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BULLETIN: No Immediate Comment From Federal Prosecutors On Payza/Obopay Announcement On U.S. Attorney’s Site In District of Columbia: [UPDATE: Prosecutors Confirm Probe Under Way, Decline To Provide Details Or Identify Subject Of Investigation]

EDITOR’S NOTE ADDED AT 10:09 A.M. Federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia now have confirmed that an investigation is under way, but declined to provide details. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is involved in a pending investigation and we are unable to state the subject of the investigation or provide details,” the office of U.S.…

Dec 13, 2013
UPDATE: Garfield M. Taylor, Charged Civilly By SEC In 2011, Now Indicted On Criminal Charges In Alleged Ponzi Scheme

Garfield M. Taylor, the Maryland man accused civilly by the SEC in November 2011 of duping charitable organizations and people of faith in a Ponzi scheme, now has been indicted on criminal charges, the FBI and federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia said. Taylor, 54, of Rockville, faces counts of wire fraud, securities fraud…

Feb 28, 2013
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: AdSurfDaily Ponzi Schemer Andy Bowdoin Sentenced To 78 Months In Federal Prison — Maximum Under Plea Agreement

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (UPDATED 5:20 P.M ON SEPT 4.) AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin has been sentenced to the maximum term in federal prison under his plea agreement: 78 months. The sentence was handed down minutes ago by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer of the District of Columbia. ASD was a $119 million Ponzi…

Aug 29, 2012
UPDATE: In Bizarre Conference Call, ‘J.C.’ Of OneX Denies He Is Owner, Says SolidTrustPay Is Out — And Claims ‘Program’ Soon Will Be Using Payment Processor That Works ‘With Bank Of America’

“Like [AdSurfDaily], OneX does not generate income by selling a product to consumers outside the system. Instead, it simply re-distributes funds among participants. Thus, a participant will not earn money unless he or she recruits new members. When the addition of new members stops, the program ceases to exist.” — From court filing by Office…

Jun 20, 2012
KABOOM! Alleged International Scammer Targeted In Secret Service Undercover Probe Extradited To United States; ‘Prosecution Demonstrates That Those Who Try To Rip Off Americans From Behind A Computer Screen Across An Ocean Will Not Escape American Justice,’ Top Federal Prosecutor Says

EDITOR’S NOTE: The PP Blog first reported on the arrest in France of alleged international fraudster Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin on Aug. 11, 2010. The arrest came as the result of an undercover operation the U.S. Secret Service conducted on online forums. As the Blog reported at the time, “The arrest of Vladislav Horohorin is notable…

Jun 19, 2012
BULLETIN: Feds Move To Stay Discovery In Lawsuit Filed By ASD Figures Dwight Owen Schweitzer And Todd Disner; Prosecutors Say Neither Schweitzer Nor Disner Responded To May 23 Email

BULLETIN: Federal prosecutors have gone to federal court in the Southern District of Florida, asking a judge to delay discovery in the November 2011 lawsuit filed against the government by AdSurfDaily figures Dwight Owen Schweitzer and Todd Disner. In cases in which plaintiffs sue the government in federal court, assistant U.S. Attorneys who ordinarily may…

Jun 6, 2012
BULLETIN: Stewart David Nozette, American Scientist Who Sold Out His Country For The Price Of A Used Car, Sentenced To 13 Years In Federal Prison

BULLETIN: Stewart David Nozette, the Maryland man with a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a “Top Secret” security clearance, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison on charges of tax fraud and attempted espionage. The espionage case was brought by the FBI after Nozette — believing he’d been recruited by…

Mar 21, 2012
BULLETIN: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Accused White House Shooter, Formally Indicted On Charges Of Attempting To Assassinate President Obama; Case Assigned To Judge Collyer

BULLETIN: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, the Idaho man accused in November of shooting at the White House, now has been formally indicted on charges of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States. Ortega-Hernandez, 21, also was accused of assaulting three U.S. officers or employees with a deadly weapon. Whether the officers or employees were…

Jan 17, 2012
BULLETIN: ‘Trust Account’ For Accused Ponzi Schemer Andy Bowdoin ‘Currently Unable To Receive Money’; Is Bowdoin Encountering New Troubles In Wake Of ‘OneX’ Promos?

UPDATED 6:31 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) A website collecting money through PayPal for the criminal defense of accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin of AdSurfDaily appears to have lost its ability to gather funds designated for an attorney’s “trust account.” This message (next paragraph) appears if would-be Bowdoin sympathizers click on any of a number of payment…

Jan 11, 2012
UPDATE: ‘No Comment’ On Kenneth Wayne Leaming Arrest From AdSurfDaily Prosecutors; Name Of Leaming’s Washington State Firm Appears In FBI Affidavit, Congressional Record — And ASD-Related Email

Purported “sovereign citizen” Kenneth Wayne Leaming remains jailed near Seattle a week after his arrest on charges of filing bogus liens against five public officials involved in the AdSurfDaily Ponzi case in the District of Columbia, according to prison records. Leaming, 55, was arrested in Spanaway, Wash., on Nov. 22. He was charged with retaliating…

Nov 29, 2011
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Kenneth Wayne Leaming, AdSurfDaily Figure And Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen,’ Has Been Arrested In Washington State

UPDATED 3:59 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) : Kenneth Wayne Leaming, an AdSurfDaily figure and a purported “sovereign citizen,” has been arrested in Washington state. Leaming, 55, is listed as a prisoner at the Sea Tac Federal Detention Center near Seattle, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said this afternoon. The circumstances under which Leaming…

Nov 25, 2011