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Edward Manfredonia
8337 St. James Avenue Apt. 4B
14 April 2004
Professor Brant Houston
Executive Director
Investigative Reporters and Editors
University of
120 Neff Hall
Dear Professor Houston:
Once again I shall prove to you that:
This is the second missive, which I have written to you. Unfortunately this missive is necessary because of the dissemination of lies by Gary Weiss. I am not happy exposing the lies of Weiss. Weiss truly saved my life by publishing the story, Scandal On Wall Street. But Weiss lied in a story, A Message From the Mob, when he attributed the murders of Al Chalem and Maier Lehmann to the Italian Mafia, rather than to the Russian Mob. The most illuminating story on the murders of Chalem and Lehmann was written by Leslie Eaton in The New York Times. So accurate was her story that Warren Sulmasy, the principal partner in Harbor Securities, telephoned Michael Frayler, an intimidating presence utilized by Chalem and a former employee of Harbor Securities. Sulmasy asked Frayler if he (Frayler) had provided the information concerning the involvement of the Russian Mob with Harbor Securities to Leslie Eaton. Frayler denied any connection to Leslie Eaton’s story.
What has been neglected by direct order of Peter Kann, Chairman of Dow Jones, as I have been told by several reporters at the Wall Street Journal, and at the insistence of the Sulzbergers, proprietors of The New York Times, as I have been informed by members of the AMEX, was the involvement of the American Stock Exchange in the takeover of Harbor Securities by the Russian Mob. Several former AMEX members founded Harbor Securities (Warren Sulmasy, Bill Toll); provided capital to Harbor Securities (Guy Velardi, Joel Lovett, Bill Toll, Al Santamaria); and served as de facto managers (Guy Velardi, Al Santamaria, Shea Halligan). Please note that Guy Velardi served as a source for much of my information concerning Harbor Securities, but like Weiss Velardi is willing to lie about me. In Velardi’s thoughts his money is more important than anything else. So Velardi, who was known as a “weasel trader” at the AMEX, is more than willing to lie to protect his money.
Gary Weiss knew with the utmost certainty that numerous members of the American Stock Exchange, including the former temporary Chairman and Vice Chairman of the American Stock Exchange, Joel Lovett, and his son, Evan Lovett, knowingly permitted the Russian Mob to take over Harbor Securities and introduce various stock frauds via Harbor Securities. But Weiss refused to interview anyone, who was employed at Harbor Securities. Weiss preferred to ask a dubious trader, who had ties to the Italian Mafia, about Chalem.
To prove the involvement of Evan Lovett in an illegal stock trading scheme, I have offered a copy of the bankruptcy filing of Evan Lovett. Evan Lovett was a specialist at the American Stock Exchange for J Streicher & Co. While serving as a specialist for J Streicher & Co. Evan Lovett illegally traded stocks in which he was the specialist for two accounts at Harbor Securities.
One account was in Evan Lovett’s name at Harbor Securities. After losing $15,000 in this illegal trading scheme, Evan Lovett made an arrangement with Gene Neale, whereby Evan Lovett would illegally trade stocks in which he was the specialist for the account of Gene Neale at Harbor Securities. This illegal trading is specifically proscribed by the Securities and Exchange Act. This illegal trading was known to Joel Lovett, the father of Evan Lovett and the Vice Chairman of the American Stock Exchange. Joel Lovett protected the criminal activities of Evan Lovett. These criminal activities included not only illegal trading but also hidden interests in strip bars and on the floor of the AMEX- gambling, ticket scalping, etc. My sources for much of this information were Jonathan Frey and Guy Velardi, who informed me of the illegal trading of Evan Lovett. George Roeser and Barry Telsey, both of whom were employed by J Streicher & Co. boasted of Evan Lovett’s illegal habits to various AMEX members.
Weiss knew all of this and more, but Weiss never contacted anyone at the American Stock Exchange. Nor did Weiss contact any individual at Harbor Securities. Weiss lied because he wished to blame Italian Americans and the Italian Mafia for crimes perpetrated by the Russian Mob. Thus, did Weiss assist in the cover up of two murders as well as stock fraud, gambling, etc.
How reliable are my sources? After the bankruptcy of Harbor Securities and the murders of Al Chalem and Maier Lehmann I was contacted by representatives of PAX, the clearing firm for Harbor Securities. (Note: A clearing firm must process the trades of a brokerage firm. Many large firms process their own trades, but many smaller firms utilize a clearing broker. Even Susquehanna, a major trading firm, utilizes a clearing firm, Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing, to process their trades.) PAX requested my assistance in obtaining the $4 million dollars, which PAX claimed was looted from Harbor by Warren Sulmasy.
As usual I have submitted to you a series of letters to prove that I was aware of illegal trading at Harbor Securities- and that Weiss lied. (Gary Weiss is a pathological liar, who will say anything to protect himself.)
As you shall readily determine my correspondence has served as a record of the refusal of criminal prosecutors and regulatory authorities to investigate criminal activity of Wall Street. Gary Weiss has once again lied covering the intent and tone of my letters. My letters have proved a firm rebuttal to the lies propagated by Weiss.
The first letter was dated 8 December 1999 and was addressed to Mr. Lewis Schiliro, Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The letter was sent via certified mail Z 405 484 213. In this missive I listed several missives, which were addressed to Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of the State of
The second letter was dated 30 November 1999 and was addressed to the Honorable John Dingell. This missive listed a plethora of missives addressed to various stock exchanges, government officials, and prosecutors. This missive did not list all missives, which I had written concerning illegal trading at Harbor Securities, but it is a fairly comprehensive list. One must remember that, at the time these missives were written, no lawyer would assist me, so I was compelled to tread lightly. Even so I was threatened with legal action by individuals because of these missives- and in two instances I was threatened with physical assault.
The third letter was dated 21 March 2003 and was addressed to Vartan Gregorian in his function as a member of the Board of McGraw Hill. In this missive I requested the termination of three employees of McGraw Hill (Ken Vittor, Stephen Shepard, and Gary Weiss.) In this missive I detailed expense account fraud by Weiss. Please remember that an individual, who consistently cheats and lies in small matters, such as expense account fraud, will very likely lie and cheat concerning major matters. In this missive I delineated Weiss’ cover up of major crimes on Wall Street, which cover up was necessary to promote his book on the Mafia and Wall Street. This missive can be found on my website: WallStreetScandals.com. Go to the section titled, FBI, and the letter to Mr. Gregorian.
The fourth letter was dated 25 March 2003 and was addressed to Vartan Gregorian. This missive detailed other crimes at the AMEX, which crimes Gary Weiss once again refused to report because he wished to blame the Italian Mafia for all crimes in
The fifth missive was dated 23 February 2004 and was addressed to Kenneth Vittor, Vice President of McGraw Hill. This missive is especially important because in this letter I prove that Seymour Zucker, a senior editor of Business Week, and more precisely Weiss’ senior editor at Business Week, knew that his friend, Feivel Gottlieb, was involved with Maier Lehmann in the manipulation of various stocks. More precisely the stocks were being by members of a religious congregation. Zucker knew this, but agreed to cover up the lies of Weiss to protect his friend, Feivel Gottlieb. The members of Zucker’s Talmud study group would not like it if Zucker were to write about his friend, Gottlieb.
I have purposely toned down and, did not report the religious connections between Gottlieb, Lehmann and Zucker. I did not wish to have anyone make blanket anti-Jewish statements because of this connection. But these ties must be made known to the Board of IRE, because of the cover up of stock fraud, bankruptcy, theft of millions, two murders and the lies of Gary Weiss and Guy Velardi.
No one can ever accuse me of being a Jew-hater for his Jew-hating and racist remarks. When I was a member of the AMEX, Louis Miceli, the senior floor governor of the American Stock Exchange, which is the equivalent of Vice Chairman, called me a fuckin’ Jew, a Jew bastard, etc. Miceli said that “you must be a fuckin’ Jew because you’re no Italian.” Miceli even praised
I was the only AMEX member to tell Miceli that he was crazy. Miceli hated me. When Miceli’s anti-Jewish tirades continued, I complained to Arthur Levitt, the Chairman of the American Stock Exchange. Levitt refused to fine Miceli but merely upbraided him. The prominent Jewish members of the AMEX (Joel Lovett, Ira Koondel, Mark Greenberg, Israel Englander, Steve Tobias, Jonathan Frey, etc.) never reprimanded Louis Miceli.
I wanted Miceli fined. Levitt refused. Arthur Levitt, a Jew, refused to fine Miceli. And Levitt hated me because I defended Jews when powerful Jews at the AMEX refused to speak out.
I am the one individual, who cannot be accused of being a Jew-hater, a racist, etc. My actions speak much louder than any spoken platitudes.
I have provided you with sufficient information to publish an apology to me. And Weiss must never write for IRE Journal again. Weiss is a liar.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Edward Manfredonia
