BIZARRE ON TOP OF BIZARRE: Andrey C. Hicks, Boston-Area Man Charged Civilly By SEC Last Week In Alleged ‘Locust’ Hedge-Fund Scheme, Now Charged Criminally, Feds Say; Separately, TMZ.com Reports Hicks Was Guest At Kim Kardashasian/Kris Humphries August Wedding — And That Kardashian Filed For Divorce Today
Andrey C. Hicks, accused civilly by the SEC last week of orchestrating a domestic and offshore fraud, now has been charged criminally with wire fraud, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts said. Separately, TMZ.com is reporting that Hicks was a guest at the $10 million, August wedding of reality-TV star Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, a professional […]
MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi Forum ‘Temporarily’ Closes ‘JustBeenPaid’ Thread After Bickering Between Former Club Asteria Pitchman And Pitchman For ‘New’ Program Trading On JustBeenPaid’s Name
We’ve mentioned it before — and we’ll mention it again. In July 2010, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) described the HYIP sphere as a “bizarre substratum of the Internet.” It was as good a description as any, and here is yet another case in point: The MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi forum said today that it “temporarily” […]
UPDATE: No Updates On Club Asteria Blog Since Oct. 15, No ‘News’ Site Updates Since Sept. 12; Firm Continues To Publish Red Cross Logo In House Organ And On Purported ‘Philanthropic’ Site Despite Cease-And-Desist Letter; 2008 Cash-Gifting Video With Hank Needham Emerges
Is anybody at home at Club Asteria and the purported Asteria Philanthropic Foundation? And where, precisely, is home? The Club Asteria Blog on a .US domain has not been updated since Oct. 15. In the recent past, the Blog had been updated approximately every three (or so) days, according to the date notations on the […]