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No Claims Filed In Second AdSurfDaily-Connected Seizure

UPDATED 1:31 P.M. EST (U.S.A.) Nearly two months have passed since federal prosecutors went to court and filed a second forfeiture complaint against assets tied to AdSurfDaily Inc., an alleged $100 million Ponzi scheme. The document was filed Dec. 19, about a week before Christmas. As of the morning of Feb. 6, 2009, no party…

Feb 6, 2009
Document Suggests AdSurfDaily Member Sought $120 Million From Judge, Prosecutors, Clerk Of Courts Involved In Case

Did a member of AdSurfDaily Inc. try to force a federal judge, two federal prosecutors and a federal clerk of courts to default on demands totaling $120 million as part of a certified-mail strategy? Details are unclear, but a motion by Curtis Richmond in the ASD case suggests at least one ASD member sent a…

Feb 5, 2009
Will Richmond Filing Trigger New Federal Probe Or Lead To Interminable Delays In The AdSurfDaily Inc. Forfeiture Case?

UPDATED 1:29 P.M. EST (U.S.A.) A California man associated with a sham Utah “Indian” tribe purportedly founded inside an Arby’s Restaurant lambasted District of Columbia federal judges, federal prosecutors and a court clerk in legal filings this week, accusing them of crimes and threatening them with litigation and jail time. Curtis Richmond said Pacific Ministry…

Feb 5, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Curtis Richmond, Man Linked To Sham Utah ‘Indian’ Tribe, Files Motion To Intervene in ASD Case; Says Judge Collyer Faces Criminal Charges

UPDATED 12:19 A.M. EST (FEB. 5, U.S.A.) Curtis Richmond has filed a motion to intervene in the ASD case. On the cover page of the motion, Judge Rosemary Collyer inserted a handwritten note: “Let this be filed,” she wrote. Inside the motion Richmond accused the judge and a court clerk of felonies. He filed the…

Feb 4, 2009
EDITORIAL: Welcome To The Age Of The Portable Ponzi

UPDATED 3:09 P.M. EST (U.S.A.) Talk about a message at odds with itself. Yesterday AdViewGlobal, which does not identify its owners and claims it has no affiliation with AdSurfDaily Inc., revealed its chief executive officer also is or was an executive at ASD (emphasis added): “Since Mr. [Gary] Talbert was and is the C.E.O. for…

Feb 4, 2009
AdViewGlobal Claims Web Reporter Got It All Wrong, Denies Link To AdSurfDaily Inc., Chides TheJoyLuckClub For Report

UPDATED 5:27 PM. EST (U.S.A.) A new autosurf company that refuses to disclose its ownership, claims to be registered in Uruguay, operates servers that resolve to Panama — and has a horde of U.S.-based affiliates who were former members of AdSurfDaily Inc. — has denied any ties to ASD. Sort of. A link placed this…

Feb 3, 2009
When Words Fail: ‘Stunning’ Can’t Describe ASD Disconnect

The level of disconnect is stunning — and it is accompanied by a level of brazenness that is equally stunning. In fact, stunning understates it; it is more like an unapologetic, myopic commitment to felonious self-indulgence. But what would you expect from a group whose motto is “ASD — Keep Fighting The Good Fight!” There…

Feb 3, 2009
AdViewGlobal Touted As ‘Billion Dollar Company’

Two days before Christmas a poster at FreeLunchRoom.com declared that AdViewGlobal would be a “1 Billion Dollar Company [before the] end of 2009.” In an enthusiastic prelaunch endorsement, the poster exclaimed that AdViewGlobal is “the company we have been waiting for!” Could AdViewGlobal really put one-thousand million dollars on the table before the end of…

Feb 2, 2009
Video Shows AdViewGlobal Graphics Were Removed From AdSurfDaily Webroom

In this post, we showed you a screen shot of the AdSurfDaily webroom showcasing AdViewGlobal, a new autosurf. Scam.com and at least one other website featured graphics on the same topic today. We kept our browser window open after we made the screen shot, thinking that word would get around and that the ASD webroom…

Jan 31, 2009
ASD, AdGateWorld, AdViewGlobal — In Pictures

AdSurfDaily Inc. and other firms and individuals linked to the autosurf trade have been named defendants in a class-action racketeering lawsuit. Among the allegations is that ASD was a participant in schemes beyond its own autosurf Ponzi scheme and was engaged with co-conspirators in a pattern of racketeering. Here is part of the ASD story…

Jan 31, 2009
BOLO Clarence Busby? Reader Puzzled By RICO Defendant’s Absence; Says Busby Out Of Touch For ‘Months’

Should the government and litigants be on the lookout for Clarence Busby? He hasn’t been charged with a crime and, in September, he surrendered his claims to money seized by the U.S. Secret Service as part of its probe into the alleged criminal business practices of his company, Golden Panda Ad Builder of Acworth, Ga.…

Jan 31, 2009