Phil Groom writes:
Mark Brewer, People's Hero
Fox Business News presents the People’s Hero, Mark Brewer, Principal of Brewer and Pritchard PC, pursuing the SEC on behalf of 30,000 innocent investors. Why? Because, irony of ironies, Mark’s frozen assets at Stanford Financial include his retirement account: “I just had a retirement account there, the government grabbed it,” he says.
I’ve contacted Fox News and asked them to interview Mark about the former SPCK/SSG Booksellers’ missing pension contributions. I leave it to you to imagine the questions and answers…
For the record: if I believed that Mark Brewer was genuinely acting in the public interest and out of concern for the 30,000 or so investors who have lost out in the Stanford Financial scandal then I would gladly applaud. Unfortunately, I’ve seen the way he and his brother Philip W Brewer treat people and do business; and I think the only reward those 30,000 people will ever reap from Mark Brewer’s advocacy will be massive legal bills. If you, gentle reader, are one of those investors, beware: do not trust this man.
Health Warning: Don’t watch this if you’ve just eaten; or if you do, have a paper bag or other suitable receptacle handy: you’ll need it. Partial transcript below.
J Mark Brewer, The People's Hero
Partial Transcript:
All we’re asking for is that the Fourth Amendment and the Fifth Amendment of the constitution be observed, and that the government not just make such a broad sweeping dragnet approach that takes all the investment, the innocent investment, account holders, takes their money and locks it up along with the alleged bad guys — look, I don’t know whether Mr. Stanford and his his people are as guilty as they say they are or not, but what I do know is that I just had a retirement account there, the government grabbed it, and even the receiver admits in his press release that it’s not proper for all of the accounts to be frozen. They’re all held by the way at Pershing, they’re not even held at Stanford.
And all we’re asking for from you, Mark, is that you make four or five amendments to your behaviour here in the UK:
- Pay your former employees
- Pay their pension contributions
- Pay your suppliers
- Withdraw your threats against the bloggers
- Stop shuffling the stock around the shops
Thank you.
- Shortcut to this post: tinyurl.com/brewer-fox-news
SPCK/SSG: News, Notes & Info 
Can hardly believe this. This man called Mark Brewer contacts Fox, gets himself interviewed and so obviously touts for business! Sad thing is that people will probably run to him for help. Would like to say what I think of him but I’m not willing to risk another ASBO.
You could always feature an ‘interview’ with him on your blog…
So Mark, what did you do with the pension contributions?
Tell us a bit about what you learnt when you went back to law school after your failed bankruptcy filing?
What do you enjoy most about destroying people’s livelihoods?
You know that cattle farmers are allowed to milk their charges, Mark: have you ever considered cattle farming as an alternative career?
I’m sure you can dream up a few more questions and answers…
Should we inform Fox News about the “People’s Hero” attempting to make a company he is trustee of bankrupt in the US Courts and admitting that his actions were in “bad faith”? The death of an employee possibly because of “The People’s Hero”‘s behaviour? The dozens of industrial tribunials because of being made redundant by email? Etc etc etc.
What goes around, comes around!!!!
Now he knows how it feels,
Is this in God’s plan, I wonder?
I wonder if the “Peoples Hero” has yet considered setting up a Trust to which some of the 30,000 investors could contribute towards the costs of his legal action (taken out on their behalf, of course) but what to call it…..?
The “Mark Brewer Enrichment Fund” perhaps?
Anyone got any better names…..?
In the Penny Catechism it used to say that one of the sins crying to Heaven for venegance was depriving labourers of their wages. It looks as if God has taken due note and acted accordingly.
Unless you’re prepared to say that God’s aim is a bit naff, picking off 30,000 other people’s investments in the process, I’d be pretty careful about going down that particular theological blind alley… kinda like saying the Tsunami a few years back was God’s vengeance…
You’ll find my response to that sort of thinking here: Hating the Monster God.
But Brewer’s abuse of his workforce does indeed cry out to heaven!
The Brewers … should be known as the Screwers … like screwing people for money … and doing the dirty on honest and dedicated staff at the SPCK shops and on their suppliers …. thank God there are people like Phil Groom who call a spade a spade
>The Brewers … should be known as the Screwers … like screwing people for money …
That …. is rather good.
Looking for anyone with information about the Brewer’s legal battles that can fill in some blanks for me.