I believe that these two guys were given access to some seriously powerful software, like PEGASUS kind of power.
Popack & Max don't want to talk, I tried, they just want to take whatever can be taken. Heartless capitalist, NO, simply thieves.
Organized Interference, Unauthorized Access, and Racketeering Concerns
(Statement Regarding Events Surrounding May 30, 2025)
On May 30, 2025, John Graziano said to me, verbatim:
“You are going down a dark rabbit hole, SIR.”
The phrase “dark rabbit hole” evokes more than confusion—it signals danger, entrapment, and intentional obfuscation. The pointed use of “SIR,” delivered with a terse and final tone, was not respectful—it was menacing. The moment felt like a warning cloaked as mock formality.
This statement came during a period of escalating tension between myself, the sole LICENSOR, and the Graziano brothers—John and Gregory Graziano, who had become LICENSEES under false pretenses and began working to undermine and circumvent the very agreement they entered into.
Worse, this statement was made amid signs of deeper misconduct:
- Gregory Graziano, years earlier, had taken it upon himself to shine a light on me and "introduce" my proprietary work to entrenched actors in the New York construction and real estate world. Gregs goal, to get me to assign my IP or use proximity to me, to claim some sort of convoluted rights.
Following that exposure, a pattern of organized interference began to unfold—what now appears to be part of a coordinated RICO-style effort.
Most concerning:
- There was a deliberate attempt to gain unauthorized access to my private USPTO account.
This constitutes federal cyber intrusion. Evidence points directly to Gregory Graziano, with John claiming he was merely "trying to help." I reject that explanation—John is complicit.
- A fraudulent Microsoft Word document—authored in Python-based script, which strongly suggests automation and deception—was attached to an email sent from what appeared to be my own account. The contents misrepresented facts and sought to create a false narrative of consent or authorization.
I have filed formal complaints with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office—first when the interference became apparent, and again after uncovering the forged document. To date, these complaints have not been treated with the level of seriousness warranted. They have been dismissed as civil matters, despite clear signs of wire fraud, document forgery, unauthorized digital access, and bad-faith inducement.
Statement Regarding Coordinated Interference by Phil Max, Joseph Popack, and Others
Phil Max and Joseph Popack acted in coordinated bad faith, sitting next to each other and I for years, they knew me well, they knew what I was working on, developing a once in a lifetime solution to a global problem. Popack, a swift and cunning operator, angling to take every advantage to accelerate himself and he knowingly, placing me in positions of vulnerability by crafting and disseminating documents designed to mislead, entrap, and harm. Mr. Max, in particular, authored and emailed documents to me with the intent to provoke reliance and later discredit or entangle me. These were not clerical mistakes — they were deliberate and harmful.
On one occasion, my scheduled meeting with Aaron Bernstein was derailed when he was suddenly and suspiciously run off the road and hospitalized. I allege this incident was orchestrated to prevent our meeting from taking place that afternoon. The timing and surrounding context demand serious investigation.
Both Max and Popack exploited insider access and familiarity to undermine my trust, mislead third parties, and obstruct my ability to advance commercially. Their conduct was neither passive nor peripheral — it was strategic, self-interested, and central to the financial and reputational harm I sustained.
On multiple occasions, Phil Max called me and made derogatory, anti-Semitic remarks about my Israeli family, referring to them as "those yarmulkes from Israel." His language was not only offensive, but revealing of a deeper bias and hostility. This man, in my view, is unwell and dangerous.
From the beginning, Joseph Popack and Phil Max listened closely to my disclosures — and then acted to misappropriate my ideas. They influenced others to file patent applications based on my work, despite not being the inventors. This is a felony. When done in concert, it becomes a conspiracy. Worse, they attempted to use this falsified IP as leverage to extort organizations such as The Related Companies. These two are not misguided opportunists — they are calculated actors engaged in fraud.
Their scheme relied on making it appear as though my intellectual property had been assigned to them, or originated with them — in an effort to retroactively “cure” the prior fraud. This is classic racketeering: the use of fake documentation to fabricate legitimacy and manipulate commercial parties under false pretenses.
Even in dealings with CLEANTECH, I was told that John and Gregory Graziano needed to be included on the project team. How could I explain that these very individuals were participating in what I believe to be a racketeering effort — not only to seize control of the technology they were licensed to use, but to co-opt my identity and position?
What we are looking at is a coordinated criminal enterprise: interfering with lawful commerce, undermining a licensor’s rights, falsifying documents, submitting fraudulent patent applications, and leveraging those actions to restrict trade and extort others. This cannot be tolerated.
Mr. Popack and your hench man, Mr. Max: enough is enough.
