Family Betrayal and Lacking Business Ethics: A Personal Reflection

In this post is Newtonian Gardens Apartments resident Brian Schnabel’s account of discovering family deception, confronting the ethical business dilemmas presented by companies like Automation Air and LEEM Filtration, plus coping with betrayal.

I was in a rage yesterday after what I found, me already being suspicious of what my dad was saying with regard to my mom, brother and the will alone during our last conversation. So, for the hell of it, not thinking I would find anything, I took a look at the May 1st backup and just lost my marble’s.

Once upon a time, the cPanel backups that came with HostGator, Bluehost and other companies that offered reseller accounts didn’t contain email. You might get remnants of emails stored in a database file but nothing really intelligible or restorable. These days though, “That no longer seems to be the case!”.

I then damned near contacted Javon Duncan from LEEM filtration to let them know that they has been placing orders with a nonbusiness entity since November 6, 2024; my parents having shut down their Delaware based pneumatic distributorship at that time. But why bother? Javon Duncan and the rest of the LEEM Filtration team in Ramsey NJ are probably just as sleezy as my dad and would more than likely only seek to insulate themselves from any wrongdoing anyway.

It’s clear to me that Dad has no honor or integrity, and all that man sees me as is a pawn. I’ve always known it at some level. But now I have it in black and white. I will never ever supply another family member that owns a business with free web hosting ever again.

And to think, Dad’s buddy Shawn Erickson was sitting there telling me at the gathering for Mom on August 28th at Crossroad Community Church that my parents were so proud of me. Yup! So proud they think nothing of using my “free” services to commit fraud. But it’s always been about the money and image, “Right Dad?”

Why my parents even worried about anyone taking advantage of their blind son is beyond me. After all, what does it matter what anyone else does to your kid when you’ve got no problem taking advantage of your disabled child, “Yourself!”

Then, yesterday evening, the strangest calm came over me. I could feel a presence and was receiving the impression that I should hold off on doing anything more. After all, I’d already filled out an email form on the LEEMFiltration.com website letting them know I suspected that Dad had been doing business with companies and not telling them Automation Air was shut down.

How’s it all going to work out? I’m not sure. I know Dad wants to use me to set up a trust account so he can hide money. I also know that if he’s caught committing fraud, I could catch some blowback because of that. After all, I built the website and hosted it, providing the email infrastructure he used to communicate with customers.

The worst-case scenario involves me losing my benefits because of Dad’s quest for money or I could simply end up in jail. But you know what? If it takes Dad down and exposes him to the rest of the world for what he truly is, “Losing my benefits or going to jail really won’t be such a bad thing!”

Author: Brian Schnabel

Posting that's a little off the trolley at times... Brian is a single Newtonian Gardens Apartments resident, Self-Publishing Author, cPanel WordPress Web Host and Windows 11 powered computer tech. He’s a musician, sailor, hiker, cycler and some women would say, “Magical, too!”