Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Litigant Guru of Gwinnett, Georgia Loses Lawsuit


Litigation has not proved the path to spiritual enlightment for self-described guru, Annamalai Annamalai, who goes by the title Dr. Commander Selvam according to the report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  Apparently Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams dismissed the Gwinnett County, Georgia Guru's defamation lawsuit against Gita Kotecha and Basant Tariyal, two leaders in the local Hindu community who criticized Dr. Commander Selvam on a local news show.  The defendants said that "Annamalai, who charges fees of hundreds or thousands of dollars for prayer services and horoscope readings -- gives Hindu priests a bad name and does not represent the Hindu faith."  The Superior Court not only dismissed the Guru's lawsuit but Judge Adams imposed $11,000 in sanctions against both the guru and his attorney.  Apparently this lawsuit is one of dozens the guru has filed against former followers and critics.

33 comments:

  1. I-Team: Swami Part 4 - Arrest GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA) – Gwinnett County authorities said the chief priest of a local Hindu temple lied to them and they weren't happy. Sheriff's investigators filed a felony charge following an I-Team investigation that raised questions about honesty inside the Hindu Temple of Georgia. FOX 5's Randy Travis reports.

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  2. anon at 10:39
    Thanks for the update on one of my favorite stories from last year.
    BL

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  3. This Swami has started another Hindu Temple, FAR away from Atlanta in Dayton, Ohio under the name: "Hindu Temple of Ohio". Annamalai Annamalai, who used to by the title Dr. Commander Selvam is now, get this, "Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar" or Selvam Siddhar. This guy has some balls because he has managed to take a full page ad in his self-published magazine called Karma, with a pledge of $51 million to give to anyone who wants to open a Hindu temple anywhere in the world. OF course, he is NOTHING but a big liar, cheat, fraud, scam artist and needs to be deported.

    The sad part is that people keep falling for this guy.

    Attention all Hindus or for that matter anyone who comes near this guy in the United States, India and Canada or anywhere, Stay away from Selvam Siddhar. And, if you want to know his true colors, check out the following links: http://tinyurl.com/24qtt7h

    Selvam Siddhar is none other than scam artist "Dr. Commander Swami" or Annamalai Annamalai.

    He is nothing more than a wig/toupee wearing, bigot, liar, cheat who takes desparate people's money and takes advantage of them.

    Unfortunately, when he was sued, the Georgia state did not indict him and he got away free and clear. However, his former temple "Hindu Temple of Atlanta" is no longer there....

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    1. It is "Hindu Temple of Georgia, Norcross" . "Hindu Temple of Atlanta" is down south of Atlanta and is a differrent entity

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  4. Anon @ 5:11--

    I sent your tip along to the Dayton Daily News, hopefully they will follow up on it.
    BL

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  5. It was actually "Hindu Temple of Georgia" - the "Hindu Temple of Atlanta" is a very legitimate Hindu temple in Riverdale GA, with no relation to Mr Selvam.

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  6. The ananymous guy and the Gwinnett police sued for $ 56 Million for conspiracy in the Northern District court in Atlanta on 8th September 2010 . The ananymous guy's name is Valmikinathan Raghunathan. Google in that name to find him . He has international arrest warrants pending, facing sexual assault and battery chargs in Atlanta, finally busted the pockets of the county police for $ 56 Millon now

    Crazy guys now paying back

    Sudha

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  7. Gwinnett County Police, Sheriff & Hindu Temple of Atlanta are in Hot Soup

    Hindu Temple and Gwinnett Police of Georgia are sued for $ 56 Million Plus

    visit the following links for more details

    www.tinyurl.com/georgianews

    gwinnettnews.blogspot.com

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  8. I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

    Regards
    Alexa

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  9. What a joke this is - http://gwinnettnews.wordpress.com/

    A freelancer writer from Coimbatore spitting rhetoric about a lawsuit in Atlanta. Hilariously outrageous!

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  10. I suppose that indigent judgment-proof defendants are no longer imprisoned; debtor's prisons have been outlawed by statute, constitutional amendment, or international human rights treaties in the vast majority of common law jurisdictions.

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  11. You know, one who has a tendency to litigate rather than seek non-judicial remedies is called litigious.

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  12. I think many temples are located in key geographical points, such as a hill top, near waterfalls, caves and rivers

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  13. It was actually "Hindu Temple of Georgia" - the "Hindu Temple of Atlanta" is a very legitimate Hindu temple in Riverdale GA, with no relation to Mr Selvam.

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  14. you can count with me, just tell me where I can made some donation or send some help, I like when a person that person take the situation in their own hands, and deciced to act in this way, kudos to you!

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  15. Attention all Hindus or for that matter anyone who comes near this guy in the United States, India and Canada or anywhere, Stay away from Selvam Siddhar. And, if you want to know his true colors, check out the following links:

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  16. Very pitty, that Litigation has not proved!... shame news =(

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  17. It is not normal to take money for prayer services, he not a guru, he want only a money!!

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  18. Here is a advertisement he is running in Baytown Texas Craigs list to start filing lawsuits. He will not pay any lawyers a dime and he has assaulted attorneys in Ohio. Please stay away from this holy crook.

    ATTORNEY- FEDERAL LITIGATION PRACTICE (ATLANTA)
    We are seeking for two attorneys licensed to practice in Georgia
    1. Full time in house Litigation counsel ( Should go to courts and also to litigate high profile cases)
    2. Local counsel to sponsor our out of state Attorneys
    Presently there are 3 attorneys in this team Most of the cases are very high profile cases like 1983 Civil rights, RICO, Conspiracy, Business interference,Defamation, Tax controversy etc. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy , and Appellate practice. All the district court cases are presently litigated in Georgia district courts
    For immediate consideration, please submit a copy of your resume saved as a Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat file, along with salary or fee requirements. The position will start as soon as possible and will continue indefinitely. We do not hire anyone on hourly rate. It will be a fixed paycheck, and paid every 15 th and 30 th of every month .( 1099 employee)
    Please send your resume to to avtemple@aol.com
    This position is an immediate position, and the candidates should be able to join , immediately, one the interview process done. Also the attorneys will be allowed from work from their home or home office itself .
    Please e mail YOUR RESUME and once selected, be ready to join immediately
    PLEASE NOTE THAT LITIGATION PRACTICE IS THE CORE IMPORTANCE OF THIS FULL TIME POSITION. IF YOU HAVE LESS EXPERIENCE IN LITIGATION PRACTICE AND SCARED ABOUT HIGH PROFILE LITIGATION, THEN " DO NOT" APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION NEEDS A THICK SKIN COUNSEL/ ATTORNEY
    Address:
    Siddhar Peedam Group of Temples
    7600 Bayway Drive
    Baytown, TX- 77520
    PHONE:888 808 1428
    fax: 832 695 2548
    Location: ATLANTA
    Compensation:$6,000.00 TO $ 60,000.00

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  19. Beware of this fraud Selvam he is now operating at 7600 Bayway Dr. Baytown Tx. His new place is called Ashok Spiritual Healing Center. Stay away from this place and most of all do not give him credit cards or numbers to him. He is nothing but a thief and his real name is Annamalai Annamalai. Aka Commander Selvam look him up on line and you will find the truth about this con artist that needs to be put in jail for crime against Americans and Indians.

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  20. THIS GUY IS A BIG FRAUD RUNNING THE SAME SCAM IN TEXAS BAY AREA NOW CALL THE IRS CRIME DEPT AND THE FBI AND IMMIGRATION TOO and let the authorities know his fraud and also the BBB WITH HIS BUSINESS NAME and what he had done in Georgia and Ohio.He knows to sue people who go after him let people all unite and make him run from City to city and shut his business down soon ....IN THE NAME OF RELIGION HE GOT AWAY WITH CRIME AND FRAUD SHAME ON YOU MAN PRETENDING TO BE A RELIGIOUS MAN ALL THE SAME LOOTING PEOPLE OF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY GO AND GET A REAL JOB AND MAKE MONEY NOT BY FRUADING BASTARD

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  21. EWARE OF Dr.COMMANDER SELVAM AND HIS SIDDHI TIMES MAGAZINE

    DONOT BELIEVE HUNDREDS OF HIS OWN WEBSITES AND SELF GLORIFYING STATEMENTS TO ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION AND RIPP YOU OFF

    Dr.Commander Selvam also known as “FRAUD SELVAM” exploits the human mankind's belief in GOD and Religion through his Fraud organization called Hindu Temple of Georgia mainly to add a different kind of stress and mental agony to your existing problems in life. “Siddhar” is the only living RAKSHASA of KALIYUGA in USA who cheats people by claiming that he has Atharva Veda background. He is the only RAKSHASA capable of using holy words “Swamiji” and Siddhar” to commit credit card fraud, child molestation and medical malpractice. Crook Selvam has several years of training in looting money from innocent people in Coimbatore, INDIA After mastering how to attract religious people using different media like blogs, magazine, he strategically procures credit card details of devotees through his convincing stereotype speech so that he can charge their credit cards for thousands of dollars without their authorization.

    These cheap pundits sell their soul for the sake of megre salary thar Annamalai gives them.Their main job is to actively create blogs and websites about Dr. Commander Selvam claiming that he can solve all problems ranging from marriage, immigration, blackmagic and even cancer! They also will write some convincing lettres as if they were written by real people who got their problems solved after consulting this crook and fake swamiji- ALL ARE JUST DRAMA TO GET YOUR TRUST AND GET YOUR CREDIT CARD DETAILS- DO NOT GET BRAIN WASHED BY HIS WEBSITES WHERE HE JUST COPIED CONTENTS FROM SEVERAL RELIGIOUS BOOKS.

    IF YOU FALL PREY TO HIS TRICKS (TANTRA) AND LOST MONEY YOU CAN DISPUTE THE AMOUNT. BUT HE DOES NOT LEAVE YOU THAT EASILY.

    He solves all credit card disputes by his victims in a wonderful way. He sues them up to 15000 USD for each person in family so that they are forced to come to Georgia or he will get a default judgment in his favor. EVEN IF YOU WIN THE CASE, HE WILL NOT RETURN EVEN ONE DOLLAR TO YOU- RATHER APPLY TO NEXT LEVEL OF COURT SO THAT HE CAN INDEFINETELY DELAY AND HOPE TO DIE BEFORE DECADES OF RESOLUTION THROUGH OUR GREAT COURT SYSTEM

    He does a very great cunning tricks to escape from all kinds of problems. If you sue him back, he will even disown his wife, daughter and son to escape from getting summons.

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  22. Hi my sister, I am Brother Albert I worked for this evil man at his Hindu Temple
    in Ohio and he never paid me one penny and stole all of my tools. Commander and
    several of his pundits attacked me and hurt the man of God and I fed them and
    clothed them. One day he called me up and said come and get your $10,000 dollars
    that I owe you and me and 2 other men went to get paid but instead of that they
    attacked me and injured my back and shoulder. He recorded me talking to him
    every time I seen him and he edited the recordings. I was charged with 2 counts
    of telephone harrasement. I was found guilty and got fined from the courts and
    placed on probation. Then to top it off he sued me for defamation of character
    and I had no money to defend myself and the courts awarded him a judgement in
    the amount of $45,000. Through all this I lost my home and my wife but I still
    hang on to that unchanging hand of God. He is my rock and my and my strength and
    my shield. I would ask you to stand in
    prayer with me to rid this world of this worker of darkness.
    I speak it into the atmosphere Annamalai Annamali AKA Dr. Commander Selvam will
    be punished for all the wrong doings he has done in this life to the human race.
    Most of all he will suffer in this life & for eternity. My God JESUS & His God
    Lord Shiva will take care of this worker of darkness. Please stand in prayer
    together and continue to pray that our God will remove this evil demon from our
    earth & cast him into the lake of fire for eternity. May God bless each and
    every living soul that stands in Unity to rid this world of this worker of
    iniquity and all the pundits that are helping this shameful worker of darkness.
    The curse is upon him and shall never be removed. Lord Jesus, Lord Shiva, Lord
    Ala father in heaven Lord God.
    Man Of God! Albert Stidham 937 581-4044

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  23. The Superior Court not only dismissed the Guru's lawsuit this site but Judge Adams imposed $11,000 in sanctions against both the guru and his attorney.

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  24. Apparently this lawsuit is one of dozens the guru has filed against former followers and critics.uk essay writing jobs

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  25. THIS GUY IS A BIG FRAUD RUNNING THE SAME SCAM IN TEXAS BAY AREA NOW CALL THE IRS CRIME DEPT AND THE FBI AND IMMIGRATION TOO and let the authorities know his fraud and also the BBB WITH HIS BUSINESS NAME and what he had done in Georgia and Ohio.He knows to sue people who go after him let people all unite and make him run from City to city and shut his business down soon ....IN THE NAME OF RELIGION HE GOT AWAY WITH CRIME AND FRAUD SHAME ON YOU MAN PRETENDING TO BE A RELIGIOUS MAN ALL THE SAME LOOTING PEOPLE OF THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY GO AND GET A REAL JOB AND MAKE MONEY NOT BY FRUADING BASTARD

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  27. The guy is a god's agent. It is up to the God to punish him. It appears that the God has no control over his own agents. It is good that the legal system got this guy. Now it should go after his boss.

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  28. Annamalai Annamalai (aka Dr. Commander Selvam Siddhar Swamiji) has been sentenced by Judge Batten to 27 years in a federal prison Communication Management Unit.

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