We hurt others due to ego, money and pride. Where does it start? Where does it end?
Perhaps without doubt the greatest hurt is being separated from your children.
I never imagined that a 2-3 week trip to the US from Israel to secure monies for my children from my family Trust would drag out to a 2 year nightmare. In the time I have spent in the US, I have been lucky enough to have received a tremendous amount of support from good friends.
I never imagined that my own brother, Brian Leyden, would do everything he could to actually separate me from my children.
At first, I had a judge whose attitude was go find a rock, go underneath it and die.
Thank god, she retired a few months ago to be replaced by a younger, more compassionate Judge who has promised to resolve each and every issue. And so far, she is proving to be far more human than most.
Also during this time I had the misfortune to meet three very disgusting, dishonest people.
One owes me money, the other was paid by my brother to discredit me and the third is an unemployed, mental patient who thinks only he will save Israel through his Facebook group.
Two of these people understand SEO - search engine optimization.
Not as well as me but good enough to try to hurt me and others that they disagree with.
They have both taken my love for my children and distorted it into such negative spin.
And most see through it. A few don't. And it's for the few that don't get it that has forced to me spend much time and money to clean the many distortions.
Have you read www.JoelLeydenFraud.com ?
But I am not alone in being attacked online.
Thousands are every day.
And it has created a very large industry.
Consumer review sites. Reputation management sites. Content such as this for blogs, Facebook, Twitter and Google News. And the attorneys who thrive on this industry.
So they post on Scambook and I buy domain names.
The Websites make a fortune on this thread.
He said, she said --- and no one really cares except for the players.
And those taking our money.
Scambook.com and Ripoff.com request thousands of dollars to take down pure libel and slander.
A good friend of mine is also being cyberstalked.
Alain Horoit, an entrepreneur living in Spain has an ex-girlfriend, Alina, posting that he is a thief, a bad guy, an alien from Mars who eats baby goats. If she could throw the sink at Alain - she would.
But Alain has one thing that she does not. The truth.
Not his truth but the truth according to a court in Europe stating that he does not owe her money. For her that appears not good enough as she really wants him - not his money.
Alain has spent over 16,000 Euros to get this court document.
But it doesn't stop his ex from posting more blogs.
What will Alain do? Go back to the police and the courts.
Who wins?
The attorneys!
For my stalkers - the ones who call me a "fraud", a "rapist" and "child molester", it will not be anything I say or do on the Net which will bear consequence - it will be law enforcement.
On this I will transcend charges of slander and libel.
I will not quietly walk away.
For the one living in Randolph, New Jersey (Moti) calling the police to complain about me turned out to be a very bad move for this professional con artist.
The police started to interrogate him!
He tells people that he is raising money for Syrian refugees and begs for their money yet he does not tell them that there is no non-profit organization. That all the money is going directly to his pockets.
The police, the IRS and the FBI are not happy.
The other stalker is the unemployed, mental patient (David) living in his parents basement in Dallas, Texas. He has become a professional computer hacker without clients. Spending countless, obcessive hours of his days tracking IP addresses and sneaking into people's email.
On his JIDF Facebook page - he bashes Israelis who have served in the IDF. He attacks respected Jewish and Israeli organizations.
But not one word on his Jewish Defense Facebook page about Israel's security, Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
I am not alone in my disappointment.
I wait for the FBI to take action.
For Facebook to close down his fake accounts.
I don't mention their full names here.
No need to.
This is not about destroying their reputations but rather having them stop hurting others. Hurting me and my children. Hurting my friends.
As a Jew, there is nothing more despicable than taking part in Lashon Hara - speaking badly about others. Does one actually think calling someone a "rapist" without any documentation is a good thing?
And this is not my job to stop them.
It is now the professional work of the FBI and I wait patiently for their phone call.
When having a serious dispute - don't go to Scambook.com or Ripoff.com.
If you are truly honest and being victimized ..... the address is www.FBI.gov
