Category: Ad Surf Daily
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GNI Members: Failed Program Was ‘Honest’ And ‘Real’; Critics Should Shut Up And Focus On Haiti Earthquake
Critics of Gold Nugget Invest (GNI), the collapsed Internet HYIP, do not understand that the program that advertised a return of 7.5 percent a week was “real,” according to a member writing on an online Ponzi board. Bickering about GNI only will lead to additional problems for the company, which is faithfully trying to reorganize,…
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PROSECUTORS: ‘Final Action’ In Second ASD Forfeiture Case Not Expected For ‘Several Months’
UPDATED 11:46 A.M. ET (U.S.A.) Final judicial action in the second forfeiture case filed against assets connected to AdSurfDaily “is not expected for at least several months,” federal prosecutors said. The second action was filed in December 2008. It identified family members of ASD President Andy Bowdoin as beneficiaries of a Ponzi, wire-fraud and money-laundering…
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California Man Guilty In $62 Million Ponzi Scheme; Milton Retana Targeted Latinos, Ordered Evidence To Be Hidden In Back Of Religious Bookstore
In yet another case in which the name of a precious metal or mineral was used in a Ponzi scheme, Milton Retana has been found guilty of six counts of mail fraud and one count of lying to federal investigators. Evidence of the fraud was hidden in the back of a religious bookstore operated by…
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CHILLING: Terrorism Link, A Ponzi, An HYIP, Gold, Mysterious ‘Offshore’ Businesses, ‘Rebates’ — And A Brutal Murder In California
EDITOR’S NOTE: HYIP or autosurf promoter? Can’t say no to the commissions from recruiting people into scheme after scheme? Position yourself as an “expert” on Internet forums — even though you don’t have a clue about the motivations of the program owners and may not even know their names? Find yourself promoting programs that reference…
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Scott Rothstein Property To Be Auctioned Saturday; Big Crowd Expected; Politicians Likely To Stay Home
Disbarred attorney and Ponzi scheme suspect Scott Rothstein’s name is radioactive among politicians of both major parties in the United States. The embarrassment began to build when Rothstein, a celebrated schmoozer and source of campaign funds, fled to Morocco after the alleged $1.2 billion scheme began to unravel last fall. Things got worse yet when…
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MAGNIFYING GLASS: Local Cops Alerted Receiver In Cook/Kiley Ponzi Case That Credit Card Was Being Used After Asset Freeze
Player in a Ponzi scheme? If alleged Minnesota schemer Trevor Cook’s experience is any indication, you should expect to be placed under a microscope by local merchants and police if you’re named in a complaint by regulators. Cub Foods, a Minnesota-based grocery chain, placed Cook under video surveillance when he entered a local store. A…
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UPDATE: Prosecutor Lauds FBI Terrorism Task Force In Case That Linked Serial HYIP Promoter To Scheme Operated By Man Convicted Of Financing Terrorism
EDITOR’S NOTE: In an earlier post, we briefly touched on Ponzi peddler Brian David Anderson and his tie to an HYIP operated by a man convicted of financing terror. Federal prosecutors now have released a formal statement on Anderson’s guilty plea in a related Ponzi scheme — and the statement thanked the FBI’s Joint Terrorism…
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PARTIAL LIST: Gold Nugget Invest (GNI) Just Latest Failed Scheme Promoted By AdSurfDaily Members; One Program After Another Pushed By Promoters Has Collapsed
EDITOR’S NOTE: This list summarizes several programs pushed by members of AdSurfDaily, a Florida company implicated in an alleged $100 million Ponzi scheme. In some cases, the programs were pushed prior to the seizure by the U.S. Secret Service in August 2008 of 15 bank accounts linked to ASD or Golden Panda Ad Builder, one…
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EDITORIAL: Gold Nugget Invest ‘Players’ Create Smokescreen For Failed HYIP; Defend Company On Ponzi Boards, Claiming United States Has No Jurisdiction
EDITOR’S NOTE: Claims often are made that it’s “safe” for U.S. residents to invest in “offshore” opportunities and that offshore enterprises are outside the reach of U.S. regulators and law-enforcement agencies. This column refutes those assertions — and also includes information on Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, also known as “Michael Mixon.” Alishtari operated an…
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ASD ALL OVER AGAIN? Gold Nugget Invest (GNI) Collapse Brings Out The Conspiracy Theorists, Apologists; Theorists Claim Interpol Investigating SEC
EDITOR’S NOTE: Conspiracy theories quickly became part of the AdSurfDaily story after federal agents seized tens of millions of dollars from the company in August 2008 amid Ponzi scheme allegations. Yesterday reports surfaced that Gold Nugget Invest (GNI), a High Yield Income Program (HYIP) positioned as a betting arbitrage, had collapsed. GNI reportedly announced that…
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REPORTS: Gold Nugget Invest (GNI) Has Collapsed; Belize Issued Warning In November, But Program Pitched On Surf’s Up In December
There are multiple reports that the Gold Nugget Invest (GNI) HYIP has collapsed — although the early spin is that the program is embarking on a “Re-organization.” The government of Belize put out a warning on GNI in November. Some members said the warning was meaningless, and continued to tout the program. GNI’s website now…