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That's actually a good idea. Can you image someone like ESPN getting a hold of a story like this (if it's proven of course). They can't go running a story without facts. However, they have unlimited budget and a huge network of fact finders. They could get to the bottom of this whole deal if they really wanted to.
couldn't agree more - which is why i am e-mailing every sportscaster i can find online and asking them to look into this whole debacle -
someone will pick up the story -
afandor
Despite the fact that Larry Johnson did a lot of good for many people last year, the FACT that he has been involved with HFBG the past few years will wipe out any of the good that he has done.
His agent in Dallas thinks that he can move away from this without any damage to his reputation. Imo, wrong, wrong, wrong. Larry is playing in the real world now.
JAG, Please no bankruptcy... Dont wipe out the shareholders that still believe..Tea is great, I know it can sell..... Find another big investor. MAKE TEA SELL TEA, MAKE SOME MORE, SELL SOME MORE... NO BK...............
The Biagio Cru deal remains in place details will be coming look for the announcement.
Well we know about that deal don't we.Just another lie like all the rest of the PR'S.
LARRY JOHNSON YOU ARE OVER THIS SCAM. COME CLEAN AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
NEW DIRECTION CROOKS INC SCAM!!!!!!!!
Very nice post larry knew all about it
Larry Johnson aka "Grandmama" and hidden HFBG Co-Owner is very involved in Fraud and Deception for years.
Just look at LARRY JOHNSON'S HIDDEN INVOLVEMENT in ALL past
Tickers OGNA, HFBV, and now HFBG, anybody without BIAS
toward doing this AGAIN for 4th time can see the pattern!
LARRY JOHNSON COULD BE PROVEN GUILTY.
Larry Johnson's personally appointed HFBG President and
Co-Owner Jessica Gutierrez's to continue this
scam and in and email from Jessica she states
(Larry very much supports my direction and
shares the same vision in moving forward.)
Yeah moving forward on stealing shareholders money. WOW!!
Larry Johnson if you don't come forward now and
support your own company and shareholders
and get rid of all the fraud and crooks you will go down
for fraud yourself.That means no more endorsement
deals no more NBA INTERVIEWS. You will be on the inside looking
out behind bars for 5-7 years.
Larry Johnson come clean before you get the NATIONAL attention you don't want.
NEW DIRECTION CROOKS INC SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!
We need to keep up the pressure on Larry Johnson just maybe he will wake up and smell the the SEC BREATHING DOWN HIS NECK.
Exactly, there were pictures of LJ at bottling plant, sitting in his "office" in Las Vegas. He knew what was going on and now he's trying to run away. Smart move by him, but I'd be willing to bet the other guys would flip on him to save their own bacon if it came right down to it.
We already saw the public feud between Brad and JAG.....wait until SEC comes knocking, these people will turn on each other so fast they'll need to go to the chiropractor for whiplash.
Don't forget Larry Johnson posing for PR photos, Hugging big barrels of Tea, sitting in his trumped up empty "office" in LV, etc, etc. These were all orchestrated pumps that Larry Johnson willingly put himself right in the middle of. Anyone who says Larry Johnson is not a party to this PUMP and DUMP pinksheet SCAM is just as much of a LIAR as the people who run it...
Calvin Ross, Giovanni Luciano, Jessica Guiterez and LARRY JOHNSON ALL CRIMINALS!
JAIL THEM!
IMO
HFBG making another run get out your checkbooks. Hehe...........
NEW DIRECTION CROOKS INC SCAM!
I ask him to name 1 thing Larry Johnson did good for people and he has not answered that.Larry Johnson is as LIABLE as Jessica/Calvin/Giovanni and the Group of promoters of the stock.
In fact Larry allowed for the scam to continue for years and he was getting ready for another phase of this scam with another RS and 4th name change (NDCI).
Was Larry owed that big liabilities of $171,831.00 or was that Calvin?
(He has done more good for people that have nothing in 1 year than most people do in a lifetime)
Agree. He may have "helped a ton of people" but he (by going along with the rest of HFBG management) stole from me. Last I checked, stealing from people via scam isn't exactly helping someone.
Why are there still buys when the stock is "supposedly" dead?? GO Jessica!
Woohoo 1,010,000 in volume today Weeeeeeeeeeeeee..............
NEW DIRECTION CROOKS INC SCAM!!!
You think so. How wrong you are my friend. My only reward now
would be to see these crooks behind bars.
I still have shares in this POS CO.
(it's obvious you have no current money in this, because if it goes bankrupt all is lost. Please explain.)
Once a thief always a thief and now Larry Johnson is involved.
And that is why we need to keep up the pressure to let new
investors know about that there scamming ways.
Calvin and his crooks are looking for a new scam to
steal peoples money
(Calvin Thornton Ross - Robbing people blind for nearly a decade now...)
Calvin Thornton Ross - Robbing people blind for nearly a decade now...
http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-california/694379-1.html
WOW "helped sponsor the Indy 500" REALLY?
CALVIN Ross-Thornton dubbed his energy drink Pit Bull because of the breed s reputation for strength and fortitude.
Some might think the name suited for a different reason--that it takes a pit bull's grit for a small business to venture into the beverage market.
When Ross-Thornton and his partner James L. Robinson launched their business, Hip Hop Beverage Corp., they entered a market dominated by large, multinational players. More than 100 products are fighting for attention in the energy drink segment, and while Coca Cola Co. and Pepsico have not yet put the brunt of their marketing muscle behind the category, many believe it is only a matter of time before they do.
"It is a segment that everyone knows has great potential," said Tom Pirko, president of Santa Barbara consultancy Bevmark. "But it's been like a carnival. You walk down a lane and there are barkers on all sides hollering at you."
In spite of the fray, Pacoima-based Hip Hop has managed to make significant inroads. Since it was founded in 1999, the company has garnered placement for Pit Bull at Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Food4Less and Albertsons.
With distribution in more than 40 states along with Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, Pit Bull rang up $2 million in sales last year.
This summer Hip Hop will introduce its first line extension, a sugar free version of Pit Bull and this year, Ross-Thornton and Robinson are projecting sales of $5 million.
"It's a taste issue," said Ross-Thornton. "They (stores) put it out there and it sells. A lot of these (energy drinks) don't taste good, so they're kicked out and we stay."
Childhood entrepreneur
Ross-Thornton has been mixing up beverage concoctions ever since he was a kid with a lemonade stand in Brooklyn. He sold strawberry lemonade and infused Kool-Aid with peaches and other fruit flavors long before anyone ever heard of Snapple.
"As a young child, it was always my idea to invent the next soft drink," he said.
He first came out to California with the idea of developing a line of herbal teas corresponding to the signs of the zodiac, but the company was poorly financed and Ross-Thornton ended up selling his recipes.
Robinson, a former concert promoter and music producer, took the idea of an energy drink to Herb Hudson, co-owner of famed L.A. eatery Roscoe's Chicken 'n' Waffles, who agreed to finance the company, and the partners set up shop in an office borrowed rent-free from the head of the San Fernando Valley chapter of the NAACP, Rev. Zedar Broadus.
"We ran up his phone bills," said Ross-Thornton.
It took a while to refine the formula and set up sales channels, but about lout months after Hip Hop Beverage launched in 2000, the company helped sponsor the Indy 500. The cost was high--about $500,000 including the value of giveaways and other expenses--but the tactic paid off.
A contract with Safeway followed last year, and in July, the company moved to its current 8,000-square-foot facility in Pacoima.
What separates Pit Bull, the partners say, is an unwavering eye on its market niche of young urbanites.
"Our target market is the hip hop generation," said Robinson. "There is no color line. The kids in Thousand Oaks are buying it just like the kids in Compton."
Pit Bull, like most energy drinks contains a mixture of caffeine, guarana and ginseng along with other vitamins and herbs. But it is the image, not the recipe that often sells the products, many say.
Red Bull, the only player with a dominant share of the market, about 50 percent, "has terrific imagery," said John Sicher, editor and publisher of Beverage Digest, a Bedford Hills, N.Y. based trade publication. "It migrated over here (from Europe) with a certain amount of pre-existing consumer interest and they did what I call discovery marketing."
Red Bull built its marketing around being in the right places at the right times, what Sicher describes as letting consumers "discover the product and feel they own it."
Creating a buzz
Hip Hop has taken a similar route to create a buzz around its drink, The company sponsors extreme sports events like arm wrestling and slam ball tournaments. It holds tastings and it offers giveaways.
"Youth is looking for something that is not commonplace," said Ross-Thornton.
Though company officials are quick to point out that their namesake and logo, the pit bull, has been an integral part of Americana--Petey, a pit bull, co-starred in the Lil Rascals and the breed serves as the marine mascot--they also concede that the dog's present day affiliations, with tappers and the thug lifestyle doesn't hurt when it comes to attracting its target audience.
Nor does the controversy it evokes.
Ross-Thornton figures he spends 15 hours a week answering e-mails from pit bull owners and others, many of whom take offense at the company's logo.
The company has also benefited from retailers' heightened interest in the category. Unlike more mature products, which must fight for shelf space, retailers have carved out morn to test many of these new beverages, and that has presented opportunities to newcomers like Hip Hop.
Not that Hip Hop is out of the woods yet. Right now, Pepsi, with Mountain Dew Code Red, and Coke, with KMX, are still toying with the category.
"Despite the million dollar budgets," Ross-Thornton said, "'the entrepreneurial spirit which America is built on still has a shot at creating a business."
I'm glad this thing is finally dead and gone. Now just need to round up the criminals and put them all in jail until they lose 99.9999% of their value!
Let them file BK. At least this chapter will be done and we can start
to warn others about there new SCAM..
BTW!!!! WAS IT CALVIN OR LARRY THAT THE LIABILITIES OF $171831.00
WAS OWED TO.?
HFBG CONTEMPLATING BANKRUPTCY,
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I like the one when they tried to fool us by announcing
placement at that sporting goods store. Two cases of tea on
top of a counter warm that was classic
(.....and just like any other placement by HFBG it quickly fades to nothing again.)
.....and just like any other placement by HFBG it quickly fades to nothing again.
A nice tease to get some more shares sold.
The one and only true product of this "company"
Yes there was placement in Red Robin locations ...
Had email confirming that also ...
Heck they may still even have some there ...
LOL , you cant even tell its a horse any more , Its mush... ; )
We like beating a dead horse..
Look, I think it moved....lol
Maybe if Larry Johnson knew that his reputation is on the line
he may come out of hiding and get involved with turning HFBG around.
If he dosn't and continues with this SCAM then he will end up just
like LARRY WILCOX. A CONVICTED FELON.
http://www.popeater.com/2011/01/29/chips-star-larry-wilcox-sentenced/
Ask Larry Wilcox how he fills now about being a convicted felon.
The same thing is going to happen to LARRY JOHNSON.
http://www.popeater.com/2011/01/29/chips-star-larry-wilcox-sentenced/
Larry Johnson was a no show for the RED ROBINS GRAND OPENING.
Yep he really help out his shareholders don't ya think.
(Larry Johnson may have helped a lot of people but this HFBG fiasco will tarnish his reputation to the extent that some people will have doubt about his judgement when it comes to business. He certainly deserves some blame for this HFBG situation. He couldn't have been completely ignorant about what was going on. And the fact that he didn't step up tells me a little bit about his mindset.
He clearly needs to stick with charity work. Period.)
The only thing that Larry Johnson has going for him now is his reputation. This HFBG problem will hurt his public reputation. That comes with the territory when you are a so called public figure. And it will cost him. How remains to be seen.
At anytime if Larry Johnson was an upstanding person he would have come to the forefront and said, hey this isnt right. We need to run a legitimate company here. But he never did.
He just chose to slink away like the COWARD he is.
Larry Johnson stole money from me an many other shareholders. He knew exactly what was going on with HFBG and did nothing to stop it. So as far as I am concerned he should got to jail with the rest of the crooks at HFBG.
Then what does he do when the going gets rough he bails like the COWARD he is.
Larry Johnson may have helped a lot of people but this HFBG fiasco will tarnish his reputation to the extent that some people will have doubt about his judgement when it comes to business. He certainly deserves some blame for this HFBG situation. He couldn't have been completely ignorant about what was going on. And the fact that he didn't step up tells me a little bit about his mindset.
He clearly needs to stick with charity work. Period.
I could care less what Larry Johnson thinks of my opinion.
What i do care is that Larry has been apart of this scam called OGNA/HFBV/HFBG/ and now they want to start over with another scam.
Name 1 thing Larry has done in that 1 year besides ripping shareholders off?
Larry is a part of this scam and shareholders should come forward and
voice there complaint.
Go ask Larry Wilcox (Chips) or Willy Gault how they fill now they are convicted felons.
Larry hides like a COWARD.
NEW DIRECTION CROOKS INC SCAM............
( you really think Larry Johnson cares what your opinion is
He has done more good for people that have nothing in 1 year than most people do in a lifetime
Threatining him that he is going to prison just proves how immature some people are
Move on, HFBG is dead and the SEC nor the court of law is going to do squat to Larry Johnson
HFBG)
do you really think Larry Johnson cares what your opinion is
He has done more good for people that have nothing in 1 year than most people do in a lifetime
Threatining him that he is going to prison just proves how immature some people are
Move on, HFBG is dead and the SEC nor the court of law is going to do squat to Larry Johnson
HFBG
i figure skull and bones will come next.. IMO
Wasn't year end financials due already? Wouldn't they still have to submit them?
Larry Johnson aka "Grandmama" and hidden HFBG Co-Owner is very involved in Fraud and Deception for years.
Just look at LARRY JOHNSON'S HIDDEN INVOLVEMENT in ALL past
Tickers OGNA, HFBV, and now HFBG, anybody without BIAS
toward doing this AGAIN for 4th time can see the pattern!
LARRY JOHNSON COULD BE PROVEN GUILTY.
Larry Johnson's personally appointed HFBG President and
Co-Owner Jessica Gutierrez's to continue this
scam and in and email from Jessica she states
(Larry very much supports my direction and
shares the same vision in moving forward.)
Yeah moving forward on stealing shareholders money. WOW!!
Larry Johnson if you don't come forward now and
support your own company and shareholders
and get rid of all the fraud and crooks you will go down
for fraud yourself.That means no more endorsement
deals no more NBA INTERVIEWS. You will be on the inside looking
out behind bars for 5-7 years.
Larry Johnson come clean before you get the NATIONAL attention you don't want.
NEW DIRECTION CROOKS INC SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no doubt in my mind that more Red Robins would have taken the tea if Dennis was still on board. But I also believe that Dennis would have moved on eventually since he was probably starting to realize that things were not adding up and he was losing confidence in Jessica.
Yes you are correct there was some placement at a few RED ROBINS THANKS TO DENNIS.Larry Johnson did not even show up for there open
house. Way to go LARRY always hiding.Too bad Jessica did not pay Dennis
maybe there would have been more placement with RED ROBIN .
I say bring back Dennis at let him continue to place the tea at RED ROBINS since that was his connections.
yes there was ... i had emails from red robin said i do believe in 5 places
Larry Johnson is not that old. However, I believe that HFBG will seal his future when it comes to being associated with a legitimate business. He certainly deserves major blame for the business failure due to the fact that he was clearly not minding the store. No excuses. He just can't disappear and not face the repercussions. Imo, several people will make sure of that.
Your 100% right Larry Johnson is to blame but he is hiding
like a Coward.
(anytime investors want to blame Jessica they should also blame LJ.)
Good let them filed BK then the liabilities of $171,831.00
will be dismissed.
Is that owed to Calvin or Larry Johnson?
(Or should we be asking how is that (BK) working? )
Anytime investors want to blame Jessica they should also blame LJ. It was him that put her in charge to keep the scam going. Cant wait for the next one.
Jessica has been involved since January 2011.
She was being trained to continue the scam with
Larry's support.
Or should we be asking how is that (BK) working? Thoughts? (HFBG/NDCI)
Sarcasm, I guess I should have marked sarcasm on my post. This whole thing is a joke. Brad was not the demise of this company. In fact, This thing was probably over before Jessica ever stepped into the picture.
My only regret is that I didn't get out at .0008.
I do find it quite odd that Brad's posts are what shut this down. It almost seems like a conspiracy between her, Brad and Calvin to end this. I have a feeling that soon we will see Primo Products giving Exclusive rights to a new company and that the name of the tea will change but you will see Jessica and LJ involved somehow.
JMO
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