Tag: ASD
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BREAKING NEWS: Judge Denies Bowdoin’s Bid To Reenter AdSurfDaily Case; Says ASD President’s Claims Lack Merit
UPDATED 5:18 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) A federal judge has denied the bid of AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin to reverse his decision to forfeit tens of millions of dollars to the government in a case that features allegations of wire-fraud, money-laundering and operating a Ponzi scheme. “As Mr. Bowdoin’s own descriptions of events fail to support…
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Another Massive Ponzi Scheme Probe Under Way In Minnesota; Case Reminiscent Of Alleged Ponzis Of Tom Petters, Matthew Scott And Andy Bowdoin
Gerard Frank Cellette Jr. is suspected of operating a Ponzi scheme that involved tens of millions of dollars and was based on bogus printing contracts, prosecutors in Minnesota said yesterday. Cellette, 44, of Andover, Minn., owes investors at least $53 million, according to the felony complaint filed by the office of Hennepin County Attorney Mike…
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BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: New Pro Se Motion To Intervene In ASD Case Lists Phone Number Associated With ASD Figure Nate Boyd
UPDATED 5:16 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) NOTE: After additional research, the 10-digit number cited below appears not to be a bank-account number. Rather, it appears to be a telephone number associated with Nate Boyd, a former compliance officer for AdSurfDaily. Boyd’s name also has been associated with the AdViewGlobal (AVG) autosurf. See the comments thread below.…
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Madoff Accountant Expected To Plead Guilty; Charges Demonstrate One Of The Pickles In Which ASD Finds Itself
UPDATED 2:03 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Prosecutors have advised a federal judge that the government expects David G. Friehling to plead guilty to charges next week. Friehling was the small-shop accountant for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. The mere fact that Bernard Madoff’s multibillion firm used a small shop that employed a single accountant — Friehling…
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OCT. 28 PONZI NEWS AND NOTES: Tom Petters Trial To Open; Employee Of Sir Allen Stanford Purportedly Criticized, Ostracized, Fired For Being Too Honest
NEWS: In the world of high finance, Tom Petters was Bernard Madoff before Bernard Madoff was Bernard Madoff — at least with respect to shocking headlines about Ponzi schemes. Jury selection is under way in Minnesota in the Petters case. The allegations that Petters presided over a $3.65 billion Ponzi were unfathomable in September 2008.…
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HYIP/AUTOSURF SHOCKWAVES: Regulators Order Canadian Ponzi Schemers To Pay Penalties Totaling $26 Million And To Disgorge Illegal Profits Of $16 Million; Case Has Parallels To AdSurfDaily And AdViewGlobal
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has ordered four respondents in a civil action to pay penalties of $26 million for operating a Ponzi scheme and to surrender $16 million in illegal profits. In forceful findings that may echo throughout the HYIP and autosurfing universe, BCSC said the schemers tried to skirt securities laws by…
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BREAKING NEWS: Florida Revokes Corporate Registration Of Andy Bowdoin’s AdSurfDaily Inc.; Dissolves Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises Inc. On Same Date
UPDATED 10:47 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The state of Florida has revoked the corporate registration of AdSurfDaily Inc. Meanwhile, the state has dissolved Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises Inc. Both actions were taken Sept. 25 by the Florida Department of State’s Division of Corporations because neither company filed required paperwork. ASD’s registration is marked “REVOKED FOR ANNUAL REPORT.” The…
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Bowdoin’s New Lawyer Has Another Big Case; Feds Charge Florida Home-Builder Scott Fawcett In Multi-Agency Operation Dubbed ‘The Mortgage Fraud Surge’
Michael R.N. McDonnell is the attorney for a Florida man charged Tuesday with obtaining $388,000 in a mortgage-fraud scheme, according to the Naples Daily News. McDonnell, a lawyer for nearly 40 years, recently was retained to represent AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin in a civil-forfeiture case involving tens of millions of dollars seized from Bowdoin’s bank…
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UPDATE: No Vana Blue Shares Have Traded Hands Since Oct. 8; No Praebius Communications Trades Since Oct. 9
UPDATED 4:30 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) No shares of Vana Blue were reported traded today. No trades have occurred since Oct. 8, a period encompassing seven full trading days. Some shares of Praebius did trade today, so its string of no trading since Oct. 9 ended. Here, below, our earlier post . . . Two Pinksheet…
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EDITORIAL: Another Major Thread Goes ‘Poof’ At Surf’s Up
UPDATED 9:39 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A thread at the Pro-AdSurfDaily Surf’s Up forum went missing this morning after a days-long debate in which federal prosecutors were called “goons” and a member repeatedly insisted that a government attorney had acknowledged that ASD was not a Ponzi scheme. The thread was titled “William Cowden Resigned.” Various Surf’s…
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Bank Failure Brings 2009 Total To 99; Foreclosures Pile Up In California, Florida; Prosecutors Battle Mortgage Fraudsters And Ponzi Schemers
UPDATED 1:33 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The failure yesterday of San Joaquin Bank in Bakersfield, Calif., brought the total of bank failures in the United States this year to 99. With weeks remaining in the year, it is a virtual certainty that failures will top the 100 mark. Banks have been failing at an average rate…