The Con Men involved in perpetrating an American fraud and tragedy! OZONE MACHINES SOLD AS "HEALTHY AIR PURIFIERS" have harmed MILLIONS!
A woman's journey to seek out TRUTH and JUSTICE
"... That machine caused MY STROKE!" "I believe that Alpine machine caused my baby's brain damage"
These statements have haunted me ever since. In 1995 after the con man Paul Richards stole all my money, caused me to file bankruptcy and my home to go into foreclosure ... I wrote to the owner of Alpine, Bill Converse begging him to do the right thing! "Richards had stolen all my money, put me into bankruptcy and now my daughters and I will be homeless because I am losing my home -- the very home Richards swindled me out of and we lived in together and we operated our Alpine business out of. He is a very, very sick individual and I had to call the police to make him leave! He then locked himself in the basement and packed up everything sneaking off in a truck with all the business files, the inventory and the computer! He emptied the bank account and forwarded our business mail, PBJ Marketing to another address -- to which the Alpine commission check is going! Mr. Converse, you know darn well that I borrowed $10,000 from my daughters trust fund which we never paid back and it was me and my home that kept the struggling business afloat for the past 4 years until with it now finally becoming successful -- and HE takes off with all the money and rents himself a big home in Reston, Virginia and bought a Jaguar car. I beg you to do the right thing and send me half the income that I am legally and ethically entitled to."
Old slick con man Bill Converse wrote back only with these 'words of encouragement" (as people know, Converse talked the talk of a Christian soldier preaching the word of Christianity... ) "seek comfort in the Lord and pray, and you will be okay"
When this letter came, I knew what I had to do. I had to seek the truth and I had to seek justice.
I started making some calls to other Alpine dealers. One lady told me that she had learned that Bill Converse lied about being an engineer. That she had called the University he said he earned his degree and they said that he had not graduated. So with that ... and knowing one lie usually leads to another and another... She found out that Converse did not invent the air purifier, that he stole it from a Doctor and put him into bankruptcy!
Converse sold these "Living Air" machines as negative ion air purifiers saying it was just like opening a window after a thunderstorm... you know how fresh and sweet the air smells? WELL this is just fresh air ... "A Thunderstorm in a Box" and NOT disclosing they were OZONE machines ... remember back that the machines deteriorated rubber bands to a spongy texture, like taking away the elasticity. Then I realized that this con man must also be lying when he made all these excuses up WHY the Consumers Reports, The FTC, The FDA, The Minnesota AG were all after him and trying to shut him down -- that HE set up multitudes of corporations; Salon Air, Photo Air, etc. in the event any one of these "divisions" were shut down HE would have others to operate under (clever little con man !) and to BOOT he said ... because he was MAKING PEOPLE HEALTHY! ... I started researching and researching and I WAS IN SHOCK at what I realized ...
These statements have haunted me ever since. In 1995 after the con man Paul Richards stole all my money, caused me to file bankruptcy and my home to go into foreclosure ... I wrote to the owner of Alpine, Bill Converse begging him to do the right thing! "Richards had stolen all my money, put me into bankruptcy and now my daughters and I will be homeless because I am losing my home -- the very home Richards swindled me out of and we lived in together and we operated our Alpine business out of. He is a very, very sick individual and I had to call the police to make him leave! He then locked himself in the basement and packed up everything sneaking off in a truck with all the business files, the inventory and the computer! He emptied the bank account and forwarded our business mail, PBJ Marketing to another address -- to which the Alpine commission check is going! Mr. Converse, you know darn well that I borrowed $10,000 from my daughters trust fund which we never paid back and it was me and my home that kept the struggling business afloat for the past 4 years until with it now finally becoming successful -- and HE takes off with all the money and rents himself a big home in Reston, Virginia and bought a Jaguar car. I beg you to do the right thing and send me half the income that I am legally and ethically entitled to."
Old slick con man Bill Converse wrote back only with these 'words of encouragement" (as people know, Converse talked the talk of a Christian soldier preaching the word of Christianity... ) "seek comfort in the Lord and pray, and you will be okay"
When this letter came, I knew what I had to do. I had to seek the truth and I had to seek justice.
I started making some calls to other Alpine dealers. One lady told me that she had learned that Bill Converse lied about being an engineer. That she had called the University he said he earned his degree and they said that he had not graduated. So with that ... and knowing one lie usually leads to another and another... She found out that Converse did not invent the air purifier, that he stole it from a Doctor and put him into bankruptcy!
Converse sold these "Living Air" machines as negative ion air purifiers saying it was just like opening a window after a thunderstorm... you know how fresh and sweet the air smells? WELL this is just fresh air ... "A Thunderstorm in a Box" and NOT disclosing they were OZONE machines ... remember back that the machines deteriorated rubber bands to a spongy texture, like taking away the elasticity. Then I realized that this con man must also be lying when he made all these excuses up WHY the Consumers Reports, The FTC, The FDA, The Minnesota AG were all after him and trying to shut him down -- that HE set up multitudes of corporations; Salon Air, Photo Air, etc. in the event any one of these "divisions" were shut down HE would have others to operate under (clever little con man !) and to BOOT he said ... because he was MAKING PEOPLE HEALTHY! ... I started researching and researching and I WAS IN SHOCK at what I realized ...
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So with all this, the lady and I knew that Converse was just a lying con
artist -- and so I said that I must find out if in fact the machine did cause a
man's stroke (then died a year later) and if it caused the baby's brain
damage. Most likely he lied about the safety and health benefits of the
Alpine Ozone air machine and I need to find out and not let these tragedies be
in vain.
To add further insult to injury, Converse and Alpine et al, sued me for $1.5 million claiming defamation of character and loss of income -- but in reality it was to silence me from further investigating. I reached out to an attorney who accepted my case on a contingency and we were counter suing for the same amount (when Paul Richards left, that month's Alpine commission check was $20,000!) . He knew I was penniless but a few months later he demanded my payment for filing and court fee's to which I could not pay, and so he dropped the case.
I wish for nothing more than the TRUTH be told and the con artists above to be put to shame by their present business partners and affiliates, their neighbors and whatever friends they have. You can't run from the past... eventually it does catch up to you and all your ugly skeletons in your closets will open & the murder and health harm you have committed will be finally known! - Barbara
To add further insult to injury, Converse and Alpine et al, sued me for $1.5 million claiming defamation of character and loss of income -- but in reality it was to silence me from further investigating. I reached out to an attorney who accepted my case on a contingency and we were counter suing for the same amount (when Paul Richards left, that month's Alpine commission check was $20,000!) . He knew I was penniless but a few months later he demanded my payment for filing and court fee's to which I could not pay, and so he dropped the case.
I wish for nothing more than the TRUTH be told and the con artists above to be put to shame by their present business partners and affiliates, their neighbors and whatever friends they have. You can't run from the past... eventually it does catch up to you and all your ugly skeletons in your closets will open & the murder and health harm you have committed will be finally known! - Barbara