Dominion of Melchizedek (Secret Soverign Nation)

[megame23]

I bet you have never heard of this sovereign nation... Just figured this out, it blew my mind...

Let me start by saying the Illuminati look at Melchizedek as one of their immortal gods. Now,

The Dominion of Melchizedek (mal-khay-tzed-ek) is a recognized ecclesiastical and constitutional sovereignty. As a rapidly expanding, post-modern state, the Dominion's activities are governmental, spiritual, political, educational and humanitarian. References are made to Melchizedek's eternal sovereignty throughout Hebrew and Christian Holy Writ. All monotheistic religions spring from the blessing Old Testament Abraham received from Melchizedek, the righteous king of peace and history's first monotheistic teacher of God, the Most High.



Due to the fact that information about Melchizedek was almost exclusively and early found on the Internet, the Dominion was declared by NBC News to be the first nation on the Internet.

www.melchizedek.com/dom/index.html


What the fuck is that? Some sovereign offshore banking cartel?!? With what seem to be theosophical views, and have large scale banking power? (hey thats just like the royalty and Illuminati families.)

Thats EXACTLY what it is. From the intro to the wikipedia article:

The Dominion of Melchizedek (DoM) is a micronation known for facilitating large scale banking fraud in many parts of the world [1].

the 1 takes us to this site, which backs itself up with different newspaper articles.

www.quatloos.com/groups/melchiz.htm


And dont get it wrong, this is a very real thing. This is a sovereign Nation known for its banking fraud. Heres the land they own, Taongi:



They also own more, like these places:

Antarctica
Clipperton
Karitane
Solkope

www.melchizedek.com/dom/territory.html


Wait... Does that mean... they OWN ANTARCTICA?!?!?

Well, not ALL of it... Just a massive chunk... (now think about the seed banks.)

The formerly unclaimed 90-150 degrees West Antarctica was claimed by Melchizedek in 1990, and said claim was published in The City Paper in Washington DC in 1991.

* United Nations
Letter from United Nations 19th December 1990 recognizing the aspiration to Statehood.

* Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians Union
32nd General Assembly and 62nd Council Meeting Endorsement of the DOM as Observer to the APPU by the following represented countries;

Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Guam, Northern Marianas Commonwealth, Fiji, Philippines.

* U.S.A
Federal Court has recognized D.O.M.
westgroup.com/products/newsletter/bkcy/bkcy1202.htm

* U.S.A
District Court Order – 28th May 2003
Compliance to Courts of the Dominion of Melchizedek

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[concrete]

Well at least global warming and the rising sea levels will destroy them.

Not very bright for a secret society.

[brillbilly]

i have but i thought it was a hoax

Dominion of Melchizedek
Type: Fictitious Country.
Summary: The Dominion of Melchizedek was a non-existent island country established by father and son con artists, Evan and Mark Pedley.
Melchizedek is a country that has no physical presence on the planet, yet its home to hundreds of financial institutions. … Wait a minute.
It does exist on an island in the South Pacific … but the island is underwater.

Yet the “country” has “citizens” with “passports” and “banks” with “charters.” It is, in fact, these passports and charters that make the bulk of the so-called Dominion of Melchizedek’s revenue.
On the country’s web site, citizenships are available for “donations.”

Melchizedek came under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission scrutiny when a number of its chartered and licensed banks had been purportedly involved in various investment scams. For example, in 1997 Jeffrey H. Reynolds, acting as DoM’s “Secretary of Commerce”, sold $47 million of phony insurance policies, pocketing a half-million dollars in “premiums.”

The leaders of the Dominion of Melchizedek, however, have claimed no responsibility to the frauds perpetuated by the entities that the “country” had licensed.

Evan and Mark Pedley
The Dominion of Melchizedek was founded in 1987 by California father and son Evan and Mark Pedley (AKA David Korem). Earlier in the eighties, they were both convicted con artists for various land swindles.

In 1988, they established their “country” as an “ecclesiastical sovereignty” like the Vatican.
Among other things, they claimed Melchizedek’s physical location as several Pacific islands that were already possessions of recognized countries including Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Colombia, and France.
Of course, there are no representatives of the Dominion of Melchizedek on these islands.

Recognition
According to the Dominion’s “official” web site, the Central African Republic has officially recognized the government of DoM.
They also claim that countries giving DoM “de facto recognition” include the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and the Netherlands.

In 1987, Evan Pedley died. As for son Mark (AKA David Korem), he has distanced himself from all scams related to those shady businessmen affiliated with D0M.

www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Dominion_of_Melchizedek/


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 17054 / June 26, 2001
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION V. WORLD FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CO., INC. AND VICTOR M. WILSON, U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y., No. 99 CIV 7608 (ILG)

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the settlement of claims against both defendants in this action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on November 23, 1999. The two defendants are:


Victor M. Wilson, age 47, of Brooklyn, New York; and

World Financial & Investment Co., Inc. ("World Financial"), an investment advisory firm wholly-owned by Wilson that operated from Wilson's Brooklyn law office.
The Commission's Complaint alleged that Wilson, acting through World Financial, raised approximately $1.2 million from hundreds of investors in the United States and Carribbean from March 1997 through April 1998. The money was invested in a so-called "60-40 program" promoted by Credit Bank International Co. ("Credit Bank"), which was purportedly chartered in the "Dominion of Melchizedek." The Dominion of Melchizidek has a website promoting itself as a sovereign entity, recognized by certain governments. The Complaint alleged that Wilson solicited U.S. investors by falsely promising returns of over 300% and channeled funds to bank accounts controlled by the supposed "ambassador at large" from the Dominion of Melchizidek.

Without admitting or denying the allegations of the Complaint, Wilson and World Financial consented to final judgments that impose permanent injunctions and other equitable relief against them. The final judgments permanently enjoin Wilson and World Financial from committing future violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c), 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The final judgments further require Wilson and World Financial to disgorge gains and interest totaling $175,000 and pay civil penalties, but waive payment of such monies based on Wilson's and World Financial's demonstrated inability to pay. Wilson also consented to a Commission order barring him from associating with any investment advisor.

See prior litigation release no. 16368.



www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr17054.htm


so im not too sure

[Wes]

Dominion of Melchizedek

The so-called Dominion of Melchizedek (hereinafter "DoM") is a fake nation which exists only in cyberspace, or in the literature and actions of the scam artists who perpetrate this fraud. There is no real Dominion of Melchizedek, but this doesn't stop the scammers from selling utterly worthless bank licenses for tens-of-thousands of dollars.

The DoM attempts to hold itself out as some sort of quasi-religious body, even to the point of having its own version of the Bible. But for all their self-righteousness, the truth is that the DoM not only commits fraud, but also materially facilitates the fraud of others by creating phony banks, stock exchanges, arbitration forums, etc., in an attempt to give some illusory legitimacy to criminals who are directly defrauding the public by way of pyramid-scheme bank debenture scams and other criminal schemes.

Melchizedek Founded by Convicts, According to The Washington Post, "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995

"Its founder, a Californian named Mark Logan Pedley, has two swindling convictions.

"William Barrett of Forbes magazine exposed Melchizedek in a January 1991 report titled 'Father of His Country,' which tracked the global dealings of the elusive Branch Vinedresser, also known as Mark Logan Pedley. Back then, 'ambassador' Vinedresser claimed to own the island of Malpelo, 300 miles off the Pacific coast of Colombia -- never mind that the island belongs to Colombia.

"After the Forbes report, Pedley landed in the hoosegow in California for parole violations. He had been a codefendant with his father, David, in a Mexican peso conversion swindle. Pedley Sr. had a record of four convictions, including stock fraud.

"David Pedley is reported to have died in Mexico in 1987 -- but the body was never identified upon arrival in the United States. The Pedley family refused to let FBI agents fingerprint the corpse at the closed-casket ceremony. Some officials suspect that body in the casket was not in fact David Pedley's -- and that the elder man is still doing business somewhere."

© The Washington Post, 1995, All Rights Reserved.

Melchizedek's Claims to Legitimacy:

Melchizedek claims that it is a real nation, with real property, and has been recognized by several major governments.

The Truth: Melchizedek has failed to either name the "major governments" which allegedly recognized it, or else specify just how this "recognition" has come about. Melchizedek has apparently obtained some sort of recognition from some smaller states (which may or may not still exist as of the date of this writing), all of which are notable for their corruption. Claims that the DoM has received recognition from any major government are purely lies.

Melchizedek similarly notes that it has "acceded" to various treaties. Please note that this is different than saying that it is a party to these treaties -- "acceding" in this sense means a unilateral act by Melchizedek. We could "accede" to the Rules of the National Football League, but that wouldn't mean we could play the Bears on Sunday or that the NFL would recognize us.

As for property, Melchizedek claims certain islands in the Pacific, but unfortunately there were either at or so close to the nearby French nuclear weapons test site that Melchizedek felt compelled to issue a Declaration of War directed to the French government (although this is still a "cold war", no doubt largely because the French have yet to hear about it, or about Melchizedek for that matter). Oh, and there is the (unsubstantiated) claim to a large portion of Antarctica.

Melchizedek's Claims Regarding its Banking System:
The "combined net asset value" of all Dominion of Melchizedek banks exceeds US$25 billion dollars.

The Truth: Melchizedek provides no proof for this claim, and it is fantastic and bizarre considering that there are no (real) Melchizedek banks. Again, the Washington Post: The Washington Post, "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995:

"Its president, a woman who goes by the names Mz. Pearlasia and Elvira G. Gamboa, was successfully sued by the California State Banking Department to prevent her from representing herself as a banker there.

"Melchizedek says its several hundred banks hold a 'net asset value' of $25 billion, yet President Pearlasia remains in arrears to the state of California, having failed to pay a court-imposed sanction of $1,431.90 for her 'bad-faith actions' related to the lawsuit.

"From Canada to Mexico, London to Hong Kong, financial entities and individuals connected to Melchizedek have drawn the attention of banking and investment regulators.

"Officials say the Dominion was concocted to issue bogus banking charters; [John Shockey, head of the fraud unit in the office of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency] routinely issues warnings that U.S. banks should not process any checks or drafts drawn on Melchizedek banks.

"In Hong Kong this summer, a judge sentenced a young Austrian baker to six months in jail for attempting to cash checks totaling $500,000, drawn on the Asia Pacific Bank of Melchizedek. The baker called himself Crown Prince Gerald-Dennis Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and held a diplomatic passport as Melchizedek's 'ambassador at large.' According to an account in the South China Morning Post, the judge dismissed the idea that the whole thing was a joke, saying, 'A fraud on the banking system of Hong Kong is a very serious business.'"

© The Washington Post, 1995

Despite bizarre claims, such as to have a treaty with the "Ruthenian People", Melchizedek doesn't exist.

No major nation recognizes Melchizedek or can be expected to do so in the near or even distant future. It is difficult to imagine a more complete waste of time and money than to associate with the Dominion of Melchizedek.

"It's a con artists' operation through and through," declares John Shockey, head of the fraud unit in the office of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. "It's a phony bank, a phony country, a phony dominion -- the whole thing's a phony." Washington Post: "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995.

www.quatloos.com/groups/melchiz.htm

[brillbilly]

yeah,sorry but i have to say i think its a hoax

[shatnerswig]

i heard they want to attack north korea

[megame23]

If this is a hoax why am I making so many connections?



One of the founders was Albert P. Blaustein, read his biography:

www.melchizedek.com/biography.htm


He was also a founder of 'Zero Population Growth', on the board of directors, and he was the representative to the United Nations.


Depopulation and criminal banking, sounds familiar, doesn't it?


Blaustein, the founder, helped write many of the nations constitutions around the world, including Russia!

Albert P. Blaustein, a Drafter Of Constitutions, Dies at 72
By RICHARD PEREZ-PENA
Published: August 23, 1994

Albert P. Blaustein, a law professor who dedicated nearly three decades of his life to drafting constitutions for nations in transition, died on Sunday at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., after suffering a heart attack. He was 72.

A fervent believer that a constitution could help a nation define its legal, political and moral identity, Mr. Blaustein wrote the constitutions now in use in Liberia and Fiji, contributed large parts of the constitutions of Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Peru, and had a hand in the drafting of about 40 others, including those of Nicaragua, Romania and post-Soviet Russia.

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www.nytimes.com/1994/08/23/obituaries/albert-p-blaustein-a-drafter-of-constitutions-dies-at-72.html

Drafter of world constitutions... This man must have helped set up the governments in ways they could be easily corrupted by the Illuminati!

He also was a, 'expert witness for legal aspects of population control for US Senate commission, 1966.'


Blaustine wrote a book called, Constitutions of the World. Info on the book can be found here:

magik.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=433520

George MASON University

And the site for the library of this 'law school,' MAGIK.gmu.edu

You only spell magik with a 'K' if you are talking about REAL magik, occult magik.


Blaustine has another name, Allen Degraeff, with which he Edited:

Human and Other Beings




so it looks like he helped the whole psy ops in the science fiction realm. The stuff that they to to show us what they are doing in our mediums of culture: books, movies, television and such. (they tell us what is happening, but not really, its in a disinformed way to manipulate us further. This is the zeitgeist movement and the rebirth of theosophy in the truth movement.)


Blaustine also wrote a book called, The Arab Oil Weapon...


And now, the Nazi connection, :lol:

Allen Degraeff's(Blaustine) book Human and Other Beings was called COLLIER science fiction.

Whats that mean?

Collier Books was a publishing company, which became Crowell-Collier Publishing, which merged with Macmillan Publishing and then become Macmillan, Inc. Which is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, whos founder was Georg von Holtzbrinck.

And he was a member of the National Socialist German Students' League



This also gives us new insight on Alex COLLIER the new age alien contactie.




This isn't a hoax, this is a secret country, run by a banking cartel, known to be fraudulent, which is recognized by the USA and the UN, and owns most of Antarctica. Its founder had his hands in the governments of a multitude of countries, this is very real.

[megame23]

Holy shit... Oceania is the name of one of the superstates in 1984... And then holy shit more at the rest of this info...

1) Location: Oceania, Among a group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean about midway between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea, On the northern end of the Ratak Chain Archipelago of the Marshall Islands; North Pacific islands of Clipperton (off coast of Mexico) and Malpelo (off coast of Colombia); 90-150 degrees West Antarctica; Middle East, Jerusalem (originally known as Salem in Biblical times); South Pacific, Karitane Island (south of the Cook Islands, not on maps); ; Central Europe, Carpathian and Subcarpathian Mountain Ranges of Ruthenia.

35)Party: The DOM operates on a one-party ecclesiastical system.

36)Diplomatic representation in the US:
Because DOM is an ecclesiastical sovereignty, its diplomatic representatives need not be accredited in and by the USA. DOM has appointed 20 diplomatic representatives in 7 states in the U.S.A.

...

38)Flag description: Gold crown with gold and silver seal of Solomon, silver crescent moon and star centered by gold cross with white dove of peace and silver seal of eternity in atmosphere above those three symbols of the great three monotheistic religions. Original flag was angled gray cross overlapped with blue Star of David and a golden crown.

39)Economy:

The ecomony is largely based on farming (Ruthenia), fishing (Pacific Ocean) and banking (worldwide).

...

42)Budget:
revenues: $100,000,000 (estimated 1999)
expenditures: $100,000,000 (estimated 1999)

43)Industries: offshore banking (embryonic), insurance, stock trading, and investments.
Industrial production growth rate: 0%
Electricity; capacity: 0 kW (1999)
Electricity; production: 0 million kWh (1999)
Electricity; consumption: 0 million k w

44)Exports:
total value: $0 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)
commodities: fish, coconut oil, trochus shells
future partners: US, China, Japan, Australia, NZ

45)Imports:
total value: $0 million (c.i.f., date NA est.)
commodities: 0

...

55)Disputes; international: the Dominion of Melchizedek claims the international City of Jerusalem as its ancient Capital City which is cross claimed by Israel and the PLO. Malpelo is claim by Colombia. Clipperton is claimed as a dependency by France. Areas of Ruthenia are claimed by Ukrain, Hungary, Slovoka.

5)Future Capital City:
The original capital of Melchizedek was Salem (see Genesis 14:18 & Hebrews 7) now called Jerusalem [see www.melchizedek.com/Salem/Salem.htm ], the ancient city in the Middle East considered to be international territory; "The City of the Great King". The Dominion has reasserted its right to govern its territory of antiquity and homeland, hoping to restore tranquillity to "The City of Peace". Melchizedek has located a few possible building sites to erect "The Third Temple" -- outside of "The "Dome of the Rock" -- as part of a peace plan, and for the purpose of fulfilling it's prophetic obligations.k

6)Interim Capital City: Taongi; of the Taongi Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean:
The government of the Dominion of Melchizedek, while not yet permanently settled on its Taongi Atoll, is planning a future regional capital to be established there. Towards this end DOM has made preliminary contacts to construct an off-shore plant producing 1 megawatt of electricity from the rise and fall of the wave motion of the sea. This, or an alternative energy source, will provide power for the inhabitants and a desalination plant while not polluting the environment. Tourist facilities will be provided but kept small, to protect the marine areas and breeding grounds too.

7)History [the capacity to enter into agreements with other States]:
1942-1945 (est.)
Taongi is occupied for a brief time during World War II by the Japanese.
1986
Melchizedek Bible First Published
1987 (Sep 4)
Murjel Hermios, the recognized "Iroijlaplap" [king or paramount chief] and owner of the Northern Atolls of the Marshall Islands' Ratak Chain, grants a Special Power of Attorney to his adopted brother Robert Moore, wherein Mr. Moore, as Alab, gains for 55 years the assignable right to develop the Taongi Atoll and determine its highest and best use.
1990
DOM claims the previously unclaimed 90-150 degrees West Antarctica [AQ] (approximately 1% of earth's land mass), but its equally historic claims to the uninhabited islands of Malpelo and Clipperton Islands are disputed by Colombia which claims Malpelo, and France which lists Clipperton as one of its dependencies.
1991 (July 7)
Written Constitution Formally Adopted
1993 (June 3)
Official De-Jure Recognition by Central African Republic
1994 (Mar 20)
A treaty is reached between a representative of the Ruthenian people and The Dominion of Melchizedek, wherein the two nationalities spiritually unite. There are approximately 1,000,000 Ruthenians occupying the Carpathian and Subcarpathian mountain ranges of Europe. One of the intentions of this treaty is to assist the Ruthenians into some form of independent governance, so their occupied territory will become an autonomous region of the Dominion of Melchizedek to be government by Ruthenians. Not all Ruthenian leaders have endorsed this treaty.
1994 (Mar 29)
Treaty with Representative of Ruthenian Peoples.
1994 (Nov 26)
The Dominion of Melchizedek acquires sovereign rights over Karitane Island from the obscure, unrecognized Kingdom of Polynesia [KOP].
1997 (May 28)
Alab Robert Moore assigns all of his rights, title and interest in the Taongi Atoll Islands to the Dominion of Melchizedek
1997 (Sep 27)
Treaty Of Peace And Friendship between the Kingdom of Enenkio Atoll & The Dominion Of Melchizedek
1997 (Oct 8)
H.E. Kofi Annan Esq. Secretary General United Nations Notified Of Appointment of Honorary Ambassador to the United Nations. Notice of Accession to United Nations Convention on Road Traffic with Annexes and Protocol Done at Geneva Septemeber 19, 1949; entered into force March 26, 1952. 3 UST 3008; TIAS 2487; 125 UNTS 22
1997 (Oct 15)
Notice of Accession to United Nations & Secretary General Of The Peace Palace The Hague On Hague Convention I for Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (1898) [UKTS 9 (1901) Cd. 798]; and Hague Convention for Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (1907) [UKTS 6 (1971 Cmnd. 4575]. House of Elders, by Legislative Proclamation, creates the Dominion of Melchizedek Bar Association.
1997 (Oct 10)
Endorsement by Office of the President of the Philippines - Presidential Commission For The Urban Poor of the Government of the D.O.M. to His Excellency, President Fidel V. Ramos, to assist the Philippine Government in its Poverty Alleviation Program.
1997 (Nov 7)
Notice Of Accession To Secretary General, United Nations General Assembly, New York & The Right Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands The Hague, Convention Abolishing Requirement of Legislation for Foreign Public Documents.
1998 (Jan 15)
Asian-Pacific Parliamentarian's Union 32nd Genereal Assembly and 62nd Council Meeting, Taipei, Republic Of China. Recommendation and approval of D.O.M. as Observer of the APPU. 20th Jan. 1998 Singapore Ministry Of Home Affairs- Singapore Immigration. Advises that D.O.M. passport holders do not require entry visa to Singapore.
1998 (Jan 25)
Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia advises that D.O.M. passport holders do not require entry visa to Malaysia.
1998 (Mar 16)
Dominion of Melchizedek first nation to officially recognize the Republic of Kosovo.
1998 (Dec)
Iroijlaplap Murjel Hermios passes-on
1999 (Mar 16)
Negotiated peace is declared for the Republic of Kosovo, one year to the day from DOM recognition.
1999 (May 5)
Iroijlaplap Murjel Hermios' successor, Iroijlaplap Remios Hermios signes a 50 years master lease with the DOM and gives a speech for DOMTV granting sovereignty over Taongi Atoll to the Dominion of Melchizedek until the year 2049, similar to the creation of the venue of Hong Kong under the British. An Iroijlaplap is a "Paramount Chief" similar to a King, and his decisions cannot be questioned. The Alap is the second in authority.

8)Population :
In accordance with teachings of the Bible, First Chronicles Chapter 21, the Melchizedek leadership refrains from conducting a census of its people; therefore the actual number of Melchizedekians living on earth today is not available for it is not known. All believers in the teachings of the Judeo-Christian Bible are a part of the population of the Dominion of Melchizedek, whether they know it and acknowledge it or not.

www.melchizedek.com/gvmtdocs/statistics.htm

[Deleted]

* In 1991 Albert P. Blaustein became involved in the Republic of New Lemuria in order to assist in the writing of its Constitution and began writing the Republic of New Lemuria Human Rights Platform. As a retired Professor of constitutional law from Rutgers, Professor Blaustein first served as New Jersey Honorary Consul for Republic of New Lemuria but shortly before his heart attack in 1994 accepted the appointment of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Having been responsible for the writing of constitutions for dozens of countries, Albert considered his work for the Republic of New Lemuria to be the "swan song" of his life

newlemuria.org/founders.htm

* In 1991 Albert P. Blaustein became involved in the Dominion of Melchizedek in order to assist in the writing of its Constitution and began writing the Dominion of Melchizedek Human Rights Platform. As a retired Professor of constitutional law from Rutgers, Professor Blaustein first served as New Jersey Honorary Consul for Melchizedek but shortly before his heart attack in 1994 accepted the appointment of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Having been responsible for the writing of constitutions for dozens of countries, Albert considered his work for the Dominion of Melchizedek to be the "swan song" of his life.

www.melchizedek.com/misc/founders.htm


Seems he was involved in setting up a few scam countries.

Sounds like an old man being conned to me.

[Wes]

Yeah Megame hoax maybe the wrong word and scam a better one.

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The Dominion of Melchizedek, an unrecognized micronation, claims sovereignty over Bokak, based on a 45 year lease allegedly granted by the Iroji Lablab.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokak_Atoll

In response to one of DoM's territorial claims, the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands issued the following statement:

The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands condemns the claims and activities asserted by (alleged) representatives of the "Kingdom of EnenKio" and the "Dominion of Melchizedek". The representatives making claims of separate sovereignty are not citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and have no right to make claims on behalf of Marshallese landowners. Furthermore, these representatives are making fraudulent assertions that violate the Republic of the Marshall Islands's constitution. The area of land and ocean which the "Kingdom of EnenKio" asserts as a sovereign nation separate from the Marshall Islands and (some of) the area of land and ocean which the "Dominion of Melchizedek" is asserting control over are areas within the geographical and political boundaries of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Melchizedek



The fictitious "Dominion of Melchizedek"

Of all the scams and con jobs perpetrated over the Internet, nothing compares to what a virtual country and its creators have done to the world, writes Bertil Lintner.

Cyberbanking and crime in Cyberspace, states the Australian Federal Police's Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac) in a recent report, will be the most important challenge of the 21st century. The Internet revolution has made money transfers across frontiers alarmingly easy, and the world's police forces have yet to catch up with criminals who are taking full advantage of the new information technology that is readily available in any neighbourhood computer store.

The task would have been difficult enough if money were passing through only the Internet-banks in a next-to-impenetrable web of secrecy laws in the world's recognised tax havens: Vanuatu in the Pacific, Caribbean islands such as the Caymans and Antigua, or Gibraltar and the Channel Islands. But enforcing the law becomes a nightmare, when new technology has made it possible to invent new countries which exist only in Cyberspace. The world's best-known virtual country is the "Dominion of Melchizedek", a California-based scam which in recent years has spread its tentacles across the Pacific, Latin America, and even Europe. It claims to have "embassies" and other "legations" in Washington, Canberra, Budapest, Lima and Sao Paulo, and "trade centres and liaison offices" in Singapore and Lagos. Apart from offering to incorporate banks, insurance companies, trusts and private corporations for a few thousand dollars, the "dominion's" website also provides a wide range of services, including passports, university degrees and lawyers' certificates.

In East Asia, the scam broke in November last year when three Melchizedek "officials" were arrested in the Philippines. They had duped hundreds of local Filipinos, Chinese and Bangladeshis to pay up to US$3,500 for worthless Melchizedek travel documents they were told were "internationally-recognised passports". Some had also paid large amounts of money to obtain "government jobs" on a Pacific island which the "Dominion of Melchizedek" claimed was within its jurisdiction.

One of the "officials" of the "dominion", Australian Dennis Oakley, claimed to be its "minister of the navy and the coast guard". His accomplice, Chew Chin Yee of Malaysia, had name cards identifying himself as Melchizedek's "honorary consul" in Hong Kong as well as "minister of public works and gaming". The third suspect, Stuart Mason-Parker, was a British lawyer who was a prosecutor in colonial Hong Kong and left the colony more than a year ago, allegedly with considerable debts.

But the ringleader got away, according to the Philippine police: a convicted Australian fraudster named John Gillespie, who served time in jail in the late 1980s for trying to fix a race in Brisbane by dyeing a horse. Known as the "Fine Cotton affair" after the horse in question, the scam involved several Australians, some of whom later sought refuge in the Philippines. Gillespie joined them following his release, and was appointed "governor" of territories which Melchizedek claims in the Pacific. He is also the brother-in-law of Chew Chin Yee, who remains in police custody in the Philippines.

The gang in the Philippines had raked in an estimated one million dollars before they were picked up by the police - but the Manila passport scam is only the latest in an astonishing series of worldwide swindles associated with the curious name Melchizedek. In 1995, Bank of England officials raided the London premises of a company called Inner Sanctum, which offered get-rich-quick investment schemes backed by a phoney bank "registered" in Melchizedek. Investors were told the bank's assets were backed by US Treasury bonds - which turned out to be worthless "financial instruments" issued by the pre-war German Weimar republic. Subsequently, the Commercial Crime Bureau issued a warning that "the Dominion of Melchizedek is not a sovereign country, nation or state".

So what is the "Dominion of Melchizedek"? Its nerve centre remains hidden behind its Internet home page, well beyond the reach of the law, and the brains behind the scam are David and Mark Pedley, an American father-and-son team of convicted swindlers who are well-known to California's police and prisons.

www.asiapacificms.com/articles/cyberfraud_melchizedek/