"On July 11, 2003, a company called Global Telesat Corp., based in Charlottesville, was incorporated by the State Corporation Commission. All the officers except one were Hirschfeld’s sons and wife.
In truth, the company was run by Richard Hirschfeld, his son Todd said. Because Richard was a fugitive, he listed the other family members as officers, and they knew little about the business or its day-to-day operations, Todd said. He described the purpose of the fledgling company as “providing services in the war on terrorism.”
On Oct. 23, 2003, a letter signed by Todd Hirschfeld, written on Global Telesat stationery, was sent to Anthony J. Navarra, president of Globalstar L.P., which bills itself as the world’s largest provider of hand-held satellite phones.
The letter spelled out the terms of a business agreement between the two companies in which Global Telesat would pay Globalstar to use its satellite communication systems. The letter describes how those systems would be commercially deployed “in order to camouflage their strategic national security importance to the United States military forces.” Globalstar officials declined to discuss their dealings with Global Telesat."
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