The Fox 5 News “I-Team” in Atlanta has returned to the subjects of pyramid schemes and Narc That Car, also known as Crowd Sourcing International. (See video and link below.)
During tonight’s principal newscast, veteran investigative reporter Dana Fowle reported that Narc President Jacques Johnson was a manager in YourTravelBiz (YTB), which was sued in 2008 by California Attorney General Jerry Brown for operating a pyramid scheme.
Meanwhile, Fox 5Â reported that Narc Director Norman Pearah, who owns the building in which the firm’s offices are located, was charged in Louisiana in the 1980s with running an “endless chain” pyramid scheme.
Records reviewed by the PP Blog show that the California case against YTB was settled with a stipulated judgment that ordered the company to pay $1 million. Records also show that YTB sought an injunction in federal court against Johnson amid allegations he violated a “director’s agreement,” solicited members to move from YTB while still a director and violated a “non-compete” agreement after leaving YTB.
Johnson “hung up” on Fowle when she contacted him for comment, the station reported.
Separately, the station reported that it consulted with Yichuan Zhao, a mathematics professor at Georgia State University, about Narc’s license-plate data claims.
The professor, who appeared on camera with a chart and graphs, observed that the math of Narc was “like finding a needle in a haystack.”
Narc has said its system could help recover abducted children. Although promoters claimed the firm was affiliated with the AMBER Alert program, the U.S. Department of Justice denied in February that the program had any affiliation with Narc. So did the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which administers the secondary AMBER Alert program for the Justice Department.
Fox 5 also aired a Narc report during last night’s newscast. Last night’s report revisited the station’s previous reports on Narc, which featured the use of a hidden camera.
See tonight’s Fox 5 report below:
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