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Spammers Push Bitcoin-Themed Reload Scams
You’ve probably heard about the debacle at Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin exchange. Reuters, meanwhile, is reporting that a Bitcoin bank known as Flexcoin is shutting down after it lost $600,000 to a hacker attack. Elsewhere there are stories about the tragic death of 28-year-old Autumn Radtke, CEO of First Meta Pte Ltd, a Bitcoin exchange.…
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BULLETIN: Entities Operating As Fleet Mutual Wealth Limited And MWF Financial Are Online Frauds, SEC Says; ‘Program’ Has Presence On TalkGold And MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi Forums; Money Ordered Frozen In SolidTrustPay, EgoPay And Perfect Money Accounts
BULLETIN: (7th Update 8:51 p.m. ET U.S.A.) Entities known as Fleet Mutual Wealth Limited, MWF Financial Limited and Mutual Wealth are frauds that filed invalid forms with the SEC to dupe the masses, the SEC said. An associated web domain styled MutualWealth.com also is a fraud, the SEC said in a statement and emergency court…
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Were Costa, Nehra No-Shows At TelexFree Confab In Spain? Plus — TelexFree In Haiti
UPDATED 12:23 P.M. ET (MARCH 4, U.S.A.) A 10-hour video of the TelexFree confab in Spain Saturday and Sunday has emerged, apparently a recording of a once-live feed. After being billed as headliners, neither Brazil-based TelexFree executive Carlos Costa nor American MLM lawyer Gerald Nehra appeared on the stage to accept awards. U.S.-based TelexFree marketing…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Massachusetts Confirms TelexFree Probe
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: The office of Massachusetts Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin has confirmed an investigation into the TelexFree MLM “program” is under way. “There is an investigation going on, but I can’t comment beyond that,” said Brian McNiff, a spokesman for Galvin. The brief statement to the PP Blog marks the first confirmation…
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Hospitalized [UPDATE: Now Released From Hospital]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was hospitalized in Washington this morning after “experiencing symptoms including faintness and shortness of breath,” the Justice Department said. Holder is 63. “He is currently resting comfortably and in good condition,” the Justice Department said. “He is alert and conversing with his doctors. Additional information will be provided as it…
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Scrutiny Of TelexFree Intensifies; 2 European Police Agencies Issue Warnings And Say Madeiran Community At Risk
Updated 9:45 a.m. (Feb. 27, 2014, U.S.A.) Police who serve Portuguese-speaking residents in two British Crown dependencies — the States of Jersey and Guernsey — have issued warnings on the TelexFree scheme. News of the warnings was published on BehindMLM.com. Brazil-based TelexFree executive Carlos Costa waved the flags of Portugal and Madeira in a curious…
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Hawaii Says Man Created 13 Fake Identities And Disguised Voice To Scam Elderly Woman Out Of $1.4 Million
Bing Long Yee was named in a Preliminary Order to Cease and Desist after securities investigators in Hawaii discovered he’d duped an elderly woman out of $1.4 million over a period of 15 years — in part by disguising his voice and adopting “as many as 13 different personas,” the Department of Commerce and Consumer…