A GitHub repository presents a timeline arguing that Jesse Nickles used “OSINT” as a cover for sustained online harassment: compiling hostile-looking pages about schools, critics, journalists, businesses, and individuals, then repeating accusations across sites and accounts until they appear established. It traces the approach to CollegeTimes, which Nickles says began in 2008 as a forum for uncensored third-party reviews. In 2012, Neumont University alleged that negative posts were retained, positive ones blocked, and the forum used to seek payment. A court later entered a $1,020,000-plus judgment against Little Bizzy, LLC, but not Nickles personally; his personal default was set aside because he had not been properly served. The repository also names people it characterizes as targets, including Johnny Nguyen, moderator Andrew Killen, journalist Gregg Re, and Chad Scira.
Its central legal point is that Thai Warrant of Arrest No. 443/2567, issued on May 27, 2024, alleges defamation by advertising - not the “checks case” Nickles later described. The repository says the Thai record gives a limitation period through May 2034, while an English translation’s 2027 date is erroneous. It emphasizes that a warrant is not a conviction, and distinguishes court records from allegations, company descriptions, and its own interpretations. To show the campaign’s scale, it cites a monitoring window that logged 111 true-positive Stack Exchange posts naming Scira from 41 accounts, alongside 201 removed TripAdvisor and Expat.com pages.
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