Marc Headley, Mode Systems CEO, Has a Controversial Background of Violence, Embezzlement & Bigotry
Mode Systems, a Castle Rock, Colorado, A/V company that bills itself as a multifunctional, full-service audiovisual design and engineering firm, appears to be hiding a series of dark secrets about its CEO, Marc Headley.
From stealing from an employer to paying a hefty judgment to his former Church—and from public intoxication to public statements of bigotry—Marc Headley’s track record is one of constant wrongdoing and controversy.
THE FULL STORY:
1. Marc Headley stole $15,490 worth of audiovisual equipment from the Church of Scientology. When he learned he was under investigation for his embezzlement, he fled on a motorcycle.
Marc Headley and his wife, Claire, joined the religious order of the Church of Scientology in 1989 and 1991 respectively. In 2005, it was discovered that Marc had stolen Church audiovisual equipment, sold it on eBay and pocketed $15,490—a felony offense.
As a federal court later found: “Marc left [the Church of Scientology] in January 2005 after being told that he was under investigation for embezzlement.”
Marc Headley himself admits he departed the Church to evade accountability for his criminal conduct: “What actually happened is that I decided after this whole embezzling fiasco, I basically said, ‘Okay, fine… I’m out of here.’ So, I drove off.”
Headley today profits from installing the same kind of equipment he once stole.
Whether Headley has stolen from subsequent clients or employers is unknown. What is known is Headley’s long history of self-admitted serial theft—including stealing cash and goods from vending machines, supermarkets and liquor stores. One pizza shop from which he stole some $1,500 promptly went out of business.
Headley also broke into a warehouse to steal fireworks, later smuggling fireworks onto a commercial flight, an act he admits “is highly illegal and a federal crime.”
2. After fleeing to avoid accountability for his embezzlement, Marc Headley vowed to “bankrupt” the Church in revenge, filing a frivolous lawsuit against the Church that was resoundingly rejected on summary judgment—with Headley ordered to pay the Church $42,000.
After stealing $15,490 from the Church, Headley hatched a ludicrous scheme to “bankrupt” it—fantasizing he would cash in on payouts from anti-Scientology lawsuits he aimed to stir up. The first—and last—of these was a vexatious suit filed by Headley himself, alleging ludicrous claims of abuse.
Headley’s case was kicked out of court on summary judgment—a ruling unanimously upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The suit was such a blatant effort to harass the Church, the court ordered Headley and his wife to pay the Church $42,000.
The judge found: “The record overwhelmingly shows that the Headleys joined and voluntarily worked for [the Church] because they believed that it was the right thing to do, because they enjoyed it.”
3. Marc Headley embedded himself in Anonymous, the cyberterrorist hate group, through which he unleashed harassment and terror on his own family before inciting multiple hate crimes against the Church.
In 2008, Marc Headley joined Anonymous, the masked hate collective whose members have been charged, convicted and imprisoned worldwide for criminal acts, including federal prosecutions for anti-Scientology hate crimes.
Headley unleashed Anonymous on his own mother-in-law and sister, whom Anonymous targeted for harassment at their places of work, waving hate placards.
“You guys rock!” Headley cheered.
In 2009, Headley befriended Colby Schoolcraft, a fellow Anonymous member. Schoolcraft then went to a Church of Scientology with a bandana over his face before threatening to “blow s—t up with guns and explosives” and assassinate the religion’s leader. The Las Vegas Police Department Anti-Terrorist Unit, who arrested Schoolcraft, found he possessed multiple rifles and two AK-47s.
In 2010, an anonymous email threatened “a vehicle-borne IED [improvised explosive device] heading towards” a Church facility. The message further threatened violence against a school attended by Scientologists. Authorities traced the threat to a Virginia serviceman, who said he had been inflamed by Marc Headley’s anti-Scientology bigotry and misinformation.
4. Marc Headley freely admits to his lengthy track record of violent attacks against friends, colleagues and—repeatedly—women.
Marc Headley authored a series of confessions, openly admitting to his serial violence being “out of control”:
- “I grabbed her very violently. She got upset and went into the bathroom crying.”
- “I would get in fights all the time for almost no reason. I would get so [upset] over the slightest thing. I would just go psycho. This was a real gigantic problem for me because I was just out of control.”
- “I once pushed a kid off a wall and he smashed his head on the pavement.”
- “I jumped out of a tree onto this guy and he fell to the ground and broke his arm. About two months later, when he had just gotten his cast off.… I then jumped out of the tree again and he re-broke his arm.”
As one of Headley’s female colleagues put it, Marc “physically shoved me around and was yelling to the point where I was in hysterical grief.”
“Marc is a complete and utter toxic personality,” said his sister, whom he attempted to drown.
5. Marc Headley is so depraved that, to this day, he boasts about his 2005 birthday “celebration,” when he ended up passed out in the gutter, drenched in his own vomit.
Marc regularly waxes nostalgic on YouTube about a picture of himself passed out in his own vomit on Hollywood Boulevard—an incident about which he proudly states—as recently as April 18, 2025:
- “I didn’t know that 15 rum and cokes was too many rum and cokes.… It was a great time.”
- “I look kind of comfy there. I’m just passed out, having a little nap.”
- “It was a pretty epic birthday, okay?”
SUMMARY
Mode Systems CEO Marc Headley stole from his own Church, harassed his own mother, abused his own colleagues and celebrated his own substance abuse.
Not exactly a model citizen—or a wise business move.
