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HYIP RIPPLES: FBI Issues ‘Wanted’ Poster For Florida Attorney Implicated In ‘Commodities Online’ Caper; Michael Ralph Casey Called ‘Armed And Dangerous’

A Florida attorney the SEC has described as “anything but lawyerly” is now the subject of an FBI “Wanted” poster and is considered “armed and dangerous.” The FBI issued the poster after Michael Ralph Casey “failed to appear for a court hearing and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest by the United States…

May 19, 2014
CENTRAL THOUGHTS: The Wisdom Of ‘The Boxer’

“Still, a man hears what he wants to hear/And disregards the rest” — “The Boxer,” Simon & Garfunkel, from “Bridge over Troubled Water,” Columbia Records, 1969. “After changes upon changes/We are more or less the same/After changes we are more or less the same” — The “missing verse” from “The Boxer,” Simon & Garfunkel. (Paul…

May 14, 2014
TelexFree Members Blame MLM Debacle On ‘Media Disinformation’; Judge Presiding Over SEC Case Receives Doodles

(UPDATED 9:24 am EDT MAY 14 U.S.A.) The PP Blog previously has reported on campaigns by members to petition judges to “bail out” TelexFree and consider the purported upside of the “program,” which may be the largest combined Ponzi- and pyramid scheme in MLM HYIP history. (Campaigns referenced in this May 10, 2014, PP Blog…

May 12, 2014
EDITORIAL: TelexFree’s La-La Land Leaves Trail Of Missed Signals, Willful Blindness And MLM Arson

In case you missed the big news yesterday, TelexFree figures James Merrill and Carlos Wanzeler were charged criminally. Unofficially this brings the number of charged MLM HYIP “programs” (or clients) with links to MLM attorney Gerald Nehra to three in recent years. Nehra was an “expert witness” for AdSurfDaily in 2008. He testified that ASD,…

May 10, 2014
ZEEK RECEIVER: ‘Multilayered Investigation Into [Rex Venture Group] And Its Insiders, Advisors, And Financial Institutions’ Continues

The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid case says his “multitilayered investigation into [Zeek operator Rex Venture Group] and its insiders, advisors, and financial institutions” continues. Receiver Kenneth D. Bell has been at the helm since the epic collapse of the Zeek MLM HYIP scheme in August 2012. The SEC initially filed…

May 8, 2014
BOSTON GLOBE: Massachusetts Issues Subpoena To Wings Network ‘Program’

3rd Update 12:58 P.M. EDT U.S.A. The office of Massachusetts Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin has issued a subpoena to Wings Network, the Boston Globe is reporting. From the Globe (italics added): “We attended one of their events,’’ Galvin said. “We had heard from some investors who, in light of TelexFree, had become concerned — and…

May 8, 2014
EDITORIAL: TelexFree, Rabbit Holes And Vomit

TelexFree, an alleged $1.2 billion Ponzi- and pyramid scheme targeted at immigrants, is an exceptionally dangerous MLM malignancy and criminal enterprise. The SEC, the Massachusetts Securities Division and the U.S. Department of Justice have an obligation to society at large to treat TelexFree with maximum legal prejudice and to annihilate it. This, we believe, is…

May 6, 2014
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: TelexFree, Gerald Nehra MLM Law Firm, Banks, Processors Sued In Prospective Class Action That Alleges RICO Violations

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (18th update 3:49 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) TelexFree, MLM attorney Gerald Nehra, “Doe” insiders and several banks have been sued in a prospective class-action that alleges fraud and violations of the federal RICO (racketeering) statute. “Certain Defendants share joint and severable liability, including the Doe Inside Promoters, the licensed professionals such…

May 5, 2014
SEC: TelexFree’s Sann Rodrigues On YouTube: God Started MLM And Made ‘Binary’; ‘I Am Never Going To Stop This’

(UPDATED 8:21 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says in new court filings that accused TelexFree promoter and securities fraudster Sann Rodrigues appeared in an April 16 YouTube video and asserted that “God” made MLM and “binary” and that Rodrigues claims he’s “never going to stop this.” Rodrigues is now a two-time…

Apr 30, 2014
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Interim TelexFree Chief Tells Bankruptcy Judge That He Has Fired Carlos Wanzeler And Caused James Merrill And Joe Craft To Resign

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Carlos Wanzeler refused to resign from TelexFree-related entities and has been fired by interim CEO Stuart A. MacMillan, according to new filings in the TelexFree bankruptcy case. MacMillan also caused the resignations of former TelexFree President James Merrill and interim CFO Joe H. Craft, according to the filings. MacMillan now…

Apr 30, 2014
WANTING MORE: From Zeek To TelexFree

(UPDATED 10:13 A.M. EDT APRIL 30 U.S.A.) Back in October 2012, two California members of the collapsed Zeek Rewards MLM “program” filed a self-written pleading with the federal judge presiding over the Zeek Ponzi- and pyramid case in North Carolina. Just two months earlier — in August 2012 — the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…

Apr 29, 2014