Have you read the affidavit? Johnny sang like a canary. Obviously trying to protect himself as much as possible. Remember all those trips to Washington D.C. he talked about on his calls and how he was going to fix things, etc. Well him ratting out others involved was what he was talking about. There is no doubt he knew all along about the lies and went along with it.
Here are some more examples from the affidavit:
31. During an interview in September 2010, Johnny Heurung told agents he has witnessed Brown giving Hawkins envelopes full of cash. Heurung did not know why this was happening. Heurung volunteered that he always wired his funds to Brown so there would be a paper trail.
86. During a May 20, 2010 interview with federal agents, Heurung stated that he does not have a college degree. He said his role in Petro was to help obtain the surveys and geologist reports. Brown paid him for this work. Heurung said he arranged for the mining reports and Brown would pay for them. Brown also paid Heurung for expenses.
87. During a September 9, 2010 interview with federal agents, Heurung stated that he has brought 24 mines to Petro. Heurung claimed the 24 mines had excellent geological reports that were less than a year old and had all of the Geologist Certifications. Heurung stated he eliminated many mines that had a lot of “bogus paper” (old geological reports) and mines that were not good. Hawkins also brought some mines into Petro. Heurung said that Hawkins wants him to bring in more mines to bring up Petro’s value. Heurung believes it will take $1 billion to get the mines running.
89. Heurung explained how he first became involved with Petro. On October 13, 2008, Teresa Brown approached him while he was in Florida doing his radio show because Heurung had experience with mines and oil and she knew he could bring in good assets. Heurung stated he now has the largest voting block of shares in Petro and has turned down three “coups” already of shareholders trying to get rid of Hawkins. Despite this support, Heurung does not believe Hawkins is qualified to run a billion-dollar corporation.
90. Heurung said Brown rewrote all of the mining contracts in April 2010, and placed her name on them, removing Heurung’s. Heurung was supposed to get Petro shares for bringing in the mines, but Brown stopped giving him shares, so he stopped bringing in mines. He asked for an accounting of his shares from Brown, but never received it. He said he is short 300 million shares and he feels that Brown was taking his shares for herself. Heurung claims Brown still owes him $20,000 to $40,000.
91. Hawkins recently told Heurung that $3.9 million is missing from Petro and he blames Brown. Heurung believes that both Brown and Hawkins have embezzled from Petro. Heurung says he cannot prove this but he knows it has happened. Heurung believes Hawkins is trying to blame Brown. During a recent conversation, Hawkins asked Heurung to refrain from talking about Brown.
92. Heurung also alleges that in February and March 2010, Brian Langenbach and David Greene, an attorney from Colorado, reprinted 3.9 million bogus Petro shares. Heurung said that Greene went to the printer in Kansas City that Petro used and said Hawkins had given him permission to print the shares. Greene called Heurung and asked if he wanted some of the shares, and Heurung refused. Heurung said Greene is selling the shares for 10 to 20 cents a share. Greene wanted Heurung to draft a backdated letter stating the shares were legitimate. Heurung said he refused.
93. Heurung stated that Hawkins asked him to hold the weekly calls. Heurung said any information he gives on the weekly calls regarding Petro all comes from Hawkins.
94. Heurung stated he has never seen Petro’s financials but he has asked Hawkins for them a dozen times. Heurung said he has never seen a business report or a checking account. Hawkins told Heurung that he is not giving any financials until they are put together and are right. Heurung has asked Hawkins to send him the records and he would have the financials put together. Hawkins has not sent any documents to Heurung.
95. Heurung said he made a mistake by not taking his own company public, and instead getting involved with Petro. He wants to pull his mines back but he has brought investors into Petro and does not want to abandon them.
117. On September 9, 2010, Heurung told federal agents that Hawkins gave Brown 150 million shares of Petro stock to sell for Petro. Heurung did not know how Hawkins was able to transfer the shares into Brown’s name. All of the money for purchased shares of Petro stock went through Brown. Heurung claimed he forwarded all money he received for selling Petro shares to Brown. Heurung said Brown told him that the money from the stock sales was needed for accounting, Transfer Agents, mine development expenses (updated appraisals and reports) and to pay business expenses. Brown did not tell Heurung she would be taking any of the money for herself.
101. Johnny Heurung told federal agents that Hawkins told him that Petro’s stock offering was not going forward because of the accounting procedures. According to Heurung, the last accountant Hawkins hired for Petro was out of Atlanta. Heurung believed that accountant put the value of Petro at $284 billion.
133. During the September 9, 2010 interview with federal agents, Heurung stated that during a meeting in Tucson with Brown, Heurung saw Brown purchase $60,000 in jewelry. When confronted on the source of the money, Brown said it was from her husband’s estate (which Heurung suspected was false because he knew her husband was a recently-released felon). Heurung stated Brown also has new items in her house and buys expensive handbags and clothes. Heurung claims Brown has money in Lichtenstein, Austria and Panama. According to Heurung, Brown called Hawkins two weeks after the search warrant at her residence and said the Feds did not get all of her funds.
148. Johhny Heurung said Larry Contier is selling Petro shares and was telling Heurung’s clients that he (Contier) was taking $100 of every $1,000 received for shares sold. Heurung said he called Contier and chewed him out and said what he was doing was illegal. After this he and Brown had a falling out because Brown said Heurung cannot talk to her people like that.
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