Archive for February 2015

Zeek Figure Robert Craddock’s Fun Club USA Severely Sanctioned In Trademark-Infringement Case; Judge Orders Default For Failure To Follow Court Order

OfferHubb.net Inc. sued Zeek Rewards figure Robert Craddock in February 2014, alleging Craddock “immediately” embarked on a web-based disparagement campaign after OfferHubb chose in July 2013 not to renew a contract with Craddock and Craddock’s Fun Club USA Inc. Co-defendants included Craddock’s wife, Sylvia Salgado Craddock, and Fun Club. Craddock was accused in the complaint […]

‘Achieve Community’ Websites Inaccessible

'Achieve Community' Websites Inaccessible

UPDATED 12:20 P.M. ET U.S.A. Two websites associated with the “Achieve Community” — ReadyToAchieve.com and TheAchieveCommunity.com — are inaccessible this morning. Achieve Community is under investigation by the Colorado Division of Securities. The PP Blog asked the Division this morning if it was aware of the outage and whether the inaccessibility of the sites had […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Bankruptcy Trustee Says TelexFree Was ‘Pyramid Scheme’ That Gathered As Much As $1.8 Billion

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Bankruptcy Trustee Says TelexFree Was 'Pyramid Scheme' That Gathered As Much As $1.8 Billion

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (10th Update 8:53 p.m. ET U.S.A.) In his first formal report to the Massachusetts bankruptcy court, TelexFree Trustee Stephen B. Darr calls the company a “pyramid scheme” that may have involved 1 million or more participants globally and gathered as much as $1.8 billion through arms in the United States […]

EXTRAORDINARY! Harper Lee, Beloved Author Of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird,’ Will Publish Second Novel In July; ‘Atticus’ And ‘Scout’ Are Characters, Publisher Confirms

EXTRAORDINARY! Harper Lee, Beloved Author Of 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' Will Publish Second Novel In July; 'Atticus' And 'Scout' Are Characters, Publisher Confirms

The publishing world and lovers of American literature are electrified this morning with news that the Harper imprint of HarperCollins is publishing “Go Set a Watchman,” a second novel by Harper Lee. Lee, 88, issued a statement through Harper in which she explained that she completed the book before setting out to write “To Kill […]

Promos By ‘Achieve Community’ Huckster For ‘Military Medical Relief 21’ Go Missing From YouTube

Promos By 'Achieve Community' Huckster For 'Military Medical Relief 21' Go Missing From YouTube

UPDATED 12:11 P.M. ET U.S.A. Two YouTube promos that asked U.S. military personnel and 20-year retirees to enroll in a purported study piggybacking off a purported “compound medication” to treat pain have been deleted. The promos were linked last month to “Achieve Community” huckster Rodney Blackburn, who also created a Facebook site to promote “Military […]