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EDITORIAL: Swearing By The ‘Droid’ On Easter Sunday
Ain’t no one who does it quite like The Salty Droid, the fake-robot Blogger who sometimes curses like a [bleeping] longshoreman as he goes about the business of sucking the wind out of the sails of some nihilistic Internet marketing ships and their fantastically reckless captains. Like Capt. Frank [“Bleeping”] Kern of “Syndicate” infamy, for…
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Accused Scammer And Convicted Felon Eric Aronson, 2 Others Indicted In Alleged Permapave Ponzi Scheme; ‘House Of Cards,’ Top Federal Prosecutor Says
Eric Aronson, the accused New York scammer and convicted felon originally arrested in October 2011 in an alleged Ponzi scheme, now has been formally indicted, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York said. Charged along with Aronson with conspiracy, securities fraud and money laundering were Vincent Buonauro and Fredric Aaron. Aaron is an…
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BULLETIN: Now, A Web-Based ‘Auto Loan Modification’ Scam, FTC Alleges; California Firms Accused Of Targeting Car Borrowers Facing Repossession And Putting Them Deeper In The Hole
BULLETIN: The Federal Trade Commission has gone to federal court in the Eastern District of California, alleging that several individuals and companies were running separate, web-based scams in which borrowers were told they could avoid vehicle repossessions by paying upfront fees to the accused scammers and not making payments on their car loans. The scams…
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** [UNCONFIRMED] ** ‘JustBeenPaid’ Experiencing DDoS Attack ** [UNCONFIRMED] **
UPDATED 2:56 P.M. EDT (APRIL 3, U.S.A.): After an outage that lasted more than 24 hours, the JustBeenPaid website is back online — although there are reports it is not accessible in all parts of the world. Our earlier story is below . . . ** [UNCONFIRMED] ** Some members of the JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid “program”…
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‘SOVEREIGN’ UPDATES: (1) Tennessee Man Indicted In Alleged ‘Quit Claim’ Deeds Scam; (2) Virginia Man Facing Trial On Gun Charge Allegedly Had Driver’s License From ‘Kingdom Of Heaven’; (3) Texas Man Allegedly Told Cops To Bring ‘Body Bags’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a links post presented in the form of briefs. Three significant stories about purported “sovereign citizens” — all from different areas of the United States — have been published and/or broadcast in recent days. The venues include Tennessee, Virginia and Texas. 1.) WMC TV is reporting that Devitoe Farmer, 44, of…
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Federal Agents Arrest 77-Year-Old Pennsylvania Attorney Amid Swirl Of Ponzi Allegations; Anthony Lupas Charged With Mail Fraud; U.S. Secret Service, IRS Spearhead Probe
Another major Ponzi case appears to be brewing — this one in Pennsylvania, where federal agents were seen carting boxes from the Wilkes-Barre office of attorney Anthony Lupas. Lupas, the former solicitor of the Wilkes-Barre School District, is 77. He now joins a number of alleged swindlers over the age of 65 implicated in fraud…
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[DONATION POST]: PP Blog At The Brink Again . . .
Dear Readers, We last made a donation post on Jan. 28, two months ago. We got through February and March OK, but now are on the brink for April. Key bills are coming due, and core necessities are in short supply. We pass the hat reluctantly, but pass it we must. Please help keep the…
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Day After SEC Announces Judgments Totaling $4.2 Million Against Serial HYIP Pitchman, Another Serial Pitchman — ‘Ken Russo’ — Makes ‘I Got Paid’ Post On TalkGold For JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid; Separately, McAfee’s ‘Site Advisor’ Declares JBP Pages ‘Dangerous’
In a 29-page court order announced yesterday by the SEC, U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh of the Eastern District of Michigan laid out the case of willful blindness against serial HYIP pitchman Matthew John Gagnon. That case now has resulted in court-ordered judgments of more than $4.2 million against Gagnon, who also was named…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Legisi Ponzi-Scheme Pitchman Matthew J. Gagnon Ordered To Pay More Than $4.2 Million In Disgorgement, Penalties
UPDATED 10:35 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Matthew John Gagnon, an HYIP huckster and promoter of the Legisi Ponzi scheme, has been hit with orders of disgorgement and penalties totaling more than $4.2 million, the SEC said. Gagnon, of Portland, Ore., and Weslaco, Texas, was described by the SEC as a serial promoter of fraud schemes through his…