Tag: Andrew Thomas. Bowdoin Harris Enterprises

  • Who is Faye S. Bowdoin? Troubling, New Questions Arise In The AdSurfDaily Ponzi Scheme And Money-Laundering Case

    UPDATED 12:56 A.M. EST (Feb. 28, U.S.A.) Documents filed by federal prosecutors in the AdSurfDaily case pointedly refer to Andy Bowdoin’s wife as “Edna Faye Bowdoin.”

    But other documents on file with the Florida Department of State refer to her as “Faye S. Bowdoin.” Other documents in the Florida Department of State and elsewhere in Florida refer to her as “Faye S. Harris.”

    “Harris” is the last name of a man to whom she once was married and also the name of her son, George Harris III.

    Adding to the mystery is the building in Quincy, Fla., that once was home to “Faye’s Florist” and later became home to AdSurfDaily. Documents from 1996 list the shop’s address address as 11 S. Calhoun Street, Quincy, Fla. 32351.

    AdSurfDaily, however, listed its address as 13 S. Calhoun Street, even though it was in the same building once occupied by Faye’s Florist. Adding yet another layer of mystery is that Faye S. Bowdoin is listed in state records as the sole board member of Bowdoin Harris/Enterprises Inc., which became a corporation in Florida in June 2008, about two months before the seizure of ASD’s assets.

    Like ASD, Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises used the 13. S. Calhoun address — but 12 years earlier, Faye S. Harris listed the corporate address for “Faye’s Florist” as 11 S. Calhoun Street.

    Federal prosecutors said the 13 S. Calhoun Street address listed for ASD was bogus. In December, prosecutors filed a second forfeiture complaint against assets linked to ASD, including property purchased by Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises using ASD money.

    Adding yet another layer of mystery is a name that appears on documents Faye’s Florist filed with the state in 1996. The name “Thomas, Andrew” of 7. West Washington St., Suite 4, Quincy, Fla. 32351, appears as the name of the registered agent for Faye’s Florist.

    Andy Bowdoin’s given name is Thomas Anderson Bowdoin Jr. ASD members knew him as “Andy.” The appearance of the name “Thomas, Andrew” — with the last name first, meaning the actual name is “Andrew Thomas” — on the 1996 documents from Faye’s Florist suggests that Andy Bowdoin could be “Andrew Thomas.”

    That is not for certain, of course. What is for certain, however, is that law enforcement would find such a name on a document entirely too coincidental not to investigate thoroughly.

    There has to be a reason why both ASD and Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises used a nonexistent address — 13 S. Calhoun St. — in public records. And unless Edna Faye Bowdoin and Faye S. Bowdoin are two separate people, there has to be a reason why Mrs. Bowdoin is using two separate names and two addresses for the same building.

    Prosecutors said that Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises was a bid by Andy Bowdoin and Edna Faye Bowdoin to hide assets. What’s unclear, however, was what motivated the need to hide assets.

    If “Andy Bowdoin” is the “Andrew Thomas” listed in the 1996 documents for Faye’s Florist, however, it suggests an elaborate attempt to hide assets dating back at least 12 years. The document just as easily could have carried the name “Thomas Anderson Bowdoin” Jr. if Andy Bowdoin and Andrew Thomas are one in the same.

    The question is why did it not if they are one in the same.

    Andy Bowdoin was charged with defrauding customers in an Alabama securities scheme in the 1990s, and was still making incremental payments to victims even as ASD was generating tens of millions of dollars last year.

    At the time of the August seizure, he still owed the victims about $45,000. Just a few days prior to the seizure Bowdoin paid nearly $50,000 for a new Lincoln. A month later he sent his Alabama victims a check for $100.

    Edna Faye Bowdoin’s son, George Harris, is listed as the registered agent for Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises. Prosecutors said he and his mother used nearly $180,000 in ASD funds from Bank of America to open an account at Capital City Bank on June 10, 2008, just days after Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises was formed.

    On June 23, 2008, George Harris used $157,216 of the money in the new account to pay off the mortgage on the Tallahasse home he shared with his wife, Judy Harris, prosecutors said.

    Here, below, some screen shots of documents:

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    Corporate filing from 1996 showing address of Faye's Florist as 11 S. Calhoun Street.
    Corporate filing from 1996 showing address of Faye's Florist as 11 S. Calhoun Street.

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    Signature of Faye S. Harris in 1996 filing for Faye's Florist.
    Signature of Faye S. Harris in 1996 filing for Faye's Florist.

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    Document signed Faye S. Bowdoin in 20088 corporate filing for Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises that shows the address as 13 S. Calhoun Street.
    Document signed Faye S. Bowdoin in 2008 corporate filing for Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises that shows the address as 13 S. Calhoun Street. When Faye's Florist was open, it used 11 S. Calhoun Street as its address.

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    Document from June 2008 showing George Harris as registered agent for Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises.
    Document from June 2008 showing George Harris as registered agent for Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises.

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    Andy Bowdoin lists 13 S. Calhoun as ASD's address in filing with Florida Department of State.
    Andy Bowdoin lists 13 S. Calhoun as ASD's address in 2008 filing with Florida Department of State.