Part 2. Hirschler law firm intentionally committed fraud by filing a Partition suit in a $6,000,000 property scam

 Hirschler Law firm Conspired to Commit Fraud and Financial Exploitation of their Client

April 15, 2023. Author- Brace Impact

     Henrico Circuit Court records show that the Hirschler law firm conspired to financially exploit a client who owned 20% of a Henrico land partnership by filing a frivolous Partition suit to force a sale of 52 acres of prime industrial real estate located at Monahan Road valued at over $6,000,000.

   Hirschler partner Franklin Cragle and Alexander Boyd filed the Partition case (CL22004708) on July 29, 2022, conspiring with ENOSIS partners to have the Circuit Court order the sale of the 52 acres to Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners without the knowledge or permission of a partner who owns 20%. 

See: Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners website

   The 20% partner is Diamiantis and Georgia Drizos, who resides in Athens, Greece. The Partition Suit states that the ENOSIS partners are closely related and live in Richmond, Virginia, except for the Drizos partners, who reside in Athens, Greece.

  Hirschler and ENOSIS partners recognized the address of the Drizos partners in Greece yet intentionally schemed to have a defective service process on them and then obtained a default judgment allowing the forced sale of the property. Additionally, Hirschler conspired to have the Drizos 20% share distributed amongst the remaining ENOSIS partners without the Drizos' knowledge.

  Diamiantis Drizos passed away on August 4, 2022, and his wife, Georgia Drizos, inherited his share. Despite the ENOSIS partners and Hirschler recognizing the death of Diamiantis Drizos, they intentionally avoided informing the Henrico Circuit Court and amended their Partition Suit. 

  The Hirschler fraud and exploitation scheme unravelled when a 10% share owner became aware of the Partition Suit and filed pleadings to impose injunctions and intervene by standing. Court records indicate that the 10% share owner is listed as the Nickolas G. Spanos Trust. The sole beneficiary, Nickolas G. Spanos, filed the Petition to Intervene and Injunction. 

  The Spanos pleadings were filed on August 26, 2022, and served on the ENOSIS partners. The pleadings gave evidence of IRS tax fraud and the financial exploitation of the Drizos, who suffer from dementia and health complications. 

  Spanos filed a subpoena duces tecum for Ryan Lingerfelt of Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners to produce the sales contract and feasibility studies that were being withheld from him and the Drizos. Lingerfelt attorneys filed a motion to quash the subpoena duces tecum on September 7, 2022. The motion to quash had not been heard as Hirschler withdrew the Partition suit.

  Hirschler and the ENOSIS partners did not respond to the Petition to Intervene, and Injunction, which forced Hirschler to file a Non-Suit on November 15, 2022, and the Henrico Circuit Court ordered the Partition Suit to be dismissed on December 22, 2022.

  The Injunction pleading stated that the Drizos must be correctly served according to Virginia Code and the Hague Service Convention, which require foreign residents to be served according to specific regulations. Residents of Greece must be served after the court pleadings are translated into Greek and served by the prosecutor of the municipality where the foreign residents reside.

  Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners terminated the ENOSIS sales contract in March 2023 because the Monahan property was encumbered with IRS tax liens and the unethical and illegal fraud committed on Drizos. 

  In a previous article, complaints were filed with the FBI against Hirschler attorneys Franklin R. Cragle, III, Partner, and Alexander P. M. Boyd, Associate, who are under investigation by the FBI for:

U.S. Code § 1341 - Frauds and Swindles

U.S. Code § 1343 - Fraud by wire

U.S. Code § 875 - Interstate communications

U.S. Code § 21002 - Civil Financial Exploitation

See:

Part 1. Hirschler Attorneys are Subject of FBI Investigations for Fraud and Exploitation in $6,000,000. Property

  The Hirschler law firm had been representing all the owners of a Henrico land partnership called "ENOSIS" since 1998 upon the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) initiated a condemnation take of 21 acres for the construction of I-895 in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia. In 2000, VDOT settled with ENOSIS and paid the partners for taking 21 acres; the Hirschler law firm handled the payment distribution.

  By filing the Partition Suit, Hirschler law firm violated numerous rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Conduct (VCPC), the first and foremost being Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest, which prohibits the representation of clients in cases in which they are opposing parties.

Virginia's Justice System's Covid Threat is McGuireWoods Richard Cullen

 McGuireWoods Richard Cullen's Covid Shadow Government has Poisoned the Virginia Justice System

It's no secret that the McGuireWoods Richard Cullen has put a lead weight on the scales of justice in the Virginia Justice System. Over the past 30 years he has strategically placed his pawns in positions where Cullen could poison a fair trial to have a ruling made at his request.

We can say that McGuireWoods Richard Cullen is the Covid virus of Virginia's Justice System, it has spread throughout Virginia's Legislative Government, which they pass laws in favor of McGuireWoods Lobbyist.

The spread of Cullen's Covid has no cure or vaccine to protect anyone who opposes his shadow government or any lawyer who is opposing counsel against McGuireWoods Law firm, as all the judges have been paid for by Cullen. If you want to see Cullen's resume, a quick search on Google will give you an idea of how he tips the scales of justice. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cullen_(attorney)

McGuireWoods Cullen protects Vice-Presidents, Governors, Soccer Federation Presidents, the ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods and even drug cartels.

We will use the Fugitive Nickolas Spanos case as an example of how long McGuireWoods Cullen has protected an alleged cocaine dealer, accused of being the hub of a 600-kilo cocaine organization that distributed 600 kilos of cocaine, with a street value of over $30,000,000. in the sleepy city of Richmond, Virginia, in the 1990's. Spanos is guarded by the FBI, DOJ and INTERPOL, all within the claws of Richard Cullen.

Nickolas Spanos and his Family were clients of McGuireWoods, which has estate holdings in the tens of millions of dollars. Spanos was indicted by a grand jury in December 1998, before his indictments, Henrico CA Howard C. Vick instructed Spanos to leave for his safe haven in Greece, which Spanos followed Vick's instructions and left 5 days before the Multi-Jurisdictional Grand Jury. 

Between December 1998 through April 1999, 13 felony indictments were issued for Spanos, accusing him of distribution of cocaine, estimated at 600 kilos. An estimated 30 affluent white professionals, lawyers, physicians and businessmen gave their testimony to law enforcement authorities and prosecutors.

Between December 1998 through June 2000, HCA Howard Vick refused to file an extradition request for McGuireWoods long term client Spanos. In exchange for his betrayal of his sworn oath, Howard Vick was paid with a McGuireWoods golden partnership position heading the white-collar crime division of McGuireWoods.

Despite the United States and Greece having an extradition treaty since 1932, three generations of Henrico County Commonwealth Attorneys refused to file an extradition request for Spanos. 

James B. Comey, a former McGuireWoods Partner, was the RVA U.S. Attorney in 2001, which took Spanos off the international criminal database by voluntarily dismissing a Federal UFAP Warrant. McGuireWoods Cullen manipulated the FBI into making false statements stating that "the United States and Greece do not have an existing extradition treaty and Spanos cannot be extradited from Greece as he is a citizen of Greece..."

By having the Federal UFAP Warrant dismissed, Spanos was able to renew his U.S. passport in September 2006 by walking in the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece.

In February 2007, the FBI and Henrico Police reopened the Spanos case, after they were notified that Spanos had renewed his U.S. passport and was traveling through out Europe on yachts. The HPD and FBI reissued a Federal UFAP warrant on February 20, 2007.

The FBI pressured HCA Wade Kizer, a longtime friend of Howard Vick, to file an extradition request to Greece for Spanos

McGuireWoods Richard Cullen and Howard Vick stopped HCA Wade Kizer from filing an extradition request for Spanos and sealed Spanos's FBI file, so that no other FBI agent could reopen the Spanos case. The National Crime Information Center FBI report shows that all reporting activity stopped in 2007.

Spanos stayed off the radar until 2012, where by some fluke he was arrested by Philippine DOJ officials by a tip from the U.S. Embassy Manila FBI, that Spanos had an active Federal UFAP warrant from 2007. Spanos was held for extradition and HCA Shannon Taylor was notified to file an extradition request to the Philippines, as Spanos had no protection away from his safe haven of Greece. FBI officials fearing that corrupt Philippine DOJ officials might release him, monitored his case constantly, even visiting Spanos at the immigration detention center on a weekly basis.

The 13 felony indictments for distribution of 600 kilos of cocaine were unsealed on November 2, 2012 and the extradition request was prepared by Deputy HCA Michael Feinmel but never filed with the U.S. DOJ. McGuireWoods Richard Cullen and Howard Vick strongly instructed HCA Shannon Taylor to back off from extraditing Spanos to Henrico County and be prosecuted for the alleged distribution of 600 kilos of cocaine valued at $30,000,000.

McGuireWoods Richard Cullen used his power to stop U.S. Embassy Manila FBI officials from monitoring Spanos and informing Philippine DOJ officials to release Spanos and deport him back to his safe haven of Greece.

James Comey was appointed Director of the FBI in 2013, highly endorsed by McGuireWoods Richard Cullen, which placed Comey as a high-ranking pawn in Cullen's shadow government.

The Federal UFAP warrant was dismissed by HCA Shannon Taylor and RVA FBI officials in February 2019, allowing Spanos to renew his U.S. passport and taking him off any criminal database.

McGuireWoods Richard Cullen's son Thomas Cullen was recently appointed a Federal Judgeship for United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, giving Richard Cullen another high-ranking pawn in his shadow government.

McGuireWoods Cullen had positioned his brother-in-law Thomas F. Farrell, II to be named chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dominion Energy. This placed McGuireWoods law firm to represent all of Dominion Energy's legal representation.

As far as Spanos, Face Book photos show him living on various Greek islands on beautiful estates, enjoying his passion for yachting. It is unknown if Spanos ventures outside his safe haven of Greece but having the privilege's of dual citizenship and under the umbrella of protection by McGuireWoods Richard Cullen's shadow government. Spanos's case proves that crime does pay especially when $30,000,000 in cocaine sales buys you the FBI and other U.S. Government agencies.

Generations of Henrico County Circuit court officials protected white "affluent associates" of 600 kilo cocaine organization.

Part 1 

Henrico County Court Officials protected white "affluent, middle to upper class businessmen, lawyers, doctors" while targeting "people of color" for the same crimes.

An August 27, 2021 complaint filed in the Henrico County Circuit Court (CL21006572) against nine (9) attorneys gives evidence of a "White Nationalism"  syndicate operating in the Henrico County Courts for over twenty-three (23) years, who protected "affluent white, middle to upper class businessmen, lawyers and doctors" from being prosecuted in a 600 kilo cocaine organization that operated in Richmond for over ten years.

"White Nationalism" is defined as the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial and ethnic groups, and that in order to preserve their white, European, and Christian cultural identities, they need or deserve a segregated geographical area, preferential treatment, and special legal protections.

Former HCCA Howard C. Vick jr stated in the Richmond Times Dispatch that the 600 kilo cocaine operation involved "close circle of affluent middle- and upper-class business and professional associates" who distributed cocaine amongst each other.

Yet Henrico County officials charged and prosecuted three "people of color", out of forty (40) suspects who are white middle to upper class professionals in the Richmond area. 

Randolph Cooper Kendall III (black) was sentenced to serve 15 years,

Hugh Edmond Williams (black) was sentenced to 6 years in prison,

Edmond Theodore Deeb (Lebanese) was sentenced to serve 6 months with work release.

Judge Lee A. Harris jr gave the harshest sentences to Kendall and Williams, the black defendants, while only issuing 6 months work release to Deeb (Lebanese).

The HC Court complaint states that Judge Lee A. Harris jr conspired with former Commonwealth Attorney and McGuireWoods partner Howard Vick to issue an order denying a court motion to have Nickolas Spanos extradited and transported from Greece to Henrico County to be prosecuted for the thirteen indictments for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Vick claimed in Richmond Times Dispatch news articles that "Spanos was the hub of a 600 kilo cocaine organization that operated in the Richmond area for over ten years".

A source who worked with Howard Vick stated that Vick gave up to forty (40) "get out of jail free cards" to white, middle to upper class businessmen during the 600 kilo cocaine investigation.

The source also revealed that numerous files and evidence has gone missing from the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney's Office, Henrico County Circuit Court Clerks office and the Henrico Police Department's evidence files.

Howard Vick gave extensive details of the cocaine organization of "affluent associates" and even stated a "black book" and computer containing the names and transactions of the business professionals was confiscated but Vick never charged any of the white professionals.

Vick in a meeting with Spanos and his attorney, told Spanos to "leave for Greece and never come back". Despite knowing the exact location of Spanos in Greece, Howard Vick never attempted to extradite or have Spanos deported, knowing that Spanos would reveal the names of the "affluent associates", which would mean prosecuting them.

Henrico Court filings show that Howard Vick used his influence to have the FBI remove Spanos from the National Crime Database and have the UFAP warrant dismissed by former McGuire-Woods partner James B. Comey, who was a Richmond U.S. Attorney at that time. The dismissed UFAP warrant allowed Spanos to renew his U.S. passport and remain off criminal databases despite having thirteen outstanding indictments against him.

Henrico Court filings gave evidence that Howard Vick, a high profile partner at McGuire-Woods law firm, used his contacts at the FBI to falsify FBI reports that Spanos could not be extradited from Greece because Greece and the United States had no extradition treaty. The United States and Greece have always had an active extradition treaty since 1932.

Henrico County Court filings gave evidence of Henrico Police efforts with the FBI to have Spanos extradited from Greece, were constantly blocked by the Henrico County Commonwealth Attorneys Office and Judge Lee A. Harris, despite another UFAP warrant being issued for Spanos on February 20, 2007 and knowing his exact location.

In 2007, HCA Wade Kizer refused to file an extradition request for Spanos despite having the DOJ Office of International Affairs full cooperation to have Spanos extradited from Greece.

The August 27, 2021 complaint gives evidence of the "White Nationalism" belief being passed down over generations of Henrico Commonwealth Attorneys up to present day HCA Shannon Taylor and Deputy HCA Michael Feinmel. 

Spanos was arrested in the Philippines in October 2012 and held for extradition, HCA Taylor refused to cooperate with FBI and Philippines DOJ officials, to file an "Affidavit for Extradition" to have Spanos extradited. Despite constant demands from FBI and Philippines DOJ officials, HCA Taylor continued to refuse their request to have Spanos extradited, ultimately the Philippines DOJ had no choice but to deport Spanos back to his safe haven of Greece.

On December 4, 2018, a Motion for Transportation to be provided by the Commonwealth Attorney for Spanos but was denied by Judge Lee A. Harris Jr., as to keep Spanos from being interviewed by FBI and Henrico Police detectives.

HCA Shannon Taylor refused requests by FBI officials, located in Athens, Greece, to transport Spanos from Greece to Virginia as to be prosecuted for the pending thirteen indictments in Henrico County. Spanos still had active Federal UFAP and INTERPOL red notice warrants which could have him arrested if he traveled outside of Greece's territory.

HCA Shannon Taylor had the Federal UFAP and INTERPOL warrants dismissed on February 15, 2019, as to keep Spanos from being arrested outside of Greece. 

To be continued

 

Lawsuits filed against top Henrico County Court Officials

 

LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST HENRICO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT OFFICIALS 

Three lawsuits alleging federal civil rights violations and other charges, were filed against Henrico county circuit court officials in Louisa county circuit court on April 21, 2021.

Judge Lee A. Harris jr, Shannon L. Taylor and Michael Y. Feinmel were listed as defendants, the plaintiff is Nickolas G. Spanos, who has a pending criminal case in Henrico county since 1998.

All three defendants were served by the Henrico county sheriff on May 05, 2021, at their offices located at the Henrico county government courthouse building.

Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor took an immediate leave of absence stating vacation time but with no date of return, her automatic email response stated that:

        "I will be out of the office on vacation and will NOT access to my email.  Chief Deputy Michael S. Huberman is Acting Commonwealth's Attorney and can be reached at Hub09@henrico.us"

See Louisa Circuit Court filings:

Judge Lee A. Harris lawsuit

CA Shannon Taylor lawsuit

DCA Michael Feinmel lawsuit

Nickolas Spanos is accused in thirteen grand jury indictments of allegedly distributing 600 kilos of cocaine in the Richmond area for over ten years. Highly suspicious activity by the Henrico Commonwealth attorney's office was emphasized from time the indictments were issued, as former Commonwealth attorney Howard C. Vick instructed Spanos to leave for Greece and never come back.

The lawsuits allege that the named defendants and the Henrico Circuit court clerk Heidi Barshinger conspired together in tampering with Spanos's case files by removing exhibits of evidence and postdating motions filed until after an order was issued. 

In numerous instances, the Henrico commonwealth attorney was filing email copies of Spanos's filings sent to them and having ex-parte hearings with Judge Lee A. Harris to have orders issued before the Henrico circuit court clerk even received the original copy sent by Spanos.

Other allegations in the lawsuit contend political favors and bribery were involved in Spanos's case which led to federal civil rights and constitutional violations over the past eight years.

The lawsuits state that the basis for the illegal activity was to cover up a bribery and political favors by former Henrico commonwealth attorney Howard C. Vick jr, who originally handled the Spanos case.

At the time of the 1998-1999 grand jury hearings, Howard Vick was interviewing for a partner position with McGuire-Woods law firm, the same law firm that Spanos and his family were clients of. McGuire-Woods was representing the Spanos family in several millions in estate assets.

Despite thirteen indictments for conspiracy to distribute cocaine being issued against Spanos, ex-commonwealth attorney Howard Vick never had Spanos arrested, the grand jury indictments were sealed by court order and federal UFAP warrants were dismissed by James B. Comey, who was the Richmond based U.S. Attorney. James Comey was a former partner with McGuire-Woods.

Howard C. Vick established a twenty year distinguished career with McGuire-Woods law firm as head of the white collar crimes until his termination in 2020 upon McGuire-Woods being informed of the corruption between Howard Vick and the Spanos case.

In 2012, Spanos was arrested in the Philippines and held for extradition to Henrico County, Virginia but Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon L. Taylor never filed an extradition request to the Philippines DOJ, despite the FBI demanding that Spanos should be extradited otherwise he would be deported to his safe haven of Greece. A RTD article gave details of Spanos's arrest in the Philippines, https://richmond.com/news/alleged-coke-dealer-located-in-philippines-after-15-years-on-the-run/article_6e331ad0-599d-5d2b-b6c8-310144479dc1.html

After nineteen months, Spanos was deported to Greece, only then did Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor filed an extradition request to the Greek DOJ, which was ultimately denied by a Greek tribunal.

The lawsuit shows that the basis of corruption fell upon Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel, when Spanos filed a Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice the Thirteen Indictments on September 25, 2018. Despite the Henrico County circuit court receiving the original motion, they never filed the motion until July 22, 2020, one week after Judge Lee A. Harris ruled on Spanos's motion. 

During the two years, Spanos filed several motions, in which order were issued without Spanos requesting hearing dates and missing documents from his filings giving evidence of corruption.

The lawsuits contain over 1500 pages of briefs and evidence, containing a timeline of corruption and evidence that has taken place in the Henrico Circuit Court involving the defendants and the Henrico circuit court clerk Heidi Barshinger.

Several hundred pages of evidence are missing from the Spanos files in the Henrico Circuit Court Clerks office, including the evidence in the extradition request filed to the Greek DOJ. The Henrico Circuit Court Clerk is responsible for the filing of documents and assuring that files are secured from tampering. It is unclear if a lawsuit will be filed against Henrico Circuit Court Clerk Heidi Barshinger.

The 600 kilo cocaine case exposes Henrico County Corruption.

 International Fugitives Cocaine case exposes deep corruption in Henrico County justice system 

The case of Nickolas Spanos, an international fugitive who fled to Greece over twenty years ago continues to expose the deep corruption in Henrico County and raises many unanswered questions.

From 2000 until 2013, the Nickolas Spanos case, who allegedly operated  a 600 kilo cocaine distribution in Richmond, Virginia, for over ten years, had been forgotten and covered up by Henrico County law enforcement officials. 

Henrico Circuit Court records show that numerous affidavits filed by the FBI stated Spanos's exact location in Greece and that the fugitive had renewed his U.S. passport in 2006. For sixteen years, the Henrico Commonwealths attorney never lifted a finger to extradite Spanos, not even to contact the U.S. State department and cancel his U.S. passport.

Until a fluke arrest in the Philippines, derived from a tip to the FBI, brought life back to the case, Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney officials Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel attempted to hide the fact that the fugitive had been arrested and was waiting extradition back to Virginia. A March 01, 2013, Richmond Times Dispatch article broke news of his arrest.

https://richmond.com/news/alleged-coke-dealer-located-in-philippines-after-15-years-on-the-run/article_6e331ad0-599d-5d2b-b6c8-310144479dc1.html 

Spanos was being held for extradition from the Philippines, HCCA Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel never filed an extradition to the Philippines, despite having the full support of the FBI and the Philippine DOJ. After one year and seven months and no extradition request by Henrico Commonwealth attorneys, Spanos was allowed to return to his safe haven of Greece.

Only after his arrival in Greece, did HCCA Shannon Taylor and Michael Feinmel filed an extradition request, which they knew it would be denied, as Spanos is a Greek citizen and Greece is not obligated to extradite their citizens. On September 24, 2014, a Greek tribunal denied the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney's request for extradition, stating he was protected by his Greek citizenship.

Spanos did not always have Greek citizenship, as from 1998 to 2000, he only had a single nationality status of the United States. Ex-HCCA Howard C. (Toby) Vick had the ideal opportunity to have Spanos extradited from Greece but that would have meant giving up his golden ticket to join the powerful McGuireWoods law firm. If Vick has prosecuted Spanos, their would have been a conflict of interest, as Spanos was represented by McGuireWoods in family estate holdings. Vick joined McGuireWoods in June 2000.

Henrico Circuit Court Clerk records shows that the Spanos case is still active in the Henrico Circuit Court, with numerous motions being filed by Spanos and his attorneys. The most unusual was a December 04, 2018, Motion for Transportation to be provided by the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney. The motion for transportation contained that Spanos was voluntarily turning himself into the custody of U.S. FBI officials and to be escorted by federal marshals back to Henrico county to be prosecuted for thirteen indictments for the distribution of cocaine.

Just a few days after the Motion for Transport was filed, Judge Lee A. Harris quickly denied the motion on December 07, 2018, thus not allowing Spanos to be returned to his court for prosecution. From the onset of the thirteen grand jury indictments being filed, Judge Lee A. Harris asked for the Spanos case and every order signed bears the signature of Judge Lee A. Harris. Why wouldn't Judge Lee A. Harris not sign the transportation order for Spanos?

Judge Lee A. Harris was a Commonwealth Attorney at Henrico County before being appointed a Henrico Circuit Court judge. Judge Harris is also a close friend and University of Richmond Alumni with Howard C. Vick and McGuireWoods shadow government leader Richard Cullen. Judge Harris was also close friends with Spanos's late attorney Murray Janus, a high profile lawyer between 1963-2013. Despite the heavy conflict of interest, Judge Lee A. Harris has not recused himself from hearing the Spanos case. Why is Judge Lee A. Harris protecting Nickolas Spanos.

A Motion to dismiss with Prejudice the thirteen indictments was filed on September 24, 2018 and a trial was held on July 16, 2020, in which Spanos briefly appeared by video conference. The motion was denied and a notice of appeal was filed, sending the Spanos case to the Virginia Court of Appeals.

The Virginia Court of Appeals (VCA) protocol is that the Henrico Circuit court clerk (HCCC) send all the case files to the VCA, which they use as reference as to the history of the case. The case files was sent by the HCCC on January 07, 2021. 

VCA  records indicate that over 300 pages of exhibits containing evidence and court pleadings are missing and after three months, are yet to be located by the HCCC. A letter from a HCCC deputy clerk dated February 11, 2021, stated that the files were accessed by the Henrico Commonwealth attorney and that they even submitted the September 24, 2018 motion to dismiss again on July 22, 2020, after the Judge Harris order had been issued. Why would the HCCA file a motion which was not theirs to file? and remove over 300 pages of evidence? 

Recently, a criminal complaint was filed, with Henrico Police Deputy Chief Christopher Eley, against Shannon Taylor for receiving over $15,000 in campaign contributions from a Spanos family attorney. Also in the complaint was that Shannon Taylor received political favors and campaign support from ex-HCCA Howard C. Vick to not extradite Nickolas Spanos from the Philippines and Greece.

Henrico Police Deputy Chief Christopher Eley refused to investigate Shannon Taylor despite the evidence of corruption, Eley has been with the HPD since 1998 and heads criminal investigations. 

 See previous article of HPD Eley 

https://henricocountycorruption.blogspot.com/2021/03/henrico-police-refuse-to-investigate.html

It is unclear if the Spanos case ever ends in Henrico County Circuit Court, but if the Spanos case carries the heavy load of corruption within Henrico's Justice system, what other cases have been tainted with the roots of corruption?

Henrico CA Taylor forced to withdraw from Virginia Attorney General election under bribery investigations

 Henrico CA Shannon Taylor bribery investigation extinguishes her Attorney General bid.

Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor was forced to withdraw from the Virginia Attorney General elections as FBI investigations into bribery allegations continue to expand into further cash payments made.

The FBI investigation alleges that Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor took payments through her campaign contributions in order to prevent an extradition of a international drug fugitive, who had thirteen grand jury indictments for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and allegedly was the hub of a 600 kilo cocaine syndicate in the Richmond area. 

The alleged bribes were paid to Shannon Taylor's campaign over a span of seven years, started with the first involvement into the international fugitives case.

The alleged drug fugitive is listed in Henrico Court records as Nickolas G. Spanos, whose case has been passed down from three generations of Henrico Commonwealth Attorneys, and is still active in the Henrico Circuit court for over 21 years.

The alleged monies were paid by Victor A. Shaheen, local real estate attorney and Edmond T. Deeb, a food salesman.

Edmond T. Deeb, who was a co-conspirator of Spanos, plead guilty to distribution of cocaine in 1999.

Local sources state that Nickolas Spanos, Victor Shaheen and Edmond Deeb were all close friends for many decades, Victor Shaheen represented the Spanos family in various real estate matters and other cases. The three were socially connected in various activities.

The alleged bribes are listed on Shannon Taylor's campaign disclosure, https://www.vpap.org/candidates/77899/top_donors/

The known payments are listed as:

Victor A. Shaheen - $14,500 total

$1,000 7/13/2012 

$1,000 3/22/2013

$5,000 8/2/2015

$5,000 9/5/2018

$2500  2/20/2020

Edmond T. Deeb - $500 total

$500 3/24/2014 

The September 05, 2018 $5,000 contribution coincidentally is on the same day as the fugitive's birthday. 

All but one of the contributions are given in non-election years, Shannon Taylor campaigned in 2011, 2015 & 2019.

Victor A. Shaheen's contributions are the 2nd highest campaign contributor, the Democratic party of Virginia being first. It also shows that Shaheen's contributions were 14% of the total legal community contribution. 

Victor A. Shaheen is not listed as a standing member of the Democratic party or has been active in politics, Shaheen specialises in real estate law. Victor Shaheen has been practising law for over 30 years.

The irregular high amounts of the campaign donations by Victor Shaheen had surpassed 20-30 times a "normal campaign contribution" by large law firms. 

https://www.vpap.org/candidates/77899/donors_per_industry/140?start_year=all&end_year=all&contrib_type=all

A FBI official added that "no one gives that large of a campaign contribution unless you are buying favours, even Shannon Taylor only contributed $7000 to her own campaign".

The FBI has been interviewing Henrico county commonwealth attorneys that have worked on the Nickolas Spanos case, it is unknown if they are under investigation. Henrico Circuit court documents show that Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Michael Y. Feinmel was assigned to the failed extradition attempt in Greece and had made several key mistakes in submitting the extradition request to Greek DOJ officials which lead to

a Greek tribunal dismissing the July 30, 2014 extradition request submitted by Henrico county and released fugitive Nickolas Spanos. 

The criminal complaint states that the fugitive was arrested in the Philippines in October 18, 2012 but Shannon Taylor refused to cooperate with Philippine DOJ authorities to have the fugitive extradited. 

The Philippines DOJ had made several requests to Shannon Taylor to send extradition documents, so that the fugitive would be extradited to Virginia to face the thirteen grand jury indictments for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.  

Despite Shannon Taylor having the grand jury indictments unsealed on November 02, 2012, Shannon Taylor never filed a formal extradition request and ignored Manilla U.S. Embassy FBI requests demanding that she move forward with an extradition or the fugitive would be deported back to his safe haven of Greece.

Since Shannon Taylor never sent extradition documents and would not cooperate with the Philippines DOJ officials, having no choice, Philippine officials deported Spanos back to Greece. Spanos has dual nationality of American and Greek.

The FBI official declared that Nickolas Spanos had offered to turn himself in to Shannon Taylor numerous times, communicated through U.S. Embassy FBI officials in Athens, Greece and through the Richmond U.S. Attorneys office, but Shannon Taylor refused to transport Spanos back to Virginia. FBI officials became suspicious when Taylor refused to cooperate in bringing the fugitive back to Virginia.

In an interview with the Henrico Citizen, Shannon Taylor states that her reason for withdrawing her Attorney General bid was "I must focus on the critical issues happening in Henrico from criminal justice reform to addressing longstanding systemic racism in our society,”

https://www.henricocitizen.com/articles/henrico-commonwealths-attorney-wont-seek-state-a-g-seat/?fbclid=IwAR2S2mdCtT-Wmmev2WEeD5BFERPyRA0KbmyinM9yflEB1EDpOEXixLT7Vag

Henrico CA Shannon Taylor bribery money funnelled through campaign contributions

Henrico CA Shannon Taylor received money to interfere in international drug fugitives extradition, claims Henrico prosecutor

A Henrico county prosecutor has claimed that Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor took payments through her campaign contributions in order to prevent an extradition of a international drug fugitive, who had thirteen grand jury indictments for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and allegedly was the hub of a 600 kilo cocaine syndicate in the Richmond area.

The Henrico prosecutor, wanting to stay anonymous, sent the evidence to Richmond FBI and has claimed that the international drug fugitives case has links to a well known local real estate attorney, who was close friends with the fugitive and his  family and a co-conspirator who pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, who also gave payments to Shannon Taylor.

The evidence also claims that  Henrico County Circuit Court Judges had also been involved in the obstruction of justice with the international fugitive's case and that the fugitive had been protected since before the 1998-1999 indictments were issued, even being told by the original Commonwealth Attorney Howard T. Vick, "to leave for Greece and never come back".

Former Henrico county Commonwealth Attorney Howard T. Vick had stated in a Richmond Times Dispatch article that "This close circle of associates consisted of local attorneys, businessmen and a physician who bought and used cocaine." 

Ironically, Howard Vick continued to publicly state that the fugitive would be returned from Greece to stand trial in Virginia but never filed an extradition request to Greece or even attempted to have the fugitives passport cancelled.

Howard T. Vick, at the time of the indictments was in negotiation for a partners position with the fugitive's family law firm, McGuire, Woods & Battle. Howard Vick resigned as Henrico Commonwealth Attorney in 2001 and immediately left for McGuire, Woods & Battle.

The alleged bribes were paid to Shannon Taylor's campaign over a span of seven years, started with the first involvement involving Shannon Taylor into the international fugitives case.

The alleged drug fugitive is listed in Henrico Court records as Nickolas G. Spanos, whose case has been passed down from three generations of Henrico Commonwealth Attorneys, and is still active in the Henrico Circuit court for over 21 years.

The alleged monies were paid by Victor A. Shaheen, local real estate attorney and Edmond T. Deeb, a food salesman.

Edmond T. Deeb plead guilty to distribution of cocaine in 1999.

Local sources state that Nickolas Spanos, Victor Shaheen and Edmond Deeb were all close friends for many decades, Victor Shaheen represented the Spanos family in various real estate matters and other cases. The three were socially connected in various activities.

The alleged bribes are listed on Shannon Taylor's campaign disclosure, https://www.vpap.org/candidates/77899/top_donors/

The payments are listed as:

Victor A. Shaheen - $12,000 total
$1,000 7/13/2012 
$1,000 3/22/2013
$5,000 8/2/2015
$5,000 9/5/2018

Edmond T. Deeb - $500 total
$500 3/24/2014 

The September 05, 2018 $5,000 contribution coincidentally is on the same day as the fugitive's birthday. 

All but one of the contributions are given in non-election years, Shannon Taylor campaigned in 2011 and 2015.

Victor A. Shaheen's contributions are the 2nd highest campaign contributor, the Democratic party of Virginia being first. It also shows that Shaheen's contributions were 14% of the total legal community contribution. 

Victor A. Shaheen is not listed as a standing member of the Democratic party or has been active in politics, Shaheen specialises in real estate law. Victor Shaheen has been practising law for over 30 years.

The irregular high amounts of the campaign donations by Victor Shaheen had surpassed 20-30 times a "normal campaign contribution" by large law firms. 
https://www.vpap.org/candidates/77899/donors_per_industry/140?start_year=all&end_year=all&contrib_type=all

The prosecutor added that "no one gives that large of a campaign contribution unless you are buying favours, even Shannon Taylor only contributed $7000 to her own campaign"

The criminal complaint states that the fugitive was arrested in the Philippines in October 18, 2012 but Shannon Taylor refused to cooperate with Philippine DOJ authorities to have the fugitive extradited. 

The Philippines DOJ had made several requests to Shannon Taylor to send extradition documents, so that the fugitive would be extradited to Virginia to face the thirteen grand jury indictments for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.  

Despite Shannon Taylor having the grand jury indictments unsealed on November 02, 2012, Shannon Taylor never filed a formal extradition request and ignored Manilla U.S. Embassy FBI requests demanding that she move forward with an extradition or the fugitive would be deported back to his safe haven of Greece.

Since Shannon Taylor never sent extradition documents and would not cooperate with the Philippines DOJ officials, having no choice, Philippine officials deported Spanos back to Greece. Spanos has dual nationality of American and Greek.

The Henrico prosecutor declared that Nickolas Spanos had offered to turn himself in to Shannon Taylor numerous times, communicated through U.S. Embassy FBI officials in Athens, Greece and through the Richmond U.S. Attorneys office, but Shannon Taylor refused to transport Spanos back to Virginia.

The Henrico prosecutor stated that a Henrico county police detective Stuart Von Canon, who is on the FBI cyber task force tipped off Shannon Taylor that the FBI was actively investigating her about complaints submitted by Nickolas Spanos and Rhetta Daniel

Shannon Taylor then began spending hundred of hours of the Henrico commonwealth staff time, initiating a frivolous investigation of obstruction of justice, which is a misdemeanor, against Spanos and his ex-attorney Rhetta Daniels, who were cooperating with FBI officials in investigating corruption involving Shannon Taylor. 

Shannon Taylor was attempting to obtain the emails in order to gain knowledge of the information given to the FBI by Spanos and Daniels.

The obstruction of justice investigation was sealed by Judge Gary Hicks and warrants went to Google llc. and AOL llc. in order to obtain the emails of Spanos and Rhetta Danial without their knowledge. Defensive motions were filed in Henrico Circuit court to block the orders. in which Google llc. and AOL llc. rejected the warrants to provide the privileges emails of Spanos and Daniels.

The prosecutor said that "a criminal syndicate operates in the Henrico county Court system, political favours and monies are exchanged between attorneys, the commonwealth attorneys office, Henrico police department and judges, it is a good old boy network that equals a mafia."