Lane von Herzen: Apparent Third-party Tampering with Online Tax Documentation

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.

Monday, June 19, 2023

Apparent Third-party Tampering with Online Tax Documentation

OIG Hotline, please be apprised that there appears to be repeated third-party tampering with my online tax account connected to my family home on Cape Cod. Paid tax and utility bills, which have been labeled as "Closed" have been moved into the "Open Invoices" category.

This happened once before, and I was able to verify that all bills were paid by calling the Town Hall Collector's Office and recording the conversation.

On this particular occasion, today is a holiday, and Town Hall is closed.

In the meantime, FBI affiliates are actively threatening some combination of flooding and/or arson at my family home at 40 Gansett within the next 48 hours.

A late tax or utility bill would allow my home insurance company, MPIUA, a signator to Infragard, to cancel my policy -- a harm which has long been threatened by FBI affiliates as a means of forced divestment and impoverishment.

Perhaps my communicating this particular form of far right predation will prevent harm to my home from being perpetrated at this juncture.

Thank you for allowing me to document these concerns with your Office.

I hereby certify that the foregoing information is true and correct.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams

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