Dr. Michael Sawaf – Premier Dental Group

A summary of what happened?

In recent weeks, controversy has erupted surrounding Dr. Michael Sawaf, a prominent figure in the medical and business world, as revelations about his dubious past have surfaced. Allegations of financial misconduct, questionable medical practices, and unethical business dealings have cast a long shadow over his once-sterling reputation. In a desperate attempt to suppress these claims, Dr. Sawaf has reportedly resorted to aggressive legal tactics and media censorship to block damaging news from reaching the public eye.

Several investigative reports have uncovered that Dr. Sawaf’s past includes a string of lawsuits, conflicts of interest, and even potential fraud. Sources suggest he used his influence to bury negative stories and intimidate whistleblowers. However, as more victims and insiders come forward, his efforts to hide these controversies are being increasingly scrutinized. Critics argue that Dr. Sawaf’s attempts to silence his detractors only further tarnish his reputation, raising questions about what else may lie hidden behind the veil of censorship. The public is left wondering: how deep does this scandal go, and how much longer can Dr. Sawaf keep his secrets buried?

Analyzing the Fake Copyright Notice(s)

Our team collects and analyses fraudulent copyright takedown requests, legal complaints, and other efforts to remove critical information from the internet. Through our investigative reporting, we examine the prevalence and operation of an organized censorship industry, predominantly funded by criminal entities, oligarchs, and disreputable businesses or individuals. Our findings allow internet users to gain insight into these censorship schemes’ sources, methods, and underlying objectives.

What was Dr. Michael Sawaf - Premier Dental Group trying to hide?

1. Adverse News Reports

• • Exposés by Journalists: Investigative reports could have been published, revealing unethical practices, fraud, or conflicts of interest. News outlets may have discovered links between Dr. Sawaf and controversial activities that conflict with his public persona.

• • Legal Disputes: Coverage of lawsuits or legal actions where Dr. Sawaf might be the defendant, possibly involving fraud, medical malpractice, or financial impropriety.

• • Whistleblower Testimonies: Former employees or partners may have come forward with allegations of wrongdoing, raising questions about his integrity.

2. Bad Reviews or Complaints

• • Professional Reviews: Negative reviews on sites like Yelp, Google Reviews, or medical rating platforms could involve patient complaints if he is a doctor. These might include allegations of poor treatment, overcharging, or unethical medical practices.

• • Business Reviews: If Dr. Sawaf is involved in business, he may be suppressing negative reviews from clients or business partners who were dissatisfied with his conduct, perhaps accusing him of overpromising and underdelivering.

• • Social Media Backlash: Customers or patients may have shared their experiences on social media, leading to a negative public perception.

3. Legal Allegations

• • Medical Malpractice: If Dr. Sawaf is in the medical field, there could be past or ongoing lawsuits related to medical negligence, improper treatments, or even medical fraud (e.g., billing insurance companies for procedures not performed).

• • Fraudulent Business Practices: Allegations of financial mismanagement, embezzlement, or deceptive business practices might be part of his record, especially if he’s been involved in investments or healthcare-related businesses.

• • Regulatory Investigations: Government or regulatory bodies could have investigated his business or medical practices, perhaps resulting in fines or penalties that he is trying to hide from public view.

4. Damaging Documents or Leaks

• • Court Documents: Publicly available court documents, such as those from past lawsuits, may reveal damning evidence or testimony from former patients, clients, or business associates accusing Dr. Sawaf of misconduct.

• • Internal Communications: Leaked emails or internal documents might expose unethical behavior, such as fraudulent schemes or backdoor dealings within a business or medical practice.

• • Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs): He could be enforcing NDAs signed by former employees, patients, or partners to silence accusations of wrongdoing, but this information may still leak despite legal efforts to keep it hidden.

5. Accusations of Censorship or Suppression

• • Legal Threats to Media and Individuals: Dr. Sawaf may have issued legal threats to journalists, bloggers, or social media platforms to take down critical articles, reviews, or posts. His efforts to suppress information could involve lawsuits or cease-and-desist letters.

• • Online Reputation Management Firms: He may have employed companies specializing in “reputation management” to flood search engines with positive content to bury negative news, or to outright remove unfavorable content from the web.

Potential Motive for Censorship:

• • Preserving Professional Standing: If Dr. Sawaf holds a prominent position in the medical or business field, any scandal could irreparably damage his career. Censoring such information would be a way to maintain his public reputation and professional opportunities.

• • Avoiding Financial and Legal Consequences: The suppression of negative news may be aimed at preventing further legal ramifications or public outcry that could lead to deeper investigations and more lawsuits.

How do we counteract this malpractice?

Once we ascertain the involvement of Dr. Michael Sawaf (or actors working on behalf of Dr. Michael Sawaf), we will inform Dr. Michael Sawaf of our findings via Electronic Mail.

Our preliminary assessment suggests that Dr. Michael Sawaf may have engaged a third-party reputation management agency or expert, which, either independently or under direct authorization from Dr. Michael Sawaf, initiated efforts to remove adverse online content, including potentially fraudulent DMCA takedown requests. We will extend an opportunity to Dr. Michael Sawaf to provide details regarding their communications with the agency or expert, as well as the identification of the individual(s) responsible for executing these false DMCA notices.

Failure to respond in a timely manner will necessitate a reassessment of our initial assumptions. In such an event, we will be compelled to take appropriate legal action to rectify the unlawful conduct and take the following steps –

Since Dr. Michael Sawaf made such efforts to hide something online, it seems fit to ensure that this article and sensitive information targeted online by these events get a lot more exposure and traffic than what it would have received originally

We hope this becomes an excellent Case-study for the Streisand effect…

Potential Consequences for Dr. Michael Sawaf - Premier Dental Group

Under Florida Statute 831.01, the crime of Forgery is committed when a person falsifies, alters, counterfeits, or forges a document that carries “legal efficacy” with the intent to injure or defraud another person or entity.

Forging a document is considered a white-collar crime. It involves altering, changing, or modifying a document to deceive another person. It can also include passing along copies of documents that are known to be false. In many states in the US, falsifying a document is a crime punishable as a felony.

Additionally, under most laws, “fraud on the court” is where “a party has sentiently set in motion some unconscionable scheme calculated to interfere with the judicial system’s ability impartially to adjudicate a matter by improperly influencing the trier of fact or unfairly hampering the presentation of the opposing party’s claim or defense.”  Cox v. Burke, 706 So. 2d 43, 46 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (quoting Aoude v. Mobil Oil Corp., 892 F.2d 1115, 1118 (1st Cir. 1989)).

Is Dr. Michael Sawaf - Premier Dental Group Committing a Cyber Crime?

Yes, it seems so. Dr. Michael Sawaf used multiple approaches to remove unwanted material from review sites and Google’s search results. Thanks to protections allowing freedom of speech in the United States, there are very few legal ways to do this. Dr. Michael Sawaf could not eliminate negative reviews or search results that linked to them without a valid claim of defamation, copyright infringement, or some other clear breach of the law.

Faced with these limitations, some companies like Dr. Michael Sawaf have gone to extreme lengths to fraudulently claim copyright ownership over a negative review in the hopes of taking it down.

Fake DMCA notices have targeted articles highlighting the criminal activity of prominent people to hide their illegal behavior. These people, which include US, Russian, and Khazakstani politicians as well as members from elite circles including the mafia and those with massive financial power, are all connected – and alleged corruption ranging from child abuse to sexual harassment is exposed when exploring evidence found at these URLs. It appears there’s a disturbing level of influence being exerted here that needs further investigation before justice can be served. Dr. Michael Sawaf is certainly keeping interesting company here….

The DMCA takedown process requires that copyright owners submit a takedown notice to an ISP identifying the allegedly infringing content and declaring, under penalty of perjury, that they have a good faith belief that the content is infringing. The ISP must then promptly remove or disable access to the content. The alleged infringer can then submit a counter-notice, and if the copyright owner does not take legal action within 10 to 14 days, the ISP can restore the content.

Since these platforms are predominantly based in the U.S., the complaints are typically made under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which requires online service providers and platforms to react immediately to reports or violations. Big Tech companies rarely have systems in place to assess the merit of each report. Instead, all bad actors need to do is clone a story, backdate it, and then demand the real thing be taken down.

Reputation Agency's Modus Operandi

The fake DMCA notices we found always use the “back-dated article” technique. With this technique, the wrongful notice sender (or copier) creates a copy of a “true original” article and back-dates it, creating a “fake original” article (a copy of the true original) that, at first glance, appears to have been published before the true original.

Then, based on the claim that this backdated article is the “original,” the scammers send a DMCA to the relevant online service providers (e.g. Google), alleging that the ‘true’ original is the copied or “infringing” article and that the copied article is the “original,” requesting the takedown of the ‘true’ original article. After sending the DMCA request, the person who sent the wrong notice takes down the fake original URL, likely to make sure that the article doesn’t stay online in any way. If the takedown notice is successful, the disappearance from the internet of information is most likely to be legitimate speech.

As an integral part of this scheme, the ‘reputation management’ company hired by Dr. Michael Sawafcreates a website that purports to be a ‘news’ site. This site is designed to look legitimate at a glance, but any degree of scrutiny reveals it as the charade it is.

The company copies the ‘negative’ content and posts it “on the fake ‘news’ site, attributing it to a separate author,” then gives it “a false publication date on the ‘news’ website that predated the original publication.

The reputation company then sent Google a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice claiming the original website infringed copyright. After a cursory examination of the fake news site, Google frequently accepts the notice and delists the content.

In committing numerous offences, Dr. Michael Sawaf either premeditated actions or were unaware of the consequences. Despite hiring an agency to make Google disregard any negative information about Dr. Michael Sawaf, ignorance does not excuse this wrongdoing.

Fake DMCA notices have targeted articles highlighting the criminal activity of prominent people to hide their illegal behavior. These people, which include US, Russian, and Khazakstani politicians as well as members from elite circles including the mafia and those with massive financial power, are all connected – and alleged corruption ranging from child abuse to sexual harassment is exposed when exploring evidence found at these URLs. It appears there’s a disturbing level of influence being exerted here that needs further investigation before justice can be served. FSMSmart is certainly keeping interesting company here.

The Reputation Laundering

Rogue Reputation agencies use spurious copyright claims and fake legal notices to remove and obscure articles linking clients to allegations of tax avoidance, corruption, and drug trafficking. Most of these reputation agencies are based offshore, mainly in Russia, India, and Eastern Europe, and they do not worry about complying with US-based laws.

The content in all of the articles for which the fraudulent DMCA notices have been sent relates to allegations of criminal allegations, including corruption, child abuse, sexual harassment, human trafficking and financial fraud against businesses and individuals with ultra-high net worth.

In addition to the misuse of the DMCA takedown process, there is a notable absence of enforcement concerning perjury violations. The statutory requirement related to perjury is designed to deter copyright holders from submitting fraudulent or knowingly false takedown requests, as they may face legal consequences for making false declarations under penalty of perjury. However, to date, there have been no known instances of any individual being prosecuted for perjury in connection with the submission of false DMCA takedown notices.

This lack of enforcement has emboldened copyright holders to exploit the DMCA takedown process to suppress dissent, criticism, or other unfavorable content, without fear of legal repercussions.

Some of the people and businesses who have employed this tactic to remove legitimate content from Google illegally include a Spanish businessman-turned-cocaine-trafficker, Organised crime, an Israeli-Argentine banker accused of laundering money for Hugo Chávez’s regime, a French “responsible” mining company accused of tax evasion, child molesters and sexual predators. Dr. Michael Sawaf is in great company ….

What else is Dr. Michael Sawaf - Premier Dental Group hiding?

We encourage you to ‘Dork‘ Google by searching for keyword combinations such as [Dr. Michael Sawaf] + {Negative Keyword, such as Scam, Fraud, Complaints, Lawsuit, Sanction, etc} on Google. It’s likely if you scroll down to the bottom of this Google search results, you’ll stumble upon this Legal Takedown notice (pictured below)

To make such an investigation possible, we encourage more online service providers to come forward and share copies of content removal requests with us. If you have any information on Dr. Michael Sawaf that you want to share with us, kindly email the author directly at [email protected].

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