Lane von Herzen: URGENT NOTIFICATION TO OIG HOTLINE INVESTIGATORS

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

URGENT NOTIFICATION TO OIG HOTLINE INVESTIGATORS

"BRIAN" FROM MOLD RESTORATION HAS A CALLER ID OF GERIG VALERI, WHICH APPEARS TO ME TO BE A RUSSIAN NAME.

MR. VALERI JUST LEFT A MESSAGE ON MY HOME LINE WITH THE FOLLOWING EXACT CONTENT:

THIS IS UH BRIAN FROM RESTORATION ONE RETURNING YOUR CALL. MY APOLOGIES. I HAD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START THIS MORNING, SO I'M JUST GETTING TO THE PROPERTY NOW. I'LL BE THERE IN THREE MINUTES. I'M JUST TURNING ONTO QUISSETT AVENUE RIGHT NOW. UM YEAH SO I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL A LITTLE LATER. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE INDISPOSED FROM 10:30 ON. SO, I'LL GIVE YOU MY NUMBER, (631)-488-8072. BUT GIVE ME A CALL A LITTLE BIT LATER ON WHEN YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GO OVER EXACTLY WHAT I FOUND AND I'LL BE ABLE TO EMAIL ALL THE PICTURES OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I AM IN RECEIPT OF ACTIVE THREATS OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT RAID OF MY HOME IN CONNECTION WITH MY COMMUNICATION WITH "MOLD RESTORATION" AT (877) 949-4276 AND MR. VALERI AT (631) 488-8072.

I WILL NOT BE SPEAKING WITH EITHER OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AGAIN.

WHEN I CALLED "MOLD RESTORATION" THIS MORNING AT (877) 949-4276, THE NUMBER APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN, SUGGESTING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS IS A SHAM BUSINESS.

MY CALL WAS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED BY SOMEONE IDENTIFYING HERSELF AS AN EMPLOYEE OF "RESTORATION LOCAL," YET A THIRD BUSINESS NAME FOLLOWING "MOLD RESTORATION" AND "RESTORATION ONE." SHE CALLED FROM A NUMBER IDENTIFIED AS (888) 981-9860, AND THE EXACT CONTENT OF HER VOICEMAIL MESSAGE IS AS FOLLOWS:

HI, THIS IS RESTORATION LOCAL RETURNING YOUR CALL. IF YOU ARE STILL NEEDING HELP WITH YOUR MOLD ISSUE, WE CAN BE REACHED AT (888) 981-9860. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE NEED OIG HOTLINE INTERVENTION AT THIS TIME.

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.