Hawaii Prosecutor Says ‘Women’s Gifting Circles’ Pyramid Scheme Operating In State — Plus, Update On ‘Blessing Gold Club’
“Women’s Gifting Circles” or “Women Empowering Women Circles” pyramid schemes are operating in Hawaii, said Kauai Prosecuting Attorney Justin F. Kollar. “These schemes are marketed as a way to entice women through a tiered investment model, often using language that speaks in terms of ‘empowering’ women spiritually or financially,” Kollar said. “The people at the […]
BULLETIN: Tata Group, Famous Business Concern In India, Says Fraudsters Trading On Its Name To Push HYIP Scheme; Purported Agriculture ‘Program’ Has Presence On The Ponzi Boards
BULLETIN: (3rd Update 8:32 a.m. ET, Feb. 20 U.S.A.) The Tata Group, a global conglomerate based in India, says its name has been stolen by an HYIP Ponzi scheme. The fraud scheme is associated with a domain styled TataAgro.com and has a presence on the MoneyMakerGroup, TalkGold and DreamTeamMoney Ponzi forums, according to search results. […]
TELEXFREE LA-LA LAND: Promo For Alleged Pyramid Scheme’s International Convention Is Voiced By Former SEC Defendant (In Pyramid-Scheme Case) — And Uses Images Of Pyramids Of Giza And American MLM Lawyer
U.S.-based TelexFree, alleged in Brazil to be a massive pyramid scheme, is serving up a heaping helping of strangeness. For starters, a promo for TelexFree’s International Convention set for Spain next month is being voiced by Sann Rogrigues, whom the SEC successfully sued in 2006 amid allegations he was operating a pyramid scheme and engaging […]
Why California’s WCM777 Action May Spell Trouble For HYIP Promoters On You Tube
Still using social-media sites to promote massive fraud schemes — even after the AdSurfDaily, Zeek Rewards and Profitable Sunrise debacles? Thanks to his presence on social media, Harold Zapata, a WCM777 YouTube pitchman named a respondent in a Desist and Refrain order announced last month by California’s Department of Business Oversight, may be trapped between […]
BULLETIN: California Asks Residents Who Bought Into WCM777 To Contact Department Of Business Oversight ‘Immediately’; State Says Thousands Of Locals Bought Into Scam
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 6:38 P.M. ET U.S.A.) The state of California, which last month issued a Desist and Refrain order against the WCM777 MLM “program” and called it an “investment scam,” now is asking residents who invested in WCM777 to contact the Department of Business Oversight “immediately.” At least 5,500 Californians plowed money into the scheme, […]
Suspect Arrested In Tennessee Package Bombing That Killed 2
Jon Setzer, a 74-year-old attorney and country preacher, was killed when a package bomb exploded at his home Monday. His wife, Marion, 72, was seriously injured in the explosion. She died yesterday. See CNN report on an arrest made today. Richard Parker, 49, has been charged in the alleged murders. He is the son-in-law of […]
REPORTS: Authorities In Brazil Have Isolated Computer Allegedly Used In Ghastly Campaign Against Prosecutor Involved In TelexFree Pyramid Case
There are reports in Brazilian media tonight that authorities may be on the cusp of identifying the person responsible for using Facebook in a ghastly campaign to menace a prosecutor involved in the TelexFree pyramid-scheme probe. Quoting investigators in the state of Acre, Globo.com is reporting that authorities have isolated the computer used in the […]
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UPDATE: 2 Key Figures In Zeek Case Will Be Under Supervision Of U.S. Probation Office While Out On Bond
In an update to victims of the $850 million Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors said Dawn Wright-Olivares and Daniel Olivares will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office while out on bond. Wright-Olivares, 45, was Zeek’s former COO. She pleaded guilty last week to investment-fraud conspiracy and tax-fraud conspiracy. Daniel Olivares, the […]
Banners Broker Cultists Rip Play From Zeek, AdSurfDaily, AdViewGlobal HYIP Scambook
Whoever is pulling the linguistic strings at the Banners Broker HYIP cult operating globally online now is channeling Zeek Rewards, AdSurfDaily and AdViewGlobal in their final days. Zeek, an $850 million Ponzi- and pyramid fraud that once suggested participants should change their toilet-paper dispensing habits if instructed to do so, threatened to ban members who […]
MORE FROM MLM LA-LA LAND: Former SEC Defendant In Pyramid-Scheme And Affinity-Fraud Case To Headline TelexFree Event In Spain
Calling Sann Rodrigues its “TOP PROMOTER IN THE WORLD,” the alleged TelexFree pyramid scheme curiously has announced that Rodrigues will be a headliner at a TelexFree rah-rah session in Spain on March 1 and 2. An image of Rodrigues now rolls across TelexFree’s website. But the promo does not mention that Rodrigues was successfully sued […]