Tigrent Inc. (TIGE)

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"Steven C. Barre Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tigrent Inc."

"Earlier in his career, he served in various roles as in-house counsel for Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. (known as U.S. Industries, Inc. from 1995 to 2003) and for its former parent company, the U.S. arm of Hanson PLC (a large British-American industrial management company)."

From an article about noted British tycoon Lord Hanson, founder of Hanson plc, at the time of his death:

"But there was a darker side to the legend of Hanson and White, which only now - given his reputation for resisting perceived intrusion into his personal life - can be told. Hanson and White were long suspected by Scotland Yard Scotland Yard, headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th cent. , the Drug Enforcement Agency in the US, and some of their business enemies in this country, of having close ties to the Mafia.

Repeatedly, in the 1970s and early 1980s, Hanson's name and those of some of his companies cropped up in official investigations. In 1983, two Scotland Yard officers - Sparks and DC Summers - visited the US to examine links between Hanson and the Gambino and Genovese crime families. In the subsequent report, by Scotland Yard's C1 department, a copy of which has been obtained by the Evening Standard, detectives appealed to be allowed to probe further."



http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+MAFIA,+MONEY+LAUNDERING+AND+THE+LAST+SECRET+OF+MRS+T'S+FAVOURITE...-a0124876493

It is a matter of public record that both the Gambino and Genovese (and, for that matter Colombo and Bonanno) crime families are often involved in penny stock scams such as those found on the Pink Sheets and OTC markets.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/organizedcrime/cases