Announcement on Ullja Kuntze's Official Website

Yet another badly written post, pathetically casting herself as the victim in this drama. It's funny as hell when one considers that Ullja Kuntze was the one "posting and telling hundreds of defamatory and disparaging statements about" about the 200 people listed on her handmadeartisanfraud.blogspot.com site "with the sole intent to FULLY destroy" them. Not so funny that she's gearing up for revenge, not justice, and wants to play this farce out in a courtroom in the good State of Texas.

If you'd like to donate to the defendants' legal fund, please visit this donation page.

Onward to Ullja Kuntze's post:

After 2 years of harassment, abuse and damages to my businesses and my name, i have finally filed in Waco McLennan County, Texas my Tortious Interference lawsuit with 4 claims including civil conspiracy claim against an initial number of 30 defendants in 19 States. To clearify the confusion, my lawsuit is NOT a defamation lawsuit, eventhough defamatory statements are used by defendants. The lawsuit i have filed is so much more serious than just a defamation lawsuit.

The goal of my lawsuit is to teach a lesson to this group of people, the defendants, who thought and still think that being behind a PC "anonymously" they can conspire and get away with posting and telling hundreds of defamatory and disparaging statements about me and my businesses online as well as offline to as many people as possible with the sole intent to FULLY destroy my name and all of my businesses. Now, they will see what the consequences are in choosing to conspire like this as a group.

My Grandfather always said :

"Never interrupt your enemies when they are making a mistake"....and that is what i have been doing for the past 2 years.

Here is a link to the Wacotrib article about my lawsuit

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/97545569.html

And Yet Another Revision on Ullja Kuntze's Blog

Good God, Ullja, make up your mind! Another revision to yesterday's post by Ullja Kuntze. Now she's claiming the Plaintiffs couldn't show any proof of their allegations. Really, Ullja? It's in the Harris County, Texas public records.

54 against 1 is a straw man, by the way. The number of Plaintiffs doesn't dictate the feasibility of pursuing a case, regardless of the facts on record. The Plaintiffs obtained the admission that Ullja Kuntze wrote the defamatory blog posts in an attempt to smear their good names. Time to move on.

Have a nice life, Ullja Kuntze.

Oh, yeah, here's her latest revision:

Handmadeartisanfraud and the TRUTH

Purpose of this blog and posting all these tax evaders
After coming across this alarming amount of tax evader group posted here, who are hiding behind a pc at the comfort of their homes thinking no one can catch them in their immoral, law-breaking acts, the awareness had to be made to the government as well as the consumers.

Honest, hard-working business owners are doing everything possible to stay in business in these today's hard economic times and they are paying taxes, getting licenses and permits to run a legal business, which is the right way of doing business.
There are laws to abide and if you decide to be law-breakers, you will pay the consequences eventually.

These law-breakers are now mad that they are caught in their unlawful acts and 54 of them even tried to take down this blog with a defamation lawsuit while having UNCLEAN HANDS...only to realize after many months that justice always prevails!
When it came to the point during the lawsuit when all 54 plaintiffs were going to be ordered by the court to produce all their licenses and tax reports, 54 plaintiffs, and i repeat 54 of them, realizing that they will be busted, ran like Speedy Gonzales and 54 plaintiffs dismissed ASAP their very own lawsuit against the owner of this blog ....

During 8 months, 54 plaintiffs and not a single one of them could prove with any single TRUE FACT the TRUTH nor could they show proof of any of the false accusations made against the defendant in their own lawsuit nor was neither of the 54 plaintiffs defending their so-called allegation that they are honest, law-and-tax-abiding, legal business owners by showing the court any, i repeat ANY, proof during the whole long 8 months!

Now, why would anyone who claims to be a tax and law-abiding honest business owner not show proof of this fact??

Wouldnt you be ready and eager to show proof of your legitimate business instead of running away just before the court orders you to do it?

And remember, we are talking about 54 plaintiffs vs 1 defendant. With such a huge group slapping only one defendant with such a powerful lawsuit for defamation, fraud, emotional distress and torturious interference with business, it should have been a piece-a-cake to win if they are so-called "innocent victims". Yet, they decide to run as soon as they realized that they will be busted. Now, why would 54 brains not think of this possibility of being busted ahead of time..what is worse, as of today, they dont even realize the consequences of this ridiculous lawsuit at all.

What a group of human beings with UNCLEAN HANDS who desparately attempted to try to win with lies even in the court system ...what a sadness to see group of people like these exist.

How low can you go??

We are still here and you cant take down this blog because statements here are TRUE and nothing but the TRUTH otherwise we wouldnt be here :-)

Update: We are proud of this blog. Eversince we have posted the law-breakers here, many others decided to be legal and do business the right way. We will continue to watch and report to the agencies any suspected tax evader or illegal business.

handmadeartisanfraud and the TRUTH, Part Deux.

Ullja Kuntze made some revisions to yesterday's post on her "handmadeartisanfraud.blogspot.com" site, the so-called "fraud blog" in which she is the self-styled "Concerned Citizen" reporting alleged tax evasion and business fraud (in her dreams) against law-abiding small business people, apparently motivated only by a lust for revenge.

Her updated post has been rewritten slightly. Predictably enough, it is still full of inaccuracies (as well as being very badly written). For instance, the Plaintiffs did not object to producing licenses and tax reports, they objected to handing personal information over to someone who is known to publish personal information about other people online, including a rape victim whose life was endangered when Ullja Kuntze published her address in an open forum. Nobody ran like "Speedy Gonzales". The Plaintiffs do not have "unclean hands". Justice did not prevail, but the Truth was revealed and recorded in the open records of Harris County, Texas when Ullja Kuntze admitted to owning "handmadeartisanfraud.blogspot.com" and turned over some of the dozens of "tax evasion" reports she'd sent to the IRS and local authorities.

I, for one, can't see why she bothered to edit this, but here's the revision:

Handmadeartisanfraud and the TRUTH

Purpose of this blog and posting all these tax evaders
After coming across this alarming amount of tax evader group posted here, who are hiding behind a pc at the comfort of their homes thinking no one can catch them in their immoral, law-breaking acts, the awareness had to be made to the government as well as the consumers.

Honest, hard-working business owners are doing everything possible to stay in business in these today's hard economic times and they are paying taxes, getting licenses and permits to run a legal business, which is the right way of doing business.
There are laws to abide and if you decide to be law-breakers, you will pay the consequences eventually.

These law-breakers are now mad that they are caught in their unlawful acts and 54 of them even tried to take down this blog with a defamation lawsuit while having UNCLEAN HANDS...only to realize after many months that justice always prevails!
When it came to the point during the lawsuit when all 54 plaintiffs were going to be ordered by the court to produce all their licenses and tax reports, 54 plaintiffs, and i repeat 54 of them, ran like Speedy Gonzales and 54 plaintiffs dismissed ASAP their very own lawsuit against the owner of this blog ....

54 plaintiffs and not a single one of them could prove with any single TRUE FACT the TRUTH nor could they show proof of any of the false accusations made against the defendant in their own lawsuit for 8 months.

What a group of human beings with UNCLEAN HANDS who desparately tried to win with lies even in the court system ...what a sadness to see group of people like these exist.

How low can you go??

We are still here and you cant take down this blog because statements here are TRUE and nothing but the TRUTH otherwise we wouldnt be here :-)

Update: We are proud of this blog since eversince we have posted the law-breakers here, many others decided to be legal and do business the right way. We will continue to watch and report to the agencies any suspected tax evader or illegal business.

Ullja Kuntze Plans to Teach Plaintiffs a Lesson

Whatever could Ullja Kuntze mean? Are her words (posted below) a veiled threat? She posted them on her blog the day before the Plaintiffs publicly announced their withdrawal from the defamation case against Ullja Kuntze. The next day Ullja made the same allusion to the "54 plaintiffs dismissed ASAP their very own lawsuit against the owner of this blog" on the handmadeartisanfraud.blogspot.com "fraud blog".

Looks like it's official. Ullja Kuntze is the so-called "Concerned Citizen" publishing the handmadeartisanfraud.blogspot.com website. Apparently Ullja Kuntze doesn't feel a need to hide behind the "Concerned Citizen" persona any more since the Plaintiffs decided, for reasons they made very clear, to drop the case. Continuing to hide would be particularly silly anyway, given that Harris County has copies of the dozens of IRS tax evasion reports Ullja Kuntze made against the Plaintiffs and others, as well as her admission that she owns the the blog.

The Plaintiffs decision had nothing to do with Ullja Kuntze's guilt, which is established in the documents in the Harris County public records. It had everything to do with feeling that Ullja Kuntze is a waste of money, now that her admission is on record, and choosing not to continue the lawsuit once that goal was reached. The donations of hundreds of artisans made it possible, but enough is enough. Her guilt is on record. She defamed her competition and those who spoke out against her for committing fraud. The Plaintiffs are moving on.

Still, I really can't wait to see what the "special lesson" she has planned for the Plaintiffs might be. More defamatory vitriol? If so, she's right, it should be entertaining (hey Ullja, remember when you said "Google is forever?" You were so right.)

Anyway, here's her "warning" or whatever she thinks it is from her personal blog:

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Ullja's, Go Green and learn to recycle

Today it was all about recycling and learning how to dispose your garbage the correct way. Ullja's has been involved with 54 enthusiasts for some time and the efforts of making them learn how to dispose properly has paid off today! Great job guys..sending hugs and kisses to all of you.

Next agenda...now, I have a very special lesson planned specifically for this group, so stay tuned...ALL the details will be posted very soon and its truely going to be very entertaining for ALL to see;-)...including recipes, photos, copies of handouts from the lesson etc.

Have a peaceful and a very Happy Thursday nite.

Ullja Kuntze's Response to Plaintiff's Withdrawal from Case

Well, we expected it. Within days of announcing their withdrawal from the case, Ullja Kuntze has put on her "investigator" hat again and is feebly attempting to denigrate the Plaintiffs in the case, who have stated very clearly why they made the decision to withdraw. Folks, Ullja Kuntze is not licensed as an investigator and she is not privy to the tax records of the people she has called FRAUDS and TAX EVADERS on her blog. Her statements constitute defamation, and her "investigation" involved fraud. As far as her comments on the "right way of doing business", she would know since she got caught selling cookies out of her kitchen in Woodway, Texas with no licenses, permits or inspections, which is what started her off on this ridiculous vendetta in the first place.

Without further ado, this is what Ullja Kuntze posted this morning:

Handmadeartisanfraud and the TRUTH

Purpose of this blog and posting all these tax evaders
After coming across this alarming amount of tax evader group posted here, who are hiding behind a pc at the comfort of their homes thinking no one can catch them in their immoral, law-breaking acts, the awareness had to be made to the government as well as the consumers.

Honest, hard-working business owners are doing everything possible to stay in business in these today's hard economic times and they are paying taxes, getting licenses and permits to run a legal business, which is the right way of doing business.
There are laws to abide and if you decide to be law-breakers, you will pay the consequences eventually.

These law-breakers are now mad that they are caught in their unlawful acts and 54 of them even tried to take down this blog with a defamation lawsuit while having UNCLEAN HANDS...only to realize after many months that justice always prevails! When it came to the point during the lawsuit when they were going to be ordered by the court to produce all their licenses and tax reports, they ran like Speedy Gonzales and 54 plaintiffs dismissed ASAP their very own lawsuit against the owner of this blog ....

How low can you go?? hahahahahahahaha

We are still here and you cant take down this blog because statements here are TRUE and nothing but the TRUTH otherwise we wouldnt be here :-)

Update: We are proud of this blog since eversince we have posted the law-breakers here, many others decided to be legal and do business the right way. We will continue to watch and report to the agencies any suspected tax evader or illegal business.

Proof of Ullja's Defamation Obtained; Plaintiffs Withdraw From Case

June 17, 2010 Announcement (permission to repost granted):

The Plaintiffs in the defamation case Liz Putnam et al v. Ullja Kuntze have filed to withdraw their motion seeking relief against Ullja Kuntze for defamation (libel and slander per se) and fraud.

The Plaintiffs arrived at the decision to withdraw after Ullja Kuntze, with much delay, finally complied with court-ordered disclosure and provided documents confirming that she publishes the blog "handmadeartisonfraud.blogspot.com" and has made false tax evasion reports specifically naming the Plaintiffs and many others to the IRS and state revenue offices around the country.

During the legal proceedings, the Plaintiffs attempted settlement with Ullja Kuntze and requested that she remove the blog, but Ms. Kuntze refused. The high cost of pursuing the case to completion has been weighed against the satisfaction of her admission that she is the publisher of the blog and the person behind the spurious reports to local authorities against artisans around the country. The investment to date resulted in obtaining evidence of her acts, an ample and welcome reward.

However, to pursue the case to completion and obtain an injunction against Ullja Kuntze ordering her to take the blog offline would be very expensive, given her lack of cooperation to date. With proof of her wrongdoing, the Plaintiffs and others targeted by Ms. Kuntze have the needed evidence to protect their professional and personal reputations individually.

The Plaintiffs wish to thank everyone who contributed to the legal costs and to assure their supporters that with proof of Ullja Kuntze's guilt, a win in civil court is not necessary. Thanks to the support of the artisan community, the evidence of Ms. Kuntze's acts is now a matter of public record for all to see.

Case information is available online at the Harris County Clerk's website. The case number is 200966253 and can also be located searching for Defendant name "Kuntze, Ullja".

According to Paypal, Ullja is Not Entitled to a Refund

Today an Etsy seller reported that Paypal sided with her after she refused to refund Ullja's purchase.

Ullja Kuntze has been purchasing items from dozens, if not hundreds, of artisans on Etsy and other venues and has either canceled the sale or returned the item if it is shipped to her. Since Ullja's sole purpose in making the purchases is to obtain the seller's name and address from the Paypal invoice, sellers are under no obligation to issue a refund if the purchased items are shipped.

Ullja Kuntze has established a pattern of Paypal account abuse, of which Paypal is now aware. If you shipped something to her, you can keep her money whether she returns the item or not

Here's what you need to know:
show delivery confirmation and refusal of the package.
show the blog http://handmadeartisanfraud.blogspot.com
show the website http://ulljas.com

Paypal stated that refusing a package is not a valid reason to file a complaint against a seller. Now that they know who Ullja Kuntze is, she is calling attention to herself by filing complaints with Paypal to get refunds from her phishing expeditions.

What is Fraud?

Ullja Kuntze, on her Online Fraud Investigation web sites, accuses various artisans of fraud.

What exactly is she accusing them of?

A false representation of a matter of fact—whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of what should have been disclosed—that deceives and is intended to deceive another so that the individual will act upon it to her or his legal injury.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2

Fraud consists of the following five elements:

1. a false statement of a material fact
2. knowledge on the part of the defendant that the statement is untrue
3. intent on the part of the defendant to deceive the alleged victim
4. justifiable reliance by the alleged victim on the statement
5. injury to the alleged victim as a result

Tax fraud against the federal government consists of the willful attempt to evade or defeat the payment of taxes due and owing (I.R.C. §7201). Since tax records are private, Ullja Kuntze has no way to know if any of the artisans she's labeled "fraud" have engaged in tax fraud. Furthermore, non-compliance with local or state licensing does not constitute fraud. At times hobbyists transitioning into profit-making activities consult with local authorities, who fail to give full or correct information, which is easily remedied upon discovery. An innocent oversight is much different than a willful act of deception.

Ullja Kuntze's use of the word "FRAUD" may in and of itself be fraud, as she is engaged in making false statements about her competition with the knowledge that the statements are untrue, with the intent to deceive potential customers and thereby harm the artisan upon which the label of "fraud" has been affixed.

Legal Action: Artisans v Ullja Kuntze

It appears that some of the artisans featured on Ullja Kuntze's Online Fraud Investigation web site will be meeting with Ullja in a Texas court room at some point in the future. Sources indicate that "some artisans" is more than a handful, and that filings are being prepared.

Debbie of Pierce's Designs has been valiantly organizing the legal fund for these efforts. She and many other artists have given time and money, and dedicated the proceeds of their creative works to the ever-growing fund.

Why do these people, many of whom have not been named on Ullja Kuntze's blogs, give of their time and resources like this?

When asked, the resounding answer is "I hate bullies".

You can donate on this page set up especially to gather funds, or follow the links on the page to items on various venues being sold specifically to support this cause.

P.S. apparently curiosity is killing the cat... Ullja made a donation to the fund as well, presumably to figure out who to report for this outrageous activity.

Why is Ullja Kuntze so Vindictive?

In late 2007 and into Summer 2008, Ullja Kuntze claimed to make cookies in her central Texas bakery while simultaneously selling lampwork beads from Milan, Italy. Since it's physically impossible to make beads in Italy while operating a bakery in Texas, it was suspected that Ullja was not actually operating a bakery as her Etsy cookie site claimed.

Texas authorities confirmed that Ullja did not have a licensed or inspected bakery in Texas. Authorities were denied access to the address (a residence) from which the baked goods were being shipped. Etsy subsequently terminated her cookie shop account. At this point, approximately 150 Etsy transactions have been found for cookies make in an undisclosed, uninspected, unlicensed kitchen.

During this time, Ullja was also being investigated for fraud by a group of lampwork glass beadmakers. Ullja was found to be purchasing beads from these beadmakers (see Proof of Fraud), then listing them on Etsy as her own work. This is a clear violation of Etsy's terms of service so Ullja's Etsy bead shop was terminated on June 15, 2008.

[link to table of pdf records of transactions from both Etsy shops]
[link to table of jpg and pdf records of misrepresentation of other beadmakers' work]

About the Handmade Artisan Fraud web sites

Online Fraud Investigation are two websites written by Ullja Kuntze. They are located at http://handmadeartisanfraud.blogspot.com and at http://www.onlinefraudinvestigation.com.

The purpose of the Online Fraud Investigation website is to harass online sellers who either 1) have spoken out against Ullja Kuntze's fraudulent activities, or 2) are small online sellers in direct competition with her.

Ullja's accusatons of fraud are, in fact, fabrications against online sellers who have spoken out against Ullja's own fraudulent business practices, practices that resulted in the termination of both her Etsy seller accounts in 2008. She is also making accusations of fraud against those who have questioned her online smear campaigns in 2009.

How Do We Know Ullja Kuntze is the person writing the libelous posts on the Online Fraud Investigation website? Visit ulljas.com.