Category: Writing And Branding
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MAYA ANGELOU: 1928-2014: A Statement By The President Of The United States
A statement by Barack Obama, the President of the United States, on the passing of Maya Angelou: When her friend Nelson Mandela passed away last year, Maya Angelou wrote that “No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again, and bring the dawn.” Today, Michelle and I join millions around the world in remembering one…
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FBI, Homeland Security Establish Site, Questionnaire For TelexFree Victims
The FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have established a website for individuals who believe they were defrauded by TelexFree, an alleged pyramid- and Ponzi scheme the Massachusetts Securities Division says gathered more than $1.2 billion. Here is a link to a statement by the FBI and DHS. The page includes a link…
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TOPIC TELEXFREE: View Wall Street Journal Spreecast Featuring PonziTracker’s Jordan Maglich
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UPDATE: FOR SPEAKERS OF SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE: SEC’s TelexFree Complaint Now Available In Your Language
Update: SEC press release, complaint re TelexFree pyramid scheme now available in Spanish and Portuguese: http://t.co/SJ4X4lSKaz — SEC_News (@SEC_News) May 15, 2014 Link for Spanish: http://www.sec.gov/enforce/Article/telexfree-press-release-and-complaint-spanish-version.html Link for Portuguese: http://www.sec.gov/enforce/Article/telexfree-press-release-and-complaint-portuguese-version.html
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Alleged TelexFree Promoter Hauled In Front Of TV Cameras In Uganda
A man asserted to be a promoter of at least three fraud schemes, including TelexFree, has been hauled in front of TV cameras in Uganda. The report below is from NTV Uganda. The embarrassing appearance of the suspect may raise the stakes for promoters of online fraud schemes and create even more disastrous PR for…
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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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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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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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EDITORIAL: TelexFree, Rabbit Holes And Vomit
TelexFree, an alleged $1.2 billion Ponzi- and pyramid scheme targeted at immigrants, is an exceptionally dangerous MLM malignancy and criminal enterprise. The SEC, the Massachusetts Securities Division and the U.S. Department of Justice have an obligation to society at large to treat TelexFree with maximum legal prejudice and to annihilate it. This, we believe, is…