Tag: SEC
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SPECIAL REPORT: Prior To Brazil’s TelexFree-Related ‘Operation Orion,’ United States Used Same Name In Sting; U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Has Office In Brasilia And History Of Cooperating With Brazilian Investigators
If you’ve been following TelexFree developments, you’ve probably heard about “Operation Orion,” the code name for the investigation that led to raids against TelexFree’s Ympactus arm last week by the Brazilian federal police. The Orion name was chosen, police said, because it fit splendidly within the context of a pyramid-scheme case. How so? The Pyramids…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: TelexFree’s James Merrill, Carlos Wanzeler Indicted
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: 10th Update 9:18 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) TelexFree figures James Merrill and Carlos Wanzeler have been indicted by a federal grand jury. The indictment, dated today, includes eight criminal counts of wire fraud and one criminal count of wire-fraud conspiracy. Among other things, the indictment alleged that Merrill and Wanzeler conspired…
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DEVELOPING STORY: The TelexFree Rabbit Hole, Exposed
UPDATED 11:16 P.M. EDT U.S.A. We now may have an answer to some or all of these questions: What happens when you’re Massachusetts-based TelexFree — and apparently so out of touch that Sann Rodrigues, a former SEC defendant in a pyramid-scheme and affinity-fraud case, becomes one of the most recognizable public faces of your company…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: TelexFree Trustee Says He ‘Has No Intention Of Reorganizing Or Reactivating Their Businesses’
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (1st Update 8:50 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The TelexFree trustee said in court filings today in the SEC’s civil case against the firm that he has “no intention of reorganizing or reactivating their businesses” and — based on information and belief — “they were in fact engaged in a Ponzi or…
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SEC Halts Trading Of Cynk Technology Corp. Stock, A Mysterious And Sudden Darling With Belize Address
It’s one of those things almost too bizarre to contemplate: The stock price of Cynk Technology Corp. increased tens of thousands of percent over a period of days — except the Belize company supposedly in the social-networking business reportedly has no revenue and no assets. The SEC halted trading in Cynk stock this morning, citing…
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RECOMMENDED READING: 50,000 Spaniards Reportedly Plowed Money Into TelexFree
In February 2014, the PP Blog reported that TelexFree had planned a purported “international convention” in Spain in early March. The pitch for the convention, hosted in Madrid, was voiced by Sann Rogrigues, whom the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission successfully had sued in 2006 amid allegations he was operating a pyramid scheme and engaging…
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Plaintiff To TelexFree Crew: You’re All Crooks And Racketeers — And Carlos Costa Is The ‘Mastermind’
UPDATED 10:48 P.M. EDT U.S.A. A plaintiff bringing a prospective class-action lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court has accused 10 TelexFree figures of committing crimes and — as a group — committing racketeering violations through an “association-in-fact enterprise.” Unlike other prospective TelexFree-related class-actions, this one names neither attorneys nor banks nor TelexFree itself defendants. Rather, it…
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MONTANA: Former Zeek Pitchman Who Also Pushed TelexFree Now Required To Give State Notice Of MLM Activities
A former pitchman for the Zeek Rewards MLM Ponzi- and pyramid scheme also acknowledged he participated in TelexFree, the state of Montana said in a consent agreement and final order. James D. Helgeson was fined $5,000 by the office of Monica Lindeen, Montana’s Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (CSI) and state auditor. The case demonstrates…