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Category: Alleged Ponzi Schemes

Illinois Ponzi Fugitive Couple On Lam For 12 Years Captured In Arizona By U.S. Marshals Service; Arrests Occurred Day After ‘America’s Most Wanted’ Aired Broadcast

The “America’s Most Wanted” TV show and AZCentral.com are reporting that fugitive Illinois Ponzi couple Nelson Grant Hallahan, 65, and Janet Hallahan, 54, were captured Saturday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Arizona after 12 years on the lam. “America’s Most Wanted” aired the couple’s story on Friday. The Hallahans were captured the next day.…

May 7, 2012
Only Days After Negative CONSOB Finding On JSS Tripler, Affiliate Press Release Claims ‘Program’ Lets Members ‘Start With Just $10 And Turn It Into A Fortune’

At the moment, Google News is providing an interesting juxtaposition on the subject of JSS Tripler, the purported arm of the “JustBeenPaid” program that does not identify itself with a nation-state, makes members affirm they are not with the “government” and advertises an absurd monthly return of 60 percent. Frederick Mann, the “opportunity’s” purported operator,…

May 5, 2012
DEVELOPING STORY: [BULLETIN]: Filings Suggest New Strain Of Autosurfing Cancer Discovered In Canada; British Columbia Securities Commission Investigating ‘Bossteam E-Commerce Inc.’ Amid Ponzi Allegations

BULLETIN: A potential new form of online fraud that sells memberships for up to $5,000, purportedly pays participants for clicking on ads and also invites them to exchange “private” shares in the venture through a purported “internal trading platform” has been discovered in Canada, according to the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC). The scheme recorded…

May 4, 2012
Andy Bowdoin A No-Show In Last Night’s Conference Call For ‘OneX’; Absence Blamed On ‘Personal Problems’ Days After Prosecutors Call ‘OneX’ A ‘Fraudulent Scheme’

UPDATED 12:06 P.M. EDT (MAY 5, USA): Andy Bowdoin’s bond-review hearing has been rescheduled from May 8 to May 18. Here, below, our earlier story . . . Only days ago, federal prosecutors described the OneX “program” pitched online by accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin of AdSurfDaily as a “fraudulent scheme” and “pyramid” that “simply…

May 3, 2012
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Feds Arrest 3 ‘Leaders’ Of Alleged Cash-Gifting Scheme; Conspiracy, Wire Fraud And Tax Fraud Charged; ‘Defendants Attempted To Intimidate A Participant Who Had Questioned The Legality Of The Gifting Table Scheme,’ Prosecutors Say

So, you think your cash-gifting “sponsor” has your best interest at heart? Three women who were “leaders” of a cash-gifting scheme in Connecticut were arrested earlier today on charges of conducting a pyramid scheme and engaging in a conspiracy, wire fraud and tax fraud, federal prosecutors said. The scam operated between 2008 and 2011, reached…

May 2, 2012
BULLETIN: Feds Now Say Andy Bowdoin Was Charged In Securities Swindle In Third Alabama County; Records Show Arrest Warrants Were Issued And Suggest AdSurfDaily Patriarch Spent Time In Jail Prior To ASD Launch And Subsequent Ponzi Probe

In April 24 court filings, federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia described four instances in which accused Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin was charged during the 1990s with state-level, securities-related crimes in Alabama. Those crimes occurred in Montgomery and Wilcox counties, prosecutors said. But yesterday prosecutors informed Bowdoin’s lawyers and U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer…

May 1, 2012
UPDATE: Call In Which Frederick Mann Told JSS/JBP Members That ‘Opportunity’ Was Paying Them With Funds From ‘New Members’ Goes Missing From Website

UPDATED 7:44 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.). A potentially damning audio recording of a March 15 conference call in which Frederick Mann told JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid members that the “opportunity” was paying them with money from “new members” has gone missing from the JSS/JBP website. The precise date on which the recording was removed was not immediately clear.…

May 1, 2012
UPDATE: AdSurfDaily’s Andy Bowdoin Faces May 8 Bond-Review Hearing

With federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia now saying AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin was involved in multiple fraud schemes after the U.S. Secret Service seized $65.8 million from his personal bank accounts in August 2008 in a Ponzi probe, the ASD patriarch now faces a bond-review hearing in Washington. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer…

Apr 30, 2012
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: [UPDATED]: Government Says It Has Tied Andy Bowdoin To Failed AdViewGlobal Autosurf; Prosecutors Also Cite AdSurfDaily Patriarch’s ‘OneX’ Sales Pitch, Calling Program A ‘Fraudulent Scheme’

UPDATED 11:40 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors say they’ve tied AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin to the failed AdViewGlobal autosurf and intend to introduce evidence of “uncharged misconduct” at Bowdoin’s trial for the alleged ASD Ponzi scheme. Meanwhile, prosecutors say “OneX” — a “program” Bowdoin said he was pitching to help pay for his criminal defense…

Apr 26, 2012
[DONATION POST]: PP Blog At Brink Again As May Approaches (And Publication Passes 1,600-Post Milestone)

With May approaching , the PP Blog once again is at the edge of an abyss. In July 2011, the Blog enabled a donation button. We’ve stayed online to fight the good fight — thanks to readers. As was the case last month, key bills are coming due and core essentials are in short supply.…

Apr 26, 2012
MOST UN-‘WISE’: 2 Ponzi Schemers Ride Their Wordplay To Prison Sentences Totaling More Than 33 Years; Judge Declares Crime ‘Evil’

“Defendant Trebor Company (Robert spelled backward) is a sole proprietorship owned by [Robert C. Brown Jr.] and is the name he has used for his ‘investment group.’” — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in civil complaint against Trebor and Brown, July 23, 2008 “Evidence at trial established that much of the investor money was funneled…

Apr 26, 2012