Month: September 2010
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INCREDIBLE: Florida — Again: SEC Files Complaint Against Purported ‘Gold’ Mining Operation In Miami Known As Quri Resources And Its CEO, Jaime Santiago Gomez
BULLETIN: The SEC has gone to federal court in Florida to accuse Quri Resources Inc. and its Chief Executive Officer Jaime Santiago Gomez of operating a pump-and-dump scheme to drive up the price of Quri’s unregistered stock. It was the second major action in Florida today against companies and individuals who allegedly were running stock-fraud…
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Sales Video For MPB Today Uses Class Envy To Target Food Stamp Recipients; ‘Refer Your Friends,’ Promo Urges
EDITOR’S NOTE: A YouTube video that encourages Food Stamp recipients to become affiliates of the MPB Today MLM program has been online for more than a month. The video implies MPB Today’s purportedly high shipping costs are a good reason for people who receive government aid to become MPB Today affiliates. MPB Today says it…
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Another MPB Today Pitch Page That Uses Walmart’s Name In Registered Domain Surfaces; More Check-Waving Promos Using Name Of Distressed Bank Elsewhere On Web
Another website that pitches the MPB Today MLM program and uses Walmart’s name in a registered domain name has surfaced. This one was registered Sept. 11, and uses an address in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Walmart is not the registered owner of the domain, and it is unclear if the registrant has the retail giant’s permission…
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TOILET-PAPER CAPER: Tipster Told FBI That Some Of Trevor Cook’s Ponzi Loot Was Stashed Behind Bathroom Tissue Dispenser; In Blistering Memo, SEC Says Cook’s Word ‘Not Worth The Paper That It Is Written On’
“Based on his track record, there is no reason to doubt — and every reason to believe — that [Trevor] Cook is hiding assets, and that he can do much, much more to recover stolen funds. Why else would Cook send millions of dollars to 14 foreign countries, including Dubai, Cyprus, Greece, Belize, Antigua, England,…