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Securities Attorneys firm: big OTC news coming soon:
Toxic lender Carebourn Capital (Chip Rice) and OPTI come to mind.
https://twitter.com/otclawyers
Securities Attorneys@otclawyers: “Big news will be released by the firm next week that could affect all @OTCMarkets issuers and their management teams that have taken investments from unregistered dealers through toxic convertible notes, equity lines of credit and preferred share deals. 11:50 AM · Nov 28, 2021·Twitter for iPhone”
Here’s the website for the firm that sent that tweet:
https://www.thebasilelawfirm.com/
Our attorneys are some of the most knowledgable litigators dealing with:
* Convertible Note Litigation
* Merchant Funding Litigation
* SEC Dealer Registration Violations
* Securities Fraud Violations
* Federal and State RICO Violations
Pawson’s associates’ liability, due to lack of DD:
Thanks, tdbowieknife.
Maybe that’s why Rosen, Sinensky, and a few others are RECENTLY denying that they knew about Roger Pawson / OPTI warning signs and are demanding that Roger fix things. CYA.
OPTI IR Michael Iorlano, and Sinensky:
Michael Sinensky and others keep sending tweets to Michael Iorlano, who is (per OPTEC/OPTI PRs and website) the investor relations contact: 760-621-0062 / Mike@MountaintopMedia.net.
Here’s his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/MikeIorlano/with_replies
I don’t see any recent OPTI-related tweets or replies from him.
He re-tweeted Brett Rosen’s retweet of Sinensky (5/27/2021): …”investorhub's chat room had a bunch of negativity and lies". Sinensky accused this message board: “… moderators and their gang of haters are most likely shorting the stock”…
Karma is striking Sinensky (and Iorlano) now.
To see that long Sinensky tweet, which bashes this message board and basically says that Sinensky does not believe any negative info about OPTI or Roger: scroll down on the link above to his 7th tweet (at the time of my post). Iorlano doesn’t tweet very often.
Question: because Rosen, Sinensky, and others were warned about Roger and OPTI, are they liable for harm to shareholders for not performing due diligence? I don’t know the legal answer. Please reply if you do.
lots of info on Z2O mess:
For the latest OPTI developments, I again recommend reading:
https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4
He’s posted newer tweets since I captured the ones below. Too much to post here. A sample:
Detective B @Detective__B - 2h. $OPTI “So 12 hours after we find out @Z2O_app was a complete fraud/fake, Roger tries to pump the stock by “cancelling their shares” and giving us what we want.. But it’s not that simple Roger is a snake! Z2O still has 10,000 preferred shares while WeShield only has 4,000”
Finance research @Financeresearc4 - 2h $OPTI “shareholders have offered mountains of proof of Roger Pawsons fraudulent activity yet @MikeIorlano and @OTCMarkets sit silent & do nothing about it. Very unprofessional and pathetic @MikeIorlano speak up and do your job at @optecintl @HarringtonKevin scammed us @otclawyers”
Finance research Retweeted: Detective B @Detective__B - 23 $OPTI “Hey @Z2O_app How come all of your “senior client development manager’s” quit or were fired? Makes no sense how you were able to get 700K in 11 days in September and makes perfect sense why those numbers weren’t on the financials. This stinks like another Pawson pump”
Detective B shows an image of 4 women on LinkedIn with the title of Z2O “senior client development managers”.
From another person that retweeted evidence: “The following people have been listed as having a connection with Z2O. Upon further review, it looks like that was BS and fake accounts.”
Finance research @Financeresearc4 on Nov 28: “According to the financial statements, there is no evidence in the accounting or disclosures that @Z2O_app exists or was acquired/paid for nor owe any cash The most recent PR states only acquired 72% from Amazon Management & nothing else No iManage. @optecintl $OPTI @MikeIorlano”
Also, Finance Research has retweeted screenshots from last year and earlier this year (for example, from “Apple Lamps #10”) warning Sinensky and Rosen and others that Roger was a liar and that OPTI was toxic. They replied at the time that they were not doing any due diligence on past Roger schemes and his failed OPTI promises, they knew what they were doing. (???!!!!!!)
OPTI’s Rafina, OMED, OPTECMED, C-PHARM, VICA…:
Yes, Jimmy, it looks like something is brewing. Roger is probably planning more announcements of scam companies/subsidiaries/activities to pump up the OPTI stock price.
Or, maybe this time, it will be different.
I intended to take a quick look, but like with all Pawson scams: it’s like pulling on a thread… it unravels more of his tangled web of deceit. This post is long, but I hope it can save people time, if they ever need this info.
Glad that some people are warning investors on VICA message boards about Roger’s involvement, including (H/T) TKBowieknife on Investorshub:
. https://investorshub.advfn.com/Rafina-Innovations-Inc-VICA-27346/.
. https://stocktwits.com/symbol/VICA.
Summary: Roger Pawson / OPTEC (OPTI) acquired” Rafina (VICA) this year. It appears to have been a failed company. In 2018, there was a 20:1 reverse stock split and the CEO/President/board member left for… drum roll… “HEALTH REASONS” (!). Those events are disclosed in the last 2 news items posted on its website. (More details about that with Rafina corporate links are later in this post.)
Here’s more info on Rafina/OMED/OPTECMED/C-PHARM/VICA:
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OMED, INC. REGISTRATION IN NEVADA:
NV registration shows the name history, including “OMED, Inc.” and “OPTECMED, INC.” I can’t read the filings to get the details, maybe it’s because of my security software.
If someone on this board can read the filings, please post anything interesting that you find.
The name changes are confusing… typical Roger. Maybe he realized that tying new scams to OPTEC wasn’t a good idea? And, I wonder if he plans a new ticker symbol, OMED?
SilverFlume, NV Business Entity search: type in OMED:
. https://esos.nv.gov/EntitySearch/OnlineEntitySearch.
Entity Name: OMED, INC.
Name History:
02/20/2014 CHINA NORTHERN MEDICAL DEVICE, INC.
06/15/2018 HCI VIOCARE
10/08/2021 RAFINA INNOVATIONS INC.
10/18/2021 OPTECMED, INC
Common 750,000,000 0.001
Preferred 20,000,000 0.001
Roger Paulson is president, secretary, treasurer, and director.
“Individual authority to act: Tracey Padilla or Diana K. Kelley”.
(Another Padilla family member. Will Roger again say he has no familial connection to one of his business associates? )
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OPENCORPORATES INFO:
. https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nv/E0214052007-4.
Profile of “OMED, Inc.”: Except for Roger Pawson (listed as president, secretary, treasurer, and director), the list of officers on this website is old. See the “shakeup/implosion” link below for a later list of Rafina-involved people. IDK who is part of OMED now.
This website shows name changes, including Rafina to OPTECMED to OMED.
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OPTI DISCLOSURES:
. https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/OPTI/disclosure.
I searched for “Rafina”, “VICA”, “OMED”, and OPTECMED” in OPTI disclosure documents on this website, back to “Amended Quarterly Report For the Quarter Ending: December 31, 2020”, 4/19/2021. Here’s what I found:
Rafina is misspelled “Raffina” in the original OPTI Annual Report on 10/14/2021. It’s spelled correctly in the 11/4/2021 Amended Annual Report; see the next link below.
When searching for “Rafina”, I initially didn’t find it in that original annual report because of the misspelling … I next searched for “VICA”. Roger’s documents often have misspellings; I wonder if any are on purpose?
11/4/2021: “Amended Annual Report For the Year Ending: June 30, 2021”:
. https://www.otcmarkets.com/otcapi/company/financial-report/309524/content.
“The company acquired controlling interest in Rafina Innovations a publicly traded company (OTC: VICA) with International Medical and Pharmaceutical operations in the Mediterranean areas of Greece and Cyprus. Rafina was formerly a distributor for OPTEC products in the regions.”
It says OPTEC “acquired Rafina” … see the 7/29/2021 OPTI PR further down in this post to see how.
5/10/2021: “Amended Quarterly Report For the Quarter Ending: March 31, 2021”
. https://www.otcmarkets.com/otcapi/company/financial-report/282326/content.
“OPTEC appointed Rafina Innovations (VICA) as the exclusive Cypress Distributor for all OPTEC product Lines. The company specializes in providing Medical and Over the Counter pharmaceutical products in the region, along with services to Ocean Going Vessels, including Cruise Lines, Cargo and Tanker vessel operators.”
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OPTI PRESS RELEASES:
“Rafina” appears in 4 OPTI PRs; “Rafina” and “Raffina” were both in the 10/22/2021 PR. (?)
The website has a handy word search feature for Press Releases:
This link shows all 4 PRs:
. https://optecintl.com/?s=Rafina.
. https://optecintl.com/optec-international-appoints-rafina-innovations-as-optec-exclusive-cyprus-distributor/.
4/29/2021: “OPTEC International Appoints Rafina Innovations as OPTEC Exclusive Cyprus Distributor.”: “It benefits from a market leading footing from which to expand and seeks to invest in a synergistic business model of Rafina Innovations Clinics and new technology development, with an out-licensing model.”
. https://optecintl.com/optec-international-acquires-controlling-interest-of-rafina-innovations/.
7/29/2021: “OPTEC International Acquires Controlling Interest of Rafina Innovations”: A few excerpts:
“Rafina recently acquired C-Pharm Ltd as a wholly owned subsidiary to expand operations into the pharmaceutical sector in the Greek & Cyprus territories. C-Pharm published revenues in excess of $1.7M for the quarter ending 3-31-2021.”
==> “The acquisition comprised of OPTEC acquiring controlling interest of Rafina by way of exchanging Rafina’s Preferred shares in exchange for exclusive licensing rights for Greece, Cyprus and surrounding Countries use of the OPTEC subsidiary Z2O technology.” (?!)
“As part of the expanded launch of Rafina’s new proprietary product line the company will be shortly changing the name to OPTEC MED, and launching a new website introducing the advanced technology medical and healthcare products soon to be available globally.”
(Oh, boy… yet another (scam) website for Roger’s portfolio: )
. https://optecintl.com/optec-internationals-z2o-division-hires-additional-adminstrative-staff-at-companys-headquarters-for-san-diego-miami-launches/.
8/12/2021: “Optec International’s Z2O Division Hires Additional Adminstrative Staff At Company’s Headquarters For San Diego & Miami Launches”: “As previously announced in the past few weeks, Z2O is also launching in other countries. The software team has been working diligently to finalize the Greek version of the software in anticipation of opening in Greece as soon as possible as part of the agreement with Rafina Innovations (VICA) to be prepared for major assistance with the massive clean-up operations both during and after the wildfires devastation in all regions of Greece.”
. https://optecintl.com/optec-international-inc-annual-report-information-statement/.
10/22/2021: “OPTEC INTERNATIONAL Inc Annual Report Information Statement”: “During this period OPTEC appointed Rafina Innovations OTC: (VICA) as the exclusive Cypress Distributor for all OPTEC product Lines. The company specializes in providing Medical and Over the Counter pharmaceutical products in the region, along with services to Ocean Going Vessels, including Cruise Lines, Cargo and Tanker vessel operators.”
“During this period the company acquired controlling interest of the Raffina Innovations Mediterranean distributor. (A publicly traded OTC company).”
Note that “Raffina” was spelled incorrectly, (buried) further down in the document from its first statement about Rafina. (?)
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RAFINA SHAKEUP/IMPLOSION:
This describes the BIG Rafina shakeup/implosion, including: (failed) President/CEO/board member Leontaritis left for “HEALTH REASONS”!!!
. https://www.rafina-innovations.com/company/news.html.
7/7/2018 PR says: “…on Form 8-K filed June 15, 2018, HCi Viocare has completed a name change effective July 9, 2018 to Rafina Innovations Inc. Concurrently, the Company completed a reverse split on the basis of 20:1.”
11/19/2018: “Management Changes at Rafina Innovations Inc”
“Our recent board and management changes were as follows:
* Mr. Sotirios Leontaritis has stepped down from the board and the role of President and CEO, for health reasons.”
Many other officer and other positions also changed.
This was the last news / PR article posted on that Rafina website.
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USELESS / PUMP WEBSITES:
A new website was launched for the reinvented company on 5/17/2021, concurrent with the announcement by Rafina/(VICA) of the “Exclusive Distribution Agreement” for Cyprus with OPTEC (OPTI).
. https://www.vicahub.com/.
OPTI-pumped products are listed, all with a price of $0.00:
“Products: Masks & Shields: Gloves & Wipes, Rover, Safe Scanner, Air Sterilizer, iWand.”
That VICA website links to this one, for its “subsidiary” C-PHARM: “YOUR ONE STOP MEDICAL SUPPLIER! Providing Medical Supplies and equipment in the world”. The C-PHARM website has very little information:
. https://c-pharm.org/.
11/25-26/2021 Rosen and Sinensky re: lying Roger:
There have been MANY interesting tweets from them recently. Here’s a short thread, as an example:
.But Pawson has claimed that he has zero relation to him and that the last name Padilla is a popular one and it’s just a mere coincidence that it’s the same last name as his in-laws.
— Frank Ayyoub (@AyyoubFrank) November 26, 2021
Kevin Harrington video with iwand, 1/14/2021:
Go to 1:10 minutes to see Kevin hold up the iwand and talk about it for a few seconds.
.https://www.wfla.com/bloom/mentor-man-kevin-harrington-helps-rising-entrepreneurs/.
He said that he was mentoring the company on how to use marketing channels, such as shopping channels. He did not say “OPTI” or OPTEC. He said that a public company that manufactured it came to him.
How much total cash/stock did Kevin get paid? And how many iwands were sold based on his “mentoring”?
More info:
.https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4,
A retweet: 11/19/2021:
“OPTI, you all ready to let @HarringtonKevin and Steve Mandell cash out their combined 19,000,000 shares??? Coming right after Christmas. At a SP of $.01, they will be walking away with about $190,000.”
CBYI up 10% today. 2021 news re: Roger/Cal-Bay:
IDK why the stock went up today, maybe related to OPTI bounce? Anyway, here’s some info I found re: Roger Pawson, “Walter Nicholas”, “Luke Joseph”, and Cal-Bay International, Inc. (CBYI).
I’m posting this info because OPTI shareholders should be aware of Pawson’s other “activities”. And, maybe it will help people report Pawson and/or his associates if illegal actions have occurred.
If you don’t read this post to the end, here’s my last sentence: “If anyone has evidence that “Luke Joseph” or “Walter Nicholas” are real people, please post it.”
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Cal-Bay said in August and September that it’s now focusing on NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), Tele-Medicine, and a “Philanthropic Foundation”?!! (Yikes! What next? Mice that play tiny violins?)
On the Nevada SoS business entity website (“SilverFlume”), “Walter Nicholas” was listed 3/14/2014 as President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of CBYI … until he was replaced on 4/08/2021 in those 4 positions by Roger Pawson.
From a CBYI filing on 4/7/2021: 9 billion shares, $0.001:
“Share number: 9000000000.00000000
Share value: 0.00100000000”
Hmmm. Wonder who got/will get those?
Below are are a few press releases, from this source:
.https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CBYI/news.
This PR says Pawson was replaced on 8/17/2021 by “Luke Joseph” (but Pawson is today still listed as President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of CBYI on SilverFlume):
.https://www.accesswire.com/660163/Cal-Bay-International-Corporate-Shareholder-Meeting-Update.
8/17/2021: “Cal-Bay International Corporate Shareholder Meeting Update”:
“The meeting will address the questions submitted by shareholders and further discuss the status of the company as well as the outline for moving forward with operations and projections and will be hosted by the company's newly appointed CEO Luke Joseph, replacing former interim CEO Roger Pawson as of today.
Cal-Bay has recently brought Nevada Secretary of State Filings and Business licenses, to current "In good standing" status and has also fully paid and filed the OTC application with OTC Markets.”
.https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CBYI/news/Cal-Bay-International-Announces-New-Website-Launch?id=317421.
8/20/2021: CBYI “today launched the new corporate website introducing the company's transition into the Tele-Medicine sector. The new website can be seen at: www.cbyintl.com. The company will be launching the company's first fully operational Tele-Medicine App in early September 2021.”
I don’t see any PRs that say the App was launched yet. And the website only says “Telemed Platform Coming Soon”. CBYI’s focus and PRs since August seem to be pump/fluff pieces about NFTs and its new NFT website: .https://www.cbnft.io/.
.https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/CBYI/news/story?e&id=1989927.
9/7/2021: “Cal-Bay International, Inc (OTC PINK:CBYI) today announced the company is expanding the new corporate operations as a holding company for innovative Medical Technologies, Digital Assets and creating a Philanthropic Foundation through digital asset technologies to support causes in the US and around the world.”
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Here’s the link to search SilverFlume for Cal-Bay International, Inc. (Tip: be sure to use “cal-bay” to search for the “Name”, not “cal bay”. Or search for NV Business ID: NV19981399790.)
.https://esos.nv.gov/EntitySearch/OnlineEntitySearch.
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Other people on this board have posted about Pawson’s awful history with Cal-Bay, going back to Pawson’s purchase of the prior company in 2005. For example: Deep6 reposted this on 4/21/2021, #140991:
.http://pumpsanddumps.blogspot.com/2014/03/cbyi-redux-roger-pawson-takes-pot-shot.html?m=1.
The article included evidence that Walter Nicholas “appears not to be a real person”. (That same observation has been made about other people named in Pawson-related documents/filings/PRs.)
If anyone has evidence that “Luke Joseph” or “Walter Nichols” are real people, please post it.
Thanks for reply re: Roger and wealthy couple lawsuit:
I agree, it was probably settled out of court or dropped because it was baloney.
What a coincident that Roger was going after the assets of a philanthropist couple… when he may have been plotting a new scam … for a “Foundation” through CBYI.
My next post will includes info on that.
Corrections re: post #87235, Nano Filter:
I should have said 4.5 million masks, not $4.5 million. The amount in the “protective order” (not restraining order, as I called it) is $3.850 million.
Sorry for the mistakes. I try to be accurate. I fell on Monday and have head injuries… I’m much better, but will blame it on that!
Thanks, tdbowieknife, for posting the restraining order against OPTEC to protect up to $4.5 million worth of Nano Filter masks in Roger’s possession.
I wish someone who lives near OPTEC locations would take photos inside. But, I doubt any warehouse photos will be allowed now!
Did you also get any documents on Roger’s 2/16/2021 case against a wealthy philanthropist couple (re: their house, once valued at ~$12 million, sold 8/10/2021 for $6.4 million?) Just curious.
Case Number: 37-2021-00006360-CU-OR-CT
To all:
To find the San Diego Superior Court's Register of Actions
(ROA), use 00006360 as the 2021 case number here:
.https://roa.sdcourt.ca.gov.
My post #87195 has more info on this case, which was dismissed with prejudice on 3/12/2021. Btw, the direct search link in that post for the San Diego Court doesn’t work, so I posted the general link above.
Nano Filter vs. OPTEC: ROA link:
Thanks, tdbowieknife, for posting the complaint document.
I noticed that I omitted the link in my post #87194 that included information from the ROA “Register of Actions”.
Here’s how to access the ROA:
. https://roa.sdcourt.ca.gov/roa/faces/CaseSearch.xhtml.
Put this into the field for “2021 Case number”: 00019981
(The actual case number is 37-2021-00019981-CU-BC-NC.)
Interesting that Nano Filter included this:
#34 Notice of Entry of Temporary Protective Order
“Finance Research” is going after David Ojeda today:
See what he says here:
.https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4.
His Twitter account is accessible again. For 2 days, the status was “this account does not exist”, and retweets of his comments had disappeared from all other people’s Twitter accounts I saw.
Related: this is from OPTI Twitter, under “tweets and replies”: on Sept 22, 2021, OPTI says David Ojeda is only an advisor to Z2O, not COO:
. https://twitter.com/optecintl/with_replies.
Joseph Rixe @JosephRixe:
“Please let us hear from David Ojeda. Is he still COO?”
OPTEC International, Inc. @optecintl, Replying to @JosephRixe:
“Thank you for the suggestion. He is on the advisory board for OPTEC and we love having his leadership for Z2O!”
Joseph Rixe @JosephRixe, Replying to @optecintl:
“So he’s no longer COO, just on advisory board?”
OPTEC International, Inc. @optecintl, Replying to @JosephRixe:
“Correct. David Ojeda is on our website under the About Us page. He is on the advisory board, and we are grateful to have his leadership for Z2O. Thank you for reaching out!”
For reference, here’s the $OPTI account with tweets and replies; it includes many tweets from “Finance Research”, plus many other folks’ tweets, including back-and-forth with Michael Sinensky:
. https://twitter.com/search?q=%24opti&src=cashtag_click&f=live.
Go here to see some of Sinensky’s replies:
. https://twitter.com/MichaelSinensky/with_replies.
Today:
@MichaelSinensky 47min:
“please refer to my last press release which states there has been nothing of substance from the other side's attorneys as of last Thursday. I have not put out anything since then. which is why I stated you should go by my last communication publicly and not speculate”
additional info on ~$4M Nano Filters lawsuit:
I forgot to mention in my linked post that this lawsuit is mentioned in this OPTI quarterly report review document by Twitter researcher “Finance Research”, in the section “Potential Disclosure issues”:
. https://financeresearc4.wordpress.com/.
“The Nano filters litigation started in May of this year. According to the alternative disclosure guide, this is material news that would need to be disseminated in a news release. Optec failed to disclosure this in adequate time and therefore any shares traded by insiders during those time frames would be deemed as insider trading.”
Also, I’m sorry to see that Finance Research’s Twitter account has been erased. I don’t know why, but it now says: “This account doesn’t exist.” . https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4.
Roger’s lawsuit 2/2021 against a wealthy couple:
This is all I could find on it:
Filed at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of SAN DIEGO,
Case Number: 37-2021-00006360-CU-OR-CT
. https://roa.sdcourt.ca.gov/roa/faces/SearchResults.xhtml.
. https://unicourt.com/case/ca-sd-pawson-vs-mess-1084245#court-docs.
On 2/16/2021 Roger E. Pawson filed a “property lawsuit” against Don Mess (trustee) and George and Helene Gould (wealthy philanthropists).
Roger filed for dismissal without prejudice on 3/12/2021.
I can’t access the documents. If anyone reads the complaint, please post a description.
The property is at 6397 Clubhouse Dr., Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067. It’s a 13,000 sq. ft. mansion, with 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, 22-seat theater, etc. It sold on 8/10/2021 for $6.4 million; Redfin says it was previously listed for just under $12 million.
“The Chateau”: 25 photos and a video tour:
. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Rancho-Santa-Fe/6397-Clubhouse-Dr-92091/home/4485904.
~$4 million lawsuit filed May 2021 against OPTEC:
$3,850,000+ Lawsuit:
Superior Court of California, County of San Diego:
Case number: 00019981
Nano Filter Inc. vs. Optec International Inc.
Case Status: Mediation
Case Category: Civil - Unlimited
Location: North County
Case Type: Breach of Contract/Warranty
Court filings (3 pages) mention declarations from Roger Pawson and Steven C. Valerio, his lawyer.
From Tweeters on various accounts: If these Nano Filter masks were delivered, were they used by Roger as collateral for something else… or sold without proper accounting and/or public statements by Roger? And, this lawsuit should have been made public.
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I found this info thanks to:
October 29, 2021: Twitter account Detective B @Detective__B
.
.@optecintl Since you neglected to inform your share holders of the $3,850,000+ Lawsuit on your most recent financials, I guess I will have to!🤦🏽♂️ The lawsuit started in May and is ongoing currently. Nothing surprises me with $OPTI anymore.🙃 pic.twitter.com/iZqopeQXzR
— MartyMcflyyyy✈️ (@Detective__B) October 29, 2021
.$opti I said from the beginning that Roger “purchased” PPE just to use for pictures and tours. As always… I was right. When everyone laughed at the idea… turns out he stole them.. but the idea was the same pic.twitter.com/Xc2f8iHlg6
— Apple Lamps (@lamps_apple) October 29, 2021
Z2O app removed from App Store:
I just went to the App Store and tried to find Z2O… “not available in your country or region”. Feel free to confirm and report back if it reappears.
Here’s how I learned about it:
. https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4.
@Detective__B 1 hour ago
“This just in.. Z2O App has been removed from the App Store!! $OPTI @WeShieldUS @MikeIorlano @BrettRosen325 @optecintl
But I thought Optec got 700K$ from their first two weeks!? That’s what the PR said anyways… even though that revenue was no where to be found on the financials”
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As I’ve said, Finance Research’s Twitter account has ongoing OPTI mess updates. Some good news is that it says investors are planning lawsuits (one person said 2 will be filed tomorrow). And Roger’s associates (including Dr. Drew and Kevin Harrington) are being contacted/reported.
Click on “tweets and replies” to see more comments. And some of the threads show random replies by Brett Rosen and Michael Sinensky (both acting innocent and surprised that Roger is a crook).
A few more recent tweets from this account:
StockRunners @runners_stock · 22h
“Also Direct your case against @drdrew and @HarringtonKevin. I sent them numerous messages not to go down with Rogers Ship. And informed them of his felony charge from 1992 for Theft By receiving. Bankrupted every ticker. And always leaves due to “Health Reasons” before it sinks.”
BullishTraDS @BullishTraDS - 7h (reply to Brett Rosen’s tweet)
“Did you know about this before you personally did business with Roger Pawson with Optec? For the average investor like myself that isn’t the top financier in the industry and doesn’t have a team of lawyers looking over the multimillion dollar deal sounds sus. @BrettRosen325 $OPTI”
Quote Tweet: Brett Rosen @BrettRosen325 - 11h
“Wow, does this sound familiar? Pawson messed with too many of the wrong people this time!”
And this old tweet was retweeted:
“BackgroundTruth@BackgroundTruth - Dec 5, 2020
Roger Pawson CEO of @optecfuelintl $Opti Convicted Felon in 1992 for "Theft By Receiving". Served 45 Days in Jail. Decades later learned how to steal smarter off Investors Backs on Penny Stock Tickers. SEC only looks are Criminal History for past TEN Years. - RS @GeorgeASharp”
helpful list of “toxic funders”:
This may help people perform due diligence on penny stocks:
“This forum will be used to keep a list of some of the most active toxic funders, the attorneys they use (when the information is available), and any SEC action taken against the toxic funders.”
.https://investorshub.advfn.com/Toxic-Funders-38356.
(Some OPTI funders are on this list.)
Example of Stephanie and Lisa Padilla stock scams:
Thanks, Deep6. Yes, the Pawson clan has left wakes of destruction wherever they go.
I’ve found so much in my searches I can’t post them all. (I get eye strain from too much screen time. )
Here’s one:
.https://promotionstocksecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/LCLP-MIRROR-SHELLS1.pdf.
“R & A Productions Inc was set up as a Nevada entity on March 13, 2009 with Hector Medina as its sole officer/director and Keith Hart as it resident agent. On April 10, 2009, R & A issued 2,500,000 control shares to Hector Medina… Those 406,764 shares were divided up between 32 shareholders which included some familiar names like …
Roger Pawson’s wife and daughter (Stephanie Padilla 30,000 shares and Lisa Padilla 60,000 shares).”
That article lists other scams, but I didn’t see any Pawson clan members in those. But, “Green Meadow Products” is listed.
Most folks on this board are probably familiar with that name. From OPTI PR statement: “The company was formerly known as Green Meadow Products, Inc. and changed its name to Optec International, Inc. in August 2017. Optec International, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Carlsbad, California.”
Is Alex Padilla Roger’s (ex) father-in-law?
Roger has listed Alex Padilla as receiving millions of shares of OPTI.
Based on info posted on forums (because Roger is not transparent), I thought Alex Padilla was Roger’s son/step-son with Stephanie Padilla. Now, I think Alex may be Stephanie’s father.
I think Roger’s ex-wife is Stephanie Marie Padilla Pawson Sharafi, based on sources I found, mostly from “people lookup” websites. (She uses various combinations of those names.) She is reportedly ~age 42. Roger Pawson is ~69. Alex Padilla is ~64. Stephanie and Alex are listed as family members on a number of lookup sites. And Roger Pawson is often listed with them.
“Detective B” tweeted this message 1 hour ago, and it’s also here:
.https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4.
“$OPTI @optecintl Why is Alex Padilla getting millions upon millions of (edit: OPTI) shares for Optimized Fuel technologies when his name is no where to be found on anything about Optimized Fuel Technologies? Does he even know he’s getting supposedly getting shares? @SEC_Enforcement”
Compare that tweet with post #84763 on this board:
“People say there are too many eyes on CBYI. Roger Pawson will never get away with scamming investors again. Wake up people. He has gotten away with it dozens of times already. This time is no different. Pawson milked BEHL shareholders out of millions while he illegally sold BEHL stock into the market using his father-in-law's name without his father-in-law's knowledge. He bought a $2.5 million house and an $850,000 house with the money he stole from BEHL investors.”
Key phrase: USING HIS FATHER-IN-LAW’S NAME WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. Was his name Alex Padilla?
thanks, hope springs eternal for justice. eom
questions re: SEC vs. Carebourn/Rice illegal toxic lender:
Re: this SEC document that tdbowieknife posted (thanks!):
SEC vs. Chip Alvin Rice, Carebourn Capital L.P., and Carebourn Partners, LLC:
.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f3gUL9xgbPKg3x1IPCBtM3jNB3gH1OCu/view.
Is it significant that on page 12, 46.A: OPTI is listed as the first example of the 40 penny stocks? (Hopefully, “yes”.)
Does the SEC action against Carebourn/Rice mean that the SEC has looked at OPTI’s statements, which show large amounts of shares also going to other toxic lenders, friends & family, and mystery “people” (who may be only fictitious names)?
Even if those OPTI “lenders” aren’t illegally operating as registered dealers, I’d think other SEC alarm bells would go off. And, this isn’t the SEC’s first encounter with OPTI… the SEC knows of past shady stuff and has forced Roger to correct “mistakes” in his documents regarding giving away millions of shares.
To make a case against Carebourn/Rice, does anyone have insight into what OPTI-related info the SEC would have examined?
Or… did the SEC first get suspicious of Carebourn/Rice BECAUSE they were looking into the OPTI scam? (???)
No wonder Roger has “health” issues/excuses.
Re: is Roger acting as an unregistered dealer?
I don’t think so, based on this detailed article:
“SEC Pursues Unregistered Dealers, Toxic Financing, Toxic Convertible Notes”
.https://www.securitieslawyer101.com/2021/unregistered-dealers-toxic-financings-toxic-lender-toxic-convertible-note/.
The section “What the SEC Says About Dealers” explains in detail who the SEC considers a dealer. Here’s an excerpt from that section:
“Individuals who think they may be acting as a dealer should ask themselves:
* Do you advertise or otherwise let others know that you are in the business of buying and selling securities?
* Do you do business with the public (either retail or institutional)?
* Do you make a market in, or quote prices for both purchases and sales of, one or more securities?
* Do you participate in a “selling group” or otherwise underwrite securities?
* Do you provide services to investors, such as handling money and securities, extending credit, or giving investment advice?
* Do you write derivatives contracts that are securities?”
Other opinions are welcome.
SEC vs Carebourn Capitol, toxic lender for OPTI:
OPTI is one of the 40 penny stocks identified by the SEC:
“Other issuers we found that relied on financing from Carebourn Capital included: Optec International Inc (OPTI), …”
SEC Sues Carebourn Capital, L.P. and Its Managing Partner Chip Rice for Acting as an Unregistered Securities Dealer:
.https://www.securitieslawyer101.com/2021/sec-sues-carebourn-capital-l-p-and-its-managing-partner-chip-rice-for-acting-as-an-unregistered-securities-dealer/.
“The SEC’s complaint alleges that Rice and Carebourn Capital’s business model was to buy convertible promissory notes – a type of security – from penny stock issuers, convert the notes into newly issued shares of stock, and quickly sell those shares into the public market at a profit. The SEC further alleges that, since January 2017, Rice and Carebourn Capital purchased more than 100 such notes from approximately 40 different penny stock issuers.”
“The SEC Means Business: The SEC action is the latest in a series of actions against toxic lenders engaged in unregistered broker-dealer activity by regularly buying convertible notes from penny stocks issuers.”
“If you are an issuer or investor who is a victim of a toxic convertible note lender, please contact Hamilton & Associates Law Group LP at (561) 416-8956 or by email info@securitieslawyer101.com.”
clarification re: “Finance Research” images alleging insider trading:
There are 3 images here, posted 3 hours ago: one with text and two with WY UCC Financing Statements, which show that all assets are pledged to BOTH Amazon Management LLC and Holdings International Inc. (swipe to see the 3rd image on the right, it’s not obvious there are 3 images).
.https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4/status/1461707437615030272.
Here’s the rest of the text image I posted in #87117:
“… meanwhile the CEO, Roger Pawson, and other insiders have been selling shares without disclosing material information. This is the very definition of insider trading? Selling while two companies are fighting over who gets Optec’s assets since Optec defaulted on both promissory notes. But none of this has been disclosed by Optec.”
Btw, I found this account while reading another OPTI forum. Just passing it along as FYI. Some of it’s over my head, but I know some of the savvy financial folks on this forum can put the pieces together.
Thanks to everybody for sharing info. I have no skin in this game, I was lucky enough to break even when I got out… thanks to this message board. I hope Roger gets nailed for his actions. Makes me sick that so many people have lost a bundle from Roger’s lies. That’s why I still follow OPTI news, and post info that may help; I’m rooting for justice. This scam seems bigger than his past ones, hopefully Feds will notice if many people complain.
new Tweets from “Finance Research” account:
.https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4/status/1461707437615030272.
“@optecintl how can two companies file and claim security interests against $OPTI but neither one is disclosed as a loan or note anywhere in your annual quarterly reports? Nor any PR?”
“I emailed this to compliance@otcmarkets.com and to the company. I’d encourage everyone to do the same.”
(Click on the link above for images)
This Tweeter is worth monitoring for Roger / OPTI info, IMHO. He’s exposing and contacting the insider traders, too. Lots of good info.
(BTW, Michael Sinensky has responded to at least 2 of his tweets, so maybe he’s watching this account.)
Finance research @Financeresearc4: .https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4.
Re: house bought with OPTI $:
“all shareholders need to demand to know who is renting out this house. $2.5M house bought with shareholder money. All while $OPTi defaults on multiple promissory notes and dilutes further? If Roger or a related party lives there, this tweet below is clear fraud…” (see more at the account link above)
I’ve seen in other stock forums that Roger has moved over 30 times. And sometimes skipped out on paying rent/etc. I can’t verify it, but sounds par for the course.
A document that details MANY quarterly report “errors”:
This document is from @Financeresearc4: .https://twitter.com/Financeresearc4.
The document describes MANY “disturbing discrepancies”, to put it mildly:
“If anyone else wants to email to compliance@otcmarkets.com follow this link for my summary of errors on the quarterly report:”
. https://financeresearc4.wordpress.com/.
Each section has descriptions of “errors”
1. Current disclosure complaint
2. Potential disclosure issues
3. Work in progress
Pawson has temporary stepped down for health issues before:
This Twitter account has some interesting comments, with retweets of posts by Optec, Sinensky, WeShield, et al.
For example, scroll down to a tweet posted yesterday re: “Pawson stepping down from past companies for health issues just to come back…”
.https://twitter.com/Detective__B.
This link is included:
.http://pumpsanddumps.blogspot.com/2013/09/cal-bay-cybi-to-cambertire-not-so-fast.html?m=1.
“… Pawson did not stop filing 8-Ks, however, although he should have turned in his Edgar codes. Two weeks later he resigned most of his offices, “due to health issues”, though he remained as a director. He was succeeded by Andrew Mercer. But less than a month later, he popped up again, announcing the appointment of new management and directors “next week.” That was not to be; on 21 May, Mercer resigned as CEO and president, and Pawson once more assumed those offices…”
Lots more in that article. It may have been posted on this board before, but FYI.
Tweets re: recent Optec “financial” info
FWIW, this has some interesting comments re: quarterly report, etc.
.https://twitter.com/Detective__B.
how to report Roger to SEC, by Dragonlady
FYI/Reminder: instructions on how to report Roger to SEC is towards the end of post #74295. (Thanks, Dragonlady!)
“… ONE JUST SENDS EMAIL ADDRESSED TO ALL THOSE NAMED ABOVE in each single email complaint at both field office email addresses (the SEC will assign a "tracking code" in response) and/or one just CALLS DIRECT - that's the fastest way to bust these P&D OTC con-n-scams :)”
Sinensky comment in Twitter thread re: “messes”, 10/25/2021
“Hypothetically speaking, messes can and need to be cleaned up.”
.
— Michael Sinensky (@MichaelSinensky) October 25, 2021,
Sinensky 10/25/2021 tweets, re: Amazon Management LLC
.https://twitter.com/MichaelSinensky.
He retweeted this:
“ @optecintl in your Dec 2020 filing, you listed in the subsequent events section the acquisition of Z20? Meaning it occurs between December 31 2020 to March 1 2021? How did you retroactively make the acquisition part of Aug 2020, Q1 of the fiscal yr? $OPTI @MikeIorlano @MikeLevin”
I just saw Sinensky’s 2 tweets re: subject. I have the same questions, and more. I’ve done more research the past few days (as time and my eyes permit), but I can’t find anything about Amazon management LLC except for its registration in Wyoming. However, I found other companies linked in the Pawson tangled web… including iManage, Inc., also registered in WY. I’ll try to post today, if possible. Quick tidbits:
“Z2O” was filed 10/15/2020 in WY… applicant: iManage, Inc. Also, “Z2O LLC” CA registration filed 3/19/2021 shows Pawson as agent’s name and CEO. (Domestic LLC, not a foreign registration in California.) “Management structure: one manager”. There’s lots more fishy stuff with other linked companies.
Tip: if anyone searches for info on Z2O: it’s the letter o, not zero. In some documents and press releases it’s capital O, and others it’s lowercase O.
thanks, appreciate the encouragement. EOM.
thanks, and LOL! (EOM)
Waybackmachine
Thanks, I tried a few searches, but didn’t find anything.
Btw, I’ve been using my devices too much lately, and have gotten eye strain. I have cataract surgery next week, so I’ll take it easy for awhile.
I’ll check back and read this board as I can… I don’t want to miss new episodes of The Roger Pawson Reality Show!
still can’t find anything on Alexander Padilla, FYI:
Deep6, your post shows that Roger’s son, Alexander Padilla, received 75 million “new issue” OPTI shares in April and June of this year for “debt conversion” for “Optimized Fuel Technologies”.
I’ve searched some more, but I can’t find that Alexander has held any Officer or Director positions in Roger’s companies. But, Roger’s dealings are so complex and muddy (on purpose), I could have missed it. And, I’m not searching all of the OPTI documents, I’ve searched mostly the SoS filings. Hopefully, someone else can find it.
I also didn’t see Marcus Pawson listed as a current officer. But, he has been in the past.
The rest of this post is for folks who may not know of Roger’s history of shenanigans with his son Marcus. I tried putting together a timeline, but then I gave up. Too convoluted and time-consuming. So, I’ll just post the following. (Also, I think this topic has been covered on this message board.)
Marcus was a Director at OPTEC International for a short time. He was also VP of International Distribution (or VP of International Sales, in some documents).
Marcus was involved long enough to get millions of shares. For example, he owned “30.9% of shares based on 9,518,732 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 5, 2019”:
.https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1557340/000107997319000092/optec_def14c.htm.
3/14/2018: OPTEC’s CYA letter to the SEC about the cancelled agreement between OPTEC International Inc. and Optimized Fuel Technologies “for the International Licensing Rights for sales of the Optec Fuel Maximizer units”:
.https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1557340/000107997318000159/filename1.htm.
“As a Company we will be more diligent in the future.” (When?!)
“The Exclusive Licensing Rights Agreement has been retroactively cancelled, back to October 4, 2017 and is now a moot point.”
“On October 4, 2017 four million (4,000,000) shares of common shares were authorized to be issued to Marcus Pawson, Vice President of International Marketing and Sales, for consulting services regarding the sales and negotiations for the Optec Fuel Maximizer with international markets. In addition 12,000,000 shares were authorized to be issued to Peter Sollenne as a signing bonus as an officer and director.”
(Peter Sollenne was a placeholder for Roger, who was the President / CEO before and after Peter.)
As others have said: caveat emptor! Buyer beware!
thanks, I didn’t see your post because I was typing mine. EOM.
CEO Monthly and a tweet from Sinensky today:
“Michael Sinensky@MichaelSinensky 9h
Wow timing is everything.
I am honored to (be) listed as CEO of the year for the work completed with my amazing team at @WeShieldUS, and @optecintl subsidiary (OTC ticker $opti) during the pandemic. I could not have done anything without my crew & my family.”
Link to Page 24, article about WeShield:
.https://www.ceo-review.com/issues/issue-10-2021/24/.
Search for LLCs for the Padilla (ex-Pawson) family members
* I found no links to Amazon Management LLC or Rodger’s other connections.
* The complaint at the end of this post sums up the Pawson track record. (!)
Here’s what I found:
.https://www.bizapedia.com/search.aspx. Using this search tool showed 42 matches for Alexander Padilla. (Many are different people.) Nothing jumps out that I see, regarding a link to Roger or his dealings.
This one looked like a possibility: Solar One Plus, Granda Hills CA. But, it’s suspended, and I couldn’t find anything else about it. And it’s located north of Los Angeles, not near Roger. (But, IDK where Alexander lives.) I found nothing to indicate it’s Roger’s son.
Stephanie Padilla (Roger’s ex) and Lisa Padilla showed up in old companies, no longer active. Here’s one:
Stephanie was President/CEO, registered agent, and Director for “For Your Information, Inc.”, registered in AZ. There are old complaints I saw against her and Roger for that company. Here’s one:
.https://incomplaint.com/shops-trade/521040-for-your-information-inc-be-aware-of-roger-pawson-he-has-close-to-20-yrs-scamming-people-with-anything-related-to-public-co.html.
“Complaint / review / scam report: For Your Information, Inc.
Be aware of roger pawson, he has close to 20 yrs scamming people with anything related to public co.
This couple is running around town with numerous scams, most of them have to do with pink sheets, they promise they can clear up your certificate for a fee and never deliver, or they will tell you they can promote your public company to move some share and will never deliver... Or they will give you "tips" on companies to invest in which will be dumped right after they made you invest in them... If i dont hear back from them soon i will start disclosing the companies they gave tips on, one actually they own. Both of their numbers have been disconnected which is never a good sign... One of them thats connected to FYI, is answered by a lady who i presume to be Stephanie Padilla.”
President of Amazon Management LLC:
Michael Moriarty (President) and Susan Moriarty (Secretary) don’t show up on the Wyoming SoS website listing for AM LLC (that I saw), but they are listed here. I don’t know who they are, or if any connections to Pawson.
.https://www.bizapedia.com/wy/amazon-management-llc.html.
Amazon Management LLC is a Wyoming Domestic Limited-Liability Company filed On May 4, 2007.
The company has 4 principals on record. The principals are Michael Moriarty from Greeley CO, Same, Susan Moriarty, and Wyoming Corporate Services, Inc.
MICHAEL MORIARTY, President and Director, 1951 25th Ave Greeley, CO 80634
SUSAN MORIARTY, Secretary
WYOMING CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., Organizer
.https://www.bizapedia.com/wy/wyoming-corporate-services-inc.html.