Justice Solutions of America, Inc. Federal Prison Consultants, Ed Bales, Cindy Gardner, Ron Allan No Real Services, Fake Reviews, Fraudulent Criminal Activity Ocala Florida
This will be my first of many items regarding Ed Bales, Cindy Gardner and Ron Allan. If you have been a victim of this fraud, I have established a dedicated 800# to bring us all together to help the Feds complete their case of these people. Feel Free to call 800-450-5994 and ask for Kate.
First, my family is going through a trying time. My husband reports for prison for a couple years in February. After his sentencing we searched for help to understand the process and make sure we have someone to "hold our hands" so to speak.
In comes Ed Bales, actually a former convict himself. Wow, this guy can sell over the phone. He is the best at promissing and even suckered my husband which isn't easy to do. We had to hire him "immediately, there isn't much time". His promise was his "Board of Advisors" who consists of former BOP officials who have "inside contacts" to get things done better and faster. He could get a designation by making a phone call (illegal and false). He could get my husband into programs and even released early (illegal and false).
So on December 30, 2019, I wired Justice Solutions of America, Inc. $7,900.00 to a bank in Pennsylvania (how many red flags so far?). On Tuesday the sister of Ed Bales, Cindy Gardner did an "intake" interview which was a joke. No real interview. On New Year's Day my husband came to me and said he had a feeling we have been scammed. And so we were, but we wouldn't find out really until the next morning.
Since this guy resides a little over an hour from us, on January 2, 2020, my husband sent an email requesting a meeting for Coffee or Lunch. The response that came in less than 5 minutes 100% confirmed there was a fraud. Ed Bales responds using his email and his "assistant" Ron Allan (fake name). By 8:30 in the morning he had accused my husband of being drunk or on drugs, that he would not meet with us face to face in any manner and threatened to call probation to turn my husband in (which is silly cause he isn't on probation).
We then turned to find an expert to help us uncover the fraud because Ed Bales had stated he sent a "transmittal" to the BOP in Grand Prarie Texas to someone who was going to be working my husband's case. This of course was false, he sent no real letter. You actually can't send a letter like that to designation, it was all a lie. We eventually found Dan from federalprisontime.com who was the center of uncovering another firm like this who was indicted last year. No doubt we will see the same from these scammers.
Since Ed Bales was getting uncovered for the fraud, he was getting more and more angry. He threatened to call BOP and have my husband's security level increased (which he can't do and that threat is actually a felony that I have no doubt he will be charged with). If you are dealing with this scam artist, then don't let his threats fool you. He has no connections, no real "board of advisors" and no possible way to provide ANY services. In fact, Dan and our attorney called the BOP Designation center to ask about this guy and they requested we fax them everything we have because they are launching an investigation into him. This isn't the first complaint.
If you are thinking of hiring him, don't. The reviews he posts are all fake - none of those people exist and ironically they are write in the same form of grammar (what an idiot). Luckily, our contract was consumated on Dec 30 when I sent the money and on the 3rd business day it was rescinded per Florida law so we have a little more options on what we can do. He also claims to have attorney but when I asked to speak to his attorney, he refused and said it was "his attorney".
In the coming days, there will be many videos posted online with the emails back and forth. The entire story will be told and I hope to find some of you here to participate. There will no doubt be many people who have faced the same this and my goal is to see this fraud ended so nobody else gets taken. I gave this scammer all day yesterday to return my money and it was nasty email from him after the other then I realized - he didn't have my money anymore, it was gone!
No doubt he will respond to this ripoff report like he did his other one with fake client testimonials or a rebuttal, but rest assured, you need to go no further than calling me or you can email me at kate@edbalesscam.com. This website will be up shortly as well to fully uncover all of this fraud and allow a blog for other victims so the court can eventually provide all of us restitution!
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Sean
California,United States
Don't Believe Everything You Read
#6UPDATE Employee
Thu, August 13, 2020
I am the President of Justice Solutions of America, Inc., and I wanted to take an opportunity to respond to this review.
First, the person who wrote this review never retained our company or had any dealings with us. She is the wife of a federal inmate, this inmate was the person who retained our company and he has a long and sorry history of fraud.
Her husband wanted to go to a minimum security camp. However, after we looked over his case it was our professional opinion that he would be placed in a medium security prison, not a minimum. Unhappy with this assessment, this couple sought a second opinion from one of our competors, Dan Wise, who we have had some issues with in the past. Our competator assured these that we were wrong and that he was absolutely a minimum security inmate.
Long story short, we were correct in our professional assessment. This womans husband was scored as a medium security inmate and placed in a medium security prison. Dan was wrong.
Dan Wise also informed this couple that we were a fradulant company. In reality, this is as far from the truth as it can get. We have been in business for over 25 years and have had many successfull results for our clients. We work tireleslly to advocate for our clients and their families. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and professional standards and with this exception, there are no other valid complaints, other then 2 clients who about 10 years ago that filed a lawsuit and lost because they had lied and started a post similar to this which they had to retract and Ripoff Report allowed them to post the retractions. We have been featured on several media outlets and have multiple former federal and state prison officials on our staff.
Additionally, because the author of this report was never our client and never retained us, other social media and review sites have removed her reviews about our company, as she has no first hand knowledge of anything that happened.
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Name: BRYAN L BREWER
Register Number: 71691-018
Age: 45
Race: White
Sex: Male
Release Date: 06/13/2024
Located At: FCI Beckley
Here are links to what her husband, Bryan Brewer is about, including robbing inmate contractors of their hourly wages before he himself ironically became a federal inmate:
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/classified/realestate/os-inmate-pay-20180206-story.html
As for any reviews you see from our former clients, they are all real. We do not fabraciate reviews, nor do we need to. The results that we have achieved for our clients for over 25 years spesak for themselves. Additioanlly, our founder and C.E.O, Mr. Edward Bales, is an adjudicated federal prison expert and was a special consultant to The Today Show. Generally, people who are fradulent and cannot acieve results do not obtain such status.
Please visit our website to learn more about us federalprisonconsultants.com or feel free to call and speak with us. We would be happy to answer any questions you have.
Katherine
Ponte Vedra Beach,Florida,
United States
Files to Be Added
#6Author of original report
Sun, January 05, 2020
I am just making sure these public record files are attached.
Katherine
Ponte Vedra Beach,Florida,
United States
More Ed Bales Lawsuits
#6Author of original report
Sun, January 05, 2020
I hate to say this just keeps getting better, but I am hoping my efforts to expose this guy will save others in the same position.
The related documents attached speak for themselves.
Katherine
Ponte Vedra Beach,Florida,
United States
Updated Information on Ed Bales Mental Conditions, documented in court!
#6Author of original report
Sun, January 05, 2020
More and more things are coming to light. Something interesting is a letter sent to a judge from Ed Bales, representing himself, pro se, in a case where he was sued by a local contract for never paying the guy (how odd). This letter from Ed Bales basically states he is too weak to physically appear before the court and.....
"In additional to my heart issues, I have a host of other health issues including diabetes, thyroid disease, serious nueropathy in my hands, legs and feet, depression, anxiety and many other health issues" - Read it for yourself, I am attaching it, and it is public record in Marion County Clerk of courts. Hearing the guy speak you would never know this kind of condition exists, but I am certain he suffers from the above since he scams everyone!
Katherine
Ponte Vedra Beach,Florida,
United States
Corporate Headquarters
#6Author of original report
Sat, January 04, 2020
In an effort to find out who this company really was, we took a trip to find out what their "Corporate Headquarters" looked like. When we found out we took video, Ed Bales completely lost it and called the police, probation, anyone he could. He also said if we use this video in "any" way that we would be in BIG trouble lol. This video was taken on 1/2/2020 at 11:05am. Apparently this fraudster was still sleeping. You can notice the new driveway being installed more than likely courtesy of the money he stole from us!
Also an additional update if you have been scammed by these crooks. You can always go to your bank and they can label the wire as fraudulent scam activity and it will result in the receiving bank freezing that account until they get all the information which should include police reports, emails, etc. You can even do this if the wire was old!