PARTIAL LIST: Gold Nugget Invest (GNI) Just Latest Failed Scheme Promoted By AdSurfDaily Members; One Program After Another Pushed By Promoters Has Collapsed
EDITOR’S NOTE: This list summarizes several programs pushed by members of AdSurfDaily, a Florida company implicated in an alleged $100 million Ponzi scheme. In some cases, the programs were pushed prior to the seizure by the U.S. Secret Service in August 2008 of 15 bank accounts linked to ASD or Golden Panda Ad Builder, one […]
Belize, Israel, Switzerland, Canada And United States Cooperate In Case That Leads To Judgment Against Florida-Based Company Posing As ‘Offshore’ Investment Firm
EDITOR’S NOTE: Members of Florida-based AdSurfDaily and a closely connected autosurf firm, AdViewGlobal, purportedly based in Uruguay, may find this story particularly eye-opening. Play the autosurf or “offshore” HYIP investment games? Buy into the hype that overseas “registration” provides “shelter?” Pose as an “expert” on the Ponzi and HYIP boards and tell your downline members […]
Richard M. Harkless, Ponzi Scheme Figure, Sentenced To 100 Years In Prison; Judge Says He Showed No Remorse
A California man convicted of wire fraud, mail fraud and money-laundering in a $60 million Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to 100 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $35.5 million in restitution. Separately, Richard M. Harkless was ordered to pay $42 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties in a case brought […]
BREAKING NEWS: Receiver In ASI/Brett Blackman Case Delivers Devastating Preliminary Report; Noobing Autosurf Identified As Part Of ASI Affiliate Fold And Was Registered In Nevis; Belize Used For Other Firm
A receiver appointed to review financial records of Affiliate Strategies Inc. and related companies named defendants in a fraudulent government-grants scheme last month advised a federal judge that the companies were insolvent and had less than one day’s operating cash requirements in their bank accounts. Astonishingly, receiver Larry Cook advised U.S. District Judge Julie A. […]