Hearing transcript 3/31/2015 where Dean K Ziegler looses BIG TIME.

DISCLAIMER:  The intention of this post is to educate the reader about Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.  There is no intention of harassing, alarming or annoying anyone.  Dean K Ziegler has committed fraud and continued to commit fraud after the fact.  As a matter of public concern, I feel the general public has the right to know of Dean K Zieglers history so fraud is not committed against them.
Judge: This is a private criminal complaint.  Therefore, Mr. Ziegler as the prosecutor in this matter.  It is your responsibility to proceed.  You bare the same burden of proof as the Commonwealth would have in establishing the crime of harassment.  I assume you meant to file this as a summary. is that correct?

Dean K Ziegler: Correct.

Judge: You have the opportunity to begin.  Should Mr. Blum wishes to offer a defense he may do so, he can not be compelled to do so.

Everyone raise your right hand.  Do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

John Blum:  I do.

Dean K Ziegler: I do.

Judge:  Mr. Ziegler, you begin first. You can present any evidence you wish to present.

Dean K Ziegler: OK

Dean K Ziegler:  I am going to read the legal definition of Harassment from the legal dictionary.com.  the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill, or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious. Such activities may be the basis for a lawsuit if due to discrimination based on race or sex.

Judge:  Do you understand that you are reading a definition from a law dictionary?

Dean K Ziegler: Yes.

Judge:  But you understand your burden is to meet the elements of harassment from the Pennsylvania statue.

Dean K Ziegler: Correct.

John Blum:  Do you want to see it?

Dean K Zielger:  A person commits the crime of harassment when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another, the person engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which serve no legitimate purpose.

Judge:  Well thats one… There are 7.  I am not sure where you got that.

John Blum:  Its right off the website.

Judge:  Well there are 7 sub sections.  You gave one

John Blum:  I highlighted one because there was no charge on the form so I made an assumption of. what this would fall under.

Dean K Ziegler:  communicates repeatedly in an anonymous manner.  Alright, your honor.  First I apologize for not having a lawyer to prosecute this case as I cant afford one.  I have several exhibits and I would like to call to the stand John Blum.

Judge:  You can’t

Dean K Ziegler:  I can’t?  He cannot….

Judge: Its a criminal case, he is protected by the fifth amendment.

Dean K Ziegler:  Alright, very good.  I have several things highlighted.  HE can not read them.  He cannot read several statements

Judge:  He cannot be forced to give testimony against himself.  Its one of the fundamental aspects of criminal law.

Dean K Ziegler:  Ok.  Alright.  Then lets see here.  This is exhibit one.  This was a review.  Well first off, I am here today on a harassment charge based on reviews that John Blum posted on several different media sights.  Ok.  Alright.  This review was made by Chad Markle yesterday on my Ziegler Chiropractic Facebook page.  Um.  As I Mentioned I was going to have him read it but I will read it as well.. I was going to this practice for massages.  I wouldn't let the doctor do adjustments on me as I felt worse if i did.  I enjoyed the massages.  Nothing like having my insurance pay for them.  But I learned Dean Ziegler was charging my insurance for procedures he didn't do.  I stopped going when I learned that. Do yourself a favor.  There are many chiropractors in the allentown.  Go to one that you can trust.

It is my contention John Blum wrote this and I have several exhibits to support that.  The next page of exhibit one is a definition of provider explanation of benefits.  On the very bottom is says total payable to provider Zero.  That was dated 2/17/2011.  On 12/13/2011, Charges for the massage and payment to the provider, Zero.  The next page is united health care and is my basic schedule of when the patient came in.  I highlighted that the deductible was $2100.  My contention then is that the patient would know that the insurance did not pay for the massages because there was no payment made.  And it is my contention that John Blum has been repeatedly   doing false names, false personas to get reviews on my pages.  It is a weighted reviews.  If you submit 10 reviews of a one star the average would be one. That was his motivation.

The last exhibit of page of exhibit one is Chad Markle.  I did treat this patient.  This Facebook page shows he has no friends, no posts, no timeline, no photos.  It is basically a made up page for the sake of being able to post on facebook.  It is my contention that John Blum did that.

My second exhibit, i am going to read the highlighted parts.  This is the part where I show the motive for him doing this.  Exhibit two termination of Justin Haas licensed massage therapist  who is in the room.  On 5/13/2013 patient x reported in my office.  Patient states that he/she was physically hurt by Justin Haas during the last treatment with him.  Physical examination reveals swelling of the muscles in the complaint region.  It has come to my attention that patient y and patient z have come forwarded of hearing explicit conversation from justin haas during treatment.  All patients stating he made them feel uncomfortable .  These actions are intolerable and reason for immediate termination dated 5/14/2013 signed by myself, liz nagle office manager, justin haas would not sign.

Second page is dated 5/15/2013.  This is a fax from John Blum.  I highlighted that it is disturbing that a client would complain of an injury and you wouldn't want to have an investigation on the matter and question the therapist on the alleged matter.  Especially to protect your own liability.  Last sentence.  You have two hours to contact Justin to properly change the reason for termination and provide him $1000 cash severance package to prevent any future actions against you in this matter.

And that is his signature your honor.  I dont know if you want me to verify that or not.

Page three is a statement of complaint that John Blum filed with the commonwealth of PA dated 5/15/2013.  I highlighted his name.  Are you willing to appear at a hearing in Harrisburg if necessary.  He checked yes.  My phone number and he filed it against myself.

Ok.

This shows basically motive for this campaign that he is having against me. 

Exhibit three. In many of his reviews he claims that I Threw a woman down the stairs named Jill Barltoff.  Um… He was not there at the time.  On his reviews, he posted publicly on social media, as far as his statements that I was whatever his campaign was. 

Exhibit three, Justin Haas statement that while these people were not in my office during the alleged event, they were in my office the next day and wrote a statement.  No where in her verbal statement did she state she got trowed down those stairs nor were there any sign or evidence that such an action happened.  As with the glass on the floor, she could have stepped on the glass.  Dr. Ziegler is not one to destroy his own property so I doubt this mess was his fault.  Last sentence she can be a very nice lady but seems bipolar.  That was written by Justin Haas that is present here today.  John Blum wrote the following story.  Jill apologized to Justin for destroying his place.  Jill said I was so drunk I didn't remember a thing.  As wrote by John Blum.

My next piece in the evidence is the office of district attorney.  Stating we have reviewed the submitted material and concluded that while the factual allegations contained in the material are not sufficient to established a misdemeanor or felony offense.  It is sufficient to charge the crime of harassment.

Exhibit four.  This is a letter that I wrote to the office of the district attorney.  Um.  Ill paraphrase the one part.  I am trying to move forward in my practice building.  One of the marking programs was enhanced by google plus, yelp, Facebook, and other marketing pages.  The defendant John Blum has publicly visited all these place including my own Facebook page even though he was blocked because of previous malicious posts in an attempt to discredit me. 

The next page of that exhibit is just a highlighted email from signpost stating that I Um. basically I signed up for this company to do that marketing that I stated. 

Judge:  Ok

Dean K Ziegler:  Ok.  These are not highlighted your honor.  Just simply different reviews that he posted.  I paid signpost to go on yelp which is a business.  John Blum posted a malicious harassing statement against me and I contacted yelp to remove it.  Which they did.  John Blum posted the same summary or the same review eight different times.  Each one after he got deleted from yelp for doing that.  It fulfilled their guidelines for harassment thats what I did.  Unfortunately because it was deleted I do not have that to show you today.  But in yelp, Facebook, google plus, google plus, John Blum has over 70 blogs against me. He has also started a web page deankzieglerchiropracticfraud.com.  

In summary, when you post a review on a business or a marketing Um.  business marketing service.  It is kinda like a vote.  You get one vote.  You supposed to be truthful and it helps the consumer form an idea about the merchant.  He has repeatedly done false names,  different names, himself.  He has put 10 in a medical doctor.  It was a review for medical doctors.  There were ten different posts of one star. SO, until I was alerted to it, I had a one star out of five rating because of his continued posts. This is why I am filing harassment because he is abusing the system of reviews.  Even when he was deleted from different areas he would still repeat it and that definitely has the continued unwanted and annoying actions of harassment.  

Lets see here.

That is all I have to say at this moment.  We do have like a closing argument then.

Judge:  Well..  I mean… Yes I guess.  Is this the evidence that you are presenting.

Dean K Ziegler: Yes. Ill finish my closing argument then.

Judge:  No.

Dean K Ziegler:  Ok

Judge:  The closing argument would be to summarize the evidence.  Is this the evidence you are presenting.

Dean K Ziegler This is the presentation of my evidence.

Judge:  Ok.  So.  I mean.. Dr. Ziegler Im going to be as blunt as I can.  And pardon me if I'm being overly direct here.  But where is the crime.

Dean K Ziegler:  You are allowed one review.  He did ten.  He did false pretenses.  He stated stuff that was not correct.

Judge:  Where is the crime.

Dean K Ziegler:  Harassment

Judge:  There is no crime here. You might have a civil matter here.  But thats not what we are talking about here.  You filed a private criminal complaint.  Therefore you have to meet the elements of harassment as defined by the commonwealth of PA.  There are 7 different subsections of harassment.  Your evidence met none of them.

Dean K Ziegler:  A… He filed fictitiously under different people names

Judge:  Not a crime.

Dean K Ziegler:  Thats not anonymously 

Judge.  Communicating in an anonymous matter is when people call an individual they are stalking and block their numbers and something like that.  You have a civil grievance here that may or may not bear fruit in civil litigation if thats the direction you go.  You are accusing Mr. Blum of a crime.

Dean K Ziegler:  I feel there was a……

Judge:  Of course based on all you put together.  But you do not have any evidence of a crime.

Dean K Ziegler:  If you knowingly file false accusations publicly that is not harassment?

Judge:  Not on the internet.

Dean K Ziegler:  Thats exactly what we have here.

Judge.  If he files a sworn statement that is false that is a crime.

Dean K Ziegler:  Um…  As far as the reviews.

Judge:  Nope.  You have at best a civil matter sir. You do not have any evidence of criminal activity.  Not guilty.  Have a nice day.

John Blum:  Thank You.

Allentown chiropractor kicks girlfriend, tosses her down stairs, police say

DISCLAIMER:  The intention of this post is to educate the reader about Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.  There is no intention of harassing, alarming or annoying anyone.  Dean K Ziegler has committed fraud and continued to commit fraud after the fact.  As a matter of public concern, I feel the general public has the right to know of Dean K Zieglers history so fraud is not committed against them.
September 28, 2011|By Frank Warner, Of The Morning Call

An Allentown chiropractor last week attacked his girlfriend at his office-home, punching her, breaking her nose with a kick and throwing her down a flight of stairs, police said.

Dean K. Ziegler, 49, of 101 S. 14th St. was arraigned Tuesday night on charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment for the alleged Sept. 20 beating of Jill Aleene Bartholf, 34, of Allentown.

Ziegler so badly battered Bartholf that when police arrived at 3:40 a.m. they found blood in front of the house, blood on the first and second floors, and Bartholf sitting on a couch, bruised and bleeding from her nose, according to the police arrest affidavit.

Ziegler fled in his car before officers showed up, the affidavit says. He was arrested later. Bartholf was taken by Allentown EMS to St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown.

The affidavit does not say what led to the beating, in which Ziegler allegedly chased Bartholf through the house, slugging and kicking her at every turn. Ziegler was Bartholf's boyfriend of more than a year, police said.

Doctors found Bartholf's nose was broken in two places and had a deep gash, the affidavit says. The injuries were the result of Ziegler's kicking her nose at least once with his boot, police said.

Bartholf also had a long, deep scratch over her right shoulder, several other cuts and scratches, and swelling in areas that took the punches, kicks and the fall down the stairs, according to the affidavit.

District Judge Karen Devine committed Ziegler to Lehigh County Prison. He was released Wednesday on $15,000 bail.

In addition to aggravated assault and reckless endangerment, he is charged with simple assault and harassment.

— Frank Warner

I remember when he ran from the cops.  He had us meeting him near Quakertown, the mall, a friends house (where he was sure to get his computer to work on fraud), etc. as he evaded the police.  He knew he was in trouble and wanted to be sure he made as much money as possible from the insurance companies.  Being a convicted felon, this shady behavior is not surprising.

Dean K. Ziegler admits to insurance fraud at magistrate hearing.

DISCLAIMER:  The intention of this post is to educate the reader about Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.  There is no intention of harassing, alarming or annoying anyone.  Dean K Ziegler has committed fraud and continued to commit fraud after the fact.  As a matter of public concern, I feel the general public has the right to know of Dean K Zieglers history so fraud is not committed against them.
As an example to show he did no wrong, Dean K. Ziegler produced as his evidence a patients billing record. This record showed that the patients insurance made no payment to the doctor as payment went to the patients deductible. He tried to say that since he collected no money, he did no fraud. But this is far from the truth. He committed fraud twice. First, he billed the patient for procedures he didn't do.  Second, as he admits, he collected no money as monies was to be collected from the patient.

According to federal regulations and laws of states:

Because of the government's aggressive approach to ensure that all claims are billed correctly, the once common practice of professional courtesy is now considered illegal. According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), "It is unlawful to routinely waive co-payments, deductibles, coinsurances or other patient responsibility payments." (67 Fed. Reg. 72,896 (Dec. 9, 2002)). This applies to health care and services paid by Medicare, TRICARE/CHAMPUS, and any other program paid partially or in full with federal funds. It also includes professional courtesy, as well as "take what insurance pays" (TWIP) policies.

So there we have it.... He admits to wrong doing in front of a judge.  What a stupid putts. 

Is this also violating HIPAA for providing a patients private health information.... I will pursue that angle as well as contacting the patients insurance company.  Karma is getting this looser good.

So potential patients..... Dean K. Ziegler will do anything he has to in order to violate your privacy in an attempt to try and prove he did no wrong. Stress on try.  Only someone as dumb as Dean K. Ziegler is dumb enough to keep incriminating himself.  THANK YOU DEAN K ZIEGLER FOR PUTTING MORE INFORMATION INTO MY HANDS AND FOR BEING SO STUPID!!  Your keeping me very busy.  Onto the complaints to more government agencies.......  

WHO's LAUGHING NOW

DEAN K ZIEGLERs DESPERATE ATTEMPT AND CRIES FOR HELP...

Check this out.....  One of the pieces of information Dean K Ziegler handed out at the hearing today.  A desperate cry for help directed to the District Attorneys office here in Lehigh County.  If one thing is consistent....  He is one dumb character.  It was said at his Fraud Hearing: "He thinks everyone is dumber then he is".  He is obviously the dumb one here.  He believes things in his head are the truth and he is way farther then from the truth. As a reminder HE LOST HIS HARASSMENT CASE TODAY.... BIG TIME!!!!!!  He thought he would be smarter then everyone else.  He couldn't pull one over on Magistrate D'Amore.  Dean K Ziegler is a Felon that no one can ever trust.  He continued to commit fraud after being charged with insurance fraud.  How stupid can someone be.  Well, we are talking about Dean K Ziegler here.

Trial was a success... For me that is.

Dean K Ziegler lost in a big way today at the magistrates.  I was deemed not guilty. Dean k Ziegler gave his ridiculous speech and then the judge said "Let me be as blunt as possible. There is no crime here" Of course Dean K Ziegler kept pushing the matter but the judge put him down. I was seriously laughing out loud to myself.

The gates have been opened for a case malicious prosecution among there complaints.

Bogus Harassment... an update

The hearing is upcoming next week where Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic filed a malicious harassment complaint against me that is nothing more than abuse of process. To follow after is a run down of what happened at the hearing. It is expected that I will prevail. There are no doubts about that.  And we will be closer to suing Dean K. Ziegler in the court of common pleas for a slew of counts because of his abuse of the criminal process.  :-)  I am actually very excited and glad he brought these frivolous harassment charges against me. Go figure he brings a FRAUD against the court.  His name should be Dean FRAUD Ziegler. Karma is going to get him good.

Key points of Dean K Zieglers Fraud Conviction (From supreme court appeal)...

--The affiant[s are] Detective Peter McAfee and Detective Barry

McCooley of the Insurance Fraud Task Force. They report that

they received an anonymous tip from an individual indicating that 

the defendant in this case, Mr. Ziegler, had been submitting

bills for services that were not performed.

The caller also reported that at one point the defendant

was in jail and the practice continued running without his

supervision.

     Based on that an investigation was initiated, You[r] Honor,

on August 5th of 2008. The Detectives determined that the

defendant was arrested for reckless endangerment and as a

result of that he spent some time in Lehigh County Prison.

    The investigation further determined that while the

defendant was incarcerated, particularly in the dates of January

23rd, January 27th, January 29th of 2009, as well as January 31st

of 2009, the defendant had submitted bills or had his practice

submit bills for doctor examinations that had occurred on those

dates.

     Because he was incarcerated it was determined that doctor

exams could not have been performed, based on his location at

that point in time. Detectives further conducted an undercover

operation where 13 appointments were made for treatment at

Ziegler Chiropractic.

     Detectives working in an undercover capacity and

audiotaping the interactions that occurred at the Ziegler

Chiropractic Clinic determined that doctor's exams were billed for

approximately well, actually ten of the visits made by the

undercover officers when, in fact, doctor's exams were not

performed and compensation for that activity was submitted to

State Farm Insurance, Infinity Insurance, Nationwide, [and]

Titan AIG for those services that were in fact

not rendered.

     

--His chiropractic license was not only an expected collateral consequence of

his fraud conviction, to the extent that he believed he could circumvent the

State Board of Chiropractic’s imminent determination and continue operating

a clinic, that misapprehension of the law did not undermine the validity of

the plea agreement.  

--The two (Dean K Ziegler and his attorney) discussed at length the probability 

that Appellant would lose his chiropractic license, and Appellant suggested 

relocating the practice to the Caribbean or seeking licensure in Texas. 

--In fact, in light of the strength of the Commonwealth’s insurance fraud case 

and Appellant’s inability to afford an expert to present a positive interpretation 

of his billing scheme, the reality of Appellant losing his license following his 

 conviction was so obvious, the chosen trial strategy was to delay the case and thereby

extend Appellant’s ability to continue to practice as long as possible.

--Attorney McGogney further explained that the Commonwealth had overwhelming 

evidence of the fraudulent billing, including the testimony of undercover investigators 

who were examined at Appellant’s office on one occasion but were charged for 

multiple procedures and examinations that were not performed.  

--The court announced, “Whatever little machinations were going on with you trying to

still continue to practice, when you have an insurance fraud conviction

against you, is not relevant to whether or not the plea was knowing, intelligent and 

voluntary. It’s just not. And until I see some case law that says otherwise, this 

[argument] is approaching ridiculous.”  

--Attorney McGogney believed that the testimony presented by those witnesses would 

be sufficient to convict Appellant, particularly when Appellant was unable to present 

an expert to dispute the Commonwealth’s expert testimony regarding the billing codes. 

--Moreover, Attorney McGogney met with the insurance fraud investigators and learned 

that the Commonwealth was considering amending the criminal complaint to level 

several additional charges stemming from its investigation of Appellant’s 

 billing practices. 

--Attorney McGogney believed that the plea agreement was the best that Appellant

could attain under the circumstances and he did not want to needlessly annoy 

the prosecution to obtain an inconsequential piece of evidence. 

deankzieglerfraud has a new home...

In order to increase search engine exposure, the domain: deankzieglerchiropracticfraud.com has been registered. You can still get to this blog with the original address but now so will deankzieglerchiropracticfraud.com.

Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic has been charged and admitted to Insurance Fraud. It has been my experience and the experience of others that he continues to commit fraud after being charged as he hasn't learned his lesson. It is my hopes that everyone and anyone learn about Dean K Zieglers history so they can make an informed decision about using his services or not. And, if they use his services, they will know what to watch out for.

Dean K Ziegler is so flustered about the thought of others learning about his history that he has filed fraudulent harassment complaints against me. Go figure.... He is constantly committing Fraud. I have no concern that I will prevail in this battle. This "Spin Doctor" has been known to think everyone is dumber than he is. He uses misdirection and smoke screens to try and cover up his own dark clouds in the failing hopes to implicate others in wrong doing.

The news hits the nail on the head...

This is Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic:

defrauding insurance companies

 attacking his girlfriend and throwing her down a flight of stairs

admitting he billed several companies for more than $6,000 of work he did not complete

admitted he broke his girlfriend's nose and threw her down the stairs

minimized his crimes

did not believe he was truly remorseful

"You're not as smart as you think you are,"

not fully taken responsibility for the crime

"spin doctor."

"He's been talking a lot in circles, a lot of misdirection,"

"...he thinks everyone is dumber than he is."

Click of the entire article:  Colin McEvoy | The Express-Times Follow on Twitter on January 26, 2012 at 12:30 PM, updated January 27, 2012 at 7:57 PM

Blogger Crystal Cox, YOU are Media. Expose Corruption NOW...

Contact preference....

I hadn't made it clear originally, but if anyone is going to contact me please stay anonymous. That is best for you and me. So far everyone else has been anonymous and I wish to keep it that way. If you remain as such, it is best for many reasons especially preventing our friend from being able to play spin doctor with your records.

Thank you for you understanding and cooperation.
Jeblum74@gmail.com

Harassment Update.....

     I would like to thank everyone for their support in my battle with the harassment complaints made by Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.  I have received assistance in preparation and know that I will prevail.  This character has been called a "Spin Doctor" and uses misdirection to try and divert the dark cloud over him to something else.  In this instance, its not going to work (as if it even worked in the past).
     When push comes to shove, Karma always comes through and the right thing will happen.  The first hearing is set for later this month and I am well prepared.  It is expected that he will use his "spin doctor" ways in front of the magistrate.  Its been said that he thinks everyone is dumber than he is.  Well an educated individual like a Magistrate Judge is going to see right through him for what he really is.
     His complaints are nothing close to harassment.  The way they are written already screams out not guilty.  And when he begins to speak.....  Well he will even more support my innocence.  No worries here.
     Any supporter of his is only being told even more misdirection from this "spin doctor" just as he tried to make himself look innocent of Insurance Fraud in front of me.  I have been onto him from the moment I met him and never trusted him.  When I had all my information ready, I was more than eager to file the required complaints and go to the District Attorney about him.
     He should have never trusted me with his computers or patient records as I was able to have access to any incriminating information necessary.  And when he asked me to create patient records, I was sure to put my own code sorta speak into the documents and keep copies. And of course the insurance company didn't pay on them because I had called them and informed them of the fraud I was instructed to do. I was sure to keep all my ducks in a row.  I just had to be careful that he didn't find out about my disloyalty as my partner was eager to remain working for this character (for some reason) but I was able to get required information and make complaints while he still worked for him.
     How ironic that he is filling petty complaints against me with the DA that are abuse of process and  malicious prosecution (go figure he commits fraud on the court system) and at the same time people are making legitimate complaints against him and providing documentation of his actions.  I would give up coffee for a month if I could know what they are thinking in the DAs office.  I already filled them in on my experiences with his "spin doctor" ways.  They already know from their own experience with him as to what he is like.
   

A malicious prosecution claim: (AKA Fraud on the Court)

Pennsylvania law requires that a
plaintiff bringing a malicious prosecution claim must demonstrate
each of the following:

     (1) the defendant initiated criminal proceedings;
     (2) the criminal proceedings ended in Plaintiffs’
     favor;
     (3) the proceedings were initiated without probable
     cause; and

     (4) the defendant acted maliciously or for a purpose
     other than bringing the plaintiff to justice.

Bradley v. General Accident Ins., 778 A.2d 707, 710 (Pa. Super.
2001).

  In order to state a claim for abuse of process, a plaintiff must  demonstrate that the defendant: (1) used a legal process against the plaintiff, (2) primarily to accomplish a purpose for which the      process was not designated, and (3) harm has been caused to the    plaintiff.  Douris, 229 F.Supp.2d at 404.

Relying on Public Records...

Pennsylvania law recognizes a constitutional privilege for publishing truthful facts contained in public records. So far, Pennsylvania courts have applied this protection to information obtained from court records, but it would likely apply to other government records as well, both because of a potential constitutional privilege and because the information is already exposed to the public eye.

In Cox Broadcasting v. Cohen, 420 U.S. 469 (1975), the Supreme Court of the United States held that the First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits states from imposing a penalty on the press for publishing accurate information obtained from a public court record. As a result of this case, most states recognize an absolute privilege for publication of information found in a publicly available (i.e., not sealed) court record. While the case involved traditional media, there is no reason to believe that its reasoning and holding would not extend to non-traditional journalists and other online publishers. This means that you cannot be held liable for publishing accurate facts about someone that you find in a public court record, regardless of how embarrassing they are. Note that this privilege will protect you in publishing information about past crimes (discussed above), so long as you gather your information from publicly available court records, such as an indictment or trial transcript. 

"By placing the information in the public domain on official court records, the State must be presumed to have concluded that the public interest was thereby being served. Public records by their very nature are of interest to those concerned with the administration of government, and a public benefit is performed by the reporting of the true contents of the records by the media. The freedom of the press to publish that information appears to us to be of critical importance to our type of government in which the citizenry is the final judge of the proper conduct of public business. In preserving that form of government the First and Fourteenth Amendments command nothing less than that the States may not impose sanctions on the publication of truthful information contained in official court records open to public inspection."

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Just Speechless......

When someone is used to committing fraud, the simplest of tasks becomes difficult.  In PA, when someone doesn't pay their parking tickets, they turn into Summary Offenses with much bigger fines then the original ticket.Guess who is not immune to this?  Since this blog is about fraud, I post this solely to help the reader get the full picture of his character.

And we are not just a single offender this year:

Fraud Update......

I have amazing news.....  My review/blog is truly paying off.  Yet another person has come forward that they identified that Dean K. Ziegler has committed fraud against them.  This person said they were googling this character to get his phone number as their cell phone was destroyed by water.  In the process, they came up against all the fraud articles and my information about Dean K. Ziegler.  I was contacted for information on what they should do next.  I kindly advised on his current probationary status with the Department of State and let them know there is already word that he is being actively investigated.  I suggested they contact the DA and report their findings and continue to go to the practice and act like nothing is wrong.  I also filled them in on completing a state complaint form to advise on what happened to them with Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.

It is so great that my word is getting out and people are learning about Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.  Thank you all for sharing in the experience.  I never felt so rewarded as I do now.  As more and more people learn about this character, the right thing will be done.

Comical Harassment update....

I was like LOL, ROLFL, (whatever those acronyms are) when I stopped by to pick up the other two Harassment complaints Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic filed against me.  At his Insurance Fraud hearing, He was called a Spin Doctor and was noted for using Misdirection.  Well....  If anything, this idiot is consistent. When he was charged with fraud, he was blaming his attorney for his conviction, even though he pled guilty.  Now, He is caught again committing fraud. What he will do is when he is questioned on it he will say, LOOK, I FILLED A HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST SOMEONE WHICH MAKES ME INNOCENT.  I am so glad he is digging himself into his own hole.  The more he does, the deeper it gets.  I won't comment any more on the stupidity.... but you can make your own judgement just by reading these.  Ill put all three up including the original harassment complaint.  You will definitely get a kick out of this:

Dean K. Ziegler fraud update......

It turns out the District Attorney's insurance fraud team has been in contact with the individual that filed the complaint I spoke of earlier.  We are one step closer to ending fraud done yet again by Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.

I had spoken with two individuals of the fraud team prior.  One thing I informed them of was how he documents patient exams and works his billing processes.  He creates notes by using a bell curve when documenting patient pain scales and intensity. Then, his computer program automatically creates a note although no actual patient exam was done.  I spoke to them for a good hour and a half. I'm not going to share everything I spoke about as there is no need to divulge everything for the benefit of Dean K Ziegler if he should find out about this blog.

The individual states they had a lengthy conversation and shared much of what they noticed. Much was also colaborated with what I told them.

Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic may have filed three frivolous harassment complaints against me. But, he is in for it more as Karma always has a way of getting square with people.

Allentown chiropractor sentenced to prison for insurance fraud, attacking girlfriend

This is my favorite news article about Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.  It deserves a repost.

By Colin McEvoy | The Express-Times Follow on Twitter on January 26, 2012 at 12:30 PM, updated January 27, 2012 at 7:57 PM

AP File Photo

An Allentown chiropractor was sentenced to prison for defrauding insurance companies.In an unrelated case, he was also sentenced to prison for attacking his girlfriend and throwing her down a flight of stairs.
Dean Ziegler, 49, previously pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud, admitting he billed several companies for more than $6,000 of work he did not complete, according to court records.
Ziegler also previously admitted he broke his girlfriend's nose and threw her down the stairs at his business, which was at his home on the 100 block of South 14th Street.

"I believe I'm a good and caring doctor who always cares about my patients," Ziegler said today before Lehigh County Judge Maria Dantos.
"If I could change what happened, I would," he said. "I can only change myself and what lies ahead, and what lies ahead relies solely upon myself."

Ziegler was sentenced to four to 12 months for the insurance fraud and one to 11 months for simple assault. In all, he faces up to almost two years in Lehigh County Prison.
Ziegler requested house arrest or immediate work release so he could continue working until his chiropractor license is revoked.
But Dantos said Ziegler minimized his crimes in private with his probation officer. She said she did not believe he was truly remorseful.

"You're not as smart as you think you are," Dantos said.

She rejected the request for house arrest, and made him eligible for work release only after half his sentence is served.
Glenn McGogney, Ziegler's defense attorney, said Ziegler's girlfriend has professed her love for Ziegler since the attack and wished to be reconcile with him.
McGogney hoped house arrest would allow Ziegler to work off his $6,300 in restitution, as well as pay child support for his 9-year-old daughter in Iowa.
But Lehigh County Senior Deputy District Attorney David Mussel echoed Dantos' claims that Ziegler had not fully taken responsibility for the crime, calling him a "spin doctor."

"He's been talking a lot in circles, a lot of misdirection," Mussel said. "In a sense, judge, he thinks everyone is dumber than he is."

Ziegler was released today to take care of his affairs and work and will report back to prison Friday to begin his sentence, Dantos said.
In exchange for pleading guilty to insurance fraud, 15 related felony charges were withdrawn, according to court records.
Ziegler could have faced up to seven years for the insurance fraud charge and up to two years for the simple assault charge, according to state law.

SUPREME COURT HOLDING Snyder v. Phelps

FACTS OF THE CASE:

Fred Phelps and his followers at the Westboro Baptist Church believe that God punishes the United States for its tolerance of homosexuality, particularly within the military. To demonstrate their beliefs, Phelps and his followers often picket at military funerals.

Albert Snyder's son, Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, was killed in the line of duty in Iraq in 2006. Westboro picketed Matthew Snyder's funeral displaying signs that stated, for instance, "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11," "Thank God for Dead Soldiers," and "Don't Pray for the USA." The church notified local authorities in advance that they intended to picket the funeral, staged the picket on public land adjacent to a public street, and complied with all police instructions. Church members also sang hymns and recited Bible verses.

Although Albert Snyder could see the tops of the picket signs on the day of the funeral, he could not read what was written on them and it was not until he saw a news story about the funeral and the picketing that he became aware of the church's message. Snyder sued Phelps and the church claiming, among other things, that their actions caused him severe emotional distress. In defense, Phelps argued that his speech (the picketing and the signs) was protected under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution.   

HOLDING:

The Supreme Court's holding turned largely on its determination that the church was speaking on "matters of public concern" as opposed to "matters of purely private significance." The Court explained that "[s]peech deals with matters of public concern when it can 'be fairly considered as relating to any matter of political, social, or other concern to the community' or when it 'is a subject of general interest and of value and concern to the public.'" Speech on public issues is entitled to special protection under the First Amendment because it serves the "the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open." To determine whether the speech dealt with matters of public concern, the Court examined the "content, form, and context" of the speech. The court noted that none of these factors determines the outcome of the case and that a court must evaluate all the circumstances of the speech, "including what was said, where it was said, and how it was said."

Even though some of the picket signs arguably targeted only the Snyder family, most of them addressed issues regarding the moral conduct of the U.S., the fate of the U.S., and homosexuality in the military. As such, the "overall thrust and dominant theme" of the speech related to broader public issues. Furthermore, the church was picketing on public land adjacent to a public street. Finally, there was no pre-existing relationship between Westboro's speech and Snyder that might suggest that the speech on public matters was intended to mask an attack on Snyder over a private matter. Therefore, the Court held that the Phelps and his followers were "speaking" on matters of public concern on public property and thus, were entitled to protection under the First Amendment.

Argued: October 6, 2010

Decided: March 2, 2011

Vote: 8-1

Majority opinion  written by Chief Justice Roberts and joined by Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan.

Concurring opinion  written by Justice Breyer.

Dissenting opinion  written by Justice Alito.

New Avenue of information...

As a matter of public concern, it is important that the information about the history of Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic get out. To get the most exposure possible I have added another website.  This will focus on just fraud related activities and this blog will entail Fraud, prevention, and harassment updates.

CLICK HERE 

Does Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic have a leg to stand on??

     As I eagerly await my day in court where Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic filed a Harassment charge against me for posting reviews and posting blogs, I realize more and more that he is full for it. The more he wants to silence me, the more I realize that things that hide under rocks don't like exposure to light and the guilty always have a need of hiding from who they are.  Of course he doesn't want people to know about his past. But as a matter of public concern, people deserve to know.
     I only hope that I am able to make a good case that he has violated Title 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. sections § 4906 (False reports to law enforcement authorities), § 4910 (Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.), and § 4904.  (Unsworn falsification to authorities).  
     According to the order from the Department of State: 
"Respondent shall abide by and obey all laws of the United States, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its political subdivisions  and all rules and regulations and laws pertaining to the practice of the profession in this Commonwealth or any other state or jurisdiction in which Respondent  holds a license  to  practice  the profession.    Summary  traffic violations shall  not constitute a violation of this order."
     Violation would result in his license probation being retracted and Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic will be suspended for the remaining 5 years of the order.
     With all the information I have, I know I will prove that I committed no criminal harassment.  I have the First Amendment on my side and also the law in regards to the Harassment Statute.  The challenge will be to get him to stumble up, which might not be hard because from his Fraud Plea Hearing, he was known as the "Spin Doctor".  He never feels he does anything wrong.  As Judge Dantos said: Ziegler minimized his crimes in private with his probation officer. She said she did not believe he was truly remorseful.  His fraud history doesn't only relate to Insurance.  It also is imbedded in the very fabric of his every being.
     This hearing date can't come soon enough......

Local District attorney, Jim Martin sues a blogger....

This story came across my facebook page.  District Attorney Jim Martin is suing an individual in CIVIL court for ruining his reputation.  See....  The DAs know this stuff isn't criminal otherwise he would have filed a private criminal complaint against the blogger.  No wonder why they disapproved Dean K Zieglers' private criminal complaint against me.  I wish the morning call would do a story about my situation.

The story is in the Morning Call:

CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY

Harassment update...

   Received a call from the District Attorneys office today.  I was informed incorrectly about how many private criminal complaints Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic filed against me.  Turns out he filed 3 for Harassment and all 3 were disapproved. They provided as an option, if wanted, to file a summary harassment at the magistrate on his own. But the DAs office was not getting involved. They know there is no criminal harassment involved. So now I wait for the case to be changed to another venue (As magistrate Manescu wants nothing to do with Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic)  and receive a court date.  I feel really worried (NOT!)

Harassment update.....

     I happen to be speaking to the District Attorneys office today.  The topic of another matter relating to Dean K Ziegler came up. It appears that two private criminal complaints were received by them against me from Dean K Ziegler.  Both of them were "disapproved".  Well go figure.......

  

The heat is on....

     Turns out another individual who read my review has checked their insurance bills.  Turns out they were charged for procedures they did not have.  It was my hopes that people learn from my experiences and protect themselves from fraud.  This individual learned for sure that all my information about Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic is coming true for them.  
     
   Lets see where this goes from here....

Allentown chiropractor sentenced to prison for insurance fraud, attacking girlfriend

This is my favorite news article about Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic.  It deserves a repost.

By Colin McEvoy | The Express-Times Follow on Twitter on January 26, 2012 at 12:30 PM, updated January 27, 2012 at 7:57 PM

AP File Photo

An Allentown chiropractor was sentenced to prison for defrauding insurance companies.In an unrelated case, he was also sentenced to prison for attacking his girlfriend and throwing her down a flight of stairs.
Dean Ziegler, 49, previously pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud, admitting he billed several companies for more than $6,000 of work he did not complete, according to court records.
Ziegler also previously admitted he broke his girlfriend's nose and threw her down the stairs at his business, which was at his home on the 100 block of South 14th Street.

"I believe I'm a good and caring doctor who always cares about my patients," Ziegler said today before Lehigh County Judge Maria Dantos.
"If I could change what happened, I would," he said. "I can only change myself and what lies ahead, and what lies ahead relies solely upon myself."

Ziegler was sentenced to four to 12 months for the insurance fraud and one to 11 months for simple assault. In all, he faces up to almost two years in Lehigh County Prison.
Ziegler requested house arrest or immediate work release so he could continue working until his chiropractor license is revoked.
But Dantos said Ziegler minimized his crimes in private with his probation officer. She said she did not believe he was truly remorseful.

"You're not as smart as you think you are," Dantos said.

She rejected the request for house arrest, and made him eligible for work release only after half his sentence is served.
Glenn McGogney, Ziegler's defense attorney, said Ziegler's girlfriend has professed her love for Ziegler since the attack and wished to be reconcile with him.
McGogney hoped house arrest would allow Ziegler to work off his $6,300 in restitution, as well as pay child support for his 9-year-old daughter in Iowa.
But Lehigh County Senior Deputy District Attorney David Mussel echoed Dantos' claims that Ziegler had not fully taken responsibility for the crime, calling him a "spin doctor."

"He's been talking a lot in circles, a lot of misdirection," Mussel said. "In a sense, judge, he thinks everyone is dumber than he is."

Ziegler was released today to take care of his affairs and work and will report back to prison Friday to begin his sentence, Dantos said.
In exchange for pleading guilty to insurance fraud, 15 related felony charges were withdrawn, according to court records.
Ziegler could have faced up to seven years for the insurance fraud charge and up to two years for the simple assault charge, according to state law.

Dean K Ziegler must pay for positive reviews....

An individual who read my review pointed out something to me today.  Dean K Ziegler must pay for positive reviews.  
Look at this post from Facebook on the Ziegler Chiropractic page that was sent to me. Note that its acknowledged that he signed up with "Signpost".

Now check out this google plus review:

Clicking on the name of the individual to pull up their profile, notice the employer listed and also the location:

A fraudulent review????? Go figure...

Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractor does not like negative reviews...

     It seems Dean K. Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic has been trying hard to have my reviews removed from any site I have them on. Thats where having this blog comes into play.  I control the content based on truth.
     It is important to me that people know about his history and potential to commit fraud on them.  I have been harmed by Dean K. Ziegler and I don't want the same for others.  
     Its great the internet is available for allowing an avenue for the everyday person to be a journalist and share (via First Amendment Rights to Freedom of Speech) their experiences.

                                  This is from google plus:

     He doesn't mention the important fact that the harassment complaint is a private complaint and not one brought on by the authorities (as they are smart enough to notice real harassment when it occurs).

I guess this shows that he is using the criminal process to try and have his way with having negative reviews removed.  And that is abuse of process. 

Current License Status...

License status of Dean K Ziegler of Ziegler Chiropractic from the PA Department of State:

Permanent Record

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