2 Days After Judge Cites Specific Web Domain And Declares Kenneth Wayne Leaming Filing ‘Undecipherable,’ PP Blog Receives Would-Be Comment With Link To Page That References Same Domain And Case Against Different Purported ‘Sovereign’
On Feb. 13, the PP Blog reported that a federal judge who was quoting from a pleading by AdSurfDaily figure and purported “sovereign citizen” Kenneth Wayne Leaming had referenced a domain styled peoplestrust1776.org. U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton declared Leaming’s filing, which apparently cited the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), “undecipherable.” The judge exempted prosecutors […]
Some ‘ProfitClicking’ Members Who Scheduled Sea Cruise May Have Gotten Lucky Break — Sort Of
Back in June 2012 — when the “program” later to become “ProfitClicking” still was known as JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid — a member told JSS/JBP operator Frederick Mann that she was arranging a sea cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines “out of Galveston, Texas” during the last week of January and the first week of February of this […]
In Report On ‘Sovereign Citizens’ Movement, North Carolina TV Station Revisits Strange Case Of Jennifer Melisa Herring
WWAYTV3 of Wilmington, N.C., aired a report on “sovereign citizens” during its 6 p.m. newscast today. The station revisited some of the strange circumstances surrounding Jennifer Melisa Herring, who was arrested in December 2012 by the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office after an alleged 15-minute car chase. After the PP Blog reported on Herring’s arrest, it […]
JUDGE: ‘All The Fancy Legal-Sounding Things’ ASD Figure Kenneth Wayne Leaming ‘Has Read On The Internet Are Make-Believe’
“The Court therefore feels some measure of responsibility to inform [Kenneth Wayne Leaming] that all the fancy legal-sounding things he has read on the internet are make-believe. Defendant can call himself a ‘public minister’ and ‘private attorney general,’ he may file ‘mandatory judicial notices’ citing all his favorite websites, he can even address mail to […]
In Explosive New Allegations, Receiver Says Jeremy Johnson Associate Opened New Bank Account In November 2012 And That Firm Owned By Johnson’s Parents Wired $500,000 Into It — And That Almost All Of The Money Was Removed By Associate On Same Day In Cash
EDITOR’S NOTE: Utah has been abuzz since the Salt Lake Tribune reported on Jan. 11 that a plea deal between Jeremy Johnson and the government had unraveled when prosecutors balked “at placing a list of people into the record that Johnson said prosecutors had promised not to indict if he entered a guilty plea.” “Included […]
Legisi HYIP Pitchman Matthew John Gagnon Pleads Guilty, Admits He Didn’t Disclose ‘Touting’ Compensation Of More Than $1 Million And Caused More Than $7 Million In Losses
Legisi HYIP Ponzi-scheme pitchman Matthew John Gagnon has pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan to a criminal charge of not disclosing he’d been paid more than $1 million by Legisi and its operator Gregory N. McKnight to tout the “program” online. In a plea agreement now public after being fashioned in October and […]
NORTH CAROLINA: Jonathan Davey, Figure In Infamous ‘Black Diamond’ And ‘Divine Circulation Services’ Ponzi And Fraud Caper, Convicted On All Counts; Jury Returned Verdicts In 45 Minutes
UPDATED 7:08 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Jonathan D. Davey, a Newark, Ohio, certified public accountant and purported hedge-fund manager, has been convicted of all four counts against him in the “Black Diamond” and “Divine Circulation Services” Ponzi and fraud schemes in the Western District of North Carolina. A federal jury, according to prosecutors, took only 45 […]
BULLETIN: CFTC Alleges Robert Stanley Harrison Of Easley, S.C., Was Presiding Over Fraud Scheme That Guaranteed ‘100 Percent Profits’ In 90 Days Through Investors Choice Advisors LLC Commodity Pool; Federal Judge Freezes Assets
BULLETIN: In a case filed under seal last week, the CFTC accused Robert Stanley Harrison of Easley, S.C.. of presiding over a commodity-pool and Forex fraud scheme in which investors were guaranteed a return of 100 percent in 90 days. The seal now has been lifted, and U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson has granted […]
BULLETIN: Mass Shooting At Delaware’s New Castle County Courthouse
A mass shooting occurred this morning at the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., multiple media outlets are reporting. Wilmington is the state’s largest city. The Wilmington News Journal is reporting that two women were killed by gunfire and three other people were wounded. Among the wounded are two Capitol police officers. The gunman […]
OHIO: Purported ‘Sovereign’ Citizen Allegedly Assaults Officer, Police Dog
A police officer and a police dog allegedly were assaulted Thursday during a confrontation at the home of a purported “sovereign citizen” in the Columbus suburb of Westerville in central Ohio, 10TV.com is reporting. Westerville is situated in Franklin and Delaware counties The station reported that Gabriel Carnelian Pace, the purported “sovereign,” was wanted on […]
NEW HAVEN REGISTER: Witness Says Alcoholics Anonymous Members Were Recruited For Cash-Gifting Scheme And That ‘Largest Conflict I’ve Ever Seen’ In AA Ensued
EDITOR’S NOTE: In May 2012, the PP Blog reported that three women had been arrested on federal charges in Connecticut that flowed from an alleged cash-gifting pyramid scheme. One of the women has pleaded guilty. Two others now are on trial. Cash-gifting often is associated with affinity fraud. The alleged Connecticut scheme centered around women […]