INVESTIGATIVE REPORT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT · On September 28, 2012, the Florida...

On September 28, 2012, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Office ofExecutive Investigations (OEI), received a referral from the Department of State, Division ofElections (DOE), regarding suspicious voter registration forms collected by employees ofStrategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC, a registered third party voter registrationorganization, was contracted by the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) to perform voterregistration services within the State of Florida for the time period of July 13, 2012 until October08, 2012. The services included soliciting the public to complete voter registration applications. The DOE's referral references suspicious voter applications from six Florida counties (PalmBeach, Lee, Charlotte, Miami/Dade, Santa Rosa, and Duval). In each county, the Supervisor ofElections was able to identify the registrations as being associated with SAC due to the thirdparty voter registration organization identification number "3P-11-93" on the registration. SAC operated an office that was located in Okaloosa County. Aaron Braun was the areamanager in charge of that office. Individuals were hired by SAC to register and re-registervoters in the surrounding counties (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton). FDLE's Pensacola Regional Operations Center (PROC) was tasked with investigating possiblevoter fraud that was identified by the respective Supervisor of Elections Offices. Suspiciousvoter registration forms and other miscellaneous SAC documents were provided to the PROCfor further review. The suspicious voter registration forms from the PROC area will bemaintained as electronic and hard copy related items under case# EI-32-0067. Any subsequentforms will be maintained as related items within this case.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

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Case Number: PE-32-0001 Serial #: 1

Author: Brown, Mark Office: Pensacola

Activity Start Date: 10/10/2012 Activity End Date:10/11/2012

Approved By: Hudson, Edward E.

Description:Opening IR

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with David E Tausch. A homeaddress of 234 South Blue Heron Drive, #2, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida was identified forTausch. SA Hatton traveled to that address and interviewed Tausch. The following informationwas developed. Tausch stated that his regular work is seasonal. He learned of the job opportunity with Strategicthrough a friend, Carol Christian Scott, AKA Chris Scott. Tausch stated that he could use themoney so he took the job. Tausch was employed by Strategic the last week of September and the first week of October. He worked for only two weeks and drew two pay checks. The job ended, and it was Tausch'sunderstanding that Aaron had been transferred to Iowa. Tausch was required to travel to Ft. Walton to the Republican Headquarters on Racetrack Roadand meet with Aaron Braum at the onset of Tausch's employment. During this initial meetingTausch watched a 20 minute video that explained what was the duties of the job was regardingregistering voters and verifying that voter information was correct and up to date. Tauschattended this training alone. Tausch stated that Aaron told him that he (Tausch) could work up to 40 hours per week andwould be paid $12.00 dollars per hour. Aaron stated that at least one registration per hourworked was what was expected. Tausch would text Aaron before going to work and when getting off. At the end of each dayswork, Tausch was responsible for getting the registration forms from that day to Aaron in Ft.Walton. Tausch knew other people working with the company so they would frequently meet atBass Pro Shop and hand off the forms to save a trip from Destin to Ft. Walton.



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Author: Hatton, Barry Coy Office: Pensacola



Description:Interview of David Tausch


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Tausch worked his neighborhood getting registrations and never had a "Registration Drive". During the two weeks that Tausch worked for Strategic he never witnessed or heard of anyimproprieties being committed by the company, or employees of the company. Tausch did not have any receipts or paperwork from his employment with Strategic.

Case Number PE-32-0001

IR Number 2

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Carol Christian Scott, AKAChris Scott. Scott previously worked for Strategic. A cellular telephone number of (850) 543-5416 was identified for Scott. The interview was conducted via telephone and the followinginformation was developed. Scott learned of the job through an ad on Craig's List. She contacted Aaron Braum, who wasthe point of contact and who she answered to. Scott worked for the company for the entiremonth of September, 2012. Prior to beginning work, Scott had to travel to the Republican Headquarters on Racetrack Roadin Ft. Walton for training. She and her friend Rosiland Suzanne Hart, AKA Ronnie Hart,attended the training together. Hart also worked for the company. The training consisted of avideo. Braum reviewed the forms that were to be used and the proper way they should be filledout. The job description was to get people registered to vote, and those people who were registeredto vote, to verify that all information was up to date and correct. Scott stated that the job paid$12.00 per hour and employees were allowed to work up to 40 hour per week. Braum also told of an incentive of $50.00 dollars per person that Scott could recruit to work forthe company. After that person worked 40 hours, Scott was to get $50.00 dollars. She didenlist one person but never received her $50.00 dollars. Scott would text message Braum prior to working and when getting off work. At the end of theshift, Scott was responsible for getting the forms filled out during that shift to Braum. She wouldeither drive the forms to Ft. Walton, or would meet with Rebecca Darren, another employee /friend, at the Bass Pro Shop to hand them off to her to be taken to Ft. Walton.



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Description:Interview of Chris Scott


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Scott was not aware of any improprieties by the company or employees. She did reference oneincident where a lady and her husband filled out voter registration forms, the lady got two cardsand the husband did not get one. Scott stated that the lady had the issued cleared. She couldnot recall her name. Scott will assist in any way needed in the investigation.


IR Number 3

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Wanda Joy Duke. Dukepreviously worked for Strategic. A cellular telephone number of (850) 217-6835 was identifiedfor Duke. The interview was conducted via telephone and the following information wasdeveloped. Duke learned of the job through a friend, Carol Christian Scott, AKA Chris Scott. Scott toldDuke about the job so Duke contacted Aaron Braum, who was in charge of the company andhiring. Duke worked for the company for two weeks during the middle of September, 2012. She worked a total of 43 hours for the company. Prior to beginning work, Duke had to travel to the Republican Headquarters on Racetrack Roadin Ft. Walton for training. She and her friend Rebecca Barron attended the training together. Barron also worked for the company. The training consisted of a video. Braum reviewed theforms that were to be used and the proper way they should be filled out. Duke filled out anapplication and signed for a background check to be conducted. The job description was to get people registered to vote, and for those people who wereregistered to vote, to verify that all information was up to date and correct. Duke stated that thejob paid $12.00 per hour and employees were allowed to work up to 40 hour per week. Duke isa realtor and could only work minimal hours on the job for Strategic. Braum also told of an incentive of $50.00 dollars per person that Duke could recruit to work forthe company. After that person worked 40 hours, Duke was to get $50.00 dollars. She didenlist one person but never received her $50.00 dollars. Duke stated the work was on the "Honor" system, that she would work and claim the hours butdid not have to clock in or call anyone. At the end of the shift, Duke was responsible for gettingthe forms filled out during that shift to Braum. She would either drive the forms to Ft. Walton, or



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Description:Interview of Wanda Duke


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would meet with Rebecca Barren, another employee / friend, at the Bass Pro Shop to handthem off to her to be taken to Ft. Walton. Duke was not aware of any improprieties by the company or employees


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Angela B. Bean. Beanpreviously worked for Strategic. A cellular telephone number of (561) 866-7384 was identifiedfor Bean. The interview was conducted via telephone and the following information wasdeveloped. Bean learned of the job through an ad on Craig's List. Bean contacted Aaron Braum, who wasin charge of the company and hiring. Bean worked for the company for about one month duringAugust and September, 2012. She drew four pay checks. Prior to beginning work, Bean had to travel to the Republican Headquarters on Racetrack Roadin Ft. Walton for training provided by Aaron Braun. She attended the training alone. Thetraining consisted of a video. Braum reviewed the forms that were to be used and the properway they should be filled out. While there Bean filled out paperwork such as job application,"Party Affiliation Form" verifying she was with the Republican Party, and signed for abackground to be conducted. The job description was to get people registered to vote, and for those people who wereregistered to vote, to verify that all information was up to date and correct. Bean stated that thejob paid $12.00 per hour and employees were allowed to work up to 40 hour per week. In an effort to get people registered, Bean opened a registration drive at Bass Pro Shop inDestin. It ran for about one week. During the drive, she and several people took turns workinga booth, normally two people at a time working. Aside from the drive at Bass Pro, she wouldwork with people in and around Destin Commons Mall trying to get people registered. At the end of the shift, Bean was responsible for getting the forms filled out during that shift toBraum. She would either drive the forms to Ft. Walton, or would meet with other employeeswho would take them to Braum. They normally met at Bass Pro.



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Description:Interview with Angela Bean


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Bean was not aware of any improprieties by the company or employees.


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Rosiland Suzanne Hart,AKA Ronnie Hart. Hart previously worked for Strategic. A cellular telephone number of (478)867-0116 was identified for Hart. The interview was conducted via telephone and the followinginformation was developed. Hart learned of the job through a friend, Carol Christian Scott, AKA Chris Scott. Hart contactedAaron Braum, who was in charge of the company and hiring. Hart worked for the company forabout two or three weeks. She will check for dates and times but believes it was in September. She drew two or three pay checks while working for the company. Prior to beginning work, Hart had to travel to the Republican Headquarters on Racetrack Roadin Ft. Walton for training provided by Aaron Braun. She attended the training with Scott. Thetraining consisted of a video. Braum reviewed the forms that were to be used and the properway they should be filled out. The job description was to get people registered to vote, and for those people who wereregistered to vote, to verify that all information was up to date and correct. Bean stated that thejob paid $12.00 per hour and employees were allowed to work up to 40 hour per week. At the end of the shift, Hart was responsible for getting the forms filled out during that shift toBraum. She would either drive the forms to Ft. Walton, or would meet with other employeeswho would take them to Braum. They normally met at Bass Pro. Hart was not aware of any improprieties by the company or employees.



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Description:Interview with Rosiland "Ronnie" Hart


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 18, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Hugo Berrios. Berriospreviously worked for Strategic. A cellular telephone number of (850) 687-5319 was identifiedfor Berrios. The interview was conducted via telephone and the following information wasdeveloped. Berrios learned of the job through a friend, Carol Christian Scott, AKA Chris Scott. Berrioscontacted Aaron Braum, who was in charge of the company and hiring. Berrios worked for thecompany for one and a half weeks. He drew two pay checks while working for the company. Prior to beginning work, Berrios had to travel to the Republican Headquarters on RacetrackRoad in Ft. Walton for training provided by Aaron Braun. He attended the training alone. Thetraining consisted of a video. Braum reviewed the forms that were to be used and the properway they should be filled out. Berrios stated that he was instructed to ask people if they were voting for Romney or Obama. Ifthey said Obama, he was to say, "Thank you and have a nice day." If they said Romney,Berrios was to make sure they were registered to vote and if so, that all information wascorrect. Berrios stated that the job paid $12.00 per hour and employees were allowed to workup to 40 hour per week. Prior to, and at the end of each shift that Berrios worked he was instructed to text Braum lettinghim know that Berrios was in fact working. At the end of the shift, Berrios was responsible forgetting the forms filled out during that shift to Braum. After the first shift, Braum came to whereBerrios was; after that Berrios would drop the forms off to co-workers at Bass Pro Shop, atDestin Commons who would transport the forms to Braum. Berrios stated that he only got five forms filled out during the time period that he worked.



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Description:Interview with Hugo Berrios


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Berrios stated that he was working for the Republican Party, and not for Strategic; however,there could have possibly been a language barrier between Berrios and SA Hatton. Berriosspoke heavily accented English. When working Berrios stated that he would randomly approach people and ask about partyaffiliation and voter registration. He was never part of a drive and always worked alone. Berrios was not aware of any improprieties by the company or employees.


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Carol Christian Scott, AKAChris Scott. That interview was previously documented in this case file in Investigative ReportNumber 3. On October 18, 2012, SA Hatton met with Scott for a second interview. This interview tookplace at The Grand, in Sand Destin. The following documents the information developed duringthat interview: Scott provided a copy of a check stub that she had regarding a payment made to her for workperiod beginning on September 3, 2012 and ending on September 9, 2012. The check datewas September 14, 2012. The check was from "Pinpoint Staffing LLC". A copy of the checkstub will be made a related item to this investigative report for future references. During the interview Scott stated that she had actually recruited five people to work for Strategicwhen she was working there. She was told at the onset by Aaron Braum that for every personrecruited to work for the company, Scott would get $50.00 dollars. She has not yet been paidfor the five people she recruited. One of the people she recruited was Hugo Berrios. SA Hatton also conducted an interview withBerrios and documented in this case file in Investigative Report Number 7. During thatinterview Berrios told SA Hatton that they, employees of Strategic, were told to ask people whothey were voting for, Obama or Romney, if they said Obama, Berrios said that Aaron Brauminstructed him to just say, "Have a nice day", and go to the next person. If the person said theywere voting for Romney, Berrios was instructed to make sure voter registration information wascorrect and up to date. In the previous interview with Scott, she stated that she was originally told by Braum to registereveryone. She stated in this interview, that Braum did tell them to only register and verify



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Description:Interview of Chris Scott


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Romney supporters, but that is not the practice she took. Scott stated that most of the peopleshe approached were Republicans and she pretty much knew that as she approached them. However, she would register all voters that needed registering that she approached. Scott stated that it was her understanding that Braum started with the company just as she didregistering voters, but did so well recruiting people that he was promoted and was supervisor ofthe office in Ft. Walton. Scott will assist in the investigation in any way possible.


IR Number 8

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC have been identified forpurposes of conducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Kara Suzanna Cox, who was a formeremployee of Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. On Friday, October 12, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a telephone interview withKara Cox via telephone number (850) 225-9921. Prior to recording the interview, SA Carmonaidentified herself and explained the purpose of the interview. The following information is asummary of the details Cox provided during the interview: Cox worked for Strategic Allied Consultants for approximately three or four weeks duringSeptember of 2012. Cox was recruited by her friend, Cassie M Hurley, who also worked for thecompany. Hurley directed Cox to meet with her boss (Aaron Braun) and complete anapplication. Cox reported directly to Aaron Scott Braun, who was also employed with company;however, she did not know his position or title. Cox was paid $12.00 per hour and was expected to turn in one voter registration form per hour. The company would frown upon employees, who did not meet the minimum requirement of oneform per hour. According to Cox, Aaron Braun would compensate employees for obtainingextra voter registration forms. For instance, if Cox worked four hours and obtained ten to twelvevoter registration forms, she would be paid as if she had worked eight hours. Cox was notoffered any other pay incentives. Cox was told those employees who did well could be offereda full time employment with the Republican National Committee. In order to be paid for work,the voter registration forms had to be turned in daily. Each employee was required to completea daily form regarding how many voter registration forms were turned in. According to Cox, there were no written contracts. She completed an employment application,and signed a privacy agreement, which stated she was not allowed to share or alter anyinformation on the voter registration forms. Cox advised her individual expectations for work



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Author: Carmona, Vannessa Teresa Office: Pensacola



Description:Interview of Kara Cox


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performance required her to obtain one voter registration form per hour. In regards to training, Cox recalled viewing a video, which addressed voter registration fraudissues, such as changing the forms. Cox was then told to approach people and ask who theywere voting for in the election. If they said Romney, Cox was supposed to try to get the personto fill out a form (voter registration). If they said Obama, Cox was told to say "thank you for yourtime." Cox was told she could not refuse to fill out a form for someone who was supportingObama; however, she was told not to press them into filling out a form. Cox advised she turnedher forms in even if they person was in favor of Obama. Cox mainly conducted voter registration drives at shopping centers, such as Wal-Mart, Kmart,or the mall. She was not aware of any drives that were conducted outside of a jail. Cox wasnot aware of anyone registering a voter multiple times; however, she was told it did not matter ifsomeone was already registered because it could be used for survey purposes. Cox was toldshe could register voters that were already registered to ensure they were still registered andusing the correct precinct. Cox advised if someone had recently visited the tax collector's office,then she would not register the person; however, if it had been a few years since the personfilled out a form, the person had moved, or the person lost their card, then she would fill out aform. Cox was not involved, nor was she aware of anyone changing registrant information onthe forms. Cox advised the purpose of the quotas was to break the national record and supportthe Romney campaign. Lastly, Cox thought it was odd how the company abruptly ended her employment. After shewas dismissed because the company "was not doing it anymore (referring to voter registration),"she learned her boss (Braun) was suddenly sent to Iowa. A copy of the recorded interview waspreserved on a CD in the related items section of this report (INV-11). No further information. Related Item:INV-11 CD of Kara Cox recorded telephone interview


IR Number 9

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conductinginterviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Bradford Leon Leopold (also known as BradLeopold), who was a former employee of Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. On Wednesday, October 17, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a telephone interviewwith Brad Leopold via telephone number (850) 225-4792. Prior to recording the interview, SACarmona identified herself and explained the purpose of the interview. The followinginformation is a summary of the details Leopold provided during the interview: Leopold worked for Strategic Allied Consultants for approximately two and a half weeks (2 ½)during September of 2012. Leopold responded to the job listed on an unknown computerwebsite. Leopold believed he emailed an individual named David. Leopold reported directly toAaron Scott Braun, who was also employed with the company. Leopold advised the company"shut down" after approximately two and a half (2 ½) weeks, because Braun was promoted andmoved to Iowa. Leopold advised Braun had a Facebook account and telephone number of(850) 774-7369. Leopold was paid $9.00 per hour and worked between six (6) to eight (8) hours per day. Thecompany had set a goal for employees to collect one (1) registration form per hour, but it wasnot mandatory. Leopold advised sometimes he would obtain twelve (12) forms for the day,while other times he might only collect three (3) forms for the day. The day(s) Leopold obtainedonly three (3) forms; he was asked if he needed assistance talking to people. On one occasionLeopold did ask for assistance from another employee showed him how she approachedpeople. Leopold also recalled on one occasion being told he was going to be paid for twelve(12) hours of work even though he had not worked twelve (12) hours; however, Leopold couldnot confirm whether or not he was actually paid the extra hours, because he did not check theaccuracy of his paycheck. Leopold was not offered any incentives while working with thecompany.



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Description:Interview of Brad Leopold


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Leopold documented his work daily by turning in registration forms. Leopold would take hisforms and other employee's forms to the Republican Party's office located on Race Track Roadin Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Leopold would complete a daily log/sheet, which documentedthe names of the persons that he collected voter registration forms from. Leopold conductedvoter registration drives outside of the Bass Pro Shop located at the Destin Commons shoppingcenter in Destin, Florida. Leopold advised other employees utilized him to turn in the voterregistration forms they collected too. Leopold explained several employees did not live in FortWalton; however, he did and it was more convenient for him to take other employees forms andturn them in with his. After the forms were turned in at the Republican Party office, someoneelse took them to the voter registration's office. According to Leopold, he did not receive any training from the company; rather, he was told totake the forms (voter registration forms) and get people who were for Romney/Ryan to signthem. Leopold was also given a script to follow when approaching people; however, after a fewdays, Leopold quit using the script because these were voter registration forms. Leopold wouldask people to register or update voter registration forms. He conducted voter registration drivesoutside of the Bass Pro Shop located in at the Destin Commons shopping center in Destin,Florida. Leopold recalled an occasion when a customer complained to the Bass Pro Shopregarding the voter registration drive. According to Leopold, the customer complained theywere targeting Republicans and not giving equal opportunity to Democrats or Independents. The Bass Pro Shop advised Leopold that if they did not provide an equal opportunity to allvoters, then they would have to move the drive elsewhere. Leopold advised Braun of thecomplaint and quit using the script to approach only Republicans; instead, Leopold beganasking people if they were registered to vote or if they need to update their voter registrationinformation. Leopold was not aware of any voter registration drives conducted outside of a jail. He was notaware of anyone registering convicted felons; however, he did not check a registrant's driver'slicense to verify the persons correct information was entered on the voter registration form. Leopold did not know how to register a deceased person to vote, nor was he aware of anyoneregistering deceased people. Further, Leopold advised after the company closed, he had difficulty receiving his lastpaycheck. Leopold contacted Braun and a male named "Orlando", who was operating out ofTallahassee, Florida. Leopold eventually recieved his last paycheck on around the first ofOctober. A copy of the recorded interview was preserved on a CD in the related items sectionof this report (INV-16). No further information. Related Item:INV-16 CD of Brad Leopold recorded telephone interview


IR Number 10

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, (SAC), LLC. As part of theinvestigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes ofconducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document a tellephone interview with SAC employee Jeanine Brock. On Monday, October 15, 2012 FDLE Special agent Chris Webster made contact with JeanineBrock telephonically at 850-259-4098. Brock did not want to provide her address, howeverstated she lived in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida but was willing to assist law enforcement in thisinvestigation. Brock understood and agreed that the phone interview was being recorded In essence Jeanine Brock stated the following: Brock was recruited by a lady named Carol Christian Scott to work for SAC. Scott is a friendfrom her church and posted the job at their church and on Face Book. Scott also worked forSAC. Brock was advised by Scott to contact the manager of SAC Aaron Scott Braun. Brockcontacted Aaron and started working for SAC shortly after a background check was completed,although she never had any confirmation of any background check. Brock worked forapproximately 4 weeks in September 2012 for SAC and made around $500. Aaron advised Brock to get as many registrations as possible and go to places that had a lot ofpeople such as business parking lots, malls etc., and approach people to register to vote. Brockdid not like approaching people in a parking lot, so she went to retirement homes, seniorcenters and other businesses and set up a table to allow people come up to her to getregistered. Brock felt the competition from other regions based on what Aaron reported to her.Brock did not try and persuade anyone on their voting preference or party but Aaron did say dowhat you have to do on the registrations. Brock stated the voter was responsible for filing outthe voter forms and Brock checked the voters ID and driver's license for accuracy. Brock stated she was offered $12 dollars an hour and if you did a good job, and SAC felt likeyou exceeded their goal objectives, you could get bonus money or even a full time job with SAC



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Author: Webster, Chris Lane Office: Pensacola



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later. Brock did not receive any more money other than $12 an hour and had no writtencontract, just an application she filed out for Aaron. The employees were responsible for loggingtheir own hours. For example, Brock may work 3 hours and turn in 10 voter registrations andBrock would get paid for 8 hours work. Aaron expected at least 1 registration per hour. Brockdid not get paid per registration. Brock turned in her daily log to Aaron each day but does notthink she has any of the receipts to provide. Brock watched a short training video on how to register people but no one really watched it andAaron didn't care if they did. Brock watched the video at the Republican Headquarters onRacetrack Road, Ft Walton Beach, Florida. Aaron told Brock to do what she needed to do onthe registration forms to complete them. Brock did not observe improprieties from other employees, mainly because she stated sheworked alone during the drives and chose to work retirement home facilities. Other workergroups decided to go to gun show locations and parking lots. Brock is unaware of any drivestaking place at any jails or correctional facilities. Brock's problems came with the Labor Laws and procedures about getting paid. According toBrock, it was a fiasco, unprofessional and borderline fraud in her opinion. Brock got therunaround while trying to get paid. Brock received extra money for her inconvenience Brockeventually contacted Pin Point directly, demand payment and threaten them legally in order tofinally get paid. PinPoint Staffing is the company that cut checks to the employees. Brockprovided SA Webster a name Tom Gould from PinPoint from Denver Colorado that she spoketo about her pay. Brock mentioned Pin Point had her personal information as an Arizonaresident. This concerned Brock and she felt like this whole process was some sort of a scam. At the end of a day's work, Brock returned the voter registration forms to the RepublicanHeadquarters on Racetrack Road to Aaron, then fill out a log with the first and last name of theperson registered. Brock did not help voters fill out their forms she verified the voters ID, socialsecurity number or driver's license before the form was filled out. Aaron told her phone numberswere optional. Brock felt Aaron was under trained and overwhelmed. Aaron tried to keep closetrack of where everyone was and what they were doing, but it got messy unorganized andharder to control. Brock felt the pressure from Aaron to be one sided and help the Republican Party and not theDemocrats. Even though Aaron set it up in this manner, Brock allowed anyone to sign up at herbooth, Republican or Democrat. On November 7, 2012 SA Webster recieved an e-mail from Brock with six (6) attachmentsprovided to her from Aaron Braun. Braun provides information to all SAC employees in theemail dated September 19, 2012. The email will be attached electronically INV-9. (1-6 attachments are INV-10) 1. Blank Voter Survey2. Phone list3. Blank voter registration application.4. Voter application marked in red.


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5. Blank voter registraion log.6. What to put on voter registration log. No further information.


IR Number 11

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants (SAC), LLC. As part of theinvestigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes ofconducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employee Michael John Zavison. On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 FDLE Special agent Chris Webster made contact with MikeZavison telephonically at 850-240-2485. Zavison was willing to assist law enforcement in thisinvestigation and he understood and agreed to the phone interview being recorded. In essence, Mike Zavison stated the following: In September 2012, Zavison responded to an ad posted on Craig's list for employment withSAC to register voters. He answered the ad and spoke to Aaron Scott Braun and set up ameeting to start the hiring process. Aaron was Zavison's boss. Zavison was offered $10 an hourfor several weeks work Zavison ultimately worked for about 3 weeks for Aaron and SAC inSeptember 2102. Zavison was not getting paid per registration and was not aware of any other employees gettingpaid per registration either, but recalls Aaron stating if you got a lot of registrations you couldmove up in the company and be considered for a permanent or long term position with SAC.Zavison was told by Aaron he needed to get one (1) registration per hour, if not, he may not beasked to stay on with the company. Zavison stated he could sit home all day and turn in zero registrations and get paid for an 8 hourday, but you may not be asked back the next day. A log sheet was provided to Zavison todocument his work hours based on the honor system. In order to keep his job, Zavison neededto collect on average one registration per hour. Aaron made it clear; he wanted as manyregistrations as possible and really didn't care how it was obtained. Zavison adds he had nowritten contract for the job, only a simple application which Aaron claims included a backgroundcheck. Zavison stated he was not sure a background check was ever done on him. Zavison



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stated if he found any emails, documents or text messages from Aaron, he would provide themupon request but felt he did not have any. Zavison claims there was no formal training involved for the job. Aaron basically turned on alaptop video and walked away without any instruction. Zavison watched the short video aboutthe legalities of their mission such as do not write on the forms. Zavison stated Aaron told hisgroup to push Mitt Romney supporters/voters and sign them up, but also let Obama supportersregister too. We could not refuse anyone (but Aaron made it clear he really didn't want Obamavoters registered). Zavison stated he really didn't care who signed the form, he was trying tobring back as many forms as he could. Later, Aaron asked Zavison to go out and sign up asmany Republican voters as possible. Zavison decided to go to parking lots and approach votersthere. Zavison called it "harassing people in parking lots". Zavison is unaware of any groupsworking drives at a jail or correctional facility. Zavison stated after the registration forms were signed, he took them back to the RepublicanHeadquarters on Race Track Road and turned them in to Aaron. The forms were secured onclipboards and he was not sure what happened to them after he handed them to Aaron. Zavisonfilled out a log form/spread sheet which included how many forms he returned, which partyvoted for Romney or Obama (how many) and hours worked. Zavison could not remember whatis on the rest of the form. Zavison is not aware of workers completing multiple registrations but stated he went to hisfriends and family first to get them registered, once that was over he went to parking lots andharassed people to vote. Zavison handed the voter a clipboard with the form on it for the voterto fill it out. Zavison did not check any ID or Driver's License for any voter's. As long as the voterput something down on the form and signed it Zavison did not care. Zavison worked with a girlnamed Angela Weaver and Ashley Schermerhorn. Zavison and his group took turns talking tovoters and at the end of the day they averaged about the same number of registrants. They didnot share forms to make up any shortages or quotas. No further information.


IR Number 12

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, (SAC), LLC. As part of theinvestigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes ofconducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employee Sonnja Skipper. On Tuesday October 16, 2012, FDLE special agent Chris Webster made contact with Skippertelephonically at 850-797-4028. Skipper was willing to assist law enforcement in thisinvestigation and agreed to the phone interview being recorded. In essence, Sonnja Skipper stated the following: Skipper responded to a Craig's List ad in September 2012 while looking for a job for herboyfriend, Lenny Arendt. Lenny and Skipper both ended up contacting Aaron Scott Braun byphone about the job. On a Monday, they met Aaron in Ft Walton Beach on Racetrack Road andfilled out an application. Skipper anticipated approximately 6-8 weeks of work and was offered aflat rate of $12 an hour. Skipper stated she and Lenny only worked 11 days for SAC. Skipper advised she worked by the hour, not per registration, however, was sometimes paid forhours she did not work. After the first day or so, Skipper stated Aaron was willing to pay themmore money for more registrations turned in. For example, if they turned in 15 to 20 forms in afew hours they would be paid for a full day 8-9 hours of work. Everyone was offered the samedeal...if an employee turned in 15 or more forms in a few hours you would be paid for 8 hourswork and all the other workers were talking about it and doing it. Skipper would turn in a formdepicting how many hours she worked and typically that's what she was paid. No contract wasoffered by Aaron, just an application and a background check, but Skipper never saw anybackground check verification. Skipper was out the door working before any background checkswere completed. Skipper was told by Aaron in person and by email to get as many registrations as possible forthe Republican Party and Mitt Romney. Skipper kept the correspondence and is willing toprovide them to law enforcement.



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Skipper stated the workers had no formal training. Aaron played a very short video at theRepublican Headquarters about the job, but those employees present never watched it. Heskimmed over any rules and said, just go out and get Republican voters registered and steeraway from the Democrats. Skipper felt it was unfair to be bias for Republicans so she allowedDemocrats to fill out forms too. Aaron did not like this and sent out a mass email not to collectDemocrat votes and to avoid them. Skipper did not see this request in a formal document otherthan the email and from Aaron himself. According to Skipper, the main problem was workers not getting paid. Not long after Skipperstarted working, Aaron told them he had been promoted and was going to another worklocation, and told everyone their check is in the mail. A company called PinPoint finally sent herpaycheck after threatening to blow the whistle about fraud against Aaron and SAC. Skipper wastold by worker Debbie West that she registered herself more than 3 times. Skipper heard a girlnamed Eunice Hemsley was getting into arguments with voters about voting for Obama.Skipper advised she trained other people that never watched any video or any training. Skipperis aware of a voter (not sure of name) that put the wrong social security number on a form thatmade it through the system and that person has already received a voter's card in the mail.Skipper was aware that some people were signing people up from elderly care facilities whowere mentally in capable of filling out any forms. Skipper suspects these forms were filled outfraudulently by other workers. Skipper stated she filled out 2 registrations on herself. Aaronrecognized forms with the same hand writing and laughed about it. Skipper thought Aaronwould fix the problem but she never saw him do anything with the forms accept count them.Skipper was advised to trick and persuade voters into filling out forms for Romney and theRepublicans. Skipper was told by Aaron to register people more than once just turn in a lot offorms. Skipper referred to other workers could verify these accounts of discrepancies andproblems. Skipper added the name Lisa Celic is currently employed with SAC and could alsoprovide further information. Skipper's work location was at the Bass Pro Shop and others decided to hit other high trafficareas and parking lots. She did not hear anyone going to jail or correction facilities. In addition,Aaron was telling people to register people more than once. And he allowed it. Skipper stated after the forms were signed workers from other locations brought the forms toher location at the Bass Pro Shop with a log form attached to it. Many of the forms were filledout for Obama and Aaron said not to turn those in. Skipper accuses Aaron of being a scamartist and a fraud and was not a good person in this position. Skipper wrote a letter to PinPointabout Aaron and pointed out all the problems such as workers filling out forms for family andfriends over the phone. Skipper has copies of these documents and is willing to provide them tolaw enforcement. Skipper reinforced Aaron was in charge of everything, he was asking Skipper to do things shedidn't like but she needed the money, so she did most of it. Skipper said she didn't change anyforms but heard others talking about it. Skipper asked Aaron about it but he denied it. A guy named Brad Leopold was informed voters were getting absent tee forms in the mail ifthey filled out the form and they were supposed to start telling voters this information. Skipperfound out that others were doing this. Aaron denied saying this.


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Skipper heard Debbie West turned in 50 forms at a time. Skipper got the impression fromDebbie that Debbie was as important as Aaron because she turned in so many forms andDebbie was letting everyone know she was the best in the nation. Skipper thinks Debbie wascheating. Skipper emphasizes she/Skipper tried to do the right thing. No further information.


IR Number 13

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). As part of theinvestigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes ofconducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employee John Griffo. On Tuesday October 16, 2012, FDLE special agent Chris Webster made contact with Skippertelephonically at 850-368-8740. Griffo was willing to assist law enforcement in this investigationand agreed to the phone interview being recorded. In essence, Griffo stated the following: Griffo answered a Craig's list ad for voter work. Griffo called Aaron Scott Braun on the phoneand went to meet him on Racetrack Road to start the process. He was offered $12 an hour butalso was told by Aaron, Griffo could make more money if he turned in more forms. Griffo statedhe was not comfortable with getting paid for work he didn't do, such as turning in 10 forms in a 2hour time frame and getting paid for an 8 hour day. Griffo stated he can't speak for otherworkers because he worked alone. Griffo filed out a log form to get paid like a excel spread sheet. It had a place to log if you were aMitt Romney supporter or an Obama supporter, if you were registered to vote or not, name dateand time that was worked for the day. Griffo stated he was told by Aaron to get more Romneyvoters signed up but don't turn anyone away. He does not recall turning anyone away but hesigned up a lot of Romney voters. Griffo had no contract for the job only a basic application with a background check requiredwhich would take three days to process. It was all strange to Griffo; he felt something was notright with Aaron from the beginning. Griffo followed through with the process because heneeded the money at the time. Aaron expected at least 1 registration per hour from Griffo. Griffostated he did not turn in more registrations to get paid for a day's work. Aaron was the only pointof contact during his one week of employment with SAC. Aaron pushed Griffo for getting moreregistrations. Griffo recalls a video presented by Aaron at the Republican Party office as to howto do the job, what to say to people on approach them to get them to register. He also receiveda written form like a script on how to do the job, including rules of what you can and can't do.



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Griffo does not recall any forms that were not completed or filled out correctly. He intended ondoing a good job for a day's pay. Griffo worked alone and always handed his forms to Aaron orput them on his desk in the office. Griffo does not have any documents from Aaron that he kept.He recalls signing documents to start work but can't remember what it was or what it said. Griffothought it was strange and questioned why his name and information was attached to Arizonaon his pay check. Griffo never got an answer. Griffo did not see anything that was off the charts wrong other than signing themselves upmultiple times. Griffo worked at a strip mall area and only saw Aaron there once. He neverheard Aaron say or do anything to him that was wrong. Aaron made all the decisions and toldGriffo to tell the voters if they sign up they would receive an absentee ballot in the mail. Griffostated even though he is a Romney supporter he signed up anyone who wanted to. Griffo didnot like the way he was told by Aaron to approach people. Aaron said avoid the Democratvoters and just get the Republicans signed up. Griffo had a bad feeling about the whole thingand quit after a week and took home less than $300. No further information.


IR Number 14

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, (SAC) LLC. As part of theinvestigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes ofconducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employees Chuck Buehner Dawn Buehnerand Nick Buehner 915 Harrelson Drive, Ft Walton Beach, Florida new residents fromTennessee. On Friday October 19, 2012, FDLE special agent Chris Webster made contact with theBuehner's telephonically at 615-397-5614. The Buehner's were willing to assist lawenforcement in this investigation and agreed to this phone interview being recorded. In essence, the Buehner's stated the following: The Buehner's heard about a job through friends Ralph and Karen Nelson who workedwith SAC where they could make $12 and hour signing up voters. The Buehner's went to theRepublican Party Headquarters and met with Aaron Scott Braun in September, 2012 to beginthe process. The Buehner's stated Aaron offered them $12 an hour for the job but were required to meet aquota of one registration per hour. The Buehner's add Aaron provided no details about notmeeting the quota. Aaron told them they could make bonuses if they turned in a lot offorms. The Buehner's worked as a family unit, at the same locations together and admit theywere not the best at getting voters signed up. The Buehner's stated Aaron shorted them hoursbecause they did not turn in enough forms or meet the quota. The Buehner's filled out a formevery day where they logged their time and number of forms. They turned in more hours workthen they did forms and Aaron reduced their hours on their pay check. Each family memberturned in a separate log for each of their time and forms. As time went on, Aaron changed thehours on their forms. The Buehner's do not have copy's of the logs and times they worked.Aaron advised the Buehner's he was taking hours away but the Buehner's were not sure whathe was doing other than messing everything up. The time sheets turned in by the Buehner'sreflected the same on everything but they were missing hours worked from what they turned into Aaron. The Buehner's only worked for two weeks in September and they did not sign a



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Description:Interview Chuck, Dawn and Nick Buehner Oct 19, 2012


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contract, only filled out an application. When the discrepancies were brought up by the Buehner's, Aaron said he would take care of it.The Buehner's stated Aaron did not take care of it. The checks the Buehner's did receive werefrom a company called PinPoint Staffing located in Arizona and were short from the hoursturned in to Aaron. From the beginning, the Buehner's had an uneasy feeling about Aaron andthe company during the whole experience. The Buehner's stated they watched a videopresented by Aaron at the Republican office. The video illustrated how to fill out the forms,register voters and information. They were advised not to fill out the forms for the voters butthey could assist them on how to fill it out. Aaron said follow the handout/script as to what to sayto the voter. Aaron told The Buehner's to ask the voter if they were for Obama or Romney. Ifthey were for Romney say great and work with them on getting registered. If they were forObama, just say have a nice day and walk away. Aaron did not want Democrats to vote. Aaronalso told The Buehner's to be careful what they say to the people in case they were talking tosomeone from the media. Aaron had concern about the media coming around. This concernedthe Buehner's even more. Aaron sent out a lot of emails telling them how bad they were doingand what he wanted everyone to do and how to do it. The forms were collected daily and returned to Aaron at the Republican office. The Buehner'sdid not check the forms for accuracy or check any voter ID's. The Buehner's stated they sharedregistrations to help each others numbers stay up so Aaron would not dock their pay. TheBuehner's state Aaron was aware that workers traded forms and he encouraged this practice toeveryone in the field. The Buehner's stated they tried to do a good job and get a lot of formsturned in but they were just not good at it and were uncomfortable approaching people inparking lots. They added they did not alter any forms or create forms to meet the quota set byAaron, nor did they or anyone else register voters multiple times. Toward the end of the secondweek, while at the office turning in the forms Aaron was rude, yelling at them and accusing themof not working and ultimately told them they were not needed anymore and were fired. ChuckBuehner stated he was short getting paid 20 hours, so he called PinPoint in Arizona and spoketo an employee named Orlando. Orlando told Chuck he had to take it up with Aaron about thepay issues. Chuck has not heard anything else from Aaron Braun or PinPoint. Dawn Buehner has provided a mass email sent from Aaron Braun and voter log sheets forreview. These items will be maintained electronically in the related items section of this case fileINV-6, 7, and 8. No further information.


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IR Number 15

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conductinginterviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Ralph Wayne Nelson, who was a formeremployee of Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. On Friday, October 19, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a recorded telephoneinterview with Ralph Nelson via telephone number (720) 620-4954. Prior to recording theinterview, SA Carmona identified herself and explained the purpose of the interview. Thefollowing information is a summary of the details Nelson provided during the interview: Nelson worked for Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC for five weeks during September of 2012. He was supposed to work for them during the first week of October too; however, the officesuddenly closed. Nelson discovered an advertisement for the company on Craigslist andapplied for the position in person at the Republican Committee office located on RacetrackRoad in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Nelson reported directly to Aaron Scott Braun. Accordingto Nelson Braun changed his telephone number. Nelson was paid $12 per hour and was required to obtain ten (10) voter registration forms perday. He worked ten hours a day and was required to obtain ten (10) forms each day. If Nelsonobtained more than ten forms, then he would receive a bonus. Nelson believed a person had toobtain between twenty to forty extra forms to receive the bonus, which was being paidadditionally hours on a paycheck. Nelson worked with his wife, Karen A Nelson, to collect voterregistration forms. The most they collected in one day was approximately 48 voter registrationforms. They received a bonus, which was being paid a couple of extra hours on theirpaycheck. Nelson was not paid per registration form and the only incentive he received wasbeing paid a couple of extra hours. According to Nelson, he did not have a written contract with the company. The companycompleted a background check on him, his wife (Karen Nelson), and his friend, Roger Mizell.



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They signed a form that authorized them to register people to vote. Nelson recalled they alsoviewed a fifteen (15) minute video at the office; however, they did not receive any formaltraining. They were told to approach people and ask, "Are you for Obama or Romney?" If theperson said Obama, they were supposed to reply, "Thank you very much." If the person saidRomney, they would ask them to register to vote. Nelson, his wife (Karen Nelson), and RogerMizell did not use the script. They would approach people and ask if they were registered tovote. Further, Nelson advised their individual work performance expectations were to collect at leastone voter registration form per hour. Nelson stated there were a few people that did not collectall of their required forms (10 per day), and those people did not get paid their hours. At the endof the day, Nelson would complete a "log" sheet, which documented the voter registration formshe collected for the day. The log sheet along with the voter registration forms were turned intogether and submitted to Aaron Braun. Braun would enter some information into a computer,and then mail the forms. Nelson believed Braun used FedEx and possibly mailed the forms toTallahassee. Nelson conducted voter registration drives with his wife, Karen Nelson, and their friend, RogerMizell. They traveled together and would conduct drives at malls, churches, colleges, andhospitals locate in Defuniak Springs, Shalimar, and various other areas. Additionally, Nelson never knowingly registered a convicted felon. He did meet a few people,who stated they were not eligible to vote due to being incarcerated. In those instances, Nelsondid not register the person to vote. Nelson was not aware of anyone registering convictedfelons, nor did he know of anyone registering a person multiple times. Nelson stated on twooccasions, the person registering to vote was disabled and received assistance from anotherperson, who had power of attorney. Nelson witnessed the form being completed by the personwith power of attorney. Nelson advised the disabled person could speak, but was unable towrite. Nelson did not know how to register a deceased person. He would verify the personregistering to vote by checking their identification or social security card. A copy of the recorded interview was preserved on a CD in the related items section of thisreport (INV-17). No further information. Related Item:INV-17 CD of Ralph Nelson recorded telephone interview


IR Number 16

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, (SAC) LLC. As part of theinvestigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes ofconducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employee Brenda Winfree. On Friday October 19, 2012, FDLE special agent Chris Webster made contact with BrendaWinfree telephonically at 850-259-2822, PO Box 212 Destin, Florida 32540. Winfree is willing toassist law enforcement in this investigation and agreed to this phone interview being recorded. In essence, Brenda Winfree stated the following: Winfree got involved with SAC through an acquaintance of hers Lenny Arendt and SonnjaSkipper and Winfree thought it would be a good thing for her to do for the campaine. She wentover to the main office on race Track Road and filled out the application with Aaron Braun.Winfree stated she only worked for two days in September 2012. Prior to working she watcheda short video and talked with Aaron about what she was supposed to do for the job includingrules to go by. Aaron told her to solicit Romney supporters and not be too interested in theObama supporters. Aaron did not want Winfree to even fill out the registration for Obamasuporters, but Winfree allowed anyone to register. Winfree worked on voters who needed to beupdated or new cards all together. Winfree stated she kept emails and some text from Aaron.Winfree acknowledged a form she had to fill out to account for her time and hours she worked.She was offered $12 and hour, but if you could get paid for extra hours if you turned in a lot offorms. For example if you turned in 15 forms and worked 3 hours, Aaron would pay you for 8hours work. Aaron told Winfree SAC expected one (1) form and hour or 8 forms in an 8 hourperiod. Winfree was not offered payment per each registration. Winfree worked the HarbourWalk and common area as it is near her home. She filled out her family and friends andneighbors who needed to register or update their registration. After she got these peopleregistered the job was over. Winfree worked alone on her job and filled out a summary sheet atthe end of her day and turned it in to Aaron. Winfree stated she worked for about 10-12 hours aday for 2 days and turned in around 40 registrations to the Bass Pro Shop or Target to handthem off to another guy so she did not have to drive so far away. She did not hear of any wrongdoings because she worked for only a short period of time. Winfree asked voters to put their



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correct information on the forms but did not check it herself to confirm it by looking at driverslicenses or ID's. Winfree did not share any of her forms with any other worker to give them ahigher turn in rate. Aaron told people if voters signed up for a replacement card they wouldreceive a card in the mail. Winfree has never heard of PinPoint Statistics and recalls havingtrouble getting paid. When she finally got paid, her information was attached to another addressin Colorado and this concerned her. Unfreeze check was for around $212 dollars. Winfreeheard that Aaron was relocated to another job with the Republican Party and was moving on. No further information.


IR Number 17

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, (SAC), LLC. As part of theinvestigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes ofconducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employee Megan Reed. On Monday October 22, 2012, FDLE special agent Chris Webster made contact with MeganReed telephonically at 850-621-2449, 25 Poplar Ave, Shalimar, Florida. Reed is willing to assistlaw enforcement in this investigation and agreed to this phone interview being recorded. In essence, Megan Reed stated the following: Reed answered an ad on Cragslist List, then corresponded with Aaron Scott Braun through e-mails before going through he hiring process. Reed worked for approximately 12 days inSeptember 2012. Reed was offered $12 an hour for getting voters registered. Aaron toldemployees they could get a bonus for getting other workers signed up to work for SAC. Reedwas offered no other bonuses or incentives for pay. Reed always worked for Aaron but did hearother names used in the office around Aaron such as "Orlando" and "Brian" but Reed never metthose people and does not know their last names. Reed did not have a contract for the job, butfilled out an application which took a week or so to process . Aaron explained to Reed brieflywhat the job required and he was clear that he did not want Obama supporters signed up orregistered. Reed was provided a script by Aaron as to what specifically to say to voters. Reedfelt undertrained and uncomfortable about approaching people in the street or parking lots soshe set up shop at a gym. Reed felt Aaron was in over his head and not very organized in the position. Reed stated sheworked alone for the most part, but did work with "Debbie West" to learn how to do the job for aday. Reed was not a good sales person and did not meet the quota of one registration per hour.Aaron gave Reed some registrations because she was short sometimes. Aaron said they werefrom people who came in off the street to sign up so he just gave them to workers that werecoming up short like her. Reeds job ended about two weeks after she started because Aaronwas being moved to Iowa for another job assignment. Reed did not want to sign on for furtherwork with SAC because she didn't like the work requirements on approaching strangers in a



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parking lot. Aaron told Reed and all the SAC employees to tell all voters if they signed up to vote with themthey would receive an absentee ballot in the mail. Reed stated she just did what her boss Aarontold her to do. Reed was not happy because she was delayed on getting paid through PinPointand when the check finally arrived it had a Colorado address and Reed's information was notaccurate. Reed thought the check was for some other person at first. Reed asked Aaron aboutthis issue and Aaron told her everyone gets a check the same way. Reed stated she filled out an excel spread sheet that was turned in at the end of the day todocument her time and how many forms she turned in. The spread sheet had other informationon it such as which party got registered (Republican, Democrat or independent). Reed statedshe did not check drivers licenses or ID's when the voter filled out the registration because shewas not told to do so. Reed stated she did not see anyone doing anything wrong or illegal butonce again she worked alone and did not go out with a group. Megan Reed forwarded e-mail correspondence from Aaron Braun while working with SAC to SAWebster. The e-mail[s] will be maintained in the related items section of this case fileelectronically INV-4 and 5. RELATED ITEMSE-mails from Aaron Braun to Megan Reed. No further information.


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 19, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Taylor Anne Bennett. Bennett had been identified as a previous employee of Strategic. The following informationwas developed during the interview: Bennett learned of the job through an ad on Craig's List. She sent an E-Mail and waseventually put in contact with Aaron Braum. Bennett took a job with the company and had toattend a training session at the Republican Headquarters on Racetrack Road, Ft. WaltonBeach. The training was put on by Braum and consisted of a three to a five minute video onwhat to do. Braum went over the forms that were going to be required. Bennett was told to approach potential voters and ask, "Obama or Romney". If they saidObama they were instructed to simply say have a nice day; however, if they replied Romney,they were instructed to make sure the person was in fact registered to vote and all theregistration information was up to date. Bennett is a student at college in Ft. Walton Beach and used that as her location for trying toregister voters. She was paid $12.00 dollars per hour and was told she could work up to 40hours per week. She started work on September 19th, and worked that day and part of the dayon the 20th. At that time she was called by Braum and told to stop registering people. Shelearned a week later that the company was under investigation. She was paid for her hours ofwork. On the days she worked, she texted Braum at the beginning of her shift and then again at theend of her shift. All of the forms were turned end at the end of the shift.



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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Wanda Joy Duke. Dukepreviously worked for Strategic. A cellular telephone number of (850) 217-6835 was identifiedfor Duke. The interview was conducted and previously documented in this case file inInvestigative Report Number 4. On October 18, 2012, Duke provided SA Hatton with copies of two pay stubs from checks shereceived while working for Strategic. They will be made a related item to this InvestigativeReport for future references.



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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently involved in a statewide investigationregarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with a private companyidentified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation, people previouslyemployed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conducting interviews to determinewhat, if any, illegal activity has taken place. On October 16, 2012, SA Barry Hatton conducted an interview with Rosiland Suzanne Hart.Hartpreviously worked for Strategic. A cellular telephone number of (478) 867-0116 was identifiedfor Hart. The interview was conducted and previously documented in this case file inInvestigative Report Number 6. On October 23, 2012, Hart provided SA Hatton with copies of two pay stubs from checks shereceived while working for Strategic. They will be made a related item to this InvestigativeReport for future references. In the original interview she identified Aaron Braum as her supervisor while working forStrategic. On October 23, 2012, Hart provided a cellular telephone number of (850) 774-7369that she understood was Braum's cellular telephone number at the time she worked with thecompany.



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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). Aspart of the investigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified forpurposes of conducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employee Lisa Dishman. On Wednesday October 24, 2012, FDLE special agent Chris Webster made contact with LisaDishman telephonically at 850-687-4740, 35 3rd Street, Shalimar, Florida. Dishman is willing toassist law enforcement in this investigation and agreed to this phone interview being recorded. In essence, Lisa Dishman stated the following: Dishman was recruited to work for SAC from Carol Christian Scott, a friend from her church.Dishman was told by Scott to contact Aaron Braun and set up a meeting for the job. Around thesecond week of September 2012, Dishman met Aaron at the Republican Headquarters to startthe hiring process. Dishman stated she filled out an application (8 pages) and Aaron went oversome basic job expectations with her. Aaron told her they expected at least one (1) registrationform per hour and quickly went over the process which included a short video on the voterregistration rules. Aaron offered her $12 an hour and did not say Dishman could make moremoney if she turned in more registrations. Dishman added, Aaron talked through and over thevideo and she was not real sure what she was supposed to do. Approximately three days later,she was informed she was approved to start work and she picked up a stack ofregistration forms and an ID card. She was told not to fill out the form for the voter and Dishmannever checked any voter identifications because she was not told to do so. Dishman stated sheworked for 2 weeks and received two pay checks. Her first check had her name on it but it didnot clear the bank. It also had a different adderss/state on it but Dishman could not rememberthe state. Most of the time when Dishman came to the office to turn forms in Aaron was not present.Dishman left the forms on a table in the back and picked up more blank forms. Dishman wasnot aware of any wrong doings as she worked alone. Aaron made it clear that they were notinterested in Democrat voters he promoted getting the Republican voters registered. Dishman isunaware of anyone registering more than once or registering the same person multiple times.



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Dishman stated during her time with SAC she heard that other places in the state were underinvestigation for voter fraud incidents and to expect a call from someone at some point. At thispoint Aaron was not answering his phone and Dishman was unable to make contact with himand he was not returning her calls. Dishman added she did speak to Aaron on Face Book alongwith other employees such as Chris Scott and is willing to provide law enforcement with anycorrespondence in her possession. No further information.


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC, (SAC). Aspart of the investigation, people previously employed by Strategic have been identified forpurposes of conducting interviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. This report will document an interview with SAC employee Brianna Henry. On Wednesday October 24, 2012, FDLE special agent Chris Webster made contactwith Brianna Henry telephonically at 850-855-9379. Henry is willing to assist law enforcement inthis investigation and agreed to this phone interview being recorded. In essence, Brianna Henry stated the following: Aaron Scott Braun


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Description:Interview Brianna Henry Oct 24, 2012


The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conductinginterviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Karen A Nelson, who was a formeremployee of Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. On Monday, October 29, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a recorded telephoneinterview with Karen Nelson via telephone number (720) 620-4954. A CD, which contained theaudio interview, was preserved in the related items section of this report (INV-19). Prior torecording the interview, SA Carmona identified herself and explained the purpose of theinterview. The following information is a summary of the details Nelson provided during theinterview: Nelson worked for Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC for approximately one month duringSeptember of 2012. Nelson's roommate, Roger Mizell, told her about the position he found onCraigslist. Mizell contacted Aaron, who has been positively identified by law enforcement asAaron Scott Braun. They discovered Braun was residing at the Value Place (915 HarrelsonDrive, Fort Walton Beach), which was the same placed Nelson, her husband (Ralph WayneNelson), and Mizell were residing. They met with Braun in the lobby and he explained that theywould be $12 per hour to obtain voter registration forms. Nelson explained they had to pass abackground check before beginning employment. After they passed the background check, Nelson, her husband, and Mizell met Braun at theRepublican office located on Race Track Road. They viewed video regarding Florida laws andvoter registration laws. They were directed how to approach people and to specifically targetRepublicans; however, Nelson advised they were non-partisan and approached everyoneequally regarding registering individuals to vote. They documented their work by completingdaily log sheets, which indicated the names of the people they obtained voter registration formsfrom.



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Initially, Nelson was told they only had to obtain one (1) voter registration form per day;however, by the end of the week they were told they needed to obtain ten (10) forms per day. Nelson stated they always met their quota and worked eight (8) hours a day and five (5) days aweek. Nelson was told that they (Nelson, her husband, and Mizell) were the top workers. Nelson advised Braun would send a daily email notating their progress. Nelson recalled watching a video regarding Florida voter registrations law. Also, she recalledbeing shown how to approach people and to specifically target Republicans. Nelson did notreceive any other training. Nelson conducted voter registration drives with her husband (RalphNelson) and Roger Mizell in Crestview, Freeport, Ft. Walton Beach, and Destin. They targetedareas such as shopping centers and malls. They did not conduct any drives outside of a jail,nor were they aware of anyone else conducting drives outside of a jail. Nelson stated peoplewere honest and would tell them if they were unable to vote due to being incarcerated. Nelson did not observed anything illegal take place at Strategic Allied Consultants; however,she did hear Braun make statements that she felt were odd such as, "make sure you're gettinglegitimate people," or "don't get duplicates." Also, she felt Braun's exit was fast and seemedquestionable. They were told the office would always be open and the company was taking ahiatus for a couple of weeks. Nelson was told they were on the list to be hired back, but theynever heard back from the company. Furthermore, Nelson recalled being paid a bonus of $150.00. Nelson, her husband (RalphNelson) and Mizell were all paid $50.00 each for recruiting others to work for the company. Nelson advised they always met and/or exceeded their quota. Nelson received a bonus forexceeding the quota, which was being paid extra hours on her paycheck. No further information. Related Item:INV-19 CD with audio from Karen Nelson interview


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conductinginterviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Roger Mizell, who was a former employee ofStrategic Allied Consultants, LLC. On Monday, October 29, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a recorded telephoneinterview with Roger Mizell via telephone number (720) 620-4954. A CD, which contained theaudio from the interview, was preserved in the related items section of this report (INV-20). Prior to recording the interview, SA Carmona identified herself and explained the purpose of theinterview. The following information is a summary of the details Mizell provided during theinterview: Mizell located an advertisement on Craigslist. He spoke with his roommate, Karen A Nelson,regarding the position, and then scheduled an interview with Aaron Scott Braun. Mizellcompleted a ten minute interview and went through a background check. Mizell began workingwith Strategic Allied Consulting, LLC around the middle of August 2012 through September of2012. Mizell job involved collecting voter registration forms. He was paid $12.00 per hour and wassupposed to obtain at least eight (8) voter registration forms per day. Mizell usually worked nine(9) or ten (10) hours per day with his roommates, Karen Nelson and Ralph Wayne Nelson. Mizell was not aware of any pay incentives. He recalled being told they could receive extramoney for gas/mileage; however, they never received it. Mizell documented his worked by completing daily paperwork, which listed the voter registrationforms he had collected. Mizell advised they turned the paperwork in to the office on Race TrackRoad at the end of each day. Mizell was unaware of what happened with the forms after theywere turned in. Mizell did not have any written contracts in his possession. He did receive afew emails from Braun, but the company kept any documents regarding work performance



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expectations. Further, Mizell recalled viewing a video as part of training. Mizell was not aware of any voterregistration drives being conducted outside of jails. In fact, Mizell stated, "Aaron was true blueto the cause. He wouldn't tell people to go to jails." On one occasion, Mizell recalled contactinga male that was a convicted felon. Mizell simply told the male to have a nice day. Mizell nevercompleted registration forms for deceased people either. Mizell advised they mainly targetedstrip malls and colleges between Pensacola and Destin. They also personally targeted peoplebetween the ages of 40-60 years of age and 17-19 years of age. No further information. Related Items:INV-20 CD of audio interview with Roger Mizell


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On October 15, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown conducted a recorded phone interview withLenny Arendt. Arendt was a previous employee of Strategic Allied Consultants (SAC) that washeadquartered in Okaloosa County. The following information was developed: Arendt learned of the job with Strategic through an ad on Craigslist. Arendt worked for Strategicin September 2012 for two or three weeks. Arendt was offered a flat hourly rate of $12.00. Arendt was not offered any incentives to try and get the most voter registrations and was notaware of anyone else being offered any incentives. Arendt had very little training regarding voter registration. Aaron Braun showed Arendt a threeto five minute video that contained information about voter registration laws. Arendt did not getthe employee training form that instructed workers on what to say to Romney and Obamasupporters, but he read the form that he got from someone else. According to Arendt there was no training on what the goal was, it was all about getting theregistration forms. Arendt thought that things were too lax and there was not enough trainingand there were many aspects that he did not understand. Braun quickly pointed out to Arendt the important fields that needed to be filled in on theregistration form. Braun told Arendt not to fill out the registration forms himself because thathad to be done by the individuals who were getting registered. Braun told Arendt to get at least one registration per hour, which Arendt thought was "kind of aquota thing". According to Arendt the drive was to get Romney supporters but Braun told himthat Democrats were supposed to be registered as well. Arendt worked the Bass Pro Shop and Destin Commons area. The registration forms were supposed to be turned in every day. Arendt would either give hisforms to Braun or to another worker who would turn them in. Initially Braun did not tell Arendt



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anything about a log sheet. In the beginning Arendt would call or text Braun with the number ofregistration forms he completed. Towards the end of Arendt's employment, Arendt was toldabout a log sheet. According to Arendt, the log documented the number of registration formscompleted and if the individual was a Republican, Democrat or no party affiliation. On a few occasions (three times) Arendt let his girlfriend, Sonja Skipper, take credit forregistering individuals that he (Arendt) had actually registered. Arendt did not take credit forregistrations completed by other workers and he did not know of anyone else doing that. A few days before all of the employees were let go, Arendt felt like Braun had "tightened up". Arendt heard that Braun was more hardcore on how to fill out the registration forms. Before Arendt was hired by Strategic, a female worker named Chris Scott registered him. AfterArendt was hired by Strategic Braun had Arendt re-register himself again. Arendt turned hisown re-registration card in with some other registration cards he (Arendt) had collected. Arendtdid not know if other workers re-registered themselves, but he heard that a worker namedDebbie West possibly re-registered herself several times. The recorded interview with Arendt will be maintained as related item# 12.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On October 15, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown conducted a recorded phone interview withBilly Lawson. Lawson was a previous employee of Strategic Allied Consultants (SAC) that washeadquartered in Okaloosa County. The following information was developed: Lawson learned of the job with Strategic through an ad on Craigslist. Lawson worked forStrategic in September 2012 for two weeks. Lawson was offered a flat hourly rate of $12.00. Aaron Braun told Lawson that the average number of voter registration forms that would becompleted per day was around 12 to 15. Braun also stated that if Lawson completed moreforms, around 20 to 30 per day, then Braun would pay Lawson for an extra one or two hours forthat work day. Braun showed Lawson a voter registration form and went over what information needed to befilled out. Braun told Lawson that the person being registered had to fill out the form. Braunshowed Lawson a short, five to ten minute video that explained the do's and don'ts ofregistering voters. According to Lawson the video carefully explained how to be compliant andnot break the law when registering voters. Lawson registered one female who suffered from a stroke. The female was unable to write soLawson filled out the registration form for her, but the female signed her own name. Lawson didnot tell Braun about that individual. Lawson would text Braun updates on how many people he registered. When Lawson turned inhis voter registration forms at the end of the day, Lawson completed a log sheet that containedthe names and the number of people that he spoke with and registered. Lawson acknowledged that Braun instructed him to handle Obama and Romney supportersdifferent. Lawson would ask people "Obama or Romney?" Braun told Lawson that if someonewas an Obama supporter then Lawson should tell them something along the lines of great,wonderful, have a good day. However, if the person answered Obama, Lawson would register



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or re-register them anyway. Lawson turned in his registration forms to the office. However, on the last day, Lawson droppedoff his paperwork with two ladies who were working at the Bass Pro Shop in Destin. Lawson didnot take credit for registrations completed by other workers and no one else asked to take creditfor registrations that he completed. . Lawson registered voters in the Destin area. Braun mentioned to Lawson about going to WinnDixie, Target and the Destin Commons. However, Lawson worked the area of the boardwalkbehind the Emerald Grand and Fisherman's Warf. The recorded interview with Lawson will be maintained as related item# 13.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On October 15, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown conducted a recorded phone interview withRebecca Barron. Barron was a previous employee of Strategic Allied Consultants (SAC) thatwas headquartered in Okaloosa County. The following information was developed: Barron learned of the job with Strategic through a friend. Barron worked for Strategic inSeptember 2012 for around 2 ½ weeks. Barron was offered a flat hourly rate of $12.00 anhour. Aaron Braun showed Barron a short training video but she did not recall the content of thevideo. Braun provided Barron with a training script about the "do's and don'ts" and how toapproach people. When Barron first started Braun told her to go by that script. However, ashort time into her employment, Barron was told by a worker, Angela Bean, that Braun said notto go by the script anymore. Bean told Barron, something to the effect, that they could notdiscriminate with who they registered and they had to register everyone, no matter their partyaffiliation. Barron also remembered that Braun stated she could not specifically ask for Romneysupporters and she had to register people no matter what their party affiliation. Barron was asked to try and get six to eight registration forms a day. When SA Brown askedBarron if she or anyone else ever received payment based on the number of registration formsthey submitted, Barron took a long pause and answered that she had not. When SA Brownasked Barron if she knew of anyone else who had, she again hesitated to answer and thenstated that she did not want to get anyone in trouble. Barron was not sure, but she though thatsome people received bonuses for turning in more registrations than others. Someone withinSAC told Barron that Chris Scott was going to get a bonus of 40 hours of pay for turning in moreforms than other workers. Barron denied that she ever received a bonus for turning in more forms than what wasrequested. When SA Brown asked Barron if she was ever offered any bonuses or incentives forturning in more forms Barron replied "Well yes, actually I was". When SA Brown asked Barronwho offered her the incentive Barron replied "can I say I don't remember?" Barron continued to



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state that she did not want to get anybody in trouble because she had done nothing wrong. Barron then asked SA Brown "Why would offering bonuses be wrong?" SA Brown replied thatin some situations certain laws may prohibit bonuses from being offered. Barron then replied"Oh, huh, ok, well I'm going to retract my statement because I might have misunderstood whathe was talking about, I was never given a bonus." Barron went on to say that she could havemisunderstood Braun telling her that if she got so many registrations then she could get somany hours or something like that. When Barron initially started with SAC she would call or text Braun with the hours that sheworked. After the first week Barron started completing a log sheet that documented the numberof hours she worked, the names of the people she registered and their party affiliation. At theend of the day Barron would take her registration forms to the Bass Pro Shop in Destin wheresomeone else would take the forms to the main office. Barron registered people in the Destinand San Destin areas. Barron never took credit for registrations that she did not complete and she did not allowanyone to take credit for registrations that she completed. Barron stated that everything shesaw and did was "above board" and she had no knowledge of any illegal activity taking place. The recorded interview with Barron will be maintained as related item# 14.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On October 15, 2012, Special Agents Mark Brown and Chris Webster conducted a recordedinterview with Debbie West at FDLE's Pensacola Regional Operations Center. West was aprevious employee of Strategic Allied Consultants (SAC) that was headquartered in OkaloosaCounty. The following information was developed: West learned of the job with Strategic through an ad on Craigslist. West worked for Strategic inSeptember 2012 for two weeks and two days. West was offered a flat hourly rate of $12.00 andcould work a maximum of 40 hours per week. West averaged working 10 to 12 hours per day. West watched a three minute video that demonstrated how to fill out lines A through G on thevoter registration forms. Aaron Braun also showed West how the complete the registrationforms. Braun gave West a script to go by when she approached someone. West was to approachpeople and ask if they supported Romney or Obama for the election. If the person supportedRomney, West was to try and register or update the individual. If the person supported Obama,West was to cut the person off and walk away. Braun specifically told West not to register Obama supporters. Braun told West that if she didregister Obama supporters then the phone number block on the registration form should be leftblank. Braun explained to West that if there was no phone number listed on the registrationform then the administration at SAC could not call the individual and verify they supportedObama. Braun expected West to get one registration form per hour. The first evening West worked shegot paid for three hours because she only turned in three registration forms. West found itdifficult to find people whose information was not up to date with the elections office. Braun toldWest that the registration forms were still important because that information was going into aprivate poll to see how much support there was for Romney.



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At times, West gave her completed forms directly to Braun. There were also times when Westgave her completed forms to other SAC workers for them to turn in. Once West turned in herforms she did not know what happened to them. According to West, Braun was a fanatic aboutnot letting anyone else help out with the SAC paperwork. For the first few days of her employment, West was not aware that there was a registration logsheet to be completed. There were times when Braun filled out West's log sheet and othertimes when West filled it out herself. West thought that Braun filled out other worker's logsheets as well. West did not feel like the log sheets would accurately reflect who registered who. West recalledone Sunday where she delivered 12 registration forms to Braun who in turn gave other peoplecredit for filling them out. West also stated that there were times when she and AshleighSchermerhorn got their registration forms mixed up. West thought that other workers weresharing and taking credit for registrations that they did not complete. According to West, there was a group of workers from the east Destin area who were referredto as the "happy hour crowd". Those particular individuals would work during the times of"happy hour" and would get paid one hour per registration they submitted. West gave theexample that if those individuals collected seven or eight forms then they would be paid forseven or eight hours even though they did not work that long. According to West, Braunbragged about the number of forms those individuals were completing. West collected registration forms in the areas of Destin, San Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarreand Pensacola. Braun told her to stay in high republican areas. The CD containing the interview of West will be maintained as related item# 15.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On October 17, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown conducted a recorded phone interview withBrent Tucker. Tucker was a previous employee of Strategic Allied Consultants (SAC) that washeadquartered in Okaloosa County. The following information was developed: Tucker learned of the job with Strategic through another Strategic employee who registered himto vote. Lawson was employed with Strategic for two days in September 2012. Tucker wasoffered a flat hourly rate of $12.00. Aaron Braun showed Tucker a two minute video dealing with fraud and how to fill out the voterregistration forms. Braun also showed Tucker what needed to be filled out on the registrationforms. Tucker was told he was not allowed to complete the registration forms. Braun stressedto get as many registration forms as possible. Tucker was not instructed to verify theinformation that people put on the forms. Braun said that workers had a "quota" that had to be met which was at least one voterregistration form per hour. Braun acted as if he did not care how many hours employeessubmitted that they worked. Tucker overheard a female worker ask Braun how many hours tolist that she worked and Braun replied as many as she wanted to indicate. Braun told Tucker for every registration form he submitted he could claim an hour worked. Tucker submitted 22 voter registration forms within the two days he was with Strategic so heindicated that he worked 22 hours. Tucker completed a log sheet that contained the forms hecollected which he gave directly to Braun. Tucker saw Braun using an Excel spreadsheet to enter the number of hours an employeeworked and how many voter registration forms they submitted. Tucker also stated that therewas no way to verify the hours that people worked. Braun told Tucker multiple times that he (Braun) did not want Democrats to be registered. Braun told Tucker that there was a way to approach people so that no Democrats would be



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registered but Braun did not expound on how to do that. Tucker would approach people and get a feel for how they were going to vote. Once Tuckerdiscovered that a person was a Republican supporter he would talk to them about gettingregistered. If Tucker discovered that an individual was a Democratic supporter he would try todisengage from the person and walk away. No Democrats expressed to Tucker that theywanted to register or he would have registered them. Tucker did not observe any improprieties while he worked for Strategic. A CD of the recorded interview with Tucker will be maintained as related item# 57.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On October 19, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown conducted a recorded phone interview withCharles Douglas Jordan. Jordan was a previous employee of Strategic Allied Consultants(SAC) that was headquartered in Okaloosa County. The following information was developed: Jordan learned of the job with Strategic through a friend/acquaintance. Jordan was employedwith Strategic for a couple of days in September 2012. Jordan was offered an hourly rate of$12.50. Aaron Braun showed Jordan a five to ten minute video on how to register people to vote. Between Braun and the video, Jordan was told that people were required to complete the formsthemselves. Jordan was told what blocks on the form had to be completed and that anyonewho wanted to register had to be given that opportunity. Braun told Jordan that in an eight hour day he (Jordan) should be able to collect around tenvoter registration forms. Jordan didn't take that to be a hard number but assumed if he didn'tshow some performance then he would get cut. Jordan stated that there was no connectionbetween the number of registration forms and pay. Jordan watched how Braun approached people. Jordan observed that Braun would ask people"Obama or Romney?" If the person answered Obama then Braun would thank the person,make a checkmark on a piece of paper and disengage from the individual. However, if theperson answered Romney, then Braun would engage the individual and ask them to register orup-date. Jordan never witnessed a time where someone answered Obama and Braunregistered or up-dated the individual. Jordan registered approximately 15 people, all of whom were personally know to him. Jordandelivered the forms he collected directly to Braun. Jordan never completed a log sheetindicating which forms he collected and he never saw anyone else complete a log sheet. Jordan called Braun and advised him of the number of hours he worked.



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Jordan did not observe any improprieties while he worked for Strategic. The recorded interview with Jordan will be maintained as related item# 58.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On October 26, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown conducted a recorded phone interview withAshleigh Schermerhorn. Schermerhorn was a previous employee of Strategic AlliedConsultants (SAC) that was headquartered in Okaloosa County. The following information wasdeveloped: Schermerhorn learned of the job with Strategic through an advertisement on Craigslist. Schermerhorn was employed with Strategic for approximately 3½ weeks in September 2012. Schermerhorn was offered an hourly rate of $12.00. When Schermerhorn was first hired she worked whatever hours she wanted. Aaron Braun toldher to get one registration form per hour. Braun told Schermerhorn that if an employeeaveraged less than one registration form per hour then SAC would fire the employee. Braunwas constantly pushing workers to get as many registrations as possible. Braun would text orcall during the day with a goal on how many registration forms to get. Braun started using the approach that he would pay workers more hours if they brought in moreregistration forms. According to Schermerhorn everyone in the office was offered the sameincentive. When Schermerhorn started doing well with collecting forms, Braun raised the number of formshe expected her to collect to between 10 and 12 per day. Braun told Schermerhorn that if shedid not collect that many forms per day then she would only be paid one hour for each form shecollected. In the beginning Schermerhorn got paid for more hours than she worked because of the numberof registration forms she collected. Schermerhorn gave one example of where she collected 17forms in two hours but Braun paid her for 12 hours of work. Schermerhorn estimated thatbetween 10 and 15 times Braun overpaid her because of the number of forms she collected. There were times when Braun only paid Schermerhorn for the number of forms she submitted



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instead of the number of hours she worked. Schermerhorn started working over 40 hours perweek but Braun did not pay her for all of the hours. Braun was manipulating Schermerhorn'shours to get her to work every day. Schermerhorn had to end the phone call with SA Brown to go to work. The following day(October 27th) SA Brown called Schermerhorn to continue the interview but Schermerhorn didnot answer. SA Brown left a message but Schermerhorn never re-contacted SA Brown. The recorded interview with Schermerhorn will be maintained as related item# 59.


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conductinginterviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Suzanne Clarke, who was a formeremployee of Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. On Thursday, November 1, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a telephone interview withSuzanne Elizabeth Clarke via telephone number (850) 598-4545. A CD, which contained theaudio from the interview, was preserved in the related items section of this report (INV-25). Prior to recording the interview, SA Carmona identified herself and explained the purpose of theinterview. The following information is a summary of the details Clarke provided during theinterview: Clarke began working for a company known as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC around thefirst of September 2012. She was approached by an employee to complete a voter registrationform. Clarke inquired as to how to become involved with the company and was given AaronScott Braun's contact information. Clarke met with Braun and he explained the position, such as obtaining new and/or updatedvoter registration forms. Clarke reported directly to Braun and was paid $12.00 per hour. Clarke was supposed to obtain one (1) form per hour with a maximum of forty (40) forms perday. Clarke explained the first week she worked four (4) days with the company, and then four(4) days the second week. After that, the business abruptly closed because they were movingBraun to a new territory. Clarke was told that this area had been canvassed enough. Clarke was unaware of anyone being offered incentives and/or payments per registration form. Clarke advised she had to physically work to be paid. Clarke documented her work daily bycompleting required forms, which documented the voter registrations forms she obtained. Sheturned these form and voter registration forms into Braun at the Republican Party office locatedon Race Track Road. Clarke did not know what happened to the forms after she turned them



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into Braun. According to Clarke, she did not have a written contract with the company. She believed shewas working for the Republican Party. She did not maintain any written correspondence fromthe company. Clarke's individual work expectations were to collect at least one (1) voterregistration form per hour. Clarke did not receive any formal training and did not view anytraining videos. She was unaware of any improprieties made by the company and/or otheremployees. Additionally, Clarke conducted voter registration drives at Publix grocery store and variousshopping centers in Fort Walton Beach. She was not involved with any voter registrationsdrives conducted outside of any jails. Clarke recalled one occasion with a female that told hershe was a convicted felon, so Clarke did not complete a voter registration form for the female. Clarke did not register anyone multiple times and was not aware of anyone who participated inregistering a person multiple times. No further information. Related Items:INV-25 CD with audio from Suzanne Clarke interview


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conductinginterviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Matthew Ryan O'Rourke, who was a formeremployee of Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. On Friday, November 2, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a telephone interview withMatthew O'Rourke via telephone number (850) 902-9331. A CD, which contained the audiofrom the interview, was preserved in the related items section of this report (INV-26). Prior torecording the interview, SA Carmona identified herself and explained the purpose of theinterview. The following information is a summary of the details O'Rourke provided during theinterview: O'Rourke was one of the first three people to be hired by the company. He responded to anadvertisement on Craigslist, and then met with Aaron Scott Braun. O'Rourke advised Braunwas his boss and reported directly to him. O'Rourke advised the job advertisement wasmisleading, because the job description was for voter registration; however, when O'Rourke thejob revolved around registering Republicans to vote. O'Rourke was given a script to use whenapproaching people, such as, "quick question Obama or Romney." If they responded withObama, then O'Rourke would tell them to have a nice day. If they responded with Romney,then O'Rourke would attempt to obtain a voter registration form from the person. O'Rourkewould tell them, "It does not matter if you're already registered because every form helps theRepublican Party." O'Rourke was paid $12.00 per hour and was expected to obtain at least one (1) form per hour. O'Rourke advised an employee could get paid more for obtaining extra forms. For instance,O'Rourke worked five (5) hours one day and returned with ten (10) to fifteen (15) voterregistration forms. O'Rourke was paid for nine (9) hours of work even though he only physicallyworked five (5) hours. Also, if an employee did not obtain their quota of one (1) form per hour,then Braun would use O'Rourke's extra forms to help that person meet their daily quota.



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O'Rourke would still get paid extra work hours, but the other person would receive their minimalpay too. O'Rourke advised it was all about the numbers and that was all they cared about. Henever received extra money directly for the turning in extra forms; rather, he was compensatedwith extra hours on his paycheck which he did not physically work. The only incentives forturning in the most forms were either receiving a case of beer or getting paid extra hours on apaycheck. O'Rourke was still owed some money from the company and was told he was goingto receive an apology bonus. Additionally, O'Rourke was given a "fake survey sheet" to use to tally Obama or Romneyvoters. O'Rourke never turned in this sheet and used it as a farce. O'Rourke was told to usethe "fake survey sheet" as a cover. If someone said they were for Obama, then he would makea check on the sheet and keep walking. O'Rourke was one of the first people to begin workingfor the company in August of 2012. O'Rourke continued working with the company until itclosed in September of 2012. O'Rourke was told they were taking the weekend off, and thenthey would start the next phase of the campaign. However, Braun left abruptly and the officeclosed permanently. According to O'Rourke, there were not any written contracts with the company. O'Rourkeadvised there was a verbal understanding to obtain one (1) voter registration form per hour. O'Rourke also signed a sworn statement that he would not alter any of the forms. He did notreceive any formal and/or informal training, other than viewing a two (2) minute video regardingvoter fraud. Afterwards, O'Rourke was given a clipboard and a "script sheet," which assistedwith approaching people in regards to voter registration. Furthermore, O'Rourke recalled Braun told him to never bring back an Obama registration form,because it would look bad for the employee. O'Rourke was told to only turn in Mitt Romney(Republican forms) ones and not Obama (Democratic forms) ones. He was told not to askObama supporters to register to vote; however, O'Rourke did obtain Obama (Democratic) formsand turned them in to Braun on a daily basis. O'Rourke recalled observing Braun write thenumber 1193 on the back of the Republican forms, while the other forms (Democrat) wereplaced in a separate stack. O'Rourke did not know what Braun did with them forms afterwards. O'Rourke conducting voter registration drives at shopping centers, grocery stores, Santa RosaMall, and Destin Commons to name a few. He would make contact with the local businessmanagers prior to approaching voters. O'Rourke was not aware of, nor was he involved withvoter registration drives that were conducted outside of a jail. On one occasion, O'Rourke assisted his fiancé's elderly grandmother with completing a voterregistration form; however, the grandmother signed the form herself. O'Rourke advised ifsomeone left part of the registration form incomplete, then he (O'Rourke) would turn the form inexactly the way the person left it. O'Rourke would not fill in the blank portions of the form. O'Rourke did not register anyone multiple times; however, he did complete updatedregistrations for a few friends. O'Rourke advised Braun told him that it was legal to do asignature update, which basically notified the supervisor of elections that person was still alive. O'Rourke did not knowingly register any deceased person(s); however, he did not check theregistrant's identification. O'Rourke stated he was not told to check identification, nor was hetrained to do so. Also, O'Rourke received a threatening telephone call from "Orlando", who wasthe (State Director for Allied Strategic Consultants) regarding a slander case. O'Rourke


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explained the slander complaint was a result of his (O'Rourke') frustration with not beingcompensated for hours he had worked. O'Rourke further explained he did not receive his lastpaycheck as promised and made contact with other employers regarding Allied StrategicConsultants. O'Rourke was eventually paid and was also promised an apology bonus, whichhe did not receive. No further information. Related Items:INV-26 CD with audio recording of Matthew O'Rourke interview


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is currently involved in a statewideinvestigation regarding possible voter registration violations that may have occurred with aprivate company identified as Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. As part of the investigation,people previously employed by Strategic have been identified for purposes of conductinginterviews to determine what, if any, illegal activity has taken place. Specifically, this investigative report will document a recorded telephone interview conducted byFDLE Special Agent (SA) Vannessa Carmona with Brett Randall Turner, who was a formeremployee of Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC, and his wife, Chasity Nichole Turner. On Friday, November 2, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a telephone interview withBrett Turner (hereafter referred to as B. Turner) and Chasity Turner (hereafter referred to as C.Turner) via telephone number (205) 544-0857. A CD, which contained the audio from theinterview, was preserved in the related items section of this report (INV-56). Prior to recordingthe interview, SA Carmona identified herself and explained the purpose of the interview. Thefollowing information is a summary of the details Brett Turner provided during the interview: B. Turner responded to an advertisement on Craigslist for Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC. Hecontacted Braun,Aaron and arranged an interview. When he applied for the position, B. Turnerdid not know it was for the Republican Party; rather, he thought the position pertained to voterrecruitment or voter registration. After he was hired, B. Turner reported directly to Braun. B.Turner was employed with the company for approximately three (3) weeks between August andSeptember of 2012. B. Turner was paid $12.00 per hour; however, he was told that if he obtained a lot of voterregistration forms, then he could earn extra hours of pay. B. Turner was never told that hewould be paid per registration form; however, if he obtained more forms, he would be paid extraworks hours even if he did not physically work the extra hours. For instance, B. Turner's firstpaycheck he only worked six (6) hours, but was paid for eight (8) hours, because he turned inextra forms. B. Turner was never offered any incentives for turning in the most forms. B.Turner advised it was well known through emails that they were record breakers for trying tobeat every other city regarding registering voters. SA Carmona received two (2) emails from B.Turner regarding how many registrations had been turned in and how many they were trying toobtain for the day. The emails were electronically preserved in the related items section of this



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report (INV-56). According to B. Turner, he signed a lot of paperwork with the company, but he did not have anycopies of the paperwork. B. Turner's individual work expectation was to approach people andregister them to vote. B. Turner did not know the company was targeting the Republican Party,until he brought the first six (6) voter registration forms he had obtained. The following is a listof the first six (6) voter registration forms B. Turner received:

1. Brett Turner was initially registered as an Independent.2. Chasity Turner (Brett Turner's wife) was registered as a Democrat.3. Cindy Mayo (Chasity Turner's boss) was registered as a Republican.4. Julie (Chasity Turner's other boss) was registered as a Republican.5. Josh Prescott (Chasity Turner's brother) was not registered to vote, but completed the form and chose the Democratic Party.6. Kelly Prescott (Chasity Turner's sister in-law) was not registered to vote, but completed the form and chose the Democratic Party.

When B. Turner returned with these forms, Braun asked him (B. Turner) to change the formsfrom Democrat to Republican. B. Turner changed his form, as well as his wife (Chasity Turner),Josh Prescott, and Kelly Prescott's forms. B. Turner did not change Cindy Mayo or Julie'sforms because they were already registered as Republicans. Furthermore, Cindy Mayo andJulie were his wife's bosses an owned a stored named Sugar Babies in Destin, Florida. B.Turner only changed the forms of the people, which were family related. He advised Braunwatched him change the forms. Afterwards, B. Turner contacted his wife (Chasity B. Turner)and in-laws (Josh and Kelly Prescott) and told them he changed their voter registration forms. According to B. Turner, they did not have any issues with him changing their forms. B. Turneradvised Josh and Kelly Prescott were living with him at the time, but they have since moved toBirmingham, Alabama. Turner provided SA Carmona with Josh and Kelly Prescott's telephonenumber (205) 471-0460. B. Turner conducted voter registration drives at the mall. After the first day, B. Turner did notreally work much and he could not recall turning in any other forms. B. Turner was told if aDemocrat wanted to register, then he would have to register them; however, they werediscouraged from seeking Democratic registrants. B. Turner did not know what happened withthe forms after he turned them in to Braun. The following Monday, B. Turner contacted Braun around noon and advised Braun he wasworking in Destin that day. B. Turner did not obtain any forms that day, but worked six (6)hours. When B. Turner arrived home that evening, he emailed Braun and told him that heworked from 12:00PM until 6:00PM; however, he did not obtain any forms. On Friday, B.Turner contacted Braun regarding his paycheck. Braun told B. Turner that he did not have apaycheck, because he did not turn in any forms. B. Turner was supposed to be paid for the six(6) hours he worked, but he never received a check. On Friday, November 2, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona conducted a recorded telephoneinterview Chasity Turner (hereafter referred to as C. Turner) via telephone number (205) 544-0857. A CD, which contained the audio from the interview, was preserved in the related itemssection of this report (INV-56). Prior to recording the interview, SA Carmona identified herself


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and explained the purpose of the interview. The following information is a summary of C.Turner's statement: C. Turner recalled her husband (B. Turner) worked for a voter registration company. C. Turnerassisted her husband by registering to vote, which would count towards his daily quota. C.Turner was completed the voter registration form and listed herself as a Democrat. C. Turneradvised her husband changed her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. According toC. Turner, her husband's boss (Aaron Braun) told him to change the form to Republican. Braunallegedly told B. Turner that changing the party affiliation would not affect C. Turner's votingpreference. C. Turner believed that's how Braun justified it. C. Turner advised Braun had B.Turner change his party affiliation to Republican too. On Friday, November 2, 2012, SA Vannessa Carmona left a voicemail message for Josh andKelly Prescott at telephone number (205) 471-0460. On Thursday, January 3, 2013, SA Vannessa Carmona attempted to contact Josh and KellyPrescott at telephone number (205) 471-0460; however, their telephone number has sincechanged. No further information. Related Items:INV-56 CD containing Brett and Chasity Turner recorded interview


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On November 27, 2012, SA Brown attempted to make contact with a SAC employee whorepresented himself as Thomas Jender. It was later discovered that the individual's identity wasactually Victor Maida. SA Brown needed to interview Maida because a deceased female waslisted on Maida's voter registration log (dated September 12, 2012) as if Maida updated hervoter registration information. SA Brown attempted to contact Maida at several different phone numbers but had no success. After reviewing Maida's SAC employment application, SA Brown made phone contact withSelena Bunch who was listed as Maida's emergency contact. During the initial conversation, Bunch stated that she had met Maida online three to four monthsprior. Bunch allowed Maida to move into her residence around August 2012 and made himmove out around October 2012. Maida had told Bunch that he was using three different aliasesand could not get a driver's license because someone was looking for him. Bunch told SABrown that some mail in one of Maida's aliases came to her residence and she still had it. Bunch agreed for SA Brown to meet her at her residence. SA Brown met Bunch at her residence and conducted a recorded interview. Bunch was placedunder oath and provided the following information: Around June 2012, Bunch met Maida on a dating website called "Plenty of Fish" where theycommunicated for approximately one month. Bunch knew Maida as Thomas Jender or TJ forshort. Maida told Bunch that he was residing in Texas at that time. Maida told Bunch that hehad previously resided in Florida but moved to Texas to find work. Maida still could not findwork so he wanted to move back to Florida. Bunch told Maida he could move into herresidence with the agreement that Maida would help pay some of the costs of living with her. Bunch sent Maida some money to help pay for a U-Haul truck that Maida rented to get fromTexas to Florida. After Maida arrived in Florida, he returned the truck to Midway Mini Storageon Highway 98. Bunch suspected that Maida rented the U-Haul under a different name



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because Maida stated that he did not think his driver's license was valid and he was usingdifferent aliases. Maida told Bunch that he had three aliases but never indicated what the aliases were. Maidastated that he had a criminal record and had been incarcerated. Maida did not indicate what hischarges were or where he had been incarcerated. Bunch thought Maida moved in with her around August 27th because it was a couple of daysbefore Maida's birthday. Bunch remembered that on August 29th Maida kept saying that he andBunch needed to go get a cake. It was not until the next day that Maida told Bunch that August29th was his birthday. Maida also told Bunch that he had another birthday, April 1st, but Bunchdid not question Maida about his comment. After residing with Bunch for about 1 ½ weeks, Maida got a job registering voters. Maida toldBunch the job was based in Ft. Walton Beach on Racetrack Road. Maida told Bunch that hisjob was to update voter information or register voters who were new to the area. Bunch allowedMaida to borrow her van to use as transportation for his job. Initially Maida was gone and worked for eight to nine hours each day. However, Maida startedlooking up people's information on his computer. According to Bunch, Maida found a websitethat provided personal information such as names, dates of birth, races and driver's licensenumbers. Maida was even able to retrieve Bunch's driver's license number. Maida would thenprint the information using Bunch's printer. Bunch never saw the website where Maida wasretrieving people's information and never saw the names that Maida printed. Maida was working with a female who Bunch knew as Andy. Bunch was later able to identifyAndy as being Andria Koll. Maida was the one who helped get Koll her job. Maida brought Koll to Bunch's residence where both Maida and Koll were filling out and signingvoter registration forms with the information that Maida had found online. Bunch was told thatMaida and Koll had a quota of 10 forms per day and they were meeting that quota by filling outthe forms themselves. Bunch remembered Koll asking Maida if what they were doing waslegal. Maida replied something to the effect that if the information was on the computer then itwas legal. Bunch thought that Maida and Koll filled out voter registration forms at her house fiveor six times. However, there were times that Maida filled out the registration forms without Kollbeing present. Maida registered voters for approximately three weeks and stopped working around the end ofSeptember 2012. That was about the same time that Maida moved out of Bunch's residence. Bunch had not had any contact with Maida since October 10, 2012 Bunch recalled that Maida had received a traffic ticket on Highway 98 while driving from Ft.Walton Beach back to her residence. Bunch saw Maida with the ticket but she did not see thewriting on the ticket. Bunch also recalled seeing a voter registration card in the name of Thomas Jender (DOB4/1/1966) that was mailed to her residence.


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Bunch also stated that Miada opened an account at the Suntrust Bank inside the Wal-Mart inNavarre. Bunch was not with Maida when he opened the account. Bunch had received several different documents in the mail that were addressed to the namesof Thomas Jender and Victor Maida. Bunch agreed to give those documents to SA Brown. SABrown took custody of the following items:

Notice of paid/returned items from Suntrust Bank in the name of Thomas Jender (relateditem# 21)One voter registration card in the name of Victor Maida (related item# 22)One Department of Children and Families Notice of Case Action in the name of VictorMaida (related item# 23)One Access Florida EBT card (# ) in the name of Victor Maida (relateditem# 24)

All of the related items collected by SA Brown will be maintained in this section of the case file.


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Jender and provided Thomas Jender's social security number. On the accompanying Form I-9(Employment Eligibility Verification form), Maida represented himself as Thomas J. Jender andprovided a fraudulent Arizona ID card that contained Thomas Jender's name and date of birth. Maida gained employment and worked with the company for a short period. A copy of the SAC employment application Maida submitted in Thomas Jender's name will bemaintained electronically as related item# 30. Maida's job at SAC was to register and update voter registrations. On September 7, 2012,Maida completed a fraudulent voter registration application where he registered himself asThomas Jender and provided Jender's date of birth and partial social security number. Maidaalso documented on his voter registration log sheet (that he completed as part of his duties asan employee with SAC) that he registered himself under the name of Thomas Jender. A voterregistration card in the name of Thomas Jender was later issued by the Santa Rosa CountySupervisor of Elections Office. A copy of the voter registration application that Maida submitted in Thomas Jender's name willbe maintained electronically as related item# 31. A copy of Maida's voter registration log sheetwill be maintained electronically as related item# 32.


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the pawn paperwork. Maida also provided Florida driver's license# , in thename of Thomas Jender, which Maida fraudulently obtained on 12/28/2009. Maida pawned alaptop computer and received $40 for the transaction. A copy of the Florida Pawnbroker Transaction Form will be maintained electronically as relateditem# 40.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. Specifically, this report pertains to the investigative activities conducted regarding the identitytheft of Thomas Jender by Victor Joseph Maida. On December 3, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown made phone contact with Thomas Jenderwho was in Illinois. During the conversation Jender provided the following information: Jender and his ex-wife divorced around June 2005. After the divorce, Victor Maida dated hisex-wife for approximately two years. Around 2006, Jender realized that someone was using his name and personal information. TheDepartment of Motor Vehicles in Illinois would not issue Jender a driver's license because therewas a Florida driver's license issued in his name. Jender filed reports with the BrooksvillePolice Department (Illinois), the IRS and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and MotorVehicles. At the time of his divorce, Jender's insurance policy number was the same as his social securitynumber. Jender thought he left his insurance card at his ex-wife's residence after the divorce. Jender thought that was how Maida got his social security number. Jender also thought he lefthis birth certificate at his ex-wife's residence which was how Maida came to be in possession ofthat document. Jender had heard that Maida was savvy with computers. Around 2006, Jender saw Maidaunloading some computer equipment from a van into his ex-wife's garage. Jender's oldest sontold him that Maida was always on the computer and had three or four computers going at thesame time. Jender also heard from his ex-wife that Maida possibly had a brother who was anofficer with the Chicago Police Department. During another conversation with SA Brown, Jender stated that he had never given Maidapermission to use his name or personal information.



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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. Specifically, this report pertains to the investigative activities completed regarding the identitytheft of Thomas Jender by Victor Joseph Maida. On December 14, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown contacted David Whitehurst (RegionalSecurity Officer for SunTrust Bank) to inquire about the activity of Maida's bank card. Whitehurst advised that Maida's SunTrust bank card was used earlier that morning at theAmerican Inn, located at 2580 State Road 16 in St. Augustine, Florida. SA Brown contacted SA David Brock (Jacksonville Regional Operations Center) requestingassistance in locating and arresting Maida for the outstanding warrants against him. SA Brocklater advised SA Brown that Maida had been located and taken into custody by the St. JohnsCounty Sheriff's Office. For more information regarding Maida's arrest see IR# 43 completed bySA Brock. A copy of Maida's arrest report from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office will be maintainedelectronically as related item# 41. Also on December 14, 2012, SA Brown presented three Probable Cause Arrest Affidavits toSanta Rosa County Judge Jose Giraud charging Maida with three counts of Criminal use ofpersonal identification information, one count of The Florida Pawnbroking Act and one count ofFalse swearing; submission of false voter registration information. Judge Giraud signed allthree arrest affidavits and issued bonds of $5,000 cash or professional per charge (total bond of$25,000). SA Brown also presented a Probable Cause Arrest Affidavit to Okaloosa County Circuit JudgeThomas Remington charging Maida with one count of Criminal use of personal identificationinformation. Judge Remington signed the arrest affidavit and issued a bond of $5,000 cash orprofessional. All of the arrest warrants were then filed with the Santa Rosa and Okaloosa County Sheriff's



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Offices to be served on Maida while he was incarcerated in the St. Johns County Jail. Copies of the Probable Cause Arrest Affidavits will be maintained electronically as related item#42.


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This investigative report is predicated on a request for assistance from Special Agent (SA) MarkBrown of the Pensacola Regional Operations Center (PROC) to the Jacksonville RegionalOperations Center (JROC). The purpose of this investigative report is to document assistanceprovided to SA Mark Brown in locating Victor Maida. Previously in the investigation, SA Mark Brown contacted SA David Brock and requestedassistance in locating Victor Joseph Maida. SA Brown expressed to SA Brock that Maida maybe living in Palm Coast, Florida and using the assumed name Thomas Jender. SA Brown alsoprovided SA Brock information that Maida had used the address 226 A. St. Joe Plaza, PalmCoast, Florida. SA Brown stated to SA Brock that Maida had active warrants out ofPutnam County, Florida and Illinois. SA Brown also stated that he was pursuing chargesrelated to voter registration fraud and identity theft against Maida. SA Brock was able to verify that the address was a U-Haul Safe Ship store that rented mailboxes. On Wednesday, December 12, 2012, SA Brock spoke with management at the storewho confirmed that a person using the name Thomas Jender was renting mailbox number 158. Jender had provided an Arizona identification card and also requested that the name VictorMaida be added to the mailbox as the name of his son. On Friday, December 14, 2012, SA Brock was contacted by SA Brown who stated that Maidahad used a credit card at the American Inn, located at 2580 State Road 16 in St. Augustine,Florida. SA Brock, with assistance from the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) andSt. Johns County Sheriff's Office located and arrested Maida at the hotel where he was staying. At the time of his arrest, Maida was in possession of five bank cards, an Arizona identificationcard, a Florida voter registration card, and a social security card, all in the name of ThomasJender. Maida provided the fraudulent Arizona identification card and gave Jender's identificationinformation to St. Johns County Deputy (Dep.) Jeff Carroll when he was asked to identifyhimself. Dep. Carroll subsequently charged Maida with violating Florida Statutes 843.03,providing false identification information, and 817.568(2a), fraudulently impersonating anotherperson. Maida was transported to the St. Johns County Jail by Dep. Carroll. The bank cards, Arizonaidentification card, social security card, and voter registration card were placed into evidence at



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Author: Brock, John David Office: Jacksonville


Approved By: Shedlock, Andrew J.

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the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office by Dep. Carroll.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. Specifically, this report pertains to the investigative activities completed regarding the identitytheft of Thomas Jender by Victor Joseph Maida. On December 14, 2012, Victor Maida was arrested in St. Augustine, Florida (see IR#'s 41 and43 for details). After Maida's arrest, Special Agent David Brock (Jacksonville RegionalOperations Center) advised Special Agent Mark Brown that Maida had in his possession aphoto employee ID card, in the name of Thomas Jender, for Hydro Aluminum located at 200Riviera Blvd., St. Augustine, Florida. SA Brown contacted the Human Resources Department at Hydro and discovered that Maidaworked at the facility under the name of Thomas Jender. SA Brown also discovered that Maidawas actually an employee of Aerotek, which was a staffing agency that provided workers toHydro. SA Brown contacted the Human Resources Department at Aerotek, who requested asubpoena prior to releasing any employee information. On December 17, 2012, an investigative subpoena was sent to Aerotek requesting allinformation surrounding their employee named Thomas Jender. On December 18, 2012, SABrown was provided with the employment application for employee Thomas Jender. The application showed that Maida completed the employment paperwork on October 23, 2012and was hired on October 24th. Maida completed the application and other employmentpaperwork in the name of Thomas Jender and Jender's personal information. Included in thepaperwork were photocopies of Maida's Arizona ID card (in the name of Thomas Jender) and asocial security card (issued on May 29, 2012) in Thomas Jender's name. Lithesha Hollimon(Aerotek Human Resources Department) advised SA Brown that Maida completed andsubmitted the employment paperwork at the Hydro facility in St. Augustine. A copy of the subpoena sent to Aerotek will be maintained electronically as related item# 43. Acopy of the employment paperwork that Maida completed in Thomas Jender's name will bemaintained electronically as related item# 44.



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A copy of the items released will be maintained as related item# 46. Another copy of the itemswill also be maintained electronically as related item# 47. A copy of the Property Receipt formwill be maintained electronically as related item# 48.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. Specifically, this report pertains to the investigative activities completed regarding the identitytheft of Thomas Jender by Victor Joseph Maida. On December 19, 2012, Special Agent Mark Brown conducted a recorded interview with VictorMaida at the St. Johns County Jail in St. Augustine, Florida. Prior to the interview, SA Brownread Maida his Miranda Rights from a FDLE Constitutional Rights from. Maida verballyacknowledged that he understood his rights. When SA Brown asked Maida to sign the rightsadvisement form, Maida asked SA Brown which name SA Brown wanted to him (Maida) to signon the form. Without prompting, Maida then signed his own name as Victor Maida. Thefollowing is a summary of the information that Maida provided during the interview: Regarding the voter fraud allegations: Maida admitted that he did not use his own name when he got hired with Strategic AlliedConsultants. No one from SAC was aware that Maida was using a different name. Maidathought if he used his own name he would not have been hired. Maida also did not use his ownname because he knew he had outstanding warrants issued for his arrest. Maida denied that he registered the deceased female that was on his log sheet. Maida alsodenied that he had looked on the internet for people's names and information to use in filling outvoter registration forms. Maida admitted that he registered himself to vote as Thomas Jender. Maida was asked about the voter registration form that was submitted in the name of ChristineMaida. Maida stated that Christine was his sister and that she completed the form while shewas visiting him. When Maida was questioned about where Christine was living at the time thevoter registration form was completed, Maida stated that he was the one who filled out the form,not Christine. Maida stated that Christine was not even in town when he completed the form inher name.



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Description:Interview of Victor Maida


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SA Brown attempted to make contact with Christine Maida at several different phone numbersbut was unsuccessful. A copy of the voter registration form in the name of Christine Maida will be maintainedelectronically as related item# 49. A copy of Maida's voter registration log sheet, containingChristine Maida's name, will be maintained electronically as related item# 50. Regarding the identity theft of Thomas Jender: Maida got Jender's name by dating Jender's ex-wife. Maida initially started using Jender'sname because he needed a job and employers were using his criminal history as a reason notto hire him. Maida stopped using Jender's name for a while but started using it again after hefound out he was wanted in Illinois. Maida refused to talk about how he came to be inpossession of Thomas Jender's birth certificate. Maida opened the SunTrust Bank account in Jender's name because he needed a place tocash his work check from SAC. Maida also made the comment that he was trying to hide. Maida used Jender's name to get hired at Hydro Aluminum because he was told that Hydro"would not hire an ex-con". The cards Maida had in his possession, in Jender's name, were pay cards. The cards were nottraditional credit cards and had no line of credit. Maida had Jender's name printed on the cardsfor identification purposes (to make it look like he was Thomas Jender). Maida acknowledged that he had been in Arizona and got an Arizona ID. Maida confirmed that he pawned the computer in Pace. SA Brown asked Maida why he got a social security card in Jender's name and social securitynumber. At first, Maida gave the example that if he was pulled-over by law enforcement then hewould have all the documentation showing who he was and there would be no questions abouthis identity. Maida then responded "What do you need to get a job?" When SA Brownresponded that a person would need documentation of who they were, Maida replied "That'swhy I got what I got, because I needed to". SA Brown explained to Maida that a search through the Social Security Administration databasereveled that since 2005, three social security cards had been issued under the name of ThomasJender. When SA Brown asked Maida how many of those requests were from him, Maidareplied "I have the one, me". Maida then later stated that none of the card requests came fromhim. A copy of the FDLE rights form will be maintained electronically as related item# 51. An audiorecording of Maida's interview will be maintained as related item# 52.


IR Number 46

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The printouts for the 2005 and 2012 replacement cards indicated the same information as listedabove. However, the printout for the replacement card issued in 2008 indicated it was done inTucson, Arizona and not in Pensacola. Also, the mailing address on the application for the2008 replacement card was listed as 1238 S Craycroft Apt. C220, Tucson, AZ. That was similarthe address listed on the Arizona ID card that Maida had in Thomas Jender's name. The onlydifference in the two addresses is the address on the ID card was listed as 1258 and not 1238. A copy of the subpoena provided to the Social Security Administration Office will be maintainedelectronically as related item# 53. Copies of the applications for replacement cards will bemaintained electronically as related item# 54.


IR Number 47

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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. Specifically, this report pertains to the investigative activities completed regarding the identitytheft of Thomas Jender by Victor Joseph Maida. On January 10, 2013, Special Agent Mark Brown presented a Probable Cause Arrest Affidavitto Escambia County Circuit Judge Joel Boles charging Maida with one count of Criminal use ofpersonal identification information. Judge Boles signed the arrest affidavit and issued a bond of$7,500. SA Brown also presented a Probable Cause Arrest Affidavit to Santa Rosa County CircuitJudge John Miller charging Maida with one count of False swearing; submission of false voterregistration information. Judge Miller signed the arrest affidavit and issued a bond of $500 cashor professional. Both of the arrest warrants were then filed with the Escambia and Santa Rosa County Sheriff'sOffices to be served on Maida while he was incarcerated in the St. Johns County Jail. Copies of the warrant affidavits will be maintained electronically as related item# 55.



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Description:More Maida charges


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida (RPOF) to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for thetime period of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. On December 10, 2012, Special Agents Mark Brown and Vanessa Carmona conducted arecorded interview with Andria Koll at 6262 Morgan Court in Milton. Koll was a previousemployee of Strategic Allied Consultants (SAC) that was headquartered in Okaloosa County. The following is a summary of the information that was developed: Koll learned of the job at Strategic through a friend, known to her as TJ Jender (who wasactually Victor Maida), who worked at SAC. Koll met Maida online and had known him forapproximately one year. When Koll met Maida he was living in an apartment in Pensacola andwas working at Exxon in Cantonment. Maida told Koll that he had moved a few months earlierto go to work at Exxon. Koll was employed with Strategic for the last two weeks in September 2012. Koll was paid$8.00 per hour. Koll was never offered any incentives to get paid by the number of voterregistration forms she collected. Koll was only paid for the number of hours she worked. While working at SAC Koll reported to Aaron Braun. Koll's job was to register voters or updatetheir information. Koll documented the registration forms she collected by filling out a log sheetwhich was given to Braun. Most of the time Maida would turn in Koll's log sheets for her. Kollwas responsible for completing her own log sheets. To her knowledge, Koll did not know ofanyone who filled out her log sheets and she denied filling out anyone else's log sheets. Koll acknowledged that on a couple of occasions she went to the house in Navarre whereMaida was residing with a female, but Koll only went inside one time. The one time Koll wentinside, she sat on the couch and talked to the female while Maida was on the computer. Kollstated Maida was using a desktop computer that was on a dining room table. Koll did not seewhat Maida was doing on the computer because Maida did not like people looking over hisshoulder. Koll denied observing Maida looking up or printing people's information on the computer for thepurpose of filling out voter registration forms. Koll denied that she was involved in that type of



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Description:Interview of Andria Koll


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activity. Koll also denied knowing of any SAC employees who were involved in any fraudulentactivity. Koll stated that after her employment with SAC she was incarcerated for 45 days for a probationviolation. While she was in jail her aunt told her that someone from the State Attorney's Officehad called and inquired about a voter registration form. Koll stated there was nothing to itbecause the form was legitimate. The last time Koll talked to Maida was around the last week of September 2012. Maida told Kollthat he was going to rent a car and go to south Florida. Koll provided SA Brown with phonenumber 830-955-0335 which was the only number she had for Maida. Koll stated she did notknow where Maida could be found. The recorded interview with Koll will be maintained as related item# 60.


IR Number 49

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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of alleged voter fraud violationsmade against Strategic Allied Consultants, LLC (SAC). SAC was contracted by the RepublicanParty of Florida to perform voter registration services within the State of Florida for the timeperiod of July 13, 2012 until October 08, 2012. In October 2012, the Pensacola Regional Operations Center (PROC) was provided with 50suspicious voter registration forms from the Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Office andone suspicious voter registration form from the Santa Rosa County Supervisor of ElectionsOffice. The registration forms from Okaloosa County were deemed suspicious for variousreasons to include: some of the forms were incomplete, some of the forms contained unverifiedinformation and some of the forms contained invalid addresses. The one registration form fromSanta Rosa County was deemed suspicious because it was completed in the name andaddress of a female that had been deceased since September 2010. Between October 2012 and January 2013, Special Agents from PROC interviewed 36 SACemployees regarding their daily work activities and their knowledge of the suspicious voterregistration forms. All but one employee denied any wrongdoing while registering voters. Previous SAC employee Victor Maida, who was employed under the name of Thomas Jender,admitted to fraudulently filling out two voter registration forms that were not included in the 51forms provided to FDLE. The appropriate charges were filed against Maida for thoseviolations. Special Agent Mark Brown was able to determine that 30 voter registration forms were valid andnot fraudulent. SA Brown could not determine who submitted 11 forms to the Supervisor ofElections Office in Okaloosa County. There were eight forms that contained names ofindividuals that SA Brown could not locate or validate. One voter registration form contained allof the appropriate information for an individual, but that individual advised SA Brown that he didnot complete the form. It could not be determined who completed that registration form. Also, itcould not be determined who fraudulently completed the voter registration form in the name ofthe deceased female from Santa Rosa County. On February 11, 2013, SA Brown made phone contact with Assistant State Attorney CharlesFerenchick regarding the investigation of Strategic Allied Consultants. Based on the informationgathered during the investigation, ASA Ferenchick did not feel there were any clear, identifiablecriminal violations by any SAC employee other than the criminal charges that had already been



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Description:Summary of SAC investigation


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filed against employee Victor Maida. No further investigation into SAC was warranted. On March 5, 2013, a letter was mailed to Bennett M. Miller (Assistant General Counsel for theDepartment of State, Division of Elections) regarding the disposition of the SAC fraudinvestigation. A signed copy of the letter will be maintained electronically as related item #61.


IR Number 50

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file for employee Thomas Jender. Kleinatland advised the photograph they had was displayedon the employee's work identification badge. On March 14, 2013, Julie Wells (owner of AccuStaff) provided SA Brown with the Exxon Mobilebadge-photo for the individual employed under the name of Thomas Jender, which was clearlyVictor Maida. Wells also provided SA Brown with a copy of Exxon Mobile's badge request formand badge deactivation form that were both in Thomas Jender's name. The badge-photo of Maida will be maintained electronically as related item# 65. The ExxonMobile badge forms will be maintained electronically as related item# 66.


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The following report pertains to the continued investigation of Victor Joseph Maida fraudulentlyusing the identity of Thomas Jender. On March 8, 2013, Special Agent Mark Brown presented a Probable Cause Arrest Affidavit toEscambia County Circuit Judge Michael G. Allen charging Maida with one count of Criminal useof personal identification information. Judge Allen signed the arrest affidavit and issued a bondof $10,000 cash or professional. The arrest warrant was then filed with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. Copies of thewarrant and affidavit will be maintained electronically as related item# 64.



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Description:Accustaff arrest warrant for Maida


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Case Related Items Print

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Investigative Report

INV-1 PE-32-0001 8 Copy of Check payable to Carol "Chris" Scott 10/18/201216:31:24

Hatton, BarryCoy

INV-2 PE-32-0001 20 pe 32 0001 Duke paystubs.pdf

Two Pay Stubs from Strategic to Wanda Duke 10/23/201212:32:57

Hatton, BarryCoy

INV-3 PE-32-0001 21 Ronnie Hart Pay Stubs.pdf Pay stubs from Strategic to Ronnie Hart 10/23/201212:44:26

Hatton, BarryCoy

INV-4 PE-32-0001 18 Reed.doc E-mail from Braun to Reed 10/25/201215:59:40

Webster, ChrisLane

INV-5 PE-32-0001 18 Reed2.doc E-mail correspondence from Aaron Braun 10/25/201216:07:00

Webster, ChrisLane

INV-6 PE-32-0001 15 Forwarded Message.doc Email from Aaron and voter log forms 10/29/201216:58:45

Webster, ChrisLane

INV-7 PE-32-0001 15 Example Log.pdf Voter log 10/29/201217:01:07

Webster, ChrisLane

INV-8 PE-32-0001 15 VR Log Updated7.26.12.pdf

Voter log 2 10/29/201217:01:33

Webster, ChrisLane

INV-9 PE-32-0001 11 Jeanine H.doc Email from Aaron Braun to Brock 11/07/201216:38:56

Webster, ChrisLane

INV-10 PE-32-0001 11 SKMBT_36312110716450.pdf

Forms sent to Brock by Aaron Braun 11/07/201216:46:29

Webster, ChrisLane

INV-11 PE-32-0001 9 CD of Kara Cox recorded telephone interview 11/08/201216:54:12

Carmona,Vannessa Teresa

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INV-12 PE-32-0001 26 CD of phone interview with Lenny Arendt 11/14/201211:23:53

Brown, Mark

INV-13 PE-32-0001 27 CD of phone interview with Billy Lawson 11/14/201212:00:30

Brown, Mark

INV-14 PE-32-0001 28 CD of phone interview of Rebecca Barron 11/14/201215:33:04

Brown, Mark

INV-15 PE-32-0001 29 CD of interview with Debbie West 11/26/201212:23:48

Brown, Mark

INV-16 PE-32-0001 10 CD of Brad Leopold recorded telephoneinterview

11/27/201213:58:15


INV-17 PE-32-0001 16 CD of Ralph Nelson recorded telephoneinterview

11/27/201216:49:12


INV-18 PE-32-0001 42 Jender Photo 2010.pdf Thomas Jender - IL DL Photo 12/11/201209:56:01

Kleindienst,Maggie B

INV-19 PE-32-0001 24 CD with audio of Karen Nelson interview 12/14/201215:12:27


INV-20 PE-32-0001 25 CD of audio interview with Roger Mizell 12/14/201215:20:48


INV-21 PE-32-0001 36 Notice of paid/returned items from SuntrustBank

12/20/201214:07:35

Brown, Mark

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INV-22 PE-32-0001 36 One voter registration card in the name ofVictor Maida

12/20/201214:08:43

Brown, Mark

INV-23 PE-32-0001 36 Department of Children and Families Noticeof Case Action

12/20/201214:09:12

Brown, Mark

INV-24 PE-32-0001 36 One Access Florida EBT card 12/20/201214:13:20

Brown, Mark

INV-25 PE-32-0001 33 CD with audio from Suzanne Clarke interview 12/28/201213:30:30


INV-26 PE-32-0001 34 CD of audio recording of Matthew O'Rourkeinterview

01/04/201316:35:57


INV-27 PE-32-0001 37 Maida_Victor Joseph-FLDL.pdf

Victor Maida Florida ID Card 01/06/201320:50:34

Brown, Mark

INV-28 PE-32-0001 37 Maida Photo 2004.pdf Victor Maida Illinois ID Card 01/06/201320:53:13

Brown, Mark

INV-29 PE-32-0001 37 Jender Photo 2010.pdf Thomas Jender Illinois Driver's License 01/06/201320:54:46

Brown, Mark

INV-30 PE-32-0001 37 Thomas_Jender.pdf Maida's SAC application in Jender's name 01/06/201320:58:50

Brown, Mark

INV-31 PE-32-0001 37 Voter registration form(Thomas Jender).pdf

Voter registration in Thomas Jender's name 01/06/201321:03:27

Brown, Mark

INV-32 PE-32-0001 37 Voter registration log Voter registration log sheet in Thomas 01/06/2013 Brown, Mark

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sheet.pdf Jender's name 21:08:18

INV-33 PE-32-0001 38 SunTrust Banksubpoena.pdf

SunTrust Bank subpoena 01/06/201321:20:15

Brown, Mark

INV-34 PE-32-0001 38 Navarre WM 091912112720.jpg

Photo of Maida opening SunTrust account 01/06/201321:26:59

Brown, Mark



Brown, Mark



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Brown, Mark

INV-38 PE-32-0001 38 Info.doc SunTrust Bank screen-shot 01/06/201321:38:56

Brown, Mark

INV-39 PE-32-0001 38 DocContent.pdf Bank account signature card 01/06/201321:43:31

Brown, Mark

INV-40 PE-32-0001 38 Pawn transaction.pdf Pawnbroker transaction 01/06/201321:45:33

Brown, Mark

INV-41 PE-32-0001 41 Maida arrest reportSJCSO.pdf

St. Johns County arrest report 01/07/201309:03:30

Brown, Mark

INV-42 PE-32-0001 41 Maida PC Affidavits.pdf Maida PC Affidavits 01/07/201309:04:13

Brown, Mark

INV-43 PE-32-0001 44 Aerotek subpoena (2). Aerotek subpoena 01/07/2013 Brown, Mark

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pdf 09:06:31

INV-44 PE-32-0001 44 Aerotek employmentapplication.pdf

Aerotek employment application 01/07/201309:07:27

Brown, Mark

INV-45 PE-32-0001 45 SKMBT_36313010710350.pdf

Maida's Aerotek warrant 01/07/201311:32:48

Brown, Mark

INV-46 PE-32-0001 45 Items in Maida's possession 01/07/201311:36:09

Brown, Mark

INV-47 PE-32-0001 45 SKMBT_36313010711060.pdf

Items in Maida's possession 01/07/201311:37:11

Brown, Mark

INV-48 PE-32-0001 45 SKMBT_36313010711040.pdf

St. Johns County Property Receipt 01/07/201311:38:08

Brown, Mark

INV-49 PE-32-0001 46 Christine Maida form.pdf Christine Maida voter registration form 01/09/201309:39:00

Brown, Mark

INV-50 PE-32-0001 46 Log sheet for C. Maida.pdf Log sheet with Christine Maida 01/07/201316:29:53

Brown, Mark

INV-51 PE-32-0001 46 Miranda Rights form.pdf Maida rights form 01/07/201316:31:21

Brown, Mark

INV-52 PE-32-0001 46 CD with Victor Maida interview 01/07/201316:31:45

Brown, Mark

INV-53 PE-32-0001 47 SSA subpoena.pdf Social Security Admin subpoena 01/08/201315:47:00

Brown, Mark

INV-54 PE-32-0001 47 SKMBT_363130108155 Social Security card replacement 01/08/2013 Brown, Mark

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10.pdf applications 15:49:10

INV-55 PE-32-0001 48 SKMBT_36313011014370.pdf

Maida PC Affidavits and warrants 01/10/201314:35:50

Brown, Mark

INV-56 PE-32-0001 35 CD contains telephone interview of Brett andChasity Turner and 2 emails

01/10/201316:39:33


INV-57 PE-32-0001 30 CD of Brent Tucker interview 02/04/201321:21:13

Brown, Mark

INV-58 PE-32-0001 31 CD of Charles Jordan interview 02/04/201322:11:14

Brown, Mark

INV-59 PE-32-0001 32 CD of Ashleigh Schermerhorn's interview 02/04/201323:33:40

Brown, Mark

INV-60 PE-32-0001 49 CD of Andria Koll interview 02/05/201322:15:46

Brown, Mark

INV-61 PE-32-0001 50 B. Miller letter.pdf Letter to Bennett Miller 03/05/201314:49:46

Brown, Mark

INV-62 PE-32-0001 51 AccuStaff subpoena andrequest.pdf

Accustaff subpoena 03/08/201311:50:04

Brown, Mark

INV-63 PE-32-0001 51 AccuStaff application.pdf AccuStaff application 03/08/201311:51:45

Brown, Mark

INV-64 PE-32-0001 52 AccuStaff arrest warrantand affidavit.pdf

AccuStaff arrest warrant and PC affidavit 03/08/201316:19:25

Brown, Mark

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INV-65 PE-32-0001 51 Maida's Exxon Mobilebadge photo.JPG

Exxon Mobile photo of Victor Maida 03/27/201315:01:04

Brown, Mark

INV-66 PE-32-0001 51 Maida Exxon Mobile badgerequest form.pdf

Exxon Mobile employee badge forms 03/27/201315:00:50

Brown, Mark

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