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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (494)
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell Sunday, Aug 13, 2000 1:06 AM ET
Reply # of 583
Re: [TVCP] The Fur Flies Between CEO Zwebner and Defendant(?) French
By: InternetZorro $$$
Reply To: 80 by InternetZorro $$$ Friday, 11 Aug 2000 at 11:12 AM EDT
Post #81 of 86
Full Article - MAXX International/Zwebner Connection
LesLFrench
Forum Host
Posts: 108
From:Portland,
Oregon USA
Registered: Mar
2000
posted 08-11-2000 05:12
MAXX International and the Zwebner/TVCP Connection
(The following is the second in a series of commentaries by Les French
relating to the announced sale of ITEX assets to MAXX International, Inc.)
On June 30, 2000, at about a quarter to seven in the evening,
entertainment mogul Michael Jay Solomon, Chairman, president, director,
and CEO of Entertainment Internet, Inc., and Los Angeles attorney Jeremy
Schuster, CFO, received an e-mail from their acquaintance and business
associate, Michael J. Zwebner, Chairman of Talk Visual Corporation (TVCP).
Solomon and Schuster received the e-mail because they were both on
Zwebner's "insider" circle of friends and contacts of about fifty persons in
which Zwebner regularly communicates his promotional news releases,
personal comments, and other announcements relating to his TVCP
dealings. On this particular occasion, Zwebner had sent the e-mail with no
message content, but to which a "zip" file was attached containing TVCP's
latest PR release for that day.
Unfortunately for the recipients, the "zip" file was corrupted in the
transmission and could not be easily opened or viewed. But that wasn't the
only problem. It turns out that Zwebner, in sending the e-mail by using his
e-mail account of "mjzwebner@sprynet.com" forgot to "blind copy" the
recipients, thus revealing his otherwise confidential list of associates and
contacts to everyone that received the communication. Literally within
minutes of Zwebner's blunder, both the e-mail and the distribution list found
its way to my desk, courtesy of an unnamed informant. (Readers may
remember "the Fabretti Letter" of several years ago in which a similar
blunder enabled us to "crack" the identities of insider message board
touters in the ITEX case.)
Besides Schuster and Solomon, other recipients include at least a dozen
law firms and attorneys, most of whom are retained by Zwebner and/or
TVCP in his litigious activities. For example, attorneys for Bingham Dana law
firm, who are employed by Zwebner for the purpose of suing Zwebner's
online critics, are also included in the list, as well as Zwebner's selected
TVCP stock touters who regularly appear on the online message boards
promoting and touting the stock of TVCP. You see, Mr. Zwebner is a
master's master when it comes to the touting and promotion of penny
stocks. In fact, Mr. Zwebner successfully promoted his own TVCP stock
from seven cents to four dollars late last year, in which he converted
hundreds of thousands of his own 6-cent options to shares, dumping them
on the open market at the peak and elevated prices. After the pump and
dump, the price of TVCP has since settled back into the fifty-cent range,
similar in pattern to MAXX International (MXII).
It turns out that Michael Solomon is also a director and Chairman of MAXX
International, the reversed-merger shell that recently acquired MAXX
International, Inc., a private corporation with a license agreement to
distribute prayer books, and Pure Vision Internet, an internet web site
company previously beneficially owned and controlled by Bruce Gammill,
although the assets and stocks of Pure Vision were in the name of Gammill's
lover, Catherine McGee. Between 1996 and 1998, Gammill also, under the
cover of Pure Vision, operated adult porno sites such as SinVision.com and
VirtualAmbience.com, until both sites were abandoned in 1998. Documents
filed in Gammill's Chapter 7 bankruptcy case describe Gammill's connections
with the Mafia, and one letter from the California law firm of Latham &
Watkins documents an FBI investigation of one of Gammill's enterprises
involved with organized crime.
Gammill and ITEX CEO Collins Christensen were convicted on felony charges
as co-defendants in 1984 in a crime relating to financial fraud in California.
It is not clear how Solomon, a well-connected television industry executive,
former president of Lorimar-Telepictures, and former president of a
subsidiary of Warner Brothers, became involved in MAXX International, or
with Zwebner, McGee, Christensen, or Gammill, except that according to
the March 20, 2000 10Q filed with SEC, it appears that several persons
invested heavily in MXII in exchange for stock positions in MXII. The
investments were intended to fund the acquisition of Fax4Free.com, a San
Diego-based internet company which was recently acquired by the publicly
held JFax.com. But the Fax4Free.com deal fell through and evidently the
shareholder's investments were never refunded. Was Solomon possibly one
of those investors?
Hungry for funding, MXII now appears to be seeking a cash cow to keep its
doors open while it seeks further acquisitions and development of the
market for its securities. The acquisition of ITEX Corporation's established
barter exchange operation appears to be the appetizer on MXII's menu.
"Uncle Wolfey"
MAXX International reveals in its March 30, 2000 10Q a payment of $90,000
in cash paid to Hudson Consulting Group, Inc., a Salt Lake City-based
company formerly known as "A to Z Consulting" which was 100% owned
and controlled by none other than Allen "Sandy Claus" Wolfson. Today
Hudson is run by Wolfson's nephew, Richard "Nothing but the rent" Surber,
Utah attorney Bruce Pritchett, and others (see the KLYS message board at
newsop.net for more information on Surber and Pritchett).
(Young attorney Pritchett, evidently inspired by a recent press release
published by Zwebner in which Zwebner dubiously claimed to have "won" a
$1 million judgment against two internet posters, and armed with
documents from Zwebner's attorney Mark O. Van Wagoner, himself
appeared online recently on the Raging Bull KLYS stock chat board,
threatening critical posters with a lawsuit if they did not retract their nasty
comments regarding Surber, Hudson, KLYS, and other activities related to
Wolfson and Surber. Pritchett, a BYU graduate whose appearance on
Raging Bull became a public relations disaster for both Surber and KLYS,
finally had to make his own public retraction and withdrawal from the
popular message board.)
The $90,000 payment to Hudson was purportedly a "finder's fee" for the
failed Fax4Free.com merger, but Hudson was unable to assist MAXX
International in raising sufficient funding to complete the deal.
Wolfson, who was arrested in October, 1996, for parole violations relating
to an earlier arrest and conviction for insurance and securities fraud, and
Surber were the subject of a December, 1996, Wall Street Journal article
entitled "Nothing but the rent", which reported the questionable activities
of Wolfson's Canton Financial Corporation. Canton, now called "Cyber
America", was purportedly being run in the early 90's by Surber, even
though Surber, then only 19 years old, was a full-time student at a Utah
university. The SEC believed that felon Wolfson, who was banned from any
affiliation as an officer or director of a publicly held corporation, was
defacto CEO of Canton.
Canton entered into a private purchase agreement of ITEX barter credits in
1995 in a real estate exchange deal, but then cancelled the transaction
when its auditor determined that the deal was not in the best interests of
Canton Financial. What is amazing and bizarre is that Canton's auditor was
Kevin Andersen, of Andersen, Andersen, and Strong LLP, who was also the
auditor at the same time for ITEX Corporation.
Wolfson was arrested again on August 3, 1999, as one of 82 accused
defendants in a nation-wide sweep coordinated by the FBI, the US
Attorney's Office in New York, and the SEC. The SEC alleges that Wolfson
continued to engage in securities-related fraud activities up to the time of
his 1999 arrest, and that his activities are connected to organized crime
mobsters. Several of the other defendants arrested were confessed
mobsters.
But Wolfson, Gammill, and McGee are not the only players in these microcap
schemes with alleged connections to family members of the Mafia. In
January, 1997, the "Mail On Sunday" British newspaper ran a story
disclosing Michael Zwebner's adulterous affair with Gia Franzese, daughter
of Columbo Family boss Sonny Franzese, and sister to famous
mobster-turned-straight man Michael Franzese. According to the article,
Zwebner abandoned his wife in UK to live with Franzese in Miami, Florida.
Gia Franzese died of a cocaine overdose in a Miami area motel while Michael
Zwebner was in Israel on a business trip. Miami police said they found a fax
from Zwebner in Gia's motel room in which Zwebner had asked Gia Franzese
to marry him earlier that day. The police determined that the death was
accidental.
Also in January, 1997, Zwebner, who is a citizen of U.K. and of Israel, filed
documents with the court in U.K. confessing that as of January, 1997, he
was an undischarged bankrupt, due to an involuntary bankruptcy filed
against him several years earlier relating to Zwebner's business and
financial failures in the U.K. in the early 1990's. But Zwebner has failed to
disclose this fact in his SEC filings relating to Talk Visual Corporation, as
well as his position on the board of directors of Michael Solomon's
Entertainment Internet, Inc., and of Sector Communications, a company
headed by financier Mohammed Hadid, another recipient of Zwebner's
insider e-mail list. (The SEC requires that any bankruptcy proceedings
relating to any principal officers or directors of a reporting public company
be disclosed in the company's regular filings with SEC. Zwebner's
bankruptcy-related proceedings occurred three years ago.)
But Zwebner's blemished past appears to have no impact on his loyal online
followers and investors, who, supplemented by Zwebner's inside circle of
online touters of TVCP stock, affectionately refer to him as "Mr. Z" and
appear to take Zwebner's word as "Gospel" in cult-like fashion, whenever
Zwebner denies his online critics' allegations. One poster stated, when
referring to an SEC financial filing by TVCP, "I don't understand what any of
that means, but Mr. Z says the company is solid, and that's good enough
for me."
(to be continued)
ragingbull.altavista.com.
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By: MICHAELJ123 $$$$
Reply To: None Friday, 11 Aug 2000 at 4:35 PM EDT
Post #70868 of 71313
Mr Les French + INTERNETZORO
Once again you have shown your despicable and ugly face.
I wouldn't even give you the time of day in replying to the load of bull that you put out today, but I received so many emails from concerned investors, I decided for their sake to let you have my reply.
For the record, the email I sent to Michael Solomon and Jeremy Schuster was nothing but a copy of a Publicly released " press release " that had been put out earlier that day. Nothing more sinister than that. Yes I did send it to my "Inner Circle" of friends, who happened to be directors of companies on which I sit on the boards. This is done as a matter of courtesy for directors who may be out of the country, or not in their offices, and need to be kept abreast of developments.
As far as they or others being on a distribution list of of board promoters or touters, I dare you to list the names and email addresses on this or any other public forum. YOU CANT... why, because you have lied to the public, and you have made up a load of BS, and there just isnt any truth at all to your post. There is no such list. It is an invention of your sick mind. You are a despicable manipulative viscious and malicious liar. You are intent on putting out false and libelous statements for an agenda that as of now I still havent figured out, but I guess we will in due course.
As far as writing the garbage about all sorts of Mafia or Mob involvement, again a load of nonsense, and false innuendoes. Lies and more lies. You might as well try to connect the President of Sweden to the Mafia for seeing the Godfather movie, there would be more truth there.
Your 4 pages of literary garbage is going to be used exactly what it is intended for, wiping the toilet floor.!
On a more serious note, and to bring your evil brain back to reality, why not explain to the public why you are hiding in the hills, scared to be deposed, scared to accept legal service, scared to have to sit through a deposition, because there you have to tell the truth ???.
Why are you avoiding our sherrifs, avoiding the process server, falsifying your addresses, having mail sent to false addresses, using aliases in Orlando, aliases in Portland, aliases in other parts of the USA, using mail drop PO Boxes, lying about your whereabouts, come on French, come on out and be a man, not a whimpering slimey POS that you are. Its so easy to hide and use false names and addresses, but just wait, we will find you, serve you, and haul you into court. You can then have your case heard in front of a judge.
There you can make all your wild and crazy allegations, spin all the crap and nonsense you want, I just hope the judge has enough stamina and patience to listen to all your BS.
To all of you genuine investors and shareholders, let me assure you that this company is ON COURSE in ALL our plans and endeavours, and we will deliver. This nonsense put out by slimey and cruel bunch of fools should not sway you in the least in your support of this company and the many hard working employees and directors who are dedicated to building the business and increasing shareholders value.
And French, just to let you know, while you sit and write page after page of crap, this company and others I am involved in, will on behalf of all our shareholders make money, lots and lots of money, so you can continue to write crap, and we will continue to make money, so eat your heart out.!
Michael Zwebner
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
ragingbull.altavista.com.
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By: InternetZorro $$$
Reply To: 70868 by MICHAELJ123 $$$$ Friday, 11 Aug 2000 at 6:20 PM EDT
Post #70954 of 71314
LesLFrench
Forum Host
Posts: 112
From:Portland,
Oregon USA
Registered: Mar
2000
posted 08-11-2000 18:03
Dear viewers of this unfortunate dialogue, once again it becomes
necessary for me to unsheath the Sword of Truth and to cut to the
chase. The question today is, does Michael J. Zwebner know that he is a
liar, or is this a psychiatric thing? After all, the Chairman claims he has
suffered emotional and mental injury as a result of the information
published by the JD's in his lawsuit.
Last night's article, authored by myself, was descriptive and accurate. It
was reviewed for accuracy by myself and others. So the only way you
could respond was by launching a nasty, vulgar, personal attack against
me. I have the facts, and you cannot help but responding with vulgar
hatred.
I note for the record that you did not challenge or dispute one single fact
alleged in my article.
So why do you lie to the investors and readers about the taking of my
deposition? Your attorneys needed only to notice me for deposition... and
they know that. I wrote your lawyer and advised him that I was available
to appear any time at a time and location convenient to all parties. Your
lawyer is in Boston, the lawsuit is filed in Boston, so Boston it shall be.
At any rate, I have been noticed to appear in Boston for deposition on
Thursday, September 21, 2000, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING YOUR
DEPOSITION at the same location on the same date. I suggest you check
with your lawyer, you have already been served. 9:00 AM sharp. Now we
shall see who is running and hiding in the hills, who is "afraid to sit
through their deposition".
Why don't you tell the spectators that I have made effort after effort to
appear in your lawsuit, however your attorneys have not cooperated.
Why don't you tell the viewers that it was YOUR attorney's decision not
to serve me with a notice of deposition. They have the address for all
process service. You claim you know who internetZorro is, so why don't
you serve him/her?
As far as the list of touters are concerned, they are all in your production
request which was served on you yesterday: John_Quinlan, your special
buddy "SCU", they are all there. Do you really want us to publish this
information publicly before the whole world? Do you really want me to
publish your secret list online? After all, I kinda think that Mr. Solomon
and Mr. Schuster are probably decent sort of guys, but why embarrass
some of the other folks there? And why so many lawyers? Well, I suppose
you should rethink your challenge.
At least you have come out of the closet and demonstrated the dark side
of Michael Zwebner, in full view of the public. I rather believe that most
readers prefer not to see it. But it is a picture that could only come out
of your mouth.
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Best regards to all,
Les
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
PS to Zwebner: ZORRO is spelled with 2 R's!
ragingbull.altavista.com.
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By: MICHAELJ123 $$$$
Reply To: 70954 by InternetZorro $$$ Friday, 11 Aug 2000 at 7:00 PM EDT
Post #70977 of 71314
FRENCH / INTERNETTZORRO
I have no intention to reply to your crap any more.
Dont try to mislead the public with your John Doe AND ALIASES NONSENSE. FREEDOM OF SPEECH WAS NOT INTENTED TO BE USED AS FREEDOM FOR LIBEL AND SLANDER AND LIES.
I do not need to respond to a single item in your libelous and malicious 4 pages of toilet paper worthy nonsense, as it is exactly what I have described it to be. CRAP !
Let the record tell the truth.
You French have attempted to be listed as a defendant, FAILED. You have sent motions to the courts FAILED,
You have attempted to be at another persons deposition, FAILED, You have again writen to the lawyers and courts making all sorts of demands, FAILED.
Own up FRENCH. YOU FAIL, FAIL ALL THE TIME, why ??? because the judges, the courts and the lawyers see you for what you are and what you try to be....
A BIG BLOATED POS. !
You have also declined a request to permit either informal service or to give a proper address for service. While having actual notice of our attempts to serve you, you use the Internet and various fictitious names to evade service.
WHY ARE YOU AFRAID TO REVEAL YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT ADDRESS.
You have made false and insinuating allegations of Mafia and or Mob linked associations. In addition, you have mixed into our TVCP chat lines a huge number of people I have never even heard of and never done business with, all seemingly associated with crimes or felonies. This you have done to besmirch both my name, and the good name of TVCP. You have done this in an effort and attempt to create panic selling and insert into the minds of investors and shareholders fear and uncertaincy as regards their investment.
You are the worst, lowest despicable type of human waste I have ever been unlucky enough to come across with.
I repeat, what I told you earlier this afternoon. Mark my word, you will be hauled into court, and you will be dealt with according to the legal judicial system.
In the interim, continue writing crap letters and postings, and I and our shareholders will continue on the road to riches and make money, you write crap letters, we make money. Let me say it loud and clear, YOU CONTINUE TO WRITE CRAP POSTS, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY.
NOW EAT YOUR HEART OUT !
Dont reply to me, as I will not respond to you any more.
And dont "BEST REGARDS TO ALL"
No-one want your BEST REGARDS, they want your best and fastest departure. !
\
Michael Zwebner
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
ragingbull.altavista.com.
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By: InternetZorro $$$
Reply To: 70977 by MICHAELJ123 $$$$ Friday, 11 Aug 2000 at 7:45 PM EDT
Post #71002 of 71313
LesLFrench
Forum Host
Posts: 113
From:Portland,
Oregon USA
Registered: Mar
2000
posted 08-11-2000 19:41
Dear Mr. Chairman,
I am pleased that you are no longer responding to my posts because I am
getting tired of responding to each of your "final" responses.
The Sword of Truth is quick, and penetrating, and cannot be defended
against. Its effects are startling, sometimes unforgiving, but necessary to
defend against the forces of Darkness.
I would propose you sit down with your attorneys and have them explain
how the legal procedures work here in the states. You clearly don't
understand this. This isn't Britain or Israel, and our Rules provide fairness
and equality for all, not just to those with financial resources to bully
their way against others.
Now I suggest you begin preparing for your deposition. 9:00 AM sharp,
September 21st. You be there, and I'll be there. Deal?
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Best regards to all,
Les
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
PS to Zwebner: internetZorro is spelled WITH ONE "T"!
ragingbull.altavista.com.
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By: MICHAELJ123 $$$$
Reply To: 71002 by InternetZorro $$$ Friday, 11 Aug 2000 at 8:21 PM EDT
Post #71020 of 71313
French /Internetzorro
Dont preach your "crap" to me. You are the force of darkness !
I know the legal system both here in the USA as well as other countries, as unfortunelty I have to deal with POS's like you. WHAT I HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN, YOU STILL HAVE TO LEARN. Your "success" against the ITEX corp, has NO relation to me or TVCP, and your attempts to intimidate and cause pain and suffering are well documented. The courts will decide who has done what to whom, and who is to pay for it.
Dont even try this "See you in September!!" approach.
My attorneys will get your address, serve you, open your cover and uncover your aliases, and then depose you as well as subpeona you. We will go through the legal process.
And when the hammer of justice falls, you will be metted out a punishment you deserve. Nothing less !
ALSO, I DONT "DEAL" WITH THE DEVIL.
I warned you once, and I have warned you again, dont mess with me. I never did aything to you, never offended you, and never had dealings with you. You have gone on a personal vindictive malicious campaign to cause me damage, and to cause losses to our TVCP shareholders. For this you will answer and pay.
Michael Zwebner
(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
ragingbull.altavista.com.
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