VeriSeal and Cafasso exchange

Please notice that this is an exchange between Cafasso and the fellows who ran the VeriSeal site.

It is Cafasso's vendetta against Idema that shows at his blog,"Stuporpatriots" .

The blog posts at Stuporpatriots are old. He disappeared once he realized Idema was leaving Afghanistan. Cafasso quickly moved on to the Lt. Col. Jay Mosca persona, the Robert Stormer persona, the Jay Cafasso persona, and whatever else he could manage to fly under the radar.

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003
To: VeriSEAL Group
From: JACafasso [at] aol.com (Joseph Cafasso)
Subject: Idema v. Fox News, et al.

Gentlemen:

My name is Joseph Cafasso and I have been directed to your site. I have noted that you have posted the NY Times, March 29, 2002 article "At Fox News, the Colonel Who Wasn't" by Jim Rutenberg.

I have been silent way to (sic) long with regard to this story and that is about to change. There is much that this article did not print nor (sic) even know about. I muse with people who will post trash as gospel without even making contact to find out what the details really were. But that is not why I write now.

Your site is linked to the Hunt For Bin Laden Site owned and operated by J. Keith Idema. If you do not know who Mr. Idema is I recommend that you contact Mr. Jimmy Dean of the Special Forces Association. Mr. Idema is a convicted felon and served four years for 56 counts of wire fraud. The Robin Moore Book is highly controversial due to Mr. Idema's involvement. Currently I am not only involved in a civil litigation with Mr. Idema but I have a criminal complaint with the US Attorney's Office against Mr. Idema for impersonating a DOD Contracting Officer while he was a mercenary in Afghanistan and this investigation is pending. I might be called many things. But I have never been arrested for anything criminal nor did I work at Fox for any notoriety or monetary achievements. While at Fox I had a purpose of which (sic) is about to come out. Everything I did at Fox was with Honor one that was stolen due to politics and if you don't believe it you may contact Mr. Brit Hume wh (sic)

I am not asking for the removal of the article. You have a Second Amendment Right even if it is blind. Though the real story is about to come out. However, I am asking that the link to Mr. Idema's website be terminated until all legal proceedings are completed. It is violating the LA County Court Rules and potentially. I have already made this demand to Mr. Idema's attorney as well.

I do not think your organization wants to lend any creditability (sic) to Mr. Idema at this time. While I have no intentions of enjoining your organization in this matter.

Again, contact the Special Forces Association if you have any questions.

Thank You
Joseph Cafasso

I am preserving this here because the VeriSeal site appears to be down.

From: VeriSEAL Group
To: JACafasso [at] aol.com (Joseph Cafasso)
Subject: Re: Idema v. Fox News, et al.
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:14:57 (GMT)

Dear PFC Cafasso,

Thank you for your letter and your reminder of our Constitutional right to keep and bear free speech. Your abstruse
knowledge of this nation's founding precepts is most impressive.

In light of the fact that the link in question is to our site, and not from our site as you indicated, there is very little we can
do apart from sending them a "thank you" note.

We look forward to the earth-shattering revelations of your actual mission at Fox News. Such disclosures by you will
almost certainly serve to relieve us of our burdensome ignorance. We can only surmise that you were on a highly
classified operation to infiltrate Fox News and thereby effect monitoring and manipulation of their information so as to
disinform the Iraqi military. No doubt you are/were in the employ of a highly classified DoD unit tasked with unspeakably
sensitive operations, the existence of which is known only to POTUS and the makers of Reynold's Wrap.

As for your merciful offer to pardon us from litigation, thank you, although there remains some question as to whether
we could in fact be sued for fair-use reprinting of a news item even if the future of all mankind hung in the balance. But
we defer to your legal expertise.

With all due respect, we will forego your recommendation of contact to Mr. Jimmy Dean and simply copy this
correspondence to a member of the Special Forces Association Board of Directors as well as numerous other
interested parties.


Regards

VeriSEAL Group

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Cafasso is listed at Nationmaster.com as a military impostor

Nationmaster.com - Encyclopedia - "Impostor"

Military Impostors
Joseph A. Cafasso, former Fox News military analyst who claimed to have been a highly-decorated Special Forces soldier and Vietnam War veteran.

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Oh, if they only knew the half of it.

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Vote for Cafasso

Screenshot of the poll results from "Florida Conmen" - Abagnale and Cafasso running neck and neck

Cafasso is mentioned along with other infamous con artists at the "Florida Conmen" website.  The poll asks which is the top con artist of all time? Here are the choices:

• Therese Humbert, of France in the 1880s took millions on the back of an "Inheritance" kept locked in a sealed trunk. Victims parted with funds in the belief that they would have a share of the inheritance. Many varying excuses were found to keep the trunk un-opened.


• Frank Abagnale, masqueraded as a pilot, doctor and professor. Highly successful at check forging schemes. Subject of the movie Catch Me If You Can.


• Joseph A. Cafasso, military phony and grifter. Poses as not only serving in three military theatres of Vietnam, Granada, and Gulf 1, CIA, NSA, DIA, FBI Agent. Outed by Veriseal in 2002. Infiltrates think tanks, universities and ngos.


• Eduardo de Valfierno, an Argentine con man who masterminded the theft of the Mona Lisa. The deal made the equivalent of $67 million today for him.


• Victor Lustig, is held to have been one of the most talented confidence tricksters who ever lived. He is best known as "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower". He also scammed the famous gangster Al Capone.


• Tino De Angelis, who sold rights to $175 million in soybean oil stored in tanks, which was actually a thin layer of oil floating on water.

Cafasso has hit the big time as a member of this infamous list!

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Robert Stormer - 1949-2005

Robert "Stormer" Storm 1949-2005

Could this be where Cafasso got the idea for "Rob Storm" alias? 

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FBI now investigating 'spy' arrested at Dunes

FBI now investigating 'spy' arrested at Dunes - Gary Post-Tribune

February 20, 2009
By Andy Grimm
Post-Tribune staff writer

An alleged con man who reportedly duped high-profile military and political figures claiming to be a counterintelligence expert and Special Forces officer now is being investigated by the FBI, local officials said Thursday.

It's relatively common knowledge that Cafasso is indeed a con artist. The long history of frauds he has pulled under numerous aliases some of which are listed in the header on this blog- rivals that of the relatively short career of Abagnale of "Catch Me If You Can" fame.

Joseph Cafasso, 52, has been in the Porter County Jail since Jan. 22, awaiting trial for failing to appear in court on charges of speeding and giving a false name to police investigators after he was pulled over in the Indiana Dunes State Park in October.

Conservation officers declined to comment Thursday on Cafasso, stating his case had been referred to the FBI for further investigation. FBI officials declined to say if they are investigating Cafasso.

And I doubt if they will ever make a statement regarding their "friend" and "stool pigeon".

According to an April 29, 2002, report in the New York Times, Cafasso claimed to be a well-connected spy who had a high-rank career in the Special Forces. Alleged victims included the Fox News network, Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign and "several representatives, military officials and activists to whom he had sold himself for years," the Times reported.

Cafasso also appeared as a military and counterterrorism expert during Fox's coverage of the invasion of Afghanistan, even though military records show that his total military experience was 44 days of boot camp at Fort Dix, N.J., in 1976.

Cafasso reportedly had been living for several months with a Chesterton woman whom he met on an Internet dating Web site, where he posted his identity as "Robert Stormer." That also was the name Cafasso initially gave to Conservation Officer Robert Kauffmann, as well as a false Social Security number, before admitting his real name.

The woman turned over to Chesterton police a laptop computer that belonged to Cafasso and investigators there said they might seek a warrant to search the computer's memory for evidence in an investigation of Cafasso.

That laptop is Kathryn Cramer's apple laptop, and I'm certain she would like to get it back.

All that stands between Cafasso and freedom, pending trial, is $500 bond, the Porter County Sheriff's department said.

That's sad and appalling, considering what they should be investigating regarding his escapades in Indiana and Florida.

Cafasso's alleged exploits have garnered him a Wikipedia page, and several other Web sites and blogs devoted to tracking his movements and activities.

Contact Andy Grimm at 648-3073 or agrimm@post-trib.com

That is an understatement, Andy! Cafasso's exploits should garner him a film and a book deal! Perhaps one day he will be in a position to capitalize on what he has done to defraud widows and spinsters out of cash--maybe he could advise people like Abagnale has done - should he ever decide to "come clean" and avoid prosecution for criminal identity theft and embezzlement.

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Joe Cafasso, aka Bob Stormer, in custody on FTA charge

From the Chesterton Tribune:

A man who had been residing in Chesterton under the name of Robert Stormer and was charged with false informing in October 2008 when a DNR Conservation Officer said that he identified himself with the Social Security number of a Rhode Island girl is being held at the Porter County Jail on a charge of failure to appear.

Joseph Cafasso, 52, was taken into custody on Jan. 22 on a warrant charging him with failure to appear, court documents show. According to the Inmate Information System at the Porter County Jail, he is being held on a $500 cash-only bond, with no release date presently scheduled.

At 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 2, Conservation Officer Robert Cauffman stopped a male subject on the main road leading into Indiana Dunes State Park after clocking him at 35 miles per hour in a zone posted at 20 mph, Cauffman stated in his incident report.
The subject, who identified himself as Robert Stormer, 58, advised Cauffman that he did not have his Rhode Island-issued driver's license with him. Cauffman stated that when he ran the name Robert Stormer, it “came back not on file” in both Indiana and Rhode Island. Cauffman further stated that when he ran the Social Security number provided by Stormer, it returned to a 13-year-old Rhode Island girl.

Although the subject repeatedly insisted that his name is Robert Stormer and that there must be a problem with the computers, he eventually admitted to being Joseph Cafasso, 52, Cauffman stated. A second computer check listed his driver’s license in Rhode Island as suspended.

“During this conversation he stated he was hiding from members of the CIA and FBI along with several other stories,” Cauffman stated.

bwahahahaha!

In addition to the charge of false informing—a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a term of up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine—citations for speeding and driving while suspended-infraction were issued to Cafasso and an initial hearing was scheduled for Nov. 17.

The CHARGE OF FALSE INFORMATION. Did you get that, FLY?

Court documents show that Cafasso did not appear at the hearing and a bench warrant for his arrest on a charge of failure to appear was issued on Nov. 24. Cafasso was arrested on the FTA charge on Jan. 22, he entered a plea of not guilty on Jan. 23, and a bench trial before Porter Superior Court Judge Julia Jent has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 19, court documents also show.

Meanwhile, on Feb. 2, a woman who said that she had met a person calling himself Robert Stormer on an on-line dating service, and later lived with him, asked Chesterton Police to take custody of a computer which she said belongs to Cafasso. The woman advised the CPD that her son had recently been contacted by a man whom she believes to be a “Special Forces soldier who went rogue and tortured people in Afghanistan” and was subsequently “jailed in a military prison.” That man, she advised the CPD, “blames Cafasso for his troubles” on the ground that Cafasso “was instrumental in building a case against” him.

The CPD did take custody of the computer at Cauffman's request, police said, after Cauffman indicated that he may apply for a warrant to search the computer as part of an ongoing investigation of Cafasso.

Last week, however, Cauffman told the Chesterton Tribune, through a spokesperson, that he is no longer discussing the Cafasso case and has turned it over to the FBI. Special Agent Wendy Osborne of the FBI's Indianapolis office told the Tribune that, per policy, she can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any ongoing investigation.

The responding CPD officer appended to his report a Wikipedia entry purportedly on a Joseph A. Cafasso which claims, among other things, that a man under the name of Cafasso had worked for Fox News as a military and counterterrorism analyst until leaving the network when allegations surfaced that he had misrepresented his military record.

Posted 2/18/2009

I haven't checked Cramer's work at Cafasso's wikipedia page yet to see if she has caught up with the update that it ISN'T SOLELY A TRAFFIC VIOLATION that he is charged with.

I'm also glad to see someone in media decided to spell Cauffman's name right.

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An interesting message from a commenter

It appears as though Andrea Ello was shopping for homes in the Florida area when they were there on the shipwreck/hurricane wave chasing mission. Here is a message dropped into comments here:

She was trying to buy a house from me in Sring Hills [florida] where she said she had a brother.
This is an email she wrote to me:

iAndrea (*email address removed by administrator*)
Enviado: domingo, 12 de octubre de 2008 07:15:29 a.m.
To :

*name removed by administrator*, these are beautiful homes you've chosen.. also like my own picks. Have eliminated some homes, but the ones left are very lovely..


what subdivision is this home in?

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12457-Everard-Dr-Spring-Hill-FL-34609/2146120915_zpid Still really love this one.. What an elegant and beautiful place.. Life would be all outdoors with this home (actually, we're outside every second we can be, even here.. In Florida, maybe we'd hibernate in summer..? Am thinking it's everything a Florida home should be.. It's a short sale for $225,000.. and will probably be gone by next weekend, but if it isn't, I'd love to see it!! (Rob will like it, too.. :)

LAKE IN THE WOODS : 3 HOUSES

4468-Lake-In-The-Woods-Dr-Spring-Hill-FL-
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4264-River-Birch-Dr-Spring-Hill-FL-34607/2143896744_zpid I added this one here and removed the other one with the 2nd story..

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4318-River-Birch-Dr-Spring-Hill-FL-34607/44791851_zpid Omg, this one is absolutely beautiful.. Indoor pool.. I LOVE it already! The price has gone down to $399,000 I think.. Can't wait to see it.. but am wondering if I'd like it up here more than I'll like it down there? Will be interesting to check it out to see what the outdoor living area is like.. Gotta have an outdoor living area.. :)

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/499-Cressida-Cir-Spring-Hill-FL-34609/44842731_zpid And as much as I like the one above, I like this one just as much! WOW.. can you pick homes or what?? :) Neither on the lake from how it looks... but we'll see how close they are when we get there.. stairs in the pool area might rule this one out..? not sure.

PLANTATIONS ESTATES 6 HOUSES (I eliminated 3 that you sent)

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13478-Rudi-Loop-Spring-Hill-FL-34609/44801103_zpid beautiful..

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13466-Rudi-Loop-Spring-Hill-FL-34609/2143042056_zpid beautiful..

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13330-Rudi-Loop-Spring-Hill-FL-34609/44801096_zpid still beautiful..


Besides the ones below, there's one more I'd like to see... 1292 McNeal in Spring Hill...a short sale, maybe?.. not because it's a big, fabulous house, but because it isn't.. But it is right across the lake from where my brother lives. :) I thought there was one more on McNeal that looked nice, but can't find it now..

2088 BREEZY WAY ... also a short sale for $199,900.. but a beautiful lanai.. beautiful heated pool.. :)

12212-Mango-Ct-Spring-Hill-FL-34609 .... yep, still wanna see this... Have loved this home right from the very start of my searching..!! :)

11208-Rainbow-Woods-Loop-Spring-Hill-FL-34609 .... are palm trees hokey? I still like this one and would love to see it!! lol


*another name removed by the administrator*, there are 9 homes listed here.. PLUS the one near my brother.. so 10 homes. That's cause I eliminated quite a few..!! lol

Btw, you asked if we would like a "Gulf View" the other day.. I asked Rob about it and he said he'd LOVE it.. IF he could actually get a nice Gulf view or be ON the Gulf.!! Sooooo.... Are there any REASONABLY (Not a half-million dollars.. yikes!) priced homes in that area that you like? At least 3 beds.. at least 2-1/2 baths.. ranch homes.. pool (preferably heated, but can add that) .. preferably with an outdoor spa.. (preferably with 3 car garage, but not necessarily... depending on the house, 2 might be enough).. nice, but not nuts with the price.. you know.. I think we probably cap out at $400,000.

If you didn't notice, I did remove some homes.. I think the ones listed are the ones worth seeing (plus the one near by brother that I'm not even counting on, but would still like to see).. Thanks for picking so many of them! :) It's so hard to decide when so many homes look nice in photos, but you have no idea what they look like in real life.. how do YOU choose out of so many?

Hope you're having a beautiful Sunday.. ( when do you leave?? )
Andrea



LIFE.. It sure beats the alternative!!
http://bunnyerabbit.blogspot.com

This is completely contrary to the reports from family members and people who know her who say she is not capable of such things.

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Marquette International Ltd. should update their blurb about Cafasso

Marquette International, Ltd. has a web page that mentions Joe Cafasso, here, entitled the "Resume Liars Club". I contacted them with further information about Joe Cafasso since this is what they show on their page about him, along with a number of other con artists who haven't been honest:

In late 2001, Joe Cafasso, aka Jay Cafasso, succeeded in becoming a Fox News military consultant during the Afghanistan campaign. He convinced the cable network that he was a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army, had served in Vietnam and won the Silver Star for bravery and was later part of the failed secret mission to rescue US hostages in Iran in 1980. He had previously put forward the same story to the Patrick Buchanan presidential campaign and WABC radio in New York City, both of which accepted the line. Disgracefully, this story was a fabrication. According to published reports about his military records from Fort Dix in New Jersey, Cafasso's entire military career consisted of only 44 days, between May and June 1976, when he was honorably discharged as a Private First Class. Suspicions were raised about Cafasso at Fox when some of the information he provided was inconsistent and his office style clashed with others. An investigative firm was hired by another analyst to look into his background and determined that his story was a fraud. He was fired by Fox News Washington bureau chief Kim Hume in March 2002 prior to the investigative report being disclosed. Cafasso was considered a "gifted storyteller" by some of the people he encountered in his travels. His current activities are unknown.

His "current activities" certainly are known-and much has happened since March of 2002.  This was acknowledged just recently in February of 2009 (but only the Indiana Chapter), and I sent them a link to the Chicago Tribune article mentioning Cafasso's adventures in Indiana as Robert Stormer to at least bring readers current on what is fast becoming legend: the saga of Joe Cafasso, the casanova; con; fraud; and embezzler.

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Joe Cafasso's case is now in the hands of the FBI

Joe Cafasso's fraud case is now in the hands of the FBI instead of the Indiana state Department of Conservation.

Time will tell if they will do the same thing as they did in White Plains New York - which was keep a file open and pretend they were working on it .

The FBI used Cafasso as a source in the past, my instincts tell me it would be very embarrassing for them to admit what a long time fraud Cafasso is. Cafasso just loves to report people to government agencies to stir the pot when he's getting even or has a vendetta against someone.

Reportedly, Ms. Cramer's laptop is now in the FBI's hands as well.

Traffic offenders are never turned over to the FBI t my knowledge, fly! So what, the Porter County Jail said there were no "charges" when you call the automated number. If there were no charges, he couldn't have had a warrant put out for his arrest, and he wouldn't be sitting in the clink for not showing up in court.

Will the FBI just free him and return the laptop to Ms. Cramer?

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International Check Fraud Busted by Police

Let's hope that police and authorities put some resources behind following what Joe Cafasso has been up to since at least 1998.

He has reportedly been embezzling money and forging government documents; and taking unsuspecting single ladies and paramours for their posessions and money.

In the video they talk about check fraud scam by con artists connected with the Russian mafia and that some were hiding in the Republic of Georgia. In January 2008 these people were nabbed.

I would hope that authorities could put together the tale of Joe Cafasso; because to my knowledge he's a two-bit con artist on a lesser scale-whose career doesn't extend outside the United States, but DOES extend to states all over the country.

Mississippi, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Florida and more!

Lt. Col. Jay Mosca and Knightsbridge

The video is very telling from the viewpoint that Ed Artis knew who Cafasso was when he was pretending to be a "Knight".

Ed Artis starred in a film called "Beyond the Call" about his humanitarian exploits, and Kathryn Cramer is peripherally involved in that project even though her expertise is science fiction rather than documentaries. Interestingly enough, though, I cannot find any of that evidence on the web anymore. Still, she reviewed the film and gave accolades to Ed Artis for his heroic contributions to mankind.

Cafasso showed up at the Tribeca film festival where the film was screened as the Lt. Col. Gerry Blackwood persona with an eyepatch and a cane.

In October of 2007, some people had already put this together regarding Stormer, Cafasso and his Gerry Blackwood personas, as you can see from this comment at No Quarter:

Comment by Kinda Wonder | 2007-10-15 00:14:00

So your expert Robert Stormer, “retired lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve, serving with the Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage,” blames Doug Brooks for Blackwater’s 9/16 nuclear meltdown and its fallout. Over at Brooks’s place, the Yahoo Private Military Company list, the word is that “Robert Stormer” is the same guy as former PMC list regular “Lt. Col Gerry Blackwood, PhD” who left the list in a huff when someone questioned his military credentials, and who was later claimed to be Joseph A. Cafasso, Jr., the military impostor employed by Fox News in the same era as Larry who left Fox News in a huff when someone questioned his military credentials.

Of course, all of this is ancient history by now, but for those who have just arrived on the scene, Knightsbridge International is a "humanitarian" organization headed by none other than the con named Ed Artis, who also claims to be a "Knight of Malta" and have a Vatican passport. He's also willing to get you one of your very own; for a PRICE. 

These are the kinds of ficitious IDs these fellows are capable of conjuring up in order to elevate what they're doing in the eyes of innocent bystanders and observers. They are meant to impress; and I'm certain that is the type of identification that Joe Cafasso produced in absence of his driver's license in Indiana. To a skilled professional, however, these childish imitations are no replacement for the real thing.

The last I heard, the going price for becoming a member of "Knightsbridge" also cost you - about $5,000.

It is worthy to note that the screen grabs of "Lt. Col. Jay Mosca" that Kathryn Cramer has on her flickr set of Cafasso under different aliases leaves out the "Lt. Col" part of the alias he was using. But it was recorded by the Dursts on their web page.

That's about all I knew about my father's career, until I met Lt. Col. Jay Mosca at a recent party at our office. He is a retired weapons expert from the Army.

Unfortunately, Lt. Col. Jay Mosca is just one of the numerous aliases manufactured by Joe Cafasso. Lt. Col. Jay Mosca does not exist; and neither does Rob Stormer or Robin Storm - the supposed tornado chaser!

See Cafasso as Lt. Col. Jay Mosca here in the first film clip at the top of the post.

Joe Cafasso as Lt. Col. Jay Mosca, himself and Rob Storm

This is from the Durst Family web page, that I referred to here.

When I first published that information, I wasn't even aware that there was a video there - my computer didn't open it.  Now that I have a different system, I found that it was a file that I could convert and view, so that's what I did.  It's a touching story the Durst family has about Lt. Col. Jay Mosca remembering their dad's work, but as you can see in the video, it was a stretch of the imagination to believe what he was saying was true.  But notice how convincing he is.  He is very skilled at getting people to believe what he's saying.

For those people who haven't seen Cafasso in action before, this is probably the lengthiest video I've seen of him. Perhaps, though, Andrea's family has taken family type videos that include him talking; I can't imagine film rolling without him inserting himself - no matter what the format is.

The only other one that I'm aware of is - the one where he is HIMSELF, Joe Cafasso, and appeared in the movie "Outfoxed", below.

He has appeared on the podcast "Messing About In Ships Episode 16" as Rob Storm,so we have an audio for him on that podcast to compare to the others. We also get a special little treat: a press release where Cafasso as Rob Storm was going to speak at the Indiana Dunes, courtesy of the Indiana State Park Nature Center. One has to wonder if he was paid in some way or form for that.

Here is the info they had on the press release from "Rob" aka Cafasso:

Indiana Dunes Hosts Severe Weather Program on April 13

The Indiana Dunes State Park Nature Center is hosting a special weather program, titled “Severe Weather and You” on at 2pm, Sunday April 13. The special speaker, Rob Stormer, holds twin engineering degrees and is a Senior Master Salvor handling ship accidents worldwide. He is also a Skywarn severe weather storm spotter and tornado chaser and has spotted and chased storms both shore-side and at sea.

Rob will emphasize severe weather preparedness, and also discuss local severe weather phenomena that is experienced along the Great Lakes. In addition, a real life disaster tabletop exercise using the audience to role play first responders will be demonstrated to fully grasp severe weather response.

Though the program is free, there is the standard park gate fee of $5 for Indiana vehicles and $10.00 for out of state vehicles. Annual park passes are available. For more information about this program or others at Indiana Dunes State Park contact the Nature Center at (219) 926-1390. Keep an eye on Robin Storm’s Severe Weather Watch for more information.

If you have any further information about Joe Cafasso as any of these aliases, please contact me at causalnexus.george@gmail.com

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Andrea Ello is Bunny E Rabbit

What an odd visual that is, particularly when you know that Andrea was Joe Cafasso's love interest and the widow that he victimized.  In light of that, it is very interesting to see how Andrea Ello was helping Joe Cafasso with her own blog.

Bunny E. Rabbit has a blog at blogspot, and the posts are published by "Andrea".

The last post on this blog is from September of 2008, presumably somewhere around the time that he was arrested in October (or at least stopped) while she was sitting in the car alongside him.  The drowning incident that he injected himself into where he raised the suspicions of rescue workers and authorities occurred in August 2008. 

The question remains: who is updating Robin Storm's blogspot blog while Cafasso sits in an Indiana jail? If you have any information you'd like to share, email me at causalnexus.george@gmail.com.

Kathryn Cramer and Free Republic

How interesting that Ms. Kathryn Cramer is so desperate to spread around her trash that a link to her blog along with the Chicago Tribune Article were posted by someone behind a pseudonym at Free Republic.

And then the usual talk in comments follows, but unusual talk that doesn't really make sense. They are completely missing the point about the connection between Cafasso and Robert Stormer and all that he has accomplished with the new persona.

Chicago Tribune picked up on Cafasso's fraud

Laptop may hold key to high-level scam

February 7, 2009
Post-Tribune staff report

A traffic stop at Indiana Dunes State Park has led to an ongoing investigation involving a man whose past includes swindling Fox News and national political figures, local law enforcement agents say.

Joseph Cafasso, being held at Porter County Jail, was the subject of a 2002 New York Times article and has a Wikipedia page detailing his exploits.

Officials declined to talk about the ongoing case, which involves several federal agencies.

I wonder if this might involve the open FBI investigation in White Plains, New York.

"There are a lot of things involved here that I can't get into at this point," said Officer Bob Kauffmann of the Department of Natural Resources, who initiated the investigation.

It's believed that Cafasso impersonated rescue personnel in a drowning at Lake Michigan last year.

"Impersonated" is a rather odd description when you consider that he attempted to take over the rescue operations and began barking orders. And what they neglect to mention is - this article at the Tribune which mentions the drowning quotes Robert Stormer - out of all the rescue personnel who were there conducting search and recovery operations. Inadvertently journalists seem to use Cafasso as a source, even when he's using an alias! Moths to a flame!

In October, Kauffmann stopped Cafasso for speeding and driving with a suspended license.

Cafasso also provided Kauffmann with false information, including the alias "Robert Stormer."

There it is; Cafasso provided false information - a false ID to authorities.  I am told by a reliable source that he produced a military-type id that looked amateur-ish; with the name "Robert Stormer" on it. I don't know specifically, at this point in time, however, what that ID was supposed to be; but he didn't have a driver's license on him and was driving on a suspended license. It was his real identification he was supposed to show in court, which was why he didn't appear in court - as it says here:

And when Cafasso failed to appear in court last month, Kauffmann obtained a warrant for his arrest.

The curious case of Cafasso came to light Monday when a Chesterton resident turned over Cafasso's Apple laptop to Chesterton police. Kauffmann is waiting for a search warrant to access the laptop.

I hope they are able to get into it and find what's on it; that in itself would implicate him in a number of crimes including forging government documents.

The mother of the Chesterton resident had been in a relationship with "Robert Stormer."

She has been living with him for about a year.

She was also in the car when "Stormer" was stopped for speeding, Kauffmann said.

The woman, who resides in Tefft, in northeastern Jasper County, met "Stormer" about a year ago through an online dating service. They later moved in together. According to the police report, he took control over some of the woman's finances before she learned he was a fraud.

And he embezzled money from her, which is the main reason she's losing both of her homes and reportedly has nowhere to go!

According to the Chesterton police report, the woman and her son believe that Cafasso built a case against a man named Jack Idema, who also has a Wikipedia page.

"Built a case?" That's a rather odd description of his vendetta against Idema for ruining the scam that precipitated the New York Times article "At Fox News, The Colonel Who Wasn't". But Cafasso doesn't realize how many people at Fox unrelated to Idema didn't appreciate his brash manner, his rudeness, and his temper. And bringing up those Wikipedia pages is rather interesting when "Pleasantville" aka Kathryn Cramer is responsible for so many of the edits and updates there.

The police report continues:"Idema is allegedly a Special Forces soldier who went rogue and tortured people in Afghanistan without approval from his superiors. He was jailed in a military prison for this and he blames Cafasso for his troubles.

That is inaccurate. Idema is a Green Beret, and it is Cafasso who blames Idema for outting him as a fraud and blames Idema for losing his job at Fox. For the journalists who want to keep touting that "torturer" mantra about Idema, people might want to check out the story that was never told in the media about Idema at Cao's blog. I don't take a position either way, but I find it interesting that it is Cafasso who is in jail, but they keep repeating that "torturer" business as if it bears some type of merit. You need only look at the release photographs also at Cao's blog to see that there is more on the Idema story than meets the eye....and there is much more there than at Cramer's edited Wikipedia page on Idema, also.

Police say Idema knew about Cafasso's laptop. Idema contacted the Chesterton man through a phone search and told him he wanted the computer.

So he and his mother brought it to Chesterton Police.

Cafasso was successful in duping institutions and high-profile military and political figures as a well-connected counterintelligence expert who had a high-rank career in the Special Forces, according to an April 29, 2002, story in the New York Times.

Alleged victims included the Fox News network, Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign and "several representatives, military officials and activists to whom he had sold himself for years,"?

Cafasso appeared as a military and counterterrorism expert during Fox's coverage of the invasion of Afghanistan.

"But records indicate that his total military experience was 44 days of boot camp at Fort Dix, N.J., in May and June 1976, and his honorable discharge as a private, first class."

The article states Cafasso failed to show up to provide military records and other documents to The New York Times as he had promised.

The article continues: "Mr. Cafasso, it appears, has used his story of battlefield glories to make friends, find work, and perhaps most importantly, find acceptance among people who walk the fringes of Washington's power corridors, networking his way through a community of retired military officers to arrive at Fox News."

Absolutely priceless! What this article is missing is his masquerade before the Rob Stormer persona as LT. Col. Gerry Blackwood. Robert Stormer is not the only alias Cafasso has used over the years.

Still, this is excellent in terms of allowing people in on the magnitude of Cafasso's crimes and particularly his crimes against women.

I took the liberty of inserting some links into the text for the convenience of my interested readers.

Cafasso's desire to kill people

From a commenter on No Quarter about Stormer's plagiarized article:

Comment by Blunt Force Trauma | 2007-10-08 21:44:48

Yes, Robin. We need answers. Where aren’t you getting them? But, instead you re-hashed a story that has been done by many before you, and a month ago to boot, and sounding all sanctimonius about it too. Perhaps you should follow your own advice and write your own letters to your Congressman and Senator before decided to release a vitriolic diatribe about your need for killing people (ie, euthanasia). This is not the first time I’ve cited you for the need to murder people in vengeful manner.

Also, if you or that Forth Worth rag which published your story were serious about the truth, those questions at the end of the article would not have been left to the reader to search out. They would have been answered by both yourself and that newspaper. It’s called fact-checking. If you wanted to play journalist, you should have posed those questions to those responsible since you, ‘like the facts’ and would not have left it to the reader to have dug them up on their own.

Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. The basics in journalism. You failed on 2 of them and that’s an incomplete.

If you desire to truly provide us a service, perhaps you can, as suggested; ask all of your questions that were at the end of your “article” to someone who can answer them. Once you have the answers to them all, then that is the time to compile that information in a comprehensive article that is informative, thought-provoking and concise. Otherwise, one is left to wonder where the objectivity, the process of the dissemination of information and the creativity is.

Yours reads like a community newspaper back page puppy trainer.

Also, this one:

Comment by Blunt Force Trauma | 2007-10-09 10:10:12

“I do get a kick out of your moniker. Your such a legend in your own mind.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I do appreciate all the all the effort. And I know it take a great deal of effort to charge those neurons of yours, especially the ones that are mis-firing….”

From reading the above that contains improper contractions and terrible sentence structure, I guess you DO know what it takes to get your impulse-conducting cells that constitute the brain, spinal column, and nerves, consisting of a nucleated cell body with one or more dendrites and a single axon. In other words, your Neurons.

Also, I have to ask from reading the above drivel; you didn’t write that op-ed, did you? You may have had the idea, but you didn’t write it.

One signature of Cafasso's writing: YOUR instead of You're. He has a definite problem with contractions.

He is not only the bloviator - he is a plagiarist.

But then what do you expect from someone who would steal and use the social security number of a 13-year-old girl from New Jersey?

Joe Cafasso outted as Rob Stormer or Robert Stormer aka Robin Storm

This is from the North Country Gazette charging Rob Stormer with plagiarism in October of 2007. When you realize the person you're dealing with is in fact Joe Cafasso, this entire article not only makes a lot of sense, it is quite humorous - as he doesn't like it when people question his faux credentials or challenge him in any way.

The North Country Gazette is particularly sensitive about having articles even partially quoted on any other website, as I have been contacted in spite of my notes INSIDE THE POST regarding acknowledgement and not seeing any contact information in order to request permission to use the material. Hence, I am nuking any further references to NCG except for the link.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram published an article written by "Robert Stormer", the "retired lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve, serving with the Navy's Supervisor of Salvage, a "specialist" in weapons retrieval, a marine engineer and marine salve specialist.

You can see references to that article here.

[DOC] Nuke transportation story has explosive implications By Robert ...
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Nuke transportation story has explosive implications. By Robert Stormer. Special to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Article Last Updated: 10/08/2007 07:26:09 ...
www.newsfollowup.com/docs/iran/stormer_b-52_nucs.doc -

Cafasso seemed to appreciate the Star Telegram's publishing this article, as you can see references to it elsewhere where Robert Stormer wanted to boost his bonafides.

Missing Nukes: Treason of the Highest Order
Oct 23, 2007 ... [6] Robert Stormer, Nuke transportation story has explosive implications, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Octobers 8, 2007. ...
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7158 - 95k

The NCG asked Stormer to provide credentials such as the college where Cafasso received his degree in marine engineering, or where he worked - or the name of his employer, military credentials including date of discharge, and in true Cafasso-eque fashion, he not only refused, but threatened the editor of the NCG that if he/she (I think it's a she) emailed Cafasso any further, Cafasso would consider such action to be harassment.

So another signature of Cafasso's is to respond in a rude manner when asked for proof of the credentials he boasts about; otherwise he turns the tables on the person inquiring and throws accusations of harassment at them.

At No Quarter, owned by Larry Johnson, a commenter charges Stormer’s article from the Telegram is a product of simple plagiarism. http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/10/08/nuke-transportation-story-has-explosive-implications/

Comment by Blunt Force Trauma | 2007-10-08 20:54:59

Another huge problem with Robin Storm’s story goes like this;

“Yes, we still do fly nuclear warheads over the United States today. We also drive them over land as well. That’s not the point.”

Yes, it is the point when you don’t clarify that point. Nuclear weapons are normally transferred on cargo planes, never on the wings of bombers. Bomber flights with live nuclear weapons ended in the late 1960s after accidents in Spain in 1966 and in Greenland in 1968.

Also, Robin’s story reads remarkably a lot like this one (I smell plagarism) http://freeworldsurvey.blogspot.com/2007/09/6-nukes-fly-over-us-big-problems-with.html

Once again, I’m thinking…..recycling bin”.

Notice to North Country Gazette: You've crossed paths with one of the most infamous frauds of all time. Robert Stormer (aka Robin Storm and numerous other pseudonyms) is in fact the infamous con artist, womanizer and embezzler, Joe Cafasso, the man who is such an epic colossal fraud he was written up in the New York Times by James Rutenberg in an article called "At Fox News, the Colonel Who Wasn't."

And something else for the publisher at North Country Gazette: I would respectfully like to use this snippet (which is almost the entire article) for which I've provided a link back. If you want to be contacted about publishing your material, you might want to have your contact information more readily available, or at least a comments section or perhaps "contact" page- somewhere where people could request it in a civil and polite manner. My contact information will from here forward be somewhere within almost every single post since I am particularly interested at this point in collecting more information on Cafasso and reporting it back to authorities. He is currently being held in Chesterton Indiana and is in JAIL. My email address is causalnexus.george@gmail.com

The most recent article that I could find about his preying on a widow is here.

Woman learns beau is apparent con artist

CHESTERTON | A 63-year-old Tefft, Ind. woman, whose son lives in Chesterton, told Chesterton police on Monday a man she met through an online dating service claimed to be Robert Stormer, but really was Joe Cafasso, a con artist of such renown he is mentioned on a Wikipedia Web page.

Chesterton police are involved in the case because they took possession of a computer the woman and her son wanted to get rid of because one of Cafasso's enemies apparently wants it.

Police reports state Cafasso took over some of the woman's finances. The investigation into Cafasso continues.

A timeline on this would be interesting to put together, I will throw some resources behind that.

This was from October of 2007. The more that comes to the light, the more interesting it gets.

He has apparently been living in Indiana with Andrea Ello for about the past year and has been very busy embezzling money from a number of parties in Indiana but extending elsewhere; even across the ocean. But his trick regarding having someone cover a hotel bill on with their credit card has repeated itself numerous times, so those who were taken on that ride can rest assured they weren't alone in that.

In some ways he is a cross between Catch Me If You Can and a "B" version movie of an aging American Gigolo who is still up to his old tricks.

Search for teen drowned

An article from the Chicago Tribune from August 4, 2008, where the journalists, Erica Slife and Robert Mitchum, use Robert Stormer as a source.

Search goes on for teen presumed drowned
Boy pulled under off Indiana beach

Two days after 13-year-old Raphael Palomar was pulled under the water of Lake Michigan while swimming with his family off an Indiana beach, authorities Monday continued their somber search for the Chicago teen’s body.

Officials from several agencies continued to periodically search the lake and shore near Porter Beach, adjacent to Indiana Dunes State Park, though Indiana Department of Natural Resources Lt. Jerry Shepherd said that the teen is presumed to have drowned.

“All it is, is waiting to see when the body comes up and trying to be there when it does,” Shepherd said.

Despite threatening gray skies and the weekend’s grim accident, dozens of beachgoers still flocked to the shoreline Monday. The only unusual sight was a group of binocular-bearing volunteers from the National Weather Service Skywarn program, who sat at a picnic table, scanningthe water for any sign of the teen.

Robert Stormer, one of the volunteers, said that the drowning of a second Chicago teen along the Indiana lakeshore in the last month underlines the importance of following beach advisories.

“When the beaches are closed and the signs of dangerous riptides are posted, don’t go in the water,” Stormer said.

Raphael was swimming with family members when he was pulled underwater about 1:20 p.m. Saturday. Porter Beach has no lifeguards, and a warning about rip currents had caused officials to close Indiana Dunes Beach when Palomar disappeared.

What a stroke of genius: "When the beaches are closed and the signs of dangerous riptides are posted, don't go in the water". Well...at least Cafasso received some kind of recognition here for the scene he created when he took over and began barking orders into a cell phone that he didn't dial into, albeit an idiotic quote from a bloviating self-important buffoon.

Journalists are always enthralled with him; whatever identity he gives them; they are anxious to run with whatever he gives them.

Mariah Blake knew him as undercover CIA and used him as a source in her "Tin Soldier" article for Columbia Journalism Review..

How can they not fact-check? Well, because journalists no longer know how to BE JOURNALISTS that even remotely bother about facts. THAT is the level of reporting people have come to expect from journalists today. So...it should be no surprise that they rely on sources such as Kathryn Cramer and JJoe Cafasso (formerly Lt. Col. Gerry Blackwood and numerous others including his latest- Robert Stormer-) for their articles.

Cafasso as "Dr." Gerard Pal Blackwood

Let's roll tape on the previous alias of Gerry Blackwood, which Kathryn Cramer seems to want to forget about.

This is the persona that Cramer fell for, and the persona which absconded with her laptop computer. This is the same persona Cafasso used to stroll the grounds at Columbia University and publish posts on his Stuporpatriots blog from Columbia University servers. At some point, she discovered Gerry was in fact Joe Cafasso, but before that, she was supporting the posts from the Stuporpatriots blog, and personally witnessed his publishing posts on that blog from her laptop computer.

Confidential Bio of Gerard Pal Blackwood, PhD:

Dr. Blackwood or Gerry as he likes to be called is a specialist in strategic weapons systems and issues governing nuclear non-proliferation. Gerry is a retired Lt. Colonel serving with the US Army for 26 years.

Highlights: Gerry served with the 179th Military Intelligence Brigade/MACVSOG Command Control South, SVN 1970-1972. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) 1972-1980 at various overseas posts. NATO Nuclear Liaison Officer 1980-1985. After Gerry's assignment with NATO he returned to a special assignment at CIA and Center Lane. During the Gulf War Gerry was assigned as the Commander of the G2 elements for CENTCOM. Gerry completed his military career Gwith the DoD Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) assigned to the inspectorate division and liaison with DOD/DOE NEST. Gerry retired in 1996 and worked under contract with both DOD and DOE until 2001 when he was contracted to IAEA. Gerry holds a special position with [REDACTED]

Gerry is a 1970 Graduate of Brown University receiving his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Gerry attended Cal-Tech for both his Master in Nuclear Engineering and his Doctorate in Theoretical High Particle Physic (1989). Gerry is a licensed fixed and rotary wing pilot and avid sailor. Gerry is fluent in Russian, German, French, Italian and Vietnamese. Gerry is also a specialist in Humanitarian Operations and has been "boots down" in several hotspots providing both medical and humanitarian aid.

Gerry currently holds a DOD Top-Secret-SSBI, Yankee White, DOE Q Clearance and Cosmic Top Secret/ATOMAL (NATO)

Gerry Blackwood, PhD
LTC US Army (Ret)
Managing Director
North American LCC Group, Ltd.
POB 1201
New York, NY 10024
POC: 732-453-4647

If you know of a more detailed bio on the Cafasso Rob Stormer persona than the one published at Common Dreams (below), I would be interested in seeing it. Email me at causalnexus.george@gmail.com if you have any information.

Robert Stormer of Chicago is a retired lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve, serving with the Navy's Supervisor of Salvage, and was a specialist in weapons retrieval. He is a marine engineer and marine salvage specialist.
© 2007 Star-Telegram

And of course we have the original Cafasso resume which was also quite extensive.

Especially when you consider that Joe Cafasso was thrown out of the Army after only 44 days as unsuitable for military service.

This fraud has literally made a living from embezzling money from paramours and widows and other people, too. He somehow manages to lure people into his web with dramatic tales of heroism and military prowess (such as rescuing people from shipwrecks and in military operations). He gets raised eyebrows when he mentions being chased by 'spooks' or having to go undercover or 'disappear for while'; and no one seems to ask questions about his possessing "secret" military awards, honors and medals. If only they'd attempt to verify his tales of heroic and noble humanitarian operations as a Knight of Malta--he wouldn't succeed in scamming them to the point where their lives are left in shambles.

It is my hope that the Chesterton Police will do their due diligence in investigating the magnitude of Joe Cafasso's crimes.

Cramer's fingerprints

Kathryn Cramer's fingerprints are all over this brief article.

Woman learns beau is apparent con artist

CHESTERTON | A 63-year-old Tefft, Ind. woman, whose son lives in Chesterton, told Chesterton police on Monday a man she met through an online dating service claimed to be Robert Stormer, but really was Joe Cafasso, a con artist of such renown he is mentioned on a Wikipedia Web page.

Here she is congratulating herself on the work she has done on Cafasso's wikipedia page, since she as "Pleasantville" spends an inordinate amount of time editing on wikipedia and propping her own work. She created her own bio, and continues to break the rules of editing at Wikipedia, yet somehow they give her a pass. Kathryn Cramer's intense involvement at Wikipedia is one of the reasons Wikipedia should not be relied upon as a source for information. You can verify it yourself by checking the editing page for Jack Idema, also - she is very busy editing and updating that page, as well.

(It is interesting that now that page is "protected" and can be edited only by administrators. Is Cramer now considered an administrator? Or is she merely protecting the anonymity of her involvement on that page?)

Chesterton police are involved in the case because they took possession of a computer the woman and her son wanted to get rid of because one of Cafasso's enemies apparently wants it.

Police reports state Cafasso took over some of the woman's finances. The investigation into Cafasso continues.

It is common knowledge that Cafasso's been working on Kathryn Cramer's mac laptop. Cramer is able to trace Cafasso's whereabouts because apple computers have a feature that allow the owner to remote into it to review, retrieve files move files and edit contents. 

(That is not to say that it has a homing device, fly!! 

A few definitions of "follow" that apply in this case:

a: to watch steadily <followed the flight of the ball> b: to keep the mind on <follow a speech> c: to attend closely to: keep abreast of <followed his career with interest> d: to understand the sense or logic of (as a line of thought)

some definitions of "trace" that apply here:

2.  To ascertain the successive stages in the development or progress of: tracing the life cycle of an insect, trace the history of a family; or--as in this case-

3.  To locate or discover by searchig or researching evidence: trace the cause of a disease

Trace what Cafasso's been doing and trace or follow his whereabouts through what it is he's been doing on the laptop.  

That's simple enough, isn't it?  That line of thinking is not SIMPLE for some people, I guess.

That means that she knows what files he's creating, what he's writing, etc.-and can even copy these files and/or emails over to her own computer. If Andrea is posting from his laptop and talking incessantly about Indiana, as an example, Cramer can trace or follow it [not literally] and put 2+2 together.  If this doesn't make sense to you, I can only conclude that you do not understand that technology to which I'm referring, or are taking me quite literally-but that doesn't make ME the idiot!)  

I am certain there is a treasure trove of evidence that Cafasso has left in that computer regarding Robert Stormer, and it is my hope that they are examining what is on that computer regarding identity theft and the forging of government documents.

Kathryn Cramer's connection to Cafasso through his theft of her laptop and the fact that she tried to get her laptop back through Andrea Ello's sons and then freaked out that Jack Idema was interested in the laptop is another point of interest.

There would be no harm done if Idema was aware of Cafasso's forging of documents, proof of aggravated criminal identity theft and any number of other crimes. Idema is brash, rude, and uses crude language, but he's a rather formidable presence in the courtroom, and could make sure that Cafasso is put away and stays put away for a very long time.

Cramer's fingerprints are all over that article and it's rather humorous that she would demonstrate such hubris and bias in such a blatant fashion. Cramer is involved in this feud between Idema and Cafasso, and it appears that she is attempting to portray anyone who wants to see Cafasso pay a price for what he's done as an Idema supporter.

As far as I can tell, however, credit card scams, embezzlement, identity theft and other crimes are exclusively Cafasso's ballywick and Cramer is defending not only a con artist and womanizer, but a criminal of epic proportions.

There really should be - at the very least a book written about what Cafasso has accomplished as a con man; he has made a career out of it.

I am also noticing how she re-named pictures of Cafasso pretending to be Lt. Col. Gerry Blackwood and said he was "Jay Mosca". Let there be no mistake; Joseph Anthony Cafasso loves to pretend he's former military, and did the same thing with his Robert Stormer persona.

At "Common Dreams", where Robert Stormer's article was published entitled Nuke Transportation Story Has Explosive Implications you can see how similar his bio is to that of Gerry Blackwood:

Robert Stormer of Chicago is a retired lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve, serving with the Navy's Supervisor of Salvage, and was a specialist in weapons retrieval. He is a marine engineer and marine salvage specialist.
© 2007 Star-Telegram

Cramer's revisions give one cause for concern regarding Joe Cafasso's producing fraudulent military identification, as he did when Chesterton Police asked him as Robert Stormer for ID.

Cafasso aka Rob Stormer - Porter County Jailbird

This is what the woman Cafasso embezzled money from sees when she goes to visit Cafasso in jail.

confirmation in the media: Cafasso = Robert Stormer

Woman learns beau is apparent con artist

CHESTERTON | A 63-year-old Tefft, Ind. woman, whose son lives in Chesterton, told Chesterton police on Monday a man she met through an online dating service claimed to be Robert Stormer, but really was Joe Cafasso, a con artist of such renown he is mentioned on a Wikipedia Web page.

Chesterton police are involved in the case because they took possession of a computer the woman and her son wanted to get rid of because one of Cafasso's enemies apparently wants it.

Police reports state Cafasso took over some of the woman's finances. The investigation into Cafasso continues.

From here.

What's strange about that article is the fact that he committed aggravated identity theft with Robin Storm's social security number, which is a felony, and embezzlement of funds from more people than just Andrea Ello-and instead of prosecuting this fraud, they are interested in his computer and protecting him from his 'enemies'? Something isn't right here.

Are "enemies" those people who would like to see him prosecuted for a 20-year crime spree under different aliases?

Cafasso has done nothing illegal?

While Kathryn Cramer covers for Cafasso by telling people he's in jail for a traffic violation, here is the truth of the matter.

While his relationship was imploding and the repercussions of borrowing money he never intended to pay back began to inevitably unfold, Joe Cafasso as Robert Stormer elbowed his way into a situation where people began questioning just who is this character who talks into a phone he never dialed, a phone which never rang?

He was stopped and because he tried to pass himself off as a person that doesn't exist: Robert Stormer, and later was found to be using the social security number of Robin Storm, a 13-year-old from New Jersey. Cafasso apparently has people in Florida looking for him, too, such as the Coast Guard for what he tried to do after Hurricane Andrea, a giant wave and a shipwreck.

They are holding him, and for good reason. For one thing, it is illegal to lie to law enforcement about your identity, and it is a felony to use someone else's social security number, which is a form of identity theft.

Misuse of another individual's SSN is a violation of federal law and may lead to fines and/or imprisonment. And, disregarding the work authorization provisions printed on your Social Security card may be a violation of federal immigration law. Violations of applicable law regarding Social Security number fraud and misuse are serious crimes and will be prosecuted.

The following provisions of law deal directly with Social Security number fraud and misuse:

• Social Security Act: In December 1981, Congress passed a bill to amend the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 to restore minimum benefits under the Social Security Act. In addition, the Act made it a felony to
…willfully, knowingly, and with intent to deceive the Commissioner of Social Security as to his true identity (or the true identity of any other person) furnishes or causes to be furnished false information to the Commissioner of Social Security with respect to any information required by the Commissioner of Social Security in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the records provided for in section 405(c)(2) of this title.
Violators of this provision, Section 208(a)(6) of the Social Security Act, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

• Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act: In October 1998, Congress passed the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act (Public Law 105-318) to address the problem of identity theft. Specifically, the Act made it a federal crime when anyone
…knowingly transfers or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law, or that constitutes a felony under any applicable state or local law.

Violations of the Act are investigated by Federal investigative agencies such as the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and prosecuted by the Department of Justice.

In a sane world, that would be enough to get him put away for at least 5 years, according to what I've been able to find on social security fraud. There are ample reasons to believe that Cafasso's earned a cozy cell for himself - either in jail, or in the loony bin. I personally don't know of any people who talk into a phone that I didn't dial and that didn't ring.

Somehow, Joseph A. Cafasso puts people in a position where they run him out of town, but don't press charges; so he just goes on to the next sucker. When you're traveling across the country doing so, and the FBI and journalists have used you as a source, they won't be particularly interested in the truth coming out.

If Larry Johnson at No Quarter is contacted and informed that Robert Stormer is Joe Cafasso, do you think he'll remove the articles that Robert Stormer has written on that site? It will be interesting to see; but he's conned so many people so many times, it's amazing when you seriously take a look at the wreckage he's left behind in peoples' lives.

It is astonishing that he gets very little in terms of natural consequences for this behavior; he just moves on, and in the end, people are happy to be rid of him.

It's not illegal to find rich lonely females, and it's not illegal to borrow money from them. It's not illegal to ignore the debts and skip out, which he has done time and again, and which he's going to do this time. But it is illegal to present yourself as someone that you're not; give a name that is not legally yours, etc. - it's called FRAUD and Embezzlement if you scam someone out of their money on false pretenses.

This has been the method that works for him, and although might be embarrassing to the women he's conned, it doesn't seem to phase him at all...

There is an element of truth to every con artist's game; it's how he pulls in his potential victims.

They just need to remember that where Cafasso is concerned, it's not on the 'up and up' and someone will get hurt - because this is what he DOES. This has been his career - not rescuing people out of a C-130, no Desert Storm, no diving to recover shipwrecks, no humanitarian causes.

Joe Cafasso's cause is himself.

I am open to ideas as to what can be done, many people would like to see him thrown in jail and watch the jailer throw away the key.

Wrong picture on a dating site

Joe Cafasso put the picture at the top on this dating site, calling himself "shipdude" because he's always trolling for lonely hearts to take advantage of...and...because he didn't dare put a real picture of himself up.  If you examine it closely, it isn't his eyes, his nose, or the shape of his face.

In addition, if you examine the scuba outfit, it's the wrong helmet - the school hasn't used this helmet for a good 15 years, although-it's being used around the world right now.  The picture he's trying to pass off as himself diving is a 15 year old pic wearing a Kirby KMB-10 helmet. The one on the left is the helmet they use now.

This is a KMB57 and it's very different.Cafasso isn't as bright as he thinks; he thinks nobody is as smart as he is, so he can go into areas like this and BS his way through and no one will notice.Plus, no lonely heart is going to examine that scuba suit and think to herself...wrong suit, wrong helmet, etc...she's going to maybe wonder why he doesn't have a more flattering picture of himself up, but since he mentions that if they want to see what he really looks like he can send it to them in secret, I suppose they won't mind that he has that goofy scuba picture up.  Here's the rest of what he says about himself in that bio:

Interests: International Humanitarian Operations, Classical Music, Ball Room Dancing and just a bunch of fun....

Getting close to retirement and starting to think about why the heck i never married. Was it a blessing or curse? Lets see a liitle about me. I am 57 never anchored, about 180 pounds, blue eyes, salt and pepper hair. Enjoy cooking, reading, movies, dancing, life in general. I am a Senior Salvage Master/Master Diver. What does that mean? Well I supervise the recovery of ships (not boats but ships) that have been in accidents worldwide. The pix's here are of me diving and some of the jobs I have been on. (Want to see a pix of me without the gear? Ask me for it). Yes I have lived five lives, learned much, even speak a few languages besides english ( I laugh though because I don't speak spanish I am not considered bi-lingual) Most importantly the love that I am married to is international humanitarian relief operations. Yep got under my skin. Yes I like to travel maybe even with a new found love.

Anyway I am looking for someone simple...complex I got and the job makes complex look like a cartoon. Simple meaning someone who might be my opposite, Someone who does not surround themselves with CNN-MSNBC-FOX , politics all day, all night and even in bed. Someone who appreciates a fine dinner at home as well as going out (yeah I cook, besides having twin engineering degrees I have an associates in the culinary arts), and a quiet night with a glass of wine some music and just the two of us. Someone who is independent and secure with themselves. I can be away at sea for long periods of time. Please I am not a psychiatrist, most problems we can solve together, psychiatric cases please call 911. Someone who really understand what unconditional love means, because that is what they will get in return. Someone silly not always serious... Lawyers, Astrophysicists, Brain Surgeons and MARRIED women need not apply.

Warning: I am 50% extroverted and 50% Analytic... Meaning I can analyze and move faster than you can say your last name and I can make a New York heart attack look like a jog around the block... Every Rose has it thorns....

Profession: Senior Master Salvor

Is this hilarious to anyone else...? Yeah, some rose you got there, Joe. One stinkin' lie after another.

Andrea Ello is not missing

According to a fly on the wall.

But we will continue to try and piece this thing together.

Any information, email me at causalnexus.george@gmail.com

Looking for Andrea Ello

Looking for information such as a physical description and or perhaps a digital picture of the female companion Joe Cafasso is traveling with while he's been pretending to be Robert Stormer.

It would appear as though Andrea is named after a hurricane.

Andrea Ello is her full name, but she allegedly has sufficient identification in order to obtain money from Western Union when it's wired to Robert Stormer.

This convenience keeps Cafasso from being found out, because then he doesn't have to produce a legitimate ID and his true identity remains hidden. 

She may also be involved in some credit card fraud working in concert with Cafasso.

Email any information to causalnexus.george@gmail.com

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE SEEN HER AND CAN IDENTIFY HER.

Take this with a block of salt since it's at Larry Johnson's blog 'No Quarter' which has used Robert Stormer's writing:

Robert Stormer is Joseph Cafasso, also goes by Robin Stormer, Jay Cafasso, Gerry Blackwood, Gerard Pal Blackwood, Jay Mosca, J. Mosca, James Mosca, Joseph Mosca, Jay Anthony, Tom Adams and Jake Adams. He is a fake. He lived with his mother under she died now he lives of loney windows until he gets found out. HE IS A PROFESSIONAL CON MAN WANTED IN MANY STATES. He lived with my girlfriend and neighbor until he was arrested for impersonating and using the social security number of a 13 year old Rhode Island girl named robin Stormer. He does not have any credintials he claims. He served only 44 days in the military and was never in any positions of importance util the Fox News incident. BUT MY FRIEND, ANDREA ELLO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR WEEKS EVER SINCE HE WAS ARRESTED AND SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT HIS CON-ARTIST WAYS. Co-incidently he disappeared at the same time. I am so worried about her!

There are a lot of questions that need to be answered here, especially if there is a missing girl who was involved and linked with Cafasso before her disappearance.

To my understanding, however, Cafasso was only arrested and jailed on the 30th...so...this leads one to believe there is more than meets the eye regarding his brush with the law in Indiana.

Do you have information?  I will hold it in confidence.  Email causalnexus.george@gmail.com

That information proved to be false.  Andrea Ello is a victim of Joe Cafasso's and is not in cohoots with him.  He bilked her out of her life's savings.

And SHE IS NOT MISSING.