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BULLETIN: Botafogo Soccer Club Dumps TelexFree
BULLETIN: (2nd update 5:10 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The Botafogo professional soccer club in Rio de Janeiro has canceled its sponsorship contract with TelexFree and will strip the TelexFree logo from team jerseys, according to an announcement on the team website. TelexFree figure James Merrill was jailed in the United States last week. Fellow TelexFree figure…
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BULLETIN: Merrill, Wanzeler Charged With Wire-Fraud Conspiracy; Wanzeler Labeled ‘Fugitive’; Scope Of TelexFree Fraud ‘Breathtaking,’ Top Federal Prosecutor Says; Undercover Probe Had Been Under Way For Months, With ‘Intelligence Research Specialist’ Placing ‘Ads’ And Undercover Agent Mixing With Promoters
BULLETIN: (18th Update 8:15 a.m. EDT, May 10, U.S.A.) TelexFree figures James Merrill and Carlos Wanzeler have been charged criminally with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Merrill, 53, was arrested in Worcester, Mass. Wanzeler, 45, of Northborough, Mass., has been labeled a “fugitive.” In similar prosecutions, U.S. authorities have notified INTERPOL about the subjects of…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: TelexFree Figure James Merrill Arrested, Boston Globe Reports; Arrest Warrant Issued For Carlos Wanzeler, PP Blog Learns
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (4th update 5:29 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The Boston Globe, citing confirmation from the office of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, is reporting that TelexFree figure James Merrill has been arrested. Ortiz is the top federal prosecutor in the District of Massachusetts. Ortiz’ office confirmed the Merrill arrest to the PP Blog…
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Faith Sloan, An Asset Freeze And A Frozen Cocktail
A federal judge in Boston today imposed a preliminary injunction and maintained an asset freeze on alleged TelexFree promoter Faith Sloan. Sloan, 51, apparently was bored by the heavy court matters 1,000 miles to the east. A post on her Twitter account asserts she took in a late lunch and swigged a “Swamp Thing” at…
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BULLETIN: TelexFree Chapter 11 Case Now In Hands Of Massachusetts Court
BULLETIN: The TelexFree Chapter 11 bankrupcy case filed in Nevada last month now has been formally transferred to Massachusetts and has been assigned to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Melvin S. Hoffman of the Central Division in Worcester. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge August B. Landis of Nevada ordered the case transferred to Massachussetts earlier this week. The SEC…
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BOSTON GLOBE: Massachusetts Issues Subpoena To Wings Network ‘Program’
3rd Update 12:58 P.M. EDT U.S.A. The office of Massachusetts Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin has issued a subpoena to Wings Network, the Boston Globe is reporting. From the Globe (italics added): “We attended one of their events,’’ Galvin said. “We had heard from some investors who, in light of TelexFree, had become concerned — and…
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REPORTS: Dominican Man Despondent Over TelexFree Losses Found Unharmed
There are reports in Dominican media and across Twitter that a Dominican man who contemplated taking his own life two weeks ago over TelexFree losses has been found unharmed. The man reportedly was found near Santiago at the home of a relative and told police that thoughts of his children helped keep him from doing…
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