UST Development, Inc. UST, Inc., UST Dry Utilities, US Telecom, David Bell, Branden T. Bell, Christopher Bell, Darcy Woolman Liars, Cheets and Theives! Ontario, California

To quote from Popehat a website.

the North Dakota Office of the Attorney General has issued a cease and desist order (and notice of right to request a hearing on the order) to UST Development, its various entity aliases and alter egos, and to David Bell individually, accusing them of consumer fraud. The Attorney General's press release, and news stories discussing it, are available on the internet and are quickly contributing to UST's and David Bell's overwhelmingly negative web presence. Good job, North Dakota.

Businessesfrom all over continue to receive these invoices. 

There areseveral things that are notable about the latest iteration of the UST scam invoice. First, notice that Bell and UST have sent them out in 2012 this establishes that Bell and UST continue to send the invoices knowing that recipients find them deceptive, knowing that they violate Federal law, and knowing that multiple consumer complaints have been lodged against them. Notice also that UST has transitioned to a new Post Office Box Box 970 in LaVerne, California. Hopping from address to address and from box to box is typical of mail fraud schemes. Notice that the language has shifted slightly again. The gibberish non-disclaimer disclaimer remains, in an even more deceptive form:

"Thank you for your business, this warranty covers preventative maintenance on all telecom systems equipment, including, telephone instruments, switches, routers, and cabling."   By the way how in the heck does one sell a warranty (something usually invoked when something goes wrong) for preventative maintenance for ALL equipment - really?  Also, how does UST a California entity the various iterations of which have gone bankrupt plan on providing services in Kansas and Minnesota and Louisiana? They've also added the deceptive "Term: Net 10 Days," which typically denotes that a business expects payment in 10 days for services already rendered, usually implying that this is under a preexisting agreement with a vendee. UST and Bell have simply removed some deliberately misleading language (like the suggestions of service on multiple occasions, or the suggestion that the invoice is past due) with new and different deliberately misleading language. This, too, is typical of mail fraud schemes.

Let's hope some additional states step into the act, and let's hope California and the feds step up, as they should have long ago.

Meanwhile, David Bell's pretrial hearing in his criminal case was continued yet again until April 19,2012, probably because he retained a new attorney. Such delays are typical.

It appears that Denis Baranowski, an attorney who used to be the registered agent for service of process for UST Development, Inc., has resigned from that role. That was the prudent and ethical thing do to.  He may also want to review his role as registered agent for service of process for California Consultant Group, Inc. with care, as it appears to be another UST/Bell entity.