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UPDATE: Top Federal Prosecutor Describes Edward L. Moskop As ‘Financial Predator’; Judge Imposes Maximum Prison Term On Southern Illinois Swindler; St. Louis Post-Dispatch Reports Woman Who Survived Nazi Labor Camp Was Among The Victims

Recidivist huckster Edward L. Moskop was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge William Stiehl of the Southern District of Illinois. Among the victims of his fraud scheme was an 85-year-old woman who survived a Nazi labor camp during World War II, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. At Moskop’s sentencing…

Dec 14, 2011
New York State ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Who Filed False Liens Against Government Officials And Banks Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story concludes with a link to an April 27, 2010, story by CourthouseNews.com. At the bottom-left of the CourthouseNews story, readers will find a link to the RICO lawsuit filed by public officials last year against Richard Enrique Ulloa. The document is worth the time to read because it shows how public…

Dec 13, 2011
BULLETIN: SEC Says Stiefel Laboratories Inc. Lowballed Employees And Other Shareholders, Ripping Them Off In Alleged $110 Million Stock-Buyback Scheme

BULLETIN: The SEC has gone to federal court in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that Stiefel Laboratories Inc. was buying back stock from its employees and shareholders at “severely undervalued prices” and caused losses to its own people over a period of years to the tune of $110 million. The firm and former CEO…

Dec 12, 2011
SENIOR FRAUD CAVALCADE CONTINUES: Maryland Man, 67, Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud In Alleged $6.2 Million ‘Advertising’ Scheme Purportedly Involving ‘Narrow Cast’ TV Monitors; Scheme Payout Promises Were ‘Entirely Fraudulent,’ U.S. Attorney Says

EDITOR’S NOTE: Any number of ventures have tied themselves to claims of remarkable returns made possible by purchasing “advertising” products and services or agreeing to watch or receive “advertisements” in a closed environment. Longtime readers will recall that AdViewGlobal (AVG) came out of the gate in late 2008 and early 2009 by claiming what it…

Dec 12, 2011
UPDATE: Year Ago This Week, Prosecutors Filed Third AdSurfDaily Forfeiture Complaint — But 2 ASD Members Whose Bank Accounts Were Seized In Case Have Not Filed Claims

UPDATE: On Dec. 1, 2010, AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin was arrested on charges of wire fraud, securities fraud and selling unregistered securities. Sixteen days later — on Dec. 17, 2010 — federal prosecutors filed a forfeiture complaint against certain ASD-related bank accounts, including an account in Bowdoin’s name and accounts allegedly controlled by ASD members…

Dec 12, 2011
NWITimes.com: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Found Guilty Of Using Counterfeit Money To Pay For Big-Screen TVs From Sears

NWITimes.com is reporting that Christopher H. Cannon, a purported “sovereign citizen,” has been found guilty in federal court in the Northern District of Indiana of using counterfeit currency to pay for big-screen TVs. The TVs were purchased at Sears, according to the NWITimes report. On Nov. 4, the IndyChannel.com reported that a purported Indiana “sovereign…

Dec 10, 2011
BULLETIN: Kenneth Wayne Leaming Will Remain In Jail; Judge At Bail Hearing Today Ruled Him A Flight Risk And Danger To The Community

BULLETIN: Purported “sovereign citizen” and AdSurfDaily figure Kenneth Wayne Leaming will remain jailed after a judge at a bail hearing today found that Leaming was a flight risk and a danger to the community, the office of U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan of the Western District of Washington said this evening. Leaming, 55, of Spanaway,…

Dec 9, 2011
BULLETIN: Former Radio Host John Farahi Indicted In Alleged Ponzi Scheme; His Attorney Also Indicted Amid Allegations He Obstructed SEC Probe

BULLETIN: John Farahi, a former Los Angeles radio host who once was a member of the city council of Reno, Nev., has been indicted on dozens of counts of defrauding investors and banks out of at least $20 million, federal prosecutors in the Central District of California said. David Tamman, an attorney, was indicted amid…

Dec 8, 2011
BULLETIN: Feds Say Romanian Hackers Breached Computers Of Subway Sandwich Restaurants And More Than 50 Other Retailers; Credit-Card Data Of 80,000 Customers Compromised And ‘Millions Of Dollars Of Unauthorized Purchases Have Been Made’

BULLETIN: Three Romanian nationals have been arrested in the aftermath of a successful hacking bid that compromised the computer systems of Subway sandwich restaurants and 50 other retailers, the Justice Department, federal prosecutors in New Hampshire and the U.S. Secret Service said. One Romanian national remains at large. Authorities said credit-card data from tens of…

Dec 8, 2011
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Legisi HYIP Pitchman Matthew John Gagnon Named In Criminal Complaint By U.S. Secret Service

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Matthew J. Gagnon, an alleged online pitchman for the Legisi HYIP Ponzi scheme, has been named in a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Secret Service. Gagnon, 42, of Portland Ore., and Weslaco, Texas, was accused civilly by the SEC in 2010 of being “a danger to the investing public,”…

Dec 7, 2011
DOTHAN EAGLE: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Travis Lee Lambert Charged In Alabama With Unauthorized Practice Of Law, Amid Allegations He Filed Pleadings For ‘Sovereign’ Girlfriend

Travis Lee Lambert, 61, of Andalusia, Ala., has been charged with the unauthorized practice of law amid allegations he filed court pleadings for his girlfriend, a convicted burglar, the Dothan Eagle newspaper is reporting. The office of Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes brought the misdemeanor charges. The sheriff’s office did not respond immediately yesterday to a…

Dec 7, 2011