Phil Ming Xu

UPDATED 3:11 P.M. EDT U.S.A. A report dated today at ShanghaiDaily.com says an individual “surnamed Xu” and associated with “World Capital Market Inc.” is “now in custody” after a police action against a “pyramid scheme” in China. The PP Blog has contacted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to determine if the person reportedly under […]

UPDATED 4:06 P.M. ET U.S.A. Campus police departments at Southwestern University, Eastern Connecticut State University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas Tech University had no immediate comment today on a developing story that may be flowing from the bizarre WCM777 Ponzi scheme allegedly operated by SEC defendant Phil Ming Xu, also known as Dr. Phil […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: The story about Phil Ming Xu’s asserted cooperation with the government appears below the subhead. We’ll lead with the news of extension of the claims deadline for WCM777 victims. If you’re a victim of the World Capital Market/WCM777 Ponzi- and pyramid scam shut down by the SEC last year, you now have until […]

With a storyline that has included claims that $14,000 would turn into $500,000 in a year, a declaration of love to the Peruvians it had fleeced and additional claims that all would become clear when “4 blood moons” appeared in the sky in April, the WCM777 “cloud computing” MLM scam has served up a symphony […]

BULLETIN: (7th update 6:59 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The court-appointed receiver in the SEC’s WCM777 pyramid- and Ponzi-scheme case says she is seeking court approval to pursue claims against a California lobbying firm that allegedly received $750,000 from accused scammer Ming Xu and performed no work. Some WCM777 MLM affiliates claimed $14,000 sent to the “program” […]

There is a report on social media this morning of a bogus TelexFree site that mirrors an old TelexFree site that existed when the company was actively soliciting business. The site creates the impression TelexFree has reopened. TelexFree has not reopened. It is Sunday. Federal prosecutors handing the TelexFree criminal case involving alleged fraudsters James […]

UPDATE: A federal judge has ordered the receiver in the WCM777 case to list for sale three properties linked to the alleged MLM pyramid scheme. U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder is presiding over the SEC’s civil case filed in March. Receiver Krista L. Freitag asked for the authority to sell the properties last month. […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: See related story from earlier today that outlines where about $2.133 million of the $5 million cited in the story below is being held for safe-keeping. The whereabouts of the balance is creating a mystery, according to court files. U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder has scheduled a hearing April 24 in Los […]

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 11:38 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The court-appointed receiver in the WCM777 Ponzi- and pyramid case says in court filings that she has stopped a “new multi-level marketing scheme” that had been under development by WCM777 in a warehouse in El Monte, Calif. WCM777, alleged by the SEC to have gathered about $65 million, purportedly […]

UPDATED 8:51 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Already under investigation in Massachusetts, is TelexFree destined to encounter trouble from state regulators in California and perhaps the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)? At least by Nov. 14, 2013, the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) was asking questions about the TelexFree MLM scheme, according to filings in […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (16th update 5:42 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The SEC has gone to federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that the WCM777 “program” is a “worldwide” pyramid scheme, a Ponzi scheme and an offering fraud that targeted Asian and Latino communities and gathered more than $65 million. A federal judge has granted […]