you better be buckled up, be driving the speed limit and have all your ducks in a row as that $80.00 you are raising Cain about on this post can become a lot bigger very quickly in Small Town America.
--- Adam T. Holland, Mayor
Well, this looks like a potential career-ending quote right there.
Politicians abusing their power in plain sight and uttering threats to civilians over an unpaid bill of a mere $80... Well, there were bigger fish that fell for less.
You know, this Internet thing, it's a pesky thing. Stuff has the tendency to spread. Local news outlets have the tendency to pick up some juicy news stories and before you know it, you've got an angry mob of thousands upon thousands on your hand. And I'd say, I wouldn't blame them.
You know, the moral is that nobody should support vile, backstabbing and corrupt people like this Mr. Holland. Thank you dearly for coming out. People like you are indeed the prime example of anything that's wrong with politics today.
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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays
Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 07-08-2017 08:15 AM
Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your sage comments and support.
It's funny how the (second) payment notice he said he didn't get... was the one he REPLIED TO in the threatening email he sent me yesterday. That says it all. And "it is not wise to take one of us on." What does that mean? Oh, so I'm not entitled to my money? That childish comment only proves my point; he thinks he should get the work for free!
The tone of his response completely validates my original assessment. Not once did he say, "What do I have to do to pay this?" For the record, I sent two requests for payment after he stopped responding. He had no problem asserting himself up to that point. Everyone here can see he has no problem speaking up.
The fact remains he ordered a service, failed to pay for it, and would not respond to the line of communication we were engaged in. End of story.
This is what you need to do, Adam. It's very simple and requires nothing further on anyone's part: be the honorable businessman you claim to be... PAY YOUR BILL! Here's how:
As I said in my emails, I "prefer" PayPal, using my email address as the recipient. Here is the link you wanted: www.paypal.com It's intuitive. I have little old lady customers who can use PayPal, so you really don't need someone to hold your hand, do you? (If you are totally lost, there is a "How To" section at the bottom.)
If you wish to pay by check, that's fine (made payable to Tim Reed). Use the address you have on file for me (checks must clear first).
Once you have paid, you will receive the content - not before (that's how it works). Then I will make note here that the debt has been satisfied.
It was a token amount, anyway - I normally charge $350 for custom work, but since you had pleaded poverty before, I was trying to go easy on you.
I guess no good deed goes unpunished.
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