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●● ‘Linux Jobs in the UK’ Mailing List Censors Message Cautioning About Fraud in Company That Advertises Job (Sirius ‘Open Source’)

Posted in Deception, Fraud, Free/Libre Software at 10:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Did Sirius pressure the administrator to start censoring (gagging) its victims?

Image: Alexander Howells trolling

Summary: Victims of fraud committed by Sirius ‘Open Source’ speak out in response to a job ad (workers are fleeing in droves, creating severe vacuum) and the administrator of the list resorts to censorship

=> fraud | Sirius ‘Open Source’

Almost 24 hours have passed and the following message was not approved by the moderator, so I’m reproducing it here:

Re: [linuxjobs] Helpdesk Operator roles at Sirius

When I saw the praise for Sirius I did cringe to myself because I also find > them to be a scummy company. I thought I’d avoid responding, because > frankly life is too short. However, this veiled threat of libel is simply > ridiculous, so now I am going to respond. > > The reason I find them scummy is because I worked on a project with them >> 10 years ago, and they simply didn’t pay me and ignored reminders to pay > the invoice. The project was ultimately cancelled as the client changed > their mind, so I guess Sirius thought they didn’t need to pay me. > > It wasn’t even a huge sum of money, but it was enough to totally burn their > reputation with me. So yeah, if they want to sue me for libel, bring it > the fuck on.

Hi Dave,

These tactics aren’t new. Only a week after I had resigned I received a threatening and legally-invalid letter from the CEO telling me to remove any criticism of the company (published after I already resigned).http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source#Attempts_to_Censor_Facts Last month the above-mentioned CEO abruptly left the company and in recent weeks he worked hard to hide all traces of him ever working for Sirius:http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/sirius-deleted-entirely/http://techrights.org/2023/03/21/sirius-open-source-purged/ Today: http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/sirius-no-more/ It is imperative that people understand what Sirius really is to prevent this mailing list being leveraged to groom future victims.

Kind regards,

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