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Purported Florida ‘Sovereign Citizen’ And Convicted Felon Charged With Having Gun On Property Of Middle School

Purported Florida “sovereign citizen” Bruce Chalmers Hicks was arrested by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office after he was seen carrying a sidearm and stepped on the property of Turkey Creek Middle School near Plant City, authorities said. Plant City is situated in the Greater Tampa region. Hicks, 46, was arrested Thursday and is being held…

May 18, 2013
Pitchman Says Hong Kong-Based ‘Program’ Is ‘1,000 Percent Better’ Than Profitable Sunrise And Zeek Rewards

In a bizarre and disturbing video playing on YouTube, a former Profitable Sunrise pitchman claims a new “program” he joined is operating from Hong Kong and is purveyed by an unidentified “doctor.” The purported opportunity is “1,000 percent better” than Profitable Sunrise or Zeek Rewards, according to the video. News of the video first was…

May 12, 2013
Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Leads Utah Troopers On Freeway Chase And Is Arrested

In a case reminiscent of the bizzare tale of Jennifer Melisa Herring in North Carolina, a Utah woman and purported “sovereign citizen” has been charged with fleeing police in an automobile. Lisa Ann Sovereen, 44, refused to pull over and led the Utah Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase on an Interstate highway, KSL.com reports.…

May 3, 2013
WTOL To Air Profitable Sunrise Report Titled ‘Holy Rip Off’

EDITOR’S NOTE: GlimDropper, an administrator at the RealScam.com antiscam forum, gave PP Blog readers a heads-up on the WTOL report yesterday . . . WTOL, the CBS affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, says it will air a report Thursday (April 25) at 11 p.m. EDT titled “Holy Rip Off.” A teaser for the report shows photos…

Apr 24, 2013
Purported Alabama ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Convicted Of Trying To Pay Off Mortgage With Bogus Note For $10 Million

A 64-year-old Alabama man who tried to pay off his mortgage by mailing a bogus “bonded promissory note” for $10 million to a mortgage-servicing company has been convicted of fraud, the office of U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama said. Donald Joe Barber of Pinson faces up to 25 years…

Apr 17, 2013
UPDATE: Harvey Douglas Goff Sentenced To 36 Months In Federal Prison, Ordered To Stay Away From ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Groups After Filing $53 TRILLION In False Liens And Trying To Smear Judge

Harvey Douglas Goff, the Utah man who engaged in a bizarre hectoring campaign against public officials at the local, state and federal levels, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and ordered to stay away from “sovereign citizen” groups for three years after his release. Goff is expected to begin his prison sentence…

Apr 10, 2013
Judge Says Evidence Shows That AdSurfDaily Figure And Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Kenneth Wayne Leaming Filed $225 Billion Bogus Lien And Was ‘Helping’ ASD Members Unhappy With Ponzi Prosecution

UPDATED 12:46 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The evidence against AdSurfDaily figure Kenneth Wayne Leaming was “overwhelming” and led to the purported “sovereign citizen’s” conviction on three counts of retaliating against a federal official by filing false claims, one count of concealing a person from arrest and one count of being a felon in possession of a…

Mar 19, 2013
BULLETIN: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Shot And Killed In Florida After Pointing Pistol At SWAT Team Members, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Says

BULLETIN: Jeffrey Allen Wright, a purported “sovereign citizen” wanted on arrest warrants for counterfeiting, was shot and killed March 8 after pointing a pistol at a Sheriff’s SWAT Team in Navarre, Fla., the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said. Wright, 55, had previous clashes with the Sheriff’s Office, the agency said. From a statement by…

Mar 11, 2013
MAXIMUM IRONY? Man Tells British Newspaper That He Used Prepaid Mastercard From Banners Broker At ATM — And Received Counterfeit £20 Note

UPDATED AT 10:40 A.M. ET (U.S.A.) A member of the “Banners Broker” program tells The Bristol Post that he used a prepaid Banners Broker MasterCard at a NatWest ATM to withdraw £600 and that a counterfeit £20 note was in the stack of cash dispensed by the machine. The plan, Paul Scoplin reportedly told the…

Mar 7, 2013
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: AdSurfDaily Figure And Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Kenneth Wayne Leaming Found Guilty Of Filing False Liens, Possessing Weapons Illegally — And More

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: AdSurfDaily figure and purported “sovereign citizen” Kenneth Wayne Leaming has been found guilty in the Western District of Washington of filing false liens against public officials, harboring fugitives and being a felon in possession of firearms, federal prosecutors said tonight. Leaming associate David Carroll Stephenson also was found guilty of…

Mar 1, 2013
UPDATE: Charles Daniel Koss, Purported Missouri ‘Sovereign Citizen,’ Convicted In ‘Redemption’ Swindle Against Social Security

Charles Daniel Koss, a 63-year-old purported “sovereign citizen” from Independence, Mo., faces up to 61 years in federal prison after being convicted in a “redemption” scam targeted at Social Security. Koss was convicted of two counts of theft of government money, one count of Social Security disability fraud, one count of mail fraud and one…

Feb 27, 2013