APTOS — The home of a local entrepreneur with ties to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was the subject of an FBI raid this week.
George E. Dickson III, founder of Seismic Warning Systems and CEO and co-founder of Continuity Capital Group in Scotts Valley, did not respond to a call requesting comment Friday.
For hours on Tuesday evening, FBI agents converged on Dickson’s Meadow Ranch Estates home in Aptos “to conduct court-authorized law enforcement activity,” an FBI spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office was notified that the FBI would be conducting an operation, said department spokesperson Ashley Keehn, but did not participate in the raid.
Dickson, 64, who heads numerous businesses with mailing addresses listed at the same Scotts Valley Drive office park, was linked in a May 28, 2020 Mother Jones news investigation to efforts by Giuliani to raise some $10 million to produce a documentary related to Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, was reportedly recruiting investors for his project with the help of Dickson and California Republican fundraiser Tim Yale. The Sentinel was unable to confirm whether or not Tuesday’s search of Dickson’s home was related to his dealings with Giuliani.
“We cannot comment further due to the ongoing nature of the investigation,” FBI San Francisco public affairs representative Katherine Zackel emailed in response to a Sentinel inquiry.
Giuliani’s New York City home and office also was the subject of an FBI search and seizure of his personal electronics on April 28, according to national media reports. On Thursday, Giuliani was suspended from practicing law in the state of New York. A state supreme court backed its decision, writing in a ruling that Giuliani had “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020.”
Among Dickson’s businesses is Cannasortium, a cannabis consulting agency founded in 2017. The company’s mission is described on its website as “We partner with founders in the industrial CBD hemp and cannabis industries, harmonizing unique insights and exceptional skills to build legendary companies and make history.”
Dickson’s Seismic Warning Systems, founded in 2000, features “QuakeGuard,” an earthquake early-warning notification system. His Continuity Capital Group, founded in 2016, offers capital advisory, management consulting and mergers and acquisitions services.
