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Federal Judge, 5 Others Shot And Killed In Arizona; Suspect Lamented About ‘Gold Standard’ And ‘Currency’; Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot At Close Range, Survives Emergency Surgery
A federal judge was shot and killed in Arizona yesterday in an attack apparently aimed at a member of Congress who was holding a constituent event outside a supermarket in Tucson, an official said. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at close range. President Obama said she was battling for her life after…
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Spectacular Ponzi Scheme Alleged In Utah By SEC; Attorney Who Didn’t Do Homework Helped Fraudster Grease Money Wheel By Calling Investment ‘One Of The Best He Had Ever Seen,’ Agency Says
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re an autosurf or HYIP promoter — or a person who is accepting fees for driving business to an investment opportunity based on assertions you cannot independently verify to be truthful — the story below should be instructive. It perhaps will be particularly instructive if part of your fraud game plan is…
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SEC: Broker Ripped Off Elderly Nuns In New York; Paul George Chironis Targeted Sisters Of Charity In Churning Scam, Agency Says
A Long Island, N.Y.-based broker ripped off “a congregation of mostly elderly nuns in the Bronx” in a churning scheme in which he repeatedly executed trades that eroded the value of two accounts held by the Sisters of Charity to line his own pockets, the SEC said. Paul George Chironis, 58, of Melville, N.Y., has…
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BULLETIN: Incendiary Devices Sent To Two State Buildings In Maryland; Workers Being Evacuated; Probe Under Way
BULLETIN: Two incendiary devices apparently mailed to state-government buildings in Annapolis and Hanover, Md., have detonated without causing a large explosion or widespread damage, according to published reports. Early reports are sketchy. No one appears to have been injured seriously, but the bomb squad, firefighters and ambulances are at the scene — and there are…
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RECOMMENDED READING: Blogger Recalls His Real-Life Encounter With An MLM Stepfordian And Wonders Whether The Cadillac Ever Will Arrive At His House
EDITOR’S NOTE: Blogger Chuck Miller, who posts on the website of the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union, has a post today on the unique circumstances under which he became a self-described “mark” for an MLM pitch nearly 20 years ago. Seems Miller’s MLM memories linger after nearly two decades. (You’ll learn why by clicking on the link…
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FLORIDA — AGAIN: Man Arrested Amid Allegations He Swindled Investors In ‘Yogurt-Based Product To Re-Grow Hair’; Joseph P. Fox Of Telogenesis Inc. Was Recidivist Offender, State Says
A Florida man who served jail time in an earlier scheme in California has been arrested by the Miami Beach Police Department and agents from the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR), amid allegations he swindled investors in a “yogurt-based product to re-grow hair,” OFR said. Joseph P. Fox, president of Telogenesis Inc. of Miami…
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Like MPB Today And Data Network Affiliates’ Promoters, TVI Express Pitchmen Used Images Of Warren Buffett And Donald Trump; Government Of South Africa Reportedly Opens Criminal Probe Amid Pyramid Allegations
TVI Express, an MLM company whose pitchmen have used images of business titans Warren Buffett and Donald Trump to plant the seed they backed the firm, has come under criminal investigation in South Africa, according to web records and a media site. Buffett and Trump are believed to have no ties to the firm. News…
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OH, FLORIDA! Spectacular New Allegations Raised In George Theodule Ponzi Scheme; Bank Sued For $68 Million Amid Accusation It Funneled Investors’ Cash To Fraudster Through ‘Drive-Thru’ Window
The Miami Herald broke the story last night (see link at bottom of post) that Wells Fargo, which merged with Wachovia Bank in December 2008 and assumed its liabilities, has been sued for $68 million by the court-appointed receiver in the George Theodule Ponzi scheme in Florida. Theodule largely targeted the Haitian-American community in his…