Autographs America Brian Burkel - Michael Rigore Autographs America and convicted felon Brian Burkel selling fake Michael Jackson Memorabilia, Beattles, Springstein etc.. Maple Valley Washington
Autographs America and its owner Brian Burkel, aka Brian Burns, Michael Rigore among others has been defrauding many collectors for years.
They have been selling forged posters, drum heads, guitars and other memorabilia.
The FBI and Washington State Attorney General has several in depts investigations against Mr. Burkel and other.
www.allreaders.net and www.Ripoffreport.com have articles that may be of interests to the thousands of people who have been scammed.
Mr. Burkel who spent 8 years in prison recieved a degree in computer science. This is where he mastered photoshop to edit picures.
You may wish to join the others who have started lawsuits against this company. Included for witnesses are employees and close friends who have agreed to testify againt Mr. Burkle and other.
The persons who have been forging the signatures have been turned over to the FBI.
Continue to send complaints to FBI, Postal Inspectors and Attorney General
Person in picture is Brian Burkel, Brian Burns, Michael Rigore among other alies he uses.
FBI #206-622-0460
Paula
Seattle, Washington
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Shane
Queensland,Australia,
Australia
Heres my file with the DA
#3
Tue, August 25, 2009
Hello Mr Burns,
My Case listed below:
RE: Autographs America
File #: 342707
Dear Shane,
As you will note in the attached copy of the response we received, Autographs America declines to make adjustment of your complaint for the reasons outlined.
We realize you may disagree with the firm's position, but our office does not have the authority under the law to force a resolution on the parties. We regret that we are unable to provide further assistance to you in this situation.
We do not have the authority to represent individuals as their attorney, nor may we act as a judge or arbiter in individual disputes. You may want to contact an attorney if you wish to pursue this matter.
We appreciate your bringing this matter to our attention. Your complaint will remain a part of our record of this firm's business practices.
CYNTHIA J. LANPHEAR
Program Specialist 3
Consumer Protection Division
(253) 593-2658
Enclosure
From: Autographs America
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:37 AM
To: ATG MI Tacoma CRC
Subject: 342707 : A notice from the Washington State Attorney General's Office
Dear Cynthia,
Thanks for writing!
This person never purchased anything from us. Please note that we represent over 300 different collectors and this item may have come from one of them, but it was definitely not from us.
Ask this person to show you a Certificate of Authenticity from us for the item he has in his possession, and you will find out it was NOT from us. Since he bought it on eBay he should contact them to ask the name of the seller so he will know who to contact.
This person has been harassing us, and other organizations about this issue, and we will hot waste our time on something that is not our problem. He's posted lies on this allreaders.net < http://allreaders.net > web site, and we will be pursuing legal actions against him. He's made a mistake, and he won't admit it, and has been trying to make a federal case out of it.
Please note that any authenticators opinion is only that, and is meaningless in the real world. It is probably authentic, and this guy should be happy to own such an item. He should research the band's autographs and decide himslef, not let a biased company with few exemplars to decide this matter.
Best regards,
Michael Rigore
Autographs America
Customer Service
You know the powers that be wont do a d**n thing to protect the consumer and that we have to sue you personally, hence why we are trying to get a class action against you. I am still waiting on you to persue legal action for my "lying" and looking forward to my day in court.
If people want to read my story they can here: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~tekdesk/
Autographs America.com
Maple Valley,Washington,
USA
Autographs America.com sells authentic signed items
#3
Mon, August 17, 2009
Brian Burkel was once a musician, and once went by the name of Brian Burns as his stage name. Nothing is funny about this since many of his friends know him by this name.
There are no lawsuits against Autographs America.com If so, what is the complaint number, and state issued, so these readers can verify this information. It's not going to happen, because this is NOT true. Otherwise, the person that posted these lies would write back with this information. Let's watch for that. It's NEVER going to happen!
Mr. Burkel received a degree in computer science in prison? Wow, did you know you can get a college degree in prison. What a great story!
The persons who have been forging the signatures have been turned over to the FBI. Wow, another great development! What are their names so we can contact them? Please write back with this information. Is this going to happen: NO Why not? Because this is NOT true!
These are all great stories, IF they were true. Cmon, really!
Please note that our user agreement gives the Attorney General's contact information if you have a complaint about our business. We've had a few, and they have all been answered and the cases closed. Please read the terms and conditions before you buy from our business. Simply click on the word Register in the top right hand corner of the home page, or click this URL for more information http://www.autographsamerica.com/register.asp