MSP charged with extortion
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@scottalanmiller Classic Georgia!
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They also charged him with a lot of unrelated things that don't match what they said happened. This suggests you can sue the phone company if you stop paying your bills and they turn off your phone service. Their story that the papers reported didn't match up to the crimes that they charged him with. Even the Chamber of Commerce's own description was that he did nothing wrong.
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This is @jimk for those that know him. He's an old timer around here.
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@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
@ChrisL said in MSP charged with extortion:
@Minion-Queen @scottalanmiller I'm amazed any judge would even charge extortion in the first place.
Georgia
The "good old boy" network fails again.
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@scottalanmiller if they need a good defense attorney, I have a good recommendation (HS buddy who fights the good fight).
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@RojoLoco said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller if they need a good defense attorney, I have a good recommendation (HS buddy who fights the good fight).
He might be seeing this thread, he was just on FB a few minutes ago.
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According to the article, he was owed $78K which is a large sum of money. It's not like he shut off service when they owed him $3k.
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Ewww..... Forsyth County. No wonder they are going overboard.
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That's crazy...
If I stop paying my internet bill, they will shut it off. Why should it be any different for the chamber of commerce for a different service?
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@scottalanmiller I'm here.
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Hi @jimk!!
For obvious reasons Jim can't really talk about stuff. But jeeze louise we need to get the message out there that a client suing an MSP for shutting unpaid for services is not extortion and it's their fault!
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller I'm here.
Hey, how are you doing? Need anything, let us know.
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@Minion-Queen said in MSP charged with extortion:
Hi @jimk!!
For obvious reasons Jim can't really talk about stuff. But jeeze louise we need to get the message out there that a client suing an MSP for shutting unpaid for services is not extortion and it's their fault!
Oh it's extortion, just the Chamber of Commerce doing the extortion.
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@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
@Minion-Queen said in MSP charged with extortion:
Hi @jimk!!
For obvious reasons Jim can't really talk about stuff. But jeeze louise we need to get the message out there that a client suing an MSP for shutting unpaid for services is not extortion and it's their fault!
Oh it's extortion, just the Chamber of Commerce doing the extortion.
Oh yeah it is.
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@scottalanmiller Thank you Scott. I see your forum replying technique has not changed. I always loved the way you break up the answers for multi-part posts.
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@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller Thank you Scott. I see your forum replying technique has not changed. I always loved the way you break up the answers for multi-part posts.
For easier comprehension and better responses
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@scottalanmiller said in MSP charged with extortion:
@jimk said in MSP charged with extortion:
@scottalanmiller Thank you Scott. I see your forum replying technique has not changed. I always loved the way you break up the answers for multi-part posts.
For easier comprehension and better responses
Obviously, not for the Chamber
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@Minion-Queen
Awards:
2015 Best in Show - Forsyth County Business Expo 2015
2015 Best of Cumming - Managed IT Services
2016 Best of Cumming - Managed IT Services
2016 Best of Forsyth - Computer Repair
2017 Best of Forsyth - Computer RepairI'm missing one or two...
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@ChrisL said in MSP charged with extortion:
I mean, technically the Chamber of Commerce WAS breaching the contract.
The Chamber of Commerce is in the wrong from the little article actually explained.
Is he right to shut off services?
Depends on the terms of the contract. In general, yes.
Does he come off a little vengeful?
Conjecture (maybe the wrong word). The article gives no good information on timelines.
Is EXTORTION the right crime?
Not a chance, based on the little known.
Is this too many questions?
Yes.
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This is a Professional IT Service Provider that I have worked with along side in the past. As a good service provider they have a solid contract in place. They also would have a continuance clause for the end of the contract and need notification that the client will be moving to someone else, 90 days is normal. They also I am sure have a line about if a client doesn't pay on time then xyz will happen to their services.
Also even if they did provide their o365 and were paying for it etc. Then if you shut this off it does not take 10 days to get it back online. Even if you have to change the domain etc. it doesn't take that long. Even if everything is fully deleted on the admin panel side, MS can retrieve it.
Sounds to me like the Chamber is trying to blame them for a bad decision in moving to a company that is incompetent.
