—The Dates
Let's call the two corps "AC LLC" and "ACM LLC".
AC LLC ACM LLC (Foreign Registration in CA) AMC LLC (Delaware Registration)
09/26/2019 01/09/2019 06/02/2017
Important here is the establishment of the fact that the underlying entity ACM LLC was formed in 2017 and likely operating in CA prior to registering in 2019 and then after the state began enforcing businesses to file an annual report in 2019 these documents start showing up. Even more important to this case is the date of the
most recently filed annual SI for ACM LLC (the foreign corp) which states it was filed on October 23, 2020. If for some reason it was believed that the SI for 2021 for AC LLC needed to be filed around the same time, it makes sense that someone might complete the form and a few days early, say October 17, 2021. Is this what Heidi went to Hope + Flower to do or on that premise or maybe just a coincidence?
Another revelation these few filings reveal is that whoever did this not only likely didn't understand what a lot about what the documents were for exactly for, they also didn't understand when they needed to be filed. It's a confusing schedule and every corporation must file during a unique window of time based on when the were organized so the SOS can process the massive amount of documents it must throughout the year and not on 1 particular date to prevent a bottleneck. My point is they failed to read/understand the schedule and ironically two possibly incriminating documents were filed totally unnecessarily in 2020 when there was no SI required for that year. Importantly, a 2021 SI was required to be filed for AC LLC (the one that had Heidi's name on the most recent and the Helms Ave address) by September 30, 2021 so it’s already late. I sort of think that they didn't pay careful attention to the actually very confusing schedule and genuinely believed it was due again on the same timeline as the Oct 23, 2020 filing.
—The Names
Notice
the box for middle name says "Payne" and later fails to capitalize anything other than Heidi calling her "Heidi p wanye". People don't often write their own name on documents like this. Odd to see any name not properly capitalized on such a formal document too and seems to speak to a lack of professionalism, legitimacy, or a feeling that it was completed as a mere formality not to be taken seriously.
—The Signatures
Even more telling is
the document isn't signed by Heidi. I know there is something in California about documents not requiring any signature at all if they're electronic, which might explain why the CA SOS didn't reject the filing this. Also, notice the 2019 one was signed so it's not like the SOS removes the signature to prevent potential identify thieves from having authentic signatures of business people. <modsnip>
—Inherently Deceptive
These documents are required specifically to identify people, create a paper-trail, and accountability, facilitate tax collection, etc. The point of them is to obtain information about corporations but its clear that whoever completed these had something to hide and was willing to improperly complete the forms in order to conceal the true set of info the requested which isn't even hard to properly supply. Both LLCs list a storefront in Beverly Hills which sells what are essentially non-USPS PO boxes aka a "real" address that can be used as needed. Most would think it's a suite number or an apartment number, not isn't a real address as the city and USPS don't recognize the number value as a unique address but the store obviosly can figure out who the mail is for based on the number. Why Heidi's address was listed as the "mailing address" of the AC LLC and the physical address as the PO box store isn't clear. Was this supposed to be flipped and the mail received at the mailbox store and her home instead the principal address of the business so they weren't thought to be using a PO box where one is expressly not allowed to be used? Was the document not meant to include the Helms Ave address at all? It asks for a street address for the person but did they not know that this doesn't mean it has to be their home address? Legitimate businesses rarely write down the home address of their corporate directors and instead list a a corporate office address because they obviously can reguarlly get mail there too. Was this a simple mistake, after all it did ask for their address.
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