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Good find, thank you for keeping up with the filings, 20 days! Let's see how this story unfolds.
ADIA
As a matter of fact, or not, LVVV will do so well over the next year, you may have to change your name!
LVVV
I received the same email. :)
RAFA
I believe you, but I am still working on getting to a $1.
LVVV
I like your math, lol!!!
LVVV
If a $1.1 million order is just one order and just the beginning, can you you imagine where we will be next year and the year after?
Go LVVV!
LVVV is so undervalued!!
Fantastic news!!!
The $1.1 million purchase order sets into motion production of retail packaged cannabidiol (CBD)-rich hemp oil-infused energy chew squares.
"To counter recent reports by the mainstream news media, Medical Marijuana, Inc. recently launched an awareness campaign through HempMedsPXâ„¢ emphasizing that one does not need to uproot and move to Colorado to access CBD-rich hemp oil products," states Michelle Sides, Chief Operating Officer of Medical Marijuana, Inc. "With the widespread distribution of the first-ever CBD-rich hemp oil functional food energy chew squares by HempWire, the public's perception that there is a CBD oil shortage will quickly change. We are excited to announce that these great tasting taffy-like chew squares will be available to consumers in May."
Yes, it is the LVVV board, but who do you think is producing ADIA probiotics for sale and creating revenues for LVVV and us shareholders?
Good advice regarding ADIA but take into account, the website has been updated and all products are available for purchase. I would rather have money in ADIA before the crowds arrive and the stock is on everyone's radar screens.
While I am a big shareholder in LVVV, I am getting the feeling that throwing some more money at ADIA with give me a bigger bang for my buck. I think a 100% gain in share price from the present is not an unrealistic expectation!!
ADIA, LVVV
While I am a big shareholder in LVVV, I am getting the feeling that throwing some more money at ADIA with give me a bigger bang for my buck. I think a 100% gain in share price from the present is not an unrealistic expectation!!
ADIA, LVVV
Thanks Doc for the heads up! It is great to be able to order ADIA products again. The ordering process is very fast and efficient. I also like the fact I can click on the product picture or link and I get a pop up window listing ingredients and supplement facts.
MORE REVENUES!!!
ADIA, LVVV
Thanks Doc for the heads up! It is great to be able to order ADIA products again. The ordering process is very fast and efficient. I also like the fact I can click on the product picture or link and I get a pop up window listing ingredients and supplement facts.
MORE REVENUES!!!
ADIA, LVVV
Neither do I. The company info link shows as a blank page to me.
WNRC
"The joint venture agreement stipulates that Medical Marijuana Inc. and LiveWire Ergogenics ("LiveWire") will equally split the net profits (50/50) from all cannabidiol (CBD)-rich hemp oil functional food sales distributed through HempWire"
"doc ---- we need you to pull some strings , and get LV3 in Alaska ![33 degress out my window in Nikiski]" What is going on here?
LVVV APRU
"doc ---- we need you to pull some strings , and get LV3 in Alaska ![33 degress out my window in Nikiski]" What is going on here? I would love to have some answers!
LVVV
I am not sure but something smells very bad!
I don't believe it is LVVV or APRU but outside forces looking to cash in on any opportunity presented!
Bryant Cragun stock promoters James and Thomas Mahoney of his latest scam company MDTC have dubious boiler Room past.
SEC continues path of looking the other way!!
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Stocks touted by firm lead investors down trail of tears
Don Bauder
Published: February 11, 1996
Stocks only go up, right?
Well, since 1990, major stock averages have gone almost straight up, but many stocks, particularly wee ones, have crashed and burned.
Just look at the Golden Triangle's La Jolla Capital Financial, which last year was part of La Jolla Securities and is now part of La Jolla Capital.
La Jolla Securities and La Jolla Capital are both known for aggressively pushing highly speculative stocks. La Jolla Capital recently has been in trouble with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, the private regulatory body), as well as state regulators.
La Jolla Capital Financial is the creature of three experienced brokers: brothers James and Thomas N. Mahoney and Timothy C. Connor. At one time, their operation was known as MCM (Mahoney-Connor-Mahoney) Group.
The firm, which has 10 employees, has raised seed money for companies, promising investors that there later would be a highly remunerative initial public offering (IPO). Also, the company has pushed new IPOs and very volatile stocks of small companies.
Unhappy people abound.
"I bought the Brooklyn Bridge three times," John C. Hatz complains. The $3,000 he plunked into San Diego's Exten Industries evaporated to $600 when he unloaded last month. In Golden Hemlock, $2,000 became $200. His $2,000 in Renaissance Golf contracted to $180.
Lee LaRosa says he put $107,000 in the pot, and his last statement showed him with a balance of $2,500. He got into such lovelies as China Tire, Star Signal and Fipro, which will be covered in more detail below.
In talking to James Mahoney, "It was always, 'Keep this under your hat, don't spread around what a good deal this is. My sister is buying it, my dad is buying it,' " the sadder and wiser LaRosa says.
Dropped a bundle
A San Diego businessman and his accountant have dropped a considerable sum into stocks touted by this firm. One is Exten. "Jim Mahoney assured us it would double in 30 days -- go to 40, 45, 50 cents," the accountant says.
Stock of the longtime San Diego company, now claiming it is developing an artificial liver, trades around 8 cents.
The two also bought a bundle of San Diego-based Trans-Pacific Group (TPCG), which is quoted at a yawning bid-asked spread of 13 to 50 cents. However, brokers report the stock is not available currently. The company, which helps other companies go public, would not return repeated calls for an explanation.
"There is a likelihood the stock will trade over a dollar some day soon," the irrepressible James Mahoney says. In 1992, he was censured and suspended for six weeks by the New York Stock Exchange for exercising discretionary power in a customer's account without written authorization and for "unauthorized, unsuitable and excessive transactions in a customer account," according to NASD records.
I asked the two businessmen if they have ever asked James Mahoney what happened to their stocks.
"Only 50 times," one laughs. "He always says to wait another week, another two weeks -- basically, he just uses stall tactics."
Mario Minervini bought 50,000 Fipro shares at $1 each, then got 10,000 more free for bringing his daughter and some friends into the deal. His daughter put down more than $100,000. "I am sorry I did that," Minervini says.
His savings were wiped out, and "I found out later that I shouldn't have been permitted to buy" because he didn't have adequate net worth, he says. (Timothy Connor replies that not all investors had to reach a certain wealth threshold to get in the deal.)
"We originally got in for $1 a share with the idea that it would go public; he (James Mahoney) said it would go to $5, $10, maybe $20," Minervini says.
Down in flames
James Mahoney admits the stock basically has no market value. But he has hope. Fipro, which distributed fire protection materials for industrial and construction uses, went down in, well, flames, after the chief executive died.
"We got fleeced," says Richard "Red" Repke, who was brought in by Minervini. The company and the then-MCM "lied to me," he says, in particular by claiming the company had territorial and product exclusivity it did not have.
The 100-plus investors who had put around $1 million into the deal were wiped out.
But then James Mahoney hatched a plan to raise $410,000 for Santee's American Fire Retardant, which in turn would issue shares to Fipro's beleaguered investors.
"The old Fipro people should be damned happy, otherwise they would be completely out in the cold," says Stephen F. Owens, president of American Fire Retardant.
However, Mahoney has raised only $165,000 (net $141,000 to the company), although there is still hope of a public offering of American Fire Retardant.
But battles, including family squabbles, persist. The Mahoneys brought in their uncle, Robert Mahoney, and an Orange County colleague, David Noyes, to help run American Fire Retardant.
But according to the prospectus, the money being raised for American Fire was to go into an escrow account instead of being distributed piecemeal. It didn't happen, Noyes says. Also, "they promised us stock" that they didn't deliver, he says.
When he confronted his nephews with the prospectus' escrow requirement, they simply wanted to drop it from the prospectus, Robert Mahoney says.
"So I resigned," he says. "These are my nephews, I still love them, but I don't like what they did. I backed out because I smelled a rat."
Noyes and Uncle Bob Mahoney "are crybabies," James Mahoney says. "They wanted to sign a big salary agreement, wanted a big block of stock. They haven't done anything to be paid," he says.
More accusations
There are other charges. Paul Dencker, former chief financial officer of Fipro, suspects that 250,000 shares have not been distributed to Fipro investors. "They (the Mahoneys et al) delivered shares to whoever they thought deserved them," Dencker says. "Some people received shares that were not paid for." Some founders were excluded, he says.
James Mahoney says that original investors such as Dencker will get shares "once we earn them -- but they won't get theirs first, they will get them last."
Asked why MCM left La Jolla Securities, Mahoney says the former parent firm was raiding his brokers and not providing clerical support. But Bruce Biddick, president of La Jolla Securities, says, "we asked them to leave because they repeatedly failed to meet production goals."
James Mahoney realizes his ebullience and perma-optimism have steered some investors into the ditch. "Deep down" he feels sorrow, he says. "We may believe what we hear too much, you know. I wish I had never sold (limited) partnerships in the 1980s."
Copyright 1996, 2007 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.
Bryant Cragun stock promoters James and Thomas Mahoney of his latest scam company MDTC have dubious boiler Room past.
SEC continues path of looking the other way!!
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Stocks touted by firm lead investors down trail of tears
Don Bauder
Published: February 11, 1996
Stocks only go up, right?
Well, since 1990, major stock averages have gone almost straight up, but many stocks, particularly wee ones, have crashed and burned.
Just look at the Golden Triangle's La Jolla Capital Financial, which last year was part of La Jolla Securities and is now part of La Jolla Capital.
La Jolla Securities and La Jolla Capital are both known for aggressively pushing highly speculative stocks. La Jolla Capital recently has been in trouble with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, the private regulatory body), as well as state regulators.
La Jolla Capital Financial is the creature of three experienced brokers: brothers James and Thomas N. Mahoney and Timothy C. Connor. At one time, their operation was known as MCM (Mahoney-Connor-Mahoney) Group.
The firm, which has 10 employees, has raised seed money for companies, promising investors that there later would be a highly remunerative initial public offering (IPO). Also, the company has pushed new IPOs and very volatile stocks of small companies.
Unhappy people abound.
"I bought the Brooklyn Bridge three times," John C. Hatz complains. The $3,000 he plunked into San Diego's Exten Industries evaporated to $600 when he unloaded last month. In Golden Hemlock, $2,000 became $200. His $2,000 in Renaissance Golf contracted to $180.
Lee LaRosa says he put $107,000 in the pot, and his last statement showed him with a balance of $2,500. He got into such lovelies as China Tire, Star Signal and Fipro, which will be covered in more detail below.
In talking to James Mahoney, "It was always, 'Keep this under your hat, don't spread around what a good deal this is. My sister is buying it, my dad is buying it,' " the sadder and wiser LaRosa says.
Dropped a bundle
A San Diego businessman and his accountant have dropped a considerable sum into stocks touted by this firm. One is Exten. "Jim Mahoney assured us it would double in 30 days -- go to 40, 45, 50 cents," the accountant says.
Stock of the longtime San Diego company, now claiming it is developing an artificial liver, trades around 8 cents.
The two also bought a bundle of San Diego-based Trans-Pacific Group (TPCG), which is quoted at a yawning bid-asked spread of 13 to 50 cents. However, brokers report the stock is not available currently. The company, which helps other companies go public, would not return repeated calls for an explanation.
"There is a likelihood the stock will trade over a dollar some day soon," the irrepressible James Mahoney says. In 1992, he was censured and suspended for six weeks by the New York Stock Exchange for exercising discretionary power in a customer's account without written authorization and for "unauthorized, unsuitable and excessive transactions in a customer account," according to NASD records.
I asked the two businessmen if they have ever asked James Mahoney what happened to their stocks.
"Only 50 times," one laughs. "He always says to wait another week, another two weeks -- basically, he just uses stall tactics."
Mario Minervini bought 50,000 Fipro shares at $1 each, then got 10,000 more free for bringing his daughter and some friends into the deal. His daughter put down more than $100,000. "I am sorry I did that," Minervini says.
His savings were wiped out, and "I found out later that I shouldn't have been permitted to buy" because he didn't have adequate net worth, he says. (Timothy Connor replies that not all investors had to reach a certain wealth threshold to get in the deal.)
"We originally got in for $1 a share with the idea that it would go public; he (James Mahoney) said it would go to $5, $10, maybe $20," Minervini says.
Down in flames
James Mahoney admits the stock basically has no market value. But he has hope. Fipro, which distributed fire protection materials for industrial and construction uses, went down in, well, flames, after the chief executive died.
"We got fleeced," says Richard "Red" Repke, who was brought in by Minervini. The company and the then-MCM "lied to me," he says, in particular by claiming the company had territorial and product exclusivity it did not have.
The 100-plus investors who had put around $1 million into the deal were wiped out.
But then James Mahoney hatched a plan to raise $410,000 for Santee's American Fire Retardant, which in turn would issue shares to Fipro's beleaguered investors.
"The old Fipro people should be damned happy, otherwise they would be completely out in the cold," says Stephen F. Owens, president of American Fire Retardant.
However, Mahoney has raised only $165,000 (net $141,000 to the company), although there is still hope of a public offering of American Fire Retardant.
But battles, including family squabbles, persist. The Mahoneys brought in their uncle, Robert Mahoney, and an Orange County colleague, David Noyes, to help run American Fire Retardant.
But according to the prospectus, the money being raised for American Fire was to go into an escrow account instead of being distributed piecemeal. It didn't happen, Noyes says. Also, "they promised us stock" that they didn't deliver, he says.
When he confronted his nephews with the prospectus' escrow requirement, they simply wanted to drop it from the prospectus, Robert Mahoney says.
"So I resigned," he says. "These are my nephews, I still love them, but I don't like what they did. I backed out because I smelled a rat."
Noyes and Uncle Bob Mahoney "are crybabies," James Mahoney says. "They wanted to sign a big salary agreement, wanted a big block of stock. They haven't done anything to be paid," he says.
More accusations
There are other charges. Paul Dencker, former chief financial officer of Fipro, suspects that 250,000 shares have not been distributed to Fipro investors. "They (the Mahoneys et al) delivered shares to whoever they thought deserved them," Dencker says. "Some people received shares that were not paid for." Some founders were excluded, he says.
James Mahoney says that original investors such as Dencker will get shares "once we earn them -- but they won't get theirs first, they will get them last."
Asked why MCM left La Jolla Securities, Mahoney says the former parent firm was raiding his brokers and not providing clerical support. But Bruce Biddick, president of La Jolla Securities, says, "we asked them to leave because they repeatedly failed to meet production goals."
James Mahoney realizes his ebullience and perma-optimism have steered some investors into the ditch. "Deep down" he feels sorrow, he says. "We may believe what we hear too much, you know. I wish I had never sold (limited) partnerships in the 1980s."
Copyright 1996, 2007 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.
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Carmel Advisors, Equititrend, Jim Mahoney, Tom Mahoney, James Mahoney, Thomas Mahoney, Brian Barnes, Christian Hansen, La Jolla, Del Mar, Crooks Changed name same swindle San Diego California
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Carmel Advisors = Equititrend Advisors = EquitiLink = Mahoney brothers = Crooks
Different name, same bad channel
If you don't ge the Mahoney's on the phone you will get one of their puppets, ie: Brian Barnes & Christian Hansen.
There's even a blog about how crooked the Mahoney brothers are. How are they still in business?
Check out his blog:
http://equititrend.blogspot.com
You link them to your public company and it will taint your company's name. Ask any of their past clients.
There's a reason why this is the 3rd time they had to change their name.
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Carmel Advisors = Equititrend Advisors = EquitiLink = Mahoney brothers = Crooks
Different name, same bad channel
If you don't ge the Mahoney's on the phone you will get one of their puppets, ie: Brian Barnes & Christian Hansen.
There's even a blog about how crooked the Mahoney brothers are. How are they still in business?
Check out his blog:
http://equititrend.blogspot.com
You link them to your public company and it will taint your company's name. Ask any of their past clients.
There's a reason why this is the 3rd time they had to change their name.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 09/13/2013 05:41 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Carmel-Advisors/San-Diego-California/Carmel-Advisors-Equititrend-Jim-Mahoney-Tom-Mahoney-James-Mahoney-Thomas-Mahoney-Br-1084369. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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I did!
Makes total sense to me as do his earlier posts. I do think he could have made clearer regarding dividend and asset value. I understood exactly what he meant and his math is a better marker than, "To the moon, Alice!, We are headed for multiple pennies, Soon to be a dollar", scenarios presented here.
LVVV, APRU, RSHN, ADIA
While Nathan's persona may not be to everyone's taste and acceptance, I believe him to be an out front guy and a great salesman. My bet is, he has directly and indirectly(through distributors) sold more product in the last 3 months then the company has in the last year. These sales add to the revenue stream of LVVV and make all of us MONEY!! Maybe we could also hire a smooth, double-talking suit and tie IR person that appeals to the genteel investors amongst us !
Better to be easy than sleazy!!!
A great response, produce a fake from a flake! You are sure to garner brownie points with your intuitive marketing scheme. I am sure Scarlett Johansson will appreciate the misspelling of her name in your promo!
With the share count and future potential Adia is worth at least .05 in my books!
Totally agree but grass roots along with management distribution will garner you a lot more sales. Customer acceptance and loyalty to brand will create a strong and substantive market for a great product.
LVVV
Getting real close to my one million share count. I am not willing to flip for a few bucks just big bucks! Remember Jason has a spin off in the works and ADIA is under the LVVV umbrella!!
I don't just invest in stocks, I invest in management! You can have the greatest product or concept but ultimately it is management that needs to be successfull to turn that into value. Bill Hodson has both the history and the experience to do just that!
To me, LVVV is a long term play. You can flip it for a few bucks if you a nimble player or you can share the vision of a multi dollar stock. I wish everyone could make money on their investments but it just doesn't happen. I believe you need discipline and a realistic goal.
I commented a couple of days ago that LVVV was in a nosedive. Not a pleasant experience. Especially when you sit with hundreds of thousand of shares, as I do. But I saw this as a buying opportunity. I bought more shares yesterday and more today. I just wish I had more funds available tomorrow as I would be loading up on this gift price. If there were more CEO's like Bill Hodson, the stock market would be a better place and a safer place to invest.
Go LVVV!
Can you explain?
And ADIA!! This is becoming a very big family and growing all the time!
FWIW, 35% of the buys today went into my longterm holdings. ADIA could be a gold mine or or a huge bust. My bets are on a gold mine! Time will tell!
ADIA
How can you trust a poster that comes on the board with newbie subtle innuendos? Especially one so perverse as to make such a comment, "I woke up with Spongebob's head in my bed one day".
You just never know what happens behind the curtain.
Go LVVV
Hey. it's all good to us bottom fisherman. Sometimes that is where you find the tastiest rewards.
LVVV
LVVV, APRU and ADIA are all nosediving this morning. If you are a strong believer in a profitable future for any or all of this stocks, it may be the best time to add or jump in.
Appears someone wanted out badly, last .0151
ADIA