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  • Zeek Receiver Has $104K Judgment Against TrafficMonsoon Pitchman Now Pushing TrafficPowerline

    Screen shot from federal court files. Masking by PP Blog.
    Screen shot from federal court files. Masking by PP Blog.

    On Oct. 14, 2015, the federal court clerk for the Western District of North Carolina signed a judgment of $104,743.55 against Adrian John Hibbert of Sully, United Kingdom. The judgment was in favor of Zeek Rewards’ receiver Kenneth D. Bell, records show.

    Bell had sued Hibbert and other U.K. residents in March 2015 for return of their alleged Ponzi scheme winnings, plus interest. The SEC shut down Zeek in August 2012, alleging a massive cross-border fraud that had gathered hundreds of millions of dollars.

    Hibbert appears not to have entered a defense to Bell’s claims that he had received more than $82,000 from Zeek and that those winnings constituted Ponzi proceeds that must be returned to victims.

    Instead, he pushed other cross-border, online schemes such as Traffic Monsoon, shut down by the SEC in July after allegedly gathering more than $207 million. With Traffic Monsoon facing a Sept. 23 hearing in Utah, Hibbert has turned his attention to Traffic Powerline, according to promos on YouTube.

    The development shows that money tainted by fraud may be flowing between and among schemes.

    Bell has raised the issue of MLMers moving from one fraud scheme to another.

    BehindMLM.com has reported TrafficPowerline is related to a recently collapsed Ponzi scheme known as MoBrabus.

    Pearse Donnelly of both TrafficPowerline and MoBrabus has been threatening BehindMLM.

    NOTE: Thanks to the ASD Updates Blog.




  • BULLETIN: Zeek Receiver Sues Alleged ‘Winners’ In United Kingdom

    breakingnews72BULLETIN: (3rd update 7 p.m. ET March 6 U.S.A.) The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid case has sued “alleged winners” with addresses in the United Kingdom.

    Receiver Kenneth D. Bell identified the defendants as:

    Shaun Smith, Bridgnorth, $262,900.31; Peter William Bennett, Wokingham, $257,573.30; Mark Anthony Ferrie, Abergavenny, $212,072.60; Gary Bryan Morris, Abergavenny, $342,405.01; Kalpesh Patel, Newham, London, $140,842.47; Parvis Parvizi, Macclesfield, $90,518.83; Cathal Lambe, Omagh, $90,311.21; Adrian John Hibbert, Sully, $82,103.51; John Noakes, Croydon, London, $59,850.62.

    The action against the U.K. defendants is believed to be the second against residents of Europe. Bell sued alleged Zeek winners from Norway last month. The receiver previously sued U.S. residents and residents of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the British Virgin Islands.

    Zeek, an MLM “program,” operated from Lexington, N.C. At least three Zeek executives have been charged criminally. Court filings alleged the far-reaching scam that operated over the Internet gathered about $897 million in less than two years.

    The SEC sued Zeek in August 2012, alleging a massive fraud scheme involving the sale of unregistered securities.

    Bell contends the winners must return their Zeek hauls because they “won” money from victims “in an unlawful combined Ponzi and pyramid scheme.” The case against the U.K. defendants is filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

    NOTE: Our thanks to the ASD Updates Blog.