AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas to stop the publication of her investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, Vargas filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike Oshri’s CHRO petition. In a hearing held on September 13, 2021, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Doreen Boxer granted Vargas’s anti-SLAPP motion and denied Oshri’s civil harassment petition for failure to sustain the applicable burden of proof. Oshri will now have to pay Vargas’s attorney’s fees for filing a frivolous case. The Israeli entrepreneur also declined to go on a recorded interview or provide statements via email.

Los Angeles (CA) – Probably 2021 was not a year for the books for Hadari Oshri. And things aren’t looking up in 2022 either.

Last year, the American-Israeli entrepreneur lost her meritless restraining order case against me. My anti-SLAPP court win was a powerful reminder of why First Amendment Rights are celebrated, honored and protected by Americans. And as an American citizen, Oshri should have known better. But she didn’t.

*See Minute Order on Anti-SLAPP motion against Hadari Oshri.

That I prevailed on my anti-SLAPP motion forced Oshri to learn the hard way. She will have to pay my hefty legal fees ($23,000). Additionally, in the past months, I’ve released the investigative series that she desperately tried to silence. And her sloppy PR efforts to deliver an online campaign aimed at clearing her name…miserably failed.

But today, I don’t want to focus so much on Oshri. Rather, I want to do some introspection.

To get this far, I had to spend the summer of 2021 fully immersed in time-consuming legal efforts to fight her frivolous restraining order. Because let’s be clear about one thing: Oshri, like every other SLAPPer, never intended to win in court. She intended to bully me into silence in the same way she used fear tactics in the past to silence her victims’ plights and grievances.

In early 2021, Oshri retained the legal services of LA-based attorney John Tamborelli in order to stop my investigative efforts. Around February 14th that year (a very symbolic date for Oshri and her high-caliber restraining order team of criminal defense attorneys), Tamborelli sent me a “cease and desist” letter, or as Oshri called it in her legal petition against me a “seance” and “disease.”

Realizing that the “seance” and “disease” strategy had failed, Tamborelli tried yet another trick: He had one of my sources “instruct” me to remove any and all media coverage that I’d posted online mentioning him, Oshri and Marc Lubaszka.

Of course, I refused to comply. But more importantly, the National Writers Union (NWU) sent Tamborelli a letter demanding that he stop all intimidation attempts towards me. And…he stopped.

*Read here the NWU Letter to John Tamborelli.

If anything, I have come out of this experience understanding the many ways in which I must express my gratitude towards Hadari Oshri. She turned me into quite an expert on anti-SLAPP motions and meritless First Amendment Right cases. For three months last year, I was the anti-SLAPP motion version of the cookie monster. Like a maniac, I devoured legal cases, rulings and opinions by the CA lower courts, the Court of Appeals and the CA Supreme Court. Every case I found –even in other states or the US Supreme Court–, I read and carefully studied.

I am, however, humble enough to admit that I had –and I still do– a lot to learn in this regard. But for all the lessons already learned, I’d like to thank you, Hadari. You’ve made me a more informed, a better and a more accomplished journalist.

I never would have made it this far without your invaluable contributions. As a matter of fact, two weekends ago, I was presented with an LA Press Club award for my investigative series exposing your participation in an alleged multi-million dollar PPE scheme with Marc Lubaszka.

Speaking of milestones…This is my first journalism award for an English-language series produced entirely on my own!

I never thought I would be talented enough or even remotely capable of this kind of achievement. But you proved me wrong: Not only can I write in English, but I can also win awards in a foreign language!

Thank you, Hadari, for making this award possible. It’s unique, one of a kind, and the refreshing icing on the cake that I and many victims will never forget.

Cheers!

Read here the full list of winners.

*Since Hadari Oshri filed a meritless case against Investor News contributor Aitana Vargas and had previously declined to provide written comments or go on a recorded interview, it is our policy not to seek further comments from the entrepreneur. Oshri is always welcome to reach out and agree to the proposed interview terms. The same policy applies to her former Counsel, John Tamborelli.

**To contact the newsroom, send an email to info@investornews.io. To contact and send tips to investigative reporter Aitana Vargas, use aitana_investigations@protonmail.com. All malicious emails, phone calls and text messages are reported to law enforcement.

First Published on: Jul 7, 2022 at 21:53

RELATED COVERAGE

Read “The exposé that Hadari Oshri and her attorney tried to stop wins LA Press Club award.”

Read “Aitana Vargas walks red carpet at tonight’s LA Press Club awards.”

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part I): Marc Lubaszka, the ultimate white-collar conman on the run: From a Hollywood Hills mansion to Venezuela’s illegal gold mines and back.” 

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part II): Marc Lubaszka’s nonexistent private jets failed to deliver PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part III): Pursuing flash money, rapper Dylan Raw partners with conman Marc Lubaszka and becomes his patsy.”

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part IV): Hadari Oshri allegedly linked to attempted $370M nonexistent PPE COVID-19 scheme.”

Read 2019 court case against Hadari Oshri exposes her dodgy, aggressive legal maneuvers.

Read Hadari Oshri’s losses mount up as she fails again to silence her victims.

Read Hadari Oshri loses anti-SLAPP court battle against journalist Aitana Vargas.

Read The Legal Bullies Club – The SLAPPers: Featuring Hadari Oshri.

Read Hadari Oshri sued for copyright infringement in 2017.

Read La reportera Aitana Vargas pide 23.000 dólares en honorarios tras pulverizar la querella mordaza de Hadari Oshri.

Read Hadari Oshri deactivates LinkedIn account following PPE exposé.

The post Hadari Oshri’s meritless legal plan and sloppy PR campaign backfired appeared first on Investor News.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a frivolous civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against me to stop the publication of my investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, I filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike Oshri’s CHRO petition. In a hearing held on September 13, 2021, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Doreen Boxer granted my anti-SLAPP motion and denied Oshri’s civil harassment petition for failure to sustain the applicable burden of proof. Oshri will now have to pay my attorney’s fees for filing a frivolous case. She also declined to go on a recorded interview or provide statements via email. And what follows are the next installments of my months-long investigative series whose publication Oshri desperately attempted yet failed to stop.

Dylan Raw heads Marc Lubaszka’s questionable private jet company and newest gold venture

Los Angeles, CA – As the COVID-19 pandemic claimed victims all over the world, conman Marc Lubaszka took to the streets of America to recruit co-conspirators capable of helping him to run his sophisticated private jet and gold coin business operations. But, surprisingly, he didn’t get the best nor the most sophisticated players in the game. Instead, he enlisted a Texas-based rapper in his early twenties trying to make it big in the entertainment industry and with no experience as a business executive: Dylan Rottkov, known by the stage name of Dylan Raw.

Around mid-April 2021, following several media requests that Raw had ignored from me earlier this year, the rapper finally called me and engaged in a heated, contentious and bizarre on-the-record interview about his participation in Lubaskza’s schemes.

“You’re probably the reason why I took down the information on Fly Private X from my Instagram account!” he lashed out at me in an attempt to deflect any responsibility.

Despite learning of Marc Lubaszka’s 2012 gold scam, Dylan Raw continues to partner with him

Raw confirmed that he knew about Lubaszka’s previous gold scam but explained it away by stating that it had happened a decade ago and he had nothing to do with it. As the singer played down the conman’s tumultuous past, he stated he had joined Fly Private X to capitalize on a “lucrative industry,” make good money in a few months if he sold a private jet and become the hallmark for success. 

He denied brokering any deals or selling any planes or gold, and underscored that he wanted to send a positive message to the world, despite photos of him holding firearms and rolling weed in multiple public Instagram posts that have since been removed.

But Raw’s participation in Lubaszka’s enterprises doesn’t end here. Public records also show that the hip-hop artist from Long Island is listed as an officer in the conman’s new gold company –Buy Gold Brightly–, which was created in Montana in February 2021 under a 14-year-old shelf corporation: Gold Title, Inc. A day after the company was registered, former model Patrick Seller replaced Raw.

Furthermore, Buy Gold Brightly looks like a clone of Lubaszka’s defunct Aurum Advisors and Gold Coins Gain, and it seems to have picked up its coin investment operations where the former two fraudulent companies left off a decade ago.

“I paid $12 for the gold WordPress site and maybe that’s why they put my name on the company (Buy Gold Brightly),” Raw said as he dodged my multiple attempts to have him confirm or deny if he’d consented to being listed on the gold company’s official filings.

“I’m not a victim (of Lubaszka),” he stated several times, making it clear that he was a willing participant in the conman’s business operations. “I’ll continue to take your calls and give you insights if you keep my name anonymous,” he said even though we’d agreed that the interview was on the record, and I had clearly stated that I was taking notes of everything he said.

While willing to throw Lubaszka and Hadari Oshri under the bus to save himself, as of mid October 2021, Raw was still following both of his controversial business partners on Instagram –a sign, one could conclude, that the rapper is still Lubaszka’s official patsy.

Until recently, Buy Gold Brightly had two divisions: A site that referred visitors to gold dealers nationwide –which was taken down in the weeks following my interview with Raw– and a Myshopify site that allows consumers to purchase coins and invest in gold IRA plans.

Dylan Raw’s & Lubaszka’s Buy Gold Brightly makes misleading claims

A simple look at Buy Gold Brightly’s Myshopify site reveals highly dubious information: The toll-free number listed for consumers to reach Lubaszka’s and Raw’s team rings to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, who were stunned to hear over the phone that the company is misusing their phone number.

The brokerage site also identifies its trading offices on the 11th floor at 1999 Avenue of the Stars in Los Angeles and “celebrates” having achieved $3.4bn in sales as of the company’s 14th anniversary. However, Buy Gold Brightly was only created earlier this year, not 14 years ago, and the company managing the virtual suites on the 11th floor has not confirmed that Lubaszka is one of its tenants. Simply put, the gold scheme is just one of Lubaszka’s deceiving signature tricks.

In December 2022, the State involuntarily cancelled the company. Seller was the principal of record when it died.

“It’s like a deja vú,” disabled veteran Steve Gern regrets. “Ten years ago, I, along with 47 other victims, were swindled out of almost $2M, but Marc managed to get away with everything, and now he’s back with a new IRA gold scam that could potentially leave many more victims. He’s absolutely shameless.”

DON’T MISS PART IV OF THIS INVESTIGATIVE SERIES: A LOOK INTO THE CONVOLUTED WORLD OF HADARI OSHRI: FROM A FAILED FASHION FAIRY EMPIRE TO NONEXISTENT PRIVATE JETS AND PPE DEALINGS LINKED TO CONVICTED FRAUDSTER ARAEL DOOLITTLE.

** If you’d like to share your testimony or story, please contact the reporter at aitana_investigations@protonmail.com or connect with her on Facebook. All emails are checked for legitimacy, spam and viruses and deleted when suspicious malware is detected.

*** The phone interview with Rottkov was on the record, yet we agreed that no audio would be recorded. Only notes would be taken.

**** Screenshots of the Fly Private X online catalogue and website featured in this series were taken before the site’s content was removed and it went under construction.

***** Update (February 19, 2022): Following the release of part III of this series, Dylan Raw re-published some of the IG images referenced in this story. This story was last updated in June 2026 to reflect the cancellation of Buy Gold Brightly and Patrick Seller’s role in it.

Read Part I of the series here, Part II here and Part IV here.

RELATED COVERAGE

Read Hadari Oshri loses anti-SLAPP court battle against journalist Aitana Vargas.

Read Hadari Oshri’s losses mount up as she fails again to silence her victims.

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part I): Marc Lubaszka, the ultimate white-collar conman on the run: From a Hollywood Hills mansion to Venezuela’s illegal gold mines and back.” 

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part II): Marc Lubaszka’s nonexistent private jets failed to deliver PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part III): Pursuing flash money, rapper Dylan Raw partners with conman Marc Lubaszka and becomes his patsy.”

Read “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part IV): Hadari Oshri allegedly linked to attempted $370M nonexistent PPE COVID-19 scheme.”

The post Pursuing flash money, rapper Dylan Raw partners with conman Marc Lubaszka and becomes his patsy appeared first on Investor News.