And the FLETC Trainwreck Continues….

One of our regular visitors here at PTLies works for **deleted** (Imagine that – an ACTUAL investigator who does background checks for a living. Irony? Anyone?)
Anyway, most of her coworkers have federal law enforcement backgrounds, so she asked them what they thought of Tracy’s FLETC training. Here’s her post:

A couple of them wanted to know why I wanted to see the info (they’re curious by nature!). I told them about Tracy, her “crusade” on PT, and the information about her that was coming out. They all agreed that she must have been to FLETC as an intern. Very few states require a probabtion officer go through FLETC as it is very expensive and includes a lot of training PO’s just don’t need. On the off chance that she took the course as a requirement of a job in federal law enforcement (FBI, CIA, Secret Service, ATF, ICE, U.S. Marshal Service, or any other “1811″ job) the certificate would only be for the classroom training. They agreed that if she passed the class, but did not end up in a federal position it would most likely be because she either didn’t pass the physical or psychological exams or was denied a security clearance

There are several reasons her background investigation could have been unfavorably adjudicated. Most people that are denied clearances have:

- something in their background that could make them susceptible to blackmail, coercion, or exploitation (something that could cause them embarrassment or ruin if it were public knowledge)
- have established some sort of pattern of irresponsible behavior (history of repeated drug or alcohol issues, history of repeated financial problems, history of mental health issues, etc.)
- have falsified information on their SF-86 (the standard security clearance application)
- sources interviewed during their investigation have not recommended them or have had unfavorable things to say about them
- have some reason to have their honesty or loyalty to the U.S. questioned

Oh…..they also agreed that it was stupid and dangerous to mention the fact that you had trained at FLETC, much less post a copy of your FLETC certificate, on the internet. They said that anyone who had actually held a clearance would know better than to do something so wreckless.

We’d Also Like To Announce

That we were awarded honorary diplomas by the FBI. They were so impressed with us they decided we should be agents. Of course, we didn’t have to run the 120-yard dash or 2 miles (without stopping)! Thank goodness they waived the physical requirements.

And the Psych eval, too. That pesky psych eval. They wanted to know if we’d ever had thoughts of stalking small animals, or if we believed aliens were out to get us. I mean, hello? We’re not about to admit that we KNOW the KGB implanted our uteruses with tracking devices. It would be crazy of us to tell all our secrets, you know? Gotta stay one step ahead of them. (YOU KNOW, THE ‘ONES’ TRYING TO GET US. WE KNOW YOU’RE WATCHING. WE HAVE GUNS* AND WE’RE NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM. WATCH OUT.)

Ahem..er.. anyway.

We shall now be known as Special Agent PTlies.

What? You say you can’t read the small print on the diploma? Well just click on it. We’re not trying to hide anything, you dirty suspicious wenches.

*paintball

Tracy Coenen: Sought-After Expert?

Read this article:

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobseeker/tools/ept/contribEditorPost.html?post=24

Apparently in professional networking circles, it is a big faux pas to go around declaring yourself an “expert”. Titles like expert, diva, guru, and the like are terms that other people bestow upon you, if you merit it. Calling yourself an expert when nobody else does is considered gauche.

Interesting.

http://www.sequence-inc.com/company/expert.htm

So Tracy says she’s a “nationally recognized expert on fraud”. This is interesting, since her name doesn’t come up anywhere in connection with fraud investigation — except where she references herself.

Our New Office in Chicago!

PTLies.com is excited to announce that we have just opened our new office in Chicago! See…right there in the upper left, two floors from the top? That’s where we are! 10 South Riverside Plaza Suite 6000, Chicago, Illinois.

Of course, we are not cheap, so we’re going to pay the extra 50 bucks for the answering service. That way if you call the building, the operator will know to say “PTLies, may I direct your call?” and forward the calls to our cell phone — rather than the embarrassing “Who the hell is PTLies?”

Because when you’re putting up a front….er….”NEW OFFICE”, the devil is in the details.

Tracy’s Early Years: Part 3

If Tracy Coenen was, in fact, preparing to apply to the FBI — what happened?Why did she suddenly abandon this career path, which she had done an excellent job of preparing for (by attending the FLETC course, etc)?

Why did she suddenly get an MBA, sit for the CPA exam, and then start collecting certificates like the one from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners?

Is it possible that she didn’t make it through the FBI’s (or other federal law office’s) application process?

If this is the case, it would explain why her ego is so large, why she constantly implies that she’s an “investigator” with legal powers, and why she throws her weight around and implies she has the authority to commit hacking offenses and other questionable activities.

A frustrated FBI wannabe?

This would explain a lot, although it’s just an educated guess at this point.

Tracy’s Traffic from FLETC – NOT!

In her fraudfiles blog post of June 24th, Tracy claimed that “This site gets lots of hits from people searching for information on FLETC.”

(The FLETC is the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center)

She used this as a reason to brag about the fact that she had completed some FLETC training (though we’re not sure exactly what program) and to reveal that she has a gun and, in fact, knows how to use it.

(Was that gun comment supposed to scare us?)

Well, I decided to spend some time searching for FLETC and see what those search results rendered.

Google search: “FLETC”
Results: After 9 pages, not a thing from sequence-inc.

Google search: “Federal Law Enforcement Training Center”
Results: sequence-inc comes up on page 4 of the results.

Page 4? If it ain’t on page one or two, nobody bothers to keep going. Also, the further down in the results, the least relevant the site to what you’re searching for.

I think what Tracy most likely saw was that people have been visiting her website, looking at the page about her FLETC training and figured she better head off any scrutiny of her “qualifications” by posting some self-love on the subject.

We’re still trying to read that certificate and see what it really says.

Why can’t we see it? Why put up the image if no one can actually read it?

Tracy’s Early Years: Part 2

As we discussed previously, Tracy Coenen majored in Criminology, quite possibly attended the intern program at FLETC, and according to her interview by the Milwaukee Business Journal she was a parole officer at one time.

All of this points to a very different career path than the one she is currently pursuing.

When someone wants to enter the FBI academy to become an FBI agent, for example, they must meet a set of requirements to apply. Here are the requirements for someone who majored in Criminology:

http://www.fbijobs.gov/1111.asp

Notice that a person with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology would need three years of work experience to apply to the FBI.

Working as a probation officer is a common way to get this required work experience.

more in Part 3.

Tracy’s Early Years: Part 1

Because Tracy Coenen likes to trumpet her past achievements, and because she purposely exaggerates the importance of her work history, we’d like to present a series on the truth about Tracy’s background.

First we would like to discuss Tracy’s educational background, because it leads us to more interesting revelations.

She majored in Criminology. She did not major in Accounting. This is interesting, because in order to sit for the CPA exam in Wisconsin, you must have a certain number of credit hours in accounting.

http://www.beckercpa.com/wisconsin/index.cfm

So this leads us to the conclusion that she took at least 15 credit hours in accounting (what is that, like 4 classes?) while getting her MBA, which then qualified her to sit for the exam.

This leads us to other questions. Why did she major in Criminology? And why did she go to that criminal investigators’ course at FLETC? Learning FBI tactics in apprehending criminals is HARDLY the work of an accountant.

If you go to Tracy’s website and look at the tiny JPG of her certificate from FLETC, you can see that it’s impossible to view the date and name of the program she was in. This is significant, as we shall see.

Here you can read the registration requirements to attend the training at FLETC:

http://fletc.gov/training/student-registration-information/basic-student-registration.html/

FLETC trains federal law enforcement employees from 80 different agencies. You must be sent to FLETC by your employer. Tracy was never a federal employee, as far as she’s revealed.

She was, however, a criminology student who apparently aspired to a career in law enforcement at one time. Here’s the college intern program at FLETC:

http://fletc.gov/student-information/college-intern-program/

Notice that in order to attend this program, you must declare an intention to seek a career in federal law enforcement: like becoming an FBI agent, for example.

more in Part 2.

The Real Tracy

Here’s one of Tracy’s posts from her super-secret trash-talking inner sanctum. This is the private board that got taken down and the members there were replaced by her new minions. (”Mavens”)Things to notice here:

#1. Tracy’s “dirty rotten slut” comment. This coming from a woman who pretends to be squeaky clean to her followers — but everyone who really knows her can tell you different.

#2. The character smearing she does here to one of her former “best friends”. (The Mavens might want to take note – and ask Tracy for some examples and proof of this backstabbing)

#3. Here she is obsessing over Melissa’s blog, even though she claims publicly that she doesn’t care about other blogs and is above all the nonsense.

The Real Tracy

Here’s one of Tracy’s posts from her super-secret trash-talking inner sanctum. This is the private board that got taken down and the members there were replaced by her new minions. (“Mavens”)

Things to notice here:

#1. Tracy’s “dirty rotten slut” comment. This coming from a woman who pretends to be squeaky clean to her followers — but everyone who really knows her can tell you different.

#2. The character smearing she does here to one of her former “best friends”. (The Mavens might want to take note – and ask Tracy for some examples and proof of this backstabbing)

#3. Here she is obsessing over Melissa’s blog, even though she claims publicly that she doesn’t care about other blogs and is above all the nonsense.