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Almost as red faced as the Saskatchewan Securities Commission is over the NSRS/Harry Lappa matter, I am certain.
Am pissed off Guy Marceau Jean-Pierre is on the lam, too.
Don't want anyone to think I am picking on Canadians only.
The BCSC is the best Canadian regulator to work with and that's a fact.
Thanks and it pisses me off the Canadian authorities let Amyot skip town.
They knew about this situation as long as the SEC did.
Spencer et al:
http://www.sec.gov
Amyot and Hilbroy also charged.
Thanks once again to the individuals who were willing to actually speak to the Boston SEC office.
Hats off to you folks.
Merci and all that good stuff.
True, why rock the boat unless you are pre-empted (regulator issued trading suspension/CTO).
RedCappi, iContact, all the rest of spam disseminators make $$$ off these p&d promos, too.
For the person who asked about iContact spilling the beans on being paid via a Thailand entity, there was a brief mention about that in a DealFlow media story. Can't recall if it was on the SNPK p&d series of articles or a more recent p&d campaign.
Issue a caveat emptor like he/they did after BAFin and the BCSC said on the other p&d's?
I think they typically try to contact the issuer and if the can't get anyone to say, "we are not behind the spam" they will C/E it.
BaFin's not into p&d's anymore. 2 Canadian provinces aren't either.
Have a good rest of the week one and all.
Slow mo cooperation out of the Quebec "authorities."
So I hear.
Not all provinces are proactive like the BSCS and ASC.
Danke Schon.
Might take until WED.
The SEC had a little problem in 1995 (check year) with Paul A. Giles.
iContact did fess up the payments for the APS' et al spam were coming out of Thailand.
If anyone is being spammed on this issuer, may I suggest they contact Cromwell Coulson?
cromwell@otcmarkets.com (or try the phone).
SPPH/Spencer trading halt.
Boston SEC office/Quebec regulators.
To those of you (2 or 3) who had the ______ to actually call the Boston office a few years ago, thank you.
PRTN---
Any idea who at APS (and/or alleged affiliates) has heartburn over the Seeking Alpha piece which was put out in Sept?
On PPP, it's a legit mining issuer. Tops out around $8.00, has support around $6.00. Did a deal today, but not for a p&d issuer.
Looks like a forgery job to me.
Also have never seen any official correspondence from her without the first name/middle initial/last name typed out.
I'd let otcmarkets.com know and Ms. Murphy as well.
Contest:
Who's in hotter water in Denver?
1. AK of WDCO
2. MCP's former CEO, MS
On the new dude at MCP, he's sharp. Was CEO of Neo Material (legit rare earth miner).
If this latest fiasco doesn't sink APS et al and pals' boat, I don't know what will.
For you traders out there, the past 2 days' run-up on MCP, AVL, REE, QRM et al has to do with Lynas' Malaysian problems.
Wish to hell Remond was still at Dow Jones. We'd know exactly what the story is on item 1.
GHSE, typo.
Issuer NOT in on it. They (Gabe and Drew) claim they didn't get paid to promote this time so I am assuming they slowly built a position and are front running (selling into the pump).
I was hoping these 2 were on vacation or in the process of getting shut down. No such luck. Super crappy USAO in SC.
GSHE--pump attributed to Ciccarelli and Nix spam. No fluffy PR's out of issuer, however.
Sure wish Holder would find himself a new US Attorney for SC.
Leslie Pierre (Dinwoodie).
Thank you.
Quick little update (might explain why no spam from Ciccarelli and Nix this week), the BCSC issued a CTO today post close on NILA (primary spammers were Nix and Ciccarelli). Then again, maybe they're on vacation on something.
Thanks and false alarm on the timing. It's an adoption. Most likely the last week of DEC. Whew....
Now there's more time to prepare.
That's really good turn around time.
Am getting a new addition to the family this week so that's been my "day job" today (getting things ready).
Thanks and I never worked at a toxic finance shop, either.
For sure it's in their best interests to see lower share prices and some (it's illegal) will short in advance of new toxic financing (harder to do now than it used to be).
I think so.
On the SVEN p&d, the 2nd and 3rd most active market makers were WDCO and ADTF (as exposed by Infitialis on the PWEID p&d).
They have been either #1, #2, or #3 most active market makers on all of the APS related p&d's going back as early as POTG.
MR's having a bad day. One of his junk bond dog p&d's (no promoters other than IHUB momo shills) took a large dump today. Yes, Infitialis warned on that one, too (a little too early, however).
Thanks for taking time off from your day job to educate those who want it/need it.
Good idea!
Of course it's a p&d. Some of the newbies who hang out here don't know what a p&d is. Others do but trade them anyway then later scream "scam, scam, scam" about the same p&d or another one.
Maybe ND, or Janice, or SamSam, or Renee will have time later (assume they have day jobs, too)to explain how the new lawyer for PBCW gets or got Carrillo-Huettel hand me downs.
PBCW p&d (probably close to done):
The 2 nominee execs are cherries (new to the p&d game). Michelle P. schleps real estate in her spare time. She's the one in Largo, FL. McFadden is still in Rochester, NY I believe. His previous p&d work was in the capacity of website designer for NSAV (Satrelli the CEO there, has a p&d history). That was also a Tampa/St. Pete p&d which was promoted (via spam) very heavily by the original APS/PSU cabal.
On why/how H. Thad Morris (IR man for SNPK) was chosen, I don't know. The new execs are nowhere near LA or San Diego. Also, there has been a lawyer change to another penny stock lawyer in San Diego. C-H are still MIA.
All I got and no, I don't trade this garbage long or short. Have no problems with anyone who trades this garbage long at all. If they do, then why scream "scam" later on about one they just humped long a day or two before? Many do that.
Gotta get back to my day job now.
PBCW update:
The IR guy (issued a fluff PR post close) is the same IR man who did all the fluffy SNPK's press releases.
Yes, it's a p&d. Yes, everyone who daytrades (and posts on IHUB) probably humped it. Don't want to see those posters ever complain about another p&d if they are knowingly and willingly trading them long.
Nothing wrong with a daytrader humping a known p&d at all. Hope everyone who did made a little money and is happy tonight. The holidays are coming and the kids want a lot of presents.
Yes, this may become public info tomorrow via pumpsanddumps. No, I am not George Sharp (or any other p&d expose website operator).
True, isn't it?
Easier than finding borrows on these 1 (or 2) day momo p&d wonders so you can short them.
Time to get back to my day job, now.
I think pumpsanddumps.com will take care of the PBCW momo p&d special of the day so I wouldn't bother lobbing in a complaint with otcmarkets.com.
Sometimes John Stark of the Bellingham Herald likes local p&d stories (Blaine). The CEO of this firm was arrested, charged, but later acquitted in the Operation Bermuda Short sting.
Oh yeah, if anyone wants something done about Pub Crawl (realize it was a great pump for all the daytraders who hang out here), try Cromwwell Coulson. Issuer has changed execs twice w/o notifying otcmarkets.com. Also the listed counsel of record is MIA (Carrillo-Huettel). If you're still long I guess I'd wait before doing that, however.
I assume everyone else is busy at their day jobs today (or trying to find the next momo pump to hump).
Not familiar (at all) with the issuer or what went on.
As to why no SEC action, it's hard to keep up with all of these may not be telling the truth penny stock execs. What was peak market cap (at height of promo)? Might explain why nothing has been done yet.
If you want to e-mail me later, I can put you in touch with someone in the LA office. No guarantees your questions will be answered, however.
On IHUB mods, yes, no big secret some have agendas.
brigham.youngster@yahoo.com
Semi-retired and yes, she was excellent. Best US reporter on micro-cap p&d's.
Got no problem with Seeking Alpha bloggers, especially ones who give full disclosure like you and Infitialis did. The problem is reaching potential bagholders (not talking about the penny daytraders who know these are p&d's and don't care).
On the mailer pumps, believe it or not, naive potential investors (not daytraders) do get sucked in. If you re-read Infitislis' PRTN Seeking Alpha blog, I believe it mentions the fact one of the contributors' elderly father got sucked into the SNPK p&d.
Dow Jones, Reuters, Bloomberg, et al have a much larger and broad distribution reach than Seeking Alpha which in my opinion doesn't get to the retail "real investor" crowd until it's too late.
I recall 2 pump pieces on SNPK on Seeking Alpha, too. Disclosure in those cases didn't mention the payer. How many retail sheep got sucked in there?
Rather than expose IHUB to frivolous litigation
or yourselves for that matter (even though some of you might enjoy that), why not:
1. stop kvetching about the regulators. Believe it or not there are other frauds besides p&d's.
2. consider coming out of the closet and contacting either a regulator with primary venue or a real reporter (not a blogger who has an agenda).
By agenda I mean either peddling pay to play websites or else having a short position and focusing on an individual issuer rather than the cartels behind that particular p&d and others (past and future).
Best approach is the phone first. E-mails go to the DELETE bin if the person you are attempting to interest does not know who you are.
Real reporters?
David Baines/Vancouver Sun
Mike Caswell/Stockwatch
Bill Meagher/DealFlow
Al Lewis/Dow Jones (though p&d's are not his specialty)
John Emswhiller/Dow Jones (check spelling, pretty good at p&d's but no Carol Remond)
Regulators?
LH in the SEC office in Denver (working the Eade case)
JW the US Attorney in Denver
CE (Market Intel) in the SEC office in DC
JY the SAIC for the FBI office in Denver.
I realize some of you have day jobs where you have to serve masters other than yourselves or the public good. Fine....
Many of you have day jobs where the sole master is yourself. To thine own self be true. If you truly give a crap, then isn't it more productive to attempt to get some done rather than post nearly 24/7 on a message board?
You saw (perhaps) how easy it was to get something done on SVEN via BaFin, otcmarkets.com, and the BCSC. That was accomplished via the phone, not a message board. Try it some time. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Comcast, et al need your forward revenue.
Got no problem with bloggers, but distribution is limited and bagholders often suspect the blogger has an agenda so they ignore what the bloggers have to say (including the Seeking Alpha bloggers). This is especially true for bloggers who spend a lot of time posting on message boards. It's perceived by bagholders that person has an agenda (either long or short).
I prefer brandy myself.
Will be an interesting week.
The first name on that list of advisors is very interesting indeed.
The brothers Barch are/were in the wine business, too.
SMA is done with their SANP pump and will be announcing a new p&d promo later this week. Will be interesting to see what they shill up next and who the money men behind the new pump are.
On SWVI, structured just right to lure the retail crowd in.
All are presumed innocent until proven guilty which is why I don't think it's good to make assumptions about anyone on public forums without certain caveats.
We'll be hearing more next week on SVEN and also C-H's status. I will post public info as it becomes available.
ND and MG:
Yes, ND, that's the litigation matter and I want to be very careful not to tarnish anyone's reputation so I won't mention the former female employee's name or even initials. Innocent until proven guilty. In this sector it's he said/she said and I am not sure there are very many innocents when it comes to service providers (lawyers, auditors, T/A's, toxic debt investors, execs).
SNPK recently did a toxic debt deal (October) with TCA.
You may wish to monitor SWVI (recent shell ownership change and exec resignation). One of Mr. Lamkin's pals (Matt Diehl). Same auditor (PM) in Florida as a few recent APS p&d promos. Market cap is out of this world and it would make for a good APS p&d promo since it's now in the mining space (or so they say).
On the POI with ATDF, the initials are SA and he's a HS friend of Mr. Kerrigone's. Also they once worked at the same broker-dealer. Again, innocent until proven guilty. Many regulators are aware of what's transpired.
MG: no, I didn't miss that. iContact still spams for "a-- rape" promoters SMA et al so they're not so high, mighty, and moral in my opinion. I think most folks know by now who is/was behind the SANP promo (Franciso Abellan).
To the person who PM'ed me, no not that IHUB poster. That poster you mentioned is just a "wanna be on the right end of the pump" trader type that I am aware.
We'll find out next week.
By WED we should also have a good idea who the most active market makers were prior to the BaFin suspension, otcmarkets.com C/E, and BCSC CTO.
I suspect it will be WDCO/ATDF once again. Can't give details on why as of yet.
Perhaps Mr. Goode can comment on this since he's an active trader (long and short) on these penny stock issuers. Mr. Goode if you prefer to comment in private with respect to traders AK (or TK) and SA you know how to contact me.
On another possibly related matter, there's some interesting litigation a toxic debt spiral financing firm based in the UK, Sydney, and Hollywood, FL filed against an LA (possibly) based market participant whose surname is Bahadoorsingh (former client of Carrillo-Huettel). In that litigation matter (some of it sealed) it lists a former female employee who is alleged to have embezzled funds. That same female employee posted a few times on this message board and others in a semi whistleblower capacity.
If those allegations that she embezzled are NOT true, why hasn't she run-run-run to Wifredo Ferrer?
SamSam, Renee, and others thanks for your continued interest.
BCSC CTO issued post close yesterday.
SVEN(golly) II no longer playing in any British Columbia theatres!
Okay to share with the "goin' to $10.00" lemmings as I think it will see 10 cents first.
SVEN(golly) II:
I trade for a living, but not otc listed issuers. TSE, LSE, NYSE, TASE, NDAQ (large caps for the most part).
From what I understand (will not mention names) there's a prop trader in Denver (with WDCO) and the head of otc listed trading in Charleston (with ADTF) who are friends (all the way from back in HS). Pretty obvious who the most active market makers are and have been with all of the APS p&d's going all the way back to POTG.
No way can 2 people/traders maintain pump-prop/wash trading volume in more than 1 volatile otc listed issuer at a time. Done with PWEID, time to move on to SVEN.
FINRA's well aware of this but has done NOTHING about it to date.
Coulson's fairly responsive, but unless he's told he can do nothing. No doubt SVEN is an APS promo p&d and given previous CTO's/suspensions/trading halts/delistings, my guess is he's willing to act responsibly as the de facto US regulator for the p&d exchange.
That was a very nice report on PWEID. The Infitialis guys did a nice job as well but they do work for a living and it's too hard to make a living trading promo p&d's without crossing the line once in a while like the 2 traders at WDCO/ATDF do and have done. Ditto on most of the nominee execs of these p&d's and the promoters.
Danke Schon, once again BaFin.
Ladies and Gentlemen of IHUB:
The last APS p&d which received attention from both BaFin and the BCSC was/is TAGG. Cromwell Coulson was kind enough to provide a C/E and maintain it.
Should you wish to make him aware of the new p&d, SVEN, try him at:
cromwell@otcmarkets.com
I took the liberty of making BaFin aware of this latest p&d early this morning. Also the BCSC and half the SEC.
Rather than post about frauds on message boards, why not try the phone? Or that slow mo TCR system.
Mr. Goode, failed to tell you your last expose on PWEID was excellent. Thanks very much. It's too bad those brag way the hell too much Seeking Alpha contributors (Infitialis) didn't follow up as promised but with borrows on these p&d promo pigs being hard to get I don't blame them for seeking their fortunes on easier to borrow and possibly overpriced NYSE/NDAQ issuers.
If you're wondering why it took a large crap yesterday while SVEN got a large pump, I suppose it's because the 2 wash trading market makers can only wash trade one p&d dog at the same time.
If you super impose a 1 day chart of PWEID over SVEN from yesterday you will note that wash trading on PWEID stopped about the same time the free APS promos went out to soon to be US bagholders.
Everyone else (Janice, SamSam, ND, et al), thank you as well.
STRONG BUY on BaFin! Never had an issuer suspended that fast. I guess when you speak the right language you get action.
You are most welcome and I like your avatar (cat pic).
Lead promoter, Kugelman, used to be a promoter for the now in jail father-son mob guys, the Scarfos (Nick Sr. and Nick Jr.).
You guys have a nice rest of the weekend, please.
A CTO was issued today by the ASC on ABBY.
Thanks very much for your tips.
Please feel free to share them with the ASC next time rather than post them here.