On any other day that might seem strange: Ali Nazerali Wants His Past Sealed in Orwell’s Memory Hole

23 January 2012 by Patrick Byrne

In October 2011, Ali Nazerali, a Canadian resident of Pakistani origin who has operated boiler rooms (though he denies it) and whose business relationships drew the scrutiny of DeepCapture, went to court in British Columbia to obtain an injunction ordering DeepCapture to be vanished.  In an ex parte proceeding (meaning that DeepCapture was not even notified [...]

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From “the corner of Wall and Broad with pitchforks and nooses”: My April, 2006 letter to the Wall Street Journal

25 September 2011 by Patrick Byrne

Here’s the Naked Truth About Overstock.com Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win.” Holman Jenkins Jr.’s April 12 Business World column “Do Nudists Run Wall Street?” moves us to stage No. 3: It contains the normal amount of distortion I have come to expect [...]

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A Respectful Invitation to All Hoodlums, Cutpurses, Thugs and Assorted Miscreants Named Herein

16 September 2011 by Patrick Byrne

Mark Mitchell’s writings seem to be striking a nerve, at last. After months of no response but silence, in the last few weeks DeepCapture has suddenly been receiving all manner of Nasty-Grams and intimidating phone calls from various people and organizations mentioned in Mark’s work. The similarity of the threats would almost make one think [...]

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29 April 2011 by Mark Mitchell

Chapter 1 of a book-length story about the financial underworld and the vulnerability of the U.S. markets to deliberate attacks

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The Miscreants’ Global Bust-Out: Preface

28 April 2011 by Patrick Byrne

In some respects the financial crisis is what the Mafia calls a "bust-out", but on a gigantic scale.

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Barry Minkow’s Lawyer Seeks Divorce, Cites “Irreconcilable Differences” with Barry

28 April 2011 by Patrick Byrne

On March 10, 2011, Alvin E. Entin, Esquire, counsel to one Barry Minkow, filed with a Florida court a “Motion to Withdraw” as Barry Minkow’s lawyer. Mr. Entin was (unusually for a lawyer) closed-mouth about his reasons, saying only that he and Barry Minkow had reached “irreconcilable differences.” Here is Alvin Entin’s Motion to Withdraw. [...]

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A New Party Heard From: Clyde Eltzroth, Bloomberg (UPDATED)

12 April 2011 by Patrick Byrne

The sounds of squealing could be heard over the low hum of the air recirculation machinery in the drab, windowless federal interview room.  “Please!” Sam Antar wimpered. “Let me write one more smear. Let me feel like I’m a player, one last time!” The federal agent spoke sharply: “Silence!”  She turned to look at her [...]

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Paragon of Integrity Whitney Tilson Gets Laryngitis, Too

04 April 2011 by Patrick Byrne

In the summer of 2006  Whitney Tilson took me to lunch, and invited me to speak at his then-upcoming 2nd Annual Value Investing Congress on November 9 – 10, 2006. Here is Whitney’s original announcement: World’s Most Influential Value Investors to Gather This November in New York City The 2nd Annual New York Value Investing [...]

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Barry Minkow’s short trip from ex-felon to current-felon

29 March 2011 by Judd Bagley

Barry Minkow’s sudden return from ex-felon to current-felon has come as a surprise to some, but not to the Deep Capture team; for we have, over nearly four years, sought to raise awareness of Minkow’s place in a much broader, criminal stock manipulation ecosystem.

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Rut Roh. The “Stock Manipulator” Meme Finally Escapes the Box. Somebody Call Somebody.

29 March 2011 by Patrick Byrne

“Minkow’s manipulation of the market … caused a severe drop in the stock prices of a large local corporation. This type of deceit and abuse of trust will not be tolerated… we will investigate and prosecute stock manipulation cases to help protect the integrity of our capital markets…When false statements are disseminated to deceive the [...]

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