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‘Pay It Forward’ Gifting Scheme Leads To Felony Racketeering Charge, Sparks Child-Porn Probe In Michigan

As the PP Blog reported more than six years ago, Pay It Forward (PIF) “programs” have a noxious history in HYIP and cash-gifting Scamland. A new case in Michigan, however, may be off-the-charts in terms of noxiousness. That’s because investigators looking into a PIF scheme there found child pornography on the alleged PIF operator’s computer,…

Apr 12, 2016
DEVELOPING STORY: Message Board For Members Of ‘OneX’ Scheme Pushed By Accused Ponzi Schemer Andy Bowdoin Claims ‘Transfer Funds’ Option Disabled Because Members Are Using ‘Stolen Credit Cards,’ Source Says

A bulletin board accessible only through the back offices of members of the purported “OneX” program includes a message that the program has disabled a “Transfer Funds” option because a “recent investigation” has determined that members “have been depositing funds from stolen credit cards and transferring this tainted money to hundreds of other members of…

Oct 28, 2011
Canadian Regulators Attack ‘Pay It Forward’ Scheme; Many Autosurfs, Cash-Gifting And MLM Schemes Use Similar Marketing Approach

Trading off a popular phrase, Kerry John Oâ€™Neill’s “pay-it-forward” scheme has landed him in trouble with Canadian securities regulators, wiped him out financially and implicated an associate who helped him sell the scheme. O’Neill even named his scheme the “Pay It Forward Program” (PIF), according to the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), which accused him…

Feb 20, 2010