Thread by @massive_frac

You never know who's on the other end of the line. Got a message today from some company I randomly applied with back in April (on Indeed)..."Please let me know if you are available for a contract project for a legal case requiring a landman to pull well information... (1/11)

(ownership/lease info and current and past operator data) for client's wells located in Texas and North Dakota. Must be a certified Landman.

We would like to get this project going ASAP so immediate availability will be prioritized. Feel free to text xxx-xxx-xxxx." (2/11)

Red flags now readily apparent, I decide to track the number down, b/c you know land bros like to find people... (3/11)

First hit is for a company in Dallas that supplies COVID testing supplies. sethilaboratories.com Hmm. Doesn't seem very oily...but now I must continue digging... (4/11)

If you google Sethi labs you immediately get a "warning letter" from the FDA. While this is interesting...it gets better. Substantially better. Hang in there 👇fda.gov/inspections-co… (5/11)

Now I have a name. Sameer Sethi. to Duck Duck we Go...and oh, boy! do we have some goodies show up. Mr. Sethi appears to run Seth Petroleum. Oh...there's the oil connection! But what's this SEC litigation? (6/11)

"SEC Halts Fraudulent Oil and Gas Scheme" ...uh oh. What is it with Dallas bros and their fraudulent schemes? Anyway...he "misappropriated" lots of money from Doctors and Lawyers by putting them in crappy Bakken acreage...a tale as old as time: sec.gov/litigation/lit… (7/11)

Sethi paid himself and top cold-callers at least half of the money he raised for these "joint ventures"...including such expenses as $2,785 worth of liquor and $13,000 in home theater expenses. But there's more... (8/11)

Merely a day after the SEC froze Sethi's assets, he used an employee to set up a separate LLC and continued to dial doctors and nurses, hardly skipping a beat. But there's more: (9/11)

It turns out Mr. Sethi failed to disclose prior enforcement actions and his conviction in 2004 for aggravated assault in Collin County, for which he spent 2.5 years in the clink. HE STABBED HIS EX-WIFE'S NEW BOYFRIEND REPEATEDLY WITH A 5" KITCHEN KNIFE. (10/11)

That this guy is still out there trying to hire people, or involved in oil & gas in ANY way is mind-boggling and enraging to me. Never forget your DD, kids! (11/11)

link to the DMN story: dallasnews.com/news/crime/201…