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About Dr. Brian Penny is a former business analyst and operations manager at Countrywide and Bank of America turned whistleblower and freelance writer. Leaving Bank of America On January 5, 2011, Penny quit his job. Bank of America’s Corporate Security filed false bomb charges against Penny. After beating the charges, Penny leaked emails proving rampant corruption and fraud in the force-placed insurance industry. This caught Penny up in a variety of legislation and regulations from the New York Department of Financial Services, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, State Attorneys General Coalition, Federal Housing Finance Agency, and multiple class action lawsuits. On December 6, 2014, Penny was jailed by the Mesa Superior Court after a default civil defamation judgment in case CV2014-093104 for naming an executive in his leak. Leaving Fear and Loathing Eat Your Heart Out, Hunter S Thompson

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About Dr. Brian Penny is a former business analyst and operations manager at Countrywide and Bank of

America turned whistleblower and freelance writer.

Leaving Bank of America

On January 5, 2011, Penny quit his job. Bank of America’s Corporate

Security filed false bomb charges against Penny. After beating the charges, Penny leaked emails

proving rampant corruption and fraud in the force-placed insurance industry.

This caught Penny up in a variety of legislation and regulations from the New York Department of

Financial Services, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, State Attorneys General Coalition,

Federal Housing Finance Agency, and multiple class action lawsuits.

On December 6, 2014, Penny was jailed by the Mesa Superior Court after a default civil defamation

judgment in case CV2014-093104 for naming an executive in his leak.

Leaving Fear and Loathing

Eat Your Heart Out, Hunter S Thompson

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Having survived severe retaliation by the banks, Dr. Penny began working as a freelance writer,

being syndicated throughout the web. Although not trained as a journalist, Penny successfully

utilized his business acumen to reach a wide variety of publications.

Dr. Penny is known for biting satire, glorifying trolls, pirates, and hackers, and rampant drug

experimentation. His gonzo-style journalism and editorials cover topics ranging from digital security

to gaming, piracy, cartoons, hip-hop, ethics, whistleblowing, Anonymous, activism, cannabis, yoga,

meditation, spirituality, small business, trolling, movies, television, pop culture, art, comedy, and

much more.

Dr. Brian Penny’s work can be found on The Huffington Post, The Street, Main

Street,Lifehack, Hardcore Droid, Hardcore Games, Cannabis

Now, Gaiam, MindBodyGreen,Elephant Journal, Yahoo, MSN, The Small Business Resource, Small

Business Daily,Dumb Little Man, Fast Company, High Times, and many more…

In addition, Dr. Penny has been featured on HuffPost Live, The Give Good Podcast,The Work At

Home Success Podcast, the Michael Finney Radio Show on KGO FM, BBC4’s Documentary The

Cult of Anonymity, and various other media appearances.

Backlash and Criticism Brian Penny is known for his wildly varied demeanor, often changing from nice guy to huge asshole.

He infamously beefed with YourAnonNews, Eminem, Roseanne Barr, Amber Lyon, Dell Cameron,

Ricky Camilleri, and various other entertainers, reporters, and characters throughout the media.

On October 12, 2014, Penny’s Blogger blog was deleted by his former boss, so Penny moved his

business to WordPress, where his 1st Amendment rights have not yet been violated by bogus court

orders.

One year later on October 12, 2015, the January 2016 issue of High Times was being published,

featuring the story of Penny’s incarceration in Tent City.

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