RICO

UPDATED 10:37 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) AdSurfDaily attorney Robert Garner has been served with a lawsuit alleging he engaged in racketeering with ASD President Andy Bowdoin and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby. The RICO lawsuit had been pending since Jan. 15. In court filings, Garner acknowledged he was served with the complaint April 2. […]

A federal judge has indefinitely extended the deadline for class-action certification in a racketeering lawsuit against AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby. The plaintiffs in the case — all former ASD members — asked for the time extension last week because they have not been […]

UPDATED 2 P.M. EDT (U.S.A) Here is a summary of items in the news: Filings expected in AdSurfDaily civil forfeiture case. Judge Rosemary Collyer earlier gave prosecutors until April 24 to respond to some of ASD President Andy Bowdoin’s pro se pleadings. Prosecutors have responded to some of them, but not all of them. Collyer […]

UPDATED 7:12 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Facing an April 15 deadline to seek class-action certification in a racketeering lawsuit against AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby, three members of ASD have asked a federal judge for more time. Meanwhile, the plaintiffs have informed U.S. District Judge […]

One of the theories about ASD President Andy Bowdoin’s recent series of pro se legal filings in the August civil-forfeiture case is that he is trying to stave the filing of criminal charges by slowing the civil case to a crawl. Could it be true? Sure. Bowdoin’s pro se pleadings, however, also could be a […]

UPDATED 7:24 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Michael Fayad and Jonathan Goodman of Akerman Senterfitt have asked a federal judge to withdraw themselves and the firm as attorneys for AdSurfDaily Inc.,  Bowdoin/Harris Enterprises Inc. and Andy Bowdoin. At the same time, the firm cited attorney-client privilege with respect to its communications with Bowdoin. In asking for leave […]

News that a federal court had issued a second summons to ASD President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby to notify them they’d been named defendants in a racketeering lawsuit broke on March 19. On the same date — March 19 — a video for upstart surf […]

Three former members of AdSurfDaily who accused the company of racketeering have asked a federal judge for more time to respond to a motion by Bank of America to dismiss it as a defendant in the case. Although not named a RICO defendant, BOA was accused of aiding and abetting ASD President Andy Bowdoin, ASD […]

Bank of America has filed a motion to dismiss claims against it in a class-action racketeering lawsuit against ASD President Andy Bowdoin, ASD attorney Robert Garner and Golden Panda Ad Builder President Clarence Busby. BOA was not named a RICO defendant in the lawsuit. Instead, former ASD members Mike Collins of Savage, Minn.; Frank Greene […]

UPDATED 10:45 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) History may record that ASD President Andy Bowdoin’s final slide into infamy began last week with the release of a video for Paperless Access, a new surf company. Some ASD members, including members of the Pro-ASD Surf’s Up forum, reacted with anger and horror. Surf’s Up predictably went into damage-control […]

An attorney accused of racketeering in a lawsuit by members of AdSurfDaily and accused by prosecutors of shilling for ASD President Andy Bowdoin once advertised his services in “Escape From America Magazine.” The magazine is part of a website known as EscapeArtist.com. Robert F. Garner identified himself a “[f]ormer General Counsel for  major Miami-based securities […]