OPEN LETTER TO THE IRS ABOUT KAUFFMAN, SCHLANGER, SHRILLS, AND SHUMAN

This letter was mailed out on July 2, 2018

July 2, 2018

To Whom This May Concern,

            My name is Marcus Miller. In 2012, IRS agent Migna Rodriguez was contacted about questionable checks and signatures on the checks. These checks were from the Estate of Albert R. Miller, an irrevocable trust. At the time, I was just granted the trusteeship of this estate that was in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to do a full audit and accounting. I was asked to contact the IRS just in case there was something questionable. I met with Mrs. Rodriguez and she went over each and every photocopy of the checks provided to me by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s attorneys William T. Mandia and Marissa Parker of Stradley Ronin Stephens and Young. When Mrs. Rodriguez inspected these photocopies, she said even though the account was established in Pennsylvania, the money was laundered and the checks were written in Boca Raton Florida. She took the photocopies I provided her with and told me she was sending them down to the Miami fraudulent department of the IRS and that I should give you ample time to go through them. I have established in Orphan’s Court that my grandmother, who was one of three trustees to the estate mishandled and hid this account from another willed trustee.

The original trustees of my grandfather’s estate were Elizabeth “Lakie” Miller (my grandmother) deceased in 2009, Jordan M. Miller (my father) deceased in 2003, and Leonard Fuiman (my grandmother’s brother) deceased in 2006. In 2007, my grandmother was declared incapacitated by the Broward County Courts. However, she was Baker Acted in 2004 by the State of Florida and was seen by the Florida Neuropsychiatric Institute who began to adjust her chemical imbalance with medication. This information was hidden and fought against after it was brought to the attention of the Broward County Courts and the Philadelphia Orphans’ Court. My grandmother had signed a Will stating that her attorney Alan C. Kauffman would be her designated guardian. They did not go to Philadelphia Orphans’ Court to assign Mr. Kauffman as a trustee to the estate. My mother, Loretta Miller, through my father’s Will, was willed the trusteeship of trustee to my grandfather’s estate.

Alan C. Kauffman, along with his associate Randy J. Schlanger, fought tooth and nail to prevent my mother and myself from investigating or looking at any of the checks that were written on the estate. There were several red flags that came up that caused questions to arise. The first of many was the dissolving of a Marital Trust, which was irrevocable and to the understanding of what I was told by my attorney Thomas McGowan, that that trust money was 100% hers to be used to pay bills. The second trust was an irrevocable Residuary Trust which was supposed to be what my grandmother was supposed to live off of after the Marital Trust was used up. My grandmother had many new friends, all extremely younger than she was and she bragged that she could buy and sell them on a daily basis. They managed to con her and fill her up with so much hate against my mother and myself. They also told her that they were going to protect her and her money against us. In the beginning, they had her sign blank checks which they enjoyed thousands upon thousands of dollars until they realized they can forge her signature since the banks knew who they were and didn’t question their cashing of checks. They ended up writing these checks out for cash with different signatures on the signing line and some of them endorsed by the name of E. Lakie Miller, most by Randy J. Schlanger, and a few by a John Schrills. Items were purchased from places such as “A Drawer Full of Lingerie” where a $150.00 bustier was purchased for a woman in her late 90’s with osteoporosis. There were also three checks written to Best Buy for approximately $2,100.00. When I looked at the Best Buy receipts, they purchased televisions, multiple iPods, a portable DVD player, a surround sound system and DVDs to shows and movies my grandmother wouldn’t watch. Another check was for porch lights for Randy J. Schlanger’s pool.

All of the signatures on these checks were forged according to Mrs. Rodriguez. My mother and I gave Mrs. Rodriguez copies of everything I had including a letter from Alan C. Kauffman instructing Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to increase the laundering of the money from $2,000.00 to $8,000.00 from the Albert R. Miller Estate to an account called the Lakie Living Trust where he was the self-appointed trustee and beneficiary of the Trust along with Randy J. Schlanger. According to a Palm Beach Sherriff’s Office reports, Randy J. Schlanger received $900,000.00 and Alan C. Kauffman received $500,000.00. I believe John Schrills received either $100,000.00 or $200,000.00 and the rest was divided and given among minor players in this scam and to charities.

My mother and I have contacted the PBSO and they refuse to investigate this situation because (1) according to them Alan C. Kauffman is an “esteemed” attorney and Randy J. Schlanger who works for him as a medical surrogate is an “esteemed” person as well but she and her family have police records of drug and alcohol abuse as well as being violent. (2) The PBSO has declared my mother as being “crazy” because she made complaints of physical and mental abuse that these people caused my grandmother. (3) There was separate complaint unknown to me complaint by my half-brother David Joel Miller witnessing not only abuse by Randy J. Schlanger, John Schrills, and Alan C. Kauffman but also Randy J. Schlanger admitting that she was in possession of the checks and ledger of the Estate of Albert R. Miller. Two (2) days later, the Department of Children and Families came down to investigate. They were shown the checkbook which was Randy J. Schlanger’s possession and saw a pre-signed check while the rest were not. DCF refused to do anything about it because Alan C. Kauffman is an attorney.

In November of 2006, Randy J. Schlanger, Alan C. Kauffman, Dr. Phillip E. Heller, and Esquire D. Services filmed a video of my grandmother taking a Mini-Mental State Health Exam and she scored a 12/30 which shows severe dementia but Dr. Phillip E. Heller stated she had executive decision-making powers for her age. For those her age, 12 is average because they have dementia. My grandmother was hidden from family members and tax collectors and was found six months later by the Florida Medical Mental Health Team assigned by the Broward County Courts. They stated she was easily manipulated and had severe dementia. They also stated her prognosis was poor. I have copies of these reports.

While fighting Alan C. Kauffman in court to get the estate papers and account numbers, he claimed he had no knowledge of such. Charles E. Shuman, who was the account manager of the estate allowed Alan C. Kauffman to become the self-appointed trustee where he made large sums of money by dissolving the account, moving money over to the Lakie Trust, and having it managed by a Fred Hopkins who he shared commission fees with. Basically, he was double dipping. Close to $2,000,000.00 was moved from my grandfather’s Estate to the Lakie Trust where Alan C. Kauffman was the sole trustee because he attempted to remove Legg Mason from the trusteeship after my grandmother was declared incapacitated by the Broward County Courts. Legg Mason began fighting in Court to have Alan C. Kauffman removed as guardian. I have copy of a filing. Charles E. Shuman left Legg Mason and after Alan C. Kauffman put through a fax a letter to increase the amount of money wired to the Lakie Trust monthly from my grandfather’s estate. The Residuary Trust did not have a manager to watch it and it was completely ignored by Legg Mason, now Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. This account was being laundered and drained by Alan C. Kauffman and his associates.

The hearing to remove Alan C. Kauffman was dated for December of 2009. Prior to that, Magistrate Rita Berry put an order in for the financial guardian to check on the health and wellbeing of my grandmother. When he showed up to the home in August of 2009, Alan C. Kauffman and Randy J. Schlanger had moved her out. My grandmother, according to the death certificate, allegedly died November 22, 2009. I didn’t find out about her death until a month later. When I finally received the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney statements, my mother and I found a letter written to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney was no longer the guardian of my grandmother because of her death. This was filed in Palm Beach County Court. However, the money from my grandfather’s estate was still being removed for two (2) months after her death and then an attempt was made eight months after her death. By then, a death certificate was sent to MSSB. MSSB completely ignored the letter that was sent to them that my grandmother was declared incapacitated and the fact that Alan C. Kauffman had no standing with my grandfather’s estate and that three (3) new trustees had to be assigned and that one of these was my mother because Charles Shuman hated her.

My mother and I have found that all of the information that was on the death certificate was incorrect, that there is no police report of her death, bodies cannot be removed by an undertaker as he said he did, the undertaker is best friends with Alan C. Kauffman, there is no health certificate or removal permit for the removal of the body from Florida to Pennsylvania, the Assisted Living Facility said they have no record of her dying there in November of 2009 because she wasn’t there, and my mother and I are on a blacklist by the two funeral homes who claimed to have handled her.

We believe she was murdered. As long as my grandmother was alive, Alan C. Kauffman could be removed and lose all that he had scammed for. We also believe that my grandmother was brought to Randy J. Schlanger’s home because a neighbor saw her there a week before she died. My grandmother was being screamed at by one of Randy J. Schlanger’s daughters who was on drugs and alcohol and who is also violent.

Not only was my grandmother scammed out of money, but checks were forged, there were illegal wire transfers from one account to another, and illegal faxes made to MSSB. I’m asking for an investigation and to find out what your office saw on the checks by Mrs. Rodriguez so I can bring this information to the Secret Service who handles fraudulent wire transfers and check forgery. I can be contacted on Mondays and Tuesdays at 863-288-9205.

Respectfully,

Marcus Miller
16340 Cagan Oaks
Apt 204
Clermont FL, 34714
863-288-9205