Tag: Daniel Olivares
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ZEEK RECEIVER: ‘No Comment’ On BitClub Network Story
Zeek receiver Kenneth D. Bell had “no comment” this morning on an Aug. 30, PP Blog story that reported Zeek figure T. LeMont Silver now was pushing a murky “program” called “BitClub Network.” Bell has raised concerns that Silver is a serial promoter of Zeek-like schemes to defraud. As the PP Blog noted yesterday, Silver…
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BULLETIN: Zeek’s Burks, Wright-Olivares, Olivares Settle With Receiver; Agree To $600 Million Consent Judgment ‘To Be Satisfied With Substantially All Of Their Assets’
BULLETIN: (2nd Update 8:29 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) Three individuals alleged to be key insiders of the Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid scheme have agreed to a $600 million consent judgment with the court-appointed receiver. Receiver Kenneth D. Bell sued several alleged insiders, including Zeek operator Paul R. Burks, former COO Dawn Wright-Olivares and programmer Daniel…
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BULLETIN: Special Master Compares Zeek Case To Madoff, Stanford And Enron
BULLETIN: With the MLM world only now coming to grips with the alleged $1.2 billion TelexFree Ponzi- and pyramid fraud, the special master in the Zeek Rewards criminal action has compared the Zeek case to the Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford Ponzi schemes and the notorious Enron securities swindle involving former CEO Jeffrey Skilling. Special…
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UPDATE: 2 Key Figures In Zeek Case Will Be Under Supervision Of U.S. Probation Office While Out On Bond
In an update to victims of the $850 million Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors said Dawn Wright-Olivares and Daniel Olivares will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office while out on bond. Wright-Olivares, 45, was Zeek’s former COO. She pleaded guilty last week to investment-fraud conspiracy and tax-fraud conspiracy. Daniel Olivares, the…
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BULLETIN: Wright-Olivares, Olivares Plead Guilty For Roles In Zeek Rewards’ Ponzi Scheme
BULLETIN: (3rd Update 1:46 p.m. ET U.S.A.) Dawn Wright-Olivares and Daniel Olivares pleaded guilty this morning for their roles in the $850 million Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid scheme, the office of U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina said. Wright-Olivares, 45, was Zeek’s former COO. Her stepson, Olivares, 31,…
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From Zeek To ‘The Healthy Hog’
EDITOR’S NOTE: A “razorback” is a wild (feral) hog present in certain U.S. states, including Arkansas. The University of Arkansas calls its sports teams the “Razorbacks.” Zeek Rewards Ponzi-scheme figure Dawn Wright-Olivares, an Arkansas resident, recently opened a Clarksville restaurant called “The Healthy Hog.” Though the words “healthy” and “hog” may appear to be in…