From Stephanie Miller, Assistant U.S. Attorney:
Doug Kohler just pled guilty in court to first degree fraud misdemeanor relating to Mr. Zetland, Mr. Razavi and Mr. Vidwan. Mr. Bonnes and Ms. Chang were included in the written plea agreement with respect to restitution.
Mr. Kohler’s sentencing date is set for July 10th at 10:00 am, courtroom 301, before the Honorable John Mott, D.C. Superior Court, 500 Indiana Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001.
Our Office will be mailing victim impact statements to each of you. The victim impact statements are primarily geared toward victims of violent crimes. Therefore, in general, for financial crimes, most victims attach a letter to the paperwork rather than wading through all of the questions that are inapplicable to the case. Please email me your home address so that I can have the victim impact statements sent to you. You also may be present in court and speak at Mr. Kohler’s sentencing. Please advise me if you plan to submit a written statement or plan to speak at his sentencing. The written submissions should be received by our office no later than June 15th , in order to give the presentence report writer and the Judge time to read them. Please also understand that you are not required to complete the victim impact statement or to be present for his sentencing.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Doug Arrested AGAIN -- ID Theft, etc.
I just got off the phone with Pam, the wife of Brian (Doug's brother). She tells me that Doug had "an operation" for identity theft and fraud that he was running in the basement of his parent's house.
These further ("alleged") crimes were discovered after Doug was arrested [see email below] for opening a cell phone account in his brother's name. According to Pam, Doug has been taking advantage of his parents for many years.
The worst thing of all is that Doug appears to have been lying to his parents, his brother and his ex-wife (Lynn, who vouched for Doug when I needed a reference). After stealing from them (credit card accounts, etc.) for many years, Doug appears to have moved in on the general public. That's how he ran the rental scam on me and others.
The good news is that Doug -- after skipping DC -- appears to be back in custody. It's also good news that he has been thwarted in committing further crimes against others.
As much as I would have preferred to walk away from this rip-off guy, I am glad that I persisted in complaining. It appears that we (as a group of victims) are now better off. First, we realize that our notions of justice are indeed valid. Second, we have prevented further injustice from striking others.
Now all we need to do is try to make sure that Doug is tried for these crimes, and that the victims see justice (and perhaps some $$ back!).
I'll keep you posted.
These further ("alleged") crimes were discovered after Doug was arrested [see email below] for opening a cell phone account in his brother's name. According to Pam, Doug has been taking advantage of his parents for many years.
The worst thing of all is that Doug appears to have been lying to his parents, his brother and his ex-wife (Lynn, who vouched for Doug when I needed a reference). After stealing from them (credit card accounts, etc.) for many years, Doug appears to have moved in on the general public. That's how he ran the rental scam on me and others.
The good news is that Doug -- after skipping DC -- appears to be back in custody. It's also good news that he has been thwarted in committing further crimes against others.
As much as I would have preferred to walk away from this rip-off guy, I am glad that I persisted in complaining. It appears that we (as a group of victims) are now better off. First, we realize that our notions of justice are indeed valid. Second, we have prevented further injustice from striking others.
Now all we need to do is try to make sure that Doug is tried for these crimes, and that the victims see justice (and perhaps some $$ back!).
I'll keep you posted.
Apparently Doug fraudulently opened an account in his brother's name. His brother, who lives in Alexandria, pressed charges which brought attention to the Extraditable Bench Warrant from the D.C. case. Six armed Fairfax County police officers busted into his parents house today and arrested Doug. In the process of his arrest the police found drugs and paraphernalia...Here's a correction/update/extension of details:
This had turn out to be a lot bigger than we thought. They found all kinds of birth certificates, drivers lics and credit cards that belong to other people in Doug's room.
He was taken to Alexandria and will be extradited to D.C. tomorrow.
The wheels of justice are slow, but they appear to gearing up!! I do feel for his parents, they had no idea any of this was going on. They are decent people...
Do you have the names and contacts for the other people so that we can go further on this?
Actually it is the U.S. Marshals that arrested Doug yesterday. He is due in court on Monday where he will be extradited to DC.
He had other peoples mail in his bag to. The Fairfax County Police picked up the bag of mail, Driver lics, check books, and birth certificates. They did not want to take a report on this. They are turning this over to Det. Pavero. Hopefully the mail is enough to get him on a federal offense. Doug even stole mail from his wife's house and took his own sons birthday money. Shortly after they arrested Doug, his dad was called to the bank about a bad check that Doug had given to Mrs. Kohler. It was for $278.00.
The U.S. Marshals got Doug just in time. His bags were packed and he was ready to skip town. He told his parents that he was going to a play in D.C. at 5pm.
Did Pam tell you he had all of his dad's account numbers and passwords on his computer. Looks like Doug was ready to wipe is parents clean.
His parents are still in denial of everything. They think Doug's storage unit in DC just contains his furniture and books. Pam believes it contains much more.
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