This morning we posted the below message. It didn’t take long for us to discover that the “PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR”, Christopher Duszka, Was (at least until recently) a Crime Intelligence Analyst for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement! (see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-duszka-90738337)
WE ARE WARNING MEMBERS TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY!!! Who knows how the information you provide will be used against you by FDLE, who is the defendant in pending registration challenges. At least we know how this snake got everyone’s email addresses!!!
A number of our members have received emails concerning a “SORNA Compliance and Opinion Survey” conducted by someone at Southwestern College in Kansas.
FAC has no information on this “Survey”, but is very curious and concerned about how the survey organizers obtained the email addresses of individuals on the Florida registry. If anyone can simply access our personal email addresses for surveys, marketing, solicitations or any purpose, it’s concerning.
We will dig into this further and advise.
JEV is correct. An email is hearsay and inadmissible in court unless it falls within the narrow hearsay rules.
You can be prosecuted if you admit to filling out the survey and verify each and every answer. The survey without an admission is worthless in court.
The survey is most likely legitimate. I’m not recommending that anyone take because I really don’t know what it is or how the answers will be used.
If you filled out the survey, I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it. This most likely is a legitimate survey that the author didn’t put too much thought into how the answers could affect the respondents.
I don’t believe he was aware of Delgado v Swearingen or any other case. He became aware of the list as an analyst and most likely received it through a public record’s request. Most of these guys know little to nothing about FOIA. The judge in Delgado mentioned that no one has ever requested a list of registrant’s emails before and didn’t expect anyone to ever request a list in the future. This is why registrants are so shocked and doubly shocked by the incriminating questions.
So far, the most reliable research is overwhelmingly coming down on the side of registrants proving that the registry is unnecessary to further the state’s goals or interests. This research is essential in showing that the registry is unconstitutional. Read all of the research in the plaintiff’s briefs in the various cases in Michigan and you will understand the importance of this research and how we are winning with it. I encourage all registrants to participate in this research if they can, especially if that research is encouraged by NARSOL, FAC, ACSOL, Oncefallen or another reliable source.
The only reason I am recommending that registrants not take this survey is because it asks incriminating questions that can be used against registrants in court and I have yet to verify the veracity of this survey. If it didn’t ask incriminating questions I would be advising otherwise. If i don,t get this verification, I will be sending this college a certified letter seeking verification. Also, we need to have some type of guarantee that registrant’s responses are anonymous or their responses won’t be turned over to law enforcement in such a manner that individual registrants can’t be tied to specific responses.
My belief is that this is a legitimate survey done without the consequences of it’s answers taken into consideration. College professors are nerds, not legal scholars. Until our concerns are addressed, I recommend that no one take this survey.
Could this possibly have some connection to Does v. Swearingen???
I received (and immediately deleted) these emails to all of my registered email addresses — about 10 in total — many of which I never use at all but can’t get rid of because they are linked to former universities I attended and are how you get transcripts and so forth. The only way someone could have known that they were connected to me was if they had direct access to my FDLE registration information.
I answered it who cares you have 40k people that don’t even know who FAC is in the registry. Why don’t you get the same email list and introduce yourself and get some money going it’s free and effective we need more money to get off this life time after care.
Derek’s survey is safe. Go to oncefallen.com and take his survey.
I just sent the college a lengthy email and am awaiting their response.
Well, my COVID-19 survey is legit and I could use some responses.
TAKE ONCEFALLEN’S REGISTRATION DURING COVID-19 SURVEY!
If you were required to register between March 1, 2020 and May 31, 2020, please take OnceFallen’s registration during COVID-
19 survey at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M6557WQ
The reasonn I’m limiting the suvey to those dates is because that is when the first wavbe of shutdowns took places. I saw my first notice for a new wave of shutdowns coming but the sprint wave occurred mostly from March until May.
I received one and didn’t even bother opening it. Reported it as spam and went about my day.
The college itself is legitimate. It has been around since 1886 and appears to be a private college run by the Methodist Church. This college has a reputation to protect so won’t knowingly participate in any deception. It appears that this college professor put out the survey not realizing the legal implications to registrants and was previously associated with FDLE for perhaps 9 months.
This is probably a legitimate survey. The reason that I am recommending that registrants not respond is because their answers are admissible in court and could lead to a term of imprisonment. If you responded to the survey, you most likely don’t have to fear prosecution.
I reached out to the college advising them of the legal implications of the questions asked in the survey. My recommendation is that they abandon this survey in it’s current form. Registrants may benefit from this survey, but because they can be prosecuted for their answers, it needs to be done in a manner where registrant’s anonymity is guaranteed.
This doesn’t totally rule out a sting. All of my communications with the “college” have been by email and one email was flagged by Gmail as not being from the college’s email address. This could be due to a college employee sending the email from home or another remote location. If this is a sting, they will have to abandon it once the college administration becomes aware of it’s existence. I am convinced that this is a legitimate survey but advise against responding until the legal implications are worked out.
“It appears that this college professor put out the survey not realizing the legal implications to registrants and was previously associated with FDLE for perhaps 9 months.”
He worked for the FDLE as an investigator, was possibly aware of Does v. Swearingen, and did not realize the legal implications of his survey? The guy has no formal legal training or law enforcement training??? Give me a break!
There is no way to know for fact I was the specific person filling out the survey! Wouldnt hold water in court. This survey smells of a cop sting probably FDLE to bust non complaint Florida RSOs.
The College won’t respond to my investigation, I wonder why? JEV – True Confessions
I could admit publicly to killing millions of people, but unless they found millions of bodies, than any charges would not hold water.
So just because you admit to something, doesn’t mean it is real, nor does it mean anything.
I admitted to a snitch that I believe in aliens, I had sex with aliens, been aboard their ships, and even to have a half human and half alien hybrid child. I knew they would love this, and would quickly try to prove me insane to throw away the key in some mental institution… after I was sure they “made plans”, I told my wife over the jail phone… “You know my little alien (European) … I told them XXX…. and the dumb arses believed it, and didn’t expect that I was calling you, with a green card, an alien! So… you told them something, don’t fret. means, nothing in court.
Heads up – yesterday my son did his updated registration (Volusia) and then later he gets this survey email. Could be a coincidence but I think not! Even if this person is legit this makes me furious! This officer is using his position to gather personal information on these registrants. Not OK! Thank you FAC and please let us know if you find out any more information about this.
David Roller
Just a friendly correction. Kansas City is 185 miles from Wichita and this College isn’t even in Wichita but a small town outside Wichita. It appears it’s only an on line corses with enrollment less than my high school. Why is only Florida being targeted? All very fishy.
I have not received a E- Mail from them.
Tim P. and the others who have responded to this survey:
For the moment don’t fret because there is a possibility that this is a legitimate survey. There is nothing you can do at this point anyway.
To those who haven’t replied:
Don’t reply until all of the concerns are addressed. I received an email that states this is a legitimate survey. But a previous email was flagged by Gmail as not from the college’s email address. The only way that the veracity of this survey can be verified is if someone contacts the college by phone or goes to the college itself.
If this is a sting, FDLE will back off once the college administration gets involved. No legitimate college will allow it’s name to be used in this fashion. This college appears to have a significant portion of it’s classes online. A determination must be made if this is a diploma mill or a college with a reputation that they wouldn’t want tarnished.
If this turns out to be a legitimate survey my suggestion is that the college abandon this survey in it’s current form, reach out to registrants to address their concerns prior to releasing any proposed survey and have the survey run by FAC, NARSOL, SOSEN or another group in a way that individual IP addresses are not identifiable. Registrants can remain anonymous more easily by mail. The only identifying information that the college receives by mail is the zip code the survey was mailed from. If you mail your response from a zip code you don’t live in, the college won’t even have your zip code. I am aware of the costs involved in a mail-in survey and why the college finds an email survey more cost-effective and where a mail-in survey could be cost-prohibitive. However, how this college approached registrants under these circumstances is more than tone deaf. They asked questions that could have sent the respondents to prison and didn’t seem aware of this fact. This may have been an innocent mistake on the college’s part. Society benefits from legitimate research and persons on the registry benefit from scientific research. If this is a legitimate survey, I hope these concerns are addressed, the survey is taken and the results are eventually published. In the meantime, it’s best that no one respond to this survey until these concerns are addressed.
Interesting how this guy’s information is publicly available too: The Florida Residents Directory and Public Data Digger list his previous addresses in the State of Florida and Fast People Search and True People Search list his address in the State of Kansas.
https://www.floridaresidentsdirectory.com/person/114356771/duszka-christopher
https://publicdatadigger.com/FL/naples/14th-ave/114356771/Christopher-Duszka
https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/christopher-duszka_id_G7130283862485444149
https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/details?name=christopher%20duszka&citystatezip=Kansas&rid=0x0
I received an email from someone named Peterson-Veatch from the college. This may be a legitimate survey.
Answering some of the questions could put you in prison for years and I made the college aware of that fact. This may all be a miscommunication. My suggestion is that no one respond to the survey until the veracity of the survey and the consequences are worked out. I suggested to the college to reach out to FAC and to address any concerns on this website.
I just read the email concerning the survey. I did not intent to do it. I have to look into these peculiar things. Then I opened your mail, thank you.
P.S. Gmail flagged the college’s response to my email highlighted in yellow, “This message did not originate from a Southwestern College email address…”
#Floridasting
Does anyone know why Gmail highlights these in yellow?
Or if you’re a Trump fan, there is always the story about the snake.
I just received an email from the college telling me to contact [email protected]. The college isn’t giving out info so that’s a red flag. #noinfo.
TTH:
If it looks like a sting, smells like a sting and tastes like a sting, you might just get stung.
Go ahead and reply and let everyone else know what happens to you after you reply.
I wish you the best of luck.
To JZ and everyone on the registry:
You have no expectation of privacy when you provide someone with information. This information can be turned over to law enforcement to prosecute you for FTR. This information can be turned over to your employer, your ex or anyone else. They can even publish this info on the internet without your permission.
This guy may be receiving a commission or other type of fee for prosecuting registrants on the registry. Yes, the police do make these types of arrangements.
The bottom line is, respond at your own risk. I wouldn’t provide any information that you wouldn’t provide to the police, ex’s, enemies and you wouldn’t want published on the internet.
Strangely, I also just received a very odd looking notification from ‘Instagram’ that their policies have changed. I haven’t had any social media AT ALL since before my offense, AND my email address is much newer than that. Just pointing that out.
Why was this not published?
https://www.sckans.edu/undergraduate/political-science/directory/view/1151/
MAIN CAMPUS
Christopher Duszka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
(620) 229-6213
[email protected]
“Crime intelligence analyst
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Oct 2018 – Jun 2019 9 months”
So he was with FDLE for only 9 months? I wonder if he quit or was sacked? I’m leaning towards sacked since he bothered to get both a Masters and a PHD in “criminal justice” before joining FDLE. Maybe he was too radical even for FDLE?
Anyone treated unfairly (more so than usual) by FDLE during those 9 months?
This is a sting operation JZ
How can you be sure this is a sting operation? A sting to do what, or catch what, and how? It doesn’t really make sense, just by sending emails?
Nobody is sure but it certainly smells like one. Half the questions ask for admissions of violations. They can pull IP addresses just like they do for all online stings and have people’s admissions. Why would anybody take the chance?
I’m in full compliance with all registry requirements so personally I was gullible to complete to survey. To me some of the questions did seem to vaguely try to get an idea if the registry is punishment or does more harm than good for the Registrant and the community safety. I know very little about the law so I walked into this situation blindly by completing the survey not to mention that I’m new to this FAC forum of one day (yesterday) to which I had already completed the survey. After completing the survey I just googled: Does SORNA cause more harm than good. Which eventually I came across this Forum. But now I’m concerned after you mentioned this could be a sting that somehow or someway this survey could be used against me. How is SORNA not a punishment? If you fail to register one motorcycle, ATV etc on your property or forget about a social media app you once had or even forget a new social media platform that it is a 3rd degree felony? How is that not punishment? I know they have to enforce the SORNA requirements but a 3rd degree felony? I really don’t understand how it’s not unconstitutional or an additional punishment.
I received this email as well. Two questions came to mind: 1. How did someone in Kansas City, let alone Florida acquire my email address when the only time that I have submitted it was during registration and it is not posted on the online registry?, and: 2. How would a survey in Kansas City affect me in Florida when Kansas City has absolutely no jurisdiction in Florida? My reply was a kindly F@#$ You!
He needed a few basic journalism classes before mass submitting this fish wrap survey! Anybody want to talk about leaving a LEA and using information obtained within FDLE to make contact with registrants? Any major Legal issues? Smells like cop stuff..
JEV – TRUE CONFESSIONS
While it is clear that persons have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of an email, there is a possibility that courts may find an invasion of privacy in the releasing of individual’s email address. If this survey was done under the auspices of a public college, than the Fourth Amendment could apply.
It could also be a violation of the Stored Communications Act, 18 USC 121, sec. 2701-2712.
It appears that the Florida Constitution provides for a greater level of protection of privacy than the U.S. Constitution under Article 1, sec. 23. It appears that Florida requires a “compelling state interest” to release the information.
Release of this information could directly conflict with the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Riley v California, 134 S Ct 2473 (2014) and Carpenter v U.S., 138 S Ct 2206 (2018). My guess is, is that Florida registrants have a good invasion of privacy claim. If they prevail on such a claim, they would be entitled to attorney fees. So any funds directed towards this effort will probably be refunded and could be used in any future litigation. Sounds like a good bet to me.
The most important thing for Florida registrants to keep in mind is that they don’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy in information turned over to third parties. In short, any answers provided in this survey can be used in court to convict you. I agree that it is best not to respond to this survey until you know how your answers will be used.
If this pans out to be a viable invasion of privacy claim, I would recommend that Florida registrants pass the hat for a lawsuit and seek competent counsel. This could be a “twofer”. You pay for one lawsuit and get funds for another. Actually, it could set of a chain of lawsuits. As long as you keep getting attorney fees, you can always plow the money into different lawsuits.
I saw this email today in my spam folder. I treated it as such and pressed the delete button. F them.
Your scaring the crap out of us.. you know this survey legit ot not does not constitute specific true information of each case because verification of emails and the person attached to said email cannot be proven. Unless I signed the form my sister could have filled it out! Plus is states information is private.. University Name mentioned so case dismissed!
JEV – TRUE CONFESSIONS
This college is listed as being in Winfield and Wichita, Kansas. There is a Christopher Duszka listed in their faculty directory. If registrant’s email addresses aren’t available via public request, this could form the basis for an invasion of privacy lawsuit on the part of Florida registrants. I have emailed the college and am awaiting a response.
It appears that this college is substantially an online college so Duszka may be operating from Florida.
“It appears that this college is substantially an online college so Duszka may be operating from Florida.” Exactly my thought. Furthermore, why was he only with the FDLE for a few months?
Ugh I jinxed myself I just got the email. I find it odd that a Kansas university would be interested in Florida registrants even if he wasn’t connected to FDLE. I’d reply I don’t live in Florida anymore and stop wasting my time you FDLE hack; but why waste my time. He’s just like the lawyer using the Florida registry as a resume booster.
I received from a few of my emails thought that was something you put out
I would love to see some litigation against them, because this is “theft by fraud” and since this was done via the net, brings in other concerns. If we had a list, like my name for example, then we can cherry pick the court, say the very liberal 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco, California… or if they have Steve’s name, International Court in Germany, that hates the list. We can pick the venue to file the challenge, and I hope this time, it goes for big cash! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-23/us-judge-awards-180m-to-post-reporter-held-by-iran-family Maybe 180M per victim of FDLE theft. The way to win, is by sending Florida & Florida Law Enforcement into bankruptcy, just like the ACLU’s case against the KKK.
Any and all litigation costs money, T&S. We have a bunch of really good litigation ongoing right now fighting the registry schemes in various ways. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been invested. Will you pick up the tab for the law suits you have suggested?
I just got a notification for the survey not 5 minutes ago I’m seriously debating on weather or not to participate. Nice to know what you can’t find on the FDLE website you can find by means of a simple public records request I wonder are our SSN also included when these requests are fulfilled but none of this is punishment
DO NOT PARTICIPATE – WE SUSPECT IT’S A STING THEY CAN IDENTIFY YOU THROUGH YOUR IP ADDRESS
Enough said
I wonder if participant’s answers will be protected and not given to his former employer. Or could it be he’s got something invested in FDLE and will give over answers for Operation Roundup putting registrants in jail. I trust fire ants more than FDLE.
If I get an email it’s going to be put in the trash where it belongs or maybe my dartboard.
I received the survey but have not responded.
Dont
FAC, thanks for the info. There will be no response from me. I would like to say something to the ‘investigator’ in fine Navy form but I shall refrain.
If I’m not mistaken all registered sex offenders are ordered to report any and all social media accounts/apps on any devices they own? Our residential addresses: permanent, temporary or transient address are public record along with registered vehicles of myself or anyone else who lives with me. So why wouldn’t a social media account not be public record? I completed the SORNA survey yesterday after calling the university and verified that the email was not a scam or some type of malware, ransomware, or any virus. I contacted the Doctor in charge of the study via his personal email and told him I would like to learn the results of the study once completed. Which in my personal opinion and knowledge The SORNA does more harm than good to both the Registrant and the community
Other schools have done research and FAC asked if members would participate. Highly likely, those schools were contacted and the list was shared.
I have several email addresses and “all” of them had a request for this survey. I thought it was FDLE because all of my addresses were hit. I did not fill out the survey and was going to try and trace the person from the college requesting the survey. It is supposed to be the Criminal Justice department of Southwestern College, Winfield Kansas.
IDK, it seem very unsecure. I don’t care who they are. I am not going to participate.
FAC, Thank you for your diligence.
I lived in that area and live close to there now . I’ve never heard of a southwestern College in Kansas.
https://www.sckans.edu/
Well apparently there is a SWern College in Witchita.
At any rate, does the registry in FloriDUH collect emails? (I don’t remember but I assume they do)
Yes, Florida requires all sexual offenders/predators to register any and all types of social media accounts and any social media apps. Cell phone numbers or any phone numbers that you can be contacted at. Any and all vehicles you own or anyon that you live with or whom lives with you must be also placed on the registry. If I’m not mistaken that makes all the info a public record and anyone who requests this information can recieve it for a small court fee. You can put my name in on the google search bar and see my address photo and various other info. For just a simple google search. Who knows what can be obtained from a public records request
Derek
Thank You . Right after I posted that . I googled it and found it. But somehow my return comment got lost. It’s a small United Methodist College ne’er Wichita.
I would still like to find out is this study just from people in Florida and what is it’s purpose.
I emailed the SORNA survey requesting how the email addresses were obtained, they replied via public records request????
I’m not sure I believe the public records request explanation. as I said in my earlier post it could be a coincidence but my son did not receive the email until yesterday when he renewed his registration. Which means if it was a public records request it has to be a perpetual one?
Maybe they can get our phone numbers, etc, as well. I contacted the college professor via email. He responded that he got my email addresses (ones that only FDLE knows about) via “public records request”.
He’s a former FDLE Employee
In FAC’s Internet Identifier Challenge, the court suggested that it was ok for FDLE to provide registrants’ email addresses in bulk, as long as FDLE was not revealing those addresses’ individual identifying information. Or so that’s my best recollection. FAC can you clarify?
I am concerned as well, because i have seversl enail addresses and i got an invite to ALL of my emsil accounts. My conspiracy alert is thinking that the FDLE started this “survey ” in order to make our luves more heck…
Good thinking – it’s not a conspiracy
This is surely not a conspiracy. Other points we can all be certain about are 1) no LE is or ever will be on our side and 2) they monitor all of our activities online, whether it be in this forum or social media.
Just yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook testified to the US Congress that his company shares all their user information with Google, Twitter, etc. and they share their information abiut users with Facebook via a proprietary system called Central. Zuckerberg specifically testified that Central is used to share suspicious user information with LE. You can see some of this addressed here:
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/11/18/fncs-carlson-since-election-corporate-america-has-rushed-to-consolidate-its-control-over-information-and-dissent/