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A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime 

     Initial work in this series was recognized with an LA Press Club award in 2022. In 2023, the series was selected as a finalist for Floodlight, an initiative by Fundación Gabo

and the Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project.

NOTA EDITORIAL: Esta serie de investigación galardonada con un premio del LA Press Club en 2022 fue producida por Aitana Vargas para Investor News entre 2021 y 2026. A continuación reproducimos el trabajo original, acompañado de los documentos y las fotografías que forman parte del expediente. En las próximas semanas, iremos difundiendo las entregas completas, las cuales se divulgaron públicamente después de que la justicia de Los Ángeles desestimara intentos judiciales por parte de una de las presuntas implicadas, Hadari Oshri, de prohibir su publicación. Este trabajo está protegido por la Ley de Protección de Periodistas de California (Cal. Const. Art. I, § 2(b); California Evidence Code § 1070). La Cronista no renuncia a ningún privilegio o derecho al proceder a su difusión. 

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AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a frivolous civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against me to stop the publication of my investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, I filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike Oshri’s CHRO petition. In a hearing held on September 13, 2021, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Doreen Boxer granted my anti-SLAPP motion and denied Oshri’s civil harassment petition for failure to sustain the applicable burden of proof. CA's powerful anti-SLAPP statute mandates that the losing party, in this case Oshri, pay the prevailing party's attorney’s fees. She also declined to go on a recorded interview or provide statements via email. And what follows are the next installments of my months-long investigative series whose publication Oshri desperately attempted yet failed to stop. Oshri is currently the CEO of Gula World and creator of the mushroom supplement Mind Master. Rottkov is the head football coach at Portland High School in Maine.

Investigación Especial: Hadari Oshri, Marc Lubaszka, Dylan Rottkov & Patrick Seller

"It's been ten years of desperation" - Steve Gern

"Your publication (Aitana) may be the only satisfaction any of us ever receive"  - David Coonrod

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May 30th, 2021

PART I: Marc Lubaszka, the ultimate white-collar conman on the run: From a Hollywood Hills mansion to Venezuela’s illegal gold mines and back

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November 12th, 2021

PART II: Marc Lubaszka’s nonexistent private jets failed to deliver PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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November 14th, 2021

PART III: Pursuing flash money, rapper Dylan Rottkov (aka Dylan Raw) partners with conman Marc Lubaszka and becomes his patsy

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February 22nd, 2022

PART IV: Hadari Oshri allegedly linked to attempted $370M nonexistent PPE COVID-19 scheme

The Investigation

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March 10th, 2022

PART V: Hadari Oshri deactivates LinkedIn account following PPE exposé

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April 2nd, 2022

PART VI: Hadari Oshri sued for copyright infringement in 2017

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April 9th, 2022

PART VII: A 2019 court case against Hadari Oshri exposes her dodgy, aggressive legal maneuvers

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August 13th, 2022

PART VIII: Hadari Oshri and Patrick Seller sued for $225K for non-delivery of COVID-19 i-home test kits

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May 14th, 2023

PART IX: Hadari Oshri’s Gaya Ventures site claims she’s joined forces with convicted businessman Orlando Birbragher in new biz venture

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May 27th, 2026

PART X: Digital forensics firm says affidavit filed in Hadari Oshri's court case "altered," not authentic. 

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July 26th, 2026

PART XII: Offshore corporation Complaints Board wipes out all victims' complaints against Lubaszka after falsely tagging them "resolved"

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August 13th, 2026

PART XIII: Investigación Especial: Hadari Oshri, Marc Lubaszka, Dylan Rottkov & Patrick Seller

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August 27th, 2026

PART XV: Offshore corporation Complaints Board restores victims’ complaints against Lubaszka after falsely claiming the thread was deleted due to “prolonged inactivity”

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September 2nd, 2026

PART XVI: Separate coasts, same scramble: how Dylan Rottkov & Hadari Oshri are flying away from their Fly Private X collapse

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PART: COMING SOON

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PART: COMING SOON

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PART: COMING SOON

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July 7th, 2022

THE AWARD: Hadari Oshri's meritless legal plan and sloppy PR campaign  backfired 

The Legal Journey: The Court Records & Legal Battles to Suppress this Investigation

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September 15th, 2021

PART I: Hadari Oshri loses anti-SLAPP court battle to award-winning news correspondent Aitana Vargas

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October 13th, 2021

PART II: Hadari Oshri’s losses mount up as she fails again to silence her victims

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November 9th, 2021

PART III: The Legal Bullies Club - The SLAPPers: Featuring Hadari Oshri

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March 15th, 2022

Published Series Chronology

May 30th, 2021: Marc Lubaszka, the ultimate white-collar conman on the run: From a Hollywood Hills mansion to Venezuela’s illegal gold mines and back

September 15th, 2021: Hadari Oshri loses anti-SLAPP court battle to award-winning news correspondent Aitana Vargas

October 13th, 2021: Hadari Oshri's losses mount up as she fails again to silence her victims

November 9th, 2021: The Legal Bullies Club - The SLAPPers: Featuring Hadari Oshri 

November 12th, 2021: Marc Lubaszka’s nonexistent private jets failed to deliver PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic

November 14th, 2021: Pursuing flash money, rapper Dylan Rottkov (aka Dylan Raw) partners with conman Marc Lubaszka and becomes his patsy

February 22nd, 2022: Hadari Oshri allegedly linked to attempted $370M nonexistent PPE COVID-19 scheme

February 23rd, 2022: Hadari Oshri portrayed herself as an expert in global supply chain and PPE during the worst pandemic to hit the world since 1918

March 10th, 2022: Hadari Oshri deactivates LinkedIn account following PPE exposé

March 15th, 2022: La reportera Aitana Vargas pide 23.000 dólares en honorarios tras pulverizar la querella mordaza de Hadari Oshri

April 2nd, 2022: Hadari Oshri sued for copyright infringement in 2017

April 9th, 2022: A 2019 court case against Hadari Oshri exposes her dodgy, aggressive legal maneuvers

May 23rd, 2022: Aitana Vargas’s exposé on Hadari Oshri nominated for journalism award

June 25th, 2022: Aitana Vargas walks red carpet at tonight’s LA Press Club awards gala

June 26th, 2022: The exposé Hadari Oshri and her attorney tried to stop wins LA Press Club award

July 7th, 2022: Hadari Oshri's meritless legal plan and sloppy PR campaign backfired 

August 13th, 2022: Hadari Oshri and Patrick Seller sued for $225K for non-delivery of COVID-19 i-home test kits

May 14th, 2023: Hadari Oshri’s Gaya Ventures site claims she’s joined forces with convicted businessman Orlando Birbragher in new biz venture

May 27th, 2026: Digital forensics firm says affidavit filed in Hadari Oshri court case “altered,” not authentic

June 27th, 2026: Brute force attack on La Cronista after release of exposé into Hadari Oshri's and Marc Lubaszka's alleged PPE fraud

July 26th, 2026: Offshore corporation Complaints Board wipes out all victims’ complaints against Lubaszka after falsely tagging them “resolved”

August 13th, 2026: Investigación Especial: Hadari Oshri, Marc Lubaszka, Dylan Rottkov & Patrick Seller

August 20th, 2026: The unvetted football coach: Portland High appoints Dylan Rottkov despite ties to alleged corporate fraud

August 27th, 2026: Offshore corporation Complaints Board restores victims’ complaints against Lubaszka after falsely claiming the thread was deleted due to "prolonged inactivity"

September 2nd, 2026: Separate coasts, same scramble: how Dylan Rottkov & Hadari Oshri are flying away from their Fly Private X collapse

PRESERVATION EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD EXISTING CONTENT TO THIS PAGE.

PRESERVATION OF RECORDS: Screenshots, source documents and published versions of this investigation are being contemporaneously archived at the Internet Archive (archive.org) for public record and evidentiary purposes. 

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