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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1788)	7/24/2001 2:16:53 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Respond to of 12465

Re: 7/24/01 - A&E: IR: Selling the Dream: Stock Hype and Fraud Tuesday , July 24 02:00 AM - 03:00 AM IR: Selling the Dream: Stock Hype and Fraud From boiler room to cyberspace: an examination of stock and securities fraud and the efforts to put the guilty out of business. Features interviews with Jeff Streich, convicted penny-stock broker who sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of worthless stock via the phone; Patrick Bennett, now in prison on 42 counts of fraud, was accused by the government of masterminding a billion dollar fraud; and "Pluvia", the never-before-seen Web vigilante who hunts fraudulent companies on the 'Net. NR aande.com ===== Investigative Reports: Selling The Dream: Stock Hype And Fraud Price: $19.95 (cc) 50.00 minutes Despite extensive monitoring, severe penalties and other safeguards designed to keep everything above board, the securities industry is rife with opportunities for fraud. It is simply the nature of the beast: with so much money to be made from less-than-ethical practices, it is naove to assume they won't be exploited. SELLING THE DREAM: STOCK HYPE AND FRAUD meets some of the worst offenders in the ultimate insider's guide to beating the market by bending the rules. Hear a jailhouse interview with Patrick Bennett, accused of masterminding the billion-dollar fraud of the Bennett Funding Group, the largest of its kind in U.S. financial history. Pluvia, a never-before-seen web vigilante, reveals how he makes money shorting stocks and hunting out fraudulent companies on the internet. And government investigators--including the director of SEC enforcement--take us through the convoluted steps in some of the largest securities cases in history. Take a long, hard look at a side of Wall Street your investment advisor probably hasn't told you about. This product is unavailable for shipment outside the U.S. and Canada. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Number: AAE-18242 store.aetv.com

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1788)	7/24/2001 2:17:28 PM
From: Matt Brown	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12465

Jeff: Looking at the two types of restraining orders BigDan was looking for... The suit seeks the disclosure of the identities [..] seeks an injunction enjoining [..]to publish false and defamatory messages We obtained a temporary restraining [..] defendants from publishing, in any press release or written or oral communications, any false, misleading, libelous, slanderous or defamatory statements or information about us, or our officers and/or directors. The first is, obviously, going after the folks posting on Raging Bull. But the second looks like Dan the Man is going after some stock website (Stockpatrol?) or the guys that funded him (First Equity?), who have apparently gone around and said something he didn't like. Most likely via posting articles or something. Notice that StockPatrol is based out of New York and the suit was filed in New York. Not sure where First Equity is out of. It's hard to keep up with this guy <g> FM P.S. Something I still find hard to believe is that, Thomson K is selling all of his 5 million+ shares. That's over 1 billion shares, pre-split, he is selling.