Allied Artists International

“in 1984, defendant Kimball Dean Richards employed the following means… Allied Artists, which documents included the following material false representations, among others that Kimball Dean Richards well knew to be false” Federal Major Frauds Prosecutor Robert L. Brosio

"Allied Artists" redirects here. For other uses, see Allied Artists (disambiguation).

Allied Artists International, Inc.

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Company type	Corporation
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	Southern California (1979), successor-in-interest to Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (1946)
Founders	Robert Abernathy Richard Smith
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California & New York City, New York
Key people	Kimball Dean Richards, Chairman and CEO, Robert Fitzpatrick, President
Products	Motion Pictures, Television Production, Music, Music Publishing, Entertainment, Television Syndication, Online games, Mobile Entertainment, Video on demand, Digital distribution
Subsidiaries	Allied Artists Pictures, Allied Artists Music Group, Allied Artists Television, Allied Artists Home Video
Website	alliedartists.com

Allied Artists International, Inc. and Allied Artists Records are names used by Kimball Dean Richards, according to Robert L. Brosio, United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section and reporter Kathryn Jendraskiak , identified as a "Master Criminal" by the FBI, arrested for Solicitation of Murder, wire tapping a Sheriff’s Office, computer crimes, convicted of seventeen counts of Major Fraud, and sentenced to twenty years in a federal prison.

Reporter Kathryn Jendraskiak wrote that Kimball Dean Richards now owns Allied Artists Records – a recording and promotional company. Allied Artists International, Inc. holds the Allied Artists Record Company trademarks, which is the company Kimball owned at the time he was indicted for solicitation of the Murder of one of his Metropolitan Patrol former employees, in 1980, and in 1984 was charged with bugging the Sheriff’s office in order that he be able to pre-notify drug dealers of impending sheriff searches of the drug dealers, and of computer crimes in Arizona at earlier times, for which lake Havisu sheriff’s saught extradition from California to Arizona.

Kimball Dean Richards is the son of former Sheriff, and former California State Senator, William Richards

Richards was known as “The Sheriff’s Station Phone Buggings Suspect” in a notable case in which he 1980 solicitation of murder case, in which he was charged with solicitation to commit Murder in .

Kimball Dean Richards, is federally convicted “Master Criminal”, and Chairman and CEO of Allied Artists International, notable for massive fraud against major banks, such as Union Bank. Richards has operated under the names Allied Artists International (current), Allied Artists, and Consolidated Allies. Richards was convicted of eleven counts of mail and wire fraud, plus and six counts of bank fraud. Federal Prosecutors named Richards a "Master Criminal". Richards has a significant prior criminal record. Richards repeatedly perjured himself, obstructed justice, and was considered a continuing danger to the community. Richards was sentenced to 20 years in jail, but was released early. After being released, he sold "Allied Artist," including the corporation, name and trademark to Merit Diversified, now operating under the name International Synergy Holdings.

Richards’ crime ring included his CFO, Robert Leslie Abernathy, and according to Major Frauds US District Attrorney Robert L. Brosio, Leon W. Weidman, and Richards and his allied ring of criminals ran a ponzi scheme that was masterminded by Richards and Robert Bernfeld. The convictions were obtained by the Major Frauds Section of the Office of the United States Attorney, before the United States District Court for the Central Court of California, Case CR 88-411 -R.

Major Frauds Section United States Attorney Robert L. Brosio asked for only 20 years in federal prison, out of a possible 85 years allowed for under sentencing guidelines, and filed the Sentencing Memorandum on August 27, 1990.

Richards and his allied cohorts stole over $23 million dollars (in 1987 dollars, in excess of $100 million in 2009 dollars), making the crime of international significance.

Richards was a leader in orchestrating the frauds, for which he had co-conspiritors sold victims fraudulent equipment leases, based on non-existent concert and recording equipment, using false financial statements, tax returns, and other business information.

Allied Artists Records' History

Reporter Kathryn Jendraskiak wrote that Richards now owns Allied Artists Records – a recording and promotional company.

[[Allied Artists Records, which was a separate entity at the time of the Allied Artists Pictures Corporation bankruptcy, was left standing with the only remaining rights to the "Allied Artists" name, although those rights had up to that point been limited to motion picture soundtracks, records and music publishing.

Expansion of Trademark Rights

Following the 1980 bankruptcy and dissolution of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, Allied Artists Records sought to expand its trademark and service mark rights to include all forms of entertainment, including those previously held by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

Allied Artists Records ultimately filed for and received federal trademark protection for "Production and distribution of entertainment services, namely, phonograph records, motion picture films, video tapes, DVDs, and radio and television programs" in International Class 041.

In 2007, given the length of time Allied Artists International, Inc. had exercised control over the name, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Allied Artists International, Inc. (Allied Artists Records' successor) a Notice of Acceptance under Section 8 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1058(a)(1) and Section 15 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1065, which deems Allied Artists International, Inc's right to the federal trademarks for "Allied Artists" incontestable.

Allied Artists Today

Allied Artists International, Inc. is presently producing and distributing entertainment products that include motion pictures, television productions, DVDs, music CD's, entertainment software, music publishing and a myriad of other entertainment related activities.

External links

• Allied Artists International Website
• Allied Artists Pictures Listing on IMDb