Matt and Colette:

I am nothing less than astounded regarding the significant degree to which
you have misgauged the seriousness of the current situation.

Your current response is so inadequate and inappropriate, I am only barely
able to justify any response to you whatsoever.

First of all, you must get up to speed. I am now convinced that your
conduct is unlawful. I am now aware that it will not be very difficult to
convince those charged with the authority to take the appropriate actions
against you.

Presently, I have equal desires to see you punished for your conduct
towards myself and others.  I understand that this has pretty much come
down to an either/or situation, that once legitimate complaints initiate
investigations that will most certainly result in expenses you cannot
bear, the chances of my recovering amounts you owe me will be not
forthcoming anytime soon.

Absent the immediate liquidation of your debt to me, there does not exist
any motivation to further restrain my desire to see the maximum amount of
justice that can be achieved.

It is an error for you to continue to assume you can get away with any
further stalling procedures. Now that I know how I can have you
legitimately put out of business and in so doing, help prevent your
victimizing others, presently, or in the future, the only possible action
that can prevent starting this ball rolling is your acting responsibly.

Why did you not send secure funds in the amount of what you admit you owe?

Where is the proof, i.e. cancelled checks front and back, to support your
claim of those payments that were supposedly received by me on those
dates, and that all of them were in direct fulfillment of the specific
agreement of the $14,000.00 debt?

Absent.  That is where they are.

Nothing.  That is what you have delivered.

You could not possibly be more mistaken to think that 'nothing' is going
to achieve anything more than maximum justice.

I am as dangerous to you as anyone could legally possibly be.

I am now intelligent on these matters, and more importantly, I am
thoroughly enthused to see justice, one way or the other, but certainly,
one way or the other, now.

Not later.  Not next year.  Now.

You will either pay what you owe, or you will pay the consequences, but
not paying is no longer an option you can unilaterally choose.

Your response has secured you this and nothing more:  One more business
day to make sure there is delivered to me the full amount as a cashiers
check of what you just represented that you understand you owe me, and the
full documentation to support it as being the full amount paid in full. If
your documentation is compelling and convincing that I am in error, that
will be the end of the matter, settled in full.

The address you are to deliver the cashiers check and documentation to by
5 p.m. Monday, is:

Matt Klein
675 NE Bellevue LP
Apt #508,
Bend, OR 97701

You may mail this, but it must be done on Monday, by 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
That is the extent of which I am able to consider offering you.

Further stalling, excuses or failure will serve only to increase my
commitment to doing everything in my power that is legal and ethical to
have you held responsible to the absolute maximum possible allowed by our
State's Labor Board, the Internal Revenue Service, the Oregon State
Department of Revenue and the Attorney General's Office.

All indications are to me presently, that with the number of individuals
that have been treated similar to me, who are willing to drive to Portland
with me to obtain assistance in getting our affidavits and complaints to
these agencies professionally prepared, and the underlying facts that you
have been using a pattern of unfair and deceptive business practices to
defraud laborers of wages at Christmas will quite legitimately stimulate
the righteous enthusiasm of these agencies to pursue this matter
immediately and vigorously.

If the funds are not presented, if the documentation is lacking or
insufficient, then you must realize that you are the ones who are
requiring that I seek the assistance of government agencies to come and
get from you what you will not voluntarily deliver.

And, I am willing to make copies and myself available to the media.

Like the gentleman said, if you're not paying me, then you are not paying
me, and I really have nothing to lose.

Sincerely,
Matt

On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Colette Dittrich wrote:

>
> Matt,
>
> I have your most recent invoice dated August 12, 2002 reflecting a total
> owed to you of $14,000:  January 2002 was $3,000; February 2002 was
> $3,000; March 2002 was $3,000; April 2002 was $3,000 and a miscellaneous
> of $2,000.  To date we have issues checks as follows:
>
> Ck# 2		$1,500
> Ck# 1015	$1,000
> Ck# 1027	  $250
> Ck# 1049	$1,000
> Ck# 1075	$2,000
> Ck# 1095	$3,000
> Ck# 1111	$1,500
> Ck# 1140	$1,500
> Total				$11,750
> Remaining owed		  2,250
>
> Again, we apologize for our slowness in getting the entire balance paid.
> Matt & I remain committed to paying the remaining balance and will
> continue to make payments as funds are available.
>
> Colette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Klein [mailto:mklein@nmedia.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:35 PM
> To: mattd@rvseek.com; colette@rvseek.com
> Cc: mklein@nmedia.net
> Subject: Matt and Colette
>
>
>
> Dear Matt and Colette,
>
> As much as I may have previously felt reluctant to do so, the lack of
> payment of funds that you owe me really is leaving me no choice but to
> proceed as this gentleman is suggesting.  He is an acquaintance, who is
> a good friend of a good friend of mine.  He has spent many years in the
> Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division.
>
> Last summer, he predicted your current behavior, and at that time made
> some suggestions.  Since they would have very likely resulted in the
> closing of your business and forfeiture of many of your key assets and
> this would have likely made my getting paid anything from you even less
> likely, I decided to hold off on implementing his suggestions.
>
> But, as he says, now, if you are not paying me anyway, what do I have to
> lose by seeking justice for myself and others who have been treated
> similarly?
>
> That's hard to argue with.  I am very upset to be without the funds you
> owe me at this time.  If it isn't forthcoming immediately, more
> specifically, in full in cash or cashiers check within 48 hours, then I
> really don't see how I have anything to lose by helping to have you be
> held responsible for your conduct by 'those charged with the authority
> and duty to do so', as he says:
>
> Matt,
>
> I think that it is becoming clear that the measures I suggested to you
> this last summer were not at all inappropriate.  It is our tax dollars
> that pay for the appropriate government agencies that are charged not
> just with the authority, but the duty, to investigate and determine the
> most appropriate course of action against any violators of State and/or
> Federal laws.
>
> That statement is not meant to understate local authority, but as you
> are aware, my background is State Law Enforcement, more specifically the
> Attorney General's Office.
>
> I maintain that the facts, as you have presented them, are a strong
> indication of Unfair and Deceptive Business Practices, and merit of a
> full investigation.  There are actually, three agencies that I assure
> you, would be interested in conducting an investigation into the
> Practices of these individuals and the business entities they operate:
> The Oregon State Attorney General's Office, The Department of Labor and
> the Internal Revenue Service.
>
> What I recommend at point, since what has happened to you, has also
> happened to other individuals, and all of you have the supporting
> documentation that I asked about, is for as many of you as possible to
> pool a little money together and bring that evidence to an Attorney and
> allow him/her to assist you all in your affidavits and preparation of
> your complaints before filing them with these government agencies.
>
> How the complaints are prepared, as well as the supporting
> documentation, can effect what level of priority is assigned to the case
> and any resulting investigation. This is why it worth a little time,
> money and effort to make sure these first steps are most properly taken,
> and an experienced Attorney can be of invaluable assistance in this
> regard.
>
> I can tell you from experience, that when complaints come in, even when
> further investigation later revealed the same type of facts, a clearer,
> more compelling and professionally prepared complaint, with supporting
> affidavits, documentation and evidence, all but made a resulting
> investigation not just a given, but also a priority.
>
> A pattern of fraud, as is indicated in this case, can with your
> testimony and the testimony of the others, be more than sufficient to
> obtain a search warrant and secure their records and any other relevant
> evidence. I suspect much of the evidence will be electronic,
> consequently, most if not all of their computers will need to be removed
> and forensically inspected.
>
> This may make it very difficult for them to maintain their enterprises,
> but if it is the criminal enterprise that you are representing them to
> be, that can by willful conduct dangle words like 'partner' and
> 'profit-sharing' to unlawfully evade both the laws of this State and the
> Federal Government as well as the proper payment of wages to you and
> others, again and gain, then I suggest to you, they should not remain
> 'in business'.
>
> If you don't currently have an Attorney or know of one, then get the
> funds together quickly and I can get you in the door of Stoel Rives as I
> have numerous contacts there.
>
> They are in Portland, but they are the best firm in this State, and it
> is worth the drive there, and from there to Salem to prepare and present
> your affidavits and complaints.
>
> I know what you are thinking, if you do this you will never see any more
> money from these people because they will quite likely very soon be out
> of business and incarceration is a distinct possibility.  So, think
> about this and think about it real hard.  If they are not paying you
> they are not paying you!  And they are not paying you, right?
>
> So, all you are accomplishing by not allowing the authorities to do
> their jobs, is providing them cover to continue in the same manner and
> hurt someone else the same way as they have done to you.  My God Matt,
> they owe $5,000.00 and all you are getting are lame excuses and more
> statements to lead you on.  If you feel compelled to do so, give them a
> final demand to pay you in full within 48 hours.
>
> They can go sell something, borrow if necessary, but I'll tell you what,
> whatever it takes, it would be a lot smarter for them to do that than
> try these wholly unacceptable 'theories' out on Labor and IRS and AG
> investigators.  Cheaper too, their legal expenses alone would run a
> minimum of ten times what they owe you, and that will be hard to get if
> they are found to have been practicing a pattern of fraud that leads to
> the forfeiture of all the assets used to perpetrate the fraud and funds
> gained from those same activities.
>
> But don't count on them paying, and when they don't, Friday, go to
> Portland.  I may even be able to meet you there and introduce you.
>
> Trust me, this needs to be put to an end.  IF you don't get the full
> amount of what you are owed within 2 days, you never will, and you
> ethically and morally have no choice but to step forward and make the
> facts known to those who are charged with both the authority and duty to
> handle matters such as these as prescribed by the statutes.
>
> This is absolutely the best advice I can give you.  I am hopeful that
> the resolution I hear in your voice this time around will keep you full
> of the courage necessary to see this matter through to it's full and
> proper end.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>