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G’day Patrick
I keep receiving your news letters; which is good. However I do not see anything about Mrs VIP and how they ripped off thousands of people or are a couple of so called ladies immune from your investigations.
Look Forward to your reply
Paddy Meboy
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I can’t cover them all, Paddy. There are simply too many. But you’re welcome to let the folks know about Mrs VIP, which others have done in the Comments threads.
Patrick
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What everhappened to Patrick “Pat” Kiley, radio host of “Follow the Money?
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Please can you tell me where you got your information from as my money was paid into Roy Kessels Account and he was the primary contact i dont see any thing about him on your web site
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Hi Sherry,
Look here:
http://sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2011/comp21989.pdf
Patrick
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Do you know of an attorney engaged in a class action suit relating to recovering monies lost in the Genesis forex fund fiasco in California?
Thanks, Frank
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I am a victim in the Mexbank Forex scam. How can I find out if anything is happening here? It appears as if the CFTC and SEC have brought suit here. My money was invested through an IRA account.
I have been told that I must keep this account open if I have any hope of having funds returned to me. If there is no account, there is no place for the funds to be returned.
So, is there any chance of monies being recovered and returned?
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I heard about a gifting program called perpetual cash and read lots about it and its creator Erik somethining. It doesnt sound like anyone makes any money with it except the promoter – how come we havent heard anything about that being taken down? Is it still around?
Thom
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I would like a ponzi scheme and bad people exposed and prosecuted for their rip offs; Paul Burks, CEO former mlm’s lighthouse and others and major con man scammer Darryl Doughlas, sales manager and master hypster of Zeek Rewards ….. they say put in $100 and wait 2 years to see it grow / compound to $225,000 meanwhile everyday you have to post their ads to help promote them and …. well who knows in 2 years but its bull as they really only pay if you bring others in (push no sponsoring required but no one can cash out any money!!! and they manipulate it daily so they can pay out the top people (PONZI) and some are putting in thousands and tens of thousands???? remember ad surf daily got shut down and funds froze by fed’s , they have millions of people’s money they put in for the pipedream
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Hi, you did a story on this guy in May. Is someone going to locate him to interview him and find out how he got away with it for 12 years.
Thanks, JERRY Hendickson. I’m just a relative of Arthur’s.
Arthur Allen Ferdig Register #73780-004 White Male 71 – He was released on 10/19/2011
BULLETIN: Arthur Ferdig, Operator Of Collapsed Tradex Ponzi Scheme, Sentenced To Federal Prison For Tax Evasion; IRS Says Money Diverted To Offshore Accounts And Shell Companies
By PatrickPretty.com 8:30 pm May 5, 2011
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Jerry,
My GUESS is that Mr. Ferdig, who was sentenced in May to 18 months, was given credit for time served prior to the conviction. He was jailed in 2010 while awaiting trial.
http://www.patrickpretty.com/2011/05/05/bulletin-arthur-ferdig-operator-of-collapsed-tradex-ponzi-scheme-sentenced-to-federal-prison-for-tax-evasion-irs-says-money-diverted-to-offshore-accounts-and-shell-companies/
Patrick
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Patrick, PLEASE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. I am a lawyer and have never been disbarred. I received a 3 month suspension of my licence to practice law in Connecticut for what even the court described as a technical violation. I had already moved to Miami to be the Publisher of a newspaper long before this suspension.
If I thought I had committed an ethical violation I would simply have filed my retirement papers when I left Connecticut (before the grievance was even filed) and if I had, the bar would have had no jurisdiction over me. I could also have asked that the suspension be lifted at any time after the three months had I chosen to meet the requirements.Had I the slightest thought that I would be the victim of the Internets ability to spread inaccuracies and falsehoods I would have cleared this up long ago.
Please publish this prominently.
Dwight Owen Schweitzer, Esquire
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Dwight,
I have republished your message in the thread below:
http://www.patrickpretty.com/2011/11/07/have-the-games-begun-adsurfdaily-members-todd-disner-dwight-owen-schweitzer-file-lawsuit-against-government-that-claims-undercover-agents-violated-firms-terms-of-service-federal-prosecutors-s
Patrick
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Patrick, it appears that Michael Anthony DeBias, formerly of MyTesterJobs, is behind the latest viral marketing craze “Wazzub”, though he had carefully hidden his tracks and used another MLMer “Gee DaCosta” as his frontman. Unfortunately, Wazzub thus far just wants a LOT of personal info, including real name, e-mail, birthdate, city, state, and country… Everything except the street address, merely for the “promise” of 50% share of the profits (if any).
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If you investigate ponzi schemes, please investigate the US Government and Social Security. This is ponzi on a global scale and is unforgivable.
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