# Public Records and Reviews Report Date: 2026-06-17 Scope: publicly reachable web sources, the corrected WebCivil Local dataset created in this thread, and public case-law/review mirrors. This report uses cautious wording: it documents allegations, public complaints, court findings, corporate links, and litigation patterns. It does not state that any person committed a crime unless a cited court source says so. ## Executive Summary The public record supports a coherent investigative theory: 1. New York Merchants Protective / NYMP generated a very high-volume civil litigation footprint against alarm customers. The corrected WebCivil Local export contains 1,857 NYMP rows and 1,919 total rows when successor-entity cases are included. 2. Public reviews and court records describe recurring disputes over long-term alarm contracts, alleged misrepresentation, service failures, collection litigation, arbitration clauses, attorney-fee clauses, and limits on customer counterclaims. 3. Wayne Wahrsager appears in multiple public sources as the principal/operator thread connecting NYMP and Commercial Fire & Security. BBB lists Wayne Wahrsager as Commercial Fire & Security's general manager, and Security Systems News reported that he was fired from NYMP by a court-appointed receiver in 2011. 4. Eric and Aaron Wahrsager appear in public court records and licensing/company sources tied to United States Merchants Protective and NationWide Central Station Monitoring. Public sources place those companies at 75 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY. 5. Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum P.C. is documented as the alarm-industry law firm connected to NYMP and successor litigation. The firm's own website lists Kenneth Kirschenbaum as managing partner and Jennifer Kirschenbaum as partner, and describes alarm/security/fire contracts as a major practice area. 6. A heuristic scan of the corrected case data found 890 rows where the named defendant appears to be an individual natural person with no obvious company marker in the defendant field. This is not a legal conclusion, but it is a strong lead list for cases where individual liability may have been pursued. ## Key Entities and People ### New York Merchants Protective / NYMP / NMP Holdings NYMP is the original litigation-heavy alarm company. Public federal records describe NYMP and related entities in the Bank of America receivership litigation. Security Systems News reported that Bank of America sued NYMP and Wayne Wahrsager in January 2011 over a loan, said BOA claimed more than $19.2 million was owed, and said the court-appointed receiver terminated Wayne Wahrsager from NYMP. Public sources also show that NYMP contracts and accounts later became the subject of acquisition and customer-account disputes. In General Security v. Commercial Fire & Security, the court described General Security buying NYMP customer accounts, contracts, the NYMP trade name/logo, and phone numbers. ### Commercial Fire & Security, Inc. BBB lists Commercial Fire & Security, Inc. at 75 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY, states the business started on 2011-04-19, lists Kenneth Weinberger as president and Wayne Wahrsager as general manager, and says the business is not BBB accredited. Birdeye's public review mirror lists 31 Google reviews for Commercial Fire & Security and includes negative reviews alleging long-term contract deception and aggressive litigation. One reviewer, Oleh Balaban, alleges he was signed into a 120-month contract for an installation he says he did not authorize or receive. Another reviewer, Emmet Steave, alleges misleading long-term contracts and lawsuits in the $10,000 to $30,000 range. In General Security v. Commercial Fire & Security, a federal court found Commercial Fire liable for Lanham Act false designation/false advertising and tortious interference with contract. The Second Circuit affirmed the judgment in 2024. The district court found that Commercial Fire solicited contracted General Security customers and that false or misleading statements were made to customers about General Security, NYMP, and Commercial Fire. ### United States Merchants Protective Co., Inc. The corrected WebCivil dataset contains 28 rows for United States Merchants Protective. Public business directories place United States Merchants Protective Co., Inc. at 75 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY. Justia's docket page for Friedman v. Wahrsager lists United States Merchants Protective Co., Inc. as a defendant and cross-defendant alongside Eric and Aaron Wahrsager and NationWide Central Station Monitoring. ### NationWide Central Station Monitoring / NationWide Digital Monitoring NationWide's own contact page lists NationWide Central Station Monitoring Corp. at 75 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY, with mailing address P.O. Box 7297, Freeport, NY. Florida licensing records list Aaron L. Wahrsager as primary name, d/b/a NationWide Central Station Monitoring Corp., license location 75 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY, Certified Alarm System Contractor I, active through 2026-08-31. ### Home Alarm Systems Corp. Home Alarm Systems Corp.'s own contact page lists the same 75 W. Merrick Road / P.O. Box 749 Freeport address and uses Commercial Fire & Security-linked instruction-manual assets. This should be treated as an affiliated or co-located alarm-business lead requiring corporate-record follow-up. ### Wayne Wahrsager Public sources identify Wayne Wahrsager as: - Former NYMP president/operator. - Commercial Fire & Security general manager per BBB. - Defendant in Bank of America/receiver-related litigation. - Defendant in General Security v. Commercial Fire & Security, where liability for Lanham Act and tortious interference was affirmed against Commercial Fire, Wayne Wahrsager, and Steven Moran. Security Systems News reported that the receiver characterized Wayne Wahrsager as a disruptive influence at NYMP and that the court ordered him not to interfere with company operations during the receivership. ### Eric Wahrsager Justia's Friedman v. Wahrsager docket lists Eric R. Wahrsager as a defendant and cross-defendant. Search-result snippets from LinkedIn identify Eric Wahrsager as President & CEO of United States Merchants Protective Co., Inc. and connected to NationWide Central Station Monitoring. Because LinkedIn pages may be login-limited, treat the LinkedIn information as a lead unless separately confirmed. ### Aaron Wahrsager Justia's Friedman v. Wahrsager docket lists Aaron Wahrsager as a defendant and cross-defendant. Security Systems News reported that Aaron Wahrsager was president of NationWide Digital Monitoring / NationWide Central Station Monitoring and Wayne Wahrsager's son. Florida licensing records list Aaron L. Wahrsager as the primary license name for NationWide Central Station Monitoring Corp. ### Kenneth Kirschenbaum and Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum P.C. Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum's own website lists Kenneth Kirschenbaum as managing partner, with alarm/security/fire contracts and reported alarm cases as practice areas. The firm also publishes NYMP and Commercial Fire/USMP cases on its site. Public sources show Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum appearing for NYMP in reported cases, including New York Merchants Protective Co. v. Rodriguez and New York Merchants Protective Co. v. Raia. The Second Circuit docket for General Security v. Commercial Fire & Security lists Kenneth Kirschenbaum for defendants-appellants Commercial Fire, Wayne Wahrsager, and Steven Moran. The firm's public Lawyers.com profile has a 2.0 rating from 4 reviews. One 2025 review describes the firm as a debt-collection agency pursuing allegedly deceitful contracts. One 2022 review by Serge contains direct allegations that Wayne forged signatures and that the firm knew. Those review allegations are not court findings, but they are public allegations relevant to the pattern being investigated. ### Jennifer Kirschenbaum Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum's website lists Jennifer Kirschenbaum as partner. Security Sales & Integration describes Ken Kirschenbaum as a long-time alarm-industry legal columnist and says his team, including daughter Jennifer, specializes in transactional, defense litigation, regulatory compliance, and collection matters. Searches found Jennifer tied to alarm-law lectures and firm marketing. I did not find public court records in this pass showing Jennifer personally prosecuting the NYMP/Commercial Fire customer cases. ## Public Review Pattern Public review evidence is not the same as adjudicated fact, but it is useful for pattern detection. The clearest publicly accessible review mirror is Birdeye for Commercial Fire & Security: - Barbara Daledda review: alleges Commercial Fire expected a deceased father's contract to be paid out after cancellation and says the owner sold the contract to a 93-year-old. - Emmet Steave review: alleges misleading long-term contracts, lawsuits for $10,000 to $30,000, and aggressive legal tactics. - Oleh Balaban review: alleges he called the number on an existing panel for monitoring and was signed into a 120-month contract for installation he says he never authorized or received. The attached site draft also contains additional Yelp/Google/BBB-style accounts and company responses, but those should be treated as site-provided content until each is independently archived or linked to a live public source. ## Court-Record Pattern ### Customer contract disputes New York Merchants Protective Co. v. Raia is important because it shows an early customer dispute over service representations, cancellation, a lawsuit for alleged unpaid amounts plus attorney fees, and a NYMP contract clause purporting to bar counterclaims. The court dismissed the counterclaim under the contractual waiver but stated the defendant could assert the allegations as defenses. Custom Metal Inc. v. New York Merchants Protective Co. is important because a public legal blog summarized that Custom Metal alleged numerous recurring problems with NYMP's security system and argued that the 2008 contract was induced by fraud and misrepresentation. The court compelled arbitration, finding the arbitration clause enforceable. ### Commercial Fire customer/account conduct General Security v. Commercial Fire & Security is a significant adjudicated source. The district court found, after trial, that Commercial Fire solicited contracted General Security customers and made false or misleading statements regarding whether General Security had merged with NYMP, whether Commercial Fire was taking over NYMP accounts, and whether customers were no longer under contract with General Security. The Second Circuit affirmed liability and a damages award. ### Receivership and asset-transfer context Bank of America and receiver-related litigation creates a public backdrop. Security Systems News reported BOA sued over a $17.5 million loan and claimed more than $19.2 million owed. The same article reported a receiver fired Wayne Wahrsager from NYMP, and another Friedman v. Wahrsager docket lists Wayne, Eric, Aaron, USMP, NationWide Central Station, NationWide Digital, NYMP, NMP Holdings, Seniorcare911, New York Merchants Alarm Response, and NY Merch Prot Co. as defendants. ## Individual-Defendant Appendix I generated a CSV appendix from the corrected case data: `potential_individual_defendant_cases.csv` Method: classify defendant names as likely natural persons when the defendant field has 2 to 4 name-like words and lacks obvious business markers such as Inc., Corp., LLC, d/b/a, store, restaurant, market, auto, pharmacy, etc. Result: - 890 total likely individual-only defendant rows. - 873 NYMP rows. - 11 Commercial Fire & Security rows. - 6 United States Merchants Protective rows. Top courts in this appendix: - Queens County Civil Court: 472. - Nassau County District Court - 1st District: 298. - Suffolk County District Court - 1st District: 51. - Kings County Civil Court: 27. - Bronx County Civil Court: 17. Important limitation: this is a heuristic list. Some sole proprietors may be doing business under unlisted trade names, and some business names may look like personal names. Each high-value case should be checked manually in WebCivil party details and, where available, pleadings. ## Sources Consulted - Birdeye mirror for Commercial Fire & Security reviews: https://reviews.birdeye.com/commercial-fire-security-inc-166575774518240 - BBB Business Profile, Commercial Fire & Security: https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/freeport/profile/burglar-alarm-systems/commercial-fire-security-inc-0121-151120 - NationWide contact page: https://www.nationwidedigital.com/contact/ - Florida license record for Aaron L. Wahrsager / NationWide Central Station Monitoring Corp.: https://www.myfloridalicense.com/portalsearches/VerifyLicensee/LicenseDetail?ID=593257EF47146AA0D670B8FDE062114C - Home Alarm Systems Corp contact page: https://homealarmsystemscorp.com/contact-and-resources/ - Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum homepage/team: https://www.kirschenbaumesq.com/ - Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum Lawyers.com reviews: https://www.lawyers.com/garden-city/new-york/kirschenbaum-and-kirschenbaum-p-c-419162-f/ - Security Sales & Integration author page for Ken Kirschenbaum: https://www.securitysales.com/author/kkirschenbaum/ - New York Merchants Protective Co. v. Raia: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/other-courts/2004/2004-51335.html - New York Merchants Protective Co. v. Rodriguez: https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-second-department/2007/2007-05242.html - Custom Metal / NYMP arbitration article: https://www.insurereinsure.com/2009/04/27/new-york-state-court-orders-parties-to-arbitrate-dispute-even-where-plaintiff-alleges-that-contract-containing-arbitration-clause-was-induced-by-fraud/ - General Security v. Commercial Fire & Security district court decision: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/647035d71de0fd7008a576e4 - General Security v. Commercial Fire & Security Second Circuit decision: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/662dd0d78261c30ceced49ca - Security Systems News, termination of NYMP president upheld: https://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/termination-nmyp-president-upheld - Justia docket, Friedman v. Wahrsager: https://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nyedce/2:2011cv00815/314827 ## Not Accessed or Partially Limited - Google Maps native reviews may require live browser interaction and are not fully exposed through ordinary search results. Birdeye mirrors a subset of Google reviews. - Yelp pages and some social media pages may require JavaScript, login, or bot checks. - WebCivil detail pages may hit human-verification checkpoints. The corrected dataset was gathered from accessible WebCivil result pages after user verification earlier in the session. - PACER documents beyond public mirrors may require paid PACER access. ## Recommended Next Steps 1. Archive every review page and case source with timestamped screenshots or PDFs. 2. Manually sample the 890 individual-defendant appendix for cases where the business entity is absent from the party list. 3. Pull pleadings for the strongest individual-liability examples, especially cases involving default judgments, contempt motions, bank restraints, or post-judgment depositions. 4. Separate site claims into three evidentiary tiers: court finding, public record, and victim/review allegation. 5. Avoid calling anyone a criminal on the public site unless a criminal conviction or official charging document is cited. Use "alleged," "public records show," "reviews allege," and "court found" precisely.