Duarte Levy ! Journalist or Charlatan ?

[icabodcrane]

In this post I will expose and prove how the so called journalist 'Duarte Levy' is nothing more than a con man, a swindler and a dangerous pathological liar. I was compelled to write this article as a warning for others who may fall prey of his lies and manipulative games, even though the subsequences that will probably originate from here will no doubt be used by persons who have other agendas.

In 2007 I used to follow a few blogs to learn about the Madeleine McCann case, one of those blogs was SOS Maddie, written by a freelance Belgium journalist, 'Duarte Levy'. As many others, I had the impression that 'Duarte Levy' was a man that knew through investigative journalism and that had in his possession documents which he would use as a basis to then write articles about the Madeleine case.

Later in 2008, Duarte Levy wanted to meet me, at the time I was on the North of Portugal at my family's house, and he travelled there to meet me and to talk about the case. What I didn't know at the time is that Duarte Levy 'studies' very well his soon to be victims, before he does the operation 'Charm & Con'.

Anyway let's stop calling this man of 'Duarte Levy' since that is not his real name. Let's call him by the name that his Portuguese parents gave him: Nuno Miguel Duarte, being Duarte his family name, a common name in Portugal like Silva or Lopes.

So, in 2008, this man, wanted to meet me. Obviously I was absolutely excited for knowing someone that could fill in the gaps, with whom I could exchange information and ideas. He presented himself as being Duarte Levy, a freelancer journalist who worked with the Times, the Sun, Hareetz, La Dèrniere Heure, El Mundo and several other papers which I don't recall - the Times and El Mundo being the only newspaper that I could confirm the veracity of his allegations [that is regarding the Madeleine McCann affair previous to that...nothing exists].

When I questioned that his name 'Duarte Levy' didn't appear in the on-line newspapers or that his professional past as a freelance journalist simply wasn't traceable he told me that he wrote under a few alias, one of them being Simon de Bruxelles [profile at journalisted.com; facebook and twitter];  the twitter social profile of Simon de Bruxelles has  however a striking similarity with 'Duarte Levy' & 'Arthur Finkelstein' twitter profiles, updates, similar followers, etc.. As a final consideration on these three tweeter profiles, I can only assume that the journalist 'Duarte Levy' uses this 'sock puppets' to sustain his own allegations and to, in the public view, assume a credible professional image.

There is also another fake on-line character, just created to praise and divulge his work - a kind of split personality syndrome - named DJorn - which as 'Duarte Levy' himself explained to me was a nick created by adding his name 'Duarte' with 'Jornalista' [Journalist].

Djorn, is a member of three arguidos, which has defended his '«master's voice» several times, even affirmed that he and Duarte Levy are totally different persons - interestingly Djorn posted several times on the 3 Arguidos Forum using - guess what - my own IP address, attributed by TVCABO operator [see screenshots bellow] - which is odd, to say the least, considering that I never met Djorn. Or did I?

Another interesting situation is how Djorn was also able to connect to the internet via TMN GPRS operator, an account that 'Duarte Levy' asked me to open for him, affirming that he would pay me every month, since he didn't have a Portuguese home address to give - a condition to have a mobile net service. Yes, gullibly, I opened that account with my name, my home address and ended up paying more than 1000 Euros - and this is not an easy thing to assume in front of unknown persons: I was defrauded.

etc etc (there is more)

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/06/exposing-swindler-truth-about.html

So does he still write about the McCann case, do you know  ?

[DevilsAdvocate]

In this post I will expose and prove how the so called journalist 'Duarte Levy' is nothing more than a con man, a swindler and a dangerous pathological liar. I was compelled to write this article as a warning for others who may fall prey of his lies and manipulative games, even though the subsequences that will probably originate from here will no doubt be used by persons who have other agendas.

In 2007 I used to follow a few blogs to learn about the Madeleine McCann case, one of those blogs was SOS Maddie, written by a freelance Belgium journalist, 'Duarte Levy'. As many others, I had the impression that 'Duarte Levy' was a man that knew through investigative journalism and that had in his possession documents which he would use as a basis to then write articles about the Madeleine case.

Later in 2008, Duarte Levy wanted to meet me, at the time I was on the North of Portugal at my family's house, and he travelled there to meet me and to talk about the case. What I didn't know at the time is that Duarte Levy 'studies' very well his soon to be victims, before he does the operation 'Charm & Con'.

Anyway let's stop calling this man of 'Duarte Levy' since that is not his real name. Let's call him by the name that his Portuguese parents gave him: Nuno Miguel Duarte, being Duarte his family name, a common name in Portugal like Silva or Lopes.

So, in 2008, this man, wanted to meet me. Obviously I was absolutely excited for knowing someone that could fill in the gaps, with whom I could exchange information and ideas. He presented himself as being Duarte Levy, a freelancer journalist who worked with the Times, the Sun, Hareetz, La Dèrniere Heure, El Mundo and several other papers which I don't recall - the Times and El Mundo being the only newspaper that I could confirm the veracity of his allegations [that is regarding the Madeleine McCann affair previous to that...nothing exists].

When I questioned that his name 'Duarte Levy' didn't appear in the on-line newspapers or that his professional past as a freelance journalist simply wasn't traceable he told me that he wrote under a few alias, one of them being Simon de Bruxelles [profile at journalisted.com; facebook and twitter];  the twitter social profile of Simon de Bruxelles has  however a striking similarity with 'Duarte Levy' & 'Arthur Finkelstein' twitter profiles, updates, similar followers, etc.. As a final consideration on these three tweeter profiles, I can only assume that the journalist 'Duarte Levy' uses this 'sock puppets' to sustain his own allegations and to, in the public view, assume a credible professional image.

There is also another fake on-line character, just created to praise and divulge his work - a kind of split personality syndrome - named DJorn - which as 'Duarte Levy' himself explained to me was a nick created by adding his name 'Duarte' with 'Jornalista' [Journalist].

Djorn, is a member of three arguidos, which has defended his '«master's voice» several times, even affirmed that he and Duarte Levy are totally different persons - interestingly Djorn posted several times on the 3 Arguidos Forum using - guess what - my own IP address, attributed by TVCABO operator [see screenshots bellow] - which is odd, to say the least, considering that I never met Djorn. Or did I?

Another interesting situation is how Djorn was also able to connect to the internet via TMN GPRS operator, an account that 'Duarte Levy' asked me to open for him, affirming that he would pay me every month, since he didn't have a Portuguese home address to give - a condition to have a mobile net service. Yes, gullibly, I opened that account with my name, my home address and ended up paying more than 1000 Euros - and this is not an easy thing to assume in front of unknown persons: I was defrauded.

etc etc (there is more)

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2009/06/exposing-swindler-truth-about.html

With respect, that reads like the words of someone with a personal axe to grind, hardly impartial I would imagine !

[amaraltheofficeboy]

I have not read up too much on this character !
Enlighten me please.

I was just providing information - I didn't comment.

Others here know Joana Morais and may be able to confirm or otherwise.

[amaraltheofficeboy]

So does he still write about the McCann case, do you know  ?

no I don't know

[icabodcrane]

So does he still write about the McCann case, do you know  ?

no I don't know

I hope someone does

It would be a bit suspicious if this fellow just  'dropped out'  following that story about touting information around to the highest bidder  (  one of whom was a well known British legal firm, according to him  )

[DevilsAdvocate]

So does he still write about the McCann case, do you know  ?

no I don't know

I hope someone does

It would be a bit suspicious if this fellow just  'dropped out'  following that story about touting information around to the highest bidder  (  one of whom was a well known British legal firm, according to him  )

Hi Icabod, there is a Duarte Levy on twitter https://mobile.twitter.com/duarteLevy

[amaraltheofficeboy]

and of course http://sosmaddie.blogs.dhnet.be/

[icabodcrane]

So does he still write about the McCann case, do you know  ?

no I don't know

I hope someone does

It would be a bit suspicious if this fellow just  'dropped out'  following that story about touting information around to the highest bidder  (  one of whom was a well known British legal firm, according to him  )

Hi Icabod, there is a Duarte Levy on twitter https://mobile.twitter.com/duarteLevy

I'm not fussed on Twitter DA  (  I'm not signed up to tweet myself  ....   wouldn't know what say in sentence long snippets that could possibly be of interest to anyone else  )

Does this Levy chap make any mention of the McCanns  ...  or is he now silent on the matter  ?  ( do you know  ? )

[icabodcrane]

and of course http://sosmaddie.blogs.dhnet.be/

So last blog over a year ago  ? 

[DevilsAdvocate]

and of course http://sosmaddie.blogs.dhnet.be/

Not sure Ic, I'll have a look and see if I can see any mention in his tweets !

[amaraltheofficeboy]

and more information here http://www.mccannfiles.com/id71.html

[gilet]

I have never found any evidence of anything by this fellow prior to May 2007.

[icabodcrane]

I have never found any evidence of anything by this fellow prior to May 2007.

What's the last information you have on him gilet ?  ...  has he now vanished ?

[gilet]

No, he has not vanished. His twitter feed is still active.

But he doesn't seem to be openly interested in the McCann case.

From his twitter feed he seems to live a busy life, travelling a lot and eating well but whether any of it is truthful or not is an interesting question. There does not seem to be much evidence of any current journalistic work from him and none at all that I have seen prior to 2007.

[icabodcrane]

No, he has not vanished. His twitter feed is still active.

But he doesn't seem to be openly interested in the McCann case.

From his twitter feed he seems to live a busy life, travelling a lot and eating well but whether any of it is truthful or not is an interesting question. There does not seem to be much evidence of any current journalistic work from him and none at all that I have seen prior to 2007.

Almost sounds like he may have had a nice pay-day, at some point,  and has been sitting back on his lardy arse in semi-retirement ever since