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To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/25/2000 3:53:00 AM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Respond to of 10354

FG 666 too bad you're an offshore tax evading CRIMinal, because NO ONE cares about your POS opinions, least of all the US government.

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/25/2000 11:10:00 AM
From: who cares?	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10354

Source please Francois, or are we to believe that you wrote that slop. CMB

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/25/2000 4:48:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

Yes hurry up and get your free investors packet from the Veritas group on WAMEX Holdings and Ziasun. Ask for Mark Harris or Jason. SEC, U.S. Attorney, and FBI Announce Major Attack Against Microcap Fraud FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, N.Y., June 14, 2000 The Securities and Exchange Commission today sued 63 individuals and entities in five enforcement actions as part of its continuing campaign to clean up fraud in the market for low-priced securities, i.e., the microcap market. The actions allege a wide array of illegal conduct including "pump and dump" manipulation schemes, private placement fraud and investment adviser pay-to-play violations. All told, those charged reaped millions of dollars in illicit profits. Also today, the Commission suspended trading in the securities of WAMEX Holdings, Inc. and E-Pawn.com, Inc. Simultaneously, in related criminal prosecutions, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the unsealing of indictments and the filing of criminal complaints naming more than 100 defendants in securities fraud schemes. The criminal indictments announced by the U.S. Attorney and the FBI name 11 members and associates of five different organized crime families in connection with several securities fraud scams. These individuals are charged with participating in numerous manipulations of microcap stocks, extortion, money laundering, bribery and kickbacks, witness tampering, and murder solicitation. SEC Director of Enforcement Richard H. Walker said, "The securities fraud involved in today's actions is among the most egregious witnessed in recent years. These manipulations of numerous stocks were designed for the sole purpose of stealing investors' hard-earned dollars. The prosecutions announced today rid the vital market for low-priced securities of unscrupulous operators and reaffirm regulators' commitment to keeping this market safe and fair." 1. Microcap Fraud/Manipulation Schemes The Division of Enforcement (Division) instituted two administrative proceedings charging a broad range of fraudulent activity affecting nine microcap stocks. a. Piazza Proceeding The Division charges that in 1995 and 1996, 32 individuals participated in a scheme to inflate the stock prices of Spaceplex Amusement Centers International, Ltd., Reclaim, Inc., Beachport Entertainment Group, Inc., and International Nursing Services, Inc. The Division alleges that each of these schemes involved payment of bribes to brokers in exchange for the brokers causing their retail customers to purchase the securities. The respondents sold shares at the artificially inflated prices. The respondents are charged with obtaining at least $8 million in illegal profits from these schemes. b. Wolfson Proceeding The Division charges that from January 1999 through at least March 2000, Allen Z. Wolfson fraudulently inflated the stock prices of BeautyMerchant.com (formerly known as ATR Industries, Inc.), Learner's World, Inc., Rollerball International, Inc., Healthwatch, Inc. and HYTK Industries, Inc. The Division alleges that in connection with these manipulations, Wolfson obtained control of large blocks of shares, caused sham trades to be made to give the appearance of an increasing demand for the shares in the market, paid bribes to six brokers to create demand, and sold into that demand. The six brokers are also being charged today for their roles in the manipulation. The Division contends that the respondents received at least $7 million in illicit profits from these manipulations. 2. Investment Adviser Pay-to-Play The Division charges William M. Stephens with participating in a kickback and bribery scheme concerning the investment assets of certain labor union pension funds. Stephens is the Chief Investment Strategist of Husic Capital Management, a registered investment adviser in San Francisco. The Division alleges that in order to land the pension funds as advisory clients, Stephens agreed in advance to channel a portion of the funds' assets into rigged investment vehicles. The Division also contends that Stephens understood that a portion of the funds' assets would be then siphoned out of the rigged investments to be paid as bribes and kickbacks to trustees of the funds. 3. Private Placements The Commission filed two civil injunctive actions charging 14 individuals and nine companies with fraudulent private placement offerings that raised approximately $3.5 million from investors. The Commission contends that in these actions, among other things, various unregistered salespeople working in "boiler rooms" cold-called investors making misrepresentations about the offerings using high pressure sales tactics. More than 300 investors fell victim to these schemes. 4. Trading Suspensions The SEC also temporarily suspended trading in the securities of WAMEX Holdings, Inc. and E-Pawn.com, Inc., due to the lack of accurate public information available to investors concerning these issuers. The shares of both of these companies are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. The Commission contends that, contrary to the company's public claims, WAMEX is not lawfully authorized to operate an Alternative Trading System and that questions exist regarding the company's claims to have raised funding from private investors. The SEC also contends that inaccurate information existed as to the identity of the persons in control of E-Pawn.com. For further information, please contact Wayne Carlin at (212) 748-8178 or Robert Knuts at (212) 748-8192. Additional Materials Available on This Topic Microcap Stock: A Guide for Investors (on-line brochure) In re Salvatore Piazza et al. (Release No. 33-7864) In re Allen Z. Wolfson et al. (Release No. 33-7865) In re William M. Stephens (Release No. 33-7866) SEC vs. Bruce M. Follick et al. (Litigation Release No. 16588) SEC vs. Diagnostic Professional Imaging Services, Inc. (Litigation Release No. 16589)

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/25/2000 6:13:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

8-Jun-00 VULCAN CONSULTANTS LTD Shareholder 100,000 ZSUN Proposed Sale (Form 144). Estimated proceeds of $631,000. 10-May-00 LINDHOLM, MARK Shareholder 30,000 ZSUN Proposed Sale (Form 144). Estimated proceeds of $185,640. 8-May-00 RUDIGER, SERGE Shareholder 30,000 ZSUN Proposed Sale (Form 144). Estimated proceeds of $185,640. 20-Apr-00 MCCOY, DAVID W Shareholder, Employee 25,000 ZSUN Proposed Sale (Form 144). Estimated proceeds of $187,500.

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/26/2000 9:27:00 AM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

The Creation of Misunderstanding: STOCK MANIPULATION 101... By: vklepa Reply To: 23111 by vklepa Monday, 26 Jun 2000 at 12:18 AM EDT Post # of 23112 Francois Goelo, the only time I was kept captive in my entire life was when I bought ZSUN shares and was not allowed to sell them. Since you decided to confront me personally (your choice), let me make it very clear for the benefit of others: It is not true that you ever advised me to sell. You did say something to that effect, but only when I was ready to share my serious doubts about Ziasun with this board. It was well orchestrated with the rest of YOUR Amber Capital, as they promptly AND prematurely prepared the certificates for me. OWK is right about you, you became a liability for ziasun. why they didn't call you off by know, I don't know, but the simplest explanation is that they do not cotrol their corporate fate any longer. the recent PRs seem to show just that. (Voluntary Disclosure: Position- No Position; ST Rating- Strong Sell; LT Rating- Strong Sell)

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/26/2000 1:39:00 PM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10354

By: frisky Reply To: None Monday, 26 Jun 2000 at 1:31 PM EDT Post # of 23128 ZSUN downed sharply with a very small volume while the market has been upped sharply today. Is FG going to accuse that the drop was from naked shorting by MM again or is he going to confess that the drop was from insider selling? How can the market ignore this super stock with a 110% growth rate per year? If the dropping continues, ZSUN may return to the penny stock status (under $5) today or tomorrow. Too bad, ZSUN must work a little harder to list in AMEX. ragingbull.com

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/26/2000 6:07:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

You can go to capitalg.com . They recommend Swiftrade. They will even send you a copy of the Capital Growth Report and recommend that you purchase some Ziasun and Latch on to web trends. ANTHONY L. TOBIN OF ZIASUN REALLY SAID THIS, HE REALLY DID "Anthony Tobin told Technology Post last year that the company no longer ran sex-related businesses. Instead, ZiaSun has latched on to other Web trends." Spirit of co-operation rules in Web business From the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST scmp.com Monday January 25 2000 Spirit of co-operation rules in Web business At first glance, there was nothing unusual about the Capital Growth Report when it arrived in Backspace's snail-mail box. Of equal parts financial jargon and hype, the report - which charges US$78 for a year's subscription to what appeared to be four badly laid-out pages per month - seemed a typical tech-stock newsletter. What made Backspace choke on his morning coffee was the pick of the month: an obscure public Internet company called ZiaSun Technologies. ZiaSun was known as Momentum Internet when it was based in Hong Kong. Three years ago, a magazine called The Dataphile revealed that Momentum was behind a stable of porn Web sites and phone chat lines that promised Bangkok Babes and China Dolls. Thousands of spam messages advertising these services were sent from Momentum's free e-mail service. While not admitting the spamming, Momentum and now ZiaSun president Anthony Tobin told Technology Post last year that the company no longer ran sex-related businesses. Instead, ZiaSun has latched on to other Web trends. It has an Asian search engine, a stock-trading portal, a financial news service, an advertising network and an auction site called AsiaForSale. It moved to San Diego in 1998 when it began trading over the counter in the US, while keeping most Web operations in Asia, mainly in Hong Kong and Manila. While the company claims to be profitable on modest revenues - $9 million in the second quarter last year - it has been criticised by day traders and investors in the US, who have tried to puncture those claims. Mr Tobin had ZiaSun respond by suing several day-trading and investment sites for alleged defamation. While ZiaSun likes to hype its Web sites - 45 press releases last year - it doesn't appear to be making much money. Most of ZiaSun's revenues came from two off-line subsidiaries, a Philippine-based printing business called Momentum Asia and a US learn-how-to-day-trade seminar which charges $3,995 a head, according to Mr Tobin. So Backspace was puzzled why the editor of Capital Growth Report would hold such an optimistic view of ZiaSun's prospects. 'The company has a dominant position in the exploding Asian Internet market . . . We expect that ZiaSun stock will soon be valued with that of profitable peers such as CMGI, now trading in the [US]$80 range.' A visit to Capital Growth's site (www.capitalg.com) shows it is designed and maintained by Momentum Internet and that Capital Growth offers ZiaSun's Swiftrade stock-trading service to subscribers. Isn't co-operation and alliance-building among Web companies heartening? scmp.com business.scmp.com.

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	6/28/2000 4:35:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 10354

Bloomberg: Z S U N U S ZIASUN TECHNOLOGIES INC STOCK DATA 1GPO Current Price USD 5¬ 52Wk High 1/ 3/2000 USD 15ó 52Wk Low 6/28/2000 USD 5? New 52 week Low Today! YTD Chng (-63.95%) USD -9? (FG this is Bloomberg speaking not BS YHOO Finance.)

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	7/1/2000 10:03:13 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream: 'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand, Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation; Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust" And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	7/2/2000 12:07:16 AM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

By: Francois_Goelo $$$$Reply To: 3351 by AlpineSleuth $$$ Thursday, 10 Jun 1999 at 4:48 PM EDT Post # of 23368 A.Sloth, Let's review your post in ZSUN's light, not any other type of stock we're not interested in, since we're no farm hands taking care of "stables". ragingbull.com ACCORDING TO YOU: "all the Companies in Cragun's stable have been used in much the same manner. Stock is issued pursuant Regulation S, with "International Asset Management" doing the underwriting..." 1) Supply proof of Mr Cragun controlling the above Company. 2) Supply proof of the number of Regulation S shares allegedly issued by ZSUN. 3) Supply the identity of the alleged purchasers of Reg S shares and date of the purchases. 4) Supply proof of time and sales of these shares allegedly sold, to ascertain the size of the discrepancy with market prices at the time. 5)** CONCLUSION: Of course, you realize that you have made some grave accusations that you will have to fully substantiate to retain any remaining shred of credibility on this Board and perhaps to avoid a potential action in DEFAMATION by the injured party. Don't keep us waiting too long for the answers or I'll repost this every few hours. F. Goelo + + + ragingbull.com Re [ZSUN] New lawsuit filed against Cragun, Briggs, Tobin, Ziasun, et al James A. Shalvoy SBN 129503 1201 Morningside Drive Suite 215 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Tel 310-796-0447 Fax 310-796-0277 Attorney for Defendant George Joakimidis SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO GEORGE JOAKIMIDIS ) Case No. 730826 ) CROSS COMPLAINT OF GEORGE Cross-Claimant ) JOAKIMIDIS FOR: ) vs. ) 1. UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES IN BRYANT CRAGUN, LYNN BRIGGS, ) VIOLATION OF CORPORATIONS CODE ANTHONY TOBIN, ZIASUN ) SECTION 17200, ET SEQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC., TITAN ) 2. FRAUD MOTORCYCLES OF AMERICA, INC., ) 3. BREACH OF CONTRACT BEVEX INC., P.T. DOLOK PERMAI, dba ) 4. BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY INTERNATIONAL ASSET ) (FILED CONCURRENTLY WITH MANAGEMENT, JONES, JENSEN & ) ANSWER) ASSOCIATES, and DOES 1 through 100, ) inclusive ) Case assigned to Hon. Janis Sammartino ) Department 71 Cross-Defendants ) ------------------------------------ etc. Dated: April 25, 2000 ================================= By: AlpineSleuth $$$ Reply To: 3350 by Francois_Goelo $$$$ Thursday, 10 Jun 1999 at 2:38 PM EDT Post # of 23368 Here is the truth you should be telling your followers Francois. You do know about Regulations S do you not? You know how IAM/Amber operates do you not Francois? Read my posts Francois! ZSUN, its predecessor Best Way USA Inc. (BTTF), and all the companies in Cragun's stable have been used in much the same manner. Stock is issued pursuant Regulation S, with International Asset Management doing the underwriting. Investors are charged artificially high prices for these thinly traded obscure microcaps, but only a fraction of the proceeds raised by International Asset Management finds its way to the companies. And the balance? Colossal illicit profits Francois. In the international arena, microcap fraud has unfortunately not attracted the desired scrutiny from the foreign financial regulators and law enforcement agencies. The reasons for this are obvious. With the multitude of jurisdictions involved, the aggrieved investor runs into a brick wall and the vast majority of cases go unreported. By focusing only on non-US investors, up until now IAM/Amber has largely managed to escape the scrutiny of the US authorities. ZSUN however, is set to change all this Francois. With a slew of press releases and touting on various forums, ZSUN has attracted many unsuspecting US investors. You can only fool the people some of the time Francois. Sooner or later Cragun's entire operation will be exposed. And I believe it will be sooner rather than later. AlpineSleuth ragingbull.com

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	7/14/2000 5:27:17 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Respond to of 10354

Cayman Lawmakers Rush Into Mulling Money-Launder Laws 7/14/0 15:57 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP)--In a rush to get off an international blacklist of money-laundering havens, Cayman Islands lawmakers are set to consider new legislation Friday to dramatically curtail the secrecy enshrined in the British Caribbean territory's $600 billion offshore banking business. Legislators will consider four bills that would make it easier for the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority to gain information on bank deposits, obtain details about bank clients without a court order and ease restrictions on sharing information with investigators from other countries. One bill would also make it a crime to fail to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money laundering. In the Bahamas, a former British Caribbean colony, officials have said they will amend their banking laws later this month. The moves come six days after the U.S. Treasury Department warned U.S. banks to carefully scrutinize transactions with 15 nations, including the Cayman Islands and Bahamas. All were targeted June 22 in a blacklist by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering as "not cooperating" in the global fight. The task force was set up by the G-7 organization of industrialized nations. Washington said the advisories aimed at encouraging the 15 countries to to improve their anti-money laundering regimes, and were agreed to by all the Group of Seven, which includes Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada. Japan and Canada have issued similar advisories to their financial institutions and Germany said it would do so soon. Officials in Italy have not yet commented on their plans. But Britain, apparently hoping to give its Cayman territory and some former colonies more time to respond, has not issued any advisories. "We're still talking about it. We haven't made an announcement yet," said the British Treasury's money-laundering specialist, Charles Keseru. The United States issued its warning despite a visit to Washington D.C. last week by a Cayman Islands delegation that promised the new money-laundering laws would be pushed through speedily.

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	7/19/2000 9:50:47 AM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

"Extra! Extra! ZSUN does not call itself as a profitable Internet holding company, an Internet holding company, a leading Internet technology holding company anymore. ZSUN now calls itself as a diversified holding company." By: frisky $$$ Reply To: 24018 by kingmanb1 $$$ Wednesday, 19 Jul 2000 at 9:27 AM EDT Post # of 24030 Extra! Extra! ZSUN does not call itself as a profitable Internet holding company, an Internet holding company, a leading Internet technology holding company anymore. ZSUN now calls itself as a diversified holding company. FC, Xcit, Lester4 you guys must follow the leader. Stop calling ZSUN as a profitable Internet holding company. Raging Bull Advertisement - Brown&Company. Where your experience pays off.

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	7/24/2000 5:37:04 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10354

Can WADE Cook of Asia be far behind: "Wade Cook Financial (OTC BB: WADE) Long the poster boy for get-rich-quick schemes, Wade Cook recently has become the darling of state and federal investigators. Although Cook boasts about an impressive track record in the stock market, his own company's shares haven't fared so well, hitting a recent 52-week low of $0.56. And the company's own portfolio isn't something they'd want to trot out at any of its hundreds of annual seminars. According to documents filed with the SEC, Wade Cook Financial lost more than $800,000 last year on its $6 million portfolio. That loss came in a year when the S&P 500 gained 33 percent. Another problem for Cook's ailing empire is the recent departure of one of his top lieutenants, John Childers, who also has agreed to cooperate with investigators. Wade Cook Financial puts up plenty of warning signs for astute investors, including excessive self-promotion of its products, outrageous success claims that are largely unsubstantiated, outlandish predictions about future achievements and a product that hardly seems to be what the company claims. Although thousands of people continue to pump money into the corporation - mainly through seminars, books and tapes - it's up in the air whether Wade Cook Financial will be able to hold up to the scrutiny being focused on it by government regulators. financialweb.com

To: Francois Goelo who wrote (8511)	7/25/2000 7:28:04 PM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10354

F G's secret to success Colt even posted a "blueprint" for how to manipulate stock prices on the Internet in one message, which did not mention Fast-Trades, according to the SEC. In it, he suggests, "Look for (a stock) with a … low … volume; … pull together information from optimistic press releases; throw in some bull* about the company being an Internet wonder; buy a bunch of this garbage stock; tell your idiot subscribers how great the stock is; dump the shares you bought; laugh all the way to the bank," the agency stated. March 2, 2000, 6:27 PM PST If a Stock Seems Too Good to be True ... The SEC has charged 4 people, including the creator of Fast-Trade.com, with securities fraud via the Internet. By Elinor Abreu The Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges Thursday against four people accused of making money off a Web site that manipulated stock prices. The SEC said Douglas Colt created the site, Fast-Trades.com, early last year to recommend low-priced, thinly traded stocks to drive up their short-term prices by as much as 700 percent in some cases. Colt, his mother and several friends then allegedly made more than $345,000 in profits by buying the stocks before they were recommended on the Web site and then selling them after Fast-Trades subscribers bought shares. The Web site had as many as 9,000 subscribers. Colt and his friends promoted the Web site on Internet message boards, including those on Yahoo and Raging Bull, as well as a false "track record" on Fast-Trades' site, the SEC says. Colt even posted a "blueprint" for how to manipulate stock prices on the Internet in one message, which did not mention Fast-Trades, according to the SEC. In it, he suggests, "Look for (a stock) with a … low … volume; … pull together information from optimistic press releases; throw in some bull* about the company being an Internet wonder; buy a bunch of this garbage stock; tell your idiot subscribers how great the stock is; dump the shares you bought; laugh all the way to the bank," the agency stated. "The Internet has replaced the boiler room as the stock-manipulator's tool of choice," Richard H. Walker, director of the SEC's enforcement division, said in a statement. "Its low cost and ease of use has attracted a new breed of persons seeking to profit at the expense of innocent investors. Ridding the Internet of securities fraud is a top priority of the SEC." Colt, a former Washington-area law student, has been charged in federal court with committing securities fraud. Administrative proceedings have been brought against three of his law school classmates, Kenneth Terrell, Jason Wyckoff and Adam Altma, as well as Colt's mother, Joanne Colt, a city councilwoman in Colorado Springs, the SEC said. Colt and the others have consented, without admitting or denying guilt, to permanent injunctions and cease-and-desist orders. None of them could be reached for comment. thestandard.com