I have been ripped off by him in the past as well. I think pretty much anyone who has ever had anything to do with him has been ripped off. I can also tell you he has been in prison before for selling crack then again for guns. Also arrested for theft and stalking.

Billing ScamThis is the big one folks. The scammer will tell you that waiting for payments is unrealistic and you should be paid right away. They will offer to help you with this. When they sign up a client they will get advance payment. Of course what they don't tell you is you will be lucky to see 25% of that money. DO NOT LET ANYONE OTHER THAN A LICENSED COLLECTION AGENCY COLLECT FUNDS FOR YOUR BUSINESS.Scammers offer to take credit card payments for you as that is quicker. Trust me folks wait for Canada Post to deliver the check. It may take a few weeks but at least you will get it and can put it in your bank account and not the scammer's vacation fund.The scammer will also try for access to your bank account. NOPE NO DA NADA - ABSOLUTELY FRIGGING NOT. No one other than you or the accounting person you assign should ever ever have access to your bank account. You will be very poor and indebt very fast if you allow this.One question I was asked is how do you stop scammers from getting funds from your clients that you aren't aware of. Yup that is right they are collecting for extra stuff from your clients and pocketing all the money and you have no clue about. They get rich and you get poor.One of the easiest and most effective ways to stop a scammer is:Send a welcome letter to all clients. Yup that easy and that simple. In the letter put in about where all billing is to be sent and introduce yourself and make sure your email, phone number and extension number are on the letter and state clearly that you are the person to contact and that all payments are to be made out to your company and sent to your office address.Sounds simple doesn't it but it's not - you have to be on your toes. These scammers have been doing this for years and years and years and are never caught and never charged. There is a reason for this. Most companies are too embarrassed to admit they have been scammed so the scammer just keeps right on doing it.The average company is scammed for between $25000 and $500000.these guys are pros - it is how they live the high life and as far as they are concerned they are doing nothing wrong. It is just business.Of course you are out of business but they are in Marthas Vineyard sampling wine and don't give a damn about you.

Interesting; ryan has a lot on his 10-106 security facebook page about fraud prevention month and how to look for scammers and how they should be caught and arrested etc. Talk about calling the kettle black as he must have been looking in the mirror when he posted that. He has ripped our company off a lot of money and alot of other companies as well. Trust ryan as far as you can throw him. Fraud prevention month, ya ryan your one to talk you defrauded a lot of businesses.

Just to make a point, cutting and pasting is proof of exactly nothing... so I thought I'd demonstrate using Ryan's own post......... FYI our BBB Rating:Complaint Type Total Closed Complaints Advertising / Sales Issues 391 Billing / Collection Issues 709Problems with Product / Service 834572356 Delivery Issues 0 Guarantee / Warranty Issues 40545Total Closed Complaints 34895734592374958

FYI our BBB Rating:Complaint Type Total Closed Complaints Advertising / Sales Issues 0 Billing / Collection Issues 0 Problems with Product / Service 0 Delivery Issues 0 Guarantee / Warranty Issues 0 Total Closed Complaints 0