Complaint Review: Gregory D. Lee - Sequim Washington

I contacted Gregory D. Lee about a matter related to the Illinois State Police District 5 undercover CPAT agents and their mishandling of their informant Jacob Wassner, and an illegal recording of me which they had conducted during their investigation in Will County, illinois.

We exchanged numerous emails where I explained the facts of the case in great detail, the things I was alleging, and exactly what evidence I had to substantiate those claims. I explained to Mr Lee that if he thought I was correct in those allegations, then I would hire him to write an expert opinion and an affidavit on my behalf. 

After explaining everything and answering his questions, Gregory Lee led me to believe that he agreed with my assessment and could write the expert opinion report and the affidavit I was looking for to substantiate those claims in court. 

Because of this, I sent him the documentary evidence, as well as the payment for his services.

What I got back was NOT AT ALL what I expected. First, he sent me an email back listing 5 "mistakes" officers made and told me he didnt know that I was the suspect of the investigation(why that would matter or be relevant to his services, I'm not sure).

Then he went on to criticize me and in his next email suggesting that I "focus on getting my head screwed on right" while I was incarcerated.

Aside from that, he never even wrote the report or affidavit I asked for.

He basically lied and misled me into hiring him and, after making sure the check cleared, sent me an email citing irrelevant and incorrect information about things in the reports in order to justify his new position. This made me question whether he had even actually read the reports at all. 

Despite feeling tricked by his bait-n-switch tactic, and despite the weak and incorrect reasons he gave for changing his opinion, I made several good faith attempts to resolve the alleged misunderstanding amicably. I asked that(eventhough I would have liked a full refund) he just please return the unearned $3,900 remaining from the $6,500, or, write the report and affidavit simply explaining the federal requirements and proper procedure for officers recording phone calls.

He did neither. Instead he told me the money was non-refundable, which he never told me prior to this in any of our almost 20 emails we exchanged over the course of 3 weeks. I feel this shows even more that his true aim and intent was deceptive in nature in order to obtain those funds, and it reflects his shady character. After all, if it was merely a misunderstanding, most people would do the right thing and at least refund the difference they hadnt done work to earn. Or even better, make it a point to tell people the important detail that funds are non-refundable.

Mr. Lee chose not only keep the portion of those funds he claimed to have worked for, but also keep the $3,900 unearned remainder, stating that he doesn't give refunds. Personally, I think that's bad business and he should be ashamed of such unprofessionalism.

He was aware of the difficult situation I was in and that my family and I didn't have much money, which makes me feel taken advantage of. I do NOT recommend his services to anyone unless they want to be disappointed. Aside from that, there are others in prison for wire/mail fraud for tricking people into sending them money under false pretense.