According to the CA Sec of State website Business Index Group is a domestic stock corporation, making it a completely separate entity from Matt Wozniak. The most recent filing was on 2/5/15 and was a certification of no change.
Think of it like this:
You do some work for AT&T and they owe you $100. I am the owner of 100 shares of AT&T stock, and die. You are not able to attach your $100 debt to my estate, which is exactly what everyone is trying to do. In this instance, it's like every single stockholder of AT&T, which includes it's directors and CEO all died at once. Their individual estates are not liable. Only AT&T, which is completely separate, is liable. The only thing decided in the estates is who gets my 100 shares of stock. Or in the case of NSS who gets all of the stock.
There are some pluses here. If anyone transferred money out of Business Index Group's accounts to personal or other business accounts after Matt's death, they have possibly committed embezzlement. So, if the company actually did have money, or has had money paid to them, they should have some money. But honestly I'm guessing there is no money, and here's why.
2 Weeks before Matt's death they bounced a boatload of checks. If you recall, the person who came on here to represent the company INSINUATED that they bounced those checks because of a fraud alert and even though I flat out stated she only insinuated it and directly asked if that was the case several times I got no answer. I also know that Auburn, CA has a population of 13,000 and had a wine bar. I live in a town twice that size and while demographics might be quite a bit different I can't imagine a wine bar here would have more than 2 customers a day. It certainly wouldn't be a viable business. I also know that few wineries make a profit. Most lose money. It's kind of like race horses. People who own them are already rich and do it because they like it. If a winery breaks even it's doing better than most and many are downright money pits. I may not be the smartest person in the world but I'm smart enough to know that sometimes you can put 2 and 2 together and get 5.
I am not owed any money by NSS, but here's what I would do if it were me. I would call the attorney and ask if they are also the attorney of record for NSS. If they are, I would ask if any money has been transferred out of NSS accounts and if so by whom. They won't answer that btw but I would still ask. If they are not the attorney for NSS, which they may not be as no attorney was listed on any of the forms and the only name that appeared anywhere was Matt's and It appears he filed the papers himself, I would ask if they know who the attorney for NSS is. They may not know, they may not answer, there may not be one. I would then file a claim in my local small claims court which you would win by default judgment because there is no one to show up. I would then go take a look at one of my old NSS checks to find out what bank they use, and I would take or send that judgment to the Sherriff of the location of the branch the account was attached to and demand they seize the account, which they have to do, up to the amount of the judgment. If there is money, YAY, if there is not, then you are most likely SOL. At that point I would ask the Sheriff to subpoena the bank records to see if money was taken out of the account after Matt's death. If you could get that to happen, which might take a lawyer, and someone did, then I would sue the everliving crap out of that person and file an embezzlement complaint.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2017 06:03PM by bgriffin.