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I did invest a small amount here and got burned which is why i'm so glad to come back years later and see this:
https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2015/canadian-citizen-pleads-guilty-to-leading-an-international-fraud-scheme
Canadian Citizen Pleads Guilty to Leading an International Fraud Scheme
The Defendant Sandy Winick Operated Call Centers in Canada, Thailand, and China to Steal Investors’ Money Throughout the World
U.S. Attorney’s Office
July 17, 2015
Eastern District of New York
(718) 254-7000
Earlier today, Sandy Winick pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to conspiring to commit wire fraud for running an international advance fee scheme. According to court filings and facts presented during the plea proceeding, Winick was the leader of the multi-million-dollar scheme, which used call centers around the world to defraud victims. Winick, a Canadian citizen, was extradited from Thailand to face charges here.
The guilty plea was announced by Kelly T. Currie, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI).
In announcing the guilty plea, Mr. Currie extended his grateful appreciation to the FBI, which led the government’s investigation, and thanked the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, New York; Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, Buffalo; Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and law enforcement authorities in England, Thailand, and China for their assistance.
Winick is the seventh defendant to plead guilty in this case to date. Nine defendants were charged in two related schemes that Winick led from 2008 through 2013. In the first scheme, several defendants, including Winick, were charged with engaging in an international “pump and dump” operation, fraudulently inflating the share price of worthless penny stocks, and then dumping billions of shares on unsuspecting victim investors across the globe. In the second scheme, the defendants, including Winick, were charged with operating boiler rooms in four countries, inducing investors in penny stocks, including many of the victims in the first scheme, to pay advance fees that the defendants promised would enable them to sell the stocks and recover any losses they incurred. In reality, Winick and his co-conspirators simply stole the fees without providing any services, fraudulently extracting more than five million dollars from their victims. As part of this scheme, Winick established and operated -2- boiler rooms or call centers in various locations around the world, including Canada, Thailand, and China, to solicit fees from the victims. Winick also planned to open a call center in Brooklyn.
When sentenced by United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano, Winick faces a maximum sentence of 20 years. This prosecution was the result of efforts by President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF) which was created in November 2009 to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and state and local partners, it’s the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory, and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud. Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state, and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions, and other organizations. Since fiscal year 2009, the Justice Department has filed over 18,000 financial fraud cases against more than 25,000 defendants. For more information on the task force, visit http://www.StopFraud.gov.
The government’s case is being prosecuted by the Office’s Business and Security Fraud Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Christopher A. Ott and Sylvia Shweder are in charge of the prosecution, with assistance provided by Assistant United States Attorney Melanie Hendry of the Office’s Civil Division, which is responsible for the forfeiture of assets.
The Defendant:
SANDY WINICK
Citizenship: Canada
Age: 57 Ontario, Canada
Mr Winnick said he'll give a big reward to anybody who can produce him in a mug shot or prison uniform behind bars.
how about this?
https://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2015/canadian-citizen-pleads-guilty-to-leading-an-international-fraud-scheme
quick questions about key statistics.
haven't been on ihub for years.
very interested in this company but have quick questions.
just looking to get some opinions.
finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=TTDZ+Key+Statistics
these stats haven't been updated since end of 2011.
will these stats be updated after the symbol change
and financials for a quarter are completed?
(market cap, revenue, cash, debt, float, etc.)
and is the share structure in the info box still the most
updated info available? sorry if this has been discussed forever
but I'm new to the company, work full-time, and just looking for the current accurate information. basically, what's the authorized float and do you think they will retire or print shares if pps continues to increase? shares short?
management looks very solid. will calkin still continue all his
duties at cci and consulting with greendotguy.com?
thanks.
yo. . . check my posting history here. . i posted
a bunch on bkmp last year and that's basically it. . .
any1 on that board would prolly remember me. .
i never posted on hsm once. . .
as for insider information, that email reply i received
doesnt seem to be insider information at all to me. .
the person who answered my basic question does not conceal
their identity at all. . i obtained their contact info from
reading the info box here at ihub. . . and the fact that i shared his reply doesn't seem to me to be inside information. . anyone could obtain that information if they just asked the same thing. .
anyways, i own no shares here. . go ahead and delete
both my posts here if that comforts you.
hey people. .
i havent posted forever but ive been watching TLTK unfold
and wanted to share my email to S3 with you all. .
To: investors@s3investments.com
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 9:48 PM
Subject: question regarding tltk
hello,
as a potential investor in TLTK, are you related to TLTK in any way?
thanks.
here is the reply i received:
No, there is no connection between S3 and TLTK, nor is there expected to be one.
Regards,
Andrew Beyer
Director of Public and Investor Relations
Gemini Financial Communications, Inc.
Office: 951-677-6735
Mobile: 951-452-6075
Email: abeyer@geminifc.com
Website: www.geminifc.com
anyone have any comments on this? i encourage everyone
to send the same email if they do not believe me.
hey strong. . good luck to ya!
anyone have a list of tradable pfd's to add to
the info box?
yo. . to clear the air. .
i was going to try to delete this board after the BKMPP
board was deleted by management, but then u kind folk showed up.
guess we will stay. .
BKMPP board was not ok with management. .
cheers every1. . .
done. .. . ill start on it now
from the question and answer board,
i am basically getting that they will
take down the board concerning the pfd's
cuz the pfd's are related to this stock which
already has a board. .
so it seems the freebie board will have to do.
seems pointless to create a premium board which
will be taken down. .
no. .
cool u gave an honest reply.
cool. .
thank you.
so this board is specific to preferred shares
of a company.
could i still request it be moved?
thank you.
question: if i am a non-paying member,
is it possible to make a board that i created
into a premium members only board?
how would i go about doing that?
thanks.
im a non-paying member but i would
gladly become a paying member to do
what u are requesting. .
ill check into it now.
that's fine if they take it down.
this board seems to have turned into the bkmpp board,
which it is not.
have a good day every1. .
Just made a bkmpp board to try
and calm the pfd posts here.
hopefully that is ok. . .
:)
i hope the pfd's get sorted out soon
cuz every1 is turning into this:
that is troubling that the mmaweekly site would go
down for 2 plus hours.
if maintenance is being done, the previous version
of the site can always be left in place while changes
are made.
if the problem is a server problem, there are many
inexpensive hosting companies which virtually never
go down.
i use network solutions for my small hosting needs and
have never noticed one glitch.
happy tuesday everyone. .
1st person to notice their divy's show up
in their account should get sum kind of prize. . .
a million shares pooled together. . .
sumthing like that. . .
lap dance in vegas maybe. .
the disclaimer still links to donpenny.com
is that on purpose?
thanks in advance.
i dont own shares here, so sorry if this comes off
as bashing. im thinking about jumping in so i just
started my dd.
but u are right, that IR site is super shady.
the disclaimer is hidden away behind the pictures
of the 2 people at the top of the page.
http://www.marqueeasset.com/majornewslinks/disclaimer.html
if you start to read the disclaimer, the first paragraph
which has a link to "http://www.marqueeasset.com" actually
takes you to "donpenny.com" which is a paid penny stock
picking webpage which has the same disclaimer.
then there is this:
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE WEBSITE BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DELAY OR FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ACTS OF NATURE, FORCES, OR CAUSES BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INTERNET FAILURES, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FAILURES, OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURES, ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURES, STRIKES, LABOR DISPUTES, RIOTS, INSURRECTIONS, CIVIL DISTURBANCES, SHORTAGES OF LABOR OR MATERIALS, FIRES, FLOODS, STORMS, EXPLOSIONS, ACTS OF GOD, WAR, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS, ORDERS OF DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN COURTS OR TRIBUNALS, NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIRD PARTIES, OR LOSS OF OR FLUCTUATIONS IN HEAT, LIGHT, OR AIR CONDITIONING.
at least they got themselves covered if there is a failure
in performance due to acts of God and air conditioning?
i like sljb alot, but im being honest when i say
this "IR" firm is shadier than a hundred year old
oak tree. perhaps it will not matter at all. .
if this has been discussed to death, sorry again. .
glta. .
VEGAS PARTY
Date -
To be voted on in the future
Add name and repost.
Name. - coming from
1.Pennypicks - NYC
2.AnalyzeThis - California
3.NRA Member - Pittsburgh
4.LP640 - Atlanta
5.Moosetuck - WVa.
6.Melvinthemopboy - Boston
7.ROW87 - Florida
8.chrtcrzy - indy (plus friends that hold shares)
9.Reddog65 - TEXAS Baby!
10.Osignal2001 - Michigan
11.dick765 - Calif
12.JCNelson - Wyoming
13. Rasica - Montana
14. Bax - Baltimore
15. TinaMarie - Chapel Hill, NC
16. Completetrader - Dayton, OH
17. Netramwoofer - Southern California
when do they have to let us know the ex date of the divy
by, or do they not have to? tia. .
i posted this a few days ago. . . gonna repost
to see if i'm really off the mark. .
is there a conflict here?:
from my own personal readings,
the SEC seems to be saying:
"if a stock is not halted, there should be no restrictions
on buying and selling." (example: buying or selling online)
from reading posts here, the brokers such as Ameritrade seem to be saying:
"we restricted online buying because the stock is too volatile so we have placed it on our suspicious trading list."
if this assessment is correct, it seems the SEC should get in touch with Ameritrade to make sure they are on the same page regarding this stock or any stock. likewise,
if rules have been broken, i would imagine there are already penalties in place regarding the breaking of such rules.
as an interesting side-note, taken from dictionary.com,
definition #4 of volatile is this:
4. Flying or capable of flying; volant.
is there a conflict here?:
from my own personal readings,
the SEC seems to be saying:
"if a stock is not halted, there should be no restrictions
on buying and selling." (example: buying or selling online)
from reading posts here, the brokers such as Ameritrade seem to be saying:
"we restricted online buying because the stock is too volatile so we have placed it on our suspicious trading list."
if this assessment is correct, it seems the SEC should get in touch with Ameritrade to make sure they are on the same page regarding this stock or any stock. likewise,
if rules have been broken, i would imagine there are already penalties in place regarding the breaking of such rules.
as an interesting side-note, taken from dictionary.com,
definition #4 of volatile is this:
4. Flying or capable of flying; volant.
volume sure dried up here. .
kinda related, i found this on the insn board, posted july 31:
Posted by: dustybutler1
In reply to: None Date:7/31/2006 5:14:29 PM
Post #of 555
ANYONE IN INSN THAT GOT NAILED TODAY BY THE ONLINE HALTING OF BUYING BY SEVERAL BROKERS... CALL THIS GUY AT THE SEC AND COMPLAIN!
Mr. Al Lapins at 202-551-6336... I understand he does not put up with this kind of crap!
Make your voice heard...
interesting situation here. .
lots of 100 share blocks all day long on bid and ask. .
with a shake like today, it seems mm's need shares.
good luck to u folks. .
OT:. .. seen it. .
underneath where it says Mate1. . the print is so small
i thought it said "inmate dating". . can u imagine
if u hooked up with that girl. . online. . from in jail?
i must have been distracted by sumthing when i read that wrong. .
"We are very pleased that we could work out these very favorable terms on the convertible debenture and that this stops the dilution of the common stock."
taken from PR:
"Blackout Media Corp. Clarifies Convertible Debenture
Friday May 26, 10:30 am ET"
noone likes "quiet periods" in pinkyland, but your
concern of dilution already seems to have been
addressed. imo, there are alot of "plans" listed
in the pr's.
"Perhaps our stalled pattern is in part due to MM's covering their short before an inevitable run. IMO if that is happening it is a good thing for us because it will allow the stock to move with greater ease once it does take off. IMO of course."
ive been thinking about this for a while. is there any moves
as a group that we could make before a run to prevent
tankage after a quick large run? lol. . anything
legal anyways?
thinking out loud. .
nice one. . .
hehe. . yah bastid. . cough it up
another quick question. .
what does it mean when time and sales are posted
in blue and yellow?. . . .
tia. .
golden cross looks pretty. .
xkem and paim $$ coming here?
boring chart talk about 10 month chart. .
all in my humble opinion. .
here's what i notice from looking at that chart:
1) on the first indicator, the rsi, i have heard that an upward
movement thru 30 represents an ideal entry point, with the next
best entry being upward thru 50. seems like the
trend is down thru 50 now, so at least it's not overbought and
due for a pullback. . . lol. .
2) next indicator is the macd. ive heard that upward movement thru 0.0 represents a solid move into bullish territory. . seems like the trend is down, approaching the 0 line now. .
3) next is the cci. . again, ive heard that a solid entry point
is an upward move thru -100. . . seems like the trend is down
approaching -100 now. .
report back:
so i called up Adelphia. i gave them my zip code and
asked them if they offered tfn. the customer service guy
said he had never heard of them. i said they were a digital
cable channel and that i wasnt sure if tfn was offered in this area yet (los angeles).
here is what he replied:
to be honest with you sir, adelphia was bought by time warner
and comcast, so within 2 months, your whole area will be serviced
by TW and comcast. he then said, whether the channel will
be available in my area will be up to those companies.
*end report*