Re: Questions for Mr. Lafferty

billbrock wrote:
On Jul 30, 9:15 am, Brian Lafferty <blaffe...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
samsloan wrote:
On Jul 30, 3:41 am, samsloan <samhsl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here is the Truong Petition in Bankruptcy filed on June 21, 2007 and
the order of the Bankruptcy Court dated October 30, 2007 discharging
Paul Truong in bankruptcy:
http://www.anusha.com/truong-bankruptcy-petition.pdf
http://www.anusha.com/truong-discharge.pdf
Note that on August 5, 2007 Paul Truong was elected to the position of
Vice President of Marketing and Communications of the United States
Chess Federation. Nobody in the USCF knew that Mr. Truong had a
bankruptcy petition filed and pending at that time.
Sam Sloan filed a lawsuit in federal court on October 2, 2007 entitled
Sloan vs. Truong. Although Paul Truong was discharged in bankruptcy on
October 30, 2007 that does not affect the Sloan lawsuit because Sloan
was not listed as a creditor in the bankruptcy petition. It does mean
that Truong cannot file another bankruptcy petition for six years and
thus any judgment obtained against Mr. Truong cannot be discharged in
bankruptcy before that time.
Sam Sloan
There is a question as to whether Susan Polgar and Paul Truong may
have committed bankruptcy fraud.
On May 13, 2007, the Lubbock Texas newspapers announced that Susan
Polgar and Paul Truong had been hired to run the chess program there.
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/051307/loc_051307065.shtml
However, on June 21, 2007, more than one month later, Paul Truong
filed a bankruptcy petition stating that he was unemployed and his
only assets were his clothing, furniture and $40 in cash.
However, that might not be fraudulent or illegal, assuming that Truong
had not yet reported to work at Texas Tech or received his first pay
check. It might be unethical but it is done all the time.
A more serious problem comes with the Polgar books, videos and DVDs
most of which were produced by Paul Truong. Amazon lists numerous
chess books and videos jointly by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong. For
example:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/081293671X/
The real problem concerns a Truong alias, Paul Derazza. Derazza is the
maiden name of Paul's first wife and the mother of his children. Tim
Tobiason told me at the US Championship in Stillwater Oklahoma that
Paul Derazza was an investor who had purchased the rights to all the
Susan Polgar books, videos and DVDs. Mr. Tobiason said that he was
certain that Paul DeRazza was not the same person as Paul Truong and
that he had spoken to Paul DeRazza on the telephone.
However, Paul Truong has since said that there is no such person as
Paul DeRazza.
What may have happened is that Paul Truong and Susan Polgar sold the
rights to all their chess books, videos and DVDs to Paul DeRazza, who
is a fake, non-existent person.
Paul Truong then files for bankruptcy, thereby wiping out $52,000 in
mostly credit card and bank debts. His major creditor was American
Express.
Paul Truong then starts working at Texas Tech University free of debt
and still holding the rights to the Polgar books, videos and DVDs.
If this is what happened it would not be surprising. This sort of
bankruptcy fraud is extremely common, and rarely prosecuted.
However, in this case, Paul Truong was also running for election. The
votes were counted on July 26, 2007 and Truong and Polgar were
elected. They took office on August 5, 2007. They are now on the board
of directors of an organization with 86,000 members.
This may be their undoing when and if those 86,000 members suspect
Polgar and Truong of bankruptcy fraud.
Sam Sloan
Sam, I see the need developing to communicate these and other facts
about Susan and Paul's business dealings to Judge Milton and possibly
the IRS. If anyone has specific appearance information for Susan and
Paul with dates, from June 21, 2007 to and including October 30, 2007,
please post them here.

Does Mr. Lafferty "see the need developing" to share a recent domestic
court decision concerning his colleague Mr. Sloan--a former Board
member and future Board candidate?
No

Is Mr. Lafferty aware of this decision?

Yes

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Possible Fraud in Truong Bankruptcy Filing
    ... have committed bankruptcy fraud. ... Polgar and Paul Truong had been hired to run the chess program there. ... The real problem concerns a Truong alias, Paul Derazza. ...
    (rec.games.chess.politics)
  • Re: Questions for Mr. Lafferty: Are trials irrelevant?
    ... the order of the Bankruptcy Court dated October 30, ... Paul Truong in bankruptcy: ... Polgar and Paul Truong had been hired to run the chess program there. ... The real problem concerns a Truong alias, Paul Derazza. ...
    (rec.games.chess.politics)
  • Re: Questions for Mr. Mitchell
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    (rec.games.chess.politics)
  • Re: Questions for Mr. Mitchell
    ... the order of the Bankruptcy Court dated October 30, ... Although Paul Truong was discharged in bankruptcy on ... Polgar and Paul Truong had been hired to run the chess program there. ...
    (rec.games.chess.politics)
  • Re: Questions for Mr. Mitchell
    ... the order of the Bankruptcy Court dated October 30, ... Although Paul Truong was discharged in bankruptcy on ... Polgar and Paul Truong had been hired to run the chess program there. ...
    (rec.games.chess.politics)