1397 wrestling matches? He must also include the times he flicks past WWE on the TV.
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Sorry for the necro but I would like to see if there is any updates with Matt Barvo. Has there been any legal action brought up against him for forging a certificate?
You do know that if he did forge an unregulated certificate he can’t be charged with fraud?
Alright, fair enough but has anything happened to him or his school? Is he still teaching as a fraudulent BJJ BB? He was found to be a fraud, but there’s not much closure with this case.
Are you here to question his black belt credentials and accomplishments or just his teaching methods or both?
Yeah, considering how unique of a name that is, it’s safe to say that ANYTHING in the MA/BJJ world that we find that includes that name is guaranteed to be him.
Has anyone emailed him to come to the thread so he can explain some of the claims he has listed? I’d like to know about the “gold medals martial arts.”
I wonder who he has promoted. They might not be happy to know that their belts might not be legitimate too.
I’m sorry, but this is just patently wrong. I don’t know Idaho law, but common law fraud generally requires…
an intentional and knowing misrepresentation of a material fact made in order to induce the listener to do something and the listener must in fact rely on the statement to his or her detriment.
In other words, MB says he is a black belt under a certain instructor. He says this intentionally and knows that he is not a black belt under that instructor. He does this in order to get business. Prospective students rely on his misrepresentations and sign a contract to their detriment because they aren’t getting what they bargained for.
This is a pretty good fraud case, except for the fact that there is no money in it.
[quote=NotNow;2486968]I’m sorry, but this is just patently wrong. I don’t know Idaho law, but common law fraud generally requires…[/quote]No, it isn’t patently wrong as there is no regulation for martial art certificates. That’s is why I was very specific.
an intentional and knowing misrepresentation of a material fact made in order to induce the listener to do something and the listener must in fact rely on the statement to his or her detriment.
In other words, MB says he is a black belt under a certain instructor. He says this intentionally and knows that he is not a black belt under that instructor. He does this in order to get business. Prospective students rely on his misrepresentations and sign a contract to their detriment because they aren’t getting what they bargained for.
This is a pretty good fraud case, except for the fact that there is no money in it.
A good fraud case concerning a business.
This is what I read:
Has there been any legal action brought up against him for forging a certificate?
I read this as Forging a certificate like forging a signature on a check. I can go buy an empty BB certificate right now and call myself a BB in anything. There is nothing you can do about it until, I start taking money or some other type of benefit.
Using that certificate to generate business is what you are describing and I agree with everything you stated in that regard.
Mixedmartialarts.com hasa thread on this now. Watch for dojo storming.
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So far we only have your word that the thread starter is the same guy you’re talking about. Is there anything else you can do to prove that he’s the guy you’re talking about?