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.

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.