Rosemary Collyer

AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin has filed a motion to disqualify U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer from hearing the civil-forfeiture case against tens of millions of dollars seized from ASD last year. Collyer reponded by issuing an order in which she refused to disqualify herself. Collyer said Bowdoin no longer had standing in the case. “If […]

Three men found guilty in South Carolina last week of operating an $82 million Ponzi scheme accused a federal prosecutor of treason on the same day the jury returned its verdict, the FBI said. A treason claim also was made in the federal forfeiture proceeding against assets tied to Florida-based AdSurfDaily, an alleged Ponzi scheme […]

UPDATED 5:18 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) A federal judge has denied the bid of AdSurfDaily President Andy Bowdoin to reverse his decision to forfeit tens of millions of dollars to the government in a case that features allegations of wire-fraud, money-laundering and operating a Ponzi scheme. “As Mr. Bowdoin’s own descriptions of events fail to support […]

Stewart David Nozette was arrested by the FBI yesterday for attempted espionage. Though Nozette was not formally charged with the Constitutional crime of treason — the only crime specifically described in the Constitution — the crime of espionage is viewed by the public as an act of treason against the United States because selling secrets […]

UPDATED 1:59 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Curtis Richmond filed a motion to disqualify U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer from the AdSurfDaily forfeiture case before the judge had issued any rulings on a series of pro se pleadings by Richmond and others. The motion was included today in a blizzard of motions made public in the AdSurfDaily […]

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 […]

Using the Curtis Richmond litigation blueprint, two new motions to intervene have been filed in the AdSurfDaily forfeiture case. The motions were filed by Ronald Breckenfelder of Littleton, Colo., and John R. Moore of Ames, Iowa. The motions accuse U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A Taylor, and Assistant U.S. Attorney William Cowden […]

UPDATED 10:34 A.M. EST (U.S.A.) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (Pasadena) has denied Curtis Richmond’s bid  to have criminal contempt of court charges for threatening federal judges dismissed. Richmond argued that he was denied his right to a speedy trial. The appeals court rejected his argument, but the effect of the […]

Did a member of AdSurfDaily Inc. try to force a federal judge, two federal prosecutors and a federal clerk of courts to default on demands totaling $120 million as part of a certified-mail strategy? Details are unclear, but a motion by Curtis Richmond in the ASD case suggests at least one ASD member sent a […]

UPDATED 1:29 P.M. EST (U.S.A.) A California man associated with a sham Utah “Indian” tribe purportedly founded inside an Arby’s Restaurant lambasted District of Columbia federal judges, federal prosecutors and a court clerk in legal filings this week, accusing them of crimes and threatening them with litigation and jail time. Curtis Richmond said Pacific Ministry […]

UPDATED 12:19 A.M. EST (FEB. 5, U.S.A.) Curtis Richmond has filed a motion to intervene in the ASD case. On the cover page of the motion, Judge Rosemary Collyer inserted a handwritten note: “Let this be filed,” she wrote. Inside the motion Richmond accused the judge and a court clerk of felonies. He filed the […]