U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen

Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen has granted the request of the receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case to treat the preliminary liquidation plan filed Oct. 8 as the first status report in the case. Receiver Kenneth B. Bell said earlier this week in court filings that the request, if granted, would […]

UPDATED: 7:08 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case has announced that about 1,200 subpoenas will go out this week to “affiliates who profited most from ZeekRewards.” It’s “victims’ money, really,” receiver Kenneth D. Bell said in a letter posted on the receivership website. “The subpoenas ask for financial […]

UPDATED 8:26 A.M. EDT (OCT. 31, U.S.A.) Saying it would save money, the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case has asked a federal judge to treat the receiver’s Oct. 8 preliminary liquidation plan as a status report. (See Oct. 9 PP Blog story.) Separately, yet another Zeek member has declared herself a […]

For Californians Walsh J. Young Jr. and May Causing, the Zeek Rewards MLM scheme left them “on the verge of financial devastation,” according to a new filing in the Zeek Ponzi scheme case. The self-written, self-submitted filing by Young and Causing appeared yesterday on the docket of Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen of […]

MLM pitchmen and AdSurfDaily figures Todd Disner and Dwight Owen Schweitzer — both of whom went on to become promoters of the alleged Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme — have accused a federal judge of “sophistry.” Sophistry, according to Dictionary.com, means “a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.” Disner turned to MLM […]

UPDATED 10:05 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The SEC today updated its information site on the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case, noting its investigation “is continuing” and pointedly adding language that “ZeekRewards and [Paul R.] Burks immediately consented to an asset freeze, the appointment of a receiver over their assets, and the payment of a $4 million […]

UPDATED 7:58 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The mystery of precisely who would represent Zeek Rewards figure Robert Craddock in a bid to intervene in the Zeek Ponzi scheme case may be over. Attorney Rodney E. Alexander of Charlotte has filed an appearance notice for Fun Club USA Inc., Craddock’s Florida business that raised funds for a […]

UPDATED 4:20 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Attorneys for accused Ponzi schemer Paul R. Burks of the Zeek Rewards MLM “program” operated through North Carolina-based Rex Venture Group LLC have filed thousands of records under seal. On Sept. 17, Burks’ attorneys sought the approval of Senior U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen to file the documents under […]

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 9:18 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) New court filings by accused Ponzi schemer Paul R. Burks of Rex Venture Group LLC show that Zeek Rewards had more than $40 million in offshore payment processors. Included in that sum is $20.765 million in Canada’s AlertPay/Payza, and $20 million in Canada’s SolidTrustPay. Today’s filing also shows $10 […]

Kenneth D. Bell, the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme case, said in a statement today that he had recovered nearly $300 million and that “[t]here may be tens of millions of dollars more of recoverable assets.” On Aug. 17, the SEC described Zeek as a $600 million Ponzi- and pyramid scheme that […]

“On August 17, 2012, Judge Graham C. Mullen of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, entered an order appointing Kenneth D. Bell of McGuireWoods LLP as temporary receiver of ZeekRewards for the purposes of marshaling and preserving all assets of ZeekRewards and those assets (a) held or possessed […]