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6 Pitchmen Who Raised Funds Plowed Into Jeffrey Mowen’s Ponzi Sanctioned By SEC On Heels Of Long-Running Lawsuit; Alleged Offering Fraud’s Advertised Monthly Payout Rate 20 Times LOWER Than JSS Tripler/JustBeenPaid

UPDATED 7:43 A.M. ET (MARCH 9, U.S.A.) If ever there has been a cautionary tale for HYIP pitchmen, it is Jeffrey Lane Mowen’s Utah Ponzi scheme. Mowen and at least six promoters ended up inspiring litigation on multiple fronts, with Mowen charged criminally. At issue was Mowen’s Forex Ponzi scheme, which allegedly was funded in…

Mar 8, 2012
FBI Seeks Arrest Of Fugitive Oregon Couple Accused In Alleged Internet Scam; Billboard Campaign Underway As Agency Offers Reward Of Up To $5,000

Rick Devan Hendrix and Sarah Candace Deswert-Hendrix disappeared while on pretrial release after their 2005 arrests for mail fraud and wire fraud in an alleged Internet auction scam in which victims were bilked out of more than $300,000, the FBI said. Hendrix, 56, and Deswert-Hendrix, 30, now are the subjects of a billboard campaign in…

Feb 6, 2012
BULLETIN: Fugitive Found With AdSurfDaily Figure Kenneth Wayne Leaming Back In Jail After Judge Revokes Bond; Timothy Shawn Donavan Refused To Be Sworn As Witness At Pretrial Hearing In Arkansas Mail-Fraud Case; Leaming’s Firm Listed As Registered Agent For 2 Companies Implicated In Alleged Multimillion-Dollar Envelope-Stuffing Fraud

BULLETIN: Timothy Shawn Donavan, one of two federal fugitives from Arkansas found in Washington state Nov. 22 with AdSurfDaily figure and purported “sovereign citizen” Kenneth Wayne Leaming, is back in jail. Separately, records show that Leaming’s Washington state firm was the registered agent for two defunct companies linked to the alleged Donavan mail-fraud scheme and…

Jan 27, 2012
UPDATE: Accused Thief, Bail-Jumper, Passport Fraudster And Ponzi Fugitive Brian Kim Arrested In Hong Kong And Returned To The United States

UPDATE: On the lam for 10 months, accused Ponzi-scheme fugitive Brian Kim was arrested last month and returned to the United States from Kong Kong, authorities said yesterday. Kim, 36, is a former analyst who appeared as a CNBC commentator on issues such as the Dubai debt crisis and so-called “dark pools.” Investigators said he…

Nov 5, 2011
MORE ‘SOVEREIGN’ FAILINGS: Man Who Declared Himself ‘Most Christian Prince’ And ‘Governor’ Of Alabama Before Fleeing To Florida Convicted Of Tax Fraud; Monty Ervin’s ‘Princess’ Wife Also Convicted

Saying that laws did not apply to him, self-styled “sovereign citizen” Monty Ervin declared himself a “Most Christian Prince” and “governor” of Alabama in its “original jurisdiction” while concealing his tax crimes in 2006 — crimes in which his wife Patricia also was implicated. Patricia Ervin declared herself a “Most Christian Princess” who’d been “certified”…

Nov 5, 2011
ANOTHER MYTH-BUSTING CASE: On The Lam From Greater Los Angeles For 5 Years, Ponzi Fugitive John Chiyuan Lee Arrested In Thailand And Extradited To The United States

One of the enduring myths of the Ponzi boards — “offshore equals safe” — has been shattered again. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it got its man — with help from the government of Thailand, the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ponzi scheme suspect John Chiyuan Lee became…

Oct 19, 2011
UPDATE: Federal Prosecutors Have ‘No Comment’ On ASD-Related Email That Encouraged Members To Identify Public Officials As ‘Thieves’ And Send ‘Certified’ Copy Of Theft Claims To Home Of U.S. Chief Justice

UPDATED TO ADD COMMENT FROM U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE AT 3:21 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia this morning declined to comment on an email received Saturday by some AdSurfDaily members that encouraged them to file documents at the “county” level and “name” federal officials as “thieves.” Prosecutors also declined to comment…

Oct 3, 2011
SPECIAL REPORT: Email Encourages AdSurfDaily Members To Identify Federal Prosecutors, Federal Judge And Secret Service Agent As ‘DOJ Thieves’ In County-Level Filings — And To Send ‘Certified Copy’ Of Claims To Home Address Of Chief Justice Of The United States

EDITOR’S NOTE: A week after the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Secret Service and federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia put $55 million from civil judgments back in the pockets of AdSurfDaily members as the criminal prosecution of ASD President Andy Bowdoin continues, a new effort by some ASD members to undermine the…

Oct 2, 2011
ANOTHER FALSE LIENS CASE: Man Who Asserted ‘Diplomatic Immunity’ Claimed Utah Officials Owed Him $53 TRILLION, Feds Say; Harvey Douglas Goff Charged In 14-Count Indictment After Probe By Joint Terrorism Task Force, IRS

EDITOR’S NOTE: Longtime readers will recall that some members of Florida-based AdSurfDaily engaged in a hectoring campaign against public officials after the U.S. Secret Service seized tens of millions of dollars in the ASD Ponzi case in August 2008. Such actions can lead to serious criminal consequences, as the story below illustrates. It has happened…

Jun 6, 2011
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Prosecutors, FBI, U.S. Marshals Move Against ‘Coreflood’ Botnet; Seize 29 Domains, Execute Search And Seizure Warrants Amid Allegations Of Theft, Wire Fraud; Defense Contractor Allegedly Targeted By International Criminal Network

BULLETIN: A federal judge in Connecticut has authorized the seizure of 29 domain names tied to the alleged “Coreflood” botnet and malware network and ordered registrars and DNS providers to neutralize what prosecutors have described as a threat to U.S. national and economic security. The judge ordered the network architecture to be nulled after reviewing…

Apr 13, 2011
U.S. Marshal John Perry Dies From Gunshot Wounds Sustained After Ambush Attack By St. Louis Fugitive; Attorney General Issues Statement; Perry Is Second Marshal Slain Since Feb. 16

UPDATED 2:58 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) Deputy U.S. Marshal John Perry, who was critically wounded early yesterday in an ambush in Missouri in which another marshal and a St. Louis police officer were wounded, has died, the U.S. Marshals Service announced. Perry, 48, died at 7 p.m. yesterday at Saint Louis University Hospital. He had been…

Mar 9, 2011