As Zeek-Related Fundraising Efforts Begin, ‘Andy’s Fundraising Army’ Down For The Final Count: AdSurfDaily Patriarch Andy Bowdoin Awaits Sentencing In Pre-Zeek, 1-Percent-A-Day Ponzi Scheme Case
UPDATED 11:31 P.M. EDT (AUG. 26, U.S.A.) After the collapse of AdSurfDaily in 2008, there were at least four efforts to raise funds to “defend” the Ponzi enterprise and/or its participants. The PP Blog has received reports that at least one such effort is under way in the aftermath of the collapse last week of […]
POST-ZEEK GUEST COLUMN: Who Are These ‘Experts’ Anyway?
DISCLOSURE: Gregg Evans, a longtime member of the antiscam community, is a longtime PP Blog contributor. He was not compensated for this column, and his views are not necessarily the views of the PP Blog. Who are these “Experts” anyway? By Gregg Evans Troy Dooly is the latest “expert” to look like an utter fool […]
On Heels Of AG Examination, Zeek Blog Says Red Carpet Event For Aug. 22 Is Canceled
With a headline of “Red Carpet Wednesday – URGENT,” the Zeek Blog is reporting that a Red Carpet event scheduled Aug. 22 has been canceled. Zeek, the operator of the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” and the Zeekler penny auction, provided no explanation for calling off the event. Zeek is a purported arm of Rex Venture […]
EDITORIAL: Karl Wallenda Wouldn’t Do Zeek
In this editorial: Our assertion: Were he alive today and desperately needed cash, famed daredevil Karl Wallenda would find Zeek’s tightropes too dangerous to walk. Purported MLM “expert” sent to woodshed: Zeek “consultant” and former SEC defendant Keith Laggos reportedly gets the Zeek boot after using phrases associated with the investment trade and after suggesting […]
Lawsuit Against United States By AdSurfDaily Figures Todd Disner And Dwight Owen Schweitzer Now Officially Transferred From Florida To District Of Columbia; Case Assigned To Judge Collyer
The lawsuit against the U.S. government filed by AdSurfDaily figures Todd Disner and Dwight Owen Schweitzer now appears on the court docket in the District of Columbia, meaning the case formally has been transferred from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer has been assigned the case, which […]
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Florida Federal Judge Grants Government Motion To Transfer Lawsuit Filed By AdSurfDaily Figures Todd Disner And Dwight Owen Schweitzer To District Of Columbia; Ruling May Put Case In Hands Of Judge Collyer
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A federal judge has granted the government’s request to transfer from Florida to the District of Columbia a lawsuit against the United States filed by AdSurfDaily figures Todd Disner and Dwight Owen Schweitzer. The ruling today by U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida deals […]
BULLETIN: AdSurfDaily Figures (And Zeek Rewards Pitchmen) Todd Disner And Dwight Owen Schweitzer Raise Possibility Of Prosecution For Tax Evasion Because Of Government Seizure Of ASD Database
EDITOR’S NOTE: The filing by Todd Disner and Dwight Owen Schweitzer to which the PP Blog refers in this story was in response to a May 18 government motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Disner and Schweitzer against the United States in the Southern District of Florida or to transfer the case to U.S. […]
EDITORIAL: A Friday Evening In MLM Radio La-La Land
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our theory about Zeek Rewards is that it’s a slow-motion, pyramid-style Ponzi scheme being driven by any number of clueless affiliates who do not understand they are being influenced by steroidal puppeteers and MLM’s Great Wing of Willfully Blind Hucksters, Religious Frauds and Disingenuous Opportunists, PR Amateurs, Government Agitators and Unindicted Felons and […]
ZEEK: Now, A Problem With ‘Mislabeled’ Purchases, MLM ‘Opportunity’ Married To Penny-Auction Site Says
After wrapping itself in the American flag on Memorial Day and authoring a vague announcement that it “will be closing our old accounts” at two named U.S. banks and transitioning to an unnamed bank “that can handle our growing needs,” the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” now says it experienced a problem with “mislabeled” credit-card purchases. […]