WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.780 We caught the petition fraudsters on Skid Row in Los Angeles on video accessing an online database 00:06.780 --> 00:18.600 of registered voters and giving names of registered voters from that database to the 00:18.600 --> 00:24.160 homeless to impersonate those voters and signed petitions in other people's names. 00:26.440 --> 00:31.880 Committing felony election fraud and forgery all for $3 a piece. 00:32.280 --> 00:36.740 We showed this footage to disenfranchise voters whose signatures were forged on the petition 00:36.740 --> 00:39.500 and those voters say throw the book at them. 00:39.500 --> 00:42.720 Now I don't have to sign any other petitions anymore. 00:43.220 --> 00:46.960 Yeah prosecute them and I'm proud to believe in worse if they've done worse. 00:53.420 --> 00:57.720 Kim Higbee and I tracked down Brenda Brown to inform her that she's been committing 00:57.720 --> 00:59.980 federal felonies and election fraud. 01:00.200 --> 01:03.200 You gave cash for a voter registration form you know it's a federal crime right? 01:03.460 --> 01:05.560 Who do you work for? Who's giving you the cash? 01:05.920 --> 01:06.620 Join the good guys. 01:06.620 --> 01:09.460 Join us. Be a hero, blow the whistle on it Brenda. 01:15.260 --> 01:21.300 Here you go. We turn off all recording devices as requested and go inside. 01:21.880 --> 01:29.640 And using the information she provided to us we tracked down the people that hired Brenda Brown. 01:29.820 --> 01:34.280 If we do something wrong out there we should be prosecuted. 01:34.280 --> 01:39.980 Tony Moore even mentioning the database they were using sigvalid.com. 01:40.080 --> 01:42.500 There's a data app that they use too. 01:42.840 --> 01:43.960 Sigvalid.com. 01:44.280 --> 01:45.340 Sigvalid.com. 01:45.440 --> 01:46.800 You want me to tell you what the problem is? 01:46.960 --> 01:47.680 What is it? 01:48.120 --> 01:50.300 We catch people all the time doing fraud. 01:50.700 --> 01:52.720 The state does not prosecute. 01:53.580 --> 02:00.100 If there's no consequences to what you're doing doesn't matter. 02:09.310 --> 02:12.910 Over the past few weeks my team and I have been undercover in Los Angeles 02:12.910 --> 02:17.250 investigating an elaborate pyramid scheme involving election fraud, ballot fraud, 02:17.570 --> 02:21.510 unregistered petition circulators, identity theft, and signature forgery. 02:21.750 --> 02:23.730 All state and federal felonies. 02:23.950 --> 02:26.690 Well today we take you on another level. 02:27.010 --> 02:27.830 Deeper we go. 02:28.110 --> 02:32.370 We were able to record one of these fraudsters directly in the act 02:32.370 --> 02:35.990 of obtaining a false identity for a homeless person to use on a petition 02:35.990 --> 02:39.870 but he obtained it using a mysterious online database. 02:40.590 --> 02:46.170 The fraudulent petitioner selects Los Angeles, enters a zip code 90501, 02:46.510 --> 02:48.390 and then a generic name, Chris. 02:48.990 --> 02:52.230 It is safe to assume that there is a Chris in every zip code 02:52.230 --> 02:55.850 so these search parameters will give him multiple Chris's 02:55.850 --> 02:58.530 in the zip code 90501 02:58.530 --> 03:02.890 that he can get this homeless person to pose as on his petition. 03:02.890 --> 03:04.010 Okay I'm doing one here. 03:05.410 --> 03:13.180 Chris, I'll give you an anonymity. 03:14.040 --> 03:15.440 This is the last name you're going to use. 03:15.660 --> 03:16.700 You're not going to use your name. 03:17.460 --> 03:20.060 I mean I'm giving you a name because you don't use your first name. 03:20.780 --> 03:22.360 Okay so the last name will be 03:23.300 --> 03:29.440 C-A-S-T-T-E-L-L-O, address. 03:30.220 --> 03:33.460 The fraudster reads off Chris Costello's address 03:33.460 --> 03:37.840 which we are omitting from this report to protect that innocent person's privacy. 03:37.840 --> 03:44.220 You can see the URL of the website the fraudster is using online.sigvalid.com. 03:44.460 --> 03:48.160 My team attempted to access this site but we were met with a login page 03:48.160 --> 03:53.460 which begs the question how did this individual get access to that website? 03:53.820 --> 03:54.740 More on that later. 03:57.740 --> 04:00.500 The fraudster has now given the homeless person 04:00.500 --> 04:04.600 all the information he needs to sign the petition in Chris Costello's name. 04:04.600 --> 04:09.520 The homeless man will now forge Chris Costello's signature on the petition. 04:11.220 --> 04:14.540 The petition fraudster notifies his co-conspirator. 04:14.900 --> 04:18.940 The man is finished signing all of the petitions and they proceed to pay him 04:18.940 --> 04:24.960 $3 is all it takes in exchange for election fraud, felonies and forgery. 04:25.240 --> 04:28.140 We then went to the address that the fraudster read out from the website 04:28.140 --> 04:29.620 to speak to the current resident. 04:29.840 --> 04:33.780 His first name was not Chris but his last name was Costello. 04:33.780 --> 04:35.880 So I don't mean to alarm you. My name is Michael Casey. 04:36.060 --> 04:37.800 I'm with a journalist the O'Keeffe Media Group. 04:38.140 --> 04:42.260 We're doing a story on a fraudulent petition that's circulation going on. 04:42.380 --> 04:45.140 It's in Skid Row and your name is actually being used by some fraudsters. 04:50.860 --> 04:54.160 Costello he's folding up there and then wash. 04:55.460 --> 04:56.480 That's your address right? 04:57.340 --> 05:01.440 So there he is on a database right there pulling up your name and Torrance. 05:02.280 --> 05:03.240 Two bucks cash. 05:06.460 --> 05:08.880 I'm not signing no more petitions from the stores now. 05:09.060 --> 05:12.120 No, I'm not signing any other petitions anymore. 05:12.480 --> 05:16.740 You can confirm that that's your address, that's your name and everything 05:16.740 --> 05:19.460 and they took it but that was not you who signed it. 05:19.760 --> 05:23.080 That is my address, my zip code, my city, where I live at. 05:24.220 --> 05:28.820 And ever since I've been registered to Volson since 1996 until present 05:28.820 --> 05:32.800 I've never been to Skid Row like you asked. 05:32.960 --> 05:36.620 So do you believe, sir and ma'am, that these people should be prosecuted for this, 05:36.740 --> 05:39.440 you know, for stealing people's identities and everything and sign this illegally, you know? 05:39.760 --> 05:43.520 Yeah, prosecute them and I'll probably believe in worse if they've done worse. 05:43.960 --> 05:45.720 Yeah, the governor is now saying he's going to investigate, 05:45.900 --> 05:48.020 the federal government's going to investigate it now. 05:48.220 --> 05:49.480 The whole governor, the new one coming in. 05:50.780 --> 05:51.920 You never know, right? 05:52.240 --> 05:53.540 That's why I said which one, because remember, 05:53.680 --> 05:56.560 he might be out of office by the end by this next election. 05:56.560 --> 05:59.040 I appreciate your time, sir, is there anything else you want to say? 06:00.200 --> 06:01.780 Everybody be careful what you sign. 06:02.460 --> 06:02.580 Yep. 06:08.700 --> 06:14.780 You may remember this woman, Brenda Brown from our previous piece on the scheme. 06:15.000 --> 06:18.640 We went to her address to make her aware that we had recorded her in the act 06:18.640 --> 06:21.480 and that she was not only violating California election law 06:21.480 --> 06:23.780 but also committing a federal felony. 06:23.780 --> 06:27.320 We're in Brenda Brown's apartment complex. 06:28.680 --> 06:31.700 That's the individual who paid cash for registration. 06:32.440 --> 06:34.220 That's a federal felony and we're at her door. 06:40.860 --> 06:42.380 Hey, Brenda Brown. 06:42.800 --> 06:43.280 Yes, sir. 06:43.480 --> 06:44.480 Hey, may I talk to you for a moment? 06:45.080 --> 06:45.440 How you doing? 06:45.580 --> 06:45.960 How you doing? 06:46.460 --> 06:47.180 James O'Keefe. 06:48.480 --> 06:48.800 Is this video? 06:49.140 --> 06:53.620 No, no, this is the cash that you gave for registration form. 06:53.800 --> 06:54.700 It's a federal felony. 06:54.940 --> 06:57.500 It's a federal felony to give cash. 06:57.920 --> 06:58.820 Oh, by the end? 06:58.820 --> 06:59.900 So what's going on now? 07:00.880 --> 07:01.740 This is you on tape. 07:02.060 --> 07:02.780 So what's going on? 07:03.060 --> 07:05.940 What's going on is that it's a federal crime 07:07.160 --> 07:09.860 and the Department of Justice is looking into this because 07:09.860 --> 07:12.080 you gave cash for a voter registration form. 07:12.160 --> 07:13.180 You know it's a federal crime, right? 07:14.500 --> 07:15.180 So what's going on? 07:15.380 --> 07:15.880 What's going on? 07:15.960 --> 07:19.180 Well, what's going on is I'm a journalist and I published a video about it. 07:19.980 --> 07:20.740 That's you, right? 07:20.980 --> 07:21.680 Ask you why you did it. 07:22.020 --> 07:22.660 Why did you do it? 07:23.560 --> 07:24.580 Who do you work for? 07:25.220 --> 07:25.960 Who's giving you the cash? 07:26.340 --> 07:27.020 Join the good guys. 07:27.480 --> 07:27.940 Join us. 07:27.940 --> 07:28.820 Be a hero. 07:28.980 --> 07:29.840 Blow the whistle on it, Brenda. 07:30.060 --> 07:30.720 Come to our side. 07:30.920 --> 07:31.280 Take it off. 07:33.440 --> 07:36.400 You could be a hero and tell the world who's giving you the cash. 07:36.980 --> 07:37.960 We want to work with you. 07:39.060 --> 07:40.600 I'll talk to you, but I'm going to talk to them. 07:42.000 --> 07:42.260 Okay. 07:43.420 --> 07:43.740 Okay. 07:44.320 --> 07:44.520 Okay. 07:45.060 --> 07:45.420 Very good. 07:45.540 --> 07:46.000 I'll do that. 07:47.640 --> 07:48.580 Here you go. 07:53.000 --> 07:53.800 Just me, right? 07:54.040 --> 07:54.620 Yeah, come on. 07:54.800 --> 07:55.300 I'll be right back. 07:55.940 --> 07:58.900 Brenda Brown did not agree to speaking on the record, 07:59.020 --> 08:02.460 but she did surrender some very interesting documentation to us. 08:02.580 --> 08:06.820 Brenda handed us a stack of petitions which she had not submitted yet 08:06.820 --> 08:09.060 and something immediately caught our attention. 08:09.400 --> 08:13.040 Under declaration of circulator, Brenda hadn't signed it herself. 08:13.340 --> 08:18.640 It was instead signed by a man named Stephen Nelson, along with his address. 08:19.060 --> 08:22.840 So we tracked down this Stephen Nelson to figure out why. 08:23.140 --> 08:24.060 How do you know Brenda? 08:24.580 --> 08:30.940 I just met her right outside my apartment and she was just going to the bus stop. 08:31.260 --> 08:37.180 And I said, why don't you make a little extra money doing signatures, but doing chemistry? 08:37.740 --> 08:39.380 So we started doing it. 08:39.840 --> 08:45.480 But what I didn't know Chloe is that she was going downtown Los Angeles 08:45.480 --> 08:51.800 with around some of the homeless people and paying them to sign the petitions. 08:53.580 --> 08:56.080 I never went down there with her. 08:56.260 --> 08:57.880 I never knew she was doing that. 08:58.520 --> 09:04.720 And it's a little bit my fault because I was supposed to keep a tight eye on her 09:04.720 --> 09:07.960 because I didn't want to sign off on the petitions. 09:09.960 --> 09:13.140 I immediately cut all ties with her. 09:13.620 --> 09:20.740 Since they found out about the lady, he said he couldn't accept any more petitions from me. 09:21.240 --> 09:22.400 Oh, I see. 09:22.660 --> 09:23.540 Yes, ma'am. 09:24.080 --> 09:26.280 So these are the ones that you've done yourself? 09:26.700 --> 09:27.060 No, no, no. 09:28.240 --> 09:31.600 Mrs. Brown, she did those when she was not complete. 09:31.880 --> 09:33.100 So these are all from her? 09:33.580 --> 09:34.080 Yes, ma'am. 09:34.220 --> 09:38.500 Stephen Nelson claims that these petitions were filled out and delivered to him by Brenda Brown. 09:38.740 --> 09:42.460 Notice that the Declaration of Circulator has not yet been signed. 09:42.700 --> 09:46.660 This backs up what we noticed on the petitions that Brenda Brown surrendered to us. 09:46.660 --> 09:52.380 That Stephen Nelson was signing as the circulator despite Brenda Brown doing the circulating. 09:52.640 --> 09:57.280 This is what Brenda Brown was referring to when she called it all a quote pyramid game. 09:57.520 --> 09:59.240 So it's like a pyramid game. 09:59.580 --> 10:02.420 If I were to hire you, you'd be under me. 10:02.560 --> 10:04.200 Yeah, I'm under him and you're under me. 10:04.520 --> 10:08.860 Now, all of this is in violation of multiple California state laws, 10:08.860 --> 10:13.440 including Elections Code 104, which specifically refers to the Declaration of the Circulator 10:13.440 --> 10:16.900 and states quote, each section of the petition or paper shall have attached to it 10:16.900 --> 10:20.720 a declaration signed by the circulator of the petition on paper setting forth 10:20.720 --> 10:22.680 and the circulator's own hand the following. 10:22.900 --> 10:26.660 But the circulator circulated the section and witnessed the appended signatures being written. 10:26.900 --> 10:29.040 You would sign the bottom of them, right? 10:29.320 --> 10:29.820 Yes, ma'am. 10:29.940 --> 10:30.240 Okay. 10:30.380 --> 10:30.780 Yes, ma'am. 10:30.860 --> 10:35.620 And do you know by signing, you're declaring that you observe these people signing? 10:35.860 --> 10:41.280 Do you know that you are declaring that you saw this person sign the petition? 10:41.280 --> 10:45.000 I would say 80 or 90% of the time I did. 10:45.460 --> 10:48.600 And did you know that she was also registering people to vote? 10:49.180 --> 10:53.960 Well, I told her not to do that, but she would come back and have 10:54.740 --> 10:57.900 all those registration forms that I kept on there. 10:58.480 --> 10:59.880 That's too much paperwork. 11:02.540 --> 11:07.100 And to make it easier for us not to do that, just get the signatures. 11:07.700 --> 11:09.440 I never knew she was doing that. 11:09.440 --> 11:15.120 As soon as I did, I cut ties with her at the station and I talked to her since. 11:15.420 --> 11:18.040 Another document that Brenda Brown gave us was a paycheck. 11:18.480 --> 11:22.120 The paycheck was from a company called One More Petition. 11:22.420 --> 11:27.880 It is primarily operated by Tony Moore, the man whose signature is on this check. 11:28.240 --> 11:32.720 On One More Petition's business profile, Tony Moore is listed as the only principal 11:32.720 --> 11:36.640 employee, so he caught up with him to get his opinion on Brenda's actions. 11:36.640 --> 11:40.720 I wanted to ask if you have seen the story that was published? 11:41.380 --> 11:41.640 Which one? 11:41.840 --> 11:44.260 About Brenda Brown, her right there? 11:44.560 --> 11:44.960 No. 11:45.980 --> 11:48.900 Does she work for you? Did she work for you before? 11:49.080 --> 11:51.780 I have a copy of a check and we paid her. 11:52.280 --> 11:53.200 Okay, yeah. 11:53.760 --> 11:55.220 She still works for you though, right? 11:55.640 --> 11:58.080 She did. She hasn't turned in in a long time. 11:58.380 --> 12:01.720 Because you know, Brenda was paying in Skid Row. 12:02.120 --> 12:02.800 There's a video. 12:03.300 --> 12:03.700 Yeah, I know. 12:03.920 --> 12:05.280 That's why we don't deal with her anymore. 12:05.280 --> 12:07.960 Because she found out that she was paying cash. 12:08.120 --> 12:08.700 Can't say that. 12:09.060 --> 12:09.460 Okay. 12:09.660 --> 12:10.960 I can't say anything about that. 12:11.180 --> 12:14.000 Because she was paying two to three dollars to... 12:15.160 --> 12:19.240 And that is illegal and she should be fined and she should be sent to jail. 12:20.060 --> 12:21.680 That's my opinion on it. 12:21.780 --> 12:22.480 Yes, Mr. Moore. 12:22.820 --> 12:28.700 If we do something wrong out there, we should be prosecuted. 12:29.040 --> 12:32.640 The journalist then questions Mr. Moore on whether he is aware that the petitioners 12:32.640 --> 12:34.400 are not just paying the homeless to sign, 12:34.620 --> 12:38.000 but also providing them with fraudulent names and addresses of registered voters 12:38.000 --> 12:41.820 and asks where they might be getting that information. 12:42.140 --> 12:47.780 Some people will go to the roll, they actually go down to one of the cities 12:47.780 --> 12:50.120 and get the registers roll. 12:51.320 --> 12:52.340 Okay, I've seen... 12:52.340 --> 12:54.360 This is a data app that they use to... 12:55.300 --> 12:55.420 Yeah. 12:55.460 --> 12:57.980 This seems to be extracted from the DMV. 12:58.300 --> 12:58.580 Correct. 12:58.940 --> 13:00.700 And we use that all the time. 13:01.440 --> 13:02.220 You use it? 13:02.220 --> 13:02.780 Oh, yes. 13:03.140 --> 13:04.400 For what reason? 13:04.920 --> 13:06.880 To check to see if they're registered to vote. 13:06.900 --> 13:07.260 To vote. 13:07.440 --> 13:08.660 And what is that app called? 13:08.860 --> 13:09.300 What is that? 13:13.740 --> 13:14.760 Sigvalid.com. 13:15.160 --> 13:16.200 Sigvalid.com. 13:16.320 --> 13:20.560 You heard right, Tony Moore names Sigvalid.com. 13:20.680 --> 13:24.540 The same Sigvalid.com that we caught fraudulent petitioners using 13:24.540 --> 13:26.380 to find registered voter names and addresses 13:26.380 --> 13:29.020 and then giving them to the unregistered homeless 13:29.020 --> 13:30.460 so that they can forge their signatures. 13:30.460 --> 13:34.660 Tony Moore goes on to claim that Sigvalid is open and accessible to the public, 13:34.800 --> 13:37.280 which we already know is not true. 13:37.400 --> 13:39.780 And who provides you guys that login? 13:41.100 --> 13:42.700 It's open to anybody. 13:43.380 --> 13:46.320 I try to get on it, but I'm not able to. 13:46.780 --> 13:48.080 Yeah, Sigvalid.com. 13:49.060 --> 13:51.680 Yeah, it's open to everybody. 13:52.420 --> 13:55.540 It's interesting because you need a username and a password. 13:55.880 --> 13:56.860 I don't have that. 13:57.060 --> 13:59.360 Well, now you need a username and password to get onto 13:59.360 --> 14:00.180 our databases. 14:01.000 --> 14:05.560 They were captures on video of them using that particular app. 14:05.820 --> 14:07.160 Sure, everybody uses it. 14:07.180 --> 14:09.900 But they're needing a username and a password. 14:10.240 --> 14:10.420 Right. 14:10.740 --> 14:12.100 No, well, I don't. 14:12.580 --> 14:13.400 Nobody else does. 14:14.200 --> 14:14.760 You shouldn't. 14:15.640 --> 14:19.460 Tony Moore goes on to claim that these petition circulating companies 14:19.460 --> 14:21.580 catch their employees committing fraud, quote, 14:21.900 --> 14:24.720 all the time, but the state never prosecutes. 14:25.020 --> 14:28.620 I'm very glad if Brenda is doing something wrong. 14:28.620 --> 14:30.200 It's not just print out. 14:30.360 --> 14:34.100 Mr. Moore, I understand that, but I'm saying there's hundreds of 14:34.100 --> 14:35.780 all there's going to grow in everywhere. 14:36.060 --> 14:37.460 You want me to tell you what the problem is? 14:37.620 --> 14:38.300 What is it? 14:38.760 --> 14:40.920 We catch people all the time doing fraud. 14:41.320 --> 14:43.320 The state does not prosecute. 14:45.700 --> 14:50.380 So why should these people care if the state isn't going 14:50.380 --> 14:52.660 to come through and prosecute these people? 14:54.820 --> 14:58.840 If there's no consequences, that's why the consequences that we 14:58.840 --> 15:02.480 find when we find something, we put them on the note by list 15:02.480 --> 15:07.740 and they can't they can't do petitions in California anymore. 15:08.640 --> 15:10.420 They can go to other states and do it. 15:10.420 --> 15:16.940 If there's no consequences to what you're doing, it doesn't matter. 15:16.940 --> 15:24.580 Especially now paying and providing the homeless person a 15:24.580 --> 15:26.320 registered voter's name and address. 15:26.540 --> 15:27.720 That is against the law. 15:28.040 --> 15:29.100 Yes, it is a felony. 15:29.380 --> 15:32.860 It is a felony, but if nothing happens with it. 15:33.860 --> 15:38.860 Now we happen to agree with Tony Moore's closing statement here. 15:39.020 --> 15:41.940 If there are no consequences or disincentives, 15:42.080 --> 15:43.940 then nothing really matters. 15:43.940 --> 15:47.480 If there are no consequences, then why do we even have these laws? 15:47.640 --> 15:49.560 Or do we even live in a nation of laws? 15:50.000 --> 15:52.160 Nobody has been arrested yet. 15:52.300 --> 15:56.160 I've promised you that arrests would be coming because these crimes 15:56.160 --> 15:59.200 are so egregious and so non-circumstantial. 15:59.320 --> 16:00.720 It's directly on tape. 16:01.080 --> 16:02.580 It's incontrovertible. 16:03.060 --> 16:05.060 There must be arrests. 16:05.240 --> 16:09.100 Otherwise we are entering a post-constitutional republic 16:09.100 --> 16:11.480 and frankly entering a constitutional crisis. 16:11.480 --> 16:15.940 There were police officers who visited my headquarters yesterday 16:15.940 --> 16:19.340 to give me some type of papers to hold me accountable, 16:19.420 --> 16:22.260 but we need to see the people who've committed the crimes 16:22.260 --> 16:25.640 and committed the fraud, felonies, misdemeanors, federal felonies. 16:25.800 --> 16:27.380 They need to face accountability. 16:27.760 --> 16:29.640 And if you witnessed fraud like this, 16:29.700 --> 16:32.880 whether it's on Skid Row or deep inside the government, 16:33.100 --> 16:35.760 if you have information, please reach out to us, 16:35.780 --> 16:39.840 especially since the Treasury Secretary has announced incentive 16:39.840 --> 16:43.540 for whistleblowers, perhaps this is the only path forward 16:43.540 --> 16:46.620 to make this type of investigative reporting sustainable. 16:47.220 --> 16:55.100 That's tips at okeethmediagroup.com or our tip line on signal at 914-491-9395. 16:55.200 --> 16:58.780 That's 914-491-9395. 16:58.920 --> 17:02.220 All right, let's talk healthcare because the system is a total mess. 17:02.600 --> 17:04.440 Do you really trust your insurance company? 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