Archive for October 27th, 2015

BULLETIN: New York State Senator Calls Herbalife A ‘Pyramid Scheme,’ Says Its ‘House Of Cards Is Tumbling Down’

BULLETIN: New York State Senator Calls Herbalife A 'Pyramid Scheme,' Says Its 'House Of Cards Is Tumbling Down'

5th Update 8:04 p.m. EDT U.S.A. New York state Sen. Jeffrey D. Klein of the Bronx has called Herbalife a pyramid scheme whose “house of cards is tumbling down.” Klein’s comments came in the context of an “undercover investigation” conducted by his office into Herbalife nutrition clubs in “The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn,” according to a PDF […]

In Separate Case, Zeek Figure Robert Craddock Sentenced To 6 Months In Federal Prison — Plus 15 Days At ‘Work Farm’ After Release

Uncharged in the Zeek Rewards’ case, Robert Craddock nevertheless has received prison time after pleading guilty to swindling more than $117,000 from the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill fund. U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell of the Middle District of Florida yesterday sentenced Craddock to two six-month terms in federal prison to be served concurrently, followed by three […]

Sentencing Hearing Postponed For Zeek Rewards’ Executive Dawn-Wright Olivares

Sentencing Hearing Postponed For Zeek Rewards' Executive Dawn-Wright Olivares

Sentencing for Dawn Wright-Olivares, a former Zeek Rewards’ executive who pleaded guilty in February 2014 to investment-fraud conspiracy and tax-fraud conspiracy, has been postponed, the office of U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose of the Western District of North Carolina said today. Wright-Olivares, whose age was listed as 45 by federal prosecutors at the time of her guilty plea, […]