So today, we recieved this email from ‘Gregory Ashley – Foster Law Firm’ from the email address [email protected] –
Dear Finance Scam Team,
I am Gregory Ashley from Foster Law Firm, representing Mr. Rajat Khare. He has granted me power of attorney to handle matters related to his case and online reputation concerning certain articles published on your website, FinanceScam.com.
The articles in question are accessible at the following link:
https://www.financescam.com/dossier/rajat-khare/
It appears that multiple articles have been published in succession from September 25, 2024, to January 21, 2025. We have several concerns regarding these publications and would appreciate your prompt response to the following inquiries:
Authorship & Source
Were these articles published directly by your editorial team, or were they submitted by third-party contributors?
If they were submitted by a third party, what is the process to obtain the publisher’s contact details for further communication?
Fact-Checking & Accuracy
Does your platform conduct fact-checking before approving content for publication?
The articles contain numerous allegations without substantiating evidence and appear to be speculative in nature. Please clarify your editorial standards regarding verification of claims.
Relevance to Your Platform’s Focus
Your website primarily covers investigative reports on scams, corruption, financial crimes, and consumer fraud. Under which of these categories does Mr. Khare fall?
If there are any specific allegations of financial fraud, corruption, or legal proceedings against him, kindly provide supporting details.
If FinanceScam.com aims to expose financial scams, it is imperative that the content remains aligned with that purpose. Misrepresenting individuals alongside convicted scammers without concrete evidence creates a false and misleading narrative, causing serious reputational damage to my client.
Before initiating legal proceedings to request removal of these articles, we seek clarification on who is responsible for their publication—your organization or a third-party contributor. If the latter, we request the publisher's contact details to engage with them directly. Otherwise, your organization will be held solely accountable for the reputational harm caused by these publications.
We request your prompt response at the earliest convenience.
Best regards,
Gregory Ashley
Foster Law Firm
Email: [email protected]It seemed legit to us. However, when our legal counsel in Arizona tried to call Foster Law Firm, we figured that the number provided on the website was incorrect. So, our legal counsel found the actual phone number for Jane Foster @ Foster Law Firm and called her.
We were informed that Jane Foster shut down Foster Law Firm in 2014 and is now at the Macon County State’s Attorney’s Office.
She let go of the domain fosterlawfirm.org, which later expired and was registered by these Cyber Criminals working on behalf of Rajat Khare, on 28th December 2024.
If anyone else has received an email from this domain, please contact us at [email protected].
Here is our reply sent to this fake Law firm:
The answer is in two parts. So, for the sake of your client, be very accurate and honest in your response. Otherwise, this could get many people in a lot of trouble.
As we speak, our legal counsel tried to get in touch with Jane Foster at Foster Law Firm at 309-829-1900, but for some reason, Jane Foster is now working with the Macon County State Attorney's office.
As per Jane, the domain fosterlawfirm.org expired a few years ago. It seems you registered that domain and are impersonating a law firm. Hosting a template at hostinger. I could go on, but you already know where this is going.
So, we have forwarded the details to Jane, and she's free to pursue legal action against someone impersonating a court officer. Rajat Khare is the chief instigator. This will be highly relevant to RSG, Reuters, and other publishers, whom we intend to inform.
I get that you're trying to help your client, but you've just made it worse for him.
HOWEVER, I WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RETRACT YOUR EMAIL, COME CLEAN, SAY SORRY AND WE'LL FORGET THIS EMAIL EVEN EXISTS. FOLLOWING A RETRACTION, WE WILL PROCEED WITH NOTIFYING ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.
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Now, as per our legal counsel, I still have to include a legal response to your questions, so here it is -
1- We don't have an editorial team. We have a moderator team which does not indulge in publishing or creating content on the website. Our sole purpose is to moderate and prevent spam or abuse.
2- Do, we do not fact-check. It is a subjective process and we rely on the wisdom of the courts to determine the validity of the claims on the website. Prima-facie, the content you mentioned looks well cited and is newsworthy.
3- Finance Crime, Cyber Crime, Online Censorship. Quite a lot, actually. The content is purposeful to the website.
You can send a subpoena and we'll release the author details. If you proceed to sue the author and provide us with a court order declaring the content as illegal, we'll consider removing it from our platform.
Hope this helps.
A copy of your email is being forwarded to the author as per our policy.
Regards,
VictorWe will wait 48 hours before informing all relevant and interested parties, including Reuters, RSG, and others engaged in a legal battle with Rajat Khare. The court would love to know how the plaintiff Rajat Khare is abusing the legal system, impersonating an officer of the court, and using a fake law firm to censor online content.
It feels like a good time to spend more time researching Rajat Khare and update the dossier with more stories and information.
