Twenty-two days have passed and nary a word from the FBI regarding the arrest of Tonya Collins. Instead, I have it on good authority that Tonya is living la vida loca in Texas, unencumbered by any guilt or responsibility for the crime she committed. Even worse is that the FBI has been distracted by other investigations and this matter is not a priority at the moment. While I am confident that justice will eventually be served in this case, it is a sad reflection on law enforcement and the utter disdain they have for the victims of this scandal. The FBI and local police will have much to explain if Tonya flees the United States or it is determined that seizeable assets were liquidated during this period of time.
Many of you have inquired about what pressure you can bring upon law enforcement. In addition to filing police reports and contacting the FBI to inquire about the status of the investigation, there are several other things you can do. Among them is contacting your local newspaper and media outlet to apprise them of what has taken place. Contacting your local Congressman or Councilman may cause additional pressure to bear on the authorities. Some of the commenters on this blog have been contacting California government officials in the hopes of spurring some activity. Along these lines, I am promoting from the comments, a very insightful post by one of the victims of the SurroGenesis and Michael Charles Financial Company scandal:
The only e-mail address I could find on the CA government web sites was for the secretary of state. Sent an e-mail and got back “While the Secretary of State files and maintains certain business entity documents, the licensing of escrow agents is a function overseen by the Department of Corporations. You can find more information at http://www.corp.ca.gov/FSD/licensees/default.asp.
We hope this information is helpful to you. If you have questions directly related to the Secretary of State’s office, please contact our
Legislative and Constituent Affairs at (916) 653-6774.”I looked at the web site referred to and called up the numbers and got nowhere. Must admit me having a foreign accent, and having to make the calls from the other side of the pacific in the narrow time interval when the CA government offices are open and I am not asleep or at work made it a little difficult. My anger at being ripped off so bad contrasted somewhat with the bureaucratic indifference of those that are meant to regulate these affairs.
Maybe they force you to use phones rather than e-mail so there is no record of their uselessness? It seems there is no interest in doing anything simple like comparing a listing of escrow companies from the yellow pages against their list of licensed companies and closing down the unlicensed ones. Isn’t that what regulators are meant to do, like sort of regulate and police? Michale Charles operated for 2 years without anyone noticing them so my guess is there are an awful lot of others doing the same scam now.
It is an easy thing to do, no legislation needed, all they need to do is enforce existing rules. Easy quick fix that could save lots of other people being ripped off. How many other fake escrow companies are working in CA at the moment with no chnace of the authorities catching them?
You got to understand why I got so angry. We live in an asian country were the legal system is a little shakey and the legal framework for surrogacy is questionable. So what did we do, well based on my previous experience of working with folks from the good old USA, believe it or not we trust and actually like you guys! So we decided to go to the USA for treatment. Costs more than at home but the legal framework and quality of treatment is better and we thought our chances of being ripped off would be much less. This was initially true, for example in USA all our medical practitioners (doctors, nurses etc) and attorneys have been universally excellent. To say we were bitterly disillusioned when this MC fiasco erupted is an understatement. But what really annoyed is the indifference of the authorities to the problem. At least in Asia you can bribe lazy government people into action, utterly lost as to what to do in USA.
For the victims, I know this is a frustrating time. Like you, I want to see Collins held accountable for her actions and any remaining assets seized for your benefit. I am confident she will be held to account for her conduct. In the meantime, as you await news from law enforcement, perhaps you can take some comfort from the proverb that aptly states “revenge is a dish best served cold”.
Related Posts:
- An Important Message From A SurroGenesis Victim
- If Only Tonya Collins Had Taken A Balloon Ride
- Breast Implant Thief is Public Enemy #1; Tonya Collins & Rosa Balcazar Not So Much
- SurroGenesis Lawsuit To Be Filed Today
- SurroGenesis Update – Where The Term “Law Enforcement” Has Become An Oxymoron
- Tonya Collins There Is Someone I Want You To Meet
- Progress In Australia On The Surrogacy Front
- Six Months Later, Tonya Collins Has Yet To Be Charged With A Crime
- Law Enforcement Continues To Fail The Infertility Community
- Los Angeles Times 3 – FBI 0
How about a walk to the Capitol, w/signs bearing the disappointments of our law enforcement and the lack of urgency in judicial system on a state and local level, the overwhelming monetary, emotional, physical, suffering that is overshadowed by the lack of support from the agencies that have been placed to protect the innocent and are clearly visible from this point to protect the criminals.
What about the prospect of a group of us going to Tonya’s house in Grapevine and making a citizen’s arrest?
I’m Game!
This is truly a shame. It can’t be that difficult to arrest that fraudster – what’s holding them back?
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