This isn’t just a story of what happened. It’s the reason I had to rebuild everything.

Over the last 5 years, I went from building billion-dollar tech to being blacklisted, broke, and underestimated.
What followed was a quiet revolution — not just in my life, but in the system I knew had to be redesigned from the ground up.
This is the truth behind the headlines. And the blueprint for what comes next.

Robert Parent

Founder – Plethora | Architect of trust-based digital systems

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Founder Timeline – Robert Parent (2011 → Today)

  • 2011 →

    Microsoft validates Mortgage Maximizer prototype “We believe you have a unique offering and we would like to support you in its development”  
    (2.24T equity unlock potential over 5 years – conservative model validated by Microsoft team – parked for right partner)

  • 2017–2018 → 

    Favor to help one person live off-grid → co-invented fully autonomous, biologist-certified eco-house

  • 2018–2019 →

    Owner insists on global impact → assembled team, mayor + municipal task-force support, 14× tax-revenue model, MIT researcher collaboration in discussion

  • June 2019 →

    Licensing agreement signed with own entity to prepare strategic sale / 10-home proof-of-concept phase

  • Fall 2019 →

    Revenue Québec raid kills municipal support overnight — all IP protected

  • 2019–2021 →

    While the Logeit eco-house project was outperforming “classic” water management systems, municipal support collapsed after the Revenue Québec raid. Continued Plethora R&D in parallel — the mission never paused.

  • 2022 →

    Plead guilty only to stop financial hemorrhage — sentence fully served

  • 2022–2025 →

    Eco-house parked (100 % owned) — full throttle on Plethora → 6 full patents drafted for next trust + revenue layer of the internet

  • November 2025 →

    $750 k sponsor round open to file patents · US waiver assessment submitted · Austin HQ + team hiring starts the moment the first $15 M closes (part of $60 M war chest)

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Evidence Snapshot


  • Jul 2017 – Support Letter (Assemblée Nationale) → Part 1

  • Sep 2018 – Thermal Wall Blueprint (Architecture) → Part 3

  • Aug 2019 – Validation Letter (Biologist) → Part 2 / 3

  • Sep 2019 – Municipal Letter of Interest → Part 4

  • Undated – Project Regulatory Dossier → Part 5

A staged photo of three printed headlines and press releases related to a $750M tax fraud case in Quebec.

The Full Story — In Context

This is the unfiltered truth — the full version of what happened behind the headlines.

 

If you’re here, it probably means you want to understand more than a soundbite. You may be doing your due diligence, or you’ve just heard pieces of the story. Either way, this page gives you everything: what really happened, why it mattered, and what had to be rebuilt from the ground up.

 

I’ve written the full account — about 8,000 words across 9 chapters — not to defend, but to document. To make visible what’s normally buried under assumptions, silence, or spin.

 

You have a few ways to explore it, depending on how deep you want to go:

Option 1 — Read the Full Story (Recommended)

If you want the clearest picture, read it from start to finish. It’s about a 30–40 minute read. No holding back.

 

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Option 2 — Jump to a Chapter

Each of the 9 chapters focuses on a part of the journey. Whether you’re interested in what actually happened, how the legal process unfolded, or the system-level thinking that emerged from it — you can jump directly to that part.

 

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I didn’t steal anything. I built something. I declared it — openly. That’s what made me a target.

Option 3 — For the “Give It to Me Fast” Crowd

If you don’t have time for the full 8,000-word version, or just want the high-level overview:
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“What the headlines tell you is the easy story. What I’m trying to show is what gets erased.”

— Robert Parent

⏱️ 1-Minute Version (TL;DR)

In 2022, I pled guilty in a $750M tax case.

 

The headlines called me a fraudster.

 

But I wasn’t trying to cheat the system — I was building a new way to reshape it.

 

It started with a working prototype:

A fully off-grid, biologically integrated, energy-positive home —

validated by scientists, supported by a municipality,

and designed to scale through an exclusive infrastructure license.

 

The $750M valuation?

It was real — tied to projected municipal savings, with multiple cities ready to open their doors.

The license was signed. The buyer committed. Everything was declared.

 

But Revenu Québec didn’t ask questions.

They saw one number, rejected everything else — and built a story that fit their agenda.

Raids. Political pressure. The project was killed overnight.

 

Fighting back meant $300K+ in legal costs I didn’t have —

and dragging my family through years of war with a system that had already made up its mind.

So I pled guilty — not because I was, but because they wouldn’t listen.

 

What did I take from it?

That I’m a builder. That I was right to believe.

And that next time, I’d protect everything — from day one.

 

Now, that’s exactly what I’m doing:

A protocol-grade infrastructure rooted in trust.

Six systems. Ready for patent filing.

This time, it’s protected — and no one’s stopping it.

 

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⏱️ 5-Minute Summary (With Evidence)

In 2022, I pled guilty to a tax fraud charge tied to a $750 million transaction. The media headlines painted me as a fraudster. But that was never the truth. What those stories omitted is what I spent the last years documenting.

 

I didn’t steal anything.

I built something.

I declared it — openly.

That’s what made me a target.

 

The Beginning & Prototype

 

It started with a favor: I built an off-grid, eco housing prototype for a friend.

The house worked — energy positive, self-sustaining, biologically filtered. That became proof: this model could scale to municipalities and reduce burden on water/sewer systems. In Part 3: The Prototype That Changed Everything, the images and system diagrams show the blueprint and built structure. 

 

Biologists validated the system. I collected signed letters: an official letter of support from an environmental biologist confirming the zero-waste performance of the water system appears in Part 2. 

 

We assembled a team: genomics, microbiology, engineering, policy — to prove scientifically this “house turned system” was not a fantasy.

 

Municipal Alignment & Economic Infrastructure

 

In Part 4, The Municipal Shift, you’ll find a document: an official letter of interest from a Quebec municipality. That letter confirms they were preparing to integrate this model into public infrastructure. 

 

Our model wasn’t selling homes — it was licensing an infrastructure system. In Part 5: The Economic Breakthrough, we show how the license model was designed to scale cities without burdening water/sewer systems. 

 

That license was valued at $750M — based on municipal impact, infrastructure savings, and long-term alignment. Everything was documented, structured, and aligned — the license documents were filed, contracts drafted, and valuation models prepared.

 

Collapse & Government Intervention

 

Then, in Part 6: The Collapse, the system was working. The license was in motion. A buyer was ready. A city was aligned. Then Revenu Québec agents showed up with no warning.

 

I allowed them to see the prototype, show the documents. Among what they saw:

  • The signed letter from the biologist

  • The mayor’s alignment

  • The licensing structure

  • The path to municipal integration

  • The valuation logic

  • Internal messages and structure of Logeit™ / EcoGo™ models

  • Official letters from government supporters, including those from Assemblée Nationale (Part 1) 

But instead of investigations or requests for clarity, they closed the narrative. They leaked to the mayor, warning him. The pilot plans, plots, and alignment evaporated. The buyer backed away. The team scattered.

 

They didn’t ask follow-up questions. They didn’t cross-check. They made a narrative decision. The work was buried.

 

In Part 8: Why I Pled Guilty, charges landed not only on the company but personally on me — despite all evidence that the license was declared, the prototype existed, the buyer was real, and no funds were missing. 

 

They focused on the sales tax refund request in that transaction. Because that was the only “line” they had. But as I show, the transaction was fully declared under counsel, with clear documentation, and tied to real infrastructure work. 

 

What The Proofs Show

 

Throughout the story, you will see:

  • Official letters: from the Assemblée Nationale, environmental biologists, municipal officials

  • Images & diagrams: of the prototype habitat, system schematics, control units

  • Government entity involvement: letters of support, municipal alignment, plot planning

  • Contract & legal documents: license structuring, valuation models, public-facing declarations

  • Internal signals: texts, memos, messages that show transparency in operations

Each of these appears in its corresponding part of the story — e.g. in Part 1 some of the official letters and press framing; Part 2 & 3 system diagrams; Part 4 municipal letters; Part 6 government agents and home raids; Part 8 legal declarations.

 

What I Learned & What Matters

 

I didn’t lose because the system failed. I lost because the system refused nuance.

Because they needed a headline.

Because “fraud” was easier than understanding infrastructure.

 

I lost because I believed truth would stand on its own.

But systems are not built for nuance. They are built for control, imagery, and narrative.

 

But that loss became my foundation.

 

What Comes Next — Plethora

 

What I’m building now, Plethora, is informed by every failure, every document scanned, every letter suppressed.

It’s not just a platform. It’s architecture to align trust, protect value, and rebuild systems that don’t collapse under narrative.

 

You don’t need to believe me. The document of the full story, the letters, and the proofs are there.

Read them. Track them. Judge them. But don’t skip over them.

 

This isn’t about clearing my name. It’s about telling the real story.

Now the tool must match the integrity. And Plethora is that tool.

 

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