This is only SOME of the information gathered on James David Tesso, IFAC, Phd so far. Think of this as a work in progress, I'll keep actively uploading to this page as I get it from DOL and other sources.
DOL has had a direct link to this page for over two weeks now - read'em and weep. I'll make note that they did not disclose that to anyone at the REAC meeting on Friday. Hmm.
Please read through these - there is a ton of material here that needs to be combed through so that we can gleam out the important stuff so that we'll know where to look next. Make sure you don't miss the complaints from the attorney named Downing and the private client named Broadsword.
I am wide open for ideas here - please don't hesitate to email me. These documents make the connection from Tesso to Santhuff to McDaniel and more..... This is the result of public records requests..... and maybe a "little bird" or two, or three, or....
Thanks all who have helped, and as usual please don't hesitate to keep emailing me those leads,
George
It's not just the poor public that has a problem with Mr. Tesso. The federal government has problems with him also. In fact they had 17 problems with him. So many that they removed him from the VA fee panel. But hey, don't believe me, download it and read it for yourself. You be the judge, is there a problem here.
2002-09-0006-00APP-Investigation-of-Tesso-by-WA-DOL-Veterans.pdf
Now, just in case you don't believe the federal government, maybe you'll believe the general public, also known as the victims. Below is a case that involves three separate complainants; Mr. Gerald Morris, Jack Turner and Mr. Messrs. Tesso took their money for appraisal fees, did not do the appraisals, and has steadfastly refused to return the money. At least two of these clients also brought civil action against Tesso. Now you would think that this is a cut-and-dried case - think again. Yes there's a Statement of Charges, but then there's the secret agreements that make the charges go away. You'll want to download this, print it out and take it with you for general reading material (similar to a comic book or one of those who done it novels).
2003-04-0005-00APP-Tesso.pdf
So much for the idea of DOL actually enforcing the law - USPAP - apparently DOL has never heard of it. Take a real good look at this appraisal, submitted by Tesso to DOL - and tell us if you think it is even remotely USPAP compliant. NOT. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
Tesso-Turner-Appraisal.PDF
Mr. Ennis is a mortgage broker, he was the mortgage broker for Mr. Morris in the complaints above. Mr. Ennis also filed a complaint. It was swept under the same carpet as the complaints above. I guess it just doesn't matter who many different types of people complain when your Tesso and "connected".
03-04-15-Ennis-Complaint-to-DOL-re-Tesso.pdf
Just some general housekeeping type documents showing that Mr. Nervik and his attorney Chris Bawn were doing public records requests trying to get all of this information.
03-05-15-DOL-PDR-Files-Reviewed-to-Date.pdf
A copy of the Ennis complaint against Tesso regarding Tesso's taking money from Mr. Morris and then not performing the appraisal and refusing to refund the money as well.
03-11-03-Email-Complaint-Against-Tesso-Fraud-Theft.pdf
This is some of the information regarding the VA complaint against Tesso. This information had been requested in discovery in a separate but related case and the DOL and AG lied in discovery. Then they broke the law again and withheld the information even though public records requests were legally filed. A lawsuit for public records was then filed. Magically these records appear later well after they were first requested. Magic records - it's a way of life at the Washington State Department of Licensing......
03-11-06-DOL-Public-Records-Request-Tesso-2002-09-0006-00APP-Response-03-11-06.pdf
This is a complaint filed by an attorney named Downing on behalf of his client name Kaseburg. You'll want to read this file real carefully, don't stop at page four where Santhuff from DOL tells Downing that they are precluded from investigating complaints against Tesso for stealing money. Read the entire file, you'll love it, especially because the attorney went so far as to include the trial transcript. Tesso's complete appraisal is in the complaint file also. It's good reading, even if it makes a pathetic statement about or regulators.....
2004-04-0004-00APP-Tesso-Complaint-from-Downing.pdf
These next three files (some redundancy here) are a real slap in the face to "law and order". A licensed Washington State Real Estate Broker filed a valid complaint against Tesso for (again) taking the money and not doing the appraisal. In this case Tesso took an $1,800.00 downpayment on a commercial appraisal. But it gets better, the appraisal was needed in a timely manner as clearly stated by the clients because it involved a sale they were handling on a Motel that was in foreclosure. Tesso took the money. Tesso did not do the appraisal. The Motel was foreclosed. The complaint was filed. DOL swept the complaint under the carpet. The complaint was filed again (yes a second completely new complaint). The complaint was dismissed and swept under the carpet again. No investigation, not on Tesso, aka Mr. Untouchable. Shame on DOL and their incompetent and dishonest staff for this one. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
2004-07-0004-00APP.pdf
2004-07-0004-00APP-Investigation-of-Tesso-by-WA-DOL-Heimbign.pdf
2004-07-0004-00APP-Tesso.pdf
By now you might be sensing a pattern. Hang on, there's another bend in the road. DOL (and there recently past Program Manager William "David" Santhuff) entered into one of those secret little agreements. If you are licensed/certified appraiser you'll be happy to know that you've contributed to the Tesso defense fund, i.e. DOL not only lets Tesso get away with all of this, they assist and facilitate it. In fact, they pay his legal fees. Isn't good to know where at least some of your money is going? Unbelievable? Don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
04-11-01-Nervik-PDR-of-Tesso-Files-Supplied-06-02-08.pdf
Hey, maybe you can help solve a mystery. There are almost 3,000 licensed/certified appraisers in Washington, and God only knows how many process servers. So why did DOL and Santhuff coincidently use one of Tesso's best friends, James Vincent Latteri, IFAS, to serve the Statement of Charges on him? Is this a futile attempt at some legal loophole to give Tesso a conflict of interest argument at a later date? Gotta wonder???
04-11-19-Service-on-Tesso-by-Latteri-for-DOL.pdf
This is just a list of the current complaints and other information that DOL refuses to tell us about the infamous James David Tesso, IFAC, Phd, Etc.
04-12-01-Public-Records-Request-Tesso-Redactions-Exemptions.pdf
Now that the heat is getting turned up a little, some people are getting all pissed off about the spotlight being directed to them. How do they try to fix the perceived problem? Some think that the guy asking the questions, George Nervik, must be stopped no matter what. In fact, they consider having him shot to death at the November 19, 2004 Real Estate Appraiser Commission meeting held in Lacey, Washington. This Lacey Police internal email, obtained via (you probably guessed) a public records request, shows that there was a discussion between William David Santhuff (then the Appraiser Program Manager) and James David Tesso, IFAC. Unbelievable? Don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
04-12-13-Lacey-Police-Letter-Response-Dated-04-12-09-Regular-Mail.pdf
As you can imagine, numerous people when they found out about the death threats, encouraged me to get a protection order against Tesso. It was not surprising that his good buddy James Vincent Latteri was there at the hearing to support him. It also was not surprising that even after Tesso's ranting at the hearing that the Judge granted the protection order. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
04-12-14-Nervik-vs-Tesso-Protection-Order-Expires-12-14-2005.pdf
Keep in mind that Tesso was being served papers for a temporary protection order and summons to a court appearance for a more permanent protection order. So what does Tesso do - he threatens the process serve with a gun. Also keep in mind that DOL and Santhuff know all about this and they don't feel that such actions necessary reflect upon whether an person should be running around holding themselves out to be an appraiser.
04-12-13-Affidavit-of-Service-Nervik-v-Tesso-Protection-Order-Signed.pdf
After the court hearing for the protection order, Tesso, being true to his threatening antics, immediately calls the process server from his cell phone and again threatens the process server. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
04-12-15-Declaration-of-Renick-re-James-David-Tesso.pdf
Here's a fairly clean copy of the Statement of Charges against Tesso that DOL gave me.
04-12-14-James-David-Tesso-Statement-of-Charges-from-WA-DOL.pdf
A miscellaneous pile of documents on Tesso obtained under RCW 42.17.250 aka the Public Disclosure Act.
05-02-17-Tesso-PDR-Part.pdf
Tesso, at the request and urging of Santhuff at DOL and Diane L. McDaniel the Ass. Attorney General from the AG's office that represents DOL (and Santhuff, Tesso, etc.) ran up to the Pierce County Superior Court and got himself a temporary order to restrain me from obtaining all of the public documents concerning Tesso. Read it, copy it, save it. After all, you paid for it. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
05-02-23-Tesso-Temporary-Restraining-Order.pdf
As I stated above, DOL and the AG have full knowledge of the "goings on" with Tesso. It's not that they don't know, it's simply that they chose not to do anything about it. Here's proof they knew. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
05-02-24-Nervik-Complaint-to-DOL-re-Tesso-Signed-with-Attachments.pdf
This is a different type of complaint against Tesso. In this case it looks like he actually did the appraisal, but instead did a poor job of it with a lot of mistakes. Does not matter, DOL won't be doing anything about that either. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
2005-02-0007-00APP-Tesso-Complaint.pdf
Now Tesso is back on track, taking the money, not performing the appraisal, and refusing to refund the money. I wonder how the Tallahan estate will feel when they find out that DOL and Santhuff could have stopped Tesso BEFORE he got their money? Personally, I think that DOL should reimburse the estate the appraisal fee and their legal fees, at a minimum, along with any other consequential damages. After all, DOL not only allowed this to go on, they actually facilitated it. So much for "protecting the public" as it states in the DOL Mission Statement. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
2005-03-0001-00APP-Tesso.pdf
So now Tesso and DOL are getting nervous about who knows what, so Tesso does a PDR to find out about the PDR's that have been filed, etc.
05-04-07-Tesso-PDR-of-All-of-Nervik-PDR.pdf
Keep track of the dates. Had DOL (which also stands for Dolt) taken away Tesso's license, rather than paying his legal fees and facilitating his ongoing efforts to take money from the unsuspecting public, then this lady would still have the $650.00 that Tesso took from her. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
2005-07-0003-00APP-Tesso-Complaint-from-Zenaida-Broadsword.pdf
Mr. Tesso has some interest in the revocation of a license of a person named Clifford Griggs.
05-07-13-Tesso-PDR-Griggs.pdf
Exemptions on public records request regarding Blackburn and Mack.
05-07-14-Public-Records-Request-Tesso-Redactions-Exemptions.pdf
DOL is claiming an exemption on this file as it is an open complaint against Tesso - gee I wonder what the basis of the complaint is? Are we the only ones that see a pattern of activity here? How long will it take for DOL to finally do their job and quit giving this guy a free get-out-of-jail-card every time he does this.
2005-08-0002-00APP
DOL is claiming an exemption on this file as it is an open complaint against Tesso - gee I wonder what the basis of the complaint is? Are we the only ones that see a pattern of activity here? How long will it take for DOL to finally do their job and quit giving this guy a free get-out-of-jail-card every time he does this.
2005-08-0008-00APP
Exemptions on public records request regarding Tesso.
05-10-07-Public-Records-Request-Tesso-Redactions-Exemptions.pdf
DOL is claiming an exemption on this file as it is an open complaint against Tesso - gee I wonder what the basis of the complaint is? Are we the only ones that see a pattern of activity here? How long will it take for DOL to finally do their job and quit giving this guy a free get-out-of-jail-card every time he does this.
2005-12-0008-00APP
DOL is claiming an exemption on this file as it is an open complaint against Tesso - gee I wonder what the basis of the complaint is? Are we the only ones that see a pattern of activity here? How long will it take for DOL to finally do their job and quit giving this guy a free get-out-of-jail-card every time he does this.
2005-12-0009-00APP
DOL is claiming an exemption on this file as it is an open complaint against Tesso - gee I wonder what the basis of the complaint is? Are we the only ones that see a pattern of activity here? How long will it take for DOL to finally do their job and quit giving this guy a free get-out-of-jail-card every time he does this.
2006-01-0009-00APP
Exemptions on public records request filed by Nervik regarding Tesso.
06-02-07-DOL-Public-Records-Request-Tesso.pdf
Exemptions on public records request filed by Nervik regarding Tesso, with corrected file numbers.
06-02-07-Public-Records-Request-Tesso-Redactions-Exemptions2.pdf
As shown in previous information listed here, Tesso filed a lawsuit in Pierce County Superior Court (05-2-05263-1 before the Hon. Thomas P. Larkin) to stop DOL from providing 61 pages of information (that Tesso himself had filed with DOL in support of DOL dropping all of the charges against him), this information had been requested as part of a public disclosure request to find out why DOL would let Tesso off the hook without so much as a slap on the wrist. DOL didn't even tell Tesso to pay back all the money he took from unsuspecting clients and borrowers. Inquiring minds want to know....... To make sure that no one would ever find out about the "secret deals", Tesso did not name the requestor of the public records (Nervik), and DOL and the AG's Office agreed secretly to conspire with Tesso to keep the Judge in the dark. In fact, as a part of the deal, DOL and the AG's Office agreed to even reimburse Tesso for his court costs. Yes, you the taxpayers and licenses are paying for all of this. Let's also not forget that part of the deal was "Tesso shoots Nervik".
There's just one problem - Nervik should have been named as a party and should have been properly served notice and included in the lawsuit, therefore affording Nervik a chance to contest the cover-up. When Nervik found out the gory details as a part of another public records request he then filed for a motion for reconsideration and intervener defendant status with the Court - and unlike Tesso, DOL and the AG, Nervik has notified the other parties by naming them and properly having them served. But hey, don't believe me, download it, read it, and you be the judge.
06-03-07-Tesso-vs-DOL-05-2-05263-1-All-Motion-Order-Memo-Exhibits-after-service-stamping.pdf
Something that I've learned about the DOL and the AG's Office - you must be ever vigilant as they try to do all sorts of things to coincidently make themselves look good - and they'll do anything to bend the truth.....
Take March 9, 2006 at 11:37:AM for example. They faxed a 13 page document to my VOICE NUMBER. The Problem is that evidently DOL and the AG's have figured out that my voicemail on my voice line will accept a fax - trust me - I don't like it but the phone company seems to have no way to disable that feature. And the voicemail usually won't print to my fax number correctly. Hence the sender can use this to show on a fax receipt that a fax was sent successfully, even though I have not received it. Lucky for me, the AG's fax number shows up on my Caller-ID. I called DOL - Patti Selstrom said nobody from DOL had faxed me - so we narrowed it down to the AG's Office. Hence I had to send the following by fax and email to try and figure out what they were up to.....
06-03-09-AG-Office-Faxing-To-My-Voice-Number.pdf
Oh, the State has responded - and has served me by Fax. I'm confused, I've asked numerous times over the years if we could simplify things and do service by Fax or Email - and the AG keeps telling me NO. They've even taken the time to type it out on their fax cover sheets "The Attorney General's Office Does Not Accept Service by Fax" (read it for yourself below). Service by fax or email if agreeable between the parties would of course save the State of Washington hundreds of thousands of dollars - but then hey - it doesn't come out of the AG's or AAG's paychecks - it comes out of the taxpayers pockets - and we all know how deep they are... It must be nice to be an AAG and just change the rules daily to fit your own end....
Evidently AAG Diane L. McDaniel and AAG Susan Sackett Danpullo think that merely typing something out on pleading paper somehow makes it true - oh, contraire.
Isn't it reassuring that the DOL and AG are now defending in court the idea of keeping public records secreted away from the public so that we won't know about all of their "secret deals made behind closed doors". Well, some of us want to know the truth about these deals - "Deal or No Deal"? Either way we've got to see the paperwork to know the truth. DOL and the AG think that by mixing part truth and part fiction, tossing it into the "perjurator" and printing it out on AG letterhead will make it all go away. We'll see.........
06-03-09-Fax-Response-From-Defendant-DOL-sent-to-fax-line-highlighted.pdf
Now of course most of what DOL and AG have to say is not true - but stop back on a regular basic and we'll keep pointing out the "real truth" to everyone. Who knows, just might be amusing......
March
17, 2006
Well, I was right - it was pretty amusing. Before you read any of the antics and ramblings of James D. Tesso, IFAC, I'd like to make one point very clear (and you'll wonder what this has to do with anything - but I can't help that right now - just bear with me). That point is - George Nervik is not now nor have I ever been a government employee of any kind, yet alone a "secret agent". While it's OK to be amused by Tesso's wacky statements, please don't take them seriously. And no, I have never been an employee of the FBI or the CIA or the DIA, nor have I ever made such a claim. And while I have been in helicopters and on Coast Guard and Navy vessels in the past, I don't recall ever being in a helicopter from Fort Lewis. And I have no idea where the phone lines run between the U.S. and Canada, I just dial 1 and the country code. It is true that I am not a healthcare provider (but in all honesty I have rendered medical assistance before), nor am I an insurance company.
Mr. Tesso arrived at the court late, had not filed his papers in a timely manner, then "dropped" at set on the bench next to me while we were waiting for the case to be called. I briefly perused Tesso's foolish paperwork, it was good for a laugh if nothing else. I was however disappointed that an appraiser who reportedly has such vast experience could not draft a nicer looking or better worded document, or a truthful one.
The case was called. I made my oral argument first. Then Diane L. McDaniel, AAG made her brief oral argument - it went something like this "hogwash". I'm not sure what part of the law that comes from, but that's your tax dollars at work. I'll have to Google "attorney and hogwash".
Then the great Tesso spoke. He perjured himself in grand fashion, even the people in the gallery could not keep from laughing. I could not tell whether the Judge Larkin was fighting back a laugh or just being pleasant and smiling a lot, he seems like a nice man. Tesso made preposterous claims that I had been to his office, cut his phone lines, tampered with his computer (and left my business card on his computer?), that I had been seen in his neighborhood in a little white truck surveilling the area (someone should warn the meter readers) and that I had flown over in a helicopter, etc. All lies of course, figments of Tesso's imagination.
Then Tesso went on to say that I had been served a certified copy of the original summons and complaint - which was an out and out lie - perjury in its most basic sense. Neither Tesso nor McDaniel had an Affidavit of Service to show that I had been served (because I was never served).
Tesso did tell at least one partial truth (and no one knows better than Tesso that the best lies are at least partially true) - the documents (61 pages) that he submitted to DOL were regarding his "medical condition", "treatments", "drugs he takes" and "medical conditions".
06-03-17-The-Tesso-Wacky-Brief-To-Block-Proposed-Intervener-Status.pdf
06-03-17-The-Tesso-Wacky-Brief-For-Dismissal-Of-Proposed-Intervener-Status.pdf
06-03-17-The-Tesso-Wacky-Motion-For-Sanctions.pdf
It is just my opinion, but, if James D. Tesso has put forth a medical defense to the Washington State Department of Licensing and to the Attorney General's Office that he is incompus mentus, which might be a defense for all the various charges that they have dismissed against him without explanation - then why in the hell would the DOL and AG let him continue to practice? What about all of the innocent people he has victimized since the DOL and AG "let him off the hook"?
Well, between Diane L. McDaniel AAG and James David Tesso IFAC working "together", they have succeeded in once again misleading the Court - and the Judge bought it. Motion for Reconsideration denied, no proof of service necessary.
06-03-17-Court-Order-Motion-For-Reconsideration-Denied.pdf
Stay tuned - there is more to come. And "Win-Lose-or-Draw" we ain't going away. I don't know about you but we're getting kind of curious - does DOL and the AG give everyone else a "free pass" if they submit medical information that evidently shows them to have fallen down with "diminished mental capacity" or "mental incompetence"?
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