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BULLETIN: Renner Case Takes West Coast Turn; Prosecutors Seek Forfeiture Of San Diego Property Allegedly Bought With Funds From INetGlobal Advertisers

BULLETIN: UPDATED 1:47 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors and the U.S. Secret Service have filed paperwork that says INetGlobal’s parent company — Inter-Mark Corp. — acquired a property in San Diego last year and intended to remodel it with proceeds from a Ponzi scheme. Records suggest the purchase price of the property was $595,000 and…

May 7, 2010
BULLETIN: Steve Renner, Operator Of INetGlobal Autosurf, Sentenced To 18 Months In Federal Prison In Tax Case Tied To His Money-Services Business

UPDATED 6:57 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The operator of the INetGlobal autosurf has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for income-tax evasion. Steve Renner also was ordered by U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank to cooperate with the IRS “in the assessment and payment of taxes still due,” federal prosecutors said. Renner was convicted in…

May 5, 2010
Obama Nominates Andy Bowdoin Lawyer To Be U.S. Attorney For Northern District Of Florida; Separately, Bowdoin Appeal In Subpoena Case Dismissed By Panel

An attorney who represented AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin in state court in Florida has been nominated by President Obama to become the new U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. If confirmed by the Senate, Pamela Cothran Marsh would replace Thomas F. Kirwin as the top federal prosecutor in the region, which encompasses 23…

May 5, 2010
FLASHBACK: Year Ago Today, AdViewGlobal Announced Offshore Wire Facilitator — On Same Day Obama Announced Crackdown On International Fraud

Longtime readers of the PP Blog may scarcely believe a year has passed since the AdViewGlobal (AVG) autosurf announced a new, offshore wire facilitator — on the same day President Obama announced a crackdown on international fraud. Obama delivered his remarks at 11:37 a.m. By 5:54 p.m., a member of an AVG forum operated by…

May 4, 2010
Another Ponzi Halted In New York; SEC Says Matthew J. Ryan Targeted Senior Citizens In Scheme Involving Company That Existed In Name Only

American Integrity Financial Co. existed in name only, the SEC said today. Its operator, Matthew J. Ryan, 45, of Troy, N.Y., used the bogus company to fleece senior citizens in a Ponzi scheme by telling them they’d earn “guaranteed” return rates ofÂ 3.85 percent to 9 percent each year. It was the second Ponzi scheme…

May 4, 2010
THE MODERN PONZI: Federal Judge Orders Parties Not To ‘Harass’ Receiver In Mantria/Speed Of Wealth Case; Dozens Of Companies Now Ensnared In Litigation

A federal judge has issued an order that effectively puts a court-appointed receiver in control of dozens of entities related to Mantria Corp. and Speed of Wealth LLC in a search for “recoverable assets.” One of the receiver’s duties is to determine if fraudulent transfers occurred between or among companies, according to the order. The…

May 4, 2010
BULLETIN: Reuters Reports At Least 4 Dead Amid Heavy Gunfire In Protest Related To Collapsed Ponzi Scheme In Sudan

At least four people died in Sudan today after gunfire erupted at a rally at which an estimated 1,000 people had gathered to protest against a Ponzi scheme that devastated investors, Reuters is reporting. Sudanese security forces fired on the crowd, and members of the crowd also had weapons and exchanged gunfire with the forces,…

May 2, 2010
INetGlobal Employees Ask Judge For Order That Blocks Secret Service From Interviewing Them; Claim Government Has ‘Superiority’ Mentality

The litigation against INetGlobal amid Ponzi scheme allegations is turning into a legal slugfest in multiple venues. On one side, federal prosecutors are seeking to disqualify INetGlobal attorney Mark Kallenbach, claiming that he is attempting to be both a lawyer and a witness in the same case. Now, employees of INetGlobal are seeking a protective…

Apr 30, 2010
PONZI NEWS/UPDATES: Fire Destroys ‘3 Hebrew Boys’ Ponzi Headquarters; Minnesota Man Gets Nearly 10 Years In Prison In Ponzi Case; California Man Gets 25

Sign of the apocalypse? The headquarters of the “3 Hebrew Boys” Ponzi scheme in Columbia, S.C., was gutted in a fire Monday and Tuesday. Firefighters spent 19 hours over two days battling the blaze, but the “building and all contents . . . were completely destroyed,” according to Beattie B. Ashmore. Ashmore is the court-appointed…

Apr 28, 2010
Steve Renner Fires, Gets Restraining Order Against Donald Allen; Says Former VP Harassed Him, Tried To Extort $100,000

Former INetGlobal CEO Steven Keough now has some company on the list of people alleged to have tried to extort money from the Steve Renner family of companies. Renner went to court yesterday in Minnesota to seek a restraining order prohibiting Donald Allen from harassing him. The order was granted after Renner asserted Allen tried…

Apr 28, 2010
No Stranger To Controversy, Donald Allen Says He Is Cooperating With Secret Service In INetGlobal Probe And Has ‘One Hell Of A Story’ To Tell

UPDATED 6:08 P.M. ET (U.S.A. JAN. 20, 2011.) EDITOR’S NOTE: The story below includes an assertion by Donald Allen that his IBNN.org website was knocked offline Sunday by a company with ties to INetGlobal. Moments before the story was set for publication, the IBNN website returned. The story does not reflect this later event, and…

Apr 27, 2010