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BULLETIN: SEC Moves To Block Virginia Man From Intervening In Profitable Sunrise Case; Appointment Of Receiver Will Depend On Success Of Efforts To Repatriate Assets To United States
BULLETIN: The SEC has asked a federal judge not to permit a Virginia man to intervene in the Profitable Sunrise HYIP fraud case, saying that the man’s self-filed pleading “would open the floodgates for other investors to file similar motions.” In late April, James Paul Schilling of Mechanicsville effectively asked U.S. District Judge Thomas W.…
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Pitchman Says Hong Kong-Based ‘Program’ Is ‘1,000 Percent Better’ Than Profitable Sunrise And Zeek Rewards
In a bizarre and disturbing video playing on YouTube, a former Profitable Sunrise pitchman claims a new “program” he joined is operating from Hong Kong and is purveyed by an unidentified “doctor.” The purported opportunity is “1,000 percent better” than Profitable Sunrise or Zeek Rewards, according to the video. News of the video first was…
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ANOTHER ALLEGED SENIOR SCAMMER: Leonard Ansill, 77, Booked At Palm Beach County Jail On Ponzi Charges
Leonard Ansill, a 77-year-old resident of Jupiter Farms, Fla., has become the latest senior citizen accused of swindling investors in a Ponzi scheme — this one of the real-estate variety. Ansill’s booking sheet at the jail shows he is being held on seven criminal charges, including multiple counts of grand larceny. One of his alleged…
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BULLETIN: Zeek Rewards Claims Portal Scheduled To Open ‘On Or Before’ May 15, Receiver Says
BULLETIN: The claims portal for the alleged Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme is scheduled to open on or before May 15, the court-appointed receiver has announced. “It is with pleasure that I report on May 8, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina granted our motion seeking Court approval of our…
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DIABOLICAL: Purported ‘Christian’ Enterprise With Purported Ties To Catholic Church Launches Spam Campaign For Purported ‘Loan’ Program And Bizarrely Tries To Sanitize It By Linking To PP Blog Story On Profitable Sunrise Scam
Is it channeling Profitable Sunrise as part of an affinity-fraud/identity-theft reload scam? An enterprise that bizarrely is calling itself “ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH LOAN FIRM” purports to have an office in England and appears to be targeting Catholics and Christians in general to be fleeced in a purported “loan” program. The spam/scam pitch begins, “I…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Zeek Rewards Claims Process Approved By Federal Judge
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A federal judge has approved the claims process in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case. The order approving the process was signed today by Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen, meaning that claims must be submitted within 120 calendar days from today. Zeek Rewards receiver Kenneth D. Bell submitted…
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DEVELOPING STORY: Buford Rogers Arrested In Alleged Localized Terror Plot In Minnesota, FBI Says
FBI agents and other members of law enforcement have arrested 24-year-old Buford Rogers in Montevideo, Minn., after executing a search warrant Friday and finding “explosive devices” and “several guns,” the FBI said today. “The FBI believes that a terror attack was disrupted by law enforcement personnel and that the lives of several local residents were…
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12 Law-Enforcement Agents Reportedly Injured In Clash With Pyramid Schemers; Dozens Of People Reportedly Detained By Chinese Authorities
State-run media in China are reporting that 12 members of law enforcement were injured in a clash with pyramid schemers. The Xinhua news agency says that a pyramid-inspired uprising began in China’s Anhui Province and that 34 members of the scheme were detained for assault and five were arrested. From the news agency (italics added):…
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UPDATE: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Sentenced To Jail Time In State-Level Case That Began As Bank-Fraud Probe Now Charged With Federal Tax Crimes
John A. Glavin, the Wisconsin man and purported “sovereign citizen” who received a memorable rebuke from a county judge who sentenced him to 90 days in jail in a case about transferring property illegally to dupe a bank, now has been indicted under federal law for tax crimes. Glavin, 43, is the father of 11…
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