Daniel Filho’s bail hearing delayed till July 28th
On July 21st Daniel Filho was arrested by the DOJ in relation to his running the DFRF Enterprises Ponzi scheme.
A bail hearing was scheduled for July 24th but, while the hearing took place, there seems to have been a curious issue with Filho’s representation.
Unfortunately I don’t have much to go on at the moment, save for a docket minute-entry.
Filed shortly after the hearing, the entry states Filho told the court
he has counsel – Patricia Casals.
(The) government states Attorney Patricia Cavell is in Canada and will not represent Defendant.
The court accepted information provided by the DOJ, ordering Filho to find new counsel by July 27th.
A Google search of “Patrica Casals” and the keywords “attorney” and “lawyer” failed to turn up anything of note (infact I could not find an attorney named Patricia Casals).
A Google search for “Patricia Cavell” was also inconclusive.
First off I have no idea why Filho gave the name of someone in Canada to represent him. Secondly whether or not Cavell/Casals is even an attorney is a mystery…
…and third, what background work had the DOJ done to be ready to claim Cavell/Casals would not be representing Filho? Who is this woman and is she connected to Filho and/or DFRF Enterprises?
At the time of publication, Filho has yet to have an attorney file a notice of appearance in the concurrent SEC case against him. The next hearing in that action is also on the 27th.
Will Filho arrange for alternative counsel in time?
Stay tuned…
There is a Patricia Rose-MArie Cassells of Patricia Cassells & Assoc in Miami, FL. FL Bar number 984698
Ah, I quoted her name as given, which returned nothing because of the middle-name.
General Practice?
Lol.
So anyway, what’s the deal with her and Filho. Why do the DOJ know she isn’t going to represent him… insider deal? What gives!
From the SEC’s July 23rd memorandum:
If that’s got anything to do with Cassells and authorities are demanding the funds be repatriated, then I can understand why they’re certain she won’t be representing Filho.
Otherwise the government dictating who is and isn’t going to represent Filho doesn’t make sense.
Maybe not just GP:
Patricia Rose-Marie Cassells has represented daniel filho’s DFRF ‘obbalube’ in 2009.
Obbalube Investment Corp is registered in arcadia, california to Heriberto P Valdes , who is daniel filho’s associate and currently on the run.
So she’s his Ponzi go-to lawyer then.
Guessing a deal has been cut if the DOJ are openly asserting in court that she will not be representing Filho.
Filho meanwhile seems to be clueless of any deal.
Weird, I found a document where Daniel Filho apparently had dealings with Patricia Cassells before… in a 2009 case where Filho had 316K frozen by SEC case. But Cassells was not an attorney in FL back then?
/gov.uscourts.flmd.233448.285.0.pdf
Look on “Plain Site”
Aha, now it’s clear:
Yep, Danny boy’s been at this before.
@Anjali, that’s Arcadia FLORIDA, not Arcadia California.
FWIW, here’s Danny Filho giving a million bucks to Obbalube Foundation
negociodeconfianza.com/fundacion-de-ayuda-humanitaria-obbalube/
why were patricia cassels [small time lawyer], heriberto valdes and a bahamas lawyer firm paid large amounts of money before the DFRF shutdown?
were these three helping daniel filho move his business abroad?
did filho pay cassels ‘in advance’ to represent him if he were arrested?
now that cassels has backed out [and will probably return her funds to the SEC], how will daniel filho find a lawyer with his funds frozen?
If you dig through Obbalube filings c. 2007-2008 in the state of Florida, you’ll see the names of both Filho and Heriberto P. Valdes. There also is a reference to a purported “Obbalube Foundation.”
Pay attention to a street address associated with Valdes: 1825 PONCE DE LEON BLVD.
In 2014, the Miami Herald reported it was a UPS store “singled out as a place of interest for investigators who track Mexican drug cartels.”
Also do an online search for this phrase: “On a busy stretch of Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables, between Madeira and Majorca Avenues, stands a row of small businesses”
At a minimum, Filho has been extremely close to exceptionally dirty money since at least 2010 and maybe sooner. The narratives surrounding these schemes typically include references to charities/foundations, and the money flow — to say the least — has been circuitous.
The EMG/Finanzas Forex Caper (c. 2009/2010) in which Filho money was seized and in which some of the money was traced to the drug trade is perhaps the dirtiest scam I’ve ever reported on.
Some promoters even claimed some of the funds were being used for the “humanitarian” purpose of assisting kidnapping victims in Colombia.
At the same time, a claim was made that investors could “adopt” kidnapping victims for a payment of $1,000 and that the company would set aside $500 in corporate funds for each victim so that their families could have bright futures if the victims ultimately were released by their captors.
Some of the investors allegedly were told if they wanted out of the “program,” they effectively had to steal their way out by recruiting other victims and taking their money.
PPBlog
DFRF obbalube was allegedly doing ‘charity’ work in guinea bassau/mali. there are photos of daniel filho with the ambassador of mali to brazil, Cheikna Keita.
google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://inversionseguradfrf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/EMBAJADORES-DE-MALIL-Y-GUINEA-BISAU.jpg&imgrefurl=http://inversionseguradfrf.com/novedades/page/5/&h=225&w=300&tbnid=kvNFU8byIwozWM:&docid=7XP13XVXrhbC7M&itg=1&ei=fpyzVbCuJ5ORuASI9KywCA&tbm=isch&ved=0CDwQMygXMBdqFQoTCLDlrbW-9sYCFZMIjgodCDoLhg
guinea bassau/mali have strong drug cartel connections, daniel filho is alleged to have drug cartel connections, and somehow DFRF ends up shaking hands with the mali ambassador to brazil!
here’s what CNN reported in 2009:
Obba isn’t Portuguese for ass is it?
Maybe these guys have been anticipating jail time since day 1…
it should be.
daniel filho needs all the help he can get.
yes that address was specifically linked to filho and benevides, and was the ‘principal place of business’ of obbalube investment corp.
filho was at that time [2008/2009] listed as the chief financial officer of obbalube.
i dont know what happened back then! the govt could not tie up the case against filho, and could only seize his money.
this time around, i hope they get him. it’s one thing for greedy idiots to be ‘monkey thieves’ and steal money in ponzi schemes. but in filhos case his ponzis were just money laundering fronts for drug money of one of the worlds biggest and most dangerous drug cartels ie sinaloa cartel. sinaloa’s drug wars with competing cartels has caused around 90,000 deaths.
if filho’s drug connections can be proved, and he gets big jailtime, you wont find me complaining.
daniel filhos investors are being fed information from the website of DFRF TV, that he was released on the 24th without having to pay any bail :
they’re hoping daniel filho is going to keep his promised radio interview date on the 29th july!
I saw that. These are likely the same Brazilians who were publishing TelexFree garbage when that got shut down.
“Motivated reasoning”. They think they’re using logic, but in reality they’re just accepting information without questioning the veracity.
They really think that FBI wanted man will be released with “no bail”? Esp. a guy with links to Sinaloa Cartel? They should go after whoever telling such stupid stories.
denied the request for bail for Daniel Fernandes. It should be transferred from Florida to Boston.
I am so glad that all of these facts are unveiling at this time. He has done these scams for years and he has not been stopped.
The money that is given to him goes to attorneys’ escrow accounts and then its released to him by the attorneys for his own purposes; no one is held accountable, really???
Daniel offers insurance on investments with bogus and fraudulent policies and agents and uses the same players over and over to continue his fraud…
Why did he not get stopped before? How many more people have to loose their money before someone stops him?
He does not deserve to have bail and he will run and hide.
Been quite awhile, El Chapo’s trial’s over…Feb. 2019
Any update on this Daniel dude?
Filho was declared mentally incompetent last April.