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Azzam Harake was brought to us by Jim Shaer, who touted his intelligence and experience in finance. Azzam Harake states he has worked in financial positions for Starbucks, Hollywood Video and Kraft Foods and Kraft Foods International, Great Britain.

We liked Mr. Harake, but never saw much work from him. He basically just submitted generic, one-page outlines of simple business documents, telling us we should use these to create our business literature. One consultant said these were downloadable from hundreds of websites. He later submitted an appraisal of my business concepts, processes and structures of $80,000,000 - significantly higher than my own appraisal of $25,000,000 - and drastically higher than the then-active selling price of $10,000,000 when Vonira was under my control and leadership, and still had my staff (who joined my new company).

However, all this notwithstanding, I was impressed with his education, friendly demeanor and outstanding resume. I made him an offer to join our new firm. I simply could not believe a man of his intelligence and experience would be involved in the bush league, shady and transparent activities documented on thsi website. Unfortunately, I was wrong.

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While we are making no allegations, we believe this
is beyond our ability to handle internally, and so are
forwarding all this information (and more not revealed here)
to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
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During our lengthy internal and external investigations, we discovered that Azzam Harake was named in multiple documents and communications which appeared to implicate him in many of these shady activities, including at least one attempt to use a federal document to mislead or confuse investors. But since this group has produced so many false documents, and consistently made spurious claims, we contacted Azzam Harake and offered to discuss the situation with him. He never replied.

The most disconcerting matter involving Azzam Harake, Jim Shaer and Brian Misner, are their close links to the Middle East, and the disconerting implications of their combined behavior. They are in league with Jeff Taylor, a convicted felon for federal tax fraud; Azzam Harake is closely linked to large sources of money in the Arab Emirates; and in addition Jim Shaer ( a native of Lebanon) collected a large amount of personal information (including Social Security Numbers) from American citizens. He became angry, outraged, and even threatening, when people demanded he destroy their personal information, and we know he kept at least some of it. Also, their associate Brian Misner served as an embassy guard in the Middle East while in the Marines.

While we are making no allegations, we believe this is beyond our ability to handle internally, and so are forwarding all this information (and much more not revealed here) to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Exerpt from detailed report on activities at Vonira Technologies, Inc.
Click here to read full report.

The I___ds' investigation has continued to uncover more evidence of suspected criminal activity and has extended to Whiting and his associates' activities involving the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Homeland Security. They have discovered evidence particularly disconcerting in its implications.

"As we learned more we began to see a disturbing pattern which we believe we have a legal duty to report to the Department of Homeland Security," explained Mr. I___d. "The existence of apparently fraudulent documents seeking to mislead or confuse investors, the participation of Jeff Taylor, convicted of federal tax fraud, the unsettled questions about the actual tax status of Frank Whiting's UoT, the participation of two people from the Middle East including Azzam Harake, who has claimed association with a $100 million valuation Middle Eastern Arab Emirates investment company, the apparent attempt to divert money coming from the Middle East to non-regulated private use, the close participation of Brian Misner, an ex-Marine who claims to have worked as a guard at US embassies in the Middle East, and most unsettling, Jim Shaer's verified collection of dozens of identities and Social Security numbers of American citizens raises very serious issues beyond our scope to resolve," said Mr. I___d.

Shortly before the I___ds uncoverd a plot by Jim Shaer and Jon B. Hanley to divert to their own use investor money at Vonira Technologies, Inc., Jim Shaer asked everyone associated with the company to send him their personal information including their Social Security numbers. He did this with no prior consultation with the I___ds. While initially they believed his claim that this was needed for the business, a subsequent review showed nothing was established that would require Jim Shaer to have any legitimate use for these personal identities. This raised grave concerns among those who surrendered their information to Shaer, and Mr. I___d reports his suspicions were further aroused when his staff expressed fear their identities might be sent to the Middle East by Shaer, a native of Lebanon.