Great Falls Corruption and Racketeering Exposure System — The Pattern Evidence Database
By Michael Kelman Portney
When “Isolated Incidents” Start Looking Like a System
I’m Michael Portney — grandson of Zollie Kelman, and I’ve spent the past year peeling back the layers of what I thought was just a messy family dispute.
It wasn’t.
It was a blueprint — the same moves, the same denials, the same coordinated silences playing out again and again across Montana’s institutions. Banks. Lawyers. Courts. Police.
So today, I’m launching GFCares — the Great Falls Corruption And Racketeering Exposure System. It exists for one reason: to identify institutional patterns that protect the powerful and punish the honest.
Because when you stop treating these cases as “isolated” and start comparing notes, the pattern is impossible to miss.
The Script They All Seem to Follow
Step 1: A family member asks for information they’re legally entitled to under Montana UTC § 72-38-813.
Step 2: The bank refuses, citing “policy.”
Step 3: Every local attorney suddenly “has a conflict.”
Step 4: The institutions start talking to each other.
Step 5: The citizen gives up, convinced they’re alone.
I didn’t give up. I documented everything. Recordings. Court filings. Emails. Police reports.
And then I started comparing notes with others — and realized I wasn’t an exception. I was a data point.
Why Patterns Matter
One complaint is a coincidence.
Ten is a trend.
Fifty is an indictment of the system itself.
When multiple families describe the same denials, the same excuses, and the same small circle of “conflicted” attorneys, it’s not chaos — it’s choreography.
Patterns expose structure.
And structure is where the rot hides.
What GFCares Does
We aren’t screaming into the void. We’re documenting it.
Aggregate stories: collect experiences from Montana families who’ve been stonewalled.
Document common tactics: the same institutions, the same phrases, the same walls.
Analyze timelines: see when and how the pressure points appear.
Map networks: reveal the overlap between banks, lawyers, and judges.
Build a database: turn anecdotes into evidence.
Educate families: so they recognize violations before they’re gaslit into thinking it’s “just policy.”
The Patterns Already Emerging
1. Beneficiary Access Denial
“Only the trustee can see that.”
“Those records don’t exist.”
Except Montana law says otherwise.
2. Attorney Conflict Web
Every lawyer knows the other side. Every firm is “conflicted.”
One law school, one social circle, zero independent recourse.
3. Institutional Coordination
File a complaint with one institution, and suddenly three others know about it.
Coincidence? Sure — if you still believe in fairy tales.
4. Document Disappearance
Wills, trusts, bank statements — vanished.
Negligence or design? The data will tell.
5. Police Intimidation
Officers threatening you with arrest for reporting crimes.
If they don’t look at evidence, how can the investigation be closed?
How Pattern Recognition Exposes Systems
A single case can be ignored.
A dozen cases with the same signature move — that’s policy disguised as coincidence.
Five reports = smoke.
Fifteen = a pattern.
Fifty = grounds for litigation and reform.
That’s what GFCares is building: a statistical picture of corruption that no press release can spin away.
The Infrastructure
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/gfcares
The entry point for Montana families who’ve seen behind the curtain. Share your story. See who else has lived it.
Website (launching soon): GFCares.org
It’ll feature:
A public Pattern Database
Verified Case Documentation
Montana Law in Plain English
Submission Portals for your documentation
Network Maps showing who’s connected to whom
We’re not building a conspiracy board — we’re building a database.
From Personal Case to Public Issue
My story is the template.
A bank VP violating trust law — recorded.
Estate documents worth millions “missing.”
Police called into a civil dispute.
Conflicted lawyers everywhere you turn.
I realized the problem wasn’t just corruption — it was the infrastructure that enables it.
And that infrastructure thrives because no one connects the dots.
The Single Law School Problem
Montana has one law school. One professional incubator for lawyers, judges, and corporate counsel.
They graduate together, clerk for each other, represent each other, and then sit on opposite sides of the same courtroom pretending to be strangers.
That’s not conspiracy. That’s a closed ecosystem.
And closed ecosystems rot from the inside.
What GFCares Is Not
We’re not out to smear people without evidence.
We’re not chasing ghosts.
We’re not encouraging vigilante justice.
What we are doing is simple:
Document. Verify. Publish. Repeat.
Every story will be vetted. Every name substantiated. Every document verified.
This isn’t rumor-mongering. It’s data collection with legal teeth.
How You Can Contribute
If Montana institutions have failed you:
Join the group.
Share your timeline and documentation.
Name the institutions involved.
Identify the overlaps you notice.
If you’re an attorney with courage and curiosity, this project is your plaintiff generator — a live feed of fact patterns begging for class-action treatment.
The Method: Cold Power, No Emotion
We don’t shout. We track.
We don’t accuse. We show.
We don’t threaten. We reveal.
Pattern recognition is forensic. It’s the difference between ranting and reform.
Between “I was wronged” and “Here’s how 100 Montanans were wronged by the same institution using the same playbook.”
What Happens When the Patterns Go Public
They can dismiss a person.
They can’t dismiss data.
When fifty families tell the same story about the same banks, the same lawyers, and the same excuses, the narrative collapses under its own weight.
That’s when reform stops being optional.
The Roadmap
Phase 1: Build the community.
Phase 2: Launch the site and gather data.
Phase 3: Analyze and publish patterns.
Phase 4: Connect families with legal allies.
Phase 5: Turn exposure into accountability.
A Note on Legacy
My grandfather, Zollie Kelman, built his reputation in Great Falls business circles.
When I started asking about missing documents, a banker sneered that “Zollie would be rolling over in his grave.”
Maybe. But I think he’d respect the hustle.
Because he understood power — and I’m using that same instinct for a different kind of business: truth.
The Core Question
Was what happened to me an anomaly — or a pattern?
The only honest way to find out is through evidence and data aggregation.
That’s GFCares.
That’s the mission.
If you’ve seen the same script play out in Montana — join us.
If you suspect your story isn’t isolated — it probably isn’t.
If you’re an attorney tired of pretending you don’t see it — you’ll find allies here.
Join the Fight
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/gfcares
Website: GFCares.org (coming soon)
One complaint is a story.
A hundred is a pattern.
And patterns don’t lie.
Michael Portney
Founder, GFCares
Great Falls, Montana
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” – Oscar Wilde
But patterns? Patterns are undeniable.
