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UPDATE: TelexFree’s James Merrill Remains In Custody
UPDATED 8:14 p.m. EDT U.S.A. James Merrill, the onetime president of TelexFree arrested and detained May 9 on wire-fraud conspiracy charges, was not freed at a bail hearing today and will remain in custody. “The judge took the matter under advisement,” the office of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz of the District of Massachusetts said early…
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BULLETIN: Feds Say Carlos Wanzeler Left U.S. For Canada On Same Day Homeland Security Raided TelexFree Offices; Alleged Fugitive Then Flew To Brazil On Date His Home Was Raided; Wanzeler’s Wife Arrested As Material Witness After Telling Agents Husband Was Staying In Hotel
(10th Update 10:53 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) Federal agents arrested Massachusetts resident Katia Wanzeler at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York yesterday after “someone in Brazil” purchased her a “one-way ticket” two days ago and paid cash, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleges in an affidavit. Katia, the wife of alleged TelexFree fugitive…
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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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BULLETIN: REPORT: Wanzeler’s Wife Arrested; [UPDATE: U.S. Attorney’s Office Confirms Arrest]
BULLETIN: (6th update 6:10 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) There are reports on Twitter, citing a Boston Globe story, that the wife of accused TelexFree figure Carlos Wanzeler has been arrested at an airport. The office of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz of the District of Massachusetts confirmed the arrest to the PP Blog at 11:46 a.m., saying…
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BULLETIN: Special Master Compares Zeek Case To Madoff, Stanford And Enron
BULLETIN: With the MLM world only now coming to grips with the alleged $1.2 billion TelexFree Ponzi- and pyramid fraud, the special master in the Zeek Rewards criminal action has compared the Zeek case to the Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford Ponzi schemes and the notorious Enron securities swindle involving former CEO Jeffrey Skilling. Special…
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Full Statement By SEC On U.S. Justice Department’s Filing Last Week Of Criminal Charges Against TelexFree Figures
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 22992 / May 13, 2014 Securities and Exchange Commission v. TelexFree, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-11858-DJC (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts) United States v. Carlos Nataniel Wanzeler and James Matthew Merrill, Case No. 14-MJ-4172-DHH (United States District Court for the District…
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