Tag: AdSurfDaily
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Garner Says D.C. Court Has No Jurisdiction Over Him In RICO Case; Claims Bowdoin Solely Responsible For AdSurfDaily
Filing as a pro se litigant even though he is an attorney, Robert Garner argued in court filings today that he should be dismissed as a RICO defendant in a complaint brought by members of AdSurfDaily because U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has no jurisdiction over him. In the motion, Garner argued…
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Amid Wire Flap, AdViewGlobal Pitches Mind-Boggling, 250 Percent Match; Members Question Surf’s Management Practices
Signs of the apocalypse? Some members of the AdViewGlobal autosurf are openly fretting that the company’s behavior could be a signal that all is not well. But one AVG loyalist insists things are just fine and that AVG’s problems are being caused by the “greed” of people who know that the surf poses “a threat…
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BREAKING NEWS: ‘Professor’ Patrick Moriarty Indicted On Tax Charges; ASD Mainstay Simultaneously Battles Cancer
UPDATED 3:39 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) “Professor” Patrick Moriarty has been indicted on federal tax charges. Parts of the indictment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri were filed under seal March 19. A redacted True Bill charged Moriarty with filing false income-tax returns for the tax years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.…
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BREAKING NEWS: Clerk Records Golden Panda ‘Default’
On Monday, prosecutors filed papers to begin the process of finalizing the default of more than $14 million seized from Bank of America accounts controlled by Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby and his daughter, Dawn Stowers. A court clerk today entered a default notice for a total sum of $14,045,598.07. The notice clears…
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AdSurfDaily Downline Group Known As ‘Oneteam’ Repeatedly Used Names Of Government Agencies, Bank Of America In Advertisements For Embattled Andy Bowdoin ‘Surf’ Firm
An AdSurfDaily downline group known as “oneteam” used the names of U.S. government agencies, a Congressionally chartered insurance entity for depositors and Bank of America in what appears to have been a brazen bid to disarm doubting prospects continuously in advertisements for at least 18 months. The ads appeared online beginning in February 2007. Among…
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Oddities Abound In ASD Case, ‘Surf World
Oddity One: As first reported here yesterday, Andy Bowdoin had the exact same amount on deposit in three separate Bank of America accounts: $1,000,338.91. Such an oddity seems impossible, if not deliberate. Could the $338.91 tacked on the end of all three sums be interest on individual deposits of exactly $1 million each all made…
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BREAKING NEWS: Government Seeks Golden Panda Default
As anticipated, the government has filed papers to finalize the forfeiture of more than $14 million seized from Bank of America accounts controlled by Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby and his daughter, Dawn Stowers. Busby surrendered claims to the funds in September. Earlier today the government set the official total of funds seized…
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BREAKING NEWS: Government Seized $65.8 Million From Bowdoin Accounts, $14 Million From Busby Accounts
UPDATED 5:13 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors have filed papers that formalize the official total of deposits seized from Bank of America accounts held by AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin and Golden Panda President Clarence Busby. The amounts appear to be significantly higher than believed initially and take into account “credits, and net of offsets that…
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Bowdoin Still A No-Show In RICO Lawsuit; Attorneys For Both Sides Gear Up For What Could Be An Interminable Slog
AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin still hasn’t responded to a Jan. 15 racketeering lawsuit filed against him by three ASD members seeking class-action certification. Meanwhile, Bank of America, a non-RICO defendant accused in the complaint of aiding Bowdoin and others in a fraudulent scheme, has added two additional attorneys who specialize in complex financial litigation to…
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SPECIAL REPORT: The Largely Unknown Bowdoin ‘Surf’
“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil.” — From 1 Timothy 6:9-10 He was hailed a Christian “genius,” and AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin often invoked…
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BREAKING NEWS: KINGZ Capital Management Corp. Denies Any Ties To AdViewGlobal Autosurf, Launches Investigation Into AVG Wire Claim; Says Attorneys Are Monitoring Situation
UPDATED 2:59 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Claims by the AdViewGlobal (AVG) autosurf that KINGZ Capital Management Corp. is aiding AVG in offshore wire transfers are false, and KINGZ has launched an investigation, the company’s top executive said in an interview this morning. “Nothing has ever been accepted from [AVG], nothing has been — and nothing will…