I’ve been a witness to something quite unsettling for over twenty years—a crime that just doesn’t seem to go away. It’s like that pesky asteroid you forget about until you get hit with its debris! I’ve often found myself shaking my head in disbelief, wondering why people engage in such deceitful acts. “Why do you lie?” I’d ask them, as if those five little words could somehow prod their better nature. It’s a query I’ve posed countless times, not thinking I’d ever find myself on the other end of such a tangled web of dishonesty and corporate chaos.

Last summer, just when life threw its own curveballs my way—surgery on my cervical spine and my husband facing a cancer diagnosis—a certain well-known corporation decided to drop an $11,000 bombshell on me. “Pay up or lose your insurance,” they proclaimed, as if referring to some fictional debt straight out of a bad movie. After all these years of being vocal against corporate misconduct, here I was, in a fight I never anticipated and much less warranted!

Join me as I recount the bizarre journey of navigating through the labyrinth of corporate gaslighting and deceptive billing practices—complete with all the twists and unexpected turns. Hang tight; you’re in for a wild ride! LEARN MORE

I’ve known about this crime for more than two decades. I’ve not been quiet about it. Matter of fact, I’ve made a lot of noise for more than twenty years.

I questioned people. “Why do you do this? Why do you lie?” I chastised them. “You shouldn’t be doing this. You guys ought to stop this before you get caught. You know it’s wrong. You know I know it’s wrong, yet you still do it.”  There were times I told them, if they ever got caught it would be very bad for them. “Stop this before you get caught!”

I never dreamed I’d be this one to catch them! I was not in a position to catch them. I had no evidence and I had no way to get evidence. Instead I because a highly verbal witness of these crimes…  all the way back to 2002!

Then late summer, last year, I had to get that surgery on my cervical spine. My husband was diagnosed with oral cancer at the same time. This is when the main company involved decided to bill me for just shy of $11k. I’m supposed to pay this bill or they are going to cancel my health insurance. Excuse me????

I didn’t owe this company a dime. I had their contact in hand. I owed them $0.  The same legally binding contract was displayed on their website. Owing them nothing, I ignored the first bill.

The next bill was more threatening. Now I’m a late payer! I realized I had to call them; they could ruin my credit over this money I don’t owe. I was confident when I picked the phone. I expected to have this corrected in five minutes or less. Instead, it went like this.

“No, you do owe that money and you will have to pay it. We know it’s a lot, but it must be paid.”

“I don’t owe you a dime. I have the legally binding document in my hand. The same document is displayed on your website! You can’t just demand someone give you 11K, that they don’t owe. Are you out of your mind?”

“I know it a lot money, but are going to have to pay. It’s your bill. That is what you owe.”

“I don’t have to pay money that I don’t owe.  Where did you the idea that you can just bill people for thousands of dollars?  What are you doing to do?  Take me to court for not paying money I don’t owe?  We have a legally binding contract. Why we even having this conversation?”

They keep you on the phone with the gaslighting.  The “supervisor” gets on the phone and reads the script, again and again.  There is no supervisor’s supervisor. Whatever you try takes you to a dead end. This is corporate gaslighting 101. They batter you.

They actually went as far as to tell me I could have eight months to pay this $11K that I don’t owe. Reason being the contract in my hand that I know is valid is not actually valid.  This illustrious company has a shadow. They speak these lies as if they are real. The act like acting like it’s real, makes it real.

I was invited to appeal this fraudulent bill to some vague higher person. I typed my “appeal” into a little box on the website. I indicated the contract was available on the website.  “Submit!”

My appeal was denied. No reason was given. This company just up and decided I needed to give them $11K, with no justification, or else! After much complaining on the phone I was offered a “final appeal”.  This is exhausting, which is the point.

Days later,  I got a letter from the company marked, “Personal and Confidential”. Odd. Why not address this though the portal?

The letter was generally gibberish. Everyone knows, you can’t just bill people! But the letter was also crafted and it contained a glaring lie. The lie was an attempt to lead me away from reality.  Good luck with that. The lie informed me. It was a “tell” right there in the middle of the page.

The letter invited me to file my “final appeal” of this fraudulent billing. I was composing my response when something incredible happened. I found the evidence! I found the documents had been missing since 2014!  Holding the papers in my hand, I knew there was going to be a fight and I was going to start it. What else could the papers in my hand be signaling? The next morning, I was standing in front of the post office before it opened; stack of certified letters in hand.

When I was receiving the bills I wasn’t thinking, this is a federal crime! I was wondering if my husband would survive his ordeal. I was wondering if my surgery would be canceled. I actually paid them over $1600, under duress. I intended to have my surgery and fight, post op?  Eventually, the Department of Labor made them return that money to me. The refund proves the bill was fraudulent.

I finally filed a Mail Fraud complaint with USPIS (United States Postal Inspection Service), yesterday. Add it to the growing stack of my fully evidenced and irrefutable complaints with multiple agencies.

You wouldn’t think a company with a worldwide reputation would stoop to something like this. They will and they do. Further, this is the tip of the iceberg. Recently, I had seven federal crimes committed against me in a 27 day period. A federal crime spree! It’s laughable.

Now you know how this started and the latest action taken. I’ll have to fill in the middle as we go.

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