Repent, Jozef.

VIII. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL

Stealing is the unauthorized and willful taking of what rightly belongs to another.

God is Creator and Lord of this world, and all things come from him. Therefore, I must never take what God has not entrusted to me.

I can steal or defraud others of wages, identity, credit, or intellectual property; cheat in school or on my taxes; or fail to pay my debts. I must repay and, to the best of my ability, restore what I have stolen.

God desires that I be content, responsible, and generous with what he has given me. Everything I own I hold in trust as God’s steward, to cultivate and use for his glory and my neighbor’s good.

As I am able, I should earn my own living, care for my dependents, and give to the poor. I should use all my possessions to the glory of God and the good of creation.

Jozef Gherman is, according to CTFC judgment, a thief.

SSRWives is not the first act of theft Jozef Gherman committed.

In 2021, Jozef Gherman, through J Squared, misled investors and was ordered to pay $397,000.

CTFC release describing fines and penalties ordered against Jozef Gherman
CTFC statement available on the Web Archive

The issue was so serious that Jozef was banned for 10 years from CTFC-regulated activity.

Fraud activity involving Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum was alleged, and the complaint and settlement were made in the same day. (see page 15 of linked document)

Jozef German, according to the witness of four business collaborators, is a thief.

Jozef Gherman does not possess technical skills. He does not possess the ability to create art, write code, or develop software or intellectual property.

He does possess a limited capability to finance such pursuits, and did so apparently in exchange for intellectual property rights.

However:

Jozef did not originate the SSRWives intellectual property.

Jozef did not develop the SSRWives intellectual property.

Jozef did not construct assets for the SSRWives intellectual property.

Right of ownership on paper in this case must still be weighed against the right of ownership purchased by right of work.

Concrete work on the SSRWives IP spanned 2 years prior to the transfer of intellectual property rights, and still continued after without creative or technical input from Jozef Gherman, to the best of public knowledge.

Despite all of this, Jozef insists that the basis of legal assignment alone supersedes the basis of right of prior sweat equity.

IX. THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS

False witness to willfully communicate a falsehood about my neighbor, either in legal or in other matters, in order to misrepresent them.

It defames and wounds my neighbor, erodes my love of truth, disobeys my Lord Jesus, and aligns me with Satan, the father of lies.

False witness is any willful misrepresentation of the truth in legal, civic, or business affairs bears false witness, rebels against God’s will, and subverts God’s justice.

This commandment forbids all lying, slander, or gossip; all manipulative, deceitful, or insulting speech; and testifying falsely about myself for personal gain.

Comments

7 responses to “Repent, Jozef.”

  1. Lucas Cypher Avatar
    Lucas Cypher

    So let me get this straight: This Jozef guy did some shady business, and Simon still not only worked with him, but just believed everything he said because he pinky swore? Sounds like he got exactly what he deserved.

    And if you sold the rights, then you sold the rights. The IP isn’t yours and your deranged Christcuck tantrum doesn’t change that. Deal with it.

    1. admin Avatar

      All the info we have publicly leads us to believe that Simon took on good faith that Jozef wanted him out of any possible fallout from Jozef’s political connections.

      Call what I have to say a tantrum if you like. Jozef decided he needed to arrest the official Twitter and nuke his own twitter when things started falling out. That’s not the behavior of a man whose character stands behind his case.

      The letter of the law does matter, but so does harmony between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law.

      VIII. THOU SHALT NOT STEAL

    2. admin Avatar

      I think I should also specify that I am not a member of the dev team involved in the case. I’m just someone interested in justice.

  2. Uma Nancy Owen Avatar
    Uma Nancy Owen

    Take a look at Sarah Balda’s “signature” on that contract posted on the official twitter. That’s barely even a scribble. Given Gherman’s already shady past and how he deliberately made deals with as little evidence as possible, I’m starting to suspect he never had any actual legal claims to the SSR Wives IP. It would wise to call into question the legality of any of his dealings with the defendants. If he can’t prove those deals happened, how can he prove he owns the IP?

    1. admin Avatar

      These are reasonable questions to ask. A lot of evidence is available as public record, but the paperwork with the sale includes likenesses as a component of the sale, which is highly suspect.

      The other items are a bit more challenging to dispute and disentangle, but that’s what the courts are for.

  3. GC Avatar
    GC

    I’ve been doing some digging and turns out that crypto investment scheme wasn’t Gherman’s only scam.

    In 2020, Gherman apparently helped launch the non-profit “America First Foundation”. When the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) tried to contact Gherman, he responded by wiping his social media presence almost completely. This sounds very unusual, but there are two things that would explain this behavior: One, Gherman (under the alias “James Miller”) was using America First to solicit donations, which went directly to him. And two, the leaked data the SPLC found on America First mostly likely came from him and he very stupidly thought using a fake name would hide his connection to America First, not realizing his IP address could be easily traced. He burned bridges with America First at some point (very likely over embezzlement), so that would explain why he did it.

    Jozef Gherman is clearly a career con artist. Guys like this con people for a living. There’s no way these are the only scams he’s pulled, and he’s probably scamming someone else right now. That he’s coming out of the blue and suddenly going on this unhinged campaign against Protag when his original plan was to drag things out for as long as necessary tells me he’s getting desperate. Either he’s running out of money or his lawyer told him he’s going to lose the case. If he wasn’t losing the case before, he will now.

    1. admin Avatar

      Thank you for this input. I think I encountered information about his connection with those sets of circumstances around the time I set the site up. It’s an interesting thing to watch patterns unfold.

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