Riad Affidavit

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Claim for Damages, Injury, or Death with Supporting Documentation

on Three (3) Boxes of Federal Reserve Bonds

Contents of Boxes: 250 Bonds Per Box, $1 Billion Face Value Each

Serial Numbers:(Box 1) F49494950A to F49495199A

(Box 2) F49494950B to F49495199B, and(Box 3) F49494950C to F49495199C

Prepared On Behalf Of:

Mr. Joseph Riad509 Schoolhouse Road

Kennett Square, PA 19348

JUNE 8, 2010

Table of Contents Joseph E. Riad

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I Preface: Claim for Damages (Standard Form 95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-E

II. Summary of Events Behind Bond Redemption Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

III. AffidavitofProcurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

IV. Provenance on Federal Reserve Bearer Bonds Consisting of Three Boxes . . . . . . . .6-13

V. Kermit Harmon Forensic Report on Bond Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-21

VI. A.J. Obara Forensic Report on Bond Bronze Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

VII. Summation of Historic Bonds Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-30

VIII. Color Photos of Bronze Boxes Exhibit 8A-8i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-39

IX. Communications Between Complainant’s Team and Nick Jones of DHS Exhibit 9A-9i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40-48

X. Color Photos of Bonds and Supporting Documents Exhibit 10A-10V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-70

XI. Forensic Expert Kermit Harmon Exhibit 11A-11i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-79

XII. Forensic Expert Bruce K. Colburn, Ph.D Exhibit 12A-12P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80-95

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XIII. Background Historial Information on Production of Similar Bonds Before and During WWII, Including Congressional Authorizations

Exhibits 13A-13UU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-143

•CongressionalExcerpts(Distribution) Exhibit 13-MM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

•Index(LetkipfromArchivistofU.S.) Exhibit 13-NN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

•U.S.Archives(ExcerptonU.S.CreditwithChina) Exhibit 13-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

•U.S.Archives(ExcerptsonTestofAuthenticityand Presumption of Authenticity Exhibit 13-PP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137-138

•AmericanCurrencyExhibitBankTransferNote$100,000,1934 (World Standard) Exhibit 13-QQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

•Excerpt:TheRepublicChinaBankingGovernmentAmerican City Bank Deposit Reported Exhibit 13-RR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

•DetailsofPrintingUnitEquipment(AnnexA) Exhibit 13-SS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 •Excerpt,ChinaMutualWarAid(ArticleVI) Exhibit 13-TT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

•Excerpt,TitleV,73rdCongressSessionICh.1.March9,1933 Exhibit 13-UU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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Preface: Claim for Damages (Standard Form 95) Joseph E. Riad

US Department of Homeland Security/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Claimant:Joseph Edward Riad509 Schoolhouse RoadKennett Square, PA 19348

Incident occurred in Irvine, CA at the offices of the US Government, US Department of Homeland Security, Office of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2302 Martin, Suite 275, Irvine, CA, phone 949-250-1950, Ext. 223. We allege that a US Federal Law Enforcement Officer personally received and refused to return documents of Mr. Joseph Riad, after representing that he was the sole person handling repatriation of subject high denomination bonds for the US Government. The actions occurred as a result of a meeting held in US Government Offices in Irvine, CA. Subsequent verification by the Federal Reserve of San Francisco confirmed that the purported “official” document on U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco letterhead dated March 31, 2008, and presented to Mr. Riad was not sanctioned by the Federal Reserve of San Francisco. The reason for turning over the property to the Homeland Security Employee was to allow said employee to work out repatriation of high denomination (1$ billion each) bonds printed by the Treasury Department, and sealed in special bronze boxes. Samples of these bonds had been brought solely for the purpose of temporary non destructive testing and sight evaluation to be facilitated by Mr. Jones. (Continued on attachments page 1 through 4).

April 27, 1971 SingleThis claim is

4:00PM PST

Patrick Oxford, Attorney at LawBracewell and Giuliani711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300Houston, TX 77002-2770

Patrick OxfordChairman, Bacewell Guiliani711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300Houston, TX 77002-2770

15 Billion Dollars

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Claimant Representative:1) Gary Williams, J.D. (see attachment) 3800 Fairfax Drive, Suite 1712 Arlington, VA 22203

based upon an incident which occurred on 3/11/2009.

Joseph Edward Riad

15 Billion Dollars

15 Billion Dollars is US Treasury Notes of 1 Billion Dollars each.

(484) 880-3683 June 7, 2010June 8, 2010


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CLAIM FORM DAMAGE, INJURY, OR DEATH CLAIMANT NAME: Joseph RiadAttachments

2. Claimant Representative: (#2)EverettVannEberhardt,Esq. 11024 Melissa Ct. Fairfax, VA 22030 8. Basis of Claim (State in detail the known facts and circumstances attending the damage, injury, or death, identifying persons and property involved, the place of occurrence and the cause thereof) (Use additional pages if necessary.)

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Agent Jones agreed to return the bonds intact after his analysis, along with the supportingdocumentationandmicrofilmshowingauthenticity to Joseph Riad “within a week or so”. Mr. Riad handed the selected specimen bonds to Agent Jones late in the meeting on March 11, 2009, in the conference room at the referenced Homeland SecurityofficereferencedinIrvine,CA(witnessedbyoneofhisattorneys,PatrickOxfordoftheBracewellandGiulianilawfirmofHouston,TX.OnFriday,March19,2009, Agent Jones sent a terse email claiming the sample documents provided by Mr. Riad to Agent Jones for inspection and nondestructive testing were “not real”, but provided absolutely no information about the basis of his conclusion. Joe Riad subsequentlycalledAgentJonesanddiscussedtheissuewithAgentJones.Inthatconversation Agent Jones claimed that there were many reasons they were not real, and would not substantiate that claim to Mr. Riad but would to someone cleared for some “federal security category”. Agent Jones was very vague about the bond authenticity issue, claiming that the lettering and placement of words were the basis for his claim that the bonds were not real. Mr. Riad strongly disputed that, based on the detailed forensic analysis his experts had already performed. Following this telecom, Mr. Oxford engaged forensic scientist, Kermit Harmon, who was authorized tocollaboratewithUSGovernmentofficialsunderthefederalsecurityrequirement,butAgent Jones refused to allow such a meeting to occur.

AtthebeginningofthismeetingonMarch11,2009,attorneyOxfordspecificallyaskedAgent Jones if the meeting was serious, and did Agent Jones have authority to act onbehalfoftheUSGovernmenttorepatriatethesubjecthighdenominationTreasurybonds,whereuponAgentJonesrespondedintheaffirmative.Additionally,Mr.Oxfordinquiredabouttheauthenticityoftheletter(withatelephonenumberthatwasneveranswered).Mr.Jonesspecificallystatedthattheletterwaslegitimate.

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MonthslaterwelearnedfromtheSanFranciscoFederalReserveOfficethattheletterwasaforgery,andtheSanFranciscoFederalReserveOfficerLilyRuizsentMr.Oxford and Mr. Riad an email stating that the letterhead was fake, and that there was not and never had been any such person so named in the document (Mr. Davis) who workedfortheSanFranciscoFederalReserveOffice.However,Mr.OxfordandMr.Riad were assured in person on March 11, 2009, by Agent Jones that the letter was legitimate.

In June, 2009, Mr. Patrick Oxford urged Agent Jones to clarify why the bonds were not returned. We received an email from Jones wherein Agent Jones claims we misunderstood him; that he never did any testing that merely he did some “looking” at the subject bonds. Additionally, Agent Jones claimed falsely that the Riad team agreed to provide him all the other bond documents and boxes. There are two (2) witnesses who will strongly refute this: Mr. Oxford and Mr. Riad who were both present at the 3/11/09 meeting in Irvine, the whole time. At no time did the Riad team agree to submit any other bonds to Agent Jones.

InFebruary2009,adocumentwasprovidedtoJoeRiadbya“LordGibson”(formerBritish counsel to another country) who had a letter from Agent Nick Jones saying that to get the supposed Mr. Davis at the Federal Reserve of San Francisco, one should call a secretary at another number (who did not work for the supposed Mr. Davis), and within a few days, Mr. Davis would call back if he wished to discuss the repatriationofhighdenominationfederalbonds.Later,welearnedtherewasnosuchMr.Davis.AgentJonesconfirmedthe”accuracy”ofthisletterinthepresenceofMr.Riad and Mr. Oxford on March 11, 2009.


8. Basis of Claim (State in detail the known facts and circumstances attending the damage, injury, or death, identifying persons and property involved, the place of occurrence and the cause thereof) (Use additional pages if necessary.)

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Theunlawfultakingofthefifteen(15)bondsoccurredintheofficesofHomelandSecurity, Irvine, CA, effectively some time after Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (our team could not know it was an unlawrul taking until Agent Jones later refused to return the bonds, and then even later claimed he “destroyed” them, with no authority). We state “sometime after” because initially, some of the referenced Treasury bonds were submittedFORINSPECTIONONLY,toAgentNickJones,inthepresenceofMr.Riad,WebelievetheUSGovernmentisresponsibleforthismatterbecausewemetAgentNickJones,alawenforcementofficialoftheUSGovernment,inUSGovernmentoffices,forthesolepurposesofworkingoutameanstoreceivecompensationforthereturnofthree(3)completeboxesofUSTreasuryNotesof$1Billiondenominationeach,andhadspecificallybroughtsomerepresentativesamplestobereviewedandreturned to Mr. Riad following proper forensic examination. We had been directed to AgentJonesviaNeilGibson,aDHScontractor.AgentJonesconfirmedthevalidityofthe letter in the meeting on 3/11/09 in the presence of Mr. Riad and Mr. Oxford. Our team already had had multiple forensic examinations of the documents performed by experts,andarecompletelysatisfiedthattheboxes,thenotes,andthepapertheyareprintedonislegitimate.Separately,wehadalreadyconfirmedthattheserialnumbersarelegitimatenumbersforthosebonds,andthatthespecificpapertheyareprintedon is BEP paper (which has never been compromised). Therefore, Agent Jones, in the officesoftheUSGovernmentinIrvine,CA,actingonbehalfofICE,receivedbondsbelonging to Joseph Riad and refused to return them as he had agreed. These bonds have great value and Mr. Riad is entitled to compensation for the unlawful taking of Mr. Riad’spropertybyanofficialUSlawenforcementagent(namelyAgentJones).

WereceivedfeedbackfromGeneralCounselPaulWolfteichoftheBureauofPublicDebt in October 2009, that the bonds held by Mr. Riad were not counterfeit. This information was transmitted through Stuart Eizenstat, Burlington and Covey, a lawyer in Washington who used to be Deputy Secretary of Treasury under the Clinton administration.


8. Basis of Claim (State in detail the known facts and circumstances attending the damage, injury, or death, identifying persons and property involved, the place of occurrence and the cause thereof) (Use additional pages if necessary.)

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VI. A.J. Obara Forensic Report on Bond Bronze Boxes Joseph E. Riad

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VIII. Color Photos of Bronze Boxes Joseph E. Riad

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Exhibit 8A


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IX. Communications Between Complainant’s Team and Nick Jones of DHS Joseph E. Riad

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X. Color Photos of Bonds and Supporting Documents Joseph E. Riad

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X. Color Photos of Bonds and Supporting Documents Joseph E. Riad

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