Zeek Rewards @ BehindMLM

Against the backdrop of net-winners desperately fighting to keep their stolen riches, some good news now for the victims of Zeek Rewards. As per the August order decreeing that payments would go out on September 30th,

With the first discovery responses in the ongoing clawback litigation filed against Zeek Reward’s top investors due less than a week from now, Trudy Gilmond, Jerry Napier and Darren Miller have filed a last-ditch effort in an attempt to avoid providing the Receivership with the requested information. With this information likely to be incriminating and used against [Continue reading…]

After suing tax attorney Howard Kaplan for legal negligence back in June, the Receivership received a Motion in Opposition a few weeks back. In it, Kaplan trotted out the familiar “I knew nothing and therefore can’t reasonably be expected to bear any responsibility” argument we’ve come to expect from lawyers in the industry. Prior to the [Continue reading…]

For his part in stealing $1,971,374.27 from Zeek Rewards affiliate investors, the Receivership initiated clawback litigation against Darryle Douglas back in March. For reasons unknown (“the money is mine!”), Douglas failed to respond to the clawback litigation served on him, leaving the Receivership no option but to request default judgement. Default judgement was granted against [Continue reading…]

One of the recurring questions that arises whenever a shadier MLM company attempts to market itself on the reputation of their lawyer, is “what on Earth are they thinking?” Often times these are individuals who have practicing law for decades, yet there their names are – intertwined with what are obviously business models bound to fail [Continue reading…]

Despite Plastic Cash International’s objection and concerns their litigation might delay payments, Judge Mullen has come through and ordered that the first payments to Zeek victims will go out on September 30th. Plastic Cash International’s claim wasn’t ignored, with Mullen observing

As the Zeek Rewards Receivership continues to pursue financial settlements with insiders who should have known better, news broke today that those at the top have already settled. In his status report for the second quarter of 2014, Receiver Kenneth Bell has revealed that By the filing date of this report, the Receiver had reached [Continue reading…]

It’s almost unfathomable, that the top net-winners in a global $800M Ponzi scheme would dare to ask for more – but here we are. In a last-ditch attempt to intimidate the Receivership charged with recovering the money they stole, Jerry Napier, Darren Miller and Trudy Gilmond are collectively demanding the Receivership pay them $947,000. The [Continue reading…]

Two brief updates today in the ongoing battle between MLM Ponzi pimps and regulators. Neither really had enough weight for a separate writeup though, so I’ve combined them together below.

Yesterday saw the Zeek Rewards Receivership file a request for permission to “file separate actions against” two of Zeek’s attorneys. Explaining the request, the Receiver wrote After careful analysis of RVG’s written and electronic records, extensive document review and numerous interviews with relevant witnesses, the Receiver has concluded that two attorneys hired by RVG (and [Continue reading…]