Tag: Ronald C. Machen Jr.
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PARTINGS: Ronald C. Machen Jr., Whose Office Led AdSurfDaily Criminal Prosecution, Is Leaving Post As U.S. Attorney For District Of Columbia
“Serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has been the highest honor of my professional career. I am tremendously grateful to the President, Attorney General Holder, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton for placing their trust in me. The men and women of this office are among the most dedicated and talented public…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Andy Bowdoin Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (5TH UPDATE: 5:54 P.M. EDT) Andy Bowdoin has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the AdSurfDaily Ponzi case. A bond-review hearing for the 77-year-old ASD patriarch had been scheduled for 2 p.m. today. Instead, the proceeding turned into a plea hearing. “The Internet now allows swindlers to perpetrate fraud on…
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UPDATE: Judge Ordered Detention Of Kenneth Wayne Leaming To Continue After Initial Hearing; AdSurfDaily Figure And Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Accused Of Filing Bogus Liens Against Bush Cabinet Secretary, Officials Involved In ASD Ponzi Case
UPDATED 5:42 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Public officials involved in the AdSurfDaily Ponzi case were not the only targets of bogus liens filed by Kenneth Wayne Leaming, according to federal prosecutors in Seattle. Leaming, 55, also filed a lien against Mary Peters, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George W. Bush during his second White…
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UPDATE: Federal Prosecutors Have ‘No Comment’ On ASD-Related Email That Encouraged Members To Identify Public Officials As ‘Thieves’ And Send ‘Certified’ Copy Of Theft Claims To Home Of U.S. Chief Justice
UPDATED TO ADD COMMENT FROM U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE AT 3:21 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia this morning declined to comment on an email received Saturday by some AdSurfDaily members that encouraged them to file documents at the “county” level and “name” federal officials as “thieves.” Prosecutors also declined to comment…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: AdSurfDaily Ponzi Scheme Example Of ‘Insidious’ Financial Crime, Head Of Justice Department’s Criminal Division Says; Top Officials, U.S. Secret Service Issue Statement In Support Of Victims; Obama Task Force Monitoring ASD Case
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: The AdSurfDaily Ponzi scheme is an example of an “insidious” financial crime, the head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division said moments ago in a special statement on how forfeiture laws were used to protect ASD victims. Meanwhile, a top official of the U.S. Secret Service described Florida-based…
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DEVELOPING STORY: Are AdSurfDaily Pitchmen Who Also Joined AdViewGlobal And Recruited Members For Collapsed ASD Knockoff Confused — Or Are They Trying To Scam Downline Members And Claims Administrator?
This post begins with background because the autosurf world, which is dominated by serial scammers, financial fraudsters and shadowy criminals, is about as murky as it gets. On Aug. 1, 2008, tens of millions of dollars in the bank accounts of AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin were seized. Federal prosecutors went on to say that Bowdoin,…
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OBTAINED: Draft Of Complaint Some AdSurfDaily Members Say They’ll File Against D.C. Prosecutors In Florida; ‘Let The Games Begin!’ Declares Prospective Pro Se Litigant. Document Leads To Questions About Whether ASD Had A Special Class Of Members
Dear Readers, We are plugging our nose as we publish this document (link at bottom of post). You should know up front that we converted the document to PDF format after receiving it in Microsoft Word format. We did so based on the belief that many readers may not own Word but likely have a…
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Now, Highly Confusing, Competing Claims About The AdSurfDaily Remissions Program Appear On RipoffReport.com; Post Fractures Facts; DON’T BE CONFUSED
First, don’t be confused. Rust Consulting Inc. is the official claims administrator under contract with the U.S. government to handle claims from victims of the alleged AdSurfDaily Ponzi scheme. ASD also is known as ASD Cash Generator. See this document at Justia.com. It is signed by Ronald C. Machen Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: ANDY BOWDOIN INDICTED: AdSurfDaily President Arrested In Florida
BULLETIN: UPDATED 4:40 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin has been arrested by federal agents in Florida after an indictment was unsealed earlier today that charged him with five counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud and one count of unlawful sale of unregistered securities. Bowdoin, 76, was arrested in Englewood, Fla.…
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NOTE TO ASD VICTIMS: Rust Consulting Inc. Is The ONLY Authorized Claims Administrator; Don’t Be Confused By Claims Another Company Can Expedite Refunds
In early September, federal prosecutors informed U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer that an official website had been established to inform victims of the alleged AdSurfDaily Ponzi scheme about the remissions and restitution process. The government’s filing, which lists the URL of the website — http://www.adsurfdailyremission.com/ — is a public record. It has been on Collyer’s…