Archive for February 2nd, 2010

Video Ad For Narc That Car Claims Program Was Started For Amber Alert System; Prospects Told To Gawk At License Plates At Best Buy, Food Lion, McDonald’s, Others

Video Ad For Narc That Car Claims Program Was Started For Amber Alert System; Prospects Told To Gawk At License Plates At Best Buy, Food Lion, McDonald's, Others

A promotional video for a multilevel-marketing (MLM) company that pays members to write down license-plate numbers says the program was started “to provide historical location data for lien holders, law enforcement and other entities such as the Amber Alert System.” The video, which appears to be a sales tool for an MLM downline organization known […]

BULLETIN: Another Florida Fraud Case; SEC Charges 4 In Alleged ‘Children’s Book’ Scheme Known As ‘Winning Kids’; Attorney General Introduced Task Force In Area Three Weeks Ago

BULLETIN: Another Florida Fraud Case; SEC Charges 4 In Alleged 'Children's Book' Scheme Known As 'Winning Kids'; Attorney General Introduced Task Force In Area Three Weeks Ago

UPDATED 5:18 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) A Florida company and four individuals have been charged with securities fraud by the SEC, amid allegations they fleeced investors in a children’s book company known as “Winning Kids.” Charged in the case were Winning Kids Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla; Christian Hainsworth, Winning Kids’ chief executive officer and […]

FBI: Investigators ‘Wrapping Up’ Decade-Long Probe Into ‘Pump And Dump’ Penny-Stock Schemes That Caused ‘Hundreds Of Millions’ In Losses

FBI: Investigators 'Wrapping Up' Decade-Long Probe Into 'Pump And Dump' Penny-Stock Schemes That Caused 'Hundreds Of Millions' In Losses

UPDATED 2:46 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) And to think a cheerleader for AdSurfDaily once boasted online that Megalido was “offshore” and therefore safe from government meddling, after earlier suggesting that ASD members who did not support the company after Ponzi allegations surfaced perhaps would get dragged off in handcuffs while supporters remained free. To further chill […]

POSTAL INSPECTORS: Ponzi Scheme Targeted Filipino Community In New York; Razel Canedo Arrested In Atlantic City In ‘Nanny’ Ponzi Scheme

POSTAL INSPECTORS: Ponzi Scheme Targeted Filipino Community In New York; Razel Canedo Arrested In Atlantic City In 'Nanny' Ponzi Scheme

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re keeping a “Bubba Blue” notebook on the ways to have a Ponzi scheme as opposed to having shrimp, here’s one you might want to list: an alleged “Nanny” Ponzi scheme. In yet another case that couples Ponzi and affinity fraud, Razel Canedo was charged with targeting Filipino immigrants in Greater New […]