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SPECIAL REPORT: eAdGear ‘Program’ Allegedly Traded Falsely On Names Of Famous Companies And Brands; SEC Contacted Google, Yahoo, Target, Victoria’s Secret (And More) To Refute Claims; Separately, ‘Bossteam’ Enterprise In Canada Operated In Similar Fashion, Records Show
From an SEC exhibit filed last week in the SEC’s case against eAdGear, an alleged international pyramid- and Ponzi scheme that gathered $129 million. Redactions by PP Blog.

EDITOR’S NOTE: eAdGear, which had entities in California and Hong Kong, “primarily” targeted “investors in the U.S., China, and Taiwan” and gathered $129 million in a combined pyramid- and Ponzi scheme that engaged in brand-leeching, the SEC alleged last week. An MLM scam known as WCM777, which allegedly gathered more than $80 million, also engaged in brand-leeching while targeting Asian communities, according to court filings. The SEC sued WCM777 in March 2014. Among the SEC’s alarming allegations against WCM777 was that it planted a false seed that it had partnerships “with more than 700 major companies such as Siemens, Denny’s, and Goldman Sachs.”

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UPDATED 3:14 P.M. EDT SEPT 29 U.S.A. Irrespective of their primary target audiences and whether their promos are in English, Chinese or another language, HYIPs and investment-fraud schemes often trade fraudulently on the names of famous companies and engage in brand-leeching to create a veneer of legitimacy. In 2008, for example, the purported AdSurfDaily advertising “program” falsely traded on the names of then-U.S. President George W. Bush, Google, Kodak, Pepsi, Macy’s, USA Today, NBC and many more.

“This new approach to Internet advertising has businesses of all sizes, from small home based businesses to large corporations such as Google, Starbucks, Kodak, etc., joining ASD,” a 2008 promo for ASD read. “Not only are there over 75,000 small businesses advertising with ASD, but now major corporations are as well. Remember, a part of the daily rebate comes from the revenue corporations pay to advertise with ASD.”

It was all a crock. The U.S. Secret Service, which opened an undercover probe in July 2008, went on describe ASD as a “criminal enterprise.” ASD President Andy Bowdoin was convicted of wire fraud in the ASD Ponzi case. He is serving a lengthy term in federal prison.

Even while it was operating, ASD talked about a nascent “Chinese” arm known as Golden Panda Ad Builder. In retrospect, it now appears that plans to involve Asian populations in HYIP schemes were well under way at least by 2008 and since have evolved into frauds that were even larger than ASD. (ASD gathered $119 million and has been eclipsed in dollar volume by at least three Internet-based investment scams since then: TelexFree (possibly $1.2 billion); Zeek Rewards (c. $850 million); and eAdGear ($129 million). Falling just short of making this list were Zhunrize (allegedly $105 million) and WCM777 (allegedly $80 million). It is clear from court filings that Zeek also had a presence in Asian communities.)

There also was a tertiary scam inside the ASD scam. Indeed, promos for an entity known as ASD Offer Universe encouraged members to click on Google ads so ASD would earn fees of up to $5 a click. Here’s now that promo began (italics added):

“ASD ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOOGLE FOR NEW CONSUMER SITE. Months ahead of schedule, Google and ASD Offer Universe are now teaming up to show Google ads on the site. Google, after seeing all of the major advertisers already being shown on ASD Offer Universe agreed to enter into a relationship with ASD.”

Brand-leeching is a form of “reputation parasitism.”

Did the eAdGear “program” channel long-ago events at ASD to help its massive pyramid scheme grow?

ASD was a purported “advertising” firm that operated a “rotator.”

Let’s compare what happened at ASD in 2008 to what the SEC now says happened at eAdGear, accused by the agency last week of operating a $129 million pyramid- and Ponzi scheme and positioning itself as an advertising company and an SEO firm.

By at least March 2014, the SEC says in court filings, investigators learned of a promo for eAdGear that read, “Google and Yahoo are partnering up with eAdGear for SEO services!!”

In the land of serial promoters of MLM or direct-sales HYIP scams, it’s as though the ASD case never happened.

The name-dropping and toxic disingenuousness associated with eAdGear hardly were limited to the abuse of the names of Google and Yahoo, according to SEC exhibits filed in the eAdGear case. It appears there were at least 253 incidents of brand-leeching associated with eAdGear. Indeed, eAdGear appears to have planned its ascent to the upper echelon of the fraud sphere by deliberately placing bogus ads for famous companies into its ad “rotator” to create a false sense that its “program” was legitimate.

Target Corp., the famous retailer, had its brand leeched, the SEC alleged. So did Lbrands, the Columbus, Ohio-based company that owns Victoria’s Secret

Now, let’s look at some of the behind-the-scenes investigative work performed by the SEC. Court filings by the agency show that, on July 1, 2014, the SEC issued a subpoena to Yahoo to check on the eAdGear-associated claims.

Yahoo responded on July 10 by advising the SEC that it had “identified no contracts or agreements with eAdGear[].”

Meanwhile, according to court filings, the SEC made an inquiry at Google on June 30. Google responded on July 22, advising the agency that it “is not aware of any commercial relationship between [eAdGear] and Google.”

Because ads for famous companies, including Target, Gap Inc. and Victoria’s Secret, had appeared in the eAdGear “rotator,” the SEC contacted those companies. (The response by L Brands Inc., owners of Victoria’s Secret, is shown above.)

Target responded by searching its database of vendors to which it had issued payments. No records surfaced for eAdGear, according to the SEC. Gap, similarly, informed the SEC that it had no record of doing business with eAdGear.

What else does the SEC have? Well, according to court records, it has internal eAdGear email correspondence that shows an employee was instructed to place 253 links to famous companies in its rotator.

These companies included Avon, Sears, Nordstrom, eBay, QVC, HSN, J.C. Penney, Banana Republic, Dillard’s, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Amazon.com, Men’s Wearhouse, Kmart, New York magazine and more.

Finally, let’s compare the SEC allegations to the August 2014 findings of the British Columbia Securities Commission concerning a “program” known as “Bossteam” that became the subject of a 2012 Ponzi warning in Canada.

These are among BCSC’s assertions — under a subheading titled “False impression of paid advertisements and advertising revenue”:
- Bossteam described itself on its websites, in documents and in presentations as an online advertising business having huge growth potential and ready to become a leading global online advertising company. It referred to well-known online businesses such as Google, Amazon and eBay, and to the fast-growing advertising revenues of these businesses.
- Although hundreds of “ads” appeared on the advertising platforms, the majority of the ads posted on Bossteam’s websites were associated with Bossteam’s own administrative accounts (accounts accessible by those controlling its systems) and not to accounts for advertisers or members who had paid to post links to their websites on Bossteam’s websites.
- Ads associated with Bossteam’s administrative accounts included webpages for well-known local and international businesses.
- Local businesses whose webpages appeared on Bossteam’s websites included a restaurant, a security systems company, a heating company and a private career college. Websites of well-known businesses and personalities included World Wrestling Entertainment, Miriam Webster and Britney Spears.
- Posting the websites of local and international businesses on Bossteam’s websites without payment created a false impression that such businesses were advertising on Bossteam’s websites and paying Bossteam to do so.
Because Bossteam and eAdgear were similar businesses and appear largely to have targeted members of the Asian community, one has to wonder whether the schemes had promoters in common. For now, at least, the answer is unclear. What is clear is that some promoters simply move from one fraud scheme to an another when the “program” of the moment craters or encounters regulatory scrutiny.

Serial HYIP huckster and Zeek figure T. LeMont Silver currently is in name-dropping overdrive for BitClub Network, one of his latest “programs.” Silver’s name has surfaced in private lawsuits involving eAdGear and an interconnected enterprise known as Go Fun Places, which is referenced in the SEC’s eAdGear case. (For one instance, see the reference to Go Fun Places within the letter from L Brands to the SEC in the graphic above.)

NOTE: Our thanks to the ASD Updates Blog.
Sep 28, 2014
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: SEC Charges eAdGear, Alleging $129 Million Pyramid- And Ponzi Scheme

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (12th Update 1:28 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The SEC has gone to federal court in San Francisco, alleging that the eAdGear “program” was a pyramid- and Ponzi scheme that gathered $129 million. The action against eAdGear is the second major pyramid-scheme prosecution announced by the SEC this week.

The SEC has identified eAdGear’s operators as Charles S. Wang, 52, and Qian Cathy Zhang, 52, of Warren, N.J., and Francis Y. Yuen, 53, of Dublin, Calif. They have been charged with fraud and an asset freeze has been imposed, the SEC said.

Zhang is Wang’s wife, the SEC said, alleging the couple was part of a “ruse” that positioned Zhang as an ordinary “member” who “became hugely successful.”

“During sworn testimony before the staff of the Commission in the investigation preceding the filing of this case, Zhang asserted her privilege against self-incrimination rather than answer questions about her role at eAdGear,” the SEC said in its complaint.

The eAdGear “opportunity” itself, according to the SEC, was a “fiction.”

“eAdGear and its operators falsely claimed that they were running a profitable Internet marketing company when in reality, they were operating a Ponzi and pyramid scheme that preyed on Chinese communities and caused investors to lose millions of dollars,” said Jina L. Choi, director of the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office.

Though not named a defendant in the eAdGear complaint, Zeek Rewards figure and alleged Zeek “winner” T. LeMont Silver may find himself at the center of yet another Ponzi- and pyramid storm. That’s because eAdGear once tried to sue ZeekRewards.com, amid claims of cyberpiracy, unfair competition and benefiting from copyright infringement.

And it’s also because Silver’s name surfaced in fraud lawsuits between and among eAdGear Inc., GoFunPlaces Inc., Randal Williams and JubiMax LLC.

From an SEC statement on the eAdGear prosecution (italics added):

. . . even though eAdGear claimed to be a successful Internet marketing company, nearly all of its revenue was generated by investors, not its products or services.

The complaint alleges that eAdGear’s operators used money from new investors to pay earlier investors as well as to repay a personal loan and purchase million-dollar homes for themselves. It alleges the operators concealed and perpetuated the scheme by displaying sham websites on eAdGear’s own site to make it appear as if it had real, paying customers and manipulated revenue distributions to investors to appear profitable.

eAdGear began operating in December 2010 and grew to include 66,000 accounts held by “tens of thousands of investors” mostly of Chinese descent, the SEC said.

Corporate defendants include eAdGear Inc of Pleasanton, Calif., and eAdGear Holdings Limited of Hong Kong. The “program” sold “so-called ‘memberships’ or ‘business packages,’” the SEC said.

From the SEC complaint (italics added):

Defendants market eAdGear as a successful internet marketing and advertising company that uses search engine optimization (“SEO”) technology they claimed to have developed to help paying clients increase the page rankings of their websites on various search engines. Defendants claim to share 70% of the revenue generated daily by this business with investors.

In reality, eAdGear’s purported business is a ruse. Instead, well over 99% of the funds eAdGear has received have come from its investors, and eAdGear simply uses new investor money to make payments to — or to credit the accounts of — existing members in classic Ponzi scheme fashion.

Wang, Yuen, and Zhang have perpetrated this fraud by, among other things: installing Wang as chief executive officer, and Yuen as chief financial officer and chief operating officer of eAdGear, Inc., while portraying Wang’s wife, Zhang, as an ordinary “member” who became hugely successful; creating a fiction of a business that has paying customers when it does not; and manipulating daily revenue distributions to credit investors’ accounts, to make it appear as though eAdGear is operating profitably.

Earlier this week, the SEC announced charges against a “program” known as Zhunrize, describing it as pyramid scheme that had gathered $105 million.

Zhunrize presented itself as a “Plan B,” a core fraud signature in the HYIP world. T. LeMont Silver, among others, is a “Plan B” pitchman.

Zeek receiver Kenneth D. Bell has said that MLM may have a problem with “serial” promoters of fraud schemes.

Sep 26, 2014
ANOTHER MLM PR DISASTER: Zhunrize, Alleged Worldwide Pyramid Scheme That Gathered $105 Million, Was Presented As A ‘Plan B’

From a Zhunrize slide as viewed through Open Office. Red highlight by PP Blog.

2ND UPDATE 5:25 P.M. EDT U.S.A. Purported “Plans B” are one of the core signatures of the the MLM HYIP sphere, which is known for incredibly toxic global frauds such as Zeek Rewards and AdSurfDaily. In 2009, an ASD reload scam known as AdViewGlobal was positioned as a “Plan B.”

The individual schemes of Zeek and ASD took in a combined sum of at least $969 million. AdViewGlobal appears to have disappeared with millions of dollars — after targeting ASD victims for a second time.

In 2012, Zeek and ASD figure Keith Laggos pushed the Lyoness “program” as a “Plan B.”

Laggos’ listeners were told that, if things went south at Zeek, Lyoness would be an excellent hedge through which $10,000 directed at the scheme might return “a quarter-million dollars.”

Lyoness is now under investigation in Australia, amid pyramid-scheme allegations.

“Plan B” also is known as “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” HYIP prospects often are told to join more than one scheme or to quickly get in another if something goes wrong with the current scheme, sometimes known as “Plan A.”

Plan B schemes typically are a means by which prospects are lured into a continuous cycle of MLM frauds. Zeek and OneX promoter T. LeMont Silver later went on to “Plan B” schemes such as GoFunPlaces/GoFunRewards and JubiMax/JubiRev. Those schemes cratered or encountered difficulties. Silver now is pushing the exceptionally murky BitClub Network “opportunity” as a Plan B.

MLM HYIP schemes may switch forms. They may appear as straight-line investment-fraud schemes such as Legisi, which collapsed after an SEC intervention in 2008. ASD was an “autosurf advertising” scheme that collapsed in 2008 after an intervention by the U.S. Secret Service. Zeek, a purported “penny auction” company, collapsed in 2012 after an SEC intervention.

WCM777, meanwhile, collapsed in March 2014 after interventions by the SEC and state-level securities regulators. WCM777 purportedly was a “cloud computing” company that allegedly gathered more than $80 million. In April 2014, another MLM HYIP scheme — TelexFree — collapsed. The SEC and the Massachusetts Securities Division said it was conducting a billion-dollar, cross-border securities swindle. TelexFree positioned itself as a “VOIP” company that also was in the apps, cellphone and credit-repair businesses.

The trend now appears to be to wrap traditional products such as cosmetics and diet shakes into murky and confusing schemes that pay recruitment commissions. No specific payout may be mentioned.

The SEC yesterday announced fraud charges against the Zhunrize MLM scheme, accusing it of selling unregistered securities and operating a massive international pyramid scheme.

The phrase “Plan B” even appears in promo material for Zhunrize. The material also references Plan A. Based on this information, it appears as though Zhunrize was touting itself as both a “Plan A” and “Plan B” scheme.

“Do you know anyone who would like to develop a plan ‘A’ Or plan ‘B’?” the Zhunrize promo queries.

In the promo, Zhunrize prospects are told they can earn “thousands each month by helping others to save time, gas, money and avoiding crowds.”

One of the problems in this bizarre sphere of MLM is that tainted money from earlier scams may flow into emerging scams, in effect making banks and payment vendors warehouses for a continuous stream of fraud proceeds that flow between and among pyramid schemes and Ponzi schemes.

Like Lyoness, Zhunrize is involved in the shopping-portal business. Like Zeek and other “programs,” Zhunrize also was positioned as a “profit-sharing” or “revenue-sharing” opportunity.

In court filings, Zeek receiver Kenneth D. Bell has suggested that MLM may have a problem with “serial” participants in fraud schemes who tout purported “revenue-sharing” plans.

Case files associated with various recent HYIP/revenue-sharing schemes put losses in the billions of dollars. Because some promoters simply move from one scam to another, they are eviscerating wealth on a global scale.

If someone pitches you on an MLM “Plan B,” run like the wind.

Sep 24, 2014
No Immediate Comment From Federal Reserve On Claims Related To Emerging BitClub Network ‘Program’

UPDATED 12:27 A.M. EDT SEPT. 22 U.S.A. The PP Blog today contacted the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, owing to claims concerning the emerging BitClub Network “program” that is being pitched by certain members of the $850 million Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid scheme.

Known in shorthand as the Fed, the Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States.

Someone is posting on the RealScam.com antiscam forum as “Fedman” and purporting to be “Steve,” a “Vice President” of a federal reserve bank. Fedman purports to have been employed by the Fed “for over 30 years,” to “manage large operations” and to “work with monetary policy.”

Fedman appears to be defending pitches for BitClub Network by Brian Spatola, a New Jersey-based alleged “winner” in the massive Zeek scheme that may have affected hundreds of thousands of people. The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek case is suing more than 9,000 alleged Zeek winners in the United States and has said he’ll also sue international winners in the “program.”

The Fed did not immediately comment on the claims being made by Fedman.

It is sometimes the case in HYIP schemes that promoters and defenders of “programs” drop the names of individuals and entities that have no ties whatsoever to a “program” as a means of sanitizing scams. The name-dropping associated with BitClub Network has been furious and now appears even to include the name of the U.S. central bank.

After missing a series of advertised launch dates — including one on Sept. 1, the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II and another on Sept. 10, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks — BitClub Network now appears to have launched.

Promoters claim the scheme pays out between 0.3 and 0.8 percent a day for 1,000 days on invested sums of between $500 and $3,500. In addition, promoters claim there are recruitment commissions on top of the daily payout, a claim that accompanies many HYIP Ponzi- and pyramid swindles.

Among the BitClub Network promoters are Spatola and T. LeMont Silver, late of Zeek. Silver also promoted the OneX pyramid scheme, an exceptionally murky program that used an image of a bomb in its logo.

AdSurfDaily figure Kenneth Wayne Leaming, a purported “sovereign citizen,” was a Federal Reserve conspiracy theorist and an overall banking conspiracy theorist. Leaming was arrested by an FBI terrorism task force in 2011, after filing bogus liens against federal officials who had a role in the ASD Ponzi prosecution that began in 2008.

Leaming now is serving a lengthy prison sentence.

Sep 19, 2014
Launch Of Murky BitClub Network ‘Program’ Appears To Be Under Way

From a BitClub Network promo on a page in Indonesian today. Red blocks by PP Blog.

Much remains murky about BitClub Network, a Bitcoin-themed “program” that in typical HYIP fashion missed at least three advertised launch dates earlier this month.

The launch, however, now appears to have gotten under way shortly after “2 p.m. EST” today, a possible indicator that the “program” is using Panama time.

One promo the PP Blog observed shortly after the launch time was in Indonesian. It appeared to claim that BitClub Network paid between 0.3 percent and 0.8 percent a day. If we are reading this claim correctly, it appears as though the promoter is saying recruits who send in $3,000 will earn somewhere between $9 and $24 a day — or between $270 and $720 a month.

We ran the Indonesian claim through Google Translate. Here is part of what the English translation reads (italics added):

. . . the process is run by experts [mining?] bitcoin Digital Currency you just sit at home and receive a daily income of about 0.3 to 0.8% everyday.

The Indonesian pitch also referred to “compounding.” Many HYIP schemes purport that “earnings” can be compounded and that relatively small sums will be become tremendous fortunes over time. Zeek Rewards, which allegedly collected on the order of $850 million in a combined Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that lasted less than two years, was such a “compounding” program.

If our reading of the early info on BitClub Network is correct, it is an upstart offering fraud with a lower daily payout rate than Zeek, which averaged about 1.5 percent. Promos for Bitclub Network claim recruits will get paid for 1,000 days. Zeek had a much shorter term, absent “rollovers.” BitClub Network also may have a rollover feature.

Alleged Zeek Rewards winner Brian Spatola of Randolph, N.J., appears to be on the front lines of BitClub Network. So does alleged Zeek winner T. LeMont Silver, a named defendant in a clawback action by the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek case.

The BitClubNetwork site itself today was using rolling headlines from other sites. One read, “United Way Becomes Largest Nonprofit to Accept Bitcoin.”

Some scams trade on the names of reputable entities as a means of creating a veneer of legitimacy. The names of other famous companies easily could appear in the rolling headlines on BitClub Network, which is presented as a “mining” venture that offers “shares.”

That famous entities may use Bitcoin does not mean that BitClub Network itself is legitimate. Prior to the emergence of Bitcoin, the scammers who promote HYIPs routinely traded on the names of famous banks and credit-card companies, hoping the legitimacy of those enterprises would rub off on the emerging scams.

Regulators have issued repeated warnings about the volatility of Bitcoin values and about scams that seek to tie themselves to Bitcoin.

Here is part of what BitClub Network says about itself on its website (italics added):

BitClub is not owned by any one person, we are a team of experts, entrepreneurs, professionals, network marketers, and programming geeks who have all come to together to launch a very simple business around a very complex industry. Anyone can join BitClub and begin earning a passive income by taking advantage of our expertise in Bitcoin mining and other Bitcoin related services.

Fuzzy ownership and claims about “passive income” lead to questions about whether a “program” is conducting an offering fraud, selling unregistered securities as investment contracts and permitting recruits who have little or no net worth to direct whatever safety blanket they have to murky enterprises with long reach.

Zeek Rewards preemptively denied it was a “pyramid scheme.” On its website, BitClub Network preemptively denies it is a “ponzi scheme .” The “program” claims to be “based in Europe.”

It further claims to operate “virtually with contributors from all over the world.”

And, it claims, “[o]ur main servers and technology for digital mining is located in a very secure and private location that will only be made available by pictures and a live video feed in the near future.”

An earlier HYIP “program” known as JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid appeared to use servers in the Netherlands. Frederick Mann, its murky purported operator, once fretted that the JSS/JBP servers could be subjected to a “cruise missile” attack.

This is from the FAQs at the BitClub Network site (italics added):

Q – If BitClub is already successful at mining Bitcoin then why are you sharing profit? Great Question!s [sic]

A: Because of how mining works it is always getting harder and harder for smaller mines to make great profits. This is quickly turning into a game for the big boys. Bigger orders mean bigger discounts on hardware, less electricity and rent per Ghz, more flexibility in what is mined and many other factors. By starting BitClub Network we know that over the next couple of years we could become one of the largest most profitable mines in the world. We will actually make more money sharing the profits with you. That’s why there are so many mining pools, we are just doing things a little differently. We believe in the motto “Making money is a team sport.”

Despite the fact BitClub Network says it does not promote that “a share will have set return and we don’t offer 100% ROI claims,” the site in Indonesian is making a claim that the daily payout will range between 0.3 percent and 0.8 percent. If people send in $3,000 and purportedly make between $9 and $24 a day with it, they’d make between $9,000 and $24,000 in BitClub Network’s purported term of 1,000 days.

Bernard Madoff would not have dared to be so bold.

A graphic of a smiling miner wearing a button-down shirt and swinging a pick appears on the site in Indonesian. Another graphic at the site shows Bitcoin and an Automated Teller Machine — as through BitClubNetwork will be the easiest thing in the world, that laborers worldwide will be smiling.

The site in Indonesian also carries graphics of nice automobiles. A photo displays people standing in front of a “HOLLYWOOD” sign — presumptively in California. The banner in part reads, “MALAYSIA.”

Another “MALAYSIA” banner appears in the foreground of a shot that shows people and pine trees set against a backdrop of snow.

Following a recent pattern in HYIP promos, famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe also appear on the site in Indonesian.

Sep 16, 2014
UPDATE: BitClub Network Launch Reportedly Delayed — Again

UPDATE: There are reports on Twitter that the launch of the murky BitClub Network “program” has been delayed.

This would be the third postponement.

A purported “enormous opportunity in Bitcoin Mining,” according to veteran HYIP huckster and alleged Zeek Rewards Ponzi “winner” T. LeMont Silver, BitClub Network advertised a Sept. 1 launch date.

Promoters of the scheme then claimed it would launch on Sept. 3 or Sept. 4, but that didn’t happen. The purported launch date then was moved up to Sept. 10, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Now, promoters say the 9/10 launch is off. A Facebook post this afternoon claims the launch will be “slightly delayed” and that the “program” will “give 24 hour notice before launch once everything is ready to go.”

Whether Silver — or any BitClub Network promoter — knows who is running things remains unclear.

Prospects are being told they’ll earn money for 1,000 days.

The advertised Sept. 1 launch date coincided with the 75 anniversary of the beginning of World War II.

A pitch accessible through Twitter claims the”launch will be delayed for a few days more.”

Sep 9, 2014
T. LeMont Silver In Furious Name-Dropping Spree For BitClub Network; Veteran MLM Huckster Still Trails WCM777 Scam In Unofficial Record Book

3RD UPDATE 11:45 A.M. EDT U.S.A. Zeek Rewards clawback defendant T. LeMont Silver promised “training” to recruits of the emerging BitClub Network “program” — and the veteran HYIP huckster delivered by training his listeners to drop names.

Lots and lots of names.

Regardless, Silver might have to dial up his efforts if he hopes to become be the new standard-bearer in the category of name-dropping to sell a purported MLM/direct-sales “opportunity.” That record is held unofficially by the WCM777 “program,” which the SEC described in March as an international pyramid scheme.

But even longtime MLM huckster Phil Piccolo — known as the “one-man Internet crime wave” in part for the ceaseless dropping of names such as Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, Groupon, Walmart and Apple — must be shaking his head in begrudging awe at Silver’s recent efforts to foist the emerging BitClub Network brand on the consuming public.

After leading recruits to disaster in Zeek, Silver turned his attentions to the JubiMax/JubiRev and GoFunRewards/GoFunPlaces MLM disasters, supplementing his promos for “Plan B” HYIP schemes by dropping the names of MLM companies such as Herbalife, Amway, Avon, ViSalus and others.

With BitClub Network, Silver has put his name-dropping into overdrive, joining the likes of the scamming chieftains of WCM777, the collapsed pyramid scheme that traded on the names of Siemens, Goldman Sachs, the Denny’s restaurant chain and a series of hospitality companies with famous flags.

By the SEC’s count, WCM777 dropped on the order of 700 names to sanitize its bizarre pyramid scheme. (WCM777 also once featured a love letter to the disaffected affiliates in Peru it had drafted into a Ponzi- and pyramid scheme and subjected to police raids while also featuring what BehindMLM.com has described as a “Jesus Sword.”)

Distressingly, Silver assures his audience in a recent promo that “people from all across the globe” were listening to his webinar and to promos of other affiliates. The named countries included the Philippines, Russia “and all over Europe, Australia, Canada.”

The Silver promo session was titled, “Make Money With No List Featuring BitClub Network Webinar.”

Silver hasn’t topped 700 yet in the unofficial name-dropping calculus, but he’s off to a good start, essentially positioning BitClub Network as a company that will create profit opportunities for the same sort of visionaries who spotted the genius behind one-time emerging brands such as Google, AOL, Microsoft (Internet Explorer), Amazon.com, Apple’s iPhone, Apple’s iPod, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogger and more.

It’s all about “being at the right place at the right time,” Silver bleats. He even suggests in text that BitClub Network could be the next “email.”

As the video proceeds, Silver talks about Bitcoin, using slides to drop the names of Tiger Direct, the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise, Lord & Taylor, Dish Network, Expedia, Newegg and Gyft. He also works in the names of CVS Pharmacy, Sears, Target, Home Depot, Whole Foods Market and more.

Along the way, Silver also drops the names of California Gov. Jerry Brown, “China’s Central Bank Governor” and Gerogy Luntovsky, “deputy chairman of the bank of Russia,” according to text Silver displays.

From a promo for BitClub Network featuring T. LeMont Silver.

Sep 8, 2014
‘BitClub Network’ Now Reportedly Set To Launch On Sept. 10, Eve Of Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks

The BitClub Network “program” — originally set to launch Sept 1, the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II — reportedly now will launch on Sept. 10.

That’s the eve of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The Sept. 10 launch time is pegged for “2pm EST,” which possibly means the “program” is using Panama time. Panama, part of the Americas, does not use Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Some of the money from the Profitable Sunrise HYIP swindle last year went to an entity in Panama City, the SEC said last year. Other Profitable Sunrise money ended up in Australia and the Czech Republic, according to court filings.

Profitable Sunrise operated through a “mail drop” in England and had a “director” in Seychelles, according to court filings.

Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid-scheme figure T. LeMont Silver, an early adopter of BitClub Network who is promising a $600 sign-up bonus and “training” for the “program,” now is using a Seychelles address, according to an email pitch he sent last week.

Seychelles is a known money-laundering haven. Silver may be operating from the Dominican Republic after parachuting into the nation after the collapse of Zeek in 2012 and the later collapse of two other purported “revenue-sharing programs” he was pitching.

Those “programs,” which ended up suing each other amid allegations of fraud, were GoFunPlaces/GoFun Rewards and JubiMax/JubiRev. Silver described disaffected prospects as “low-hanging fruit.”

BitClub Network, which purportedly offers “shares” of “mining pools,” has a Bitcoin theme. The reported buy-in levels are $500, $1,000 and $2,000, with “Founders’” positions going for $3,599.

Whether Silver even knows precisely who is operating the BitClub Network “program” is unclear. Also unclear is why the “program” chose start dates that corresponded with the starting dates of World War II in Europe and the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.

Are the dates merely coincidences?

Hitler’s Nazi Third Reich was hoped to last 1,000 years. BitClub Network, early bird MLM HYIPers say, will pay a daily dividend for 1,000 days.

HYIP schemes in general are exceptionally murky propositions, with narratives, descriptions and actions that may be designed as taunts against both prospects and regulators. Profitable Sunrise, for example, used images of Jesus Christ in promos and offered a purported “Long Haul” plan with a purported Easter gift to be paid out on April 1, 2013 — April Fool’s Day.

March 31 of that year was Easter Sunday.

WCM777 also used images of Jesus Christ. A follow-up scam used images of a golden pyramid.

John Neil Hirst was charged by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office in 2011 with running a Ponzi scheme that targeted British, French and Americans through a company registered in Panama and Seychelles.

A 2010 scam known as “Alpha Trade Group” that was promoted on well-known Ponzi-scheme forums purported to be registered in Panama and was using “various corporations and fictitious names registered in Florida” to pull off the scheme, according to court filings.

David F. Merrick of Traders International Return Network (TIRN) was charged in a 2009 Ponzi scheme that was operating in the United States while funneling money to Panama, Mexico, Malaysia, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

A 2014 online scheme known as Mutual Wealth might have operated through entities in Panama and the United Kingdom “and through Russian or Belarussian nationals,” the SEC said.

In August 2013, NEOMutual, a purported “crowdfunding” opportunity that claimed it used bitcoin and a series of offshore payment processors, further claimed to provide daily interest rates of 1.4 percent, 1.6 percent and 1.9 percent on sums between $20 and $250,000.

It was promoted alongside the bizarrely named “Cash Crop Cycler.” Among the provocative claims on the CashCropCycler website was that the “program” was interested in building “a network that ticks.”

A 2011 scam known as OneX used an image of a bomb in its logo.

Silver was a OneX pitchman, alongside Andy Bowdoin, the operator of the $119 million AdSurfDaily Ponzi scheme that he positioned as a “revenue-sharing” program.

At least one promo for Bitclub Network claims “All Countries” and prospects are accepted for “Legal Passive Income.”

“EARN PASSIVE for 1,000 Days,” the promo roars.

“No Ponzi,” it says.

Sep 5, 2014
ZEEK RECEIVER: ‘No Comment’ On BitClub Network Story

Zeek receiver Kenneth D. Bell had “no comment” this morning on an Aug. 30, PP Blog story that reported Zeek figure T. LeMont Silver now was pushing a murky “program” called “BitClub Network.”

Bell has raised concerns that Silver is a serial promoter of Zeek-like schemes to defraud.

As the PP Blog noted yesterday, Silver also has been linked to a “program” known as “Gold Crowdfunding” that has links to the OneX scam that put AdSurfDaily Ponzi schemer Andy Bowdoin in jail in 2012. Like Bowdoin, Silver pitched OneX.

OneX used an image of a bomb in its logo.

OneX logo.

Bell is suing Silver for the return of his alleged gains in Zeek, saying they came from Zeek victims. The SEC and federal prosecutors in the Western District of North Carolina have described Zeek as a Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that collected hundreds of millions of dollars in less than two years of operation.

The SEC shut down Zeek in August 2012.

Zeek figure Dawn Wright-Olivares pleaded guilty to criminal charges of investment-fraud conspiracy and tax-fraud conspiracy in February 2014. Her stepson, former Zeek programmer Daniel Olivares, pleaded guilty to a charge of investment-fraud conspiracy.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a warning on Bitcoin-themed scams on Aug. 11, 2014. Silver’s promotions for BitClub Network began to appear on the Internet about three weeks later.

CFPB did not immediately respond to a request for comment on BitClub Network, which Silver has described as a “mining” venture.

BitClub Network purportedly pays out a daily dividend for 1,000 days and has three “mining pools” with tiered buy-in rates: $500, $1,000 and $2,000. Early birds — described as “Leaders” — are being encouraged to send in $3,599 to qualify for a “Founder’s” position.

Much is murky about BitClub Network.

Also see Sept. 1 report on “Gold Crowdfunding” by BehindMLM.com.

Sep 2, 2014
UPDATE: BitClub Network Launch Said To Be Delayed; ‘Founders’ Positions Reportedly Sell For $3,599; Pitches Directed At ‘Leaders’; Prospects Asked To Wire Money; Purported ‘Opportunity’ May Have TelexFree-Like Cash-Transfer System

“These participants received uncontrolled cash deposits outside of the TelexFree system,” — Massachusetts Securities Division, Ponzi- and pyramid complaint against TelexFree, April 15, 2014.

EDITOR’S NOTE: For our earliest background on BitClub Network, see Aug. 30 report that references serial HYIP promoter T. LeMont Silver. Are you really sure you want to promote bitcoin-themed HYIPs alongside a man who parachuted into the Dominican Republic from Florida after the Zeek HYIP scam and now is using an address in Seychelles?

Read on for more early background on BitClub Network . . .

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As tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, it’s easy enough to summon images of the late Winston Churchill asking the world to pay attention. The great man still is very much alive in the annals of history and in millions of hearts. We imagine him in 2014, contemplating BitClub Network as a gathering storm, perhaps a modern “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”

BitClub Network appears very much to be yet another nascent MLM/network marketing whack-a-mole “program,” a reload scheme rising to replace a “program” that has collapsed. The most recent major “program” to crumble into an alleged heap of Ponzi- and pyramid rubble was TelexFree — in April 2014.

Reload schemes keep cash flowing to factories of online crime and to the “leaders” who deliver human souls to them for the purposes of financial disembowelment. The more bodies disemboweled, the more the scammers-in-chief and their disingenuous and corrupt enablers make.

Our early analysis of BitClub Network, subject to amendment, is that it is casting its net to attract the greediest and greatest HYIP scammers on a cross-continent basis. The PP Blog observed information last night that suggested the brand of BitClub Network, which already is conducting business via wires that pass though the United States, also may be expanding in a region of Europe known for atrocities, including ethnic cleansing.

Among the core dangers of HYIP scams is that they deliver undeserved and potentially ruinous economic power to unknown persons or entities. The money could be used for any nefarious purpose under the sun.

For an unclear reason — headline scraping to drive people with an interest in politics to bitcoin-themed sites, perhaps? — one promo using the name of BitClub Network linked yesterday via Twitter to a site that featured a video commercial and the names of National Geographic and Michelin, the French tire-maker with a presence in the United States. The Twitter linkage occurred through a site curiously dubbed “Bitcoin Regime” with a “From” message of “Bitclub Russia.” A promo today linked via Twitter through Bitcoin Regime was playing a commercial for Schick, the Connecticut-based maker of razors. Some text surrounding the promos is in English. Other text appears to be in the language of Russian or Ukranian or Serbian.

“Bitclub Russia” appears also to have its own YouTube site. “Bitcoin Regime,” meanwhile, says “[t]his site was created out of passion and interest in the subject.” One of the headlines on the site reads, “Obama: No Strategy For ISIS.. (Oops, We Funded & Trained ISIS!).”

Another reads, “. . . because fuck fiat!” Yet another reads, “Let’s Talk Bitcoin: Buenos Aires & Bitcoin Embassy.” Still another, in Russian, reads, “Earn Bitcoins on a serious level 1 service! The most serious Bitcoin earnings!” — when Google’s translation tool from Russian to English is used.

Is it a scraping site of some sort that is drafting off the anticipated popularity of BitClub Network?

ISIS is the terrorist group that allegedly beheaded American journalist James Foley and also allegedly beheaded a Lebanese soldier.

Launch Timing

Head-scratchingly, the “Founders’” launch of the BitClub Network “program” had been set for Sept. 1, the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. Whether that’s a coincidence is unclear. Sept. 1 also is Labor Day in the United States. Various HYIPs have targeted the world’s workers, offering false relief from the daily grind — not just a chicken in every pot, but a mansion, unlimited sums of cash and perhaps a fleet of high-end automobiles and maybe even a Ferrari (or two).

As is typical in HYIP scams, there was at least one report this morning circulating on Twitter that BitClub Network has experienced a launch delay. As also is typical in HYIP Ponzi Land, black comedy is in no short supply. Whether it’s accidental or intentional is unclear.

In any event, BitClub Network reportedly has a feature known as the “holding tank” — and this “holding tank” is being blamed for the launch delay.

“Hi Leaders,” a link from Twitter bizarrely begins, adding a second layer of black comedy. “Ok, I just heard that the programming of the holding tank feature is taking a bit longer than expected, so dont [sic] be dissapointed [sic] as it basically gives us more time to prepare our teams. :) So, it now looks like we [sic] gonna pre launch around wednesday [sic] or thursday [sic] 2pm EST [sic?] this coming week!”

Perhaps most distressing, though, is a murky claim that “Founders” still can wire $3,599 to get started, “holding tank” delay or not. This wire maneuver appears to be very similar to the way things were done at WCM777, alleged by the SEC earlier this year to be a massive international scam. It’s also highly reminiscent of Profitable Sunrise, which told the marks to wire money to the Czech Republic. Some of the money was seized in Hungary in a money-laundering probe.

Details of the BitClub Network wiring arrangement are not published and apparently are revealed only in private communications, another typical signature of an emerging HYIP scam. It’s also possible that people are disguising themselves as BitClub Network promoters to solicit and then steal wire transfers.

“If you want to do a wire you need to get back to me ASAP and I will sent [sic] you the details for that,” the link from Twitter coaches. “The advanatge [sic] of sending in a wire is that you lock your spot on top of the binairy [sic] before hundreds or probably thusands [sic] that will come in afer [sic] you at launch!”

Chronic typos and odd syntax often signal HYIP scammers are at work.

A separate link from Twitter, presumptively from a different early bird, says, “[Y]ou get paid right away on all referrals and can use those commissions to pay others in after they send you paypal [,] bank wire, or pazya etc.”

If this is true, it would reflect the money-moving mechanics of other HYIP scams that encourage “leaders” to gather money from prospects via bank wires and payment processors — and then to cherry-pick part of it or all of it to use as a recruitment lure. Such deals almost certainly would take place off the books of the “program” and can create layers and layers of black markets inside a larger black market — nesting dolls of crime, if you will.

The second link from Twitter continues (italics added):

I can’t stress enough the fact that you are at the top and at the very beginning of this incredible global program that will make everyone money every day, just for joining.

If you have done your homework you shoud [sic] know by now why this is and how it works, cause of the crypto currency mining :)

And if you refer others, well you”ll [sic] make a KILLING! read [sic] the income example on the payplan site, this will blow your mind!

This is BIG money you can make here, some of you will make already [sic] 7 figures by christmas [sic].

Naturally some American scammers appear already to be doing some of the bidding for BitClub Network. It’s as though Profitable Sunrise, a collapsed HYIP allegedly operated by a ghost and driven by willfully blind affiliates who conducted business by wire from the United States to Eastern Europe, never happened.

BitClub Network also may be a bit like TelexFree, another collapsed HYIP. After prospects are told they can only join by wire at this stage and later will have to join with bitcoin, the first link from Twitter goes on to suggest sponsors can perform back-office transactions and collect money directly from recruits.

Here’s how the first link from Twitter (described above) confusingly puts it (italics added):

OR……having your sponsor or upline paying for you with their commissions within their back office using the credit system after you have sent them the money!

Back-office transactions almost certainly contributed to the calamity at TelexFree, an alleged Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that may have gathered more than $1.2 billion in a little more than two years of Internet scamming. One of the issues at TelexFree was “cash deposits” alleged to be “uncontrolled.”

As noted above, one of the dangers of such systems is that they introduce the specter of a black-market economy and back-alley deals, making already-dangerous enterprises doubly dangerous. The results can be bizarre.

As things stand today, if BitClub Network were the movie “Casablanca,” Renault would be telling the troops to “round up the usual suspects.”

Any person who joins this program with a purported “holding tank” is a fool. Any person who pitches it to others amid these exceptionally murky circumstances is reckless beyond comparison.

Aug 31, 2014
In Face Of Clawback Action And Warnings On Bitcoin Scams, Zeek Figure And Florida ‘ExPat’ T. LeMont Silver Offers ‘BitClubNetwork’ Mark Bonus Of More Than 3 Times What He Pays His Dominican Maid — And Uses Address In Money-Laundering Haven
“The Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) warns consumers of the potential risks associated with purchasing, investing in, and exchanging virtual currencies, such as bitcoin. Members of the U.S. Congress, federal and state regulatory authorities, are continuing to question a way forward with respect to these diverse and decentralized payment mechanisms. Mt. Gox, an international Bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy that resulted in losses in excess of $400 million and put a spotlight on risks surrounding virtual currencies.” — Florida Office of Financial Regulation, March 18, 2014.

“The Court may wish to take judicial notice of the many online videos in which one Defendant, T. Le Mont Silver, has appeared regarding his moving his family to the Dominican Republic . . . and promoting several ‘revenue sharing’ schemes in addition to Zeek.” — Kenneth D. Bell, Zeek Rewards receiver, July 30, 2014.

“Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a consumer advisory warning consumers about the risks of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. The CFPB advises consumers to be aware of potential issues with virtual currencies such as unclear costs, volatile exchange rates, the threat of hacking and scams, and that companies may not offer help or refunds for lost or stolen funds. The CFPB also announced that consumers who encounter a problem with a virtual currency product or service can now submit a complaint with the Bureau.” — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Aug. 11, 2014.

Using a rocket in a promo, “BitClub Network” is set to launch for “Founders” on Sept. 1, the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. Will more financial terror rain down from the skies above HYIP Ponzi Land?

4th UPDATE 3:27 P.M. EDT U.S.A. Florida “ExPat” T. LeMont Silver, a target of a huge clawback lawsuit flowing from the 2012 Zeek Rewards Ponzi- and pyramid case and a veteran HYIP “revenue-sharing” huckster, may be a bit slow on the uptake.

Florida — his own state — issued a caution in March 2014, warning that there are risks associated with bitcoin and that virtual currencies have been known to have “[l]inks to criminal activity.”

In July, the court-appointed receiver suing Silver for the return of his alleged winnings in the Zeek scam alleged that Silver was in a group of “serial” pitchmen of “revenue sharing” schemes — in this context, Zeek-like schemes to defraud.

Receiver Kenneth D. Bell asked a federal judge to take “judicial notice” of certain Silver promotional videos.

Silver’s Zeek gains tipped the scale toward $2 million and came from Zeek victims, Bell has alleged.

On Aug. 11, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a warning on bitcoin-themed scams.

“You may also have heard that some people buy them as speculative investments or that you can ‘mine’ them with your computer,” CFPB said in its warning.

Sometime after 6 p.m. yesterday, Silver sent out an email promising recipients an “enormous opportunity in Bitcoin Mining” through a “program” known as “BitClub Network,” the PP Blog has learned.

“BitClub Network” prospects are asked to invest in “mining pools,” BehindMLM.com is reporting. (Link below.)

“There are already hundreds of companies that do a share of revenue with their traders in this space,” the Silver email read in part.

So, another “revenue-sharing” scheme from Silver — this in the face of highly public warnings about bitcoin-themed scams, HYIP scams and even a de facto warning from the Zeek receiver that something untoward was occurring.

“Even if you have no list or never have a recruit, you can leverage this system to earn EVERY DAY for a period of 1,000 days!” the Silver email bleats. “As you grow your units … each subsequent unit also earns for 1,000 days.”

No part of the email touches on any of the warnings issued by regulators about the volatility of bitcoin values and scams that crop up that seek to attach themselves to bitcoin.

Here is how the Florida OFR spelled out the risks just five months ago (italics added):
- No insurance guarantee. Virtual currency is not guaranteed with protection, while funds held by U.S. banks and credit unions are insured.
- Unpredictability. The value of virtual currencies can rise and fall in a short time, and these values are driven by the marketplace. Those who deal in virtual currencies should realize the risks, which can result in substantial losses.
- Security. Some virtual currency exchanges that offer to store the consumers’ funds in virtual wallets have failed to protect them, resulting in consumer losses due to hacking of these virtual wallets.
- Links to criminal activity. Criminals have taken advantage of the anonymity provided by virtual currencies, and have used them for money laundering and other crimes. If an exchange is shut down, consumers may not be able to access their funds.
- Regulation. Oversight of virtual currencies has not been thoroughly developed, and thus, consumers lack many of the protections they have come to expect within the financial services industry.
- Tax obligations. To view the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance on the tax implications concerning virtual currencies, visit http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-14-21.pdf.
Silver has been featured in videos bragging about how good his life has been in the Dominican Republic, which recently has been rocked by the alleged TelexFree Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that has affected hundreds of thousands of people across the globe.

The veteran HYIP huckster appears to have relocated to the Dominican Republic from Florida after the collapse of the Zeek scheme and after at least two other “revenue-sharing programs” he promoted after the collapse of Zeek also cratered.

One way to view these outrageous “programs” is as a war against people of limited means or people already living in poverty, dressed up as in invitation to escape their own misery. Like the rockets of war rain down on their human targets, HYIP offers fairly rain down from the skies of the Internet, putting vast numbers of people at risk.

Whether Silver remains in the Dominican Republic is unclear. His email for the “BitClub Network” appears to have used an address in Seychelles, an Indian Ocean archipelago nation associated with money-laundering. Why a Florida man who apparently did at least a pass-through in the Dominican Republic would be using a Seychelles address was unclear.

Agnes Jouaneau, a purported “director” of Inter Reef Ltd., a purported U.K. business associated with the Profitable Sunrise HYIP swindle last year, purportedly operated out of Seychelles. (Also see this disturbing 2010 story at Stuff.co.nz that references the name of Jouaneau before Profitable Sunrise emerged and raises questions about the laundering of money, perhaps even for terrorism.)

Incredibly and disgustingly, Silver’s pitch for “BitClub Network” promises “[$]600 to one person that goes through this entire email” and puts into action “everything” he shares in a video pitch.

Silver did not say whether he intended to pay his mark with proceeds from Zeek or any of his other scams.

The $600 sum apparently earmarked for his “BitClub Network” mark is more than three times the monthly wage Silver said in a January video he paid his Dominican maid.

Also see “BitClub Network” review at BehindMLM.com.

A snippet from BehindMLM.com (italics added):

At the very least, it’s a certainty that BitClub Network are accepting investments from affiliates on the expectation of a >100% ROI. Whether or not the scheme has registered itself with the SEC is unclear. Given the offshore domain registration with a Panama-based provider, I’d say it’s unlikely.

BitClub Network is an offshore scheme seeking to fleece investors under the guise of “let us explain Bitcoin mining to you”, with the mining itself (if any actually exists) having little to nothing to do with the flow of funds within the scheme.

Whilst the owner(s) of BitClub Network are for now are sticking to the shadows, there’s evidence that factions of the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme might be behind it.

“Bitclub Network” and its companion rocket apparently are set to launch for “Founders” on Sept. 1.

If it does, it will launch on the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II and all the hellfire that followed. On Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland.

NOTE: Our thanks to the ASD Updates Blog for providing the July 30 filing by the Zeek receiver.
Aug 30, 2014