Clarence Busby

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story about filings in a racketeering lawsuit against AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby also includes an update on a lawsuit filed last year against ASD by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. The information is under a subhead below. Although U.S. District […]

A federal judge has denied a motion by the plaintiffs in a racketeering lawsuit against AdSurfDaily attorney Robert Garner for more time to respond to Garner’s motion to be dismissed as a defendant. Judge Rosemary Collyer said the plaintiffs had failed to cite “a good cause” to grant the delay. Meanwhile, Collyer also denied motions […]

UPDATED 5:42 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) In a flurry of activity in the racketeering lawsuit against ASD President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby, the plaintiffs in the case have formally added two attorneys and filed a motion for more time to respond to Garner’s motion to be […]

Federal prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer for an order that would finalize the forfeiture of more than $14 million seized from Golden Panda Ad Builder last year as part of the AdSurfDaily case. Golden Panda, whose president was Clarence Busby, amassed the amount in only days. The final sum, taking credits and […]

Filing as a pro se litigant even though he is an attorney, Robert Garner argued in court filings today that he should be dismissed as a RICO defendant in a complaint brought by members of AdSurfDaily because U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has no jurisdiction over him. In the motion, Garner argued […]

On Monday, prosecutors filed papers to begin the process of finalizing the default of more than $14 million seized from Bank of America accounts controlled by Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby and his daughter, Dawn Stowers. A court clerk today entered a default notice for a total sum of $14,045,598.07.  The notice clears […]

As anticipated, the government has filed papers to finalize the forfeiture of more than $14 million seized from Bank of America accounts controlled by Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby and his daughter, Dawn Stowers. Busby surrendered claims to the funds in September. Earlier today the government set the official total of funds seized […]

UPDATED 5:13 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors have filed papers that formalize the official total of deposits seized from Bank of America accounts held by AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin and Golden Panda President Clarence Busby. The amounts appear to be significantly higher than believed initially and take into account “credits, and net of offsets that […]

AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin still hasn’t responded to a Jan. 15 racketeering lawsuit filed against him by three ASD members seeking class-action certification. Meanwhile, Bank of America, a non-RICO defendant accused in the complaint of aiding Bowdoin and others in a fraudulent scheme, has added two additional attorneys who specialize in complex financial litigation to […]

UPDATED 5:28 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Attorneys for three plaintiffs who accused ASD President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby of racketeering have asked a federal judge for more time to prepare. The plaintiffs were joined in the motion by Bank of America, a non-RICO defendant in the […]

UPDATED 9:10 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Joyce Haws, an Iowa woman who filed a motion last week to set aside the forfeiture in the AdSurfDaily case, is listed in court documents as a “founder” of Golden Panda Ad Builder. Haws and “her spouse” are listed on a roster of 34 Golden Panda “founders” who provided start-up […]