Oil and Gas Investment review: Fraud 30

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Hello to the original poster, I have information that might be of assistance to you. I was also an investor and I happened across more of the investors and phone numbers. We need to move on this, I found someone that can prove mis approprations of the investors money. For example, he put half down on a home couple hundred thousand, at the time he purchased a new tahoe, and a ford fusion, and a corvette. He is telling everyone that the project is still going, but Patrick Adams of Altec Testing is having nothing to do with him, He is a professional scam artist lets bring him down!

The "Truth will win" we all know what the truth is. Hundreds of thousands invested in Mark Levitsky's project with no return, no information and no explanition. This should have been a slam dunk winner. A good operator was hired, the leases (if he had the rights) were prime. Companies are hitting productive wells in the Osage everyday.

I hope the truth will win and we see a return or we see justice.

Maybe instead of posting incorrect statements on here, slandering a man's name, you should invest your time researching the operator, that you claim was "good". There is a group of us, investors in Mr. Levitsky's projects, that have found out some interesting facts on Patrick Adams. Mr. Adams is a criminal, found guilty in a court of law in Oklahoma, and has a dark background. He thought this information would not be found out. He was wrong! We believe that the "truth will win" in the end and I hope you too will do your research. I knew that this investment was high risk, as you should have. You knew there was a risk yet you chose to invest. When you gamble in a card game and lose, do you expect the dealer to return your money because you are unhappy with the outcome? So why then do you expect your money returned when a high risk oil investment produced no return?
I have sat down with Mr. Levitsky recently and had a long conversation about the details I uncovered about Pat Adams. Mark had no knowledge of Pats criminal background. I was the one to inform him that he had trusted a con with our money. After seeing the shock and anger on his face, I truely believe Mark thought nothing bad of Pat. He trusted this man and was lied to. I also know there are disgruntled employees and am convienced "Trace Larmen" is one of those. How else would someone know personal automobile information?
The truth will come out and I guarentee you that all investors will see that what I have shared here is true. I hope that something can and will be done to straighten this out so all partys involved feel vindacated.

Altec Petroleum Group, Patrick Adams I don't know anything about these people. What I do know is $1, 000, 000 was collected by Mark Levitsky for the Red Bluff project. After 3 years not one thing has resulted from the investment. No information has been forthcoming from anyone associated with mark levitsky. I also know that Mark Levitsky and Mark Levitsky Petroleum has a fiduciary responsibility to see that the funds collected were properly used for the purposes they were collected. Everyone understands a gamble and risk. What people don't understand is theft and corruption and fraud. I am not saying that is what happened here. Maybe everything is on the up and up but as of right now someone has $1, 000, 000 of money invested on an oil and gas project called Red Bluff in Osage County, OK.

Oh by the way I play Black Jack. I expect the dealer to win sometimes. I also expect to win sometimes. I certainly don't expect to be defrauded. And no one is slandering anyone here. If this whole deal corrects itself and the investors get what they paid for everyone will be better off.

I guess you have to ask yourself "who hired Pat Adams."

If you want to chat let me know where I can reach you. Thanks.

heres the mark you think you know, who is the criminal. He beat his wife and was convicted. A felon is not allow to collect money or be licensed by the SEC. I had to meet with the securities commission in the Collin County DAs office. I learned more than you could imagine. He bought alot of personal stocks, brought a house and a couple of cars. If you would like to know the amounts you can find them by going to the county clerks office. Everything you ever buy is public, and this guy bought alot with investor money... My money. Now Mr Tennessee E. for you, I have some great information on you like how Mark had you fly into dallas and took you to meet with another operator in Oklahoma for a "private" project. According to all the information I can find you are looking just as guilty in this as Mark. Now as far as Altec, the leases were purchased and atleast one well was drilled and that well is currently pumping. If you would like to find out more about them Pat has all of that filed under Altec Petroleum Group. I have to be back in Texas next week to give my sworn testimony about Mark along with a couple other investors.

Case History
Case Number: [protected]
Current Status: CASE DISPOSED
Defendant: LEVITSKY MARK
Court: County Court at Law #5
Judge Dan Wilson
Defense THERESA C LANGFORD
Court Appointed No
Arresting Agency Frisco PD
Offense date 01/27/2004
Charge: [protected] Asslt causes bodily injury/family member
Severity MIS-A

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Event ID Orders of the court Date Note
110 Case Filed by Information/ 01/19/2005
523 Docket Sheet 01/19/2005
315 Capias Issued Unapprehended 01/20/2005
1 Comment CROSS REF 04178 01/20/2005
326 Warrant Executed 03/21/2005
527 Bond 03/21/2005
113 Notice to Appear Issued 03/23/2005
313 Affidavit Surrender Principle 005 04/26/2005
230 First Appearance 4/27/05 8:30 04/27/2005
131 Passed 04/27/2005
197 Motion to Renistate Bond filed 04/27/2005
231 Announcement 5/27/05 8:30 05/27/2005
131 Passed 05/27/2005
231 Announcement 6/23/05 8:30 06/23/2005
131 Passed 06/23/2005
231 Announcement 7/20/05 8:30 07/20/2005
131 Passed 07/20/2005
231 Announcement 7/27/05 8:30 07/26/2005
131 Passed 07/26/2005
237 Plea 8/24/05 8:30 08/24/2005
131 Passed 08/24/2005
395 State Subpoena Issued MICHELLE LEVITSKY 09/01/2005
396 State Subpoena Executed M.LEVITSKY 9/13/05 09/15/2005
212 Motion to Withdraw as counsel 09/30/2005
313 Affidavit Surrender Principle 005 09/30/2005
1 Comment $100 TO HOPES DOOR 10/03/2005
1 Comment PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUA 10/03/2005
1 Comment TION 10/03/2005
720 Deferred Adjudication Entered 10/03/2005
338 Attend BIPP 10/03/2005
341 Substance Abuse Evaluation 10/03/2005
531 Waiver of Rights 10/03/2005
556 Sentence Recommendation 10/03/2005
810 Placed on Probation 18 MONTHS 10/03/2005
825 Sentenced to Fine $300.00 10/03/2005
827 Sentenced to Court Costs $283.32 10/03/2005
839 Sentenced to Community Service 40 HOURS 10/03/2005
1 Comment PSYCHOLOGICAL EVAL 10/04/2005
1 Comment $100 TO HOPE'S DOOR 10/04/2005
542 TRN Sheet 10/05/2005
542 TRN Sheet 10/05/2005

Mr. Larman sounds like you are close to stopping this guy and his alleged cohorts Altec Petroleum Group from allegedly defrauding investors in the future. I heard Pat Adams was a nice guy. I guess not if he got hooked up in the fraud cooked up allegedly by Levitsky. Let us know how we can help. It might be beneficial for us to make contact. Altec Petroleum Group, Pat Adams and Mark Levitsky should not be allowed to cheat the public again(allegedly).

In my opinion Mark Levitsky will make a career out of this type of behavior. I am not a pyschologist but he displays a pathological ability to defraud people. He appears to get satisfaction from this. It's scary. He should be put away. Just my opinion. I hope he doesn't have a family.

He does have a family, and I hate to see that they have to go through this too. Mark is very good with words. He has the ability to convince even when you are seeing things. I have to admit that I still question if he really got into this intending fraud or if it was just blatant ignorance and he got into something he thought he could pull of and got in over his head. I really do not know. As far as Pat, I do not really have an opinion. I believed he was a good man, but after some of the comments I have heard, I really do not know what to think. I know that it really bothers me that so many investors have been left with no answers. I pray that no matter what, justice will prevail.

Does anyone know what the status is with the Collin County District Attorney? Trace Larman mentioned filing a complaint. I have email correspondence and other information relative to this alleged fraud. The fact that no final statement was sent out lends creditibility to the fraudulent action. There should be tax loss information available from Levitsky. I understand that Altec petroleum Group is pumping away on that first well we were told was a dry hole. I wouldn't be surprised to see Levitsky go to work for Adams in sales. They let the leases expire. Adams goes in and picks them up for $2500. All Levitsky had to do is run interference with his investors for 3 years. This is a testament to his ability to talk people out of their money.

The legal community is taking aggresive action against this type of fraud. No longer is probation and or a fine the result. Convicted criminals are doing time. 5 years is a typical sentence. Good luck Mr. levitsky.

I too was defrauded by Mr Levitsky. He is a good talker and was able to convince a lot of people that he knew what he was doing. I filed a complaint with the Texas State Securities Board in May of 2010. I hope they are able to go after Mr. Levitsky and perhaps recover soem of our money. I am not too hopeful.

My family is considering investing in a project in Osage county with a guy name Charles Adams with altec . What can I do to convince them otherwise? Where can I get proof and hard facts?

There are a number of truths and some false statements in the previous comments. Altec petroleum was the operator for Mark Levitsky of ML Petroleum. The leases in question were held for three+ years by Altec on behalf of ML Petroleum and the Red Bluff Partners. One of three proposed wells was drilled and produced oil in commercial quantities. Both the lease agreements and drill report (SE 1/4 Sec 5-27-10) can be easily verified and obtained at the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Osage County, Oklahoma for those who wish to deal in facts and not falsehoods and rumors. As the operator, Altec drilled the first well and then needed to drill a salt water disposal well to manage the water produced by the well. Altec permitted the well but because of lack of funding from ML Petroleum, this was not able to happen and the oil well could not be produced. Ultimately the lease and well just sat there for a year and a half waiting on Mark and it ultimately terminated for lack of production. It really is a shame because the geologists and the drillers did their part and the well hit oil only to not be able to be produced. It is still sitting there if anyone wants to bid on the lease with the BIA and restart the project. What is particularly sad in this commentary is that Altec was the largest victim in this, not the villain, as it lost a substantial amount of its own money on the project by foolishly trying to keep it alive for three years for the investors despite the lack of cash input from ML Petroleum. Altec has been contacted by the Texas Securities Commission to get clarification and verification of these facts as they build their case against ML Petroleum and they have been provided to them. So where did the money go? Altec can account to the penny for all money received and spent and is fully documented. I don't know where the balance of the total invested money went but those who suggest Altec was paid and did not perform the work are incorrect. All money received (plus non investor money from Altec's coffers) was spent on the project. Period. Also, Altec has been the only ones to communicate regularly with the investors and has had an open door/phone policy even though it was not our job. It was Marks at ML Petroleum. His company was the custodian of the money and the owner of the project.
In closing, Altec is as frustrated and damaged by the relationship with ML Petroleum as the investors. We will be happy to see resolution in this by the authorities and want to put the whole mess behind us.

We were all damaged and duped by Mark Levitsky. I spoke with people who worked in the office. Mark Levitsky allegedly was taking funds intended for the project to buy new cars, put his wife on the payroll, landscape his house. In other words monies supposed to be set aside to finish the project allegedly were siphoned off to provide Mr. Levitsky with a lavish lifestyle.
This project should have been a slam dunk success. All of the pieces were there to make this pay off. We all just under estimated Levitsky's greed and low life character. I truly hope the authorities take action against Levitsky. It is important to get these alleged criminals off the street. Too many innocent people have lost from this punks greed and desire to live above his means on other peoples money.

To Lary123, I agree with you regarding the success potential of the project. All the parts were there for successful project. While nothing is ever a "slam dunk", the first well was a success and proved the geology. Had we been able to do the disposal well for the salt water the Red Bluff partners would be realizing a return on investment from that one well alone. The odds are good we would have hit another one since the success rate in Osage County is so high and our geology was correct. I believe if three wells had been drilled and all were dry holes, everyone would be disappointed but they could live with that. But the fact that it was going well and couldn't be finished because of lack of funds is the sad part that has everyone so upset. It really is a shame and believe me when I say we at Altec feel as bad as the investors do. Besides feeling your pain, our money went into it too and a lot of hard work and expense that we were never compensated for. For us, it's water under the bridge though. We have no illusions of recouping any of the money lost on the project. A very expensive lesson learned.

I received a Questionaire from the State of Texas early last year regarding legal action against Levitsky. Does anyone know if Levitsky will be brought to justice for his fraudulent actions. I would think that a fraud of that size would at least require the state authorities to go after Levitsky. I have contacted the AG in my state. His office is considering action against Levitsky. I would think the IRS would want to be involved. I am not sure what Levitsky did with all of the money but it appears quite obvious that if he set aside the funds in a separate account until the project was completed all of this coulod have been avoided.
As Altec stated this is a very expensive lesson learned. That's fine. I think many would accept that, however there is the question of Levitsky paying for his crime just to make sure he doesn't do it again.

Levitsy talked a good line. He seemed to know the terminology and was able to convince we investors he knew what he was doing. I wish I had never answered the phone when that [censor] called. I filed suit against Mark Levitsky in small claims court, but was never able to get him served to bring the case to trial. Unfortunately the judge dismissed the case as we could never find him to personally serve him as is required in Texas. I hope the Texas State Securities Board goes after him. He needs to be put away so he cannot defraud more people in the future. I have written off the money I lost and chalk it up to a very expensive lesson. I will stay away from oil and gas projects in the future.

http://www.bustedmugshots.com/texas/frisco/mark-leslie-levitsky/7271882

Check out this link! Mark was arrested for beating his kids, wow what a ###up.

Mark Levitsky is now at Black Gold Industries in Dallas, TX

Wow- listen to all of you whinning, pissing"n"moaning about how you were screwed over. I for one am a firm believer in Karma. What you put out into the world is what the world brings back to you. That being said, you all must have screwed over someone pretty bad in the past. As for this situation, It's over! It's finished. Why cant you just shut up and let this go? Posting comments on here is not going to do a damn thing except bringing up negative energy. Yes, we investors lost money, but there are investors all over the world that have lost money with investments. You shouldn't have invested money with MLPetroleum and Altec Petroleum if you couldnt afford the loss. You are adults and had control over your actions and pocket book. No one made you write that check. You knew the risks and took it. Deal with it! This is why people who are not accredited, should not invest money with those of us who are accredited! Would you go to Vegas and sit down at a poker table with a $10k starting bid? Probably not. Because you couldnt afford to walk away from the table without your money! Same thing here- you shouldnt have invested! Have you noticed that there is only a few of you on here? What about all the other investors? Why aren't they on here crying? Probably because they, like my husband and I, understood the risks from the get-go. So come on gentlemen, here's a tissue- wipe your tears, and get back to realty and focus on whats really important in your lives.

Charlie Adams
Our new house as of today
1209 Cherokee Bartlesville OK 74003
www.youtube.com
http://homesite.obeo.com/660357?refURL=youtube Contact: Carolyn Bolding McAnaw and Company Realtors [protected] for more information about this home...

Thought you all might find this interesting...Pat Adams and his brother Charlie Adams buy ANOTHER home with the money they stole from all of us, who invested in MLP. Pat Adams was the operator that was supposed to use our money to drill in Ok., Not tuck it away and spend it on homes for his family! Interesting...hhmmm?

.Anybody ever here of Robby Robson? At Tyner oil?

I see that there has been no posting here in over one year. If all of you had done a little checking, the Cocaine, beatings, stealing of money, the new two story house, the private schools, etc could have been found out with the click of a button. You can trace Mark back to Always Consulting Inc. Jaguar repossessed, in trouble with the law. DW aka David Lewis employed Mark along with 12 other felons. Had 12 step meetings in the morning. The facts that Trace Larman gave are not from a disgruntled employee, but from someone who knew him personally. I took his son to his first day of kindergarden. His mother and father couldn't be bothered. Mark made his office staff VERY aware of his lifestyle. His wife new too. I don't know Ms Larman, but the truth she tells is from her experience in his office. Treated his office staff terrible. Had to sit through those Cocaine outbursts. Always Consulting is also in trouble, but nothing moves quickly with the SEC. Given testimony myself. Always Consulting opened up again shortly after their Cease order. Pennsylvania gave ML Petroleum a cease in 2007. The State of Nevada revoked his Corporation status. Noticed a post that Mark was working at another Oil & Gas Company. Always Consulting moved to Kansas 3 months ago under a different name. Check the TX SEC page. All of these felons go way back. Mark was selling the same "dry" wells that Always Consulting was selling including the Madelyn Pfluger wells here in TX. Mark left them and just picked up where they left off. He knew exactly was he was doing. And oh by the way...Patrick Adams was way deep with Always Consulting too. You decide.

Has anyone received any compensation on anything. I screwed up and invested with Mark L. at Black Gold Indrustries. They have taken my money and I have seen no results, not even a dry hole but nothing. I noticed that is was mentioned that Always Consulting (Mark L) has moved to Kansas, does anyone know under what name and who he is doing business with. It is about time to put all of the scam artist out of business.

Just a note that not everything you read can be taken as fact. The "house" purchase noted in the comments was not purchased by anyone named in the comment string. It was in fact purchased with a mortgage and not in cash. Maybe before you post, you should check county records of ownership. Seems odd to accuse someone of buying property frauduantly, when the legal records clearly show no such information. As the owner of the house in question and payor of the mortgage, I can assure you that none of the individuals in this write up bought my home or contributed to the purchase.

Mark Levitsky is at it again! This time he's committing fraud right from the word hello. He says his name is "Mark Esfeld" from VestMark. I got a call about 4wks ago from two different phone numbers, which were cell phones and a address from Wichita, Kansas. I listened to him pitch me the project then I went ahead and excepted the material which was all I needed to turn into the Texas Securities Office of Fraud. So, I went ahead and did my own investigation and this is what I found in public information on the Internet. He lives: Mark L Levitsky
15501 Big Horn Trl
Frisco, TX 75035
[protected]
[protected]
[protected] and the "Real Mark Esfeld " . So if your still looking for him, here's your chance to get your money back and put this Mark Levitsky, AKA Mark Esfeld" behind bars with the rest of the oil & gas crooks out there. Mark Levitsky also has a criminal history that goes back 10yrs for all kinds of different criminal charges. Finally after 3-4 yrs looking for and wanting justice, I think this will be his final project. So if you get a call from "VestMark" turn him in and except his material so you have proof and or evidence. I wonder if "Everest Resources" know of this Mark Levitsky and his past? Everest Resource Co
500 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX

Mark Levitsky will ALWAYS be a con man or child that will never grow up and has his wife Michelle Levitsky is the one giving fake reviews on different web sites. Her email is mlevitsky9075 and you will see for yourself on most if not all reviews. I WOULD STAY WAY AWAY from this piece of ### before he takes all your money and paints you a picture of NOTHING! He just wants your money so he can run off again for the 3rd time. Look up his name and phony company and you will see just how far and long he has been fraudulent. He has been trying to pay people to write good reviews about him and or company, so please STAY AWAY, if you want to hold on to what you have left!

If any of you have project information, I would be more than happy to evaluate it for you. I am in the industry (real industry, not bs turnkey crap). Unfortunately the oil industry has been severely tainted by actions such as these so now in my spare time, i truly enjoy evaluating these "turnkey" projects and exposing them for the garbage they are. One day I might come across a good one, hasn't happened yet but who knows maybe a good one will appear. past or present I will take a look at it for you and give you a true geological opinion as to whether its a viable project or you should run like hell! best regards no spaces below
Castle petro evaluations at gmail com

I worked for Mark. He's a GM at a company in Midlothian, Texas. Company name is "The Kingdom Resources." Models as a 'Christian-based company". Owner is Tim Roberts. Tim might be legit. We did pitch "turnkey" operations. If Mark did wrong, go get him. Company address is :3271 FM 663; Suite B, Midlothian, Texas 76065

Let's just make sure and keep this updated.

TIMOTHY R. ROBERTS Owns T&E Investment Group LLC, Dba Roberts Investment Group http://www.robertsinvestmentgroup.net/

Tim also owns Kingdom Resources http://thekingdomresources.net/

The front man for Kingdom is the former Mark Levitsky. He has also been known as Mark Rhodes.

Pull up the criminal records of both Tim and Mark and where there's smoke there's fire. They know how to run the business of brokering deals to make themselves money. Not sure if they ever punch wells or make investors money, ever. Beware!

unfortunately mark passed away last october