Category: The Economy
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A Purported ‘Moorish Aboriginal Sovereign Citizen’ Booked On Drug Charges In Greater Atlanta, WSBTV Reports
Chadwick Simmons was flush with weed and told police he was a “Moorish Aboriginal Sovereign Citizen” who’d trademarked his name, WSBTV.com is reporting. Some purported Moorish Americans and “sovereign citizens” have constructed paperwork confections that purport police, court officials or media outlets owe them tremendous sums of money when using their names or citing court…
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Police Release Photo Of Purported ‘Moorish Nation’ Burglary Suspect In Maryland
The Montgomery County Police Department (Maryland) has released a photo of an alleged suspect who may be part of a bizarre crime linked to purported members of the purported “Moorish Nation.” Individuals who purport to be “Moorish Americans” or “Moorish nationals” have been linked to plots to steal real estate in multiple U.S. states. News…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: CFTC Sues U.S. Bank, Saying It Permitted Now-Jailed Scammer Russell R. Wasendorf Sr. To Borrow Against Customer Funds To Finance Iowa Headquarters Building Of Epic Fraud Scheme
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (UPDATED 2:54 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The CFTC has gone to federal court in the Northern District of Iowa, accusing U.S. Bank National Association of permitting now-jailed scammer Russell R. Wasendorf Sr. of Peregrine Financial Group to use Peregrine customer funds as security “on loans it made to Wasendorf, his wife,…
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HYIP Spammer Hits Profitable Sunrise Facebook Site With Drive-By Offers For ‘AdHitProfits,’ A Ponzi-Board ‘Program’ Whose Thread-Opener Bragged, ‘Payza, STP & Liberty Reserve Accepted !!’
UPDATED 5:41 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A spammer hit a Profitable Sunrise Facebook site yesterday with five drive-by offers for “AdHitProfits.” All five of the machine-gunned theft bids claimed the same thing: “make money every half an hour…100% commission let your money grow for you at high speed.” The AHP “program” also is being pitched on…
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UPDATE: 2 Liberty Reserve Figures Jailed In New York; 1 Of Them Has Lawyer Experienced In Mob Cases
Two defendants in the alleged $6 billion Liberty Reserve money-laundering conspiracy are listed as inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York. They are Vladimir Kats, also known as “Ragnar,” and Mark Marmilev, also known as “Marko” and “Mark Halls.” Kats is 41; Marmilev is 33. Their release dates are listed as “unknown.”…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Liberty Reserve, Founder, Others Indicted In New York
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (15TH UPDATE 2:31 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) Liberty Reserve, its founder and several others have been indicted in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan). The charges, which include conspiracy to commit money-laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, were…
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BULLETIN: ‘PerfectMoney,’ Fraud-Scheme Processor Purportedly Based In Panama, Says It Is Banning U.S. Customers
BULLETIN: On the heels of the apparent shutdown of Costa Rica-based Liberty Reserve as part of an international money-laundering investigation, “PerfectMoney” says it is banning users from the United States. Perfect Money purportedly operates from Panama. (More below.) In an announcement dated today on its website, Perfect Money says that “due to changes in our…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Liberty Reserve Payment Processor Offline Amid Reports Of Arrest Of Operator In Spain On Money-Laundering Charges
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Costa Rica-based Liberty Reserve, a payment processor favored by HYIP scammers and other criminals, is offline — and there are reports that its operator is under arrest in Spain on money-laundering charges. “We lost Huge $$$,” a poster on the MoneyMakerGroup Ponzi forum complained. The poster’s forum signature was advertising…