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To: Coachman who wrote (6246)	1/1/2000 7:38:00 PM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10354

But Coachman, Veritas was contacted and they said they could not comment on it and they refered to the SEC filings. Your remarks are defaming me. D. Scott Elder was also emailed and he had no reply. Now Mark Harris is not only a V.P. at Veritas but is also a corporate officer of Ziasun according to the S and P filing zaisun made although I do not see his name even mentioned in Ziasuns own SEC filings.

To: Coachman who wrote (6246)	1/1/2000 10:42:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10354

Yeah sure, Coachman, tell it to that punk at WSJ online who wrote the ZSUNEQ article. He lied when he said he contacted me. His job has been in jepardy ever since he wrote such a one sided lie about a crim manip stock. SLAPP/ Rule 11 lawsuits that cost all of $1,000 to file, poorly written articles by hack bush league jounralists still do not stop ZSUN from being a fraudulent company and none of it stops us from exposing it all. The SEC and the courts see it our way and you are perpetrating a lie and will rot in hell for it.

To: Coachman who wrote (6246)	3/30/2000 6:27:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

Coachman here is your post is on Jan. 4th, 2000 and the Union Trib article is on Feb. 9th 2000. Something for you to think about while I prepare my announcement. ragingbull.com By: Coachman Reply To: 15538 by CrimsThieves Tuesday, 4 Jan 2000 at 9:34 PM EST Post # of 18571 All this 1.) Has nothing to do with Ziasun 2.) I may be wrong but its my understanding that the SEC did a five year investigation of Mr. Cragun and they came up empty....yes the five years goes back to Bestway. 3.) Mr. Cragun may own some Zsun shares but is presently been replaced by the new management of the new company. "There you have it." ================================== In response to a reporter's question, Pascucci acknowledged that Cragun was the subject of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that lasted for years. But no charges were filed, and Pascucci said emphatically that Cragun is not a criminal. By Bruce V. Bigelow UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER February 9, 2000 SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego judge has ordered a self-styled stock critic to stop posting critical messages about a Solana Beach investor in an Internet "cybersmearing" case that is gaining widespread attention. Lawsuits filed to halt the so-called stock bashers have raised questions about free speech on the Internet and prompted news accounts about the issue. The temporary order prohibits Floyd D. Schneider of Saddle River, N.J., from stating or suggesting that Bryant Cragun of Solana Beach is dishonest, disreputable or a criminal. Cragun, an investor and stock promoter, sued Schneider last year as part of a bid to douse an Internet flame war that has been raging over ZiaSun Technologies, an obscure holding company backed by Cragun. The Jan. 31 order by Superior Court Judge Janis Sammartino also required Schneider to publish a retraction of several press releases he issued on the Internet, which announced "a strong sell recommendation" on ZiaSun. According to the court's order, which was uncontested, Schneider's sell recommendation "was not based on an objective analysis of ZiaSun's stock and value." The order also says that "derogatory statements made regarding Bryant Cragun, ZiaSun, and the officers, directors and employees of ZiaSun were false or implied false facts." Cragun's lawyer, Daniel Pascucci, alleged that Schneider is a part of a group of eight Internet users who are working in a conspiracy with short sellers to drive down the price of ZiaSun shares. "You can't say whatever you want to on the Internet or anywhere else," Pascucci said. "It's kind of like yelling 'Fire!' in a theater, and then charging an exit fee when people panic and are running for the exits." Using aliases such as "truthseeker" and "Auric Goldfinger," members of the "ZiaSun 8" have posted thousands of taunting, scornful messages about ZiaSun in Internet stock chat forums. Some of the messages mock ZiaSun's financial statements, detail the company's ties to Asian brokerage houses and reveal ZiaSun's prior incarnations as BestWay and Carlisle Enterprises. Pascucci says the "ZiaSun 8" -- and Schneider in particular -- have posted defamatory statements about ZiaSun and Cragun, falsely claiming that the company is under investigation and Cragun is a criminal. In response to a reporter's question, Pascucci acknowledged that Cragun was the subject of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that lasted for years. But no charges were filed, and Pascucci said emphatically that Cragun is not a criminal. Schneider denied that he has been working with short sellers, or that he has worked closely with Amr "Tony" Elgindy, identified in Cragun's lawsuit as a Nasdaq short seller. "I do mortgages for a living," said Schneider, a regional vice president with Real Estate Mortgage Network. "And I do investigative reports on companies -- and I'm very good at it." Schneider said he publishes his investigations on his own Internet Web site, thetruthseeker.com, including reports he prepared on USA Talks and 2TheMart.com. Schneider said he has not contested Cragun's lawsuit because he can't afford it. ZiaSun, which trades over the counter, represents itself as an Internet company that operates at least nine business units focused on e-commerce and specialized online support service. The Solana Beach company recently obtained a separate order from a U.S. District Court in Seattle, which prohibits Schneider from publishing "false statements" about ZiaSun. The order stemmed from a libel lawsuit the company filed last year against Schneider and the seven other Internet users.