Tag: TelexFree
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BULLETIN: U.S. Trustee Says ‘Compelling Evidence Of Fraud’ And ‘Reasonable Grounds’ To Believe ‘Criminal Conduct’ Occurred On Road To TelexFree Bankruptcy Filing
BULLETIN: (11th Update 2:35 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The United States’ trustee who serves the region (Nevada) in which TelexFree’s bankruptcy case was filed on April 13 has alleged there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that “criminal conduct” occurred at TelexFree. Trustee Tracy Hope Davis, who works for a division of the U.S. Department of Justice,…
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Alleged TelexFree MLM Ponzi Scheme May Have Polluted Money Flow To Vendors, Contractors AND The Government At Hundreds Of Thousands Of Contact Points
Virtually no one was safe from the TelexFree MLM financial menace, documents suggest. Not even the government. How far and deep did the alleged TelexFree fraud pollution flow? The answer remains unclear a week after Ponzi- and pyramid allegations were filed against the enterprise, but documents suggest pollution at hundreds of thousands of points of…
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BULLETIN: Nevada Attorney General To Intervene In TelexFree Licensing Matters Before The State Public Utilities Commission
BULLETIN: (Updated 8:56 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The Consumer Protection Bureau of Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto says in regulatory filings that it intends to intervene in TelexFree-related licensing matters before the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. TelexFree, accused of conducting a Ponzi scheme that gathered $1.2 billion, has Nevada telecom applications pending for TelexFree LLC…
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TelexFree, Allegedly One Of The Largest Ponzi Schemes In History, Says State And Federal Actions Against It ‘Precipitous And Unnecessary’
Effectively having been accused of rivaling Scott Rothstein’s epic Ponzi scheme, TelexFree issued a statement this afternoon that calls the government actions against it “precipitous and unnecessary.” Rothstein’s Florida-based Ponzi scheme collapsed in 2009. It gathered about $1.2 billion before toppling, and is one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history. On Tuesday, Massachusetts…
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TelexFree ‘Top Story’ In Department Of Homeland Security’s Daily Infrastructure Report
TelexFree — specifically the Ponzi- and pyramid complaint filed against it Tuesday by Massachusetts Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin — was the top story yesterday in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s daily infrastructure report. DHS was formed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Galvin alleged that TelexFree had gathered more than $1.2 billion…
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UPDATE: In SEC’s TelexFree Case, Agency Says Department Of Homeland Security And Sheriff’s Deputy Stopped Nearly $38 Million From Leaving Firm’s Massachusetts Office During Execution Of Search Warrant; Money Is Now Frozen
EDITOR’S NOTE: See story from earlier today on the SEC’s complaint and fraud allegations against the TelexFree “program,” executives and key promoters. ** ______________________________ ** A Bristol County Deputy Sheriff at the scene of a Tuesday raid by the Department of Homeland Security at TelexFree headquarters in Marlborough, Mass., stopped nearly $38 million in cashier’s…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: SEC Charges TelexFree, Executives And Key Promoters — Including Sann Rodrigues And Faith Sloan
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (19th Update 5:45 p.m. ET U.S.A.) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against the alleged TelexFree pyramid scheme and a federal judge has granted an asset freeze. TelexFree was a sham to mask an investment scheme known as “AdCentral” in which affiliates were told they could…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Massachusetts Securities Division Says TelexFree Is Billion-Dollar Ponzi And Pyramid Scheme That Targeted Brazilian Community
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (11th update 3:03 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) The state of Massachusetts has alleged that TelexFree is a “massive” Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that gathered more than $1.2 billion and targeted the Brazilian community. In alleged dollar volume, TelexFree appears to be at approximately the same level of the epic Scott Rothstein…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: TelexFree Says It Has Filed For Bankruptcy In United States; Uganda’s Central Bank Issues Fraud Warning
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (6th update 2:36 p.m. EDT U.S.A.) TelexFree LLC and “certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates” have filed for bankruptcy in Nevada, the firm said in a statement this morning. In its statement, the company did not directly identify the other TelexFree firms involved in the filing. A link in the…