The Russian Mob is involved in OTC manipulaton. I did DD on behalf of GeckoSystems and found a group of Florida business men, involved in repeated scams, some OTC, some not. Two of these men seem to have direct or familial ties to Russia
One was an American named Reed Wallace who was directly tied to a prostitution service for American Ex-Pats in Moscow. You can't do that without the Mob's consent. Once back in the U.S. he was associated with multiple "business enterprises" (some real, some shady) almost always with two business partners listed blow.
Konstantin Leviev, appears to be a relative of Lev Leviev, friend of Putin, called the "world's richest Jew" in the press, he founded his fortune on blood diamonds. Reed Wallace was/is on the board of the controversial Leviev foundation, the directors can no longer be found, see screen grab. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=93832896 The above post also connects Reed Wallace with a Lee Balak via Power Technology. Balack is connected with CKIM diamonds.
Benjamin Schiff , founded a "generic drug company" that cloned the name of another and one George MacLeod posted a linked in profile naming himself as CEO. I uncovered stories about unapproved generics being sent from unapproved manufacturers to Russia being sold in the U.S. at that time. I assume this is what they did or attempted to do with this enterprise.
Reed Wallace's brother Neil Wallace is still trying to take down GeckoSystems, but he seems to be losing current court battles. Reed was in on the scam too, introduced as a possible "investor". The company is still being capped on the OTC by wash trading and manipulation. I estimate that 2-4x the original float was during the original pump and dump which did not result significant profit to the company and millions seem to have been put into circulation, probably through forged shares since Neil Wallace "lost" the certs for a few days, ample time to have them forged.
Most of this conspiracy was reported to FINRA in 2012, and I personally reported it to the FBI at that time, in detail with names and approximate dates. I spoke with agents on two occasions.
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