Streetbeasts fraud controversy
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Recently, representatives from StreetBeasts have been making the rounds of automotive forums, attempting to spin their checkered past, and threatening those who inform the public of their history with frivolous legal action and financial ruin. | Recently, representatives from StreetBeasts have been making the rounds of automotive forums, attempting to spin their checkered past, and threatening those who inform the public of their history with frivolous legal action and financial ruin. | ||
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| + | After this wiki page was published, StreetBeasts and its owner [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/streetbeasts-attacks-our-free-speech-frivolous-lawsuit-against-me-147173.html filed three frivolous lawsuits against the administrator of Hotrodders.com], across two states, over two years. All lawsuits were [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/hotrodders-com-defeats-streetbeasts-all-lawsuits-dropped-189082.html eventually dismissed], Streetbeasts went out of business, and its assets were [http://static.auctionservices.com/documents/31629/3308-Fly.pdf sold at auction]. The lawsuits were classic examples of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAPP SLAPP suits] -- frivolous suits intended to silence criticism by burdening the defendant with the cost of legal defense. Hotrodders.com forum members banded together to raise funds to defend against the suits, and ultimately succeeded in preserving their free speech. | ||
==Wire fraud case against Classic Motor Carriages, AKA "StreetBeasts"== | ==Wire fraud case against Classic Motor Carriages, AKA "StreetBeasts"== | ||
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===Mainstream news media coverage=== | ===Mainstream news media coverage=== | ||
====Miami New Times==== | ====Miami New Times==== | ||
| − | *http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2006-03-02/news/a-beastly-background/ | + | *[http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2006-03-02/news/a-beastly-background/ A Beastly Background] |
====Miami Herald==== | ====Miami Herald==== | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Image:Suestwoofitscritics.pdf State Attorney General Sues Local Car-Kit Firm] |
| + | *[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Image:Evictedfirm.pdf Classic Motor Carriages Closes, Evicted Firm Vows to Reopen] | ||
| + | *[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Image:Facinglawsuit.pdf Facing Lawsuit, Classic Motor Carriages Agrees to Close] | ||
| + | *[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Image:Lotsoffingerpointing.pdf A Classic Collision -- There's Lost of Finger-Pointing as Car Company Flounders] | ||
| + | *[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Image:Mailingsfuelcomplaints.pdf Mailings Fuel Complaints about Car-Kit Company] | ||
| + | *[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Image:Suesconsumeradvocate.pdf Classic Motor Carriages Sues Consumer Advocate over Letters] | ||
| + | *[http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Image:Suestwoofitscritics.pdf Classic Motor Carriages Sues Two of its Critics] | ||
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| + | ====Broward Palm Beach New Times==== | ||
| + | *[http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/11/george_levin_streetbeasts_rothstein_banyon.php Rothstein Feeder George Levin's Ugly Past] | ||
===Web articles=== | ===Web articles=== | ||
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*http://www.streetrodding.com/index.cfm/f/forums.getThread/id/6527 | *http://www.streetrodding.com/index.cfm/f/forums.getThread/id/6527 | ||
*http://www.streetrodstuff.com/Roundtable/Archives/Year_2002/February/121.php | *http://www.streetrodstuff.com/Roundtable/Archives/Year_2002/February/121.php | ||
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