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Pittsburgh Steelers Issue Statement On Controversial ‘Tweets’ Of Running Back Rashard Mendenhall After Successful U.S. Action Against Osama Bin Laden
Pittsburgh Steelers’ President Art Rooney II, the son of U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney, has issued a statement in response to controversial Tweets attributed to Steelers’ running back Rashard Mendenhall after the United States killed Osama bin Laden two days ago. The Tweets have sparked a web firestorm and enraged one of America’s hardest-working…
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UPDATE: FBI Moves Osama Bin Laden From ‘Most Wanted’ To ‘Deceased’; Terrorist Also Linked To Pre-9/11 Attacks, Agency Reminds Public
The FBI, which had listed Osama bin Laden as “Most Wanted,” now is listing him as “Deceased.” Before and after: “The mastermind of the attacks on September 11, 2001 that killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children has been killed,” the FBI said today. President Obama addressed the American people late last night to…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead; ‘Targeted’ U.S. Operation Carried Out In Pakistan; State Department Urges Travel Caution
Osama bin Laden has been killed in a “targeted operation” by the United States and his body has been recovered. President Obama appeared on U.S. television late Sunday night, saying he approved a U.S. operation in Pakistan and that bin Laden was killed yesterday. No Americans were harmed, the president said. Bin Laden was found…
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PICTURE STORY: Club Asteria Promoters Claim Program Is ‘Passive’ Investment Opportunity; ‘Single Account’ Said To Return ‘About $20,000 Per Year’; Why Not Open Second Account In Same Household? Affiliate Asks
Club Asteria members now say the firm, which trades on the name of the World Bank, suddenly threatened recruits for making false claims about the program. The PP Blog reported on April 4 that the program, which is being pumped on the Ponzi boards and the personal websites of thousands of Club Asteria members, was…
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Edward May, 74, Pleads Guilty In Michigan Ponzi Caper That Gathered $200 Million; Feds Say He Used 150 LLCs As Part Of Spectacular, Decade-Long Fraud
The senior-citizen Ponzi cavalcade and incredible paperwork maze continues: Edward May, 74, has pleaded guilty in Detroit to 59 counts of mail fraud in a case in which federal prosecutors alleged he rented office space in Lake Orion, Mich., and established 150 LLCs as part of a $200 million Ponzi scheme that operated for a…
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BULLETIN: U.S. Man Extradited From Argentina Sentenced To 40 Years In Jail; William L. Walters Will Serve His Time In Colorado State Penitentiary
BULLETIN: A Ponzi schemer who fled the United States and was extradited from Argentina has been sentenced to 40 years in state prison, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced. William L. Walters, 46, was brought back to the United States by the FBI, which worked closely with Colorado authorities to bring him to justice, officials…
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BULLETIN: SEC Goes To Federal Court In Dallas To Halt Alleged Ponzi Scheme Involving DOZENS Of Companies; China Voice Holding Corp. Implicated In Alleged Domestic And International Fraud
BULLETIN: UPDATED 3:07 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The SEC has gone to federal court in Dallas to halt the operations of what it described as a highly complex fraud and Ponzi scheme involving a purported VOIP/telecommunications firm and more than 40 individuals and companies. A federal judge has frozen the assets of China Voice Holding Corp.,…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Keith Simmons’ Forex Ponzi Caper Leads To Criminal Charges And Deferred Prosecution Against North Carolina Bank; CommunityONE Bank Charged With Not Maintaining Effective Anti-Money Laundering Program
BULLETIN: Federal prosecutors say the collapsed Forex Ponzi scheme operated by Keith Franklin Simmons put an undercapitalized North Carolina bank with 45 offices in 38 communities in harm’s way. In a dramatic announcement, Justice Department officials said CommunityONE Bank N.A of Asheboro, N.C., turned a blind eye to Simmons and did not file a single…
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KABOOM! Texas Jury Hits ‘Debt-Repair’ MLM Firm With $13.8 Million Verdict; Panel Even Says Defendants Must Pay State’s Cost If They Appeal
BULLETIN: UPDATED 10:03 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A jury in Harris County, Texas, has thrown down the gauntlet to hucksters targeting financially strapped consumers by finding more than 1,400 violations and returning a spectacular verdict of $13.8 million against a purported “debt repair” firm that had a multilevel-marketing component. The jury, which found that the accused…