Category: Writing And Branding
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BULLETIN: SEC Sanctions Troy Dooly For Zeek-Related Work; MLMHelpDesk Blogger Ordered To Pay More Than $6,000 In Disgorgement, Penalties And Interest
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 9:04 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The SEC has sanctioned MLMHelpDesk Blogger Adam “Troy” Dooly, amid allegations he accepted money from the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” operated by Rex Venture Group LLC without disclosing to Blog readers and radio listeners that Rex “was paying him” to publicize the Zeek venture. Section 17(b) of the Securities…
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BREAKING BAD: Already-Convicted Narcotics/Firearms Felon With Peripheral Tie To AdSurfDaily And Zeek Ponzi Cases Pleads Guilty In ‘Commodities Online’ Caper After Saying He Approved Another Felon’s Request To Transfer More Than $5 Million To Mexico On Heels Of SEC Subpoena
EDITOR’S NOTE: In case you haven’t seen the series finale, there are no spoilers in this post. “Breaking Bad” ended its original run on AMC, and America said goodbye (or good riddance) to Walter White, the money-launderer next door, last night. The fictional White, of course, had been pursuing clandestine wealth, recklessly disregarding the safety…
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TelexFree Says It Seeks Bankruptcy
UPDATED 7:21 A.M. ET Jan. 21, 2013, to correct misspelling. With pyramid-scheme probes under way in multiple Brazilian states and affiliates also filing actions against the company, TelexFree says it is seeking bankruptcy protection in Brazil. Early details are sketchy. Here’s TelexFree executive Carlos Costa making the announcement while waving the flags of Portugal and…
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WREG (CBS/Memphis): City Of Memphis Rescinds ‘Moorish American Week’ Proclamation That Suggested ‘Sovereign Theocratic Government’ Independent Of Existing Governments In The Americas Had Been Formed
UPDATED 10:55 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The city of Memphis, Tenn., has joined the city of Fayetteville, N.C., in rescinding a 2012 “Moorish American Week” proclamation that apparently was rubber-stamped before the context of the proclamation was understood. Among other things, the proclamations in both cities claimed a “sovereign theocratic government” had been formed inside the…
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Profitable Sunrise Facebook Site Again Used To Drive Business To TelexFree, An Alleged Pyramid Scheme
A Facebook cheerleading site for Profitable Sunrise — alleged in April by the SEC to have conducted an offering fraud that may have gathered tens of millions of dollars through offshore bank accounts — again is being used to drive dollars the TelexFree scheme. The same Facebook site has been used to drive cash to…
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Zeekers Targeted In New Scheme With Ties To Piccolo Organization
BULLETIN: Zeek Rewards members are being targeted in a new scheme with ties to the Phil Piccolo organization and are being solicited for sums ranging from $600 to $60,000 “in return for ” . . . “guaranteed 50 percent interest” from a purported “unique and legal loan system” over an unspecified time period, the PP…
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The Cannons Pointed At The PP Blog
EDITOR’S NOTE: The screen shot above is from the PP Blog during a spam wave. It was taken yesterday and shows that 13 of 18 “readers” at the Blog between 10:11 a.m. and 10:18 a.m. were using IPs that resolve to China. Many of you have heard the website of the New York Times was…