Jim Reid, Con Man
In the late 1980’s, I worked for a company called Vestronix. We built a C source code generator, called PRO-C. During the period of time I worked there, our stock went from pennies, to over $4.00/share, and back to pennies. Many people (including yours truly) lost their shirts. The company’s business plan was suspect, to be sure, but it was the combination of a group of overly enthusiastic stock promoters, and the work of a fraud artist, that caused the meteoric rise and fall of the stock. You see, Jim Reid forged contracts, which company officials naively booked as revenue. So, Jim was convicted and spent 19 months in jail in 1993. In 1995, the principal promoter of the stock, Rob Kelly, was also convicted and fined $257,000.
Jim’s back, and he’s back at it! This complaint alleges fraud on a scale that makes the Vestronix fraud look just plain silly. It makes for fascinating reading.
December 1st, 2005 at 11:27 pm
Bastard struck again recently! Hardworking, innocent people have again been dragged through the mud by this unethical jerk. 20+ consultants laid off because of his fraudulent activities.
December 5th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
So what do you suppose he does with all the money??
December 8th, 2005 at 9:53 am
The good news is that Jim is being detained at a half-way house in Boston pending his trial. The US Attorney’s office (federal crimes) has a case against him Jan. 23, 2006. He has been in jail since last Thursday.
January 4th, 2006 at 11:44 am
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Copyright 2004 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd.
The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario)
August 14, 2004 Saturday Final Edition
SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. F1
LENGTH: 1404 words
HEADLINE: Controversy dogs tech salesman; Waterloo sales consultant denies he
misled local company
SOURCE: RECORD STAFF
BYLINE: ROSE SIMONE
DATELINE: PUSLINCH
BODY:
   When Jim Reid arrived on the doorstep of Digital Frog International Inc. last
December, Celia Clark thought her prayers had been answered.
   The small company, which Clark runs with her husband Peter, was heavily in
debt despite the award-winning educational software that it makes.
   Digital Frog needed a big sale to continue developing its products, but it
didn’t have the money to hire a full-time salesman.
   Then along came Reid, of Titan Software Sales in Waterloo, who contacted the
Clarks after reading a profile of their company in the newspaper.
   Reid presented himself as a well-connected salesman who was willing to sell
Digital Frog’s software on a commission basis.
   ”An impressive commission-only salesman seemed like the answer to our
prayers,” says Clark.
   It doesn’t seem like that now.
   Clark says Digital Frog is in worse financial shape than before, having spent
hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars trying to land sales deals that didn
‘t exist.
   Her story, she says, is a cautionary tale for other small businesses.
   What Clark and her husband didn’t know when they engaged Reid to sell their
software was that he was the same James E. Reid who had twice been convicted and
jailed for falsifying sales contracts in 1981 and in 1993.
   He was also under investigation in the U.S. for more recent allegations,
which led to charges this past spring. On April 27, Reid was indicted in a
Massachusetts federal court and arrested at the border while trying to enter the
U.S. from Canada.
   The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Reid engaged in a scheme to defraud
his former employer, Firepond Inc. of Waltham, Mass., by fabricating sales
contracts with three Firepond customers between March 2001 and June 2002.
   Meanwhile, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a civil
lawsuit over the same incidents. The SEC alleges that Reid used elaborate
schemes to evade detection, including using impostors to mislead Firepond
employees into believing a fake contract was legitimate.
   Reid, who is out on bail, told The Record that his lawyer advised him not to
comment on the latest charges.
   But he denied Clark’s allegations and said he never misled Digital Frog.
   ”I said to them over and over and over and over again that there are no
guarantees of any business until the money is in the bank,” Reid said in an
interview.
   ”What we have . . . is a company that was desperate, who had their happy ears
on and was looking to do business,” he said.
   ”They saw me as a saviour. I worked diligently for them; I did not
misrepresent anything that they did or couldn’t do.”
   Clark disagrees.
   When Reid first approached Digital Frog last December, Clark says she had no
reason to be wary of the affable salesman.
   Between December and April, Clark says, Reid convinced her and her husband
that he was working on a couple of big deals for Digital Frog.
   She says her staff spent nearly 1,600 hours on meetings, software
improvements and proposals for deals that Reid said were in the works.
   She also says the company spent about $9,000 on business trips for Reid.
   Then, near the end of April, Clark opened a copy of The Record and saw a
story about Reid’s arrest in the United States and his previous convictions in
Canada.
   She checked into the deals that Reid said he was working on for Digital Frog
and she says she discovered that there was little or nothing there.
   Some meetings Reid told her were happening never took place or were never
scheduled to happen.
   ”We were shell-shocked,” says Clark.
   She cites a deal that Reid says he was working on with the Nestle Foundation,
a Switzerland-based research institution that was started by the giant Nestle
S.A. but operates independently from it.
   Clark says Reid had Digital Frog convinced that he had set up a meeting for
May 6 to formalize a sales deal involving customized software for the
foundation.
   ’COME BACK WITH A CHEQUE’
   Reid also told them, says Clark, that several representatives from Digital
Frog had to be ready to go to Switzerland to meet Nestle officials and “come
back with a cheque.”
   Staff at Digital Frog worked feverishly to prepare for the meeting, says
Clark. They developed a software prototype, web screens for a “World of Nestle”
component, and a customized online tool, all on Reid’s advice, Clark says.
   After Clark found out about Reid’s criminal past in late April, she says she
contacted people at both Nestle S.A. and the Nestle Foundation.
   She was told the foundation was not aware of any meeting with Digital Frog
and there was no indication the organization would ever consider the company’s
proposal.
   Clark discovered that Reid had contacted Tim Wolfe, corporate contributions
manager for Nestle S.A., and that Wolfe had told Reid that he should send the
Digital Frog proposal to Elisabeth Muller of the Nestle Foundation.
   In an e-mail exchange with Muller, Clark learned there was no meeting on May
6; that Muller never spoke to Reid; and that Muller was not aware of the
Digitial Frog proposal until Clark contacted her.
   DENIES REPORT OF MEETING
   Reid denies ever telling Digital Frog that there would be a meeting in
Switzerland in May. He also denies that he ever claimed to have talked to
Muller.
   Reid does say, however, that after speaking with Wolfe, he believed that
Nestle might be interested in Digital Frog’s software if the product were more
relevant to it, and so he tried to get Digital Frog to work to that end.
   Meanwhile, Clark checked into other meetings that she says Reid had suggested
were taking place.
   She says Reid said he had contacts at software giant Oracle Corp. that could
help resurrect a previous effort by Digital Frog to sell educational software to
the California Department of Education.
   Clark says she received an e-mail from Reid on March 22 that said: “Oracle
meeting with CDE (California Department of Education) went well, have more
requirements, etc.”
   When Clark checked into it later, she learned that officials at the
California Department of Education had not met with anyone from Oracle about
Digital Frog.
   Asked about this, Reid gave The Record the name of Barbara Thalacker as his
contact at the California Department of Education.
   In an interview, Thalacker said she didn’t recall Jim Reid and that there
were no meetings she knows of between Oracle and officials from the California
Department of Education.
   Since ending their relationship with Reid in April, Clark and her husband
have laid off six employees and stopped work on newer versions of their
software.
   Celia Clark says her company was about $200,000 into its line of credit
before Reid came along, and she acknowledges that she may have had to lay off
staff regardless.
   But she says Reid made the company’s situation worse. Digital Frog would not
have invested so much time, effort and money for five months on these proposals
if Reid had not given them a reasonable expectation of a return, she says.
   ”Everybody understands when you invest in these things, there is a
possibility it is a waste of money, but you usually invest on factual truths,”
she says.
   FILLING SOFTWARE ORDERS
   The Clarks are now filling orders for the existing software to pay off the
company’s debt, and Celia Clark hopes that an educational software publisher
might buy the company or its intellectual property.
   She says she doesn’t plan to take legal action against Reid, but she says her
company’s story should be a lesson to other business owners.
   In hindsight, she says, she should have contacted the people Reid claimed he
was meeting on sales trips.
   She also wishes she had done more checking into his past. But she says when
her staff looked up his name on the Internet, “there was nothing to contradict
what he said.”
   Reid also gave Digital Frog a Power-point presentation with accolades from
well-known corporate figures such as Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive of
Research in Motion in Waterloo.
   But Balsillie told The Record he has never met Reid and doesn’t know anything
about him or his services.
   Although Digital Frog was skeptical of Reid at first, “we reasoned if he did
not get paid until we got paid, we had nothing to lose,” Clark says.
   ”It all seemed a bit too good to be true,” she says, “and my mother used to
say, ‘If it seems too good to be true, it usually is.’ ”
   rsimone@therecord.com
January 31st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Greetings Alex,
The third post in this blog topic suggests that Jimbo Reid’s trial might have been scheduled for January 23, 2006?
Are any of your readers able to provide an update on the outcome?
Despite being an executive leader or director of a church, JR is a fundamentally sick person, and it would be nice to know that US Justice eventually caught him, particularly when his slippery associates helped him evade potential convinction on more than 31 charges of fraud in Canada.
January 31st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Alex, I haven’t heard. I’ve actually revisited this topic once or twice as well. If anyone knows, I’d be interested in knowing more.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Alec,
Do you have any info or stories on Reid’s activities or companies that he has worked with in the last couple of years?
February 15th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Digital Frog and Firepond are the only ones I was able to uncover.
April 16th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I just met a “Jim Reid” from Waterloo, Ontario in Toronto who was recruiting for a startup business called Increase Sales Effectiveness (www.increasesaleseffectiveness.com). The moment I shared with him that something was not quite “Kosher” with his business and his professionalism, he was agressive, abusive and rude. Not sure if it’s the same Jim Reid but it certainly sounds like it could be….
May 15th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Christine – I have been in talks with a “Jim Reid” from the same company – he is recruiting for his business. I was connected to him through a very good source. However, I received an “agreement” from him which is very vague and am having it looked over by my colleague, who is somewhat taken aback with this document, full of holes and not “concrete” at all.
September 4th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
are all his arrests for falsifying sales? any for identity theft? or other fraud?
September 4th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Cole, I’ve only ever heard of fraudulent sales.
September 5th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Cole – do you ask because you have some information regarding identity theft? Jim is a sick person who should be stopped from harming others and their businesses.
September 6th, 2007 at 8:27 am
no, my friend was in contact with him and just concerned for her personal financial security. Cole
September 8th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Contacted the US District Court regarding the complaint filed by the SEC against Reid for the Firepond fraud. A “final judgement by default” was rendered and Reid was ordered to pay a total of $263,641.39 for “ill-gotten gains”. This was on December 3 2004.
So what was post #3 referring to? I can’t find any reference to another action or trial anywhere.
September 8th, 2007 at 1:04 am
The final judgement I found above was for the civil suit filed by the SEC.
The criminal case against Reid for Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud appears to be ongoing. Looks like this is what post #3 referred to. Most recent activity listed in US Federal Court system is from November 13 2006 when Reid’s lawyers advised the court that he is “in Canada, in a hospital”. At that time the case was ordered to continue to trial “once the defendant is in the US and able to appear in court”.
September 9th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Stealth – thanks for the info. How are you finding all this? Is it something I can do as part of due diligence before hiring or associating with independent business people?
September 10th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
FYI- I was hired by Jim Ried (and yes, its the Jim from waterloo) to work at a company “Mulvany Attard & Associates”. They were a small software company in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He talks a big game, but eventually if was found out that he indeed was forging documents and mislead sales opportunities. He once even asked my to make a call pretending to be from FEMA once, to another one of “clients”. He sells himself as a software conslutant to go in and revamp or help grow the company. Anyway, he didn’t succeed he too much damage but he is still at it.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
This same Jim Reid from Waterloo forged contracts and purchase orders for a company that I worked for in Mississauga called “[redacted]“. This caused the company to do a large layoff effecting may peoples lives. The president of this company testified against Jim at his trial. I can’t believe that he is back in Canada ripping people off again.
Run from this guy, do not do business with him. He’s a criminal.
September 11th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Mark, the person I contacted at the US District Court told me that all public documents for ALL trials in the United States can be found on a system called “PACER”. It didn’t make sense that they directed me here since they included a copy of the civil trial judgement with their e-mail. I figured it was a hint that I could find more info on Reid.
It costs $0.08 per page to access/view, and you have to give them your credit card, but it’s well worth it when you find out this kind of info.
I just wish I could figure out how to get this sleazeball into the US without getting myself charged with kidnapping…
September 12th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Just an update on the criminal case. I spoke with the docket clerk at the District Court in Massachusetts to confirm that the warrant is still outstanding and valid. It is. Basically it sounds like if Reid sets foot onto US soil he’ll be arrested on the spot, shipped back to Mass, and held for trial. The clerk doesn’t know if extradition has been requested – I’d have to call back to the US Attorney’s Office to find that out, which I still might do. I’m thinking that if there’s anything I can do to help get this guy behind bars it’s worth it!
When I was speaking with the clerk he asked for the docket number and name. When I told him Reid’s name the clerk said “oh THAT guy”! Can you believe it? How many cases must a docket clerk deal with on a daily basis? For him to remember Reid makes me think that he must really be trying to screw the court around. Nice of him to give Canadians a blight by being such an asshole.
Two good things are coming out of this blog. First, the new activity on this blog has moved it waaaaay up in the Google listings so people are much more likely to find it when doing a search on this creep. Second, it’s probably somewhat therapeutic for many people to see that justice still might be served.
I for one will continue to provide updates on anything I hear.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Stealth – you are true to your handle – way to go!
I am betting that he will seek refuge in Canada and if he were to be arrested in Canada would fight extradition. That said, from what i know about extraditions, if the Canadian authorities were also pursuing a case against him, or had reason to believe he were committing similar crimes within Canada, they’d have no qualms about shipping him stateside.
What i don’t understand is his motivation to scheme in this way, as it is guaranteed to fail if in the end there is never a sale. Is he just an egomaniac trying to forestall failure? I am not a criminal psychologist but I just don’t see what is to be gained long term from his behavior – he never gets away with it! It makes no sense to me, but then again I’m not an unethical jerk.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:58 am
Okay, this just keeps getting better.
Apparently Reid’s current company, Increase Sales Effectiveness, is making a complete farce of itself with something he’s calling a “Solutions Seminar Series”. He’s holding a bunch of sales seminars across Canada right now. Content sounds pretty neat, but nobody’s showing up! I heard that the sponsors and presenters were expecting almost 100 participants, including over half from relationships that Reid claimed he had with Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM. Ended up that only about a dozen people showed up! Sounds like suddenly everyone realized just how full of crap Reid is and they’re going to pull out of the seminars.
Now that’s gotta cost a lot of money… Unfortunately it’s likely everyone else that will suffer because you can bet dollars to donuts that he’ll bounce cheques all over the place. I heard he’s been doing this with paycheques for the poor staff for quite a while and taking weeks to get caught up…
Mark, you ask where is motivation is? My guess is it’s desperation from a desperate “man” (yes, in “” because a real man wouldn’t pull this kind of crap – he probably kicks his dog, hits his wife, and drives drunk too). Who knows – maybe everything with this ‘Increase Sales Effectiveness’ is 100% legit and above board and he’s using it to try to make money to live. But it sure looks like he’s been lying through his teeth to make himself sound like Mr. Wonderful.
More details to come…keep coming back so the Google search moves him higher and higher in the search so nobody else gets caught up by him…
September 13th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Just confirmed with the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston that they ARE PURSUING EXTRADITION OF MR. REID!!!
It can be a long process, and he most certainly will fight it, but the US Government wants him badly enough to invest the time and money to try to get him onto US soil for the trial!
September 19th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Jim Reid is about as close to a Sociopath as any of us will get. He could and should be featured in a book like Snakes in Suits, but that would likely just feed his ego.
Having “worked” with him and having gotten screwed over by bounced cheques, I think the sad reality is that in Jim’s convoluted world, he may actually start to believe he’s closing deals. And in a working environment, when you confront him with the truth, or dare to point out the inconsistencies in many of his own statements, he just claims that he never said that, or that you misunderstood, or commences some other evasive and deceptive actions to avoid accountability… And then he begins to feed more off his own ego, or others’ fears, and this makes him more unscrupulous or arrogant.
He is a depraved individual with little conscience and no integrity. If he’s supposedly in hospital, its likely because he’s duped or conned a kind-hearted medical professional into believing he’s actually sick, instead of a rotten con-man. I hope the US Justice system prevails in securing his extradition. He belongs in jail or some other type of asylum … the sooner the better. Sayonara Jim and good riddance.
September 20th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Hey, nice to find some people to commiserate with. Jim Reid came to us at Digital Frog in 2003. He offered to try and generate some sales for us, completely on spec. Said he was retired and looking for something to occupy his time. He falsified something like 3.5 million in sales. Wasted huge amounts of company time in creating prototypes for imaginary contracts. He put an amazing amount of work into creating documentation for the fake contracts. The only thing he got out of us was a trip to Switzerland, but never any actual money. Still, it was enough to permanently cripple the company.
Anyway, here’s a photo of the bastard, for anyone curious.
http://www.sciencematrix.com/jim/JR.jpg
What say we get him drunk and drive him across the border ourselves?
September 20th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Don’t know that that would work, Simon. At the time I knew Jim he was a recovering alcoholic. Didn’t touch the stuff.
September 20th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Hmmm, maybe you are right. I don’t remember it ever coming up. Well, I wonder if there is any way to petition the Canadian government in support of extradition. Certainly, if he is banned from the States, that means he’s spending his time preying on Canadian companies. Not good for the economy, I say.
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Well it does indeed look like “Increase Sales Effectiveness” is imploding around Mr. Reid. Staff are jumping ship left and right because of bounced paycheques, the presenters for his “Solutions Seminar Series” have pulled out (again, bounced cheques), and even the Canadian Professional Sales Association has terminated its endorsement of the seminars (guess what – more bounced cheques!). The CPSA has even revoked Reid’s membership in the association!
Shouldn’t be long until all Reid has left is himself trying to peddle his “consulting” services. No more software distributorships, no more associations with professional organizations, nothing. Just an extradition order working its way through the system.
October 10th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.
I’d like to see Jim personally incarcerated and then impersonally violated – perhaps like a Turkey, but I digress.
On another happy note of things to be thankful about, I wonder how many of the companies listed in his website of past clients feel about “endorsing” a known felon and a serial con-man? PO’ed I reckon.
On the good news frontier, the US should be able to obtain an extradition order, as it is only through their own good will that Jim was released after being arrested in Buffallo. If the long arm of the law was flexible enough to let JR travel back across the border, then I’m certain it can reach in and grab the bloody bastard. Perhaps by the US thanksgiving, we can all be more thankful too.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Sounds like a job for “Dog The Bounty Hunter”. Does anyone know how we can get a hold of him? I’m sure he’d love to help out. !!!
October 15th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Looks like his site is down – no money for hosting?
Anyway, I am sure someone here knows where he lives.
October 29th, 2007 at 3:08 am
A bit overdue for an update, so here goes.
My Sept 22nd post has indeed come true. Mr. Reid doesn’t have much of a business left. He’s left a long trail of bounced cheques to employees and suppliers. Lots of talk about small claims court, the Ministry of Labour has several active files, and the local police might even be looking into his activities.
For anyone who has been burned by Mr. Reid’s despicable business ethics, there IS something you can do. Write a letter detailing what he did to you (it doesn’t have to be long) and send it to:
Victor A. Wild
United States Attorney’s Office
John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Suite 900
Boston, MA 02210
USA
victor.wild@usdoj.gov
Be sure to reference Case Number 04CR10031WGY – United States of America v. James E. Reid.
The letter won’t play a role in extradition or during the trial for this case, but it WILL be taken into account when sentencing Mr. Reid. If the court sees that Mr. Reid has continued to screw people over, the sencence will likely be increased versus what it would be otherwise.
The maximum sentence for each count that Mr. Reid is facing is 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. For EACH count! He is facing TEN counts! I doubt that someone like Reid would get the maximum, but regardless he’s looking at some serious time!
One other thing that absolutely blew me away. The US court documents even have an ALIAS listed that Reid uses – Donald Reid. Incredible!
Hunter, Reid is really easy to find. The business address for ISE that is listed on the website (which is back up by the way) is his home in Waterloo. And K, I’m sure you’re right that the companies listed on Reid’s ISE website would be less-than-impressed to know about his ethics. It wouldn’t surprise me if someone put a bug in their ear…
November 6th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
If you google James E. Reid, this is at the top:
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/comp18682.htm
Very interesting read…
December 18th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Well, thanksgiving has come and gone – doesn’t appear the readers of this thread have much to be thankful for… It has been 32 months since his arrest and 24 months since his second apprehension and yet he is still free. Justice does not move swiftly; still no sign of extradition.
January 4th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Greetings,
Thanks to everyone for their comments, and for helping keep this vigil alive. While justice may be slow, it should arrive … eventually. In the meantime, congratulations and thanks to Alec for creating this forum, and thanks to all of the people who’ve posted remarks and visited. At the very least, perhaps a few would-be victims also managed to find their way to this site, and thus, have not fallen prey to this loathsome scumbag. I just hope that the authorities are vigilant and not duped by Jim’s bogus claims of poor health. Apart from his weight, the only thing wrong with Jim is his psyche, his lack of integrity, and his habitual sociopathic tendencies. Let’s keep this fat old bastard on google’s radar, and hope for the best in 2008. Who knows, perhaps some of the decent folks at the Church of the Good Shepherd can pray along. If the FBI dude’s prevail, some folks near Jim’s cell may yet get to hear the fart lardy sing.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Does anyone know what happened to the site provided in the first comment? It doesn’t seem to work anymore.
February 18th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Mr. Reid’s home in Waterloo, Ontario has been for sale for the past few weeks. MLS #0811915. Asking $334,900.
I wonder if that’s enough to pay back what he owes to everyone? Not that he’d use the money for that I’m sure.
My big concern is that he’ll disappear and nobody will be able to find him to execute the extradition order once it makes its way through the system.
Any ideas?
February 18th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Hey, I just tried going to the website for Increase Sales Effectiveness. It’s gone.
If you try entering it in Google, the first hit says “We regret to inform you that Increase Sales Effectiveness is no longer in business.”
Not much of a surprise there, but adds to my concern that Reid is going to try to run. Unless the extradition has already gone through and he’s been arrested??? Does anyone have a way of finding this out?
February 19th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
No extradition yet. He is still at his home. Its not like he’s hiding. He is just waiting at home for something to happen I guess. Hey maybe he’ll get a conscience and turn himself in.
As for his house, I pity the people who buy it with all the leins against it!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Looks like he sold his house…..no longer on MLS.
BTW – site is up and running?!
March 20th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Just a little note of thanks to Alec, and all of the others that posted on this blog.
We ran into Jim recently, and his manner of doing business left us seeing red flags and hearing alarm bells.
As a result, we thought we should do a little research.
Your site verified our concerns!
Thanks again, and keep up the good work!
kudos
March 26th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Woohoo! That’s great that this forum is making a difference.
Even if one person is spared the load of crap that is Jim Reid it’s all worth it.
It will be sooooo sweet when the various authorities finally catch up with him.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Anyone know the latest status on Mr. Reid? I’ve heard he’s trying to claim that he’s been in hospital for the past three months, but I know someone who saw him at an event in Waterloo a few weeks ago.
Anyone know for sure if he’s in or out of hospital? My guess is he’s trying the hospital thing to try to avoid getting hauled in!
May 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
He has absolutely not been in the hospital for the past 3 months.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Does anyone know if Reid has any sons? Particularly interested if he has a son David? I’m pretty sure he only has 2 daughters?
Anyone know for sure?
Thanks!
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Regarding children, Jim has two daughters and no sons. One lived in Waterloo and the other worked / taught / conducted research at McMaster University.
Regarding hospitalization, this too has to be another ruse to avoid accountability. I hope he’s running out of tricks and that the authorities don’t believe his excuses.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Thanks K. It’s been verified by a number of different people that Jim does only have the 2 daughters, and that he has NOT been in the hospital.
At least one Ministry is closing in.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Apparently Jim has been to visit emerg with chest pains but there have not been any admissions in the last 3 months. Since his bypass he has not been cleared by his MD to return to the states.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
He was in fact admitted to the hospital in late February for his heart.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Heart problems ehhh. Not a guilty conscience. Anyone dealing be careful of him. Not a very nice person. There is a police file on him now in North York.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Jim was working with my Mother-in-law on a product she was trying to market. I had a conversation with Jim and decided to see if his company “Increase Sales Effectiveness” was effective or not. I did a quick search via Google and found this site, needless to say I was shocked. I told my mother-in-law to get him out of the house, but in a strange twist he confessed once she confronted him.
So he is out of her hair, but whats to stop him from doing this again? She is out some intial seed money, but that’s it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
Jacc – what’s the police file in North York about? Something already mentioned here, or something new?
Blair – Glad your MIL only lost some initial seed money. It could have been much much worse. Another person “saved” by this blog. Woohoo! That’s great news.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:33 am
I was the first person to comment on this post. The website was taken down by MSN due to liability reasons. It detailed my former company’s experience with Jim Reid’s fraudulent activities and some mockery of him using photos of him undressing himself during a company event where he was completely drunk.
September 12th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
By the way, these websites are affiliated to Jim Reid:
Titan Software Sales
http://www.sectorpages.ca/r/1047768_2/Titan-Software-Sales.html
If you look at the phone number and do a search using that parameter, you will find the website below. Looks like Jim’s trying to make up for his insanity by volunteering? He needs to volunteer himself to an insane asylum.
http://www.volunteerkw.ca/report.php?MenuItemID=20&ListType=Volunteer_Positions_Special&ID=16364
The funny thing as well is that he refers to 400 Mossom Place, Waterloo as his office address for Titan/Increase sales effectiveness is also related to Firepond:
http://wikidomo.com/waterloo_on/places/812983/firepond
400 Mossom Pl
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
N2K 2G8
(519) 747-9998
Is he still using Firepond as a fake company?
October 12th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
j;m reid attempted to scam our bussiness by means of carribean cruise, he talked me into advertisin g with higher budget than i everf would have used.
November 24th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Does this Jim Reid have an English accent? There’s a Jim Reid living in Bridgewater Nova Scotia and he sounds a lot like this guy. Does anyone have a photo?
November 25th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Curious — different guy.
December 29th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I am wondering what this guy looks like. Anyone have a picture? I met with a Jim Reid today regarding a job opportunity.
Thought I would google the name and this is what I got!
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
He’s old fat with grey hair. His skin is a bit reddish.
January 14th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
He works with Tim Chadwick http://www.ckcon.com/ who is another con artist.
January 28th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Jim Reid was seen by a friend of mine on the 25th of January at the new Walmart in Waterloo. He recognized my friend as a customer at the Commercial Tavern and said hi and how are you doing? He said he was looking for a place to get a haircut. I told my friend I wish he’d come and see me, I’d love to get close enough to him to give him a haircut. He’ll get his sometime soon I’m sure. Wishing to get my hands on Jim Reid, I remain, Paul Weber.
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Hopefully they ran into each other when Reid said, “Welcome to WalMart! Would you like a cart today?” However, Reid could probably find a way to scam someone even as a WalMart door greeter.
February 5th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Paul,
I enjoyed reading your post. My only regret was that it was you that signed it, and not, perhaps, a Mr. Sweeney Todd. Hopefully Jim’s still charming them at the Church of the Good Shepherd. He needs all the friends he can get, and of course, WalMart shoppers too.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Shortly after Jim attempted to scam us , here at the Commercial Tavern in Maryhill, Ontario Canada, I managed to help stop a new scam he was starting involving Flannagan Food Servive, Keybrand Foods, and a seafood store named TJ’s Seafood in Kitchener. One of the owners of TJ’s was in touch with me a few months back and said that the nervy bastard still goes into their store on Saturday mournings to buy their smoked salmon. This after he took the family run bussiness for 2,000.00 in ‘’seed money”. The man wasn’t sure how he should handle the situation. I told him with the way our bussiness has been suffering the last while, inpart thanks to our good ”friend” Jim Reid, if he’d let me know the next time he’s there, I’m pretty sure I could think of a way to handle the ‘’situation”. Oh well, just another thing to dream about while I try to keep my floundering bussiness afloat. Thanks for everything Jim, hope to see you again soon. If uopu think the smoked salmon is good, wait till you get a taste of what I’ve been cookin’ up for you here at The Commercial Tavern. Faithfully Yours, Paul Weber.
February 5th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
”uopu”, that is a different way of spelling ”you”. That sort of thing happens to a man who’s not that good on a keyboard in the first place, but gets even worse when the mere thought of Jim Reid, just makes him madder and madder. Thanks for your patience and thanks for this great outlet. Everyone out there, stay vigilant, stay aware and lets get this bastard, and everyone else out there like him. Paul Weber
February 6th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
In the scam with Vestronix in 1995 when Reid got 19months in prison,it mentions that another Waterloo local – Rob Kelly was fined $257,000 for promoting the stock.I believe he also received minimal jail time.
I am trying to find out more about Mr Kelly’s background(he still resides in the Kitchener area) and his activities,stock promoting and otherwise.I have the sense that he is like Jim Reid and wreaks havoc,mayhem and misery as he fleeces people with abandon.
Myself and some others may have been scammed “a la Bernie Madoff”by Rob Kelly.
If anyone can supply any insights or history on this character it would be a great help as we consider our options.GeorgeT.
February 18th, 2009 at 8:13 am
What I see when reading this blog, is a group of people driven by greed to gain success, power and MONEY. I also see a group of internet tough guys, since his address is posted, why don’t you go do something about it. Jim Reid might be the scum of the earth, cause he will lie, cheat and steal from anyone and everyone includung his own family, but that doesn’t change the fact that all of you people wanted was power, success and wealth, which doesn’t mean that your criminal, just naive and desparate. If you think Victor Wild is sending his men to come get him, your sadly mistaken, they believe him……so all of you affected that became unemployed, I think you have a new goal in life now, but do you have what it takes accomplish this new goal? I think not. Your only demeaning, and threatening behind a screen and keyboard. John player
February 19th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
John “Player”
There is only one reason why people like me come to this blog: They have searched for info on Reid, and came here to learn more, vent, and hopefully prevent the perpetuation of his fraud. It would seem your purposes are far different: You have searched “Jim Reid” and post a message which attacks those who have a legitimate grievance, which in fact means you are defending Jim Reid. My Gosh! Imagine wanting power, success and wealth! You have no idea what you are talking about. Reid seems to want to acquire power, wealth and success too, but his means are not legitamate, whereas mine are legitimate. I am not driven by greed to gain success, I am driven to succeed by the value of success, something one of your mental midgetry and obvious poor ethics will never come to realize for yourself. It is you who seems to want to hide behind an Internet mask. I challenge you to post your real name and phone number. I promise you that I will call you and detail all I know on this subject. Afterall, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. In other words, put up or shut up.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:30 am
JP,
You’ve made some interesting remarks, but you’ve also reached some erroneous conclusions.
Regarding retribution, I do not believe that any of us would show up at JR’s house to extract some type of vigilante revenge. To do so would break many rules of legal and moral conduct, and would reduce us to a group of savage animals.
But we can still remain alert, share information, and in doing so, attempt to make other would-be victims aware of this scumbag’s antics, his fundamental lack of decency, and his pathological tendencies to screw anyone and everyone he can. As with any sociopath or bully, he starts to get off on it, and starts to believe that he’s invincible to the truth and immune from the consequences. I believe he’s deluded and wrong.
The other reason that I monitor the site is because I’m waiting to hear some good news, and I will celebrate the day when we receive a measure of justice and Jim receives punishment, when a rational judge convicts him and the long-arm-of-the-law manages to incarcerate him as required.
The only good thing to note is that it’s rather obvious that you’ve never been duped or cheated by one of his scams, as you would certainly register a different opinion.
As for Victor Wild, whoever he is, if he hasn’t been screwed by Jim yet, it’s only because (and perhaps miraculously) Jim hasn’t found a way to cheat him yet. … But Jim will try for certain …. 100% guaranteed.
In the meantime, thanks for posting John, and I’d recommend you quit defending a convicted felon and a serial con man. And if you don’t believe us, then enter a business deal with Jim yourself, and you’ll learn the truth too. AND then, you can do or say what you want but at least you’ll understand.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
John “Player” must be related to Jim Reid or is one of his accomplices. Nice try John “Player” now we have your name too! As if!
July 5th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Here, I reposted the picture we have of Jim Reid, for anyone interested. Beware! http://zebraspot.com/Images/JR.jpg
July 7th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Hey everybody! It’s been a while since I visited here, so thought I’d drop back in. Wow!
Who’s this “John Player” guy anyway? Interesting that people trying to earn an honest living are “motivated by greed, power, and money” and “naive and desperate”. Perhaps to make it on to Mr. Player’s list of people he admires you have to be motivated by greed, power, and money but use DIShonest means to achieve these goals. Gee, that’s a list I really want to be on!
All of us (well, with maybe an exception or two) are here to try to make sure that Mr. Reid doesn’t scam anyone else out of their hard earned money, their valuable time, or their reputations. Yes, we’ll resort to whatever LEGAL means we have at our disposal to pursue damages etc. But to go beyond that would be to stoop to Jim Reid’s level, something that all of us here (well, with maybe an exception or two) likely couldn’t do if we tried. But a new “goal in life”? Are you KIDDING me? Mr. Player, you appear to suffer from the same delusional thinking as Mr. Reid.
Victor Wild is the US prosecutor in Boston working Jim Reid’s case, and based on the check I just did on the US Department of Justice’s site, the case has NOT been closed. All Jim Reid was able to do was convince them that he’s too sick to travel to the States for the trial. If they catch him there again he’ll be done. Don’t believe me? Try to take Jimbo for a drive over the border sometime.
BTW, I’m almost 100% certain that Jim doesn’t have any assets in his own name, so there’s not much for anyone to go after. I feel very sorry for his wife – she must be in a dire situation to stay with a person like Jim.
I find postings like Mr. Player’s quite humorous. On top of being thoroughly out to lunch, he can’t even spell properly. Stay in school kids – you’ll be more effective at insulting people if you know how to use the language properly.
July 18th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
So I spelt the word desperate wrong sue me. As far as Mr wild , he has assured me that James will do his time or die trying. And for all of you, Stealth a well, you have no idea what Mr. Reid has done to me. Defending him I am not. He is a true sociopath, no doubt, but all of you people thought you could gain wealth by listening to your own dream, being spoke by someone else. James has stolen your life………….He killed mine.I want nothing more than to see this man perish, believe me.
July 21st, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I’m reading this blog with interest. As a small business owner, I can only hope this man doesn’t find me. Every small business could use a dream salesman, and I can see how it would be easy to get caught in his web. Especially if he doesn’t cost you anything. The Clark’s only paid travel expenses to or for Reid. No actual commissions, by the look of it. Weber paid out more in advertising than he could afford, but what did he pay Reid? And I don’t understand why Reid keeps going back to conning, when a good salesman could make a good, honest living. He wrecks companies, but doesn’t seem to gain a lot for himself. What’s the deal with that?
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:34 am
JP
It sounds like you need some help. No, I’m not stating that you’re sick or twisted or demented, but I am concerned about your remarks. In particular, two points are troubling.
1. You continue to denigrate victims for being naive, and perhaps suggesting that they got what they deserved due to their dreams of greed. Why are you mad at these victims? Are you not one yourself?
2. You state that “James has stolen your life. ….. He killed mine”. What rational observation is this supposed to mean? Again, does James’ conduct not make you a victim yourself?
In order for us to protect ourselves, are you advocating that we should all be wary and suspicious of people whom we meet, in case they too are sociopaths? I say “No!”
I’m not going to live like that, fearing for and seeking out the worst in people. I’m not going to stop working hard and collaborating with decent people. Perhaps along the way, I may get burned again. If so, so be it. But in the meantime, I’m waiting for someone like Mr. Wild, someone qualified and authorized to mete out some measure of justice, to do the best he can to hold JR accountable.
Seek some professional help JP, as a life is terrible thing to be killed, by anyone, anytime, anywhere. We’re all saying some special prayers for Jim. Good luck.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I’m glad to see this thread, and was directed to it by an ethical and very helpful business coach.
In the last 5 days I signed a contract for merchant credit card processing services through Jim Reid. Business name is POS Edge Solutions, operating out of the Toronto Airport Corporate Center, Mississauga Ontario. His business card lists him as a Business Development Manager.
I just received the POS (Point Of Sale) unit today (right on schedule actually), and Jim is scheduled to come and do a quick training session tomorrow.
So far, so good. All seems kosher on the http://www.pos-edge.com site as well.
I’ll be sure to keep my relationship brief, professional and well documented. I will also follow-up with his corporate office to be sure my contract is “in order” with all the correct bank account deposit details etc.
Thanks again for everyone’s help and information.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
On Monday, July 20, I received a phone call from a lady here in the Waterloo Region and she had been frantically trying to contact me since her husband and she were involved with our ”friend” Jim Reid . I will not name her or her pillow company, as I will leave that up to her to do on her own. But I could tell after our brief conversation that this is another situation of a hard-working couple trying to keep a struggling bussiness alive in these tough and trying times. I will not tell her story either, for her ”Jim Reid” assault is just in the infant stage. But thanks to this web-site and her luck in finding it, they have been warned and might save themselves some grief, heartache, and money. My point in writing is to let everyone know that this man has not relocated nor changed his awful ways. He is still in our area and it is bussiness as usual for him. To deal with Jim Reid would be like dealing with the devil himself. By the way, my last postdated cheque to ROGER’S Media cleared last month, and after about a year, I have paid my Jim Reid debt in full. I do not however consider James and myself even….. Thanks for your time, stay vigilant and beware. He’s still out there. Paul Weber Commercial Tavern , Maryhill, Ontario . Canada. 519-648-3644
July 24th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Thanks New_To_Jim
Thanks for the head’s up on JR’s location and latest venture.
Based on these details, I’ll be sure to check each and every POS / Debit device that I find in an ON establishment, and then I will never do any sales or transactions with that business.
There have been too many stories and incidents reported in the media where POS terminals have been tampered with, and honest people’s PIN #s and bank accounts have been compromised. To think that Jim, with his criminal record and dubious habits, is going to have access to people’s banking details is distressing at best.
Last, as the banks never divulge the identity of the tainted / possibly complicit establishments where these details get leaked/stolen, we’ll have to hunt diligently for the POS Edge logo to try to protect ourselves.
Given you’ve signed a contract already, I wonder whose going to protect you? Stay vigilant and good luck, and better luck to your customers who may also and soon become some of JR’s next victims.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Alex, thanks very much for your reply to JP. You saved me writing a similar post.
As for everyone else who continue to post here, thanks very much for keeping us informed on the latest antics of Mr. Reid.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Jim has been involved in the credit card business for about two years now with a few companies of different types. For each he first acted in a sales capacity where he sells point of sale equipment, cash registers, bank machines and the ability to transact with credit cards to stores and small companies. This has all been in Canada, however he did one stint using the internet and fax to sell to American stores. I believe he signed up American customers but never delivered any equipment or services to them. He typically does well at sales and quickly seeks a managerial position at these small financial companies. At this point he usually gets fired – probably in an attempt to abuse his power in some way. It is interesting to note that Jim was a key manager in the canadan division of a big company here in the US named heartland last year and was hastily relieved of his duties on the same day that it was announced that heartland was subject to the worlds largest ever credit card fraud. There must have been some involvement by him in this but there have been no arrests or investigation ever mentioned anywhere involving this insider. If he were involved he likley made a lot of money. The poster above says he is still in this type of financial credit sales. If we wait we will see him move up in this firm to management and eventually fired after being caught in some kind of fraud. Be careful where you use your credit card.
October 12th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I have been dealing with a Jim Reid from Venice Ca. He has a company called 321 Annuity but is not responding to emails and his business phone is disconnected. I paid him $2,500 for pre-set annuity appointments in June and did not get one single appointment.
I don’t know if it is the same person but if it is he is a crook.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
It is obvious that POS Edge Solutions does not due its due diligence in making sure that their employees do not have a criminal background. I spoke to the owner Mr. Zafar and he stated “Jim’s background has nothing to do with me, as long as he is making sales I will keep him working here”. I would not deal with a company that does not take into account the background of the employees and only cares about sales, not the customer!
October 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Jim has sold me a new terminal from his company 3 times in the last month. I dont mind continually getting a new terminal since he has promised to give me $100 for each time I let him switch. So far he has not paid me a dime. I am beginning to think this is a scam. He is wanting to do it again!
October 18th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Wilma’s comments prove that Jim has not and will never change. What a slime.
Wilma, I would switch terminal providers ASAP. If POS Edge doesn’t care about the background of their distributors, then what else are they up to? A company’s reputation rests with ALL of their employees and contractors, and Jim Reid’s reputation is worth absolutely NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING.
October 19th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I just got off the phone with Collective POS, where Jim is no longer employed. They are NOT happy with how him either. The courts will deal with Jim on that one.
I told Collective POS Manager about Jim’s new scam, of course, he was shocked. Pay up front for gift cards that NEVER arrive.
Suggested he should get in touch with all clients JR signed up to warn them about his new scam, avoid more victims and protect the Collective POS name.
Also, had a meeting with a group this morning and someone else who is well-known to the business community and mentioned Jim’s name. He was in touich with them last week via email about a possible other scam…will keep you posted if I find out what that one is.
The more people that know…the better off we all are.
Also directed the Collective POS manager and these other business people to this blog…cudos to the person who started it.
It is very sad that Jim has put his brilliant mind to corrupt use. He could probably make a heck of a lot more money if he used his creativity and pursuasive persona in a positive fashion.
What makes this fellow tick, I wonder?
October 19th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
By the way…POS Edge is the new gig for Jim. He stole all the contacts etc from Collective POS.
SInce Collective POS is now aware of Jim’s cons, perhaps they are a good source to turn to, just to avoid the Jim scams.
Please note that I am not promoting that company, I do not work for them or have any special interest…just offering the safe cuggestion to anyone who is fearful of Jim and his scamming tactics.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Wilma,
I congratulate you on seeing the light and protecting yourself. Sadly, I can’t help but wonder whether Jim replaced these units because they were [a] defective, or [b] compromised to possibly include some information gathering mechanism. Hopefully you and your customers will not discover that it’s the second outcome. Meanwhile thanks to everyone that keeps posting here.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:56 am
Alex, I’m afraid I’d have to agree with you response to Wilma, with regards to the replaced units. As soon as I read Wilma’s posting I remembered a conversation with Jim a year ago May. He was already in the midst of trying to screw me with his bogus Caribean cruise and talent contest, but at this time I still trusted him and talked quite freely with him. I was in the process of switching banks and had just found out that my new bank would not allow me to use a terminal which I now owned after a lease to purchase contract with my former bank. I wondered if he thought I would have any luck selling it or if it would be of any uise to any other bussiness. He quickly told me that I’d have to be very careful what I did with the terminal since some very valuable and serious information could be retrieved off of it, by someone who knew how to do it. He said it could be erased or de-programmed and that he could take it and have it done for me. I got busy with other things and still have the unit in my office, and it wasn’t until now that I thought about that conversation again. Things do become much clearer when you realize later what kind of snake, we’ve all dealt with in Jim Reid. Keep your eyes and ears open everyone, this man cannot be trusted. How can you tell if Jim Reid is lying to you? His lips are moving. Sincerely, Paul Weber
October 29th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Hi,
I have a bridal boutique and Jim gets me a new terminal every month. I just sign a new lease and a few other papers and someone arrives and installs the new one and takes the old one. You cant tell a difference they look the same. Jim is nice, he has recommended clients to me and lets me pay him directly in cash for the terminal and the processing. The only problem is the leasing company who keeps calling to say I owe them thousands of dollars, but Jim is getting this straightened out for me as he is in charge of collective pos and co-owner of the parent company. I was told he is a con and to look on here. This is all quite shocking. I think I am going to stop using him.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Mel, I hope you ran away from Jim Reid as fast as you could possibly go after reading this.
I also hope that you have some kind of protection against that leasing company. There is no way that Jim is going to straighten anything out for anyone but himself. He continues to work out scams that end up costing other people lots of time and heartache.
The whole scheme where a new terminal came every month HAS to be a scam. Jim’s making money with every new terminal and somewhere down the line someone is getting screwed – I just hope for your sake that it’s not you.
There was a story yesterday in Kitchener about a terminal in one of the local malls that had a skimmer device with a bluetooth transmitter right inside the unit. All the thief had to do was sit in the parking lot and receive the data from the unit. When I saw that I immediately thought of the posts here about Jim and debit card terminals. I wonder how many of the terminals that he has so “generously” arranged to be replaced every month actually had some kind of internal skimmer??? He has someone pick them up and VOILA – instant account access!
Is there any corporate logo etc on the units that Jim supplied? I’d like to know so I can avoid them like the H1N1!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Just a word of caution to all small bussiness owners in the Waterloo Region. Jim is still in our area, so no one is safe. Friends of mine saw him in Kitchener a couple of days ago driving a fairly new gold Jaguar. Jim always told me, Why be poor and look poor too…. Beware he’s always on the lookout for unsuspecting innocent people who are working hard to survive and just waiting for a lucky break. Take my word for it, Jim Reid is not the answer to your financial problems, rather just the start for many ,many more. Sincerely, Paul Weber
November 8th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Health Query
This forum is good, though I have a troubling question.
If Jim is in sufficient health to drive a new vehicle and to service retail accounts, then why is he in insufficient health to prevent being extradited to the US in order to face the legal system?
I hope there is not some short duration statute of limitations time limit on the charges against him. He’s already deliberately hurt too many people, and he deserves his karmic comeuppence.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I couldn’t agree more Alex. There are also several outstanding court and/or Ministry claims against Jim that remain unpaid.
I guess it’s time to make a few phone calls…
December 7th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I can promise you the statute of limitations is not an issue. Once a criminal filing is made the statute of limitations is no longer in play. Actually, there is talk in Boston about a Trial in Abstentia, in which if Mr. Reid fails to appear in court, the proceedings go on without him. If convicted, he would absolutely be sent to a US Federal prison which is capable of taking care of the infirmed. Canada and the US have a very strong and special understanding of this procedure. Mr. Reid may not be getting the best legal advice and may even be unaware of what is about to transpire. Comeuppence indeed.
February 7th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Well. Thanks to this blog and a curious mind I have been saved from this con man extraordiaire. I was searching for a cmiisioned sales re p in the KW area. I recieved his resume and did the pre screening by phone. Reid made it through. I met with him at the Holiday Inn in Cambridge. Your pic here is the man…somewhat older but that is the guy. His stories line up exactly to the posts. He even claims to play hockey with Mr Rim, Jim Balsilie. Name dropping and some strategic questions and note taking ensued. As I am not one to pull the trigger immediately I wanted to think things over and see what I could find out about him on the web. I owe many thanks to the posters here. I have not offered JR a job…and of course will not. Thank you Stealth, Paul Weber, Firepond and ALL of you.
March 1st, 2010 at 10:46 am
That’s great news Saved by the Blog! I’m sure everyone here will be happily chuckling as they read your post.
Interesting that Reid claims to be playing hockey! The last I heard he was on his death bed. What a miraculous recovery.