Billie Winner-Davis, Reality Winner's mother, told Business Insider on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is attempting legal representation to aid the former Air Force language analyst contractor and Kingsville native Reality Winner with her case.
Winner pleaded guilty in 2018 to leaking classified National Security Agency information on Russia's alleged efforts to interfere with the 2016 election. She was found guilty of violating the U.S. Espionage Act and sentenced to five years in prison at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.
In 2016 following her separation from six years of active duty, Winner was hired by Pluribus International Corporation under an NSA contract to work out of Fort Gordon, Georgia.
According to ABC News, Winner printed a classified report detailing how Russian hackers allegedly “executed cyber espionage operations” on local election systems and mailed the documents to The Intercept.
She was arrested on June 3, 2017.
Amazing! Thank you. My daughter Reality Leigh Winner is yet another victim of this admin. Doing hard time for bringing the truth to light. #FreeRealityWinnerhttps://t.co/wU0sg3LeRs
Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to campaign violations and tax fraud in 2018, began serving his sentence in May 2019 at the federal penitentiary in Otisville, New York.
He has been under house arrest since July over coronavirus concerns.
Military.com stated that Reality’s mother sent a Twitter message that said “Cohen has asked another attorney to look at the case and for opportunities to help.”
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Better Business Bureau issues warning for Roku users in 25 states
May 15, 2020
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning people about a scam targeting Roku users.
Complaints about CaliGeeks, Inc. have been filed in 25 states.
Customers told BBB that CaliGeeks misled them into paying unnecessary fees to activate their Roku devices.
CaliGeeks has received 45 complaints in the last year.
Customers attempting to activate their Roku streaming devices and Roku-enabled smart televisions said that, after seeing an error message, they were directed to call CaliGeeks.
According to BBB complaints, once customers called CaliGeeks, representatives of the company posed as authorized agents or employees of Roku, Inc.
Customers said they were charged an unnecessary activation fee ranging from $79.99 – $249.99 and were led to believe that this fee was required to enable their Roku device.
“During the setup of a new smart TV, I was scammed by a ‘look-alike’ fraudulent company,” said a complainant from Mansfield, Ohio. “I am a trusting person … but situations like this really hurt society.”
Roku specifically advises against paying any fees to enable their devices and suggests that customers ignore any requests to do so.
If you paid a third-party to activate or access your Roku streaming device, here’s what you can do:
If you see an error message, make sure that you are calling Roku and work with them directly.
If you believe that you have interacted with a fraudulent website, email Roku at customer.advocate@roku.com.
Call your credit card company to request that charges be reversed.
Check your bank and credit card statements for inaccuracies.
Remove any software that the third party may have installed on your devices and run a malware scan.
Change any passwords for programs that you used on these devices, including the password to access your Roku.com account.
File a complaint with BBB.
File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.
Include the following information in any complaint: the website address of any fraudulent websites, phone numbers that you were prompted to call and details about how you were approached to pay the fee to install your Roku device.
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