This article is a follow up article on the artist by the name of Markell Clay. You can read the full story on how I got to know the young artist here

About one month ago, I wrote an article on Mr. Clay. The article I wrote got a decent amount of views, and the reason it got the attention it did was because of how often Mr. Clay goes about scamming people. That’s right, Mr. Clay is known for forging MTV documents, and using them to promise up and coming artists features on songs, in exchange for a 500$ deposit via MoneyGram. Once the money is sent however, Mr. Clay backs out and breaks all communication.


I wish that was the worse this man did however. No, Mr. Clay has an even sicker scheme that he uses alongside with the scam. I finally found out about this scheme on an August afternoon, in my living room, watching T.V.


I received the following email (Left), from a man who goes under the alias of Kevin Handwick. The email states that whom ever the sender is, is aware of Markell Clay, and is asking me to take down the previous article I wrote on him. The sender says and I quote “AMP demands that you immediately and permanently, and no later than (60) hours of this letter provide AMP with written assurance that you will cease and desist from the foregoing use of any association with the name Markell Clay.”

I’m not going to lie, when I first read this I got scared. I never thought that I could ever be sued! But then I remembered I’m not dealing with a respectable human being. NO, I’m dealing with a sick con-artist who will stop at nothing to steal, and rob Americans of their dreams, lively hood and Pursuit of Happiness .


I went straight to Google to find out as much information on “Kevin Handwick” as I could. To no surprise after a quick Google search, no results were found. This “lawyer” didn’t even exist. Which then led me to my second discovery.


In the following screenshots you will see a Twitter account by the name of Kevin Handwick non-stop mentioning me. I had no choice but to put my twitter on private due to the harassment. You can actually go to his twitter here. He is not on private and you can read all of his tweets, some of which will be featured here.

As for the email, considering the fact that it is not a reputable lawyer sending it, he has forged an illegal cease and desist.


He also involved AMP Publishing and stated, and I quote “AMP publishing owns rights to pursue legal action involving anything associated with the name Markell Clay”


Kevin Handwick then sent me the first of MANY Twitter mentions. I was soon harassed with message after message, none of which I responded. This one in particular states clearly that he is a Lawyer, represented by @Khandwickfirm, and proof he has written the email, via the screenshot that he adds in his mention.


I finally got the ultimate evidence that he was a fraud when the real person picture in the profile of the screenshot, (left), sent a twitter message to the account demanding he remove his picture.

To think that he would use an actual lawyer’s screenshot for his fake lawyer Twitter. I couldn’t believe it, but when I found out I was elated. The list of laws Mr. Clay is breaking piles up everyday.


He does actually change his picture and that’s why if you go now you will see another fake picture. He doesn’t change the name however.

Every picture he posts on the account is a fake and has been found. The current picture he’s using can be found on the following article


http://thenordicfit.com/almost-friday

I know what you’re asking yourself. Why would someone do this? What do they gain from going through all this effort? Well it all ties back to the first scam. This all started over him attempting to scare me into taking my article down. He knows he’s a criminal and can’t seek out legitimate legal advice, so he impersonates lawyers and tries to bully you into doing what he says. I can’t stomach this human being. I’ve never once in my life been so harassed, bullied and threatened by someone before. He is afraid. He knows that the article that I wrote, is affecting his ability to scam, and thus why all the effort to get rid of it. But in the process of trying to cover up his scam, he broke even more laws and committed a variety of cyber crimes, including but not limited to, Cyberstalking and Cyberbullying. He lies, cheats, and steals without remorse and even the slightest amount of empathy.


What can you do?

You can share this article on Facebook and Twitter!

You can warn your friends, family and anyone important about him, so this doesn’t happen to you.


And finally, you can visit his Twitter, check out on all the information! You can do some investigating yourself, and maybe uncover something I missed!

If you have information or anything you’d like to say, contact me on andrewtaranta@hotmail.com


Thank you for reading!