Where did all the money go?

The $6,000,000 Question

Now that the SEC has won the fraud suit against Sean David Morton,

what ever happened to all of the money?

About one-hundred investors who invested over $6mil in what government regulators at the SEC called a "psychic scheme" designed to defraud, all have the same question: What happened to all of the money?

According to court documents, regulators at the SEC discovered that at least a quarter million dollars from this psychic investment fund established by Morton was diverted to Morton's so-called Prophecy Research Institute.  This still leaves $5.75mil drifting somewhere and the fact that Morton never disputed the facts established by the SEC in civil court speaks volumes.

Let's say that some of the funds were indeed lost during some sort of investing, but how much was it really?  What was the $250,000 that was diverted used for?  Where did all of the money go?  Has some of it been stashed?  Did it all get spent?  Is it sitting in an off-shore account somewhere?  If anyone knows, they certainly aren't in a hurry to tell anyone.

In recent court filings by Sean David Morton and his co-defendant/accomplice/wife Melissa Ann Morton, they now claim to be destitute and unable to afford fees associated with appealing their loss to the SEC's allegations of fraud.  Sean David Morton alone was ordered to pay more than $11mil in restitution, fee, and fines - or as the SEC calls it, disgorging ill gotten gains.

You can read the appeal filed by The Mortons here.  In the appeal, The Mortons claim to have little to no income and allege that they could not file an appeal in a timely manner due to medical issues and "filing of bankruptcy due to financial ruin."

I wonder just how much forethought went into the financial ruin of some of their investors who lost their savings or retirement - I think it safe to venture little to none.

Yet it appears The Mortons can afford to go to Disneyland, hold season football tickets at USC, travel to conventions, host tours in foreign countries, and sell their goods among other activities.

The Mortons never appeared to actually dispute the charges brought by the SEC, instead choosing to argue jurisdiction, venue, their alleged status as ambassadors to the fictional Republic of New Lumeria, and tossing accusations of government misconduct in a clearly contrived effort to somehow find a technical loophole from which to escape all the while assaulting the courts with a barrage of incoherent legal ramblings.

So the question remains: Where did all of the money go?

By the way, The Mortons' appeal was denied.  Even a non-psychic could see this coming.  What's Sean David Morton's excuse?

MUFON Promotes Greer Nonsense

MUFON Promotes Greer Silliness

Greer promises more evidence on bogus 'alien' in Las Vegas

For an organization that stakes itself on scientific investigation, MUFON doesn't seem to mind staking itself in the heart by stooping to promote more low grade UFO theatrics.

Yep, the folks at MUFON have chosen to parade around Steven Greer and that nonsensical film Sirius in which Greer promotes his delusional beliefs by wrapping up every conspiracy theory possible to justify his theory that aliens have been on this planet and the government is covering it up to enslave us all by hiding free energy to keep an all sinister monetary and power based cabal in business.

Mind you, this cabal has supposedly assassinated political figures including presidents, and controls people at the highest levels of all worldwide governments and corporations.  Yet, somehow, Greer has managed to outwit these evildoers at every turn and has a dead man's trigger on hand that will release a damaging cache of info that will expose these goons.  Uh, yeah.  Sure.

Greer's shameless self promotion knows no bounds to the point where he goes so far as to claim that the events of 9/11 were manufactured to divert attention from the 2001 Washington, DC Press Club event.  Greer would have you believe that this evil cabal decided to put disclosure on the back burner by using a terrorist attack to kill thousands and start a war...months after DC Press Club event took place.  In the world of UFOs, self promotion knows no bounds or decency.

Greer's presentation bio on the MUFON Symposium's website includes the laughable statement that the Sirius movie is an "historic film" that "was inspired by Dr. Greer’s work."  And if you go see Greer at the symposium, he advertises that he has the latest news on the Atacama humanoid.  I'll hazard a guess that it will be about more unknowns in terms of DNA and the need for further study and funding is needed.  I'm sure Greer cheerleader Paola Harris will be there shaking her head up and down in affirmation.

So hats off to you, MUFON, for letting nuts like Greer loose at your "scientific" organization's symposium.  Maybe someone should tell the folks at MUFON that scientific investigation also involves the use of common sense.  But common sense doesn't sell tickets or DVDs like hype.

Your time will be better spend at the San Diego Comic Con in July where the folks involved in pretense don't try to pass it off as fact...

Human remains with elongated skulls found in Mexico

Read all about it here.  Looks like Doc Greer's supposed alien ain't all that unique after all.  For more humor, you can now also view the hilarious "dead man's trigger" that was talked about in the Sirius documentary.  Yep, this is what Greer was saying would be released if anything nefarious happened to him. 

Listen, folks, the government doesn't need a disinformation program to discredit UFO lunatics when they have Doc Greer to do it all on his own with his antics.

Dark Matters Radio, Tuesday April 30th

Okay, just this once

I think I'm crazier than the people claiming UFOs and aliens are here checking out Earth.  Siriusly, I must be a nut because I have been talked into appearing on Don Ecker's radio program this coming Tuesday, April 30th to discuss the recent film Sirius starring "Commander" Steven Greer (yes, you read correctly, "commander").  

I have seen the Sirius film and it lived up to absolutely nothing it was hyped as being.  Tune in to Dark Matters Radio http://www.dqrm.com/ on April 30th to hear all about it.

I'll be joining the ever politically incorrect Don Ecker and a cast of characters including David Biedny (aka Angry Human) and Lance Moody.  Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!  Just for this one time only though, kids.  Life without UFOs and the nuts, fanatics, and delusional fruitcakes that go along with them has been very good.

Sirius-ly Skewed

Early Test Results on Humanoid Released

Greer releases alleged test results on humanoid body he claims is extraterrestrial

UFO believer Steven Greer has released new information about the Atacama Humanoid that has been played up as being an authentic extraterrestrial body.  Make no mistake about it, Greer has stated as fact in radio interviews and in print that the humanoid (pictured above) is indeed an extraterrestrial being.

Alleged test results released today state that findings show the humanoid is "male" and survived for a period of "6 to 8 years" post birth".  No other information about the testing has been released.

The obvious question here is that if this an extraterrestrial, how does anyone know it to be male?  The real problem here lies within the carrot being dangled by Greer and the film Sirius; if the humanoid body testing concludes it not to be human in origin, this does not equate it to being extraterrestrial.  Any number of new life forms are found on earth in a given year from rain forests to the oceans. If the Atacama Humanoid is proven to be an undocumented life form, it would be incredible but again does not immediately mean it is extraterrestrial.

Greer has already advertised that the area the humanoid body was found in has UFO activity.  So by this default logic the humanoid surely is extraterrestrial.  This is like saying everyone who lives near a gravel quarry must own a lot of rocks.  Greer's attempt to tie supposed UFO activity in the area and the humanoid body into one convenient package is nonsensical.

Sirius is some serious trouble if it doesn't live up to the hype, and not many are expecting it will.

05/01/13:  Someone asked where Greer had claimed this now clearly human body was extraterrestrial.  Not only did Greer make this proclamation on radio, he also made it in the film Sirius where Greer states, while describing a skull fracture on the body, "That's how this ET being was killed."

Sirius-ly?

Alleged Alien Body in Film Nothing New

Dr. Steven Greer's upcoming film Sirius is looking more like Alien Autopsy II

than any sort of startling revelation

If at first you don't succeed, rinse and repeat.  Recycling tidbits from alleged UFOs and aliens is nothing new.  Remember the alleged piece of Roswell debris and how many times that was passed off as authentic?  How about Alien Autopsy and word from the producers that there was another film that hadn't been released?  In all, these and other wild claims have spawned a number of clones and rip offs.

It should come as no surprise then that the alleged alien being promoted in Steven Greer's upcoming film Sirius has a similar history.  The good folks at The Huffington Post, among others, have pointed out that this alleged alien body already made the rounds ten years ago.

Found in October 2003, a local was digging around in the ruins of a Chilean ghost town near an old church when he discovered the remains wrapped in a white cloth.  The remains were sold a few times before winding up in the hands of a Barcelona businessman named Ramon Navia-Osorio, who also happens to head a UFO organization.  Rumor is that Greer discovered the creature during a trip to Barcelona.

Navia-Osorio had the remains examined by several experts, including a forensic medical specialist who concluded the remains were that of a human fetus.  But this information apparently did not refrain Greer from promoting supposed DNA evidence and making a sensationalized trailer for the Sirius film.

Greer used Kickstarter to raise the money for the film and testing and called it "the highest documentary crowd funding in history."  The film will premiere April 22, 2013 and can be purchased for streaming.

Admittedly, the trailer for the film is extremely well done.  However, it looks as though once this film premieres it will quickly become a less than memorable drop in the pan. That is, unless there is solid and independently verifiable evidence presented.  But like a lot of Greer's evidence, including his claims of a military led nerve gas attack on aliens, this is looking more like a grab for dollars than a pure pursuit of one of the greatest mysteries.

04/17/13: A person named David Wilcock appears in the trailer for the Sirius film. For those unfamiliar with Wilcock, he claims to be the reincarnation of Edgar Casey. This is not the type of currency that buys you any sort of credibility.

Pay Up: Morton Owes in SEC Fraud Case

FINAL JUDGEMENT ISSUED IN MORTON FRAUD CASE

Two year case comes to a close as Morton is ordered to pay millions in 'psychic scheme'

Sean David Morton (pictured above) was accused by the SEC of defrauding

millions from investors

How many psychic readings would $11,535,382.18 buy?  Apparently not enough for self proclaimed psychic Sean David Morton to see that would be the amount he is now liable for paying from his involvement in what the SEC called a 'psychic scheme' that Morton used to swindle investors out of millions of dollars.

Judge Katherine B. Forrest today issued a final order of judgement against Morton and other defendants, including his wife Melissa Ann Morton, commanding "disgorgement of all investor funds unlawfully diverted" by The Mortons for their personal use.  You can read the order against Sean David Morton here.

In addition to Sean David Morton being ordered to pay nearly $12mil, co-defendant Melissa Ann Morton was ordered to pay $574,128.23.  You can read the order against Melissa Ann Morton here.

The lawsuit filed by the SEC accused The Mortons of falsifying investor data, illegally diverting funds, and centered around Sean David Morton's false claims of being able to use psychic powers to predict the stock market.  The SEC contends that Morton's predictions were inaccurate and that Morton also lied about investment accounts being audited and certified.  In all, $6mil of investor money was lost with only half of that sum actually being invested.

Today's final judgement order brings an end to nearly two years of litigation that saw The Morton's attempting to bog down the courts with a plethora of inane legal briefings rambling about The Morton's being immune from U.S. jurisdiction even though they reside in the state of California.  The Morton's appeared desperate during the filings going so far as claiming to be ambassadors from something referred to as the Republic of New Lemuria.  The Mortons even provided the court copies of what they alleged were official New Lemuria credentials and claimed they had diplomatic immunity.