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MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: AdSurfDaily Remissions Payments Will Be 100 Cents On The Dollar; ‘Thousands’ Of Payments To Go Out; ‘Overwhelming Majority’ Of Claims Approved; Members React With Joy

“Thousands” of AdSurfDaily Ponzi victims with approved claims will receive remissions payments of “100 percent” in the coming days, a source familiar with the process tells the PP Blog. It is quite rare “to have a remissions program that comes back with 100 percent,” the source said. The claims process was administered by Rust Consulting…

Sep 22, 2011
DONATION-BUTTON POST: A Word Of Thanks And A Word Of Remembrance As The PP Blog And Its Author Continue To Face Challenge Of Keeping Publication Online

Dear Readers, Another new month is approaching. There are bills to pay — and the usual lack of funds to pay them. As I noted in July, I am passing the hat reluctantly — but pass it I must. These posts always are the hardest to write. Although the Blog is highly relevant in the…

Sep 22, 2011
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: AdSurfDaily Remissions Distributions Are Beginning

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: UPDATED 5:21 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Remissions payments to AdSurfDaily members fleeced in an alleged global Ponzi scheme are beginning, a source tells the PP Blog. It was not immediately clear how Minnesota-based Rust Consulting Inc. — the government-approved claims administrator — would roll out the compensation plan and how long…

Sep 21, 2011
EDITORIAL: An Intriguing Question Raised By The Full Tilt Poker Allegations: What Is Real Online — And What Is Not?

In Manhattan yesterday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara accused the online company Full Tilt Poker of operating a massive Ponzi scheme on a global scale. The prosecution of Full Tilt began in April. The case includes multiple online poker companies as defendants. As the investigation evolved, the Full Tilt Ponzi scheme was detected, prosecutors said. It…

Sep 21, 2011
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Full Tilt Poker Was ‘Global Ponzi Scheme’ That Gathered ‘Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars,’ Feds Say

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Federal prosecutors in New York say that Full Tilt Poker was a “global Ponzi scheme” that raked in “hundreds of millions of dollars” — while defrauding players and lining the pockets of insiders who used offshore bank accounts. Snippet from an amended complaint filed in the Southern District of New…

Sep 20, 2011
Accused Ponzi Scheme Felon Andy Bowdoin Launches Facebook Page, Asks Members To ‘Like’ Him And ‘Share’ Link To Defense Fundraising Site ‘Right Away’

After weeks of delays, a Facebook “Fan” page for accused Ponzi schemer Thomas Anderson “Andy” Bowdoin finally has launched. The site includes a link to “Andy’s Fundraising Army,” the web venue at which Bowdoin’s bid to raise $500,000 to pay for criminal lawyers has fallen 95 percent short of its goal. Bowdoin, 76, was arrested…

Sep 19, 2011
BULLETIN: Club Asteria Reconfigures E-Magazine, Removes All Content Related To Will Smith; Famed Entertainer’s Likeness Appeared Above ‘JOIN NOW’ Button

BULLETIN: UPDATED 11:04 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Club Asteria’s September 2011 e-magazine has been reconfigured, wiping out an entire page of content on entertainment icon Will Smith that created the appearance that the actor and rapper had endorsed the company and was serving as a spokesman. The reason for the removal and the precise time at…

Sep 18, 2011
BULLETIN: Man Whose Invesment License Was Revoked 6 Years Ago Arrested In California; Janamjot Singh Sodhi Suspected Of Hatching Swindle That Gathered At Least $2.4 Million, Feds Say

BULLETIN: A California man whose license to deal in investments was revoked in 2005 and was the subject of a desist-and-refrain order four years later has been arrested on charges be was operating a fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said. Janamjot Singh Sodhi, also known as Jimmy Singh, was arrested yesterday and will make a court…

Sep 16, 2011
UPDATE: Criminal Charges Upgraded Against Reputed ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Marshall Home; Accused Schemer Now Charged With Alleged Theft Bid From Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Marshall E. Home, the 81-year-old “sovereign citizen” accused in Arizona two months ago of filing a false petition to place the United States in involuntary bankruptcy and causing at least 173 false claims to be filed against the nation, has more legal problems. Home and Margaret Elizabeth Broderick of Tucson have been charged in a…

Sep 16, 2011
BULLETIN: 77-Year-Old Amish Man Now Faces Criminal Charge In Alleged ‘Massive’ Caper; Monroe L. Beachy Indicted For Mail Fraud; SEC Filed Civil Charges Earlier This Year

An Amish man has been indicted in Ohio in an alleged long-running scheme that devoured more than $16.8 million. Victims of Monroe L. Beachy included fellow Amish and the Amish Helping Fund, according to court filings. Beachy, 77, resides in Sugarcreek, Ohio. He was charged civilly by the SEC in February 2011. A criminal indictment…

Sep 15, 2011
BULLETIN: New Jersey Ponzi Scheme Figure Jenifer Devine Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud; Case Was Brought By Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force

A New Jersey woman accused of operating an $8 million Ponzi and investment-fraud scheme has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Jenifer Devine, 39, of Fair Lawn, was accused in November 2010 of ripping off investors in a purported wholesale business known as Devine Wholesale, which purportedly offered clothing and electronics. But it was a promissory-notes…

Sep 15, 2011