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Zeek MLM Chief Keen On Ron Paul For President; Paul Burks Has Ponied Up $2,500; Meanwhile, Zeek Members Say They’re Not Getting Paid For Auction Winnings

UPDATED 12:27 P.M. EDT (JUNE 12, U.S.A.) Paul R. Burks, the chief executive officer of Rex Venture Group LLC, has made four contributions to the GOP Presidential campaign of Rep. Ron Paul since July 2011, Federal Election Commission records show. Rex Venture is the purported parent company of Zeek Rewards, a North Carolina-based MLM program…

Jun 11, 2012
EDITORIAL: A Friday Evening In MLM Radio La-La Land

EDITOR’S NOTE: Our theory about Zeek Rewards is that it’s a slow-motion, pyramid-style Ponzi scheme being driven by any number of clueless affiliates who do not understand they are being influenced by steroidal puppeteers and MLM’s Great Wing of Willfully Blind Hucksters, Religious Frauds and Disingenuous Opportunists, PR Amateurs, Government Agitators and Unindicted Felons and…

Jun 10, 2012
MORE ABSURDITIES: Zeek Promo Appears On Website That Also Pushes JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid; ‘Indefinitely Sustainable Second Income Seniors . . . Secure Your Pension,’ Site Claims; Zeek Post Includes Detailed Instructions On How To Wire Funds To North Carolina Bank

EDITOR’S NOTE: As the PP Blog was researching matters pertaining to the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” and preparing the post below for publication, it encountered a subdomain of the ZeekRewards.com website styled “zeeksupport.” A page on the subdomain purports to identify 16 Zeek “employees,” although is was unclear whether the workers received a wage or…

Jun 7, 2012
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: CFTC Chairman Issues Extraordinary Statement In Response To Congressional Proposal To Cut Agency Budget In Wake Of White-Collar Fraud Epidemic And Expanded Responsibilities

UPDATED 9:05 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The white-collar fraud epidemic has become a political football — one that actually uses a football analogy. This is a statement from Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission: “The result of the House bill is to effectively put the interests of Wall Street ahead of those…

Jun 6, 2012
BULLETIN: Feds Move To Stay Discovery In Lawsuit Filed By ASD Figures Dwight Owen Schweitzer And Todd Disner; Prosecutors Say Neither Schweitzer Nor Disner Responded To May 23 Email

BULLETIN: Federal prosecutors have gone to federal court in the Southern District of Florida, asking a judge to delay discovery in the November 2011 lawsuit filed against the government by AdSurfDaily figures Dwight Owen Schweitzer and Todd Disner. In cases in which plaintiffs sue the government in federal court, assistant U.S. Attorneys who ordinarily may…

Jun 6, 2012
BIZARRE: Zeek Leaders Scold Affiliates: COO Plants Seed That, If Company Tells Members To Change Their Preference In Dispensing Toilet Paper, They Should Do It

EDITOR’S NOTE: One of multilevel marketing’s longtime problems is the observation by critics that some MLM purveyors routinely display cult-like behavior that protects the reputation of the “opportunity” at all costs while ostracizing participants who stray from the company line or ask too many questions. Zeek Rewards, which is married to a penny-auction site known…

Jun 5, 2012
UPDATE: ‘OneX’ Site Has Been Down For Days

Retooling as it hatches a plan to launch anew? Huddling with its mysterious lawyer because the U.S. Department of Justice called it a “fraudulent scheme” and “pyramid” pushed by an accused felon awaiting trial in his Ponzi scheme case? The website of “OneX” has been displaying an “under maintenance” message for days. The development occurs…

Jun 4, 2012
JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid Touted On Race-Baiting/Catholic-Bashing Site; Pitchman Linked To ‘Church’ That Says It Preaches ‘True Gospel Of The Risen Lord Jesus Christ To White-Raced Peoples Of North America, Europe, Southern Africa And Australia’

EDITOR’S NOTE: A reader contacted the PP Blog yesterday, saying the JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid “program” was being “glorified and promoted” on a website styled Vatican Assassins.org. Sure enough, a fawning pitch dated May 21 for JSS/JBP appears on the site — along with a graphic that advertises the purported JSS/JBP payout rate of 60 percent a…

Jun 2, 2012
[DONATION RE-POST]: PP Blog Still Short Heading Into June . . .

Dear Readers, Our post Tuesday has resulted in contributions from five readers, but the PP Blog is about $100 short of where it needs to be ensure June’s core needs are met. Please contribute if you’re able. Patrick

Jun 1, 2012
ZEEK: Now, A Problem With ‘Mislabeled’ Purchases, MLM ‘Opportunity’ Married To Penny-Auction Site Says

After wrapping itself in the American flag on Memorial Day and authoring a vague announcement that it “will be closing our old accounts” at two named U.S. banks and transitioning to an unnamed bank “that can handle our growing needs,” the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” now says it experienced a problem with “mislabeled” credit-card purchases.…

Jun 1, 2012
‘Sovereign’ Who Declared Himself ‘Governor’ Of Alabama And ‘Most Christian Prince’ Sentenced To 10 Years In Bizarre Tax Scheme; Monty Ervin’s Wife Also To Do Jail Stint

Monty Ervin, the self-styled “sovereign citizen” who declared himself “governor” of Alabama in its “original jurisdiction” and a “Most Christian Prince,” has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in scheme that masked the ownership of real estate by placing it in the names of bogus trusts and relied on structured…

May 31, 2012

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