Earthworks mentioned in FBI stock fraud sting: About 11 paragraphs down: However the two names listed, "Humphries" and "Epstein" are not listed on the company snapshot (second link). So maybe the guilty party got dismissed? Or maybe not and they're at it again? I have no idea. Does anyone have any more data? I'll keep looking around. TIA
"A pair of executives at Texas-based penny stock companies Earthworks Entertainment Inc. and The Fight Zone Inc. paid illegal kickbacks to a purported trustee of an employee pension fund so the trustee would purchase 40 million restricted shares of Earthworks and 200 million restricted shares of Fight Zone stock. John “Buckeye” Epstein and Steven E. Humphries attempted to conceal the kickback by entering into a consulting agreement with a phony company the trustee purportedly created solely for the fraud. However, the corrupt fund trustee and the trustee’s friend who helped arrange the deal were actually undercover FBI agents. The company was actually a fictional entity created by the FBI for the sting operation. Epstein resides in Addison, Texas, and Humphries lives in Plano, Texas."