Tag: Brett Blackman
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Brett Blackman, President Of Collapsed ‘Noobing’ Autosurf, Subjected To $27 Million Judgment In ‘Grants’ Scheme And Banned From Marketing Money-Making ‘Opportunities,’ FTC Says; Blackman Firm Faces Separate $27.2 Million Judgment
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: The price of Brett Blackman’s serial scamming finally has been determined: $54.2 million. Blackman, the president of an autosurf known as “Noobing” that targeted people with hearing impairments, has been subjected to a personal judgment of $27 million and banned from marketing money-making “opportunities,” the FTC said. Blackman also has…
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BULLETIN: Autosurf Biz Takes Another Pounding; Federal Judge Adds Noobing As Receivership Defendant In Fraud Case Against Parent Company; 14 Other Subsidiaries Named
UPDATED 6:05 P.M. EDT (U.S.A., Jan. 20, 2011.) In yet another case that portends disaster for the so-called “autosurf” industry, a federal judge has ordered the Noobing autosurf to be added as a receivership defendant in a fraud case brought against its parent company. The FTC and attorneys general from Minnesota, North Carolina and Kansas…
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RECEIVER REPORT: Jet Ski Owned By Noobing Autosurf’s Parent Company Fetches $1,800 At Auction; Office Equipment Fetches $12,500
A court-appointed receiver has described the accounting records of Affiliate Strategies Inc. (ASI) as a mess, saying “an opinion on the accuracy of these records is not possible without an extensive audit that would require significant additional costs.” ASI is the parent company of the Noobing autosurf, which targeted deaf people in sales promotions. ASI…
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BREAKING NEWS: Water Toy Does Not Survive: Federal Judge Approves Liquidation Plan That Demolishes Parent Company Of Noobing Autosurf; Jet Ski, Car, Computers, Furniture — Even A Wastebasket Ordered Sold
A federal judge has given the go-ahead to a court-appointed receiver to sell the assets of Affiliate Strategies Inc. (ASI), the parent company of the Noobing autosurf. U.S. District Judge Julie A. Robinson of the District of Kansas approved the plan submitted by receiver Larry Cook. The plan authorizes Cook to sell the assets in…
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BREAKING NEWS: Receiver In FTC Case Against Parent Company Of Noobing Autosurf Seeks Wholesale Demolition Of Firm; Asks Judge To Approve Plan To Sell Assets — Right Down To Restroom Wastebasket
Assets of the parent company of an autosurf firm that targeted customers with hearing impairments would be sold at auction — up to and including a stainless-steel wastebasket in the women’s restroom, according to a plan proposed by the receiver in the case against Affiliate Strategies Inc. (ASI) and other companies. ASI is the parent…
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BREAKING NEWS: Judge Orders Offshore Assets Of Firm Associated With Noobing Autosurf Repatriated; Broadens Authority Of Receiver To Pursue Recovery
In a ruling that may send shockwaves throughout the offshore autosurf “industry,” a federal judge has ordered the parent company of the Noobing autosurf to repatriate to the United States all assets and documents held on foreign soil. U.S. District Judge Julie A. Robinson also cleared the way for any safe-deposit boxes to be opened…
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RECEIVER: Firm Associated With Noobing Autosurf Charged Senior Citizen In Search Of Housing Grant $995 For Three Names And Addresses Of Providers; One Of The Addresses Proved To Be Regional HUD Office
UPDATED 2:11 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A company associated with the Noobing autosurf charged a 70-year-old Philadelphia man on Social Security $995 for the names and addresses of three entities that possibly could help him secure a grant to repair his rapidly deteriorating home, according to the receiver in the fraud case against Affiliate Strategies Inc.,…
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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.…
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UPDATE: Noobing Surf Site Offline As FTC Fraud Case Against Affiliate Strategies Inc. Proceeds; Receiver Appointed And Expected To File Preliminary Report Soon
A receiver has been appointed in the case against Affiliate Strategies Inc. (ASI) and Brett Blackman, ASI’s president, chief executive officer and founding partner. Noobing, a surfing site, is in the ASI fold, but has not been named a defendant. Regardless, the Noobing site is offline. A federal judge has granted a freeze of ASI’s…
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Noobing, Surf Site That Pitched Itself To Deaf Community, Goes Missing; Purported President Was Named In FTC Complaint Against Separate Firm Last Month That Alleged ‘Guaranteed’ Government ‘Stimulus’ Grants Of $25,000
UPDATED 10:48 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The Noobing surf site is throwing a server error and will not resolve. The development came in the aftermath of a Federal Trade Commission complaint filed late last month against Brett Blackman and others, although Noobing was not named in the FTC complaint. On July 24, a federal judge froze…