Government Refuses To Say Whether Return Of INetGlobal Funds Means The Firm Has Been Cleared And The Probe Into Its Business Practices Has Concluded
UPDATED 9:24 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones of the District of Minnesota refused to say today whether the government’s probe into the business practices of Inter-Mark Corp. and INetGlobal is over. “[W]e never confirm or deny the existence of investigations,” said Jeanne Cooney. The firms announced yesterday that prosecutors […]
INetGlobal Enters Objection To Magistrate Judge’s Ruling Permitting Government To Approach ‘Current And Former’ Employees In Ponzi Probe
The investigation into the business practices of INetGlobal is turning into a legal slog reminiscent of the AdSurfDaily autosurf Ponzi scheme case. In April, attorney Paul Engh filed a motion, saying he represented INetGlobal employees. Among other things, Engh sought an order that effectively would have blocked the U.S. Secret Service from interviewing the employees, […]
PROSECUTION: INetGlobal Trying To Derail Probe By Hiring Attorney To Block Agents’ Access To ‘Potentially Adverse Witnesses’ Among Employee Ranks; Assertion That One Attorney Can Represent All Workers ‘Outlandish’
Federal prosecutors say they believe INetGlobal and its parent company — Inter-Mark Corp. — hired an attorney for employees to derail a criminal probe into the companies’ business practices by muting the voices of workers who could become witnesses in the case. Prosecutors made the dramatic claim in response to INetGlobal’s request last week for […]
BULLETIN: Renner Case Takes West Coast Turn; Prosecutors Seek Forfeiture Of San Diego Property Allegedly Bought With Funds From INetGlobal Advertisers
BULLETIN: UPDATED 1:47 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors and the U.S. Secret Service have filed paperwork that says INetGlobal’s parent company — Inter-Mark Corp. — acquired a property in San Diego last year and intended to remodel it with proceeds from a Ponzi scheme. Records suggest the purchase price of the property was $595,000 and […]
Federal Judge Delays Ruling In INetGlobal Case, Saying Attorney May Be ‘Primary Fact Witness’; Sends Case Back To Magistrate Judge
UPDATED 8:29 A.M. EDT (APRIL 18, U.S.A.) Despite Internet and email claims yesterday and today by supporters of INetGlobal that the company had won a key battle with prosecutors, that the case was “over” and that news about the litigation engulfing the company “is better than anything we expected,” an order and memorandum by a […]
Is A New Company Known As RGMG Emerging To Promote Elements Of Inter-Mark Corp. In Wake Of Secret Service Raid At INetGlobal Amid Ponzi Allegations?
UPDATED 5:43 P.M. ET (U.S.A., Jan. 20, 2011.) On Feb. 23, the U.S. Secret Service raided the Minneapolis offices of INetGlobal, a company operated by Steve Renner under the Inter-Mark Corp. umbrella. The raid occurred amid allegations that INetGlobal was operating an autosurf Ponzi scheme and also engaging in wire fraud and money-laundering. A week […]
Website Of Spokesman For Renner Entity Claims Government ‘Leaking’ Info To PP Blog About INetGlobal Ponzi Probe; ‘Didn’t Happen — Ever,’ Blog Says; Meanwhile, A Bogus ‘Apology’ Claim
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Did people associated with a company implicated by the U.S. Secret Service in a Ponzi scheme, wire-fraud and money-laundering case participate in a misinformation campaign? A Twitter website with a tie to the Inter-Mark companies operated by Steve Renner claims that federal officials are “leaking” information to the PP Blog. […]
SECRET SERVICE: INetGlobal Forced Members To Keep Money In The Company With ‘Automatic Repurchasing’ Scheme; Undercover Agent Sent Email To Support, Which Verified Repurchase Was Mandatory
UPDATED 11:07 A.M. ET (U.S.A.) One of the undercover Secret Service agents who joined INetGlobal discovered that the company had implemented an “automatic repurchasing” program by default and that the program could not be switched off, thus distancing participants — many of whom may not have understood English — from their money. Although it is […]
Secret Service, FBI, IRS Raid Steve Renner’s INetGlobal Operations In Minneapolis; Scene Resembled AdSurfDaily Raid In Florida
UPDATED 10:40 A.M. ET (U.S.A.) Federal and state agents have raided the Minneapolis offices of Inter-Mark Corp., seeking evidence of a Ponzi scheme, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis/St. Paul is reporting. Inter-Mark Corp. is operated by Steve Renner, who also operates a purported “advertising” service known as INetGlobal. In a scene that resembled the August 2008 […]