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Quatloos Mod, RealScam.com, PP Blog Targeted In Bizarre Hectoring Campaign
(3RD UPDATE 2:43 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) wserra, an attorney, Quatloos moderator and occasional poster on the PPBlog and RealScam.com, appears recently to have been targeted by a crackpot who desires to hector wserra with complaints to the bar association. Among other things, Quatloos publishes information on the bizarre undertakings of “sovereign citizens” in the United…
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UPDATE: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Convicted In Bizarre ‘Liens’ Caper Targeting Judges, Law Enforcement
We first wrote about Cherron Marie Phillips in November 2012, after she was arrested on charges that she had filed bogus liens against a chief U.S. District Judge, a U.S. District Judge, two U.S. Magistrate Judges, a former U.S. Attorney, an assistant U.S. Attorney, a federal court clerk, four federal Task Force officers and a…
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BULLETIN: Judge Frees TelexFree Figure James Merrill On Bail, But Imposes Tight Restrictions
BULLETIN: (3rd Update 5:56 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) A federal judge in Massachusetts has permitted TelexFree figure James Merrill to be freed on bail, but has imposed tight restrictions. In granting Merrill bail, U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman overruled U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy, who agreed with federal prosecutors and ruled last month that Merrill…
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MONTANA: Former Zeek Pitchman Who Also Pushed TelexFree Now Required To Give State Notice Of MLM Activities
A former pitchman for the Zeek Rewards MLM Ponzi- and pyramid scheme also acknowledged he participated in TelexFree, the state of Montana said in a consent agreement and final order. James D. Helgeson was fined $5,000 by the office of Monica Lindeen, Montana’s Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (CSI) and state auditor. The case demonstrates…
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** CAUTION: Report Of Bogus TelexFree Site **
There is a report on social media this morning of a bogus TelexFree site that mirrors an old TelexFree site that existed when the company was actively soliciting business. The site creates the impression TelexFree has reopened. TelexFree has not reopened. It is Sunday. Federal prosecutors handing the TelexFree criminal case involving alleged fraudsters James…
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BULLETIN: SEC Accuses Faith Sloan Of Violating Asset Freeze In TelexFree Case By Sending Thousands To ‘Changes Worldwide LLC,’ Company That Lists Zeek Figure Robert Craddock As Copyright Enforcer
BULLETIN: (4th Update 10:01 a.m. EDT June 13 U.S.A.) The SEC has accused Faith Sloan of violating the asset freeze imposed against her in the TelexFree pyramid- and Ponzi case by sending nearly $15,000 to Changes Worldwide LLC for the purchase of “business promo packs.” On its website, Changes Worldwide identifies Robert Craddock as its…
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Solavei, An MLM Telecom Company In Space TelexFree Wants To Occupy, Declares Bankruptcy Less Than 2 Years After Debut; Competing Affiliates Try To Poach Recruits
UPDATED 6:07 P.M. EDT U.S.A. In yet another bizarre development in the world of MLM, a company that competes in a space TelexFree said it wants to occupy has declared bankruptcy less than two years after its formal launch. As though on Stepfordland cue, competing MLMers started trawling the Internet for the carcasses of potentially…
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TelexFree A No-Show At Alabama Hearing; Litigation Involving Firm Piles Up
UPDATED 12:25 P.M. EDT U.S.A. Immersed in litigation on at least 10 fronts in the United States while also confronting licensing challenges and asset freezes, TelexFree did not appear last month at a hearing it requested to consider its telecom application before the Alabama Public Service Commission. As things stand, the company is not authorized…
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UPDATE: Federal Judge Orders Properties Linked To Alleged WCM777 MLM Scam Listed For Sale
UPDATE: A federal judge has ordered the receiver in the WCM777 case to list for sale three properties linked to the alleged MLM pyramid scheme. U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder is presiding over the SEC’s civil case filed in March. Receiver Krista L. Freitag asked for the authority to sell the properties last month.…
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TelexFree’s Merrill Trashes Law Enforcement, Pins Hope For Pretrial Release On Stuart MacMillan, William Runge, Gerald Nehra — And Alexa Rankings
2ND UPDATE 9:44 P.M. EDT U.S.A. Just last week, accused promoter Faith Sloan was blasting TelexFree figures James Merrill and Carlos Wanzeler, as well as MLM attorney Gerald Nehra. In defense filings in the SEC’s civil case against her, Sloan threw all three men under the bus. Nehra also got a mention today by Merrill,…
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EDITORIAL: Who’d Have Thunk It?
“But like Heaven above me/The spy who loved me/Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight” — Lyrics from “Nobody Does It Better,” composed by Marvin Hamlisch, written by Carole Bayer Sager, performed by Carly Simon as the theme song of the James Bond film, “The Spy Who Loved Me.” Elektra Records, 1977. British spy James…