On Friday, federal prosecutors filed an appeal of a judge’s decision not to throw Scientologist chiropractor Dennis Nobbe into jail for some pretty outrageous behavior after he was arrested in July for Medicare fraud and PPP loan abuse.
We told you on Thursday that when Nobbe was charged on July 29 he was allowed to post $200,000 bond but only if he followed some strict guidelines, which included the promise that he not contact ex-employees the government planned to contact as witnesses.
Nobbe’s arrest caught us by surprise, but we’ve known about him for years as a Miami Scientology bigwig who repeatedly ran into trouble with the government because he tried to force Scientology on his employees, even going so far to set up his own mini-“academy” across the street so his workers could get in some Scientology course time on breaks from their work at Dynamic Medical Services. Now he’s facing serious charges that for years he was ripping off Medicare and patients through the use of physicians he had bribed. His clinic has been shut down as he’s awaiting trial, and he has plenty of rules to follow in the meantime.
Prosecutors were clearly outraged that just two weeks after his arrest Nobbe not only called one of the potential witnesses, but also tried to engage in the same criminal activity he had been arrested for and even allegedly offered the ex-employee a bribe.
In their court filings, the prosecutors were also flabbergasted when they subsequently learned that Nobbe called another of the witnesses he’d promised not to contact, and they wanted Magistrate Judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes to revoke Nobbe’s bond and put him in custody.
Instead, she raised his bond to $350,000 and confiscated his mobile phone. And now in a new filing we’re showing you in full, the prosecutors are appealing her ruling and really, really want Nobbe tossed in irons.
On Thursday, we suggested that Judge Otazo-Reyes might not fully understand that in Nobbe she is dealing with a classic arrogant Scientologist, a prime example of the species Homo Novi who considers himself above wog law. And worse than that, say prosecutors, she seems confused about what is evidence and what is hearsay.
So in their appeal they spell out in much greater detail exactly how Nobbe reached out to his former employees — with a burner phone — and how the prosecutors secured evidence, not hearsay, that it was definitely Nobbe making the prohibited calls and text messages.
We pore through a lot of court documents, and we rarely see such a tone from prosecutors, who appear to be on their last nerve here. Read their brief for yourself and see if you don’t agree with us that they are trying to get this judge to get her head on straight about this Scientologist who is making a mockery of the court.
Here’s the document…
US vs. Dennis Nobbe: Govern… by Tony Ortega
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A dispatch from the ship…
“The most sorrowful engram I ever ran into was an AA [attempted abortion] on Christmas Eve. This was a brutal one. This person couldn’t even start to come near a Christmas tree without going to pieces. He didn’t want anything to do with Christmas or any part of it. He was very peculiar about presents. If anybody tried to give him a present, he would say the social amenities of ‘Thank you very much. Oh, yes, I enjoy it a great deal,’ and then hastily throw it into a trunk to get it out of sight so that he wouldn’t run into it again. This peculiar behavior was occasioned by the very sad engram of a mutual AA where Papa was being very brutal. He got drunk and decided that he didn’t want any children around. He did this AA against protest, at the same time talking about Christmas. And then he said, ‘I’ve got a present for him,’ and thrust a needle right straight through the embryo. One thrust, one phrase. It really messed up that person’s life. Mama went to the doctor shortly afterwards and got herself patched up and the baby came through.” — L. Ron Hubbard, September 7, 1950
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“DM is just afraid. He is terrified of OTs just as space opera societies have been. Just as the asshole who put us here in this prison planet was. Get an actual OT made, you know, a NOTs completion followed by SOLO NOTs completion, taken standardly through original IV-VII to their FULL EPs. Then the original OT VIII, not the adultered quickied one on the Freewinds, and you’ll have, indeed, a extremely rehabilitated thetan who can exert a LOT of power and control on his environment. Enough, that just a few of them could revert the whole scene in the Church. DM KNOWS this. He really does.”
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Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Arraignment scheduled for September 18.
— Jay and Jeff Spina, Medicare fraud: Jay’s sentencing is set for October 5 in White Plains, NY. Jeffrey’s is set for October 24.
— Hanan and Rizza Islam and other family members, Medi-Cal fraud: Next pretrial conference set for Jan 12 in Los Angeles
— Dennis Nobbe, Medicare fraud, PPP loan fraud: Charged July 29, bond raised to $350,000 on Aug 27.
Civil litigation:
— Luis and Rocio Garcia v. Scientology: Oral arguments were heard on July 30 at the Eleventh Circuit
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ Motion for reconsideration denied on August 11
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson: Sept 29 (CSI/RTC demurrer against Riales, Masterson demurrer), Oct 7-19 (motions to compel arbitration)
— Jane Doe v. Scientology (in Miami): Jane Doe dismissed the lawsuit on May 15 after the Clearwater Police dropped their criminal investigation of her allegations.
— Matt and Kathy Feschbach bankruptcy appeal: Oral arguments were heard on March 11 in Jacksonville
— Brian Statler Sr v. City of Inglewood: Second amended complaint filed, trial set for Nov 9, 2021.
— Author Steve Cannane defamation trial: Trial concluded, awaiting verdict.
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Scientology’s celebrities, ‘Ideal Orgs,’ and more!
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Posted by Tony Ortega on September 7, 2020 at 07:00
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