Fraud & Deceit In The Urban Shield/Sheriff's Office/Cytel Group Contract?

Fraud & Deceit In The Urban Shield/Sheriff's Office/Cytel Group Contract?

by Lynda Carson - September 13, 2014

Oakland - I have detected some sort of fraud, deceit, or misconduct taking place in the way the Cytel Group is operating, in regards to it's contracts with other entities involving Urban Shield, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, and Bay Area UASI.

James Lester Baker and his wife Anne Marie Baker have been doing business in the State of California using the name Cytel Group, LLC, a California limited liability company, involving Urban Shield, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, and Bay Area UASI.

However, according to public records with the Secretary of State in California, the Cytel Group, LLC does not exist in the State of California.

As a result of my findings, and based upon information and belief, it appears that there may be some kind of fraud, deceit or misconduct taking place regarding contracts being agreed upon the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and Cytel Group, LLC, and between the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and Cytel Group, LLC, and between and the Bay Area UASI and the Cytel Group, LLC, involving Urban Shield events and its programs.

Sincerely,
Lynda Carson

Lynda Carson may be reached at:

tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com or newzland2 [at] gmail.com


Information on Cytel Group. LLC

Click on link below to search the records for the Cytel Group, LLC to verify that it does not exist as a California liability limited company in California.

Business Search / California

http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/

Then see the following information and links below...

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A) Click on link below for the contract to privatize Urban Shield in which the contract is being granted to the Cytel Group, LLC, a California limited company. The problem with this contract is that the Cytel Group, LLC does not exist in the state of California.

According to the public records of Secretary of State in California, the Cytel Group, LLC does not exist.

http://tinyurl.com/k6hk8md

LICENSE AGREEMENT

THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT is entered into this Ist day of May, 2011, between the CountyofAlameda,State ofCalifornia,alegal SllbdivisionoftheState ofCalifornia,through the Alameda County Sheriff's Office ("Licensor"), and Cytel Group, LLC., a California limited IiabiIity corporation ("Licensee").

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B) According to public records, on June 7, 2011 the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to approve an agreement between the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and the Cytel Group, LLC. The problem with this contract agreement between the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and the Cytel Group, LLC that was approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors is that the Cytel Group, LLC does not exit and is not a legal company in the State of California.

Alameda County Board of Supervisors / Urban Shield contract June 7, 2011

Click on link below...

http://tinyurl.com/lycf4mf


30. Sheriff – Approve the following recommendations:

A. Authorize the Sheriff to enter into an agreement with Cytel Group, LLC (Principal: Anne M. Baker; Location: Castro Valley) for the development of individual disaster training exercises and/or programs similar to Alameda County’s “Urban Shield”;

B. Authorize the Sheriff to receive a license fee of $10,000 from Cytel Group, LLC as payment for the first year of their use of the Urban Shield marks and materials and for each additional year a fee of one percent of the gross revenues collected by licensee or its affiliates for every individual exercise and/or program conducted by the Cytel Group, LLC; and

C. Authorize the Sheriff to deposit all fees collected from this agreement into the approved “Urban Shield” cash fund for the purpose of offsetting costs associated with future Urban Shield exercises

– CAO Recommends: Approve
Attachment 30 - 51234 Approved as recommended FILE 27346

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C) Bay Area UASI Guidance Manual - 2014

Click on link below...

http://tinyurl.com/n5olvsm

Once again James L. Baker is using the Cytel Group, LLC to make a bid for use of it's services with the Bay Area UASI. The problem with this, is that the Cytel Group, LLC does not exist in the State of California, as a California limited liability company.


Cytel Group, LLC
17200 Foothill Blvd.,
Castro Valley, CA 94546
F: 925.392.8803
James L. Baker
O: 925.354.6893
jim [at] cytelgroup.com

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6. Differences Between a Corporation and a Limited Liability Company (LLC)
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Advantages of a corporation versus a limited liability company (LLC)

Corporation profits are not subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes


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LLCs have no ownership restrictions 



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According to public records with the Secretary of State in California, there is a corporation called the Cytel Group, Inc. in California, but there is not a company called Cytel Group, LLC in California.

Cytel Group, Inc. should not be confused with Cytel Group, LLC which would be a different entity if it actually existed.

See information below from the Secretary of State...

Entity Name:
CYTEL GROUP, INC.

Entity Number:
C3311002

Date Filed:
08/06/2010

Status:
ACTIVE

Jurisdiction:
CALIFORNIA

Entity Address:
P.O. BOX 300
Entity City, State, Zip:
BRENTWOOD CA 94513

Agent for Service of Process:
JAMES LESTER BAKER

Agent Address:
912 REDHAVEN STREET
Agent City, State, Zip:
BRENTWOOD CA 94513

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The Privatization of Urban Shield by the Cytel Group

By Lynda Carson - September 12, 2014

Click below for full story...

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/09/12/18761515.php

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