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They won't,,, China would kick their ass before we did. They're just posturing the only way they know how. They're jerkoffs but their not suicidal.
Not saying the tension won't have a small effect on the street though.
Yep ! thinking I'll just sit tight and keep my little remaining powder available should she drop into the 3's again.
Have a good weekend.
Tough to know what to do here. Wait for $ 5.50 + and take some off the table or just let it ride.
The Court rescheduled the hearing at the last minute. New date is May 20th.
UPDATE: Received info. today that Reskin and Lankfords sentencing has been rescheduled for May 20th.
This is closing in on a dozen reschedules for Reskin. Maybe the court's hoping he dies of old age so they can save a few piasters on the hearing due to the sequester ?
FYI - The actual sentencing date for Reskin and Lankford was changed from the 26th. 'till this Thursday the 28th. Lankford around 10:00am and Reskin at 1:30.
Don't know how much success the SEC will have in collecting the now 90 million dollar judgement they have against him. Might as well have made the final figure the same as our national debt. Just hope there's something recoverable that the Judge could mandate for victim restitution ?
A little correction on sentencing of Reskin and Lankford. They will both be sentenced on March 28th. Lankford at 10:00 am and Reskin at 1:30 pm. FINALLY ( less something changes in the next 2 days.
Want to see something really cool ? google FORBESRUDYRUETTIGER then open the site for I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CHASING THE MONEY,,, It's another article Forbes writer Nathan Vardi did on the topic but some of the posted comments had me foflmao.....
BTW - 2 more get sentenced on Tuesday 3/26.
Is anybody aware of the new FHA requirements set to take place on April 01st. concerning an amended mandate for mortgage insurance ? Things could get interesting.
I got in at $ 4.92 this morning on a small buy. Re-powdered the account in case she makes another run or takes a substantial drop. Either way a long term play.
Matt: Knowing you as I think I do now I'd be honored to be presented with any idea's your entertaining. Please feel free to send me a E- anytime. Glad to see your still among the living and monitoring.
FYI - My temporary romance's brother ?, and the former Attorney get sentenced on the 26th. in Tulsa. Smanjak from the RUDN/RUNU acts I believe is in assignment and processing for his federally funded vactation. I think it's 31 months or something of that nature.
A BETTER FYI --- Our old friend " B " gave me a tip in Dec. on MTG. He's in large under a buck. I passed it on to B/R and we both got in under three. It rocketed up to $ 6.25 and now is in a little pull-back mode. Common feeling is it's a good buy under $ 5 . Should you be interested, and with some " colo class " d&d I think you will be, then it may be a decent one for you. Love to get your thoughts on it if your so inclined.
Again,,, great to hear from you.
And yes I do agree with your assessment on my fleeting relationship that I so hoped would grow :o( .....
Check out some banter on the RUDN board for more info.
They caught him last year in Costa Rico. He's pleading guilty to one charge of money laundering and being sentenced on the 26th. in Federal Court.
The SEC has levied judgements against him for over 90 million combined.
Reskin is getting sentenced on the same date and will be getting probation. Not sure why they're letting Josh cop to only one charge.
Really, really starting to like this stock... $ 5.00 by June is my guess.
Hey SHORT: Damn girl where'd 'ya go ??? And just when I thought we were bonding. Now be honest. Did somebody tell you not to post back and forth with that " whacko " ie. Moi' ?
Missing you :o(
Well concerning Reskin I can only relate what I was told. I wasn't there so I can't comment as if it was an absolute but there is a lot to support the contention. 'Least James helped put Gordon away. Rumor has it there was lots of bad blood between the two anyways.
As far as " half ass stomped " IMHO and is reasonably assumed the Feds brass ring was Gordon. Can't blame them one bit for that. Another sworn " officer of the court " Offill class type of attorney, or so it seems eh'. But my contention here is if you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas. Reskin obviously gave the Feds the hammer they needed otherwise there would not have been a plea deal and he'd still have his license and would not be employeed in the capacity he is now at what I assume would be somewhat less lucrative. Well either way he gets to spend Christmas with his family and that's a good thing.
Won't get into it now due to the hour but I do think our Gov. has some liability in this mess also. This and hundreds of others of a like nature. Not per'se the DOJ but congress and the top people in the SEC. Frank/Hobbs might help things a little but it still doesn't address the root flaw in the system.
Hope we communicate again and sorry Josh isn't home for the Holidays. You and yours have the best Holidays you can either way.
I know you weren't indicted. And I do have a bit of compassion for the relatives for those who were, you included.
True Lindberg should have got the hammer. I personally spoke with a businessman ( victim ) who feels the same as you. But Mark rolled and rolled to the point that even the Judge complimented him on his cooperation. I do have to wonder what he didn't say about a few others who didn't get indicted though and more than a few thought should have.
TX 504 laws ? do secret overseas monie transfers get a pass on that ? Proven pump and dump tactics by insiders ? Failing to report on official filings ? I could go on and on.
Gordon ! what's his history ? Clark ? Reskin ? then Decesares and others who got invited in for a sit-down. Please don't attempt to defend those in the " slam ". They've stolen millions time and time again. They hurt innocent people without caring one flying fck' about it. Personally I hope they rot in internal hell. Them and all involved who knew what the game was and stuffed their pockets with victims stolen monies. The beverage people, the businessmen and the investors, all innocent victims. Is a shame though that more than a few will walk with less than I think " J " will get. Only wish your bro' would open up the whole can of worms. Make a deal and get his pass. But I would guess that bird has flown.
Reskin/Lindberg, they never even got called on the carpet for EON and all its investors. I'm sure your familiar with that.
Hope true justice prevails for all awaiting sentence. Hope any pain for you and yours passes quickly. I'm very familiar with the hardships defendants family members can go through at such times.
BTW - A particular (reportedly) family member of one of the defendants a long time ago said in a post " these guys were fall guys for people the Feds. were too afraid to go after ".........
Any thoughts or comments ?
If your uncomfortable answering that I understand.
PS - I do appreciate your dialogue, thank you.
JL's assistant you say. Now that I find interesting, I'm actually intrigued. Sure makes your " sign " more appropriate.
Sooo you checked the board and corrected me on my error. And yes I know J's from Texas. So a little question ? do 'ya think the probation department will give a favorable reco. on J at the sentencing ? Usually when somebody scoots and the suits have to spend time and money to get them it usually results in a vacation at CLUB FED. Do you think that will be the case here ? Or did he get the deal the barrister got ?
Just have to ask. What do you think he deserves ? and why ? .
And the last question. Do you think the whole show will ever be revealed from A-Z ? I'm really starting to think not. If I was running the show and my " people " said " hey boss case closed " I'd have at minimum half their asses in my briefcase by the end of the day ".
Regardless, Do you and J now realize that all the illegal gains everybody made doesn't come close to what they would have made by giving this one an honest shot ? I hope so. Sure it probably would have tasted bad at first but hey. Should'a could'a would'a.
Gives me a little solice in knowing that they know. A bitter satisfaction so to speak.
Hope to hear from you again. Either way Happy Holidays to you and yours and at sometime may all involved find God in the future.
Well Short it's interesting to me that it is interesting to you that you assume that I gendered you.
5 posts on I-Hub, 4 on Rudn but they all connect to the same subject matter and yet you don't show up 'till the games basically over ?
It wasn't me who suggested your moniker described your boy toy. I did think it was funny though and that the poster had a valid point.
" Contest " - " web of indictments " - " who knows the most players " ? Now let's be serious. The web of indictments is a slam dunk. Any moron could tie you on that one. After all " indictments " are done deals, public records, childs play really. Am I right ? But your retort does arouse me 'cuz I haven't had anyone to play with here in a long time so I've kind'a had to play with myself. So I guess the question to you my ungendered friend is this. Would you like to play for a tad ? My plans were to close up shop shortly anyways. That is once I was convinced a meeting place would no longer be needed or benefit any of the innocent 'cuz certin people " who know " grabbed the cream, their paychecks and left the theater early. But if you'd like to dance I'd accept your invitation and watch the board with more frequence.
This could be some fun for the holidays. Especially for me if my rusty intuitions are correct.
" Dill-hole " - that in itself is interesting to me.
Now just a little prelude. Name who wasn't indicted that you would have indicted ?
Yep ! your right Short, I screwed up. Josh is from Texas. I got him screwed up with Dean the Canadian.
So very sorry about the above but with the numerous players in all the connected scams it looks like I just got a little confused when I posted.
Now Mr. Knowledgeable would you like to have a contest to see who knows the most scammers in this val of tears ? I don't think so.
Dill Hole ? well that's a new one.....
Either way KMA Short. We all know what your about.
And btw - Another coincidence. I haven't checked this board since my last post and yet I checked it 5 minutes ago and found you posted your insult only 30 minutes of so ago ? Either way it should be interesting to see how Josh makes out 'eh. And if good, why ?
A notification was just received that Josh Lankford is pleading guilty to one solitary charge ??? in connection with his involvement with the GBVS fraud.
Reportedly he will be sentenced in March and a probation report is being compiled for that date.
Lankford was the Canadian who became a federal fugitive 'till he was located in Costa Rica this year. If he only gets probation after that I would sincerely hope it was in exchange for something ?
Just a coincidence I'm sure but I find it funny that he cops to the charge on the anniversary of Rudys SEC fraud announcement even though they were two unconnected cases ( anybody want to buy a bridge ) ???
And now for those of you still interested it appears that Rudy Ruettiger will be taking a cross-country trip in a decked out bus on a promotional tour for his new book " RUDY: MY STORY "........
Got to make up for those SEC judgements one way or another I guess.
OMG ! Just got my copy of " MY STORY ". Only read 5 pages but man were they entertaining. Guess we all got it all wrong. All the way from not knowing that the concept for the beverage and Rudy's participation in marketing it didn't exist 'till years after we here thought it did. Yep, those monies lost in GBVS must have been a figment of our imagination. Unless just maybe there was one sharp con artist doing one hell of a job at identity theft ? Guess me and Bubs were sitting next to an imposter at dinner in Buffalo in June of '07.
And that's not even the best part !
Additional Info. IE: Smanjak, false announcement FAIRPLAY INTERNATIONAL. That particular FALSE announcement went public on 8/29/08. Naturally then I would think it safe to assume that if in fact there is restitution then it would have restricted dates occuring after the mentioned announcement date.
Little correction, it was actually $800,000 not the lesser amount I previously mentioned.
Best O'luck to all ............
Concernig the previous post. The LOS ANGELES TIMES did a story on the 07th. concerning the Smanjak matter titled " MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN STOCK SCAM LINKED TO NOTRE DAME HERO " It appeared in the L.A. NOW Southern Californina - This just in section.
According to the article ( THE ARTICLE ),,, As part of a plea deal Smanjak will be required to pay " FULL RESTITUTION TO MORE THAN 250 VICTIMS OF THE SCHEME " !!!
I have no idea what criteria will be utilized to determine who is considered a victim however it appears as though some here MAY have a shot at recovering some lost money.
Remeber this is not connected to the earlier GBVS restitution fund so the Tulsa USDOJ isn't involved.
Suggest any investors who lost money in scam #2b as I call it may want to inquire with the US District Court in Santa Ana or USDOJ office in that area. Should anyone obtain related info. please post it here so others may be informed.
UPDATE: If anyone still cares.......................
8/07/12 - Chad Smanjak from the " FAIRPLAY " scam pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to his role in the RUNU/RUDN scam. Should you not remember the FAIRPLAY announcement stated that RUDN received $ 400,000 for developement purposes and that FAIRPLAY was to receive stock redeemable after one year at .25 per share.
A few posters addressed that soon after the announcement came out.
Smanjak faces 5 years in federal prison. He fled the country and returned to his native South Africa when the heat came down. He was arrested in January in Johannesberg and waived extradition. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 12.
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Former Atty. Reskin has had his sentencing date postponed again. Josh Lankford ( who fled also and was captured in Costa Rica ) is currently under detainment awaiting possible trial. ( if he's nuts enough to go that route ).
Dean Syptecki is still a federal fugitive.
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Awaiting with baited breath my pre-ordered copy of " RUDY-MY STORY ".
Hey RandOm,,, you can stop with the sticky-notes about staying on topic anytime now.
You think that's gonna work to assist you in your " pumps " ? trust me your wrong.
What's been posted IS ON TOPIC !!!
Keep going and I/H won't be the only outfit that gets a complaint about you. And as we both known there's a whole boat load of complaints about this company.
I love that one particular song Sting wrote.... guess which one ?
Pretty much moot at this point. The restitution deadline for claims is already closed. I imagine the " shell " will eventually change symbols and make another run at investors with a different product line. Pretty sure some of the same people will be pulling the strings and the actual owners will be able to dip into the culdren again.
Thank you. It will be of some length but I will do my best to try and keep it down. Say to the level of one good " bathroom " read. Perhaps it will give you a little enhanced level of perspective. Figure if you have any interest at all I at minimum owe you that, atleast that. Especially true if you, like I are anticipating the release of this " must read ". So much damn irony in this whole affair 'eh ?
MOI ??? never one to kiss and tell. Perhaps Javert or maybe Danamattman or any number of others.
Tied up today. Soon as I get the time. Do you think you'll enjoy the reading. NOOOO cryptics, promise. :o)
May I send you an E- ? Just for your own edification. I think you'd find it interesting or at minimum put things in clearer perspective should you desire.
Owe you another for the early heads up.
Oh the games people play..... Check out GBVS on this board for the last week of May and if so inclined pop over to the R/B board and review the banter I had with another poster several months ago.
Now is it my well earned paranoia or do I smell another run cooking ?
BTW - should have mentioned this before but for those who don't know Lankford was picked up in Costa Rica last fall and has legal action pending in Tulsa. Info. is that the SEC petitioned and got the OK for a civil judgement for tens of millions.
Little ignorant here. Can anybody tell me on what grounds they're pumping ? There was a pumper on the R/G board a few months ago who was salting the field with b/s.
Don't take this as anything more than a bull---t pump/dump by the penny players. The people who control this piece of crap are at it again. It is nothing, it has nothing and it will never be anything.
FYI - For anyone besides myself monitoring the GBVS case. Was informed today that former Atty. James Reskin has had his sentencing date postponed yet again. The new scheduled date is Aug. 01st.
I like that,,, just may be indicative of something.
Geez hope it has something to do with the fraud committed on the Eon Water investors and their losing their swapped shares for GBVS shares that never materialized ?
Maybe a few more things too ?
Might be fun to see how thorough the Govt. is on this combined show.
That doesn't tell even half the story Andy. Not even close. Lot'sa informative posts on the RUDN site here.
The beverage was pretty much cooked from day one and many agree that the Notre Dame star was the head chef. Well at minimum he took the orders from the head chef.
Just a little clarification on my last. " Nothing but one long coordinated scam " BY A FEW...... NOT ALL !!!!
I'll try again but without addressing some of the topics I did before and see what happens.
Your right on your " thru December " period. When I first spoke with an agent in Tulsa I had my buy list in front of me that included all dates, cost etc.. I was asked what my loses where from a date in'05 'till December 31st. '06. I didn't have any in '05. Started buying Jan. 06th. '06. He took that information and when I inquired about buys after '06 I was informed that the current case covered only to the last day in '06.
I do know that the 6.1+ mil. the Judge ordered for restitution was specifically allocated for the approx. 168 victims from the three company scams. Their listed losses matched the total. Don't know what criteria was used to get them placed on the initial list of victims but either way. Last year some time I did again speak with a DOJ rep. and was again informed of the 05'-06' time frame and I unfortunately, believing that was accurate spent days contacting numerous investors I had come in contact with over the years and informed them of the restitution and the above time frame. Lot'sa happy people waiting for an E- from the DOJ that will now never come. Got lots of unpleasant calls to make over the next few days now.
I'm out 80% of what I anticipated getting back as it turns out and approx. 95% of my total. Too bad in that in reality it was nothing but one long coordinated scam with a couple of common players through the whole show (few little twists though) and all the investors from start to finish weren't covered.
" Tickles you " 'ya, me to a little. Can't say we beat 'em but we sure did make their knuckles bleed a bit 'eh ?, intentional or not. The Cartels players wearing orange, a whole lot of meet and greets being canceled and a change of address etc. etc. But on the other hand the real string pullers just dig up a few buried coffee cans, pay their fines as usual and move on to the next score.
Wish we could do something on the Government end but our arms are to short to box with God. Looks like that's all we did is kiss our sister (the ugly one) while out on a very expensive date.
Would really really like to know why some of my posts disappear ? 5 paragraphs in reply to RudyHater less than an hour ago and it like others don't post ???
Yep !!! but the DOJ didn't have any criminal intent. Obviously just the opposite as is their reason for existence. Problem is they didn't bother to go far enough and deep enough. The cream was at the top of two cups even though everything came pouring out of the same picture that isn't yet empty.
Just a little recap of victims:
-The BRG people who initially had the marketing rights for RBI plus all their GBVS shares that were defaulted on.
The EON owner and president and all his investors who received notices of exchanged GBVS shares for their portion of EON ownership only to find the shares were never delivered or registered for that matter and the company destroyed by the " crew"
The creator and one time president of the company and his beverage team people loosing all their initial investments, unpaid salaries, unpaid exspenses and all their stock lost because of a default (???)on a note (???)
Arcadia Farms with their $ 2 mil. expansion and all future business plans that would have went with it and getting stiffed when 17 truckloads were abandon there with an unpaid bill.
The Accupoll investors - BANG ! 40,000 to 1 split on being acquired.
Rudn/RUNU investors, Chicago bottler, Overland trucking and others get the bone.
And the list goes on and on.
But you have to take solice in one thing that tickles me pink.
The disbarred atty. gets sactioned by the SEC and told he can't play anymore in this sandbox. Hell, they even gave him a fine !
Don't think he misunderstood the sanction he agreed to though. Not when it's your FOURTH time. Thing about that,,, 4 times before the principle and yet no detention.
Don't know whether to laugh or throw up.
Was finally able to locate the site and read the announcement and accompanying forms.
Concerning GBVS investors the form specifically sets purchase dates between Nov. 29, 2005 and March 22, 2006 INCLUSIVE.
This " IS NOT the information that was originally received from the DOJ and other Federal Agencies ". The original purchase dates I was informed covered from the inception of GBVS in '05 'till Dec. 31st. '06.
I'll attempt further inquiry. Any assistance would be appreciated or anyone having supportive information or otherwise would be appreciated also.