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re: "...have you personally talked with Sandy or Mike Garrow in the last 30 days? If you haven't then your not doing dd..."
good Lord!...another one?
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due diligence:
The process of investigation, performed by investors, into the details of a potential investment, such as an examination of operations and management and the verification of material facts.
http://www.investorwords.com/1596/due_diligence.html
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speaking with "management" [or their reps], is not DD, as they are OBVIOUSLY biased for self serving reasons
personally using the so-called information given by mgmt is up to the individual...BUT those that "share" that info with others can be likened to shills, as they are propagating [regardless if it is unwittingly or with intent] company sanctioned hearsay
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btw, if a company officer isnt availible when a SH calls, this may be the type of message they see upon returning to their desk...
OT: colorado, perhaps you can help
why is it that some posters insist on continually attacking/insulting/belittling others when they have a different outlook then their own?
when an individual posts about a company [which is what i thought these boards were about], why is it necessary to turn the discussion into a personality issue???
the only thing that i can figure out is that one becomes frustrated because they cant factually address the issues to meet their own personal vision/outlook
whats your take?
TIA
anyone make a connection yet?...
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=8896889
[never mind] eom.
frankrizzo, and why i posted earlier...
"...brake fluid just aint "sexy"..."
re: "...if you don't own MSEP, then you should not even be here..."
once again, let me remind the board, that admin matt has stated more than once, that an individual need not be a SH to post on any board
okey-dokey obie-wan-kanobie
ICMH, since you bring conversations up
i have had talks with hamby for some time, and in each talk he lied straight faced as i had the correct info already on my desk
stealth increase in AS
gag on TA
past overuse of paid pumpsites
outrageous never-acheived revenue projections
and as to "prosit", he has been declaring the benefits of that stock for years...ALL THE WAY DOWN
Vulcan1500Classic
have i ever "dogged" this stock?
"...This board has been so great up until their arrival..."
havent i provided factual info with links and references, both pro and con?
is it that you want to deny SH's access to ALL info?
RULiquid, whats that supposed to mean?
there was no bigger critic of ICAN than myself from day one
dawg245, really?...what did i just post?
i stated at that time [oct 2] to wait for an entry in the mid triple zeros
how would that have been a problem?
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=8946394
try actually reading the posts and comprehending them before making off hand comments
why inc in wyoming?...
No State Income Taxes
Privacy allowed
Shareholders are not listed with the state
Best Asset Protection Laws
Bearer Shares are allowed
Nominee officers are legal
Citizenship not required
State tax not being considered
Wyoming draws little attention
No Nevada "Stigma"
Lower Startup Costs
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Taxes Not Even Being Considered (This is a direct quote from the State of Wyoming's web site, see link here.)
"The state of Wyoming does not levy a personal or corporate income tax. Wyoming does not impose a tax on intangible assets such as bank accounts, stocks, or bonds, either. In addition, Wyoming does not assess any tax on retirement income earned and received from another state. Further, there is no legislative plan to implement any of these types of taxes."
Less State Fees
Wyoming initial state fees are 75% less than Nevada's, after you include the "hidden" officer filing fees of $125, that they bill you for after you start your company and add the new $100 per year business license fee that they bill you after you start your company, Nevada has one of the highest initial incorporation fees in the nation! Wyoming does not charge an officer filing fee and no state business license is required in Wyoming either. And Wyoming's second years fee is one of the lowest in the nation at $50. All this means we can deliver a quality company package to you for much less than you would pay in Nevada. And the subsequent years state fee will be over 77% less every year in Wyoming!
Asset Protection
A Wyoming corporation or LLC offers its officers and directors a higher degree of protection from lawsuits filed by disgruntled creditors or over zealous plaintiff attorneys. Doing business as a Wyoming Corporation or LLC can give you greater asset protection and business privacy. The first LLC statutes in the United States were instituted in Wyoming in 1977. Since Wyoming has had limited liability companies available longer than any other state and has strong laws protecting the members and managers of an LLC and also the officers and directors of corporations, we feel it is the state of choice for establishing LLC's and corporations.
Privacy
Wyoming allows Bearer Shares, Nominee Officers and Lifetime Proxies. Attorneys and Accountants are often asked to provide an anonymous "company cover" for their clients, for added privacy. To do this you need to have possession of the "bearer share" stock certificate and appoint nominee officers and/or directors for the company. We can arrange this for you. See this section for the advantages of Lifetime Proxies, Nevada does not have them.
NEWS FLASH: As of June 1, 2005 Nevada requires the Social Security number, date of birth, resident addresses, and telephone numbers of all shareholders, partners, officers, managers and members of all companies formed in the state. See the Nevada Business Registration form that you would have to fill out here.
Freedom
You can operate your Corporation and live anywhere in the world and you do not have to be a US citizen to incorporate in Wyoming. But in order to give substance to your operation you should know about our Office Service Contract and learn how use of this inexpensive option will give "presence" to your remote corporate operations. And if you are not a US Citizen we have a complete section for you to read here.
No State Taxes
There are no State taxes in Wyoming on corporations. If you choose to incorporate in Wyoming your company may not pay State taxes at all. Stop for a minute and think what you paid last year in your States income tax. If you are comparing Nevada and Wyoming, keep in mind that the Nevada State Legislature, very recently, almost passed a tax on corporations. Don't gamble that this will not happen. Wyoming never has and never will have a state income tax on corporations. Wyoming has a budget surplus.
Easy to Move
Wyoming has made it easy to move your existing corporation to Wyoming. Something you can not do in Nevada. That service is detailed here.
http://www.corporationstoday.com/
pennyinvestment, ya think?...
here is a clue as to "strategy" with targets and accuracy
oct 2 [when this was also being "promoted" by some, and SP was about were it is now]
"...it appears new lows may continue to be tested
...mid-triple zero entry target..."
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=7964627&txt2find=fcdh
Posted by: histo
In reply to: histo who wrote msg# 5334 Date:12/15/2005 9:50:41 AM
Post #of 9009
Alright i don't get it. Phone is answered hee-corp here is what was said.
Operator: Good morning hee-corp
Me: Uhhh Yes I was looking for suncrest energy?
Operator: Yes, there in the same building. Is there something I can help you with?
Me: I was looking for the website of Suncrest energy?
Operator: We don't currently have one.
Me: Thank You have a nice day.
Operator: Okay buh bye.
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suncrest energy...
Organization:
Sandy Winick
Sandy Winick
6021 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario, ON M2M3W2
CA
Phone: 416-918-2209
Fax..: 416-227-9399
Email: swinick22@yahoo.com
Registrar Name....: Register.com
Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.register.com
Domain Name: S-CREST.COM
Created on..............: Sun, Oct 03, 2004
Expires on..............: Fri, Oct 03, 2014
Record last updated on..: Sun, Oct 03, 2004
Administrative Contact:
Sandy Winick
Sandy Winick
6021 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario, ON M2M3W2
CA
Phone: 416-918-2209
Fax..: 416-227-9399
Email: swinick22@yahoo.com
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jhtml;jsessionid=EE3E1BOCRZDJQCWMEAQCFEQ?whoistoken=0&...
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http://s-crest.com/
is SNYY's david alexander...
the same david alexander of FLNR, GENV, et al?
histo, so its hearsay? [edit]
and even so, i dont understand your point
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The Benefits of Incorporating in Nevada
Speed - A Nevada corporation can be formed in 24 hours by phone or internet.
Privacy - The stockholders of a Nevada corporation are not in the public records
Anonymity - Nevada allows “Bearer Stock Certificates.” You have the option of writing your name on the stock certificate or the words “The Bearer.” This may provide relief by handing the stock certificates to a trusted friend or relative when your ownership of the stock is threatened.
Tax-Savings - A Nevada corporation operates in Nevada state income TAX-FREE. (If a Nevada corporation operates in another state, of course, it must follow the tax laws of the state in which it operates, which may not include all of the following tax benefits.)
o Corporate income TAX FREE
o Franchise TAX FREE
o Capital stock TAX FREE
o Corporate share TAX FREE
o Estate TAX FREE
o Inventory TAX FREE
o Personal income TAX FREE
o Stock transfer fee or TAX FREE
o Inheritance TAX FREE
o Gift TAX FREE
Flexible Ownership - You do not have to be a resident of Nevada or a U.S. citizen to own and operate a Nevada corporation. You can operate a Nevada corporation anonymously to protect your assets and your privacy. A Nevada corporation may purchase, hold, sell or transfer shares of its own stock.
Tax Privacy - Nevada is one of the only states that does not have a formal information sharing agreements with the Internal Revenue Service. This may protect you from a discrepancy between a state and federal computer.
Low-Startup Cost - There is not a minimum capitalization requirement. A Nevada corporation can be organized without any cash or tangible capital if desired, other than the necessary costs of starting a corporation.
One Person Corporation - One person can serve as all officers and be the sole director of the company. A one person corporation is acceptable in Nevada.
Can Do Business in Any State - A Nevada corporation, like corporations formed in other states, may conduct business an any state. There are some minimum filing requirements called “foreign qualification.” Companies Incorporated can assist in the foreign qualification process.
Raising Capital - Nevada corporations may trade stock for capital, services, personal property or real estate, including leases and options. The directors may determine the value of the transactions.
Business Friendly Laws - Nevada corporate code was completely revised in 1991 and improved again in 2001, making the entire incorporation process quicker, more efficient, with greater liability protection for corporate principals than ever before.
Estate-Planning - There is no estate tax in Nevada. Shares owned by non-residents of Nevada are taxed only in the state in which they live.
Ease of Operation - With proper notification, stockholders, directors, or committee members may act by unanimous consent in lieu of formal meetings.
Flexibility of Dividend Payments - Corporations can pay dividends out of profits as well as surplus.
Flexibility of Business Purposes - One corporation may conduct different kinds of business. If the documents filed for the Nevada Corporations have the broadest type "purpose clause" any legal business activity may be conducted.
Flexibility of Operation - The director(s) has the power to create or alter bylaws.
Strong Liability Protection - Officers and directors of a Nevada corporation can be protected from personal liability when acting on behalf of the corporation.
Low Annual Cost - The annual filing fee requirement on a Nevada corporation is only $85 a year.
Lending Flexibility - There is no usury law in Nevada, meaning a corporation may charge as much interest as it wishes.
Strong Protection History -There has never been a case in which a Nevada corporation’s veil has been pierced when the corporation has been operated property. In fact, unless there has been intentional fraud, the Nevada courts very rarely allow a corporate veil to be pierced.
histo, from where did you get this info?
i think one of the biggest "problems"
is that no matter how hard the company tries...brake fluid just aint "sexy"
and promotion as such will [has?] carry it just so far
we all know that the pinks and otc's arent about fundamentals [although they ultimately play a significant role]...and unless a new "story" is hatched, this portion of the cycle may be over
inception
promotion
dilution
extinction/reinvention
Corporation Detail:
CID: 200300454626 Type: CORPORATION
Name: AMEROSSI INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Old Name: SUNCREST ENERGY, INC.
DBA:
Incorporation State: WY Initial Filing: 09-10-2003
Status: ACTIVE Standing: GOOD
Defunct Cause: FORCE ACTIVE Defunct Date:
Mailing Address: 3266 YONGE STREET
SUITE 1208
TORONTO ONTARIO, CN M4N 3P6
Registered Agent:
Name: CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY County: LARAMIE
Address: 1821 LOGAN AVE.
CHEYENNE, WY 82001
Name Changed: Address Changed:
Officers and Directors:
President: DAVID ALEXANDER
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer: "
Director: SAME
Additional Detail:
Reinstate Date: Assignment Date:
Renewal Date: Amendment Date: 12-15-2005
Other Filing Date: Merger Date:
RA Resigned Date:
Purpose: NOT STATED Merger ID:
Annual Report No: 673850 Last Year Filed: 2005
Profit/Nonprofit: PROFIT Additional Stock:
Common Shares: UNLIMITED Common Par Value: NPV
Preferred Shares: Preferred Par Value:
Intent to Dissolve: Continued/Domesticated:
Expires: Perpetual Revoked:
http://soswy.state.wy.us/Corp_Search_Main.asp
thats some news today...
...looks like there wont be another green day going forward
really a shame
cant "argue" with 3 tout sheets today...
otcstockexchange.com: Stock Watch Alert -- OTCStockExchange.com DCBI, GZFX, TRPH, VCSY
Dec 19 2005 9:46AM ET
www.investorstockalert.com: Investorstockalert.com CANM,HSTT,OGHC, GZFX
Dec 19 2005 9:02AM ET
Stockguru.com: Guru Alerts for Monday, December 19, 2005 CEMI, GZFX, SMVD, SPSC.
Dec 19 2005 7:05AM ET
http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/news.jsp?symbol=GZFX
OT: picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue
Tool_power, lol, thats not a filing
thats pinksheets info
THIS is a filing:
https://www.otcstockinfo.com/repository/623490/623490_FR3.pdf
[just click "financial reports" on pinksheets and go to Q of 9/30]
Tool_power, really?, link please
Tool_power, that number is right off ALL their filings
which i have posted here several times
Non puoi rimanere ubriaco più a lungo di quanto tu non possa restare a terra senza reggerti.
FCDH/SNYY/"market advisors" [edit]
Stock Symbol - SNYY.PK
Shares - 729,000,000
Float - 115,000
Recent price - $1.30
Intermediate term - $3.90
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=103357
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[edit]
a look at their historical picks with targets indicates a very good track record [albeit they werent on the money]
First Canadian American Holding Corporation Outlines Two-Year Stock Buyback Plan
TORONTO, Dec 19, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- First Canadian American Holding Corporation (OTC: FCDH) today announced that its board of directors approved plans to buy back up to one billion of the company's stock over the next two years.
The stock buyback program approved by the board authorizes the company to buy back up to one billion of the company's stock over the next two years. The specific timing and amount of repurchases will vary based on market conditions, securities law limitations and other factors. The repurchases will be made using First Canadian's cash resources, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
"We are confident in our long-term ability to grow revenue, profits and shareholder value through our innovation and execution," said Sandy Winick, First Canadian's President. "We will continue to make investments in The Fight Network, but we can now also provide significant additional value to shareholders over the next two years."
"As we looked at our choices, our priorities is to implement a stock-buyback program to add confidence to our shareholders in the long-term commitment we have to the company," Winick added.
About First Canadian American Holding Corporation:
First Canadian American Holding Corporation is a holding company with subsidiaries that conduct operations in areas of digital television, radio and the Internet under The Fight Network brand.
VLXC?...
less than 10M float? [according to PR of oct 24]
with expected 2005 net earnings of $.92 - $1.02 per share.?!
http://www.veltexcorporation.com/
todays divi/buyback news:
Veltex Corporation Board of Directors Declares Dividend and Authorizes Stock Repurchase Plan
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Veltex
Corporation (OTC: VLXC) today announced that its Board of Directors has
authorized a 10% stock dividend of Veltex common shares. The dividend is
payable on March 30, 2006 to shareholders of record of Veltex at 5:00 p.m. New
York Time on February 28, 2006. Additionally, the Board has authorized the
repurchase of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock and 1 million options
dependent on market valuations and may declare a future cash dividend
contingent upon continued adequate cash flow and presently enjoyed growth.
Javeed Matin, CEO of Veltex Corporation stated, "We are very pleased to
reward our loyal shareholders for their continued support. Our previously
announced projection of approximately $60 million in revenues and over
$9 million in net earnings remains on target. We have opened up many new
markets and greatly increased our distributor base, while continuing to
maintain stringent expense controls and excellent profit margins. All of our
divisions are in strong growth trends! It's been a great year and we look
forward to another record year in 2006 with further synergistic acquisitions
and sales conservatively surpassing $70 million. Happy Holidays to all!"
Veltex Corporation is a vertical manufacturing import and distribution
company composed of four divisions: Veltex Apparel, specializing in apparel
and apparel accessories for the Promotional Products Industry and
distribution/supplying of merchandise in the U.S. market; Veltex-Explorer,
Inc. a manufacturing, import and supplying company for the Promotional
Products Industry in Canada; Velvet Textile Mills, specializing in the
manufacture of high quality fabrics including 100% cotton twill, denim, and
sheeting for consumer and industrial products; and KCA Garment Industries,
specializing in the manufacture of garments.
any alaska O&G plays?...
House Opens Way for Oil Drilling in Artic
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
26 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - House lawmakers opened the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as one of their last acts of an all-night session Monday bringing their legislative year to a close.
The House also narrowly passed a plan to cut deficits by almost $40 billion over five years in legislation hailed by GOP conservatives as a sign their party was returning to fiscal discipline and assailed by Democrats as victimizing medical and education programs that help the poor.
The ANWR provision was attached to a major defense bill, forcing many opponents of oil and gas exploration in the barren northern Alaska range to vote for it. The bill, passed 308-106, also included money for hurricane relief and bird flu preventive measures.
The deficit measure, passed 212-206, carried an extension of expiring welfare laws and repealed a program that compensates companies hurt by trading partners who "dump" their exports in this country.
The votes came before sunrise as bleary-eyed legislators struggled to wrap up their work for the year. Democratic anger over the process was put aside briefly as lawmakers greeted Rep. Joe Barton (news, bio, voting record), R-Texas, who returned to vote after suffering a heart attack Thursday.
While House lawmakers were heading for the exits, the end was not in sight for the Senate, which can't leave for Christmas until it deals with spending bills and the deficit-cutting package and overcomes a filibuster on renewing the Patriot Act. A Senate vote on the deficit reduction bill could come Monday.
A $453 billion defense spending bill became the flypaper for issues that have eluded congressional compromise. Those included, along with the ANWR provision, $29 billion in federal aid for victims of Katrina and other storms; an additional $2 billion to help low-income families with home heating costs; and $3.8 billion to prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic. Of the defense money, $50 billion is for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Also in the bill is the compromise language worked out between Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz., and the White House banning the cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody.
Democrats and moderate Republicans have for years blocked drilling in ANWR, and its inclusion in the defense bill exposed that bill to a possible filibuster in the Senate that can only be broken with a 60-vote majority.
Democrats complained that they were being forced to accept ANWR drilling with their vote on military spending and hurricane relief.
Rep. David Obey (news, bio, voting record) of Wisconsin, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, denounced the ANWR provision and another last-minute addition sought by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.: liability protection for vaccine makers in most circumstances, coupled with a compensation fund to individuals harmed by the shots they receive.
"There is something especially outrageous about the willingness of the majority party leadership to allow the Defense Department bill, in a time of war, to be held hostage to totally unrelated special interest items," Obey said.
GOP conservatives, disturbed that their party has overseen a surge in government spending and massive federal deficits, applauded a provision in the defense bill that would cut all discretionary federal programs, except those affecting veterans, by 1 percent in fiscal 2006, producing savings of $8.5 billion.
They also hoped to take home news of the $40 billion deficit-cutting bill, which will hardly make a dent in the nation's $8 trillion debt but would be the first time since 1997 that Congress has reined in the growth in spending on federal benefits programs.
"Tonight the Congress will renew our commitment to the principles of fiscal discipline and limited government that minted this majority," said Rep. Mike Pence (news, bio, voting record), R-Ind., who leads a group of House conservatives.
Republicans originally put the savings at $41.6 billion, but that figure was later reduced to $39.7 billion with restoration of Medicare payments for oxygen patients, a late concession to lawmakers with interests in the durable medical equipment industry.
Planned spending on Medicare was estimated to fall by $6.4 billion and Medicaid by $4.8 billion. Another $13 billion would be saved from student loan programs, in part by establishing a fixed 6.8 percent interest rate instead of maintaining lower variable rates.
The largest single savings in Medicare would reduce anticipated federal funding for the private HMOs established under 2003 Medicare legislation.
Officials said the changes to Medicaid include an attempt to make it harder for the elderly to transfer their assets to children or others in order to qualify for federal nursing home benefits.
Lawmakers had to abandon other measures that would have expanded the deficit-cutting package. They agreed, at a cost of $7.3 billion, to eliminate a scheduled 4.6 percent cut in physician payments under Medicare.
The House early Monday passed, on a 374-41 vote, a separate defense bill that sets Pentagon policy and authorizes military programs. Action on the bill was held up by resistance to an attempt by Republican leaders to attach language, eventually removed, to limit individual political donations to independent organizations, a source of financing that proved especially valuable to Democratic candidates in 2004.
The bill contains a 3.1 percent pay raise for military personnel, an increase in the death gratuity for the families of active duty personnel to $100,000 and an increase in the enlistment bonuses for active duty to $40,000.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_go_co/congress_rdp
OT: INVestorTrends480, do yourself a favor...
...dont repost my "material"
1. you were just born a couple of weeks ago
2. you came on this board just a few days ago demanding answers to rudimentary questions
3. then cut and pasted a copy of pinksheet "company info", stating "...found that so far on my own..."??, lol! [which btw, happens to be incorrect info]
4. a wise man once told me "...whatever it is you are going to do...do it well, and to the best of your ability..."
if thats all ya got, i suggest you try something else
GLTU
SNYY?...
[a JB post]
SNYY was SGYY was SCEY was SEIP was FCATF which spun from "FCAH" which was HealthCore Medical and it all goes back to ADTM Adatom and of course in the mix is Elvira/Pearlasia
What a tangled web of entities and reverses, and that's just one example of many of course.
LOL here's some more, Sandy's gotta be some sort of champion at this.
1. Equity Retirement Savings Distributors Inc.
Spin off completed via merger with Equity Retirement Distributors (Canada) Inc,
(Canada) without reduction in shares.
2. The Feinstein Report, Inc.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
3. Flugal Financial Services Ltd.
Completed without reduction of shares.
4. Optical Graphics, Inc.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
5. Freshtech Food Processors, Ltd.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
6. Broadspot Wireless, Inc
Spin off completed via merger with Wi-Fi Wireless Ltd, (Canada) without
reduction in shares.
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7. Sweet Selections, Ltd.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
8. Securityplus, Inc.
Completed via merger with MiSecurityPlus (Canada) without reduction of shares.
9. Naturally Niagara Beverage Corporation
Completed via merger with Natural Pure Beverage Corporation (Canada) without
reduction of shares.
10. Form 59, Inc.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
11. First European American Financial Ltd. -
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
12. First European American Holdings Ltd. -
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
13. First European American Trust Ltd. -
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
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14. Morgan International Investment Group, Inc. -
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
15. First European American Credit Ltd. -
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
16. Energy Concepts, Inc. -
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
17. World Assets Group Inc. -
Completed without reduction of shares.
18. Oil Exploration International, Inc.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
19. TIMR, Inc.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
20. EquiArt Incorporated
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
21. Taongi Real Estate and Development Corporation
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
22. Adatom,com, Inc. (an Oregon corporation)
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, without reduction of shares so that each shareholder will
receive 1000 common share for every 1 common share held.
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23. AQ Territorial Holdings, Ltd.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, without reduction of shares so that each shareholder will
only receive 10,000 common share for every 1 common share held.
24. First Public Securities Transfer Corporation
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
25. Gamboa Properties, Inc.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
26. Golden Quest Limited
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
27. The Berkshire Collection Inc.
Registrant set new record date at October 24, 2002 with November 1, 2002
distribution date, with reduction of shares so that each shareholder will only
receive 1 common share for every 1000 shares held instead of 1 share for every
100 common shares held.
ITEM 6: Registrant's Directors and Officers:
The Company's current officers and directors are:
E. Gamboa, Director
S. Winick, President/Secretary
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GAMBOA?...
Dominion of Melchizedek
The so-called Dominion of Melchizedek (hereinafter "DoM") is a fake nation which exists only in cyberspace, or in the literature and actions of the scam artists who perpetrate this fraud. There is no real Dominion of Melchizedek, but this doesn't stop the scammers from selling utterly worthless bank licenses for tens-of-thousands of dollars.
The DoM attempts to hold itself out as some sort of quasi-religious body, even to the point of having its own version of the Bible. But for all their self-righteousness, the truth is that the DoM not only commits fraud, but also materially facilitates the fraud of others by creating phony banks, stock exchanges, arbitration forums, etc., in an attempt to give some illusory legitimacy to criminals who are directly defrauding the public by way of pyramid-scheme bank debenture scams and other criminal schemes.
Those of you wanting a chuckle at the creativity of some crooks can visit the DoM's website at http://www.melchizedek.com But first you should should read some of the passages which follow which tell you the truth about the DoM and is reputed founders. Just so there is no uncertainty: It is our opinion that the Dominion of Melchizedek is a criminal scam.
Excerpts of Presentation of Mr. John Shockey, Former Special Assistant, U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, to the 4th International Financial Fraud Convention in London, May 27, 1999:
"I'm going to provide some detail on a major international fraud which has been perpetrated worldwide since 1990. Obviously, the primary criminals involved have not yet been thwarted. Over the years I have been responding to requests from the news media for interviews about this international fraud. Public disclosure which followed include articles in Forbes Magazine, London Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Jewish World, ICC Commercial Crime Bureau and Australia TV. I have written warning alerts sent to the financial community.
"What is this phenomenon? It is the Dominion of Melchizedek (DOM), a fictitious country created by a father/son conspiracy who are multi-convicted felons named David and Mark Pedley."
"The father, David Pedley and Mark, came to my attention in the early 1980s at which time I was assisting the FBI in their investigation of a land fraud. The result was an indictment and trial in 1983 which convicted Mark Pedley. At that time, the father was incarcerated in a Mexican jail relative to operating a scam converting pesos into dollars through an offshore shell bank -- a form of money laundering."
"The son, Mark, after serving time on his conviction, again was successfully prosecuted in 1986 on other fraud charges. Shortly thereafter, the father reportedly died in the Mexican prison and his body said shipped back to the U.S. No confirmation of the death occurred and I, among many others, believe that he is still alive, in the U.S., and is the architect of the DOM."
"The DOM is a fraud, a major fraud, and not a legitimate sovereign entity. Persons associated with the Dominion of Melchizedek have been indicted and convicted of a variety of crimes."
"In examining this scam keep in mind that deception is fraud. The first deception is the creation of a phony sovereign country. The first address was Malpelo, an uninhabited island under water half the year, and owned by the country of Colombia. Public disclosure of this fact caused a change of address to the Antarctica. Several changes since have occurred with the most recent address an uninhabited atoll owned by the Republic of the Marshall Islands."
"They are always looking for a remote landmass that nobody will challenge their ownership of. Perhaps next they will claim ownership to the lost continent of Atlantis."
"Melchizedek first came to my attention in June 1990, a few months after Mark Pedley was paroled from a 1986 conviction. Inquiries were received concerning bank names: Banco de Asia, Guardian Savings & Guaranty and Express Bank among others. Investigations that these entities had bank charters from the DOM and obtained through an entity named Consortium Finance Corporation headquartered in Lake Tahoe, California. Further investigation disclosed a principal alternately named John Hayden and Branch Vinedresser. Shortly thereafter the FBI took Branch Vinedresser into custody and revealed that he was Mark Pedley, who then was charged with violations of his parole."
"In a short time frame, other Melchizedek entities came to light. Pedley created International Auditors, a purported firm of chartered accountants which provided glowing financial reports of other DOM entities. The Washington DC telephone book showed a listing under Embassies for The Embassy of Melchizedek. Other fraudsters came into the fold and promoted various scams under the umbrella of DOM."
"Fraudulent operations disclosed included taking deposits, issuing worthless guaranties and loan commitments, verifying and authenticating values of other DOM entities which, among other activities, was the issuance of hundreds of millions of dollars of worthless debt instruments. Some of these instruments reportedly were used as collateral to obtain real money loans and were exchanged in several brokerage houses for real value securities."
"Promoting a phony sovereign country provides diversified opportunities to engage in fraudulent activities. One's imagination of the various types of fraud possible has become a reality with DOM. A phony government consisting of fraudsters creates phony citizenships, ambassadorships, embassy and legation offices, issues diplomatic passports, registers financial aid, grants business licenses, creates a stock exchange, etc., etc., etc. -- all phony. However, each facet of this operation is a source which generates substantial illegal income."
"Addresses used, including the fake 'Embassy' still situated in Washington DC, are mail drops and answering services. Contact with these addresses is passed immediately to Pedley, who is in California. But this is not a covert scam. Pedley, who now calls himself Tzemach Ben David Netzer Korem, makes himself available to all seeking information about DOM. Also available is his 'cosmic wife', a Philippine woman now named Pearlasia/[GAMBOA] who happens to be the current President of DOM. They have a website which (falsely) describes in great detail DOM as a sovereign country with world-wide tentacles. Although clothed in a facade of religious respectability, proper due diligence can easily penetrate this veil."
"Victims revealed over the years are world-wide. Within the last year, victims in the Phillippines were conned out of in excess of $1 million on the scam by the DOM providing bogus DOM citizenship papers, official DOM passports to travel out of the country to pursue high-paid employment -- all phony. And then there is the sublime: Among various documents there are DOM letters advocating peace sent to Iraq (personally address to Saddam) and to Kosovo. Yet another document cites DOM declaring War on France for nuclear testing."
Melchizedek Founded by Convicts, According to The Washington Post, "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995
"Its founder, a Californian named Mark Logan Pedley, has two swindling convictions.
"William Barrett of Forbes magazine exposed Melchizedek in a January 1991 report titled 'Father of His Country,' which tracked the global dealings of the elusive Branch Vinedresser, also known as Mark Logan Pedley. Back then, 'ambassador' Vinedresser claimed to own the island of Malpelo, 300 miles off the Pacific coast of Colombia -- never mind that the island belongs to Colombia.
"After the Forbes report, Pedley landed in the hoosegow in California for parole violations. He had been a codefendant with his father, David, in a Mexican peso conversion swindle. Pedley Sr. had a record of four convictions, including stock fraud.
"David Pedley is reported to have died in Mexico in 1987 -- but the body was never identified upon arrival in the United States. The Pedley family refused to let FBI agents fingerprint the corpse at the closed-casket ceremony. Some officials suspect that body in the casket was not in fact David Pedley's -- and that the elder man is still doing business somewhere."
© The Washington Post, 1995, All Rights Reserved.
Melchizedek's Claims to Legitimacy: Melchizedek claims that it is a real nation, with real property, and has been recognized by several major governments.
The Truth: Melchizedek has failed to either name the "major governments" which allegedly recognized it, or else specify just how this "recognition" has come about. Melchizedek has apparently obtained some sort of recognition from some smaller states (which may or may not still exist as of the date of this writing), all of which are notable for their corruption. Claims that the DoM has received recognition from any major government are purely lies.
Melchizedek similarly notes that it has "acceded" to various treaties. Please note that this is different than saying that it is a party to these treaties -- "acceding" in this sense means a unilateral act by Melchizedek. We could "accede" to the Rules of the National Football League, but that wouldn't mean we could play the Bears on Sunday or that the NFL would recognize us.
As for property, Melchizedek claims certain islands in the Pacific, but unfortunately there were either at or so close to the nearby French nuclear weapons test site that Melchizedek felt compelled to issue a Declaration of War directed to the French government (although this is still a "cold war", no doubt largely because the French have yet to hear about it, or about Melchizedek for that matter). Oh, and there is the (unsubstantiated) claim to a large portion of Antarctica.
The Washington Post addressed these claims, including Melchizedek's claims to have a "Treaty" with the amorphous "Ruthenian Peoples" in its excellent article: The Washington Post, "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995.
"The Ruthenians, being Ruthenian, were a bit difficult to locate. Several hundred thousand of them -- now usually called Carpatho-Rusyns -- are dispersed throughout Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia and Hungary. Eventually we found an esteemed expert: Prof. Paul Robert Magocsi, head of the Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center in Vermont and representative to the World Congress of Rusyns. 'In a word, it's silly,' Magocsi said of the supposed alliance with Melchizedek.
"'It's all news to me,' said a spokesman for the State Department's Office of the Geographer and Global Issues. He proceeded to express considerable doubt about Melchizedek's claims to any territory -- including Karitane island, which, Korem says, lies some 1,200 miles southeast of New Caledonia and was bought from the Kingdom of Polynesia.
"Make that the alleged Kingdom of Polynesia -- it does not appear on any list of nations, independent states or dependencies. 'There's no such kingdom that would have any recognition by anybody,' said the official.
"Obviously, Melchizedek craves legitimacy. But so far, only one government has given it any diplomatic recognition: The Central African Republic.
"Included in Melchizedek's eagerly-supplied kit of governmental bona fides is a copy of a 1993 letter from the president of the Central African Republic formally recognizing the Dominion and inviting it to open a diplomatic mission there. You get the feeling that the Central African Republic would recognize the State of Denial if it had a letterhead."
© The Washington Post, 1995
Melchizedek's Claims Regarding its Banking System:
The "combined net asset value" of all Dominion of Melchizedek banks exceeds US$25 billion dollars.
The Truth: Melchizedek provides no proof for this claim, and it is fantastic and bizarre considering that there are no (real) Melchizedek banks. Again, the Washington Post: The Washington Post, "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995:
"Its president, a woman who goes by the names Mz. Pearlasia and Elvira G. Gamboa, was successfully sued by the California State Banking Department to prevent her from representing herself as a banker there.
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"Melchizedek says its several hundred banks hold a 'net asset value' of $25 billion, yet President Pearlasia remains in arrears to the state of California, having failed to pay a court-imposed sanction of $1,431.90 for her 'bad-faith actions' related to the lawsuit.
"From Canada to Mexico, London to Hong Kong, financial entities and individuals connected to Melchizedek have drawn the attention of banking and investment regulators.
"Officials say the Dominion was concocted to issue bogus banking charters; [John Shockey, head of the fraud unit in the office of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency] routinely issues warnings that U.S. banks should not process any checks or drafts drawn on Melchizedek banks.
"In Hong Kong this summer, a judge sentenced a young Austrian baker to six months in jail for attempting to cash checks totaling $500,000, drawn on the Asia Pacific Bank of Melchizedek. The baker called himself Crown Prince Gerald-Dennis Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein and held a diplomatic passport as Melchizedek's 'ambassador at large.' According to an account in the South China Morning Post, the judge dismissed the idea that the whole thing was a joke, saying, 'A fraud on the banking system of Hong Kong is a very serious business.'"
© The Washington Post, 1995
Melchizedek's Claim Regarding Corporation or Trust Formation:
For $1,000 you can form a Melchizedek corporation or trust.
The Truth: However, to do this you must sign what amounts to a waiver which states: "The applicant understands that the Dominion of Melchizedek can accept no responsibility for the position of any foreign government in regard to [Dominion of Melchizedek] documents." In other words, even Melchizedek realizes that foreign governments will not recognize their corporations or trusts. Enough said!
No U.S. court (state or federal) has ever recognized any DoM trust, corporation, bank, judgment, or anything else having to do with the DoM!
Reality
Despite bizarre claims, such as to have a treaty with the "Ruthenian People", Melchizedek doesn't exist.
No major nation recognizes Melchizedek or can be expected to do so in the near or even distant future. It is difficult to imagine a more complete waste of time and money than to associate with the Dominion of Melchizedek.
"It's a con artists' operation through and through," declares John Shockey, head of the fraud unit in the office of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. "It's a phony bank, a phony country, a phony dominion -- the whole thing's a phony." Washington Post: "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995.
Offshore Alert, 30 June 1998:
"As alleged frauds go, it would be hard to conceive of anything more audacious than creating your own phony country, promoting it as a major offshore financial center and charging people for bank and insurance licenses, IBCs, trusts and even bar qualifications. And why not throw in an 'international stock exchange' with several listings of fake companies with fake trading, all displayed on an elaborate web-site? Yet that's exactly what the people behind the Dominion of Melchizedek appear to have done, with some apparent success, judging from the fact that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in the US has had to go so far as to warn people not to do business with any 'banks' claiming to be based in DOM, as the 'country' is known, and has closed down DOM 'banks' operating in the US, including at least one from an address on Wall Street."
"In Hong Kong this year, an Austrian baker who tried to cash checks totaling $500,000 drawn on Asia Pacific Bank of Melchizedek was jailed for six months for fraud. According to US press reports, DOM was invented by convicted swindler Mark Logan Pedley of California, who may have since faked his own death. Anyone wishing to see the amount of work gone into creating the Melchizedek illusion should visit www.melchizedek.com, which is a website registered to David Korem of Foster City, California."
-- Offshore Alert, 30 June 1998 Edition, at p. 9.
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Forbes, Father of His Country. (Branch Vinedresser), 7 January 1991
Texas Department of Insurance Warning at http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/commish/nr0919.html
Commissioner Stops Illegal Bond Business
September 19, 1996
Insurance Commissioner Elton Bomer has issued a cease-and-desist order halting an unlicensed Houston guaranty bond operation headed by a man claiming to be ex-president of the fictitious Dominion of Melchizedek.
"Investigators for the Texas Department of Insurance's Fraud Unit have been unable to locate any legitimate country under the title Dominion of Melchizedek," Bomer said. "Besides shutting down this operation, TDI is turning over all information on the case to the proper legal authorities."
The order targets Leon Excalibur Hooten III, Lifeguard Reinsurance Ltd., Lifeguard BanCorp Ltd. and Hooten Enterprises. The parties all operated out of 5870 Highway 6, Suite 209, Houston. Lifeguard Reinsurance is registered as an insurer in New Zealand, but none of the parties is licensed to sell insurance in Texas.
Bomer's action was recommended by a State Office of Administrative Hearings administrative law judge who held a hearing in the case. Neither Hooten nor attorneys representing him or his companies appeared for that hearing.
Bomer's order listed various payments or invoices for bid bonds and payment and performance bonds sold by the Houston operation to companies in Arizona, North Carolina, Ohio, California, Georgia and Florida. TDI's Fraud Unit estimated the operation collected more than $145,000 in premiums for bonds with a total liability of more than $10 million.
One Tempe, Ariz., company paid Lifeguard Bancorp at least $25,070 for bid bonds and payment and performance bonds.
Various types of guaranty bonds are considered insurance subject to Texas Department of Insurance regulation. Bomer's order alleges the unauthorized sale of insurance and misrepresentation of Lifeguard Re's assets.
Misrepresentations of Lifeguard Re's financial condition included an alleged $15 million certificate of deposit from Asia Pacific Bank and $20 million in bonds allegedly issued by St. Charles University of DeQuincy, La.
According to the order: 1) Asia Pacific is not chartered by any recognized authority, apparently has no assets and has been enjoined from transacting business under any name or title using the word "bank." 2) St. Charles University was founded by Hooten and has no assets.
The Department's action was supported by affidavits from federal government officials, including John Shockey, head of the fraud unit of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. They stated there is no sovereign country, nation or state named the Dominion of Melchizedek (pronounced mil-KIZ-uh-dek).
In an article run November 5, 1995, the Washington Post cited the Dominion of Melchizedek as a nonexistent country used as a name by various questionable operations. In the article, Shockey called Melchizedek "a phony country, a phony dominion- the whole thing's a phony."
For further information call the Texas Department of Insurance Public Information Office at (512) 463-6425 or send a note to PIO@tdi.state.tx.us
Latest Update
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 16368 / November 23, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission v. World Financial & Investment Co., Inc. and Victor M. Wilson, U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y., No. 99-CIV-7608 (ILG)
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against a Brooklyn lawyer and his investment advisory firm, for their role in a Ponzi Scheme conducted through a supposed bank chartered by the non-existent "Dominion of Melchizedek." Named in the Commission's Complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York are:
Victor M. Wilson, age 47, of Brooklyn, New York; and
World Financial & Investment Co., Inc. ("World Financial"), an investment advisory firm wholly-owned by Wilson that operated from Wilson's Brooklyn law office.
The Complaint alleges as follows:
Acting directly and through "sub-agents" on the Caribbean island of Dominica, Wilson raised approximately $1.2 million from hundreds of investors in the United States and Dominica from March 1997 through April 1998. The money was invested in a so-called "60-40 program" promoted by Credit Bank International Co. ("Credit Bank") and its founder, Roger E. Rosemont. Credit Bank is purportedly chartered in Melchizedek, and Rosemont claimed he was Melchizedek's "ambassador at large" to the Caribbean. In truth, the 60-40 program was a Ponzi scheme, Credit Bank is not a bank, Melchizedek is not a country, and Rosemont is no ambassador.
Wilson received approximately $175,000 in fees for his role in the scheme. He played a central role by soliciting U.S. investors and channeling funds to bank accounts controlled by Rosemont. Wilson told investors that they would obtain returns in excess of 300% to be disbursed over a period of several months. The astronomical returns would purportedly result from profits Rosemont would generate by pooling and reinvesting funds in unspecified financial instruments. The relatively small number of investors who entered the scheme in its early stages obtained tremendous returns, including Wilson himself, who reaped $23,800 in profits from his early investment of $4,166. Most investors, however, received no disbursements and lost all the money they invested.
Wilson promoted the scheme despite receiving strong signals indicating that it was a fraud:
Rosemont told Wilson that he had been arrested on fraud charges in France, where the authorities had frozen his bank accounts;
Rosemont told Wilson that he had been "thrown out of" St. Lucia, an island near Dominica where Rosemont had been promoting the 60-40 program;
A government official in Dominica warned Wilson that Rosemont had a reputation as a "bandit" or "rascal;"
Rosemont refused to provide Wilson with information regarding his or Credit Bank's finances, and Wilson never determined how Rosemont was using the invested funds or generating the supposedly astronomical returns;
In August 1997, Dominica's Minister of Finance publicly warned that the 60-40 program was "a pyramid scheme where the people at the beginning make fantastic returns and the last of the people lose all their money."
Wilson also knew, or recklessly disregarded, that there is no such country as Melchizedek. Before entering into the scheme, Wilson tried unsuccessfully to locate the nation of Melchizedek on a map and in an encyclopedia. He knew from an associate of Rosemont that Melchizedek existed only as an Internet site, www.melchizedek.com. Indeed, since 1991, numerous press reports have identified Melchizedek as a base for fraudulent schemes involving purported bank charters and other bogus corporate documents. There is no recognized governmental authority that actually charters banks in the name of Melchizedek.
Wilson, a U.S. citizen, was born and raised in Dominica. In addition to the many residents of Dominica solicited by Wilson's sub-agents, most of the U.S. investors recruited by Wilson were immigrants from Dominica and other Caribbean islands. With many victims drawn from the same ethnic group, this case is another in a series of "affinity fraud" enforcement actions brought by the Commission. See the Commission's recent investor alert, www.sec.gov/consumer/affinity.htm, which explains how to avoid becoming a victim of an affinity fraud.
The Complaint charges Wilson and World Financial with violations of Sections 5(a), 5(c), and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. The Commission seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest, and civil penalties against both defendants.
http://www.sec.gov/enforce/litigrel/lr16368.htm
Last update: 11/24/1999
Who To Contact
If you are approached by an alleged "official" of the Dominion of Melchizedek, you might consider giving those kind folks at your local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations a call just to let them know that the "official" is doing O.K.
Oh, and if offered be sure to pass on that trip to Karitane!
Additional Resources
BEST -- Partizans at War with the Fictitious 'Dominion of Melchizedek' -- Lengthy expose of the phony dominion, its criminal background, and recent criminal activity -- http://www.geocities.com/partizansofinternet/antimelchizedeken.html
London Financial Times: "Action Taken on Pyramid Scheme", 8 August 1995.
Time of London: "Plot Thickens in Phony Bank Scheme", 8 August 1993.
Orange Country Register: "Insurer Chartered by Phony Country", February 2, 1993.
Washington Business Journal: "District Probes Off-Shore Companies for Fraud", 25 February 1991.
Forbes: "Father of His Country", January 1991.
Washington Post: "The Ruse that Roared", 5 November 1995, page C-01.
Boston Globe1/28/86: " International Bank, Founders indicted on Charges of Fraud"
Boston Globe 8/30/86: " Lawyer and CA man received prison sentences and offshore bank fined yesterday.
Forbes, April 16, 1990 page 46 "Like father, like son"
Forbes, October 28, 1991 page 108 "King of the seven seas" by William P. Barrett (not online)
Forbes, December 9, 1991 page 114 "Dream time's over" by William P. Barrett (not online)
http://www.worth.com/articles/Z9609F02.html for "Citizens of No Country (Part 1)" mentions Richard McDonald
http://www.worth.com/articles/M9609F20.html "Citizens of No Country (Part 3)" mentions Ben Richard
Phoenix Newtimes, Article 3/21/96 "The Pro Con Man"
The Dallas Morning News, Archives, search for "Melchizedek": http://archive.dallasnews.com/
4/10/96 "Insurance salesman confesses in fraud case" by Bill Lodge.
7/27/96 "Authorities are tracking scam artist"
9/21/96 "Houston man reportedly says he led phony nation"
4/10/97 "18 months added to man's sentence" by Bill Lodge
The Houston Chronicle, Archives, search for "Melchizedek" http://www.chron.com/content/archive/
5/22/90 "Member Services in bankruptcy/Chapter 11 ..." by Stephen Rassenfoss
3/2/91 "Reynolds' Premium Resources Trying to Find ...." by Staff Reports
9/20/96 "Executive may have had a role in bizarre scheme" by Bill Mintz
10/12/96 "Hooten, target of FBI probe, dies/ last venture was firm ...." by Bill Mintz
South China Morning Post, search for "Melchizedek" http://business.scmp.com/search 11/20/98 - various articles found from search, then the following
11/24/98 "Melchizedek group tries to buy freedom"
11/28/98 "15 banned in passport scam"
11/29/98 "Death penalty plan for Melchizedek"
11/29/98 "Tips for conversing with your foot in your mouth"
12/08/98 "Melchizedek case lawyer seeks deportation"
01/10/99 "Manila to deport barrister"
Far Eastern Economic Review, 12/10/98 "Crime: Fantasy Island: Melchizedek passport scam reveals how the Internet can take fraud to new frontiers" by Bertil Lintner in Bangkok
Scam Alert, http://www.wealthoffshore.com/scamarticles.html
"Highly Questionable Bank Licenses For Sale"
"The Dominion of Melchizedek"
"Antiguan Bank with Links to Melchizedek Fighting to Stay Alive"
FDIC and bank warnings and alerts:
http://www.calsb.org/cgi-bin/NT201C?133194
http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/Alert/98-25.txt
http://www.fdic.gov/banknews/fils/1998/fil98129.html
http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/Alert/98-9.txt
http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/Alert/97-2.txt
http://www.fdic.gov/banknews/fils/1998/fil9892.html
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Ms. Pearlasia, also known as Elvira G. Gamboa...
http://www.scamdog.com/freedom_projects/?view=melchizedek
GLTA
trade 'em, dont marry 'em
re: "...$23 million in debt..."
is that what "accumulated deficit" means?
you believe that is debt?
may i suggest a review of this info?
http://www.fool.com/School/BalanceSheet/BalanceSheet01.htm
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i have heard that many times individuals do what has been termed "dead_end_DD" [not suggesting that of you of course]
have you ever heard of that phrase?
because its kinda like shooting air balls
400 S BEVERLY DR STE 214...
yesterday i asked if anyone noticed the address on first canadain's SEC documents...no responses
lets try again [and as to "where this is going"], with a little more help...
Elvira Gamboa/PearlAsia
Dominion of Melchizedek [DOM]
Adatom.com, inc
the above have a direct link to this company...
and if history is ALWAYS a good indicator of future performance...i suggest you do further DD
GLTA
trade 'em, dont marry 'em
re: "...Draw your own conclusions..."
the disparity in pricing doesnt "add up"
using a bit of common sense, if the raw materials used in production are anywhere close to the same, gross cost should be somewhat equal
castrol being a powerhouse in the industry, one could realistically deduce that they have a mature infrastructure in place, which should help in keeping overall costs in line
unless castrol is insane and is just highballing retail price, why such a disparity in price?...particularly if they are about equal in quality, much less GS being of higher "quality"
is it that GS just has some super-secret exclusive process whereby they can produce a quality product for 1/3 the price of the big boys?
Bush Approved Eavesdropping, Official Says
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
12 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush has personally authorized a secretive eavesdropping program in the United States more than three dozen times since October 2001, a senior intelligence official said Friday night.
The disclosure follows angry demands by lawmakers earlier in the day for congressional inquiries into whether the monitoring by the highly secretive National Security Agency violated civil liberties.
"There is no doubt that this is inappropriate," declared Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record) of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He promised hearings early next year.
Bush on Friday refused to discuss whether he had authorized such domestic spying without obtaining warrants from a court, saying that to comment would tie his hands in fighting terrorists.
In a broad defense of the program put forward hours later, however, a senior intelligence official told The Associated Press that the eavesdropping was narrowly designed to go after possible terrorist threats in the United States.
The official said that, since October 2001, the program has been renewed more than three dozen times. Each time, the White House counsel and the attorney general certified the lawfulness of the program, the official said. Bush then signed the authorizations.
During the reviews, government officials have also provided a fresh assessment of the terrorist threat, showing that there is a catastrophic risk to the country or government, the official said.
"Only if those conditions apply do we even begin to think about this," he said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the classified nature of the intelligence operation.
"The president has authorized NSA to fully use its resources — let me underscore this now — consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution to defend the United States and its citizens," the official said, adding that congressional leaders have also been briefed more than a dozen times.
Senior administration officials asserted the president would do everything in his power to protect the American people while safeguarding civil liberties.
"I will make this point," Bush said in an interview with "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer." "That whatever I do to protect the American people — and I have an obligation to do so — that we will uphold the law, and decisions made are made understanding we have an obligation to protect the civil liberties of the American people."
The surveillance, disclosed in Friday's New York Times, is said to allow the agency to monitor international calls and e-mail messages of people inside the United States. But the paper said the agency would still seek warrants to snoop on purely domestic communications — for example, Americans' calls between New York and California.
"I want to know precisely what they did," Specter said. "How NSA utilized their technical equipment, whose conversations they overheard, how many conversations they overheard, what they did with the material, what purported justification there was."
Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., a member of the Judiciary Committee, said, "This shocking revelation ought to send a chill down the spine of every American."
Vice President Dick Cheney and Bush chief of staff Andrew Card went to the Capitol Friday to meet with congressional leaders and the top members of the intelligence committees, who are often briefed on spy agencies' most classified programs. Members and their aides would not discuss the subject of the closed sessions.
The intelligence official would not provide details on the operations or examples of success stories. He said senior national security officials are trying to fix problems raised by the Sept. 11 commission, which found that two of the suicide hijackers were communicating from San Diego with al-Qaida operatives overseas.
"We didn't know who they were until it was too late," the official said.
Some intelligence experts who believe in broad presidential power argued that Bush would have the authority to order these searches without warrants under the Constitution.
In a case unrelated to the NSA's domestic eavesdropping, the administration has argued that the president has vast authority to order intelligence surveillance without warrants "of foreign powers or their agents."
"Congress cannot by statute extinguish that constitutional authority," the Justice Department said in a 2002 legal filing with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Other intelligence veterans found difficulty with the program in light of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed after the intelligence community came under fire for spying on Americans. That law gives government — with approval from a secretive U.S. court — the authority to conduct covert wiretaps and surveillance of suspected terrorists and spies.
In a written statement, NSA spokesman Don Weber said the agency would not provide any information on the reported surveillance program. "We do not discuss actual or alleged operational issues," he said.
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, former NSA general counsel, said it was troubling that such a change would have been made by executive order, even if it turns out to be within the law.
Parker, who has no direct knowledge of the program, said the effect could be corrosive. "There are programs that do push the edge, and would be appropriate, but will be thrown out," she said.
Prior to 9/11, the NSA typically limited its domestic surveillance activities to foreign embassies and missions — and obtained court orders for such investigations. Much of its work was overseas, where thousands of people with suspected terrorist ties or other valuable intelligence may be monitored.
The report surfaced as the administration and its GOP allies on Capitol Hill were fighting to save provisions of the expiring USA Patriot Act that they believe are key tools in the fight against terrorism. An attempt to rescue the approach favored by the White House and Republicans failed on a procedural vote.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_nsa
RULiquid, nice layout, but the black background MUST go
ever notice the address on SEC docs?
400 S BEVERLY DR STE 214
BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=first+canadian&CIK=&filenum=&State=&...
interesting compilation...
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=400+S+BEVERLY+DR+STE+214&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&fl=0&...
re: DIGG, you may find this helpful
Searched for: DIGITAL GAS, INC.
ID Num: 287474
Entity Name: DIGITAL GAS, INC.
Type of Entity: Domestic Profit Corporation
Resident Agent: BUSINESS FILINGS, INC.
Registered Office Address: 30600 TELEGRAPH RD BINGHAM FARMS MI 48025
Mailing Address:
Formed Under Act Number(s): 232-1903
Incorporation/Qualification Date: 6-22-1907
Jurisdiction of Origin: MICHIGAN
Number of Shares: 50,000,000
Year of Most Recent Annual Report: 05
Year of Most Recent Annual Report With Officers & Directors: 05
Status: ACTIVE Date: Present
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inc papers, including financials, annual reports:
http://www.dleg.state.mi.us/bcs_corp/dt_corp.asp?id_nbr=287474&name_entity=DIGITAL%20GAS,%20INC.
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william a lang, pres, some bio/background [from somerset gas]
Lang , William A. – President and Chief Executive Officer : Prior to joining Somerset , Mr. Lang was President and Chief Executive Officer of Coast Energy Group (CEG) and Executive Vice President of CornerStone Propane GP, Inc. Mr. Lang was formerly President and COO of EnergyUSA – TPC (a NiSource, Inc. affiliate), where he was responsible for managing TPC's MHP affiliate, the largest operator and developer of salt cavern gas storage, and TPC's asset management activities in natural gas. Prior to EnergyUSA, Mr. Lang served as Managing Director of Southern Company Energy Marketing, a joint venture of Vastar Resources Inc. (80% affiliate of ARCO and Southern Company). Mr. Lang served as Senior Vice President at Vastar Resources, Inc., where he managed all commercial activities covering natural gas, electricity, crude oil and natural gas liquids. Prior to the formation of Vastar by ARCO, Mr. Lang was President of ARCO Natural Gas Marketing, Inc. Mr. Lang began his natural gas career with Tenneco Gas in early 1986 as director of Marketing and Transportation Services. He participated in much of the transition of Tenneco Gas during the Order 436/500/636 era. Mr. Lang has served as a member of the Finance Committee and the Nominating Committee of, and as a Board Liaison to the Gas Supply Marketing Section Committee of, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Gas Association. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Gas Industry Standards Board and the Board of Directors of the New England Gas Association. He served as the chairman of the Steering Committee of the Natural Gas Supply Association. Mr. Lang is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin , with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Mr. Lang was recently appointed to a three year term on the University of Texas Engineering Foundation Advisory Council by the President of the University.
http://www.somersetgas.com/bio.html
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nevada corp search:
officer of wickline energy, vastar gas, easy wait
https://esos.state.nv.us/SOSServices/AnonymousAccess/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx
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the AH PR:
Digital Gas to Form Oil Shale and Energy Savings Consortiums after Receiving Notice of Offers to Finance and Partner
Friday December 16, 3:23 pm ET
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2005--Digital Gas, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets:DIGG - News) announced today that it will form two energy related consortiums to commercialize patented technology and create oil shale and energy savings businesses.
This was in response to an offer of an asset backed loan from a private trust and strong interest being received to partner on Digital Gas projects from major Fortune 500 companies.
Collateral to facilitate a loan package, which Digital Gas has been informed will be for a minimum of $300 million, has a certified appraisal value of $577 Million, as well as having a financial Safe Keeping Receipt (SKR) with full financial responsibility from Grupo Cometra, a division of Grupo Seguridad Integral of Mexico. Grupo Seguridad is the leading security firm in Mexico now in their 26th year.
The owners of the collateral are seeking to enhance their return on properties already producing significant steady income. The properties include residential, commercial, farming and vacant land that Digital Gas may have the opportunity to develop as part of this arrangement. This funding opportunity is in addition to the previously announced asset backed funding for $30 million of which $5 million is anticipated to close this month or early next month.
As a result, Digital Gas expects to fund all of its businesses within the next thirty to forty-five days of the submission of loan documents, anticipated to be filed next week. Those businesses to be funded are the following: waste-to-energy, fuel cell products and technologies, mass storage products and technologies, bio-fuel and farming operations, oil shale, tar sands and coal bed methane extraction, tire processing, nanotechnology and environmental remediation.
In addition to the asset backed funding, Digital Gas will now seek to fund each of the consortiums with an initial $1 Billion in equity for development, commercialization and further acquisitions.
With these investments in place, the Consortiums will seek to raise the balance of $5 billion thought needed for the full expansion of commercial activities through debt or convertible instruments.
Contact:
Digital Gas, Inc.
Brian Smith, 732-927-4073
energei@optonline.net
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051216/20051216005495.html?.v=1
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big volume spike on 12/12
Monday , December 12, 2005 10:01 ET
This is the 1st VOLUME alert for DIGG in the past 7 calendar days.
Trading for Digital Gas Inc (OTC: DIGG) has been heavier than usual in today's session. By 10:00 ET, the stock had already traded 131,500 shares via 10 trades. The cumulative volume is 181.23% above its 20-day average of 46,759. Normally the stock experiences around 2 individual trades per session.
So far, today's volume surge has caused a net rise in DIGG's stock price. At the time of this alert, the stock was trading at $0.280, up $0.050 (+21.74%).
One year ago, the Company's shares closed at $0.350. The price has declined more than 19 percent since then.
Over the last 10 trading session DIGG has traded in a range between $0.230 and $0.300 and is currently trading 39.13% below its 52-week high of $0.460 set on January 04,2005 and 86.67% above its 52-week low of $0.150 from July 05,2005.
In the previous 3 sessions, DIGG trading has displayed a mixed trend. Closing results have been as follows:
December 09, 2005 --- closed at $0.230 down $0.050 (-17.86%) on 680 shares
December 08, 2005 --- closed at $0.280 up $0.040 (+16.67%) on 28,000 shares
December 07, 2005 --- closed at $0.240 down $0.010 (-4.00%) on 1,200 shares
The Company last released news on November 30, 2005:
"Digital Gas to Be Lead on All Entropic Energy LLC Waste-to-Energy, Bio-Fuel and Farming Projects"
DIGITAL GAS INC
Digital Gas, Inc. is active the oil and gas industry both domestically and internationally. The Company is in the process of restructuring to make itself a business incubator. As such, the Company is placing its current businesses and opportunities into separate companies, which will have their own Boards of Directors and management and will be run separate from the parent. The ultimate goal of the Company is to establish a significant and profitable export-import business between China and North America.
http://www.knobias.com/individual/public/news.htm?eid=3.1.7151d46752ef8009865381fc3006309237f416720f....
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