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Jim Markunas, editor in chief of CWG Magazine (cwgmagazine.com), has recently been discovered to be unlawfully using former employees' email accounts, AFTER they've left the company, to conduct business. Two employees have discovered that he was unlawfully monitoring their email accounts after they'd left the company, and used information in those accounts to purchase web domains and publish other works in order to ensure that CWG maintained intellectual rights over works that were not developed for CWG. More importantly, Jim had assured both former employees that these email accounts had been DELETED in January, not simply "deactivated."

Aside from these illegal activities, Jim has used watermarked photos from Getty without permission or proper credit (according to their site policies), and has admitted to using fraudulent means to get email subscribers: he would post ads on Craigslist for new writers, and anyone that emailed in their resume was added by Jim to his magazine's subscriber list, without them knowing. This is spam, and it is illegal because it is identity theft: he is taking your email and signing you up for a service you don't even know about!

These practices and others reveal the underhanded, unprofessional nature of Jim Markunas and CWGMagazine.com, so avoid them at all costs!