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A PONZI WORLD FIRST? JSS Tripler 2 Collapses — And Obvious Ponzi ‘Program’ Blames Ponzi-Pushers’ Forum For Demise

UPDATED 4:05 PM EDT (U.S.A.): It’s MoneyMakerGroup’s fault that JSS Tripler 2 (T2) — also known as T2MoneyKlub — has collapsed. And it’s also the fault of “Elmer,” a forum poster who apparently committed the unpardonable sin of questioning the legitimacy of a scheme that advertised a return of 2 percent a day — after…

May 13, 2012
BULLETIN: JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid Hit By Hackers, Members Claim In Conference Call; Reports Surface About Unauthorized Purchases — And Companion Site May Be Target Of DDoS Attack

BULLETIN: There are multiple reports this morning from self-identified residents of the United States and Canada about account hackings and unresponsive support at JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid, the “program” purportedly operated by former AdSurfDaily pitchman Frederick Mann. JSS/JBP purports to pay a monthly return of 60 percent, double that of the now-defunct ASD, an alleged Ponzi scheme.…

May 11, 2012
AdSurfDaily Figure Christian Oesch Named Defendant In Lawsuit Filed By Fannie Mae; Utah Man Calls Himself ‘Fiction & Transmitting Utility’ In Response To Complaint

EDITOR’S NOTE: In July 2010, Christian Oesch of Utah, and Kenneth Wayne Leaming of Spanaway, Wash., sought to sue the United States — apparently for the staggering sum of more than $29 trillion — for its actions in the AdSurfDaily Ponzi forfeiture case brought by the U.S. Secret Service in August 2008. The Secret Service…

May 9, 2012
INTERPOL PRESIDENT: Transnational Criminals Working For ‘Common . . . Boss’ In Asia Gathered Billions; Suspects Caught At Airport In ‘Nick Of Time’; Cybercrime Costs In Europe Now Approaching $1 TRILLION A Year; U.S. Banks Lost $12 Billion To Cyber Criminals In 2011

“[Eighty] per cent of crime committed online is now connected to organized gangs operating across borders. Criminal gangs now find that transnational and cybercrime are far more rewarding and profitable than other riskier forms of making money.” — INTERPOL President Khoo Boon Hui at 41st European Regional Conference held in Tel Aviv, citing study from…

May 9, 2012
FEDS: Istvan Merchenthaler Charged In Alleged ‘Prepaid Phone Cards’ Ponzi Scheme That Stole More Than $2 Million From Investors

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re keeping a “Bubba Blue” notebook on how to have your Ponzi scheme, this alleged caper in Greater Philadelphia involving prepaid phone cards and purported ties to major retailers perhaps merits an entry . . . A 42-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged in an alleged “prepaid phone cards” Ponzi scheme that…

May 8, 2012
BULLETIN: SEC Says Boston Church Scammed By Fraudster While Dual Probes Were Under Way; Federal Judge Freezes Assets Of Arnett L. Waters; A.L. Waters Capital LLC And Moneta Management LLC Also Charged

BULLETIN: Arnett Lanse Waters, 62, of Milton, Mass., was “permanently barred” on March 9 “from association with any” Financial Industry Regulatory Authority member for failing to provide testimony” in a FINRA probe, the SEC said. This ban occurred after Waters — in 1993 — was “censured and barred for two years by the New York…

May 7, 2012
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
Alleged Missouri ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Indicted In $212,000 Social Security Rip-Off, Feds Say; Charles Daniel Koss Allegedly Sent Agency ‘False Negotiable Instrument’ To Pay Off Debt

Charles Daniel Koss, 62, of Independence, Mo., allegedly owed the Social Security Administration $212,000 because he collected disability benefits to which he was not entitled between September 1994 and January 2010. Koss allegedly was working with his wife at Embassy Mortgage in Blue Springs, Mo., and “willfully failed” to let Social Security know about “the…

May 3, 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