Archive for September 2009

ASD Mainstay Bob Guenther Lectures Federal Prosecutor, Says He’ll Call On ‘Political Connections’ To Embarrass Justice Department; Claims Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Not Tough Enough On Crime

Already facing two felony charges in Arizona stemming from what police described in court filings as a repeated pattern of harassment against a gaming company, Bob Guenther now has taken aim at a federal prosecutor involved in the AdSurfDaily case. Guenther, 61, who describes himself as a former Marine and Vietnam veteran, forwarded a copy [...]

A STUDY IN CONTRAST: Arnold Palmer’s Congressional Gold Medal Vs. Andy Bowdoin’s Congressional Medal Of Distinction

A STUDY IN CONTRAST: Arnold Palmer's Congressional Gold Medal Vs. Andy Bowdoin's Congressional Medal Of Distinction

Tomorrow President Obama will present the Congressional Gold Medal to American icon Arnold Palmer. The AP wire carried the story today. By coincidence, the Orlando Sentinel simultaneously was reporting that a two-year-old girl was rushed to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, after she was found submerged and unresponsive in a swimming pool. Simultaneously Florida Today [...]

OBSTRUCTION? ASD Spokeswoman Whose Name Appeared In Secret Service Filing Says She Instructed Members NOT To Fill Out Government Form; Now Appears To Be Advising Members To Clam Up If Contacted By Agents

Andy Bowdoin’s recent court filings are “delusional,” federal prosecutors said yesterday. And now a woman who apparently is AdSurfDaily’s new spokesperson purportedly has sent an email in which she said she advised members after the seizure of tens of millions of dollars from Bowdoin’s bank accounts last year not to fill out the government form [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Prosecutors Go Back To Court, Provide Judge Copy Of Transcript From Bowdoin’s Call Last Week

UPDATED 8:12 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors have filed a supplemental brief in the civil forfeiture case against ASD President Andy Bowdoin that calls Bowdoin’s recent court filings “delusional.” Meanwhile, prosecutors have provided U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer a copy of a transcript from a recording posted online last week by Bowdoin, calling the recording evidence that “this [...]

Ministry Operated By 1980 Miss America Has ‘No Comment’ On Andy Bowdoin’s Audio Recording

A Christian organization operated by former Miss America Cheryl Prewitt and her husband declined to comment this morning on an audio recording posted online last week by AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin. In the recording, Bowdoin used Prewitt’s name, referring to her as “Cheryl Blackwood” and suggesting Prewitt’s perseverance in her five-year quest to become Miss America had [...]

EDITORIAL: Google, The White House And Miss America

Andy Bowdoin, whom federal prosecutors said appropriated the brand of the institution of the Presidency of the United States to make more Ponzi sales, now has turned to the wholesome brand of the Miss America Organization to sanitize the Ponzi business. Members of Bowdoin’s autosurf company, AdSurfDaily, also appropriated the brand of Google, claiming the surf firm had [...]

Government Makes Veiled Reference To AdViewGlobal In Court Filing, Potentially Signaling Deeper Trouble For Bowdoin — And New Trouble For Promoters, Shills, Unnamed Attorneys And Advisers

UPDATED 2:25 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) In June, private attorneys representing three AdSurfDaily members who accused Andy Bowdoin of racketeering became the authors of the first public court filing that referenced the AdViewGlobal (AVG) autosurf. Some defenders of the surf dismissed the reference as meaningless. Today, however, federal prosecutors made a veiled reference to AVG in [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Prosecution Says Bowdoin Trying To Recontest Forfeiture So He Can Use Case As ‘Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free’ Card; Calls Bowdoin’s Assertions Against His First Lawyer ‘Insidious’ Lies; Says New Lawyer Engaging In ‘Fantasy’

UPDATED 12:38 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Andy Bowdoin is trying to lie his way back into the civil forfeiture case involving tens of millions of dollars seized from him last year and now has a lawyer engaging in “fantasy” to help his client pull it off, federal prosecutors said this morning. Meanwhile, prosecutors made a veiled [...]

BREAKING NEWS: AdGateWorld Announces ‘End Of Dream’; Surf Suspends Operations, Blames Members

The AdGateWorld (AGW) autosurf has gone offline and has issued a statement that blames members for having unrealistic expectations. “The original developers of the AdGate network never created false expectations or gave rebates that were not completely justified by revenues,” AGW said. ”This honest and legitimate approach using the advertising rebate model apparently did not meet [...]

Did AdViewGlobal Insiders Know About Purported Bowdoin Indictment In May And Engage In Bizarre Summertime Cover-Up Bid?

UPDATED 3:53 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The adviewglobal.com domain appears to be back online, with a renewed registration for one year. The domain name had expired Sept. 22, throwing the site offline and triggering questions and confusion from members. Here, below, our earlier story . . . AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin now suggests he was indicted [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Census Worker Found Hanged In Kentucky With Word ‘Fed’ Scrawled On Chest, Triggering Extremist Fears

The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI and Kentucky State Police are investigating the hanging death of a man who worked for the U.S. Census Bureau. William “Bill” Sparkman, 51, was found hanging in an isolated section of Daniel Boone National Forest. The word “fed” was scrawled on his chest, the news service reported. [...]

WHO’S IN CHARGE? AdViewGlobal Surf Domain Now Resolves To GoDaddy; Registration Appears To Have Expired

UPDATED 6:45 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Has the autosurf world seen the last of AdViewGlobal? The surf’s main website at adviewglobal.com now resolves to a GoDaddy.com page filled with ads, and the domain registration appears to have expired Sept. 22. It was not immediately clear how the development would affect AVG members. The company suspended cashouts [...]

Judge Denies Dismissal Motions By Bank, ASD Attorney Robert Garner, In Case That Alleged ‘Indictable’ Racketeering Offenses Had Occurred In Autosurfing Enterprise

A federal judge has denied motions by Bank of America and AdSurfDaily attorney Robert Garner to dismiss a lawsuit in which ASD members alleged Garner and ASD President Andy Bowdoin had engaged in racketeering. Bank of America was not named a RICO defendant. Rather, the bank was accused of aiding and abetting ASD in a [...]

Judge Orders Scam Artist To Turn Over Home Or Face Jail; Defendant Played ‘Trust’ Game To Thwart Receiver

A federal judge found a man implicated in an elaborate fraud scheme in contempt of court and ordered him to turn over his Las Vegas home to a court-appointed receiver or go to jail. It was the second time Richard C. Neiswonger was found to have been in contempt of court, according to the Federal [...]

THEY’RE GUMBY, DAMMIT! Purported ASD ‘Flexible’ Plan Now So Flexible It Changes With Every Argument

THEY'RE GUMBY, DAMMIT! Purported ASD 'Flexible' Plan Now So Flexible It Changes With Every Argument

UPDATED 12:35 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) They’re Gumby, dammit! Some AdSurfDaily supporters now claim that the company could not have been operating as a Ponzi scheme — and therefore cannot be guilty of wire fraud and other crimes — because it had a “flexible” business plan. Under this theory, “flexible,” in part, means ASD did not [...]

AdSurfDaily: Could Things Really Be THIS Simple?

EDITOR’S NOTE: News developed yesterday that ASD President Andy Bowdoin would make some sort of recorded statement to ASD members, with the recording perhaps becoming available on Tuesday. The news was announced in an email from Sara Mattoon. The email impressed us as typically vague and ambiguous — but also as cautious, preemptively suggesting there [...]

‘Cops,’ Threats, Laundry Baskets, Militia, $30 Million, $120 Million, ‘Supreme Court,’ Mysteries, Claims, ‘Offshore,’ Conversion Rates — And Exclamation Points!!!

'Cops,' Threats, Laundry Baskets, Militia, $30 Million, $120 Million, 'Supreme Court,' Mysteries, Claims, 'Offshore,' Conversion Rates -- And Exclamation Points!!!

EDITOR’S NOTE: The screen shots below are in no particular order. Each, however, helps tell a bit of the AdSurfDaily/AdViewGlobal story. Some of these screen shots are being published for the first time today. Do recent affidavits ASD President Andy Bowdoin filed clear up some of the mysteries surrounding AVG? Bowdoin has suggested an indictment [...]

BULLETIN: Judge Denies 3 Bowdoin Motions; ASD Asks For A Second Evidentiary Hearing In Federal Forfeiture Case

UPDATED 10:27 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A federal judge has denied two pro se motions by AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin to undo the forfeiture of tens of millions of dollars seized last year by the U.S. Secret Service. Separately, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer also denied a third motion by Bowdoin to exclude and suppress evidence [...]

REALITY CHECK: Is Bowdoin Running Out Of Options?

UPDATED 8:52 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Is AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin quickly running out of options? A small spin campaign appears to be under way, and an email circulating among ASD members suggests the company will hold a conference call Monday. Like everything concerning ASD, the wording of the email is ambiguous. It is possible, however, [...]