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  • REPORTS: Traffic Monsoon Pitchman Who Urged ‘RIOT’ And Called Receiver ‘Lying Cow’ Later Accused Of Kicking Woman ‘To The Head’

    Some promoters of Traffic Monsoon have engaged in heated rhetoric. This is a screen shot of a hijacked image that depicts President Trump as a supporter of the “program” the SEC has called a massive Ponzi scheme.

    UPDATED 1:36 P.M. ET U.S.A. Jose Nunes, the Traffic Monsoon pitchman who last fall used a slogan of “RIOT” to support the company and called the receiver in the SEC’s Ponzi case a “lying cow,” later reportedly was involved in domestic-violence incidents in November and January.

    A Feb. 6 report in the North Wales (U.K.) Daily Post says Nunes, 42, of Llanrug, was accused of carrying out “repeated acts of violence” against the woman, including kicking her “to the head” in front of their daughter.

    The most recent attacks reportedly marked at least the third time Nunes had been accused of assaulting the woman. According to the Daily Post, Nunes pleaded guilty to assaulting her in 2011.

    A purported “Revenue Shares Matter” campaign backed in September by Nunes featured a flaming graphic with the word “RIOT” in all-caps. By October, Nunes was calling Utah attorney Peggy Hunt — the receiver in the July 2016 Traffic Monsoon case — “Piggy,” a “[b . . . h” and a “Lying cow.”

    Attacks against his former girlfriend allegedly followed in November and January. The newspaper account of Nunes’ most recent alleged assaults does not report specific reasons or dates on which they occurred, but stress has been high in some Traffic Monsoon circles.

    Some supporters of Traffic Monsoon have been awaiting impatiently since November for key rulings from U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish.

    Rhetoric among some supporters of the “program” has been over-the-top. One effort in support of Traffic Monsoon on a Facebook site featured a hijacked photo of President Trump displaying a bogus executive order shutting down the SEC and declaring the agency “full of shit” and “useless.”

    The SEC alleged that Traffic Monsoon’s claim that it was a successful advertising business was “merely an illusion” and that 99 percent of the “program’s” revenue was derived from new investor funds.

    Traffic Monsoon operator Charles Scoville — who once appeared in a promotional photograph with Nunes — contends no Ponzi existed. He has asked Parrish to shut down the receivership and to dismiss the charges.




  • EDITORIAL: Traffic Monsoon Apologist Goes All-Trump, Calls Receiver ‘Piggy’ And ‘Lying Cow’

    trafficmonsoonlogoUPDATED 3:51 P.M. EDT U.S.A. Peggy Hunt, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney in Salt Lake City, is the court-appointed receiver in the SEC’s Ponzi- and securities-fraud case against Traffic Monsoon and Charles David Scoville. Her impressive Dorsey bio says she has worked in the areas of bankruptcy and receivership law for more than 25 years and has served as “lead counsel to trustees and equity receivers appointed in some of the largest Ponzi and securities fraud cases in Utah.”

    In a section on some of her professional and civil involvement, the firm notes “Peggy is passionate about advancing the status of women and girls in Utah. She co-founded and currently chairs the Utah Women’s Giving Circle of the Community Foundation of Utah, is President of the Utah Women’s Forum, and is a former President of Women Lawyers of Utah.”

    But to Traffic Monsoon apologist Jose Nunes, Hunt, an officer of the court for close to three decades, is “Piggy,” a “[b . . . h” and a “Lying cow.”

    These descriptors naturally reminded us of some of the things Donald Trump has said about women. Remarkably, Nunes took to Facebook to disparage Hunt just this past weekend, the same weekend Trump again was battling assertions that he is a misogynist.

    Like Trump, Nunes may have a defective filter of some sort. The Traffic Monsoon huckster earlier came up with a “Revenue Shares Matter” campaign with a slogan of “RIOT.”

    Such cluelessness is hardly unprecedented in the so-called revshare sphere. AdSurfDaily was a purported “advertising” program similar to Traffic Monsoon.

    When the U.S. Secret Service raided ASD in 2008, operator Andy Bowdoin responded by comparing the agency to “Satan” and the 9/11 terrorists.

    Some ASDers circulated a “prayer” calling for prosecutors to be struck dead.

    When a receiver was appointed in the Zeek Ponzi case, Zeek apologists immediately launched verbal attacks against the receiver. One Zeeker suggested almost immediately that the receiver was guilty of a felony.

    It is all a steaming pile.




  • Traffic Monsoon Apologist Declares ‘Revenue Shares Matter’ Campaign With ‘RIOT’ As Slogan

    revsharesmattersmallA former pitchman for the Traffic Monsoon “program” declared a Ponzi scheme by the SEC is using Facebook to promote a “Revenue Shares Matter Campaign.”

    This is occurring against the backdrop of three nights of civil unrest in Charlotte, N.C., after a police shooting of an African American man.

    The purported Revenue Shares Matter campaign, which appears to be trading on a theme popularized by the Black Lives Matter movement after a series of police shootings of African Americans, apparently began today. The purported campaign was announced through a Facebook account in the name of Jose Nunes.

    Black Lives Matter did not respond immediately to a request for comment on whether it was concerned its message could be diluted by the Revenue Shares Matter campaign.

    As part of the Revenue Shares Matter campaign, a flame-filled graphic appears to urge members of similar revshare schemes to “RIOT.”

    It is not unusual for HYIP defenders to come up with harebrained PR campaigns or sales pitches. A particularly memorable one occurred in 2013, when recruiters associated with the alleged TelexFree Ponzi scheme spammed a funeral notice.

    At least one poster on Facebook already has raised concerns about the Revenue Shares Matter campaign.

    “Jose, I think you may well that some people will find this post and caption is in bad taste and may be deemed highly offensive to many people who support and believe in the BLM movement,” the poster wrote.