FROM THE DEN OF THE DEVIL - A PYRAMID SCHEME GIFTING SCAM AGAINST CHURCHES
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AN ADVISORY PUT OUT TO "GIFTERS" FROM A LAWYER, NOW IN JAIL! Re: Elite Activity Gifting Scheme - was the worst of scumbag pyramid schemes preying on Churches and Church Members!
This crooked lawyer told the crooks to never say: Investment, Took In, Paid out, Paid Earnings, Paid off, Getting Paid, Make, Play the panel, Sponsor, Profits, Play the house, Recruit, Dividends, Guarantee, Sign-up, Player, Assured Buy, Buy-in, Down-line, Sure bet, Purchase, Up-line, Earn, Payout, Return, Multiply your money,Guarantee, Net, Pay Gift, Gifter, I gave, Give, Helping others, Activity, Right to give, Senior, I have received, Receive, Junior, Participant, I have gifted, Giving, Family, Freshmen, Nice people, Sophomore, Participation, Register your gift, Giving, Golden Rule, Associates, Panel, Invited by, Fellow man, Help your Church, Money for Church, Community, Constitutional Rights, Kindness, Free association, Sharing, Caring, Invitation, Gifting is Legal, Legal Gifting, IRS approves Gifting, Gifting Completely legal !
Ed Note: So that tells us you should be on the "look out" for the words Above that are used by all gifting clubs that are pyramid schemes!
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GIFTING -- WOMEN HELPING WOMEN RAIDED!
Maine, Wisconsin, To California Pyramid Schemes!
21 Sept 2002 - Some people just can't stay away from Pyramid Scheme "Gifting." Notice that police raid the homes of pyramid schemers. Are you doing a pyramid scheme? Wait for the knock! More and more the law is going after participants not just the ringleaders or operators. Here are the links to this latest "Maine and California Dreams." 100's of other action around the states have been taken.
Maine Nails Women's Groups
April 30, 2002 -- Attorney General Steven Rowe announced that his office has taken action against the pyramid scheme known as A Woman's Project. The suit was filed in Superior Court in Kennebec County and names 31 defendants who have refused to return the $5,000 they solicited from new recruits to the pyramid scheme. "Numerous women, often in great need of money, were attracted by an illusory promise that they could quickly obtain $40,000," said Attorney General Rowe. "But A Woman's Project is like all other pyramids, and it is doomed to fail." A Woman's Project uses a dinner party analogy to explain to recruits how its fund-raising scheme works. Each new recruit typically gives $5,000 and is then placed at the "Appetizer" level of the "Dinner Table." When eight new recruits have been persuaded to join A Woman's Project, they each give $5,000 to a participant who has reached the "Dessert" level, the highest position at the "Dinner Table." As the new recruits work their way up the hierarchy, they move from "Appetizer" to "Soup and Salad" to "Entrée" and, finally, "Dessert." Recruits are led to believe that the pyramid can continue ad infinitum, even though mathematically it is certain to fail. See the attached description of A Woman's Project pyramid. There is a men's scheme called NASCAR. A federal court previously dismissed a case filed by A Woman's Project organizers against the Attorney General and Maine's eight District Attorneys alleging that the prosecutors' public warnings against participating in illegal pyramids were chilling participation in A Woman's Project. The court ruled that the prosecutors were well within their power to warn the public about suspected illegal scams.
WISCONSIN WHACKS GIFTING
"It's the consumer fraud of the decade," said Bill Oemichen, the former head of the consumer protection division in Wisconsin.
Nearly 400 people in 61 jurisdictions are facing prosecution this winter, Wisconsin officials said. Up to 50 of the people targeted by prosecutors collected and kept more than $100,000 each. More than 2,800 people in Wisconsin have avoided criminal charges by paying back thousands of dollars apiece. "We've seen pyramid schemes before but nothing this extensive and widespread," Oemichen said. In the enterprises preachers have enticed parishioners, bosses drafted their workers, bartenders lobbied their patrons, and parents and children recruited each other. Failed gifting clubs have resulted in criminal charges against operators and triggered a raft of lawsuits between former friends. Family members have turned in one another, neighbors have snitched on neighbors, and even a bride and a bridesmaid sued each other. The clubs have used a variety of names, including Women Empowering Women, Family Ties Gifting Club and Le Club Prive. Some operate under Christian themes. Others claim to promote self-esteem. A few revolve around dinner parties where cash is tucked away in napkins or wedged into dessert settings. The usual pitch: bolster your friends and family and generate some bucks too. 1) 'Gifting' Parties Probe Brings Search Warrants:
Authorities investigating suspected pyramid schemes served search warrants on six homes in Sacramento and Placer counties, announcing Tuesday that they will seek to arrest several promoters of a "gifting" circuit marketing itself as "Women Helping Women." In addition, Sacramento County Sheriff's Lt. Tom McMahon said authorities are probing whether a candidate for district attorney in El Dorado County improperly promoted illegal conduct by advising women at gifting parties -- including one in ... Sacramento Bee ~ Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Wednesday, September 18, 2002
2) Law Enforcers Target 'Women Helping Women' Promoters:
Authorities investigating suspected pyramid schemes served search warrants on six homes in Sacramento and Placer counties, announcing today that they will seek to arrest several promoters of a "gifting" circuit marketing itself as "Women Helping Women."
The warrants stemmed from gifting parties in Sacramento County, targeting participants from the county and neighboring counties. In ...
Sacramento Bee ~Published 4:43 p.m. PDT Tuesday, September 17, 2002
3) Pyramid 'Gift' Parties Grow Despite Warnings By Police:
By Peter Hecht and Ryan McCarthy -- Bee Staff Writers.
Sacramento Bee ~ Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Monday, September 16, 2002
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