Archive for October 2013

BULLETIN: ‘First Clawback Claims Are Now Imminent,’ Zeek Receiver Says

BULLETIN: 'First Clawback Claims Are Now Imminent,' Zeek Receiver Says

BULLETIN: The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards MLM Ponzi scheme case says in new court filings that clawback claims against alleged net winners “are now imminent, and a lawsuit against multiple named defendants along with a class of net winners will be filed during the fourth quarter of 2013.” Zeek winners received an estimated […]

Churches May Be At Risk From WCM777 ‘Program’; Congregants In Rialto, Calif., May Have Been Swept Into Bizarre Cross-Border Scheme; YouTube Pitchman Says Venture Will ‘Go Into Selling Shares, Pre-IPOs’; Craigslist Flags Ad In Atlanta; Siemens AG Says ‘No Form Of Cooperation Exists’ Between Itself ‘And The World Capital Market Company’

Churches May Be At Risk From WCM777 'Program'; Congregants In Rialto, Calif., May Have Been Swept Into Bizarre Cross-Border Scheme; YouTube Pitchman Says Venture Will 'Go Into Selling Shares, Pre-IPOs'; Craigslist Flags Ad In Atlanta; Siemens AG Says 'No Form Of Cooperation Exists' Between Itself 'And The World Capital Market Company'

Siemens AG, the German engineering and electronics conglomerate, has taken the unusual step of issuing an “official statement” on its public website that “no form of cooperation exists between Siemens and the World Capital Market company and its affiliated businesses.” The statement appeared yesterday and was announced on Twitter, after the multibillion-dollar firm had received […]

BULLETIN: Another Mass Shooting In United States — This One In Kaufman County, Texas, Which Already Had Experienced Unspeakable Violence Earlier This Year

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 4:20 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The unthinkable has happened again in Kaufman County, Texas, where the district attorney, his wife and a prosecutor allegedly were gunned down earlier this year by a now-jailed former Justice of the Peace who was aided by his spouse. Various media outlets now are reporting that a man went […]

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Man Under Investigation For $5K Offering Fraud Launched Double-Down Scam; Won Sang Chen Cho Banned From Securities Markets; BCSC Says He ‘Poses A Serious And Continuing Risk’

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Man Under Investigation For $5K Offering Fraud Launched Double-Down Scam; Won Sang Chen Cho Banned From Securities Markets; BCSC Says He 'Poses A Serious And Continuing Risk'

A British Columbia man already under investigation for duping investors $5,000 at a time doubled down and then went for $10,000, the British Columbia Securities Commission said. Won Sang Chen Cho, also known as Craig Cho, now has been banned for life from the securities trade, the agency said. Cho, the agency said, “poses a […]

UPDATE: ‘YouGetPaidFast’ Pitchman Said To Be Casting Net At Unemployment Office For Gifting-Program Leads; Meanwhile, Scheme Takes A Phil Piccolo-Like Turn By Pointing To Alexa Rankings As Supposed Proof Of Legitimacy

UPDATE: 'YouGetPaidFast' Pitchman Said To Be Casting Net At Unemployment Office For Gifting-Program Leads; Meanwhile, Scheme Takes A Phil Piccolo-Like Turn By Pointing To Alexa Rankings As Supposed Proof Of Legitimacy

YouGetPaidFast, a Texas-based “program” that plants the seed it has the blessing of the FBI, is benefiting from a pitchman who is handing out flyers at an “unemployment office,” according to a post from an apparent naysayer at the MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi forum. The poster says his friend is the one handing out the flyers — […]

DEVELOPING STORY: Now-Dead California Rampage Suspect Reportedly Announced Murder On Facebook, Took Hostages And Shot At Police And Motorists During Highway Chase

DEVELOPING STORY: Now-Dead California Rampage Suspect Reportedly Announced Murder On Facebook, Took Hostages And Shot At Police And Motorists During Highway Chase

DEVELOPING STORY: This may be the bitterest irony of all in the bizarre and chilling story that played out yesterday in the environs of Ridgecrest, Calif: Ridgecrest Mayor Dan Clark reportedly was teaching a class on conflict resolution at Mesquite Continuation High School when all hell broke loose in his normally quiet town of about […]

Another Scam In Zeekland Region

Another Scam In Zeekland Region

A 48-year-old resident of Lexington, N.C., has been charged criminally in an alleged “precious metals investment scam,” the office of North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall said. Huge profits purportedly would flow within two weeks from gold transactions in the Middle East, according to related state filings. Rondell Scott HedrickĀ  was taken to […]

BULLETIN: FBI Issues Wanted Posters, INTERPOL Issues Red Notices For Alleged International Cybercriminals Who Targeted Americans In Scam That Duped Big-Ticket Shoppers

BULLETIN: FBI Issues Wanted Posters, INTERPOL Issues Red Notices For Alleged International Cybercriminals Who Targeted Americans In Scam That Duped Big-Ticket Shoppers

BULLETIN: The FBI has issued Wanted posters and INTERPOL has issued Red Notices for at least five alleged cybercriminals who targeted Americans and websites such as eBay, Cars.com, AutoTrader.com and CycleTrader.com in a scheme that netted millions of dollars. Victims were in the marketplaces for high-ticket items such as cars, boats and motorcycles, and the […]

BULLETIN: Massachusetts Teacher Found Murdered; 14-Year-Old In Custody

BULLETIN: Massachusetts Teacher Found Murdered; 14-Year-Old In Custody

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 10:37 A.M. EDT U.S.A.) A 24-year-old teacher reported missing late last night was found murdered in the woods near Danvers High School in Essex County, Mass., prompting the closure of all schools in the district today, authorities said. Precisely how Colleen Ritzer died was not revealed at a news conference by District Attorney […]

Accused Identity Thief May Have Had User ID At TalkGold Ponzi Forum, KrebsOnSecurity Reports; Hieu Minh Ngo, A Vietnamese National, Jailed In United States After Plot ‘To Steal And Sell’ Personally Identifiable Information From More Than 500,000 Individuals, Feds Say

Accused Identity Thief May Have Had User ID At TalkGold Ponzi Forum, KrebsOnSecurity Reports; Hieu Minh Ngo, A Vietnamese National, Jailed In United States After Plot 'To Steal And Sell' Personally Identifiable Information From More Than 500,000 Individuals, Feds Say

EDITOR’S NOTE: KrebsOnSecurity is written by Brian Krebs, who worked as a reporter for the Washington Post from 1995 to 2009. Our thanks to a PP Blog reader who brought our attention to information highlighted in the story below. Although the PP Blog is focusing on the TalkGold angle, the KrebsOnSecurity report covers much more, […]

ALBANY (N.Y.) TIMES UNION: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Who Once Identified Himself As A ‘1922 Silver Dollar Coin’ Found Guilty After Being Tossed From Courtroom For Disruptive Behavior

ALBANY (N.Y.) TIMES UNION: Purported 'Sovereign Citizen' Who Once Identified Himself As A '1922 Silver Dollar Coin' Found Guilty After Being Tossed From Courtroom For Disruptive Behavior

It’s another bizarre one from the make-believe world of “sovereign citizens.” From the Albany Times Union, in a story dated today: “Glenn Unger, 62, could only watch the verdict via video from a cell in the Rensselaer County jail. Unger’s antics during the four-day trial before U.S. District Court Senior Judge Thomas McAvoy convinced the […]