Matthew J. Gagnon

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Full Statement Of SEC On Criminal Conviction, Restitution Order And Civil Liability Of ‘Serial’ HYIP Ponzi Pitchman Matthew J. Gagnon

Full Statement Of SEC On Criminal Conviction, Restitution Order And Civil Liability Of 'Serial' HYIP Ponzi Pitchman Matthew J. Gagnon

EDITOR’S NOTE: As the PP Blog reported Wednesday, HYIP Ponzi-scheme pitchman Matthew John Gagnon has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. On Thursday, the SEC released the statement reproduced below. Here’s hoping it will be the shot heard around the HYIP Ponzi World. Still pushing HYIPs on your websites and social-media sites, in […]

[VOMIT ALERT]: JSS Tripler 2 — After Name Change to T2MoneyKlub — Opens Feeder Scam Called Compound150; Operator/Cheerleader Lecture MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi-Forum Mods As ‘Opportunity’ Targets ‘Compounding Lovers’

[VOMIT ALERT]: JSS Tripler 2 -- After Name Change to T2MoneyKlub -- Opens Feeder Scam Called Compound150; Operator/Cheerleader Lecture MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi-Forum Mods As 'Opportunity' Targets 'Compounding Lovers'

The ink was barely dry on the most recent civil judgments for millions of dollars against serial HYIP pitchman Matthew J. Gagnon when Compound150 launched yesterday. On Tuesday, the SEC announced $4.2 million in new court-ordered assessments against Gagnon, who’d earlier been hit with more than $2.5 million in assessments in a related case and […]

‘DAVE’ UPDATE: JSS Tripler 2 (T2) Blocks Public Access To Forum; Purported ‘Admin’ Claims Members Distorting ‘The Facts’ As He Announces ‘Scan’ Of Member-Critics On MoneyMakerGroup; Faith Sloan Chides Legendary Huckster ‘Ken Russo’ With ‘Oopsies’

'DAVE' UPDATE: JSS Tripler 2 (T2) Blocks Public Access To Forum; Purported 'Admin' Claims Members Distorting 'The Facts' As He Announces 'Scan' Of Member-Critics On MoneyMakerGroup; Faith Sloan Chides Legendary Huckster 'Ken Russo' With 'Oopsies'

UPDATE: “Dave,” the purported “admin” of an increasingly bizarre HYIP known as JSS Tripler 2 (T2), has blocked public access to the T2 forum. T2, which purportedly was born after a meeting of Ponzi-forum minds, is using payment processors notoriously friendly to Ponzi and fraud schemes. The “program” is trading on the name of a […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Legisi HYIP Pitchman Matthew John Gagnon Named In Criminal Complaint By U.S. Secret Service

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Legisi HYIP Pitchman Matthew John Gagnon Named In Criminal Complaint By U.S. Secret Service

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Matthew J. Gagnon, an alleged online pitchman for the Legisi HYIP Ponzi scheme, has been named in a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Secret Service. Gagnon, 42, of Portland Ore., and Weslaco, Texas, was accused civilly by the SEC in 2010 of being “a danger to the investing public,” […]

KABOOM! Web-Based Ponzi Pitchman For Legisi Hit With Judgments Totaling More Than $2.5 Million; Receiver Hires Law Firm To Collect Against Matthew J. Gagnon; Scheme Was Promoted On TalkGold, MoneyMakerGroup, Among Others

KABOOM! Web-Based Ponzi Pitchman For Legisi Hit With Judgments Totaling More Than $2.5 Million; Receiver Hires Law Firm To Collect Against Matthew J. Gagnon; Scheme Was Promoted On TalkGold, MoneyMakerGroup, Among Others

A web-based pitchman for the alleged Legisi Ponzi scheme has been hit with separate court judgments of $1.69 million and $810,000. Meanwhile, the court-appointed receiver in the Legisi case has hired local counsel in Oregon to pursue the judgments against Matthew J. Gagnon and Mazu Publishing Inc. Legisi was alleged by the SEC in 2008 […]

Nicholas A. Smirnow, Pathway To Prosperity (P2P) Operator, A ‘Convicted Burglar, Robber And Drug Dealer’ Who Fleeced At Least 40,000 People In International Ponzi Scheme

Nicholas A. Smirnow, Pathway To Prosperity (P2P) Operator, A 'Convicted Burglar, Robber And Drug Dealer' Who Fleeced At Least 40,000 People In International Ponzi Scheme

Here is how Pathway To Prosperity (P2P), operated by Nicholas A. Smirnow, was described by members of the indefatigable, Ponzi-pushing ASA Monitor forum in 2007: “Just talked with Nick today on the phone,” one member said. “I always enjoy talking with him — honest and straightforward.” “This one is a WINNER,” another crowed. “People, you […]