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Mr. Joseph Gutheinz is an attorney licensed to practice law by 10 courts, to include the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 5th Circuit, 10th Circuit, 11th Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, United States Court of Veterans Appeals, United States Tax Court, and the Supreme Court of Texas. He has defended over 200 defendants in court, is a consultant on complex white collar cases, and an authority on aviation and aerospace legal matters. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Mr. Gutheinz is a commissioned member of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Advisory Committee on Offenders with Medical and Mental Impairments. His term runs from 2004 to 2008.

Mr. Gutheinz is a Criminal Justice College Instructor for the University of Phoenix, where he has taught over 100 classes and mentored 40 instructors. He is also a Criminal Justice Instructor for Alvin Community College, and is a former College Instructor for Central Texas College.

Mr. Gutheinz is a retired senior special agent with NASA's Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division, and was also a special agent with two other federal agencies, FAA Civil Aviation Security and the U.S. Department Transportation, Office of Inspector General. In his career as a special agent, cases he led resulted in 200 million dollars in recoveries; the closure of 13 companies; numerous criminal information's, indictments and convictions, in seven states; and the largest indictment and conviction in NASA history.

He led four task force investigations, to include a nine-agency task force investigation of Omniplan Corporation and several fortune 500 companies. He investigated the Russian Mir space station fire and collision for Congress, as the lead criminal investigator for NASA. His investigations also include the investigation of two organized crime families; the investigation of Jerry Whittredge, the astronaut and CIA impersonator who talked his way into sensitive locations on two military bases, as well as NASA's Mission Control; and the undercover investigation of a five million dollar moon rock allegedly smuggled into the United States from Honduras.

Additional investigations he conducted included the investigation of a major airport and state highway department, and the investigation and conviction of two dozen pilots. Defendants he investigated were convicted of approximately two dozen different federal and state criminal offenses, including money laundering, mail fraud, wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen money, conspiracy, false claims, embezzlement, obstruction of a federal audit, and false statements in relation to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Predicated on his investigations he became the only special agent ever to earn a NASA medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal; became one of only a few people in the Federal Government ever to earn the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency Career Achievement Award; and earned awards from six Federal Agencies and one state. Other awards he earned are the Honorary Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma Certificate and designation; a Certificate of Special Achievement from the United States Department of Transportation; a Special Commendation from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas; a Certificate of Appreciation from the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas and a letter of commendation from FBI Director Louis Freeh.

As the top graduate from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's Criminal Investigator Basic Course, considered the number one police academy in the world, he received the honor graduate pin and a letter of commendation from the U.S. Department of Treasury. Subsequently, as the distinguished graduate from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's Office of Inspector General Basic Course, he received a second letter of commendation from the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Mr. Gutheinz is a former Army officer, branched Military Intelligence and Aviation. As a Military Intelligence officer, he worked for the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, VII U.S. Corps, in Stuttgart, Germany. As an Army aviator, he was executive officer of a 258-man aviation maintenance unit, and a helicopter pilot. His military awards include the United States Army Meritorious Service Medal, United States Army Commendation Medal and his United States Army Aviator's Wings. He holds a FAA Commercial Pilots License (Instrument-Helicopter).

Mr. Gutheinz has six degrees and six current teaching credentials, including: a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from South Texas College of Law; a Master of Science degree from the University of Southern California; a Master of Arts degree from California State University, Sacramento; and California teaching credentials in police science, business and industrial management, sociology, public service and administration, and aeronautics.

Mr. Gutheinz has written numerous legal, science and science fiction articles to include: In Search of the Goodwill Moon Rocks, Geotimes Magazine; Marketing an Asteroid Threat, Geotimes Magazine; The Great Astronaut Impersonator, Hard Evidence Magazine ; Cover-up in Space, Paranoia Magazine; NASA's Plutonium Gamble, Paranoia Magazine; NASA is for Lovers, Psychos and Homicidal Maniacs, Paranoia Magazine; Building 265, UFO Magazine (where his picture appeared on the cover); There Will Be a Day After Tomorrow, Space Daily; Hostettler: Victim of a Double Standard, The Courier Journal; State of Intoxication, Pittsburgh Tribune Review; A Stressed Pilot Should Never Fly, Springfield News-Leader; Understanding Class Warfare, The Christian Science Monitor; The Moon Rock Con, CollectSpace.Com; Stealing the Dream, The Consequences of Stealing Space Shuttle Columbia Debris, CollectSpace.Com; Is it Legal to Privately Own Space Shuttle Tiles?, CollectSpace.Com; NASA Failures, Kansas City Star; NASA Accident Must be Fully Investigated, The Shreveport Times; and Questioning the FAA, Newsday. Mr. Gutheinz also played himself in the 2007 BBC Two documentary “Moon for Sale”.

Mr. Gutheinz has been quoted in numerous news outlets and publications around the world to include: the BBC; Associated Press; Reuters; the New York Times; Newsday; USA Today; the Times & Sunday Times of Malta; the Sunday Times of London; De Standard; the Scotsman; the Miami Herald; MSNBC; Fox News; CNN; and CBS.

Mr. Gutheinz lives and works in Houston and Galveston, Texas with his wife and six sons. He also has three grandchildren.

Acknowledgement: The photo shown in the upper right corner, shows Mr. Gutheinz (right) being congratulated after he received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. This photo was taken by a NASA photographer. This photo should not be misconstrued as an endorsement of Mr. Gutheinz's legal or consultant business by NASA or any individuals within NASA.

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