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OK Town Becomes Sanctuary City for Blockchain Scammers: Bartlesville Loses Landmarks, Money & Historical Art in Process

Updated: October 22, 2024 at 1:54 am EST  See Comments

In this breaking news article from The V1SUT Vantage:

  • Dressed as Town Saviors, High-Tech Talkers Snap Up Bartlesville’s Landmarks, Pricey Art & City Money Then Go “Broke”

  • Previous Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme, Citizens of Liberland & Pedophile Associate

  • Bartlesville City Leaders, DA, Police and Judges Conspire to Silence Whistleblower: Shocking Hidden Court Case & Missing Exonerated Defendant

  • Project Anthem: Is Tulsa the Next Target?

With the 2023 release of the movie adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon, many came to understand for the first time how the unholy partnering of government and greed in a rural area of Northeast Oklahoma led to the murder of many Osage tribal members and the theft of their wealth and land. With the discovery of oil on Osage land, government and ruthless fortune hunters paired to strip the Osage of their property, and often, their lives. Not much has changed in areas like Pawhuska and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, as the generational progeny of many of those legalized thieves and elitists continue to own much of the area and control the populous.

Within the newest wave of this concerning behavior, old tricks meet new technology as it appears Bartlesville is being raked by a pack of bitcoin hustlers with considerable help from a highly questionable group of city leaders.

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Dressed as Town Saviors, High-Tech Talkers Snap Up Bartlesville’s Landmarks, Pricey Art & City Money Then Go “Broke”

In 2021, the old Bartlesville courthouse was purchased as the new headquarters of tech companies HeraSoft and Anthem Vault by married couple Anthem and Cynthia Blanchard for a reported price of $1,000,000. The move was heralded by city leaders as a job creator for the community with HeraSoft promising to bring 50 new, high-paying jobs to town. Bartlesville Monthly Magazine called the couple “Bartlesville’s New Tech Pioneers”. Just 18-months later, the Price Tower, the community’s most valuable landmark, was gifted to the same couple’s Green Copper Holdings (subsidiary of Copper Tree Inc) for just $10.

Quick claim deed (L) selling Price Tower (top-R) for $10; Bartlesville courthouse (bottom-R)

As the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed skyscraper ever built and a declared National Historic Landmark, Price Tower was estimated to be worth more than $6 million. The tower contains a hotel furnished with Wright pieces and was the longtime home of the Price Tower Arts Center (PTAC) which reportedly contained $20 to $30 million worth of art and historic artifacts. Somehow, yet not publicly mentioned at the time, the $10 deal included all art and other contents within Price Tower.

As Cynthia Blanchard was publicly promising to put $10 million into the tower’s upkeep and renovation, touting HeraSoft’s monetary success as just what the town needed, it appears from a lawsuit filed against Anthem Blanchard by American Express for $128,192.81 in unpaid debt, the couple may have been living off of cash advances from credit at the time. Nevertheless, city leaders began pledging taxpayer funds through the Bartlesville Development Authority to Green Copper Holdings to assist in the Blanchard’s efforts to revamp a restaurant and other interior features of the tower.

Publicly available at LinkedIn page for Cynthia Blanchard.

Shortly after Brad Doenges, chairman of the PTAC’s board, signed off on the $10 quick claim deed to Price Tower, a source confirms Cynthia Blanchard was approaching lenders offering the building’s artwork as collateral for a major loan. And now, the Blanchard’s are claiming to be broke and are selling off the courthouse building and Bartlesville’s most precious cultural artifacts and art from the Price Tower. No one representing the City of Bartlesville seems interested in stopping them.

New evidence suggests city leaders were amply warned from the beginning about what was about to befall Bartlesville. Instead of heeding the warning, it appears the city manager, city attorney, local police, district attorney and local court chose to prosecute a key whistleblower. How exactly did this happen, and what became of that whistleblower?

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Previous Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme, Citizens of Liberland & Pedophile Associate

Anthem & Cynthia Blanchard (photo credit Bartlesville Monthly)

The May-December marriage (2006) of Cynthia Diane (French) Blanchard (64) and Anthem Hayek Blanchard (44) has spawned a highly unusual string of well-promoted and short-lived start up ventures within the blockchain and cryptocurrency investment world. Cynthia (French) Blanchard graduated from nearby Dewey High School before her future husband was born. Anthem Blanchard is the adopted son of James U. Blanchard III (1943-1999), leading lobbyist within the 1970s gold bug movement that restored the right of Americans to own gold.

Publicly available at LinkedIn page of Anthem H. Blanchard.

The Blanchards are linked to a long list of corporations beyond Copper Tree Inc. and Green Copper Holdings, including HayekGold, Hercules SEZC, Global Investment Holdings and Development Corporation, International Marketing and Development Corporation, Sportsology Inc., Anthem Hayek LLC, Anthemgold Inc., Ibtv LLC, Anthem Vault Inc., Anthem Gold, Agid Acquisition Corporation, Nemetra Inc., Anthem Vault Bunker LLC, HeraSoft, Hera Software Development, A.G. Hurt dba of Amagi Metals, AHC LC (owns courthouse), and Harry Max Music Publishing Company to name more than a few. Most are now defunct.

Bitcoin Hustlers Promote Jet-Set Lifestyle as Bait in $722 Million BitClub Ponzi Scheme

The Blanchards are connected to a host of others accused of defrauding investors within a highly technical world few understand and many exploit. These mostly young personas promote a lifestyle of careless globetrotting to entice investors. They attend trade shows, do interviews and podcasts, and sit on one another’s corporate teams and boards to give a sense of public credibility.

The Blanchards and their blockchain buddies move people’s wealth into the digital world through offers involving bitcoin, blockchain and data/investment security. And many online claim that’s where they steal it:

Publicly available online reviews at isthiscoinascam.com.

Anthem Blanchard is associated with Shawn Owen or Shawn Owen-Jones of Salt Blockchain, a corporation charged by the SEC related to a $47 million rake (2017) involving an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) of digital tokens. The company was ordered to return funds to investors and pay a $250,000 fine. Around the same time, Salt Blockchain received a Covid PPP loan of $1.2 million from the federal government, so it looks like taxpayers paid their fine and more. The company went on to sell loans backed by crypto currency.

Jobadiah “Joby” Sinclair Weeks (39), another Blanchard associate, was the frontman for BitClub, a crypto investment scam that stole more than $722 million from mostly small investors. Weeks played up his all-play-no-work, world traveling lifestyle as a BitClub investor to lure people into the scam which front-loaded initial earnings to fool potential buyers.

Joby Weeks and partner, previously available online at weeksabroad.com.

Amid a federal investigation and indictments, Weeks admitted to securities and tax offenses in the BitClub scam. Anthem Blanchard is reported to have been a recruiter of investors in the digital ponzi scheme but has not been prosecuted.

Publicly available review from gripeo.com.

At least five other men involved either pleaded guilty, reached a plea deal or are still wanted for large-scale wire fraud and the illegal sale of unregistered securities in the BitClub fallout. Those include Gordon Brad Beckstead, Matthew Goettsche, Joseph Abel, Silviu Catalin Balaci, and Russ Medlin.

Those seemingly most familiar with the bitcoin world have been throwing up red flags about pedophilia within the ranks of this group for some time due to Russ Medlin’s involvement:

Publicly available review from gripeo.com.

Russ Medlin, who reportedly lived with the Blanchards in Las Vegas, is a convicted sex offender. According to the Nevada State sex offender public website, a Russ Albert Medlin was listed as a “non compliant” tier-two offender with a Las Vegas address. After serving two years related to two convictions for sexual crimes against children in Nevada, Medlin fled the U.S. in the wake of the BitClub scandal and slipped into Indonesia as Interpol was flagging him as wanted by the FBI. Soon after, Medlin was arrested for paying three children for sex in Indonesia. Similar to his crimes in Nevada, Medlin had one child take video of his sexual acts upon the others.

Publicly available post on Reddit.

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If it Gets Too Hot, Escape to Liberland

The Blanchards, Weeks and other Bitcoin operatives boast about holding “diplomatic passports” within a 2.5 square mile pseudo-country called Liberland. In 2015, the speck of property on the Danube River between Serbia and Croatia was established as the Free State of Liberland by Vit Jedlicka, another bitcoin character and espoused libertarian. In Liberland, $10,000 will get you citizenship and a passport.

Publicly available at archive.org.

The country/venture is financed, in part, by Bitcoin investor Roger Ver, known as “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early entry into cryptocurrency. Though previously uninhabited, Liberland has more recently welcomed the arrival of an increasing number of expensive houseboats and perhaps trafficked young women (see video below).

Liberland is suspected to be a new sanctuary state for those seeking refuge from prosecution for high-tech heists. Think of Liberland as a potential Epstein Island for the SBFs of the world, and some in Bartlesville are dual citizens.

Bartlesville City Leaders, DA, Police and Judges Conspire to Silence Whistleblower: Shocking Hidden Court Case & Missing Exonerated Defendant

Even as Bartlesville leaders were providing the Blanchards with public funds, an offshore fraud alert from the Cayman Islands was issued in July 2020 related to Hercules SEZC. Cynthia Blanchard is previously listed as Hercules SEZC Co-Founder, Board Director and President:

Publicly available at offshorealert.com.

It is this “Hercules” or “Herc” crypto currency that prompted a whistleblower to contact Bartlesville’s city manager Mike Bailey and city attorney Jess Kane with a clear warning about the Blanchard’s plan to fleece Bartlesville. This whistleblower held 500,000 shares of earned equity in HeraSoft and was accusing the Blanchards of stealing his technology related to Hercules and defrauding investors. What did the city do with that warning? They aggressively prosecuted the whistleblower.

A felony criminal case (filed January 10, 2022) within Washington County (11th District) Court tells the tale of Michael Eric Nelson, a former Blanchard employee who contacted Bartlesville’s city manager Mike Bailey and city attorney Jess Kane by email on August 25, 2021, to warn about the Blanchards’ past and present danger to Bartlesville. According to later court documents, Nelson had firsthand knowledge of the Blanchards’ involvement with the BitClub scandal prior to the couple’s relocation of HeraSoft to Bartlesville as others were indicted.

Instead of investigating the detailed claims within Nelson’s email, city manager Bailey immediately contacted the Blanchards. Just one day after the arrival of the whistleblower email, Judge Russell C. Vaclaw signed off on an out-of-county, emergency ex-parte protective order against Nelson on behalf of both Anthem and Cynthia Blanchard. At that time, Nelson had never even visited Oklahoma and clearly lacked the statutory relationship with the Blanchards to warrant such an order. The Bartlesville Police Department (BPD) provided the needed police report to support a stalking/harassment claim against Nelson within the PPO filed on August 26, 2021.

Washington County protective order case, available at oscn.net.

This publication previously reported concerning Judge Vaclaw’s misuse of protective orders under domestic violence statutes for silencing the ideological opposition of those he aligns with. Vaclaw recused himself from one such case after our report of his conflict of interest involving the LGBT advocacy organization Oklahomans for Equality, only to be replaced by District Judge Linda Thomas. Vaclaw’s previous order, as continued and expanded by Thomas, silenced a street preacher for sharing scripture, represents a direct threat to individual freedoms of speech and religion across Oklahoma, was contested, and is currently scheduled for review by the State Supreme Court. Once again, both Thomas and Vaclaw are involved in what looks like unlawful silencing, this time involving whistleblower Nelson.

With the protective order in place, the city, BPD, then District Attorney Kevin Buchanan, and the local court began an effort to criminally charge Michael Nelson for felony stalking (October 19, 2021).

From Case No. CF-2021-304, State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

By January of 2022, an additional felony and two misdemeanor charges involving computer fraud were added.

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

As the charges were increased, the district attorney’s office (OK Judicial District 11) asked the court to increase Nelson’s bond within a filing that suggests the Blanchards were repeatedly threatening to kill Nelson:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Nelson, who could not be found to be served on the earlier charge, was picked up at a New Jersey airport and extradited to Washington County, Oklahoma, a place and a state he had never visited prior and had no ties to. Nelson had to surrender his passport and was placed on an ankle monitor.

If you’re looking for case CF-2021-304 (The State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson) within court records, you’ll find it’s been mysteriously sealed, expunged or otherwise erased from public view by Court Clerk Jill Spitzer, despite the defendant in the case never requesting such an action. Fortunately, this publication and several concerned local citizens thought to grab many of the case documents back when they were available to the public.

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Nelson Corrects Insider Attorney Assignment

Initially, upon his arrest and extradition, Nelson was directed to attorney Mark Kane of Bartlesville to handle his defense in the criminal case.

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Nelson likely figured out that Mark Kane is a direct relative of city attorney Jess Kane, recipient of his whistleblower email, and fired him. On January 27, 2022, Nelson attorney Perry Newman entered the case and promptly succeeded in getting the ankle monitor dropped and allowing Nelson to return to reside in Rhode Island with permission to visit Oklahoma to consult with his attorneys. Later, on October 5, 2022, Kevin D. Adams also entered the case as counsel for Nelson.

State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson: Preliminary Hearing with No Evidence, Yet Defendant Bound Over & Arraigned

On March 29, 2022, Judge Jared P. Sigler presided over the preliminary hearing in the Nelson criminal case. Sigler was appointed as a Washington County Special Judge by then District Judge Curtis DeLapp who was removed for grossly abusing his power and falsifying court records. Assistant District Attorney Zoe E. Gullett served as prosecutor on the case.

Within the hearing, Cynthia Blanchard made many claims about Nelson’s threatening behavior, phone messages and communications, yet none were supported by evidence. In fact, the DA’s office did not provide a referenced disk of phone messages as part of discovery, and ADA Gullett elected to pull all exhibits back out of record at the conclusion of the hearing.

During testimony, Blanchard established she had known Newman since 2007, and he had worked for her at Anthem Vault in Las Vegas until February 24, 2019, first as a consultant then as chief strategy officer. Blanchard claimed Nelson threatened to shoot one of the company’s board members and her husband fired him, though no other witness was presented to verify her claim. Blanchard said Nelson then applied for unemployment in Nevada, which she claims they denied through three appeals. She claimed Nelson then harassed them by phone, email and social media, including within group emails to up to 100 others associated with the business. No proof of those claims was presented.

Blanchard confirmed that Bartlesville city manager Mike Bailey contacted her to inform Nelson had sent a communication to the city talking badly about the Blanchards. Blanchard admitted she had applied for a PPO against Nelson in California which the court denied. Blanchard also admitted she had also filed a police report for harassment and stalking against Tom Lingert, a former board member.

When asked if any clients or shareholders had ever been critical or expressed complaints, Blanchard repeatedly said “that’s not my wheelhouse” or “you’ll have to ask my husband” who was not present at the hearing despite being listed as a state’s witness.

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Nelson’s attorney established that Nelson never made a physical threat toward the Blanchards but Cynthia Blanchard kept saying there was a “blood feud”. Cynthia Blanchard also admitted she may have passed on an article to Nelson about the death of a whistleblower. Given then HeraSoft staff member Dale D. Takio previously avoided prosecution on a 2015 racketeering charge when Glenn Brignolo, the main whistleblower in the case, unexpectedly died just two days after Takio and co-defendant Ryan Deming were arrested, it appears to have been Cynthia Blanchard who was threatening Nelson through communications.

HeraSoft staff including Dale Takio (previously at herasoft.com; site now down)

Rhonda Elaine Banes, executive assistant to city manager Mike Bailey testified that she reviewed the whistleblower email from Nelson to Bailey and, after opening every link and deciding it needed legal attention, forwarded Nelson’s email to city attorney Jess Kane. Banes agreed that someone with a connection to the company was making a complaint, described the communication as similar to others the office receives regarding other businesses and said she did not feel threatened by the message. Banes confirmed being familiar with whistle blower status or whistle blowers. Oddly, Kane did not testify.

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Bailey described his position (city manager) as the CEO of the city who “runs the city like a corporation” and testified that he mainly knew the Blanchards through the Bartlesville Development Authority (BDA). Conversely, under cross examination, Bailey admitted he did not make any attempt to investigate the allegations in the whistleblower email because he “was not involved in the decision about the economic development” which he informed the city contracts to the BDA. Bailey stated he believed the Blanchards were offered a relocation incentive, but added, “I don’t recall specifically”. The relocation incentive to the Blanchards is reported to have been $100,000.

Bailey confirmed Nelson’s email with attachments was received (August 25, 2021) around the time HeraSoft was discussing further city incentives with the BDA. Rather than seeing the email as a warning to a town getting ready to give public funds to potential swindlers, Bailey called the email “an attempt to bring into question their (Blanchards’) business practices” and “essentially an assault against their integrity and their business practices.” While Banes said she forwarded the email to city attorney Kane, Bailey confirmed the email went straight to himself, contained information about lawyers in Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, and Boston concerning HeraSoft, and was not harassing or threatening.

Detective William ‘Miles’ Lewis of the Bartlesville Police Department (BPD) also testified at the hearing. Lewis was previously involved in the shooting death of unarmed Thomas Gaye along with Officer Jessica Pitts which resulted in a wrongful death suit against the city. This publication encourages all Oklahomans to read our previous article to gain an understanding of just how unaccountable Bartlesville’s public agencies, including the BPD, have become:

Detective Lewis testified he was assigned a stalking case against Nelson. On a search warrant signed by District Judge Linda Thomas, Lewis stated he seized two of Nelson’s cell phones from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office property room. Despite Lewis stating the phones had been sent to an AT&T digital forensic lab in Edmond in care of the OSBI Forensic Science Center, the ADA didn’t ask him any other questions about the phones or their contents.

Despite a lack of evidence, Sigler ruled in favor of the state. Cynthia Blanchard stating her feelings and claiming she had evidence was deemed enough. According to Judge Sigler, because Blanchard felt “threatened or annoyed based upon the longevity of these incidents that have been occurring for quite some time…also you have telephone messages or voice mails in conjunction with emails that were sent to the City of Bartlesville to our City Manager and to his executive assistant, so for the purpose of preliminary hearing, the State has met its burden regarding this matter.” Nelson was bound over for arraignment on felony charges.

Judge Linda Thomas Assigns Herself the Case: Blocks Motion to Dismiss

On June 16, 2022, Nelson’s attorney Newman filed a convincing motion to dismiss Count 2 based upon the doubling up of charges for the same alleged act (double jeopardy) and the absence of any evidence:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

In response (8/5/22), Judge Linda Thomas, the highest ranking judge within Judicial District 11 who had by then assigned the case to herself, rejected all elements of the motion to dismiss. Later, the DA’s office would be granted the identical request to drop the same charge based upon Newman’s previous argument.

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ADA Gullett Wants Nelson Kept Close as All BitClub Scammers Want Him Silenced: Federal Case in Kansas Bleeds into Oklahoma Court

Next, ADA Zoe Gullett requested Nelson’s bond be increased from $50,000 to $125,000, his ankle monitor be reinstated and he be required to appear in person based upon his actions in mounting a defense in a different, federal case, United Capital Management of Kansas, Inc and Chad M. Koehn vs. Michael E. Nelson (22-4008-JWB-GEB). In the case out of federal court in Salina, Kansas, Chad Koehn, a board member for Anthem Holdings, was demanding $75,000 for libel, assault and slander as Nelson counter-claimed. That case has since been mutually dismissed (March 28, 2023), but at the time in Bartlesville, Nelson was mounting his defense and countersuit.

2023 dismissal of Kansas federal case United Capital Management of Kansas, Inc and Chad M. Koehn vs. Michael E. Nelson (22-4008-JWB-GEB).

For contacting Mark Ritter (Anthem Holdings Board of Directors and Hera Soft associate/shareholder) and Craig Piercy (shareholder Anthem Holdings), as well as a Bartlesville attorney to arrange for the deposition of Gil Gilliam (HeraSoft Chief Customer Officer), all related to the federal case, ADA Gullett accused Nelson of further harassing the Blanchards.

HeraSoft staff Gil Gilliam (previously at herasoft.com).

ADA Gullett described Nelson’s efforts to inform these shareholders about the Blanchards’ involvement in fraudulent activity as “fabricated to slander the victim (the Blanchards)”:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

In responding to the ADA’s motion, Nelson’s attorney Newman clarified all of the relationships and the legitimate reasons for Nelson’s contact related to the federal case:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Newman states Chad Koehn, not Nelson, as identifying Cynthia Blanchard and Gil Gilliam as witnesses in the federal case:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Newman also confirms that Nelson spoke only truth concerning the BitClub scam. Several were indicted and it was indeed a Ponzi scheme:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Then, Newman explains just why the Blanchards might wish for Nelson to be silenced. Nelson possessed firsthand information about Anthem Blanchard’s involvement in the BitClub scheme:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Newman describes how the Blanchards and others are using the Washington County District Attorney’s office to thwart Nelson’s defense within the Kansas case:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Next, Newman goes on to explain how Nelson became aware of the Blanchard’s fraudulent activities involving the crypto currency “Herc”. Shareholders had contacted Nelson during his employment with the Blanchards asking about their vanished Herc investments. The Blanchards were CEO and President of Herc, and BitClub mastermind Joby Weeks was on the Herc advisory board:

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

Despite the actual evidence, on 10/12/22, Judge Linda Thomas granted the state’s motion and increased Nelson’s bond to $100K. Thomas then went above and beyond the ADA’s request to keep Nelson local and slap an ankle monitor back on him. Thomas took Nelson’s freedom and his right to a defense in the federal case by taking him into custody and enforcing a broad, no-contact order.

Someone wanted Nelson kept close and quiet through his trial as he appears to be the key to tying Anthem Blanchard to the BitClub scheme others were indicted for. What is less clear is why city leaders, the DA, two judges and the BPD were so willing to assist the Blanchards and so eager to gift them Price Tower.

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Nelson’s Trial & Transfer of Price Tower Happen on the Same Day: A Jury Sees Through it All, Including a Plant Among Them

Jury selection on the Nelson trial occurred on February 6, 2023. The trial began on February 7th, the very day that the Price Tower was signed over to the Blanchards’ Green Copper Holdings LLC for $10. Judge Linda Thomas presided. Testimony is reported to have largely mirrored the preliminary hearing nearly a year earlier. The jury was sequestered.

This publication obtained a list of jurors in the Nelson case, some of whom had much to say about their experience.

A juror described a highly partisan court:

“Having sat upon this jury I can tell you every single objection by the district attorney was sustained and every objection by the defense was overruled. It was like the fix was in and the defendant was already guilty. They were just going through the motions and expected us on the jury to act like sheep and do as we were told. I am ashamed to live in Washington County and ashamed of our judicial system which has lost all respect in the eyes of the citizens.”

A witness to the trial states Cynthia Blanchard admitted to crimes during her testimony:

“Cynthia Blanchard directly admitted to committing wire fraud and running a Ponzi fraud stealing people’s retirement accounts. Then the district attorney claimed not to know what a Ponzi scheme was at all.”

A juror described Cynthia Blanchard’s testimony:

“I witnessed her (Cynthia Blanchard) testify. She lied constantly and consistently, she was caught in lie after lie after lie. I am ashamed the District Attorney stood in front of us and asked us to convict an innocent man. I am ashamed of the corruption I witnessed first hand in Washington County Court. It is evident there is one type of justice for those in power and another justice for those who are not part of the club. Linda Thomas was the worst judge I have ever seen. She was so biased, her rulings showed everyone on our jury she had made up her mind before the jury was even selected.”

A juror states Judge Linda Thomas selected one juror who was identified by fellow jurors during deliberations as a plant. The reporting juror kept notes on the experience and recounted the jury was sent to deliberate around 3:00 pm on February 8th. The first vote was 11-1, not guilty. The juror states they sent out a note after three hours informing Judge Thomas they were still locked at an 11-1 vote as confirmed in previously available court documents.

From Case No. CF-2021-304. State of Oklahoma vs. Michael Eric Nelson.

There was another jury note that the online court record states “has not been found”. After Judge Thomas’ reply telling the jury to “take as long or short as you want; it’s up to you”, 11 jurors are reported to have made it clear they would stay to ensure truth and justice prevailed. At 6:53 pm, the jury sent a note that they had reached a verdict.

Nelson was found ‘not guilty’ on all charges and immediately left Oklahoma. This publication, despite considerable effort, was not able to locate Mr. Nelson for comment. Transcripts from Nelson’s trial have been hidden by request from now Washington County District Attorney Will Drake’s office.

Project Anthem: Is Tulsa the Next Target?

As the Bartlesville walls are closing in, a mystery company is negotiating with the Tulsa City Council to bring a familiar sounding 50 new, high-paying jobs to a rural area of East Tulsa. According to Tulsa city councilor Christian Bengel, a non-disclosure agreement won’t allow him to reveal who’s behind “Project Anthem” just yet.

Tulsa Channel 8 report on Project Anthem in East Tulsa.

The city is pledging an 85% reduction in ad valorem taxes for 25 years to bring the purportedly $800 million, high-tech data center to Tulsa. It is unknown what cash or land incentives will be offered through other public sources to incent Project Anthem to move forward. Perhaps, like the Price Tower, this mystery entity will be provided the 340 acres of land for just $10. The professionals at the Center for Economic Development Law (OKC) and NGO Partner Tulsa who helped prepare the draft proposal don’t seem to have any concerns about Project Anthem, as it will “achieve the City’s development objectives, improve the quality of life for its citizens, stimulate private investment, and enhance the tax base.”

Draft proposal for Project Anthem at partnertulsa.org.

Perhaps it’s time for State Supreme Court Chief Justice M. John Kane IV, Secretary of State Josh Cockroft, OSBI Director Aungela Spurlock and State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd to take a closer look at the actions of the Washington County Court, the Bartlesville Police Department, the Bartlesville Development Authority and Bartlesville’s City Manager and City Attorney before the people of Tulsa pay the next price.

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