Astute Satellite Installations - Melvin Terrell - Frederick Williams - Veronica Rand Ripoff, Dishonest, witholding wages earned, fradulent business practices Jacksonville North Carolina

Here is an update as of January 22, 2006.

>>>>This is a copy of the original demand letter mailed on 9/28/2004, which recieved no response and was thus followed by the court date. I simply requested the principal, with no interest or other expenses.

Dear Astute Satellite Installations,

I am writing to demand payment of the money you owe me. This money is due and owing because you signed a contract on 12 January 2004 obligating yourself to pay all sums owed to me within 90 days of employment termination. Employment was terminated on 21 May 2004, and the funds were due on August 21, 2004. If I do not receive $2575.00 within the next 15 days, I will be forced to pursue this matter in court. Please forward payment to the above address immediately to avoid any further action.

Very Truly Yours,

J--------

>>>>> This is a copy of the letter and documentation mailed on 22 January 2006 to Astute Satellite Installations.

01/22/06

Astute Satellite Installations
411 B Western Blvd.
Jacksonville, NC 28546

Dear Astute Satellite Installations and Frederick Williams,

I am writing to request payment of the money you owe me. This money is due and owing because you signed a contract on 12 January 2004 obligating yourself to pay all sums owed to me within 90 days of employment termination; and also because of the court judgment made on 12 December 2004 ( file # 04 CVM 2955) ruling in my favor and demanding full payment of the monies owed plus accrued interest on the principal. The monies were originally due on 21 August 2004.

This unpaid judgment will show up on your credit report, and will have a negative bearing until it is satisfied. Ignoring this issue will not make it go away, as this letter will attest. We will be taking further firm measures to collect the amount unless it is paid in full by 30 January 2006. A detailed break-down of monies due is listed below, as well as a copy of a report on this issue filed with the Bad Business Bureau and ripoffreport.com. We will also lodging a complaint with the Better Business Bureau concerning this debt, if it is not paid by the 30th of January 2006.

The breakdown below includes interest which has accrued at the legal rate of 8.00% for an unpaid judgment. The interest calculations were obtained from the following website: www1.aoc.state.nc.us/jpc/calculator.do

The amount we are requesting also includes court costs, associated travel expenses for the court date, collection costs and related materials. Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.

- J-----------

Breakdown of Money Owed

Principal owed, with court costs and accrued interest (see attached worksheet)… 2912.43

Transportation and travel costs for court date (travel, gas, time, hotel cost)....................340.00

Collection costs................. 50.00

TOTAL OWED: 3302.43

I would like to add this clarification, so as not to cause any confusion or misinterpretaion over what I have reported. I have no intentions of ruining the business of Astute Satellite, or the livelyhood of Frederick Williams. I hsve no malicious intent towards him, I simply demand full payment of what I am owed by law. I have listed the facts of the case as they stand. Frederick Williams has been dishonest and acted fradulently towards me, and this can and has been well proven. That he may also be dishonest towards others or has cheated customers/other employees has not and will not be gotten into at this point, and is simply a matter of my personal opinion.

Mr. Mauldener or Jason stated he made a verbal agreement with Frederick to quit in two weeks but his contract clearly stated that he was to give a 30-day written notice before he quit which gave the company time enough to reassign all work that was originally assigned to him. It also stated that if a 30-day notice was not given then subcontractor forfeits all monies owed in the event chrage backs occur. All jobs that were assigned to him, which he did not do, were then charged a No Call No Show to the company. It was also stated in his contract that all No Call No Shows were then to be charged to the subcontractor. Depending on the number of jobs not covered in the two weeks he did not work, Mr. Mauldener wasn't due anything. Mr. Mauldener failed to report how he took it upon himself to send letters to all of the neighbors and other businesses that shared the building with Veronica Rand telling them how she screwed him. Instead of suing him for slander and defamation of character they then came to an agreement that she would not sue him for the malicious things he had done and said. And for the record, Frederick Williams is a Field Supervisor for Astute, which means he could not strike any deals with Any One.

First of all let's tackle the 30-day notice/ contract claim: There is NOTHING in the employment contract stating anything about any kind of notice. I have in my hand the original contract I signed, and there is no requirement on the part of the company or the employee to give any notice. The only reason that the company can withold funds is if the employee "engages in illegal, dishonest, or improper acts or other conduct which is detrimental to the good of the company..." (section 4) Under this clause the employee forfits all sums due them. However, whether the employment is ended for any reason other than the above listed one, by company or employee, it is plainly stated that "the Company shall be obligated to pay the employee any sums owed within 90 days." (section 5) Once again, no designation of any certain number of days notice!!

There is no contract that I signed that contains any of the information that you are stating. If there was, I would think that Frederick would have showed up at the court date with a copy of this contract, don't you think?? There is no such contract! If there is, let's see it!

And for the record, I completed every job I was assigned, and continued work as I had before right through the end of my employment. I never had any jobs that were No Call No Show at any time throughout my emploment, and no complaints on my work or jobs completed.

Secondly- yes, I did send copies of the judgement and all paperwork to all businesses and neighbors within a radius of 411B Western Blvd. This is perfectly legal per my 1st and 14th amendment rights. Everything I stated was true and can be proven. Therefore it is NOT slander nor defamation of character! Also, we never came to any agreement.

Frederick did (finally) call me after the 2 writ of executions I filed and the letters I sent out. He also had his "lawyer" call and threaten me. My response to him? Go ahead, sue me. I am in the right and have proof for all my claims. 3 years later and I have yet to hear from him again. Also, they always refuse any certified letters that are sent to them.

Currently, the amount owed to me by Astute Satellite Installations/ Frederick Williams as of todays date is $3,843.54.