Category: The Economy
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: eAdGear Figures Indicted In California On Conspiracy Charge Of Structuring Transactions To Evade Bank-Reporting Requirements
4TH UPDATE 3:44 P.M. ET U.S.A. Before the SEC announced its civil pyramid- and Ponzi-scheme case on Sept. 26 against eAdGear figures Charles Wang and Francis Yuen, the pair had been indicted on a criminal charge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the PP Blog has learned. Docket records show the…
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BULLETIN: Terrorism In UAE: Abu Dhabi Security Forces Arrest ‘Ghost’ Suspect In Fatal Attack On American Teacher, Say They’ve Found Evidence Of Bomb Plot Targeted At Egyptian-American Doctor; Government Reportedly On ‘Highest Levels Of Alert’
BULLETIN: (Updated 10:41 a.m. ET U.S.A.) Police and security forces in the United Arab Emirates have arrested a suspect in the fatal knife attack Monday against a Hungarian-American schoolteacher and say the suspect also planted a bomb outside the residence of an Egyptian-American doctor. The bomb allegedly targeted the male doctor, his wife and three…
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BULLETIN: U.S. Kindergarten Teacher Killed In Mall Restroom In Abu Dhabi Month After Jihadist Advisory By U.S. Embassy; Suspect Described As ‘Ghost’
BULLETIN: A 37-year-old American kindergarten teacher and mother of 11-year-old twins died in a hospital Monday after being stabbed in a Reem Island mall restroom in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the Abu Dhabi emirate in the United Arab Emirates. The attack followed an Oct. 29 warning by the U.S. Embassy “of a recent anonymous…
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UPDATE: Bromide-Fest, Ripped Music Soundtrack From ‘Celtic Woman’ Mark Apparent Return Of ‘The Achieve Community’
“The Achieve Community” money-cycler train wreck has announced it’s back on the rails (sort of) and will relaunch today (sort of), after losing its payment processor last month. The asserted relaunch is occurring on the heels of multiple warnings from regulators about scams spreading on social media. It’s also occurring against the backdrop of allegations…
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BULLETIN: Italian Securities Regulator CONSOB Issues Warning On ‘TureProfit,’ HYIP That Claims It Accepts Sums From $10 to $500,000
BULLETIN: CONSOB, the Italian securities regulator, has issued a warning and suspended the trading of an HYIP “program” known as TureProfit that appears to be operating as both a macro- and a microscam while using the name of Bitcoin. On its English website in a prompt dated Aug. 17, 2014, TureProfit purports it has “gained…
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BULLETIN: Gunman Allegedly Targeted Austin Police Department And Other Government Buildings In Overnight Attack In Texas
BULLETIN: (6th Update 9:51 a.m. ET U.S.A.) A gunman who reportedly targeted the headquarters of the Austin Police Department and other government buildings in an overnight attack in Texas has been shot dead. Austin Assistant Chief Raul Munguia has told reporters that the suspect appears to have used a vehicle that contained an improvised explosive…
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Women’s ‘Gifting Circle’ Participants Risk Felony Prosecution; ‘Stop Immediately’ And Pay Back Money, Idaho Attorney General Warns
The successful felony prosecutions under federal law of two Connecticut women in a cash-gifting scam apparently hasn’t registered in Idaho. Now, the state’s attorney general, citing the Connecticut prosecutions that led to lengthy prison sentences, is taking action. And he’s not mincing words. “Taking part in an unlawful pyramid scheme violates the Idaho Consumer Protection…
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As Part Of Counter Terrorism Awareness Week And Prevention Campaign, New Scotland Yard Says ‘Vulnerable People Are Being Brainwashed Through Social Media’
British police nationwide are calling “upon communities to help tackle terrorism” in the wake of the arrests and subsequent convictions of two brothers accused of attending a terrorist training camp in Syria and returning to the United Kingdom, the Metropolitan Police Service said today. Mohommod Hassin Nawaz, 31, was sentenced to four and a half…
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Full Statement From Zeek Receiver On New Information Available Through Claims Portal
EDITOR’S NOTE: Zeek Rewards receiver Kenneth D. Bell has issued the statement reproduced below. It is dated Nov. 25, 2014. Source: Zeek Rewards Receivership Website. ** ________________________________ ** ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE RECEIVER – November 25, 2014 Today, new features were added to the claim status portal in response to issues that have arisen in the…
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BULLETIN: Ambush Attack Leaves Florida Deputy Dead
BULLETIN: A Leon County sheriff’s deputy has been shot and killed in what authorities are calling an “ambush.” Early reports suggest the following circumstances: A house in northwest Tallahassee, the state capital, was set ablaze. The deputy was a first-responder and was shot and killed at the scene of the fire by the person who…