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To: blebovits who wrote (4669)11/15/2001 6:56:09 PM
From: StockDung  Respond to of 6847
 
der US-Bürger Regis Possino
06.08.2001 17:21 MEZ

FBI deckt Betrügerring auf

Spuren führen nach Wien - Verhaftungen auch in Klagenfurt

Wien - Die amerikanische Bundespolizei FBI hat einen weltweit agierenden Ring von Anlagebetrügern aufgedeckt. Einer der Drahtzieher, der US-Bürger Regis Possino, tauchte bereits im vergangenen Jahr bei der Übernahme der als Börsenmakler tätigen Wiener General Commerce Bank (vormals WMP Bank) auf. Die Anlagebetrüger sollen weltweit einen gigantischen Schaden von umgerechnet 15 Mrd. S (1,1 Mrd. Euro) angerichtet haben. Dies berichtet Format. Den Meldungen zufolge hat das FBI vor zehn Tagen bei einer ersten Großrazzia in der thailändischen Hauptstadt Bangkok 81 Verdächtige, großteils Europäer, festgenommen. Der mit Maklerbüros in Amerika, Europa, Australien und Asien weltweit agierenden Truppe wird dem Bericht zufolge vorgeworfen, zuerst die Kurse wertloser Aktien in die Höhe getrieben und sie dann an Tausende Kunden verkauft zu haben. Weitere Razzien in neun Städten auf drei Kontinenten stünden bevor.
Ob ein Zusammenhang der FBI-Erhebungen mit vier Verhaftungen im Dunstkreis der General-Partners-Gruppe (die aus der WMP Bank und der Residenz Real hervorgegangen ist) besteht, war am Sonntag noch nicht klar: Am Freitag hat die Kriminalpolizei Klagenfurt vier Personen - darunter den Wiener Broker Wolfgang Kössner - festgenommen. Wie berichtet, wurden vor drei Wochen Vorerhebungen eingeleitet, nachdem in einer Anzeige der Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank Vorwürfe erhoben worden waren. Kössner soll laut Anzeige über ein verschachteltes Firmennetz Vermögensdelikte begangen haben, bestreitet dies aber. (APA, red)



To: blebovits who wrote (4669)11/15/2001 7:06:10 PM
From: StockDung  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6847
 
YET ANOTHER STRATTON OAKMONT FRAUDULENT BOILER ROOM PROMOTER TIED TO REGIS POSSINO/"CORPORATE FINANCIAL ENTERPRISES"

OSIN, POCO, WSST, AFTI, TEVT, CNES, LXTI, AND THTH

Personal Quote: Every time I held a rose, it seems i only felt the torns

Robert William Koch, II (Registered Representative, Katonah, New York) submitted an Offer of Settlement pursuant to which he was censured, suspended from association with any NASD member in any capacity for two years, and required to requalify by exam prior to becoming associated with any member firm. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Koch consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that he made baseless and improper price predictions pertaining to highly speculative securities and engaged in unauthorized trading in a customer's account. The findings also stated that Koch improperly discouraged or refused to execute sell orders, improperly promised to limit losses, and made false and misleading disclosures as to risk. Furthermore, the NASD determined that Koch made false and misleading statements as to an issuer and falsely claimed access to inside information.

nasdr.com

Registrant:
Dailyfinancial.com (DAILYFINANCIAL-DOM)
324 Jay Street
Katonah, NY 10536
US

Domain Name: dailyfinancial.com Enter amount
Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Bob, Koch (BK6550) rwkice@AOL.COM
Dailyfinancial.com
324 Jay Street
Katonah, NY 10536
(877)285-5587
Technical Contact:
Harris, Lee (LH1027) lee@HARRISNET.COM
Harris Media
57 East 11th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212-822-8840 (FAX) 212-208-4607

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Record expires on 25-Feb-2003.
Record created on 25-Feb-1999.
Database last updated on 1-Sep-2001 03:10:00 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

RE:OSIN, rwk stands for Robert W Koch, Former Stratton Oakmont Principal

Registrant:
Dailyfinancial.com (DAILYFINANCIAL-DOM)
324 Jay Street
Katonah, NY 10536
US

Domain Name: dailyfinancial.com Enter amount (

Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Bob, Koch (BK6550) rwkice@AOL.COM
Dailyfinancial.com
324 Jay Street
Katonah, NY 10536
(877)285-5587

For Release:
Contact:

Other Contact: Thursday, October 16, 1997
Nancy A. Condon - (202) 728-8379
Barry R. Goldsmith - (202) 974-2850

NASD Regulation Brings Sales Practice Charges Against 33 Former Stratton Oakmont Principals and Brokers

Washington, D.C.¾ NASD Regulation, Inc., today announced that it has filed disciplinary charges against 33 former principals, brokers, and employees of the now defunct Long Island brokerage firm of Stratton Oakmont, Inc. The firm was expelled from the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) in December 1996 because it posed "an on-going risk to the investing public."

Today’s complaint, which alleges a wide range of serious sales practice violations by 33 individuals, is one of the largest complaints of its type ever brought by NASD Regulation and results from a continuing investigation into Stratton Oakmont’s operations. The complaint alleges that 33 individuals, who were based at Stratton Oakmont’s headquarters in Lake Success, N.Y., engaged in a number of fraudulent sales practices and other misconduct from 1993 through 1996. NASD Regulation also alleges that in many instances, Stratton Oakmont used prepared scripts (six of which are part of the complaint) as part of their aggressive telemarketing efforts to sell speculative securities.

Today’s complaint identifies at least 70 specific customers who were allegedly victimized through fraudulent practices including: unauthorized trading; baseless or improper price predictions; inadequate or inaccurate risk disclosure; churning and excessive trading; sale of unsuitable investments to risk-averse customers; advising customers to disregard information in prospectuses; falsely promising to limit losses to a specific amount; claiming access to inside information; making false statements regarding specific securities and issuers; making improper comparisons to other stocks; tying the purchase of initial public offerings to a commitment to buy stock in the aftermarket; guaranteeing customers against loss; promising to make up losses with new trades; refusing to execute or aggressively discouraging orders to sell stocks; use of false and misleading scripts; supervision failures; falsifying account documentation; failing to appear for testimony before the NASD; and lying during testimony.

The complaint names the following principals:

Daniel M. Porush – President and principal owner.
Michael J. Albino – Director of Supervision.
Andrew T. Greene – Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Finance.
Howard S. Gelfand
Jordan Shamah
Named brokers include:

Chad J. Beanland
Eric Blumen
Ira A. Boshnack
Stephen G. Buxton
Andrew S. Friedman
Dean S. Friedman
Kenneth J. Fuina
Daniel J. Gallagher
James W. Garofalo Jr.
Paul J. Greco
David S. Heredia
Robert W. Koch II
Thomas A. Niemczyk
George Patsis
Michael J. Raskin
Frank Riccuiti Jr.
Richard L. Ringel
Robert J. Rosato
Peter T. Rubenstein
Lawrence T. Smith
Robert F. Smith
Edward C. Sparacio
Michael A. Taliercio
Joseph Teseo
Peter T. Tsadilas
Bonnie C. Vandenberg
April Wiener
The complaint names the following research analyst:

Clifford B. Olshaker
Prior to its expulsion by NASD Regulation, Stratton Oakmont and its principals were repeatedly fined, censured and, in some cases, barred by federal and state securities regulators. Since June 1989, the firm and its principals have been the subject of numerous NASD Regulation disciplinary actions, including fines, censures, suspensions, and bars. In recent years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a number of state securities regulators around the nation have also sanctioned both Stratton Oakmont and its principals. In early 1994, the SEC settled an enforcement action against Stratton Oakmont and its President, Daniel M. Porush, after alleging that the firm engaged in securities fraud through its "boiler room" sales operation. By late 1994, the SEC had charged Stratton Oakmont with violating the settlement agreement and obtained a permanent injunction against the firm requiring future compliance. At the time of its expulsion in December 1996, the firm had been barred by a number of state regulators.

Stratton Oakmont is currently being liquidated in accordance with the Securities Investors Protection Act (SIPC) of 1970.

The filing of an NASD Regulation complaint represents the initiation of a formal proceeding. At this time, the allegations have not been proven and no decision has been made. Under NASD Regulation rules, the respondents can file a response to these charges and request a hearing before an NASD Regulation disciplinary panel. Possible sanctions include a fine, suspension, or bar from the securities industry.

Investors can obtain the disciplinary record of any NASD-registered broker or brokerage firm by calling 800-289-9999, or by sending an e-mail through NASD Regulation’s web site (www.nasdr.com).

NASD Regulation oversees all U.S. stockbrokers and brokerage firms. NASD Regulation, along with The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., are subsidiaries of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASDÒ), the largest securities-industry self-regulatory organization in the United States.

Investors who have questions should contact NASD Regulation at (301) 590-6500.
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NASD Regulation Brings Sales Practice Charges Against 33 Former Stratton

Oakmont Principals and Brokers

NASD Regulation announced that it has filed disciplinary charges against 33

former principals, brokers, and employees of the now defunct Long Island

brokerage firm of Stratton Oakmont, Inc. The firm was expelled from the NASD

in December 1996 because it posed “an ongoing risk to the investing public.”

The complaint, which alleges a wide range of serious sales practice violations by

33 individuals, is one of the largest complaints of its type ever brought by NASD

Regulation and results from a continuing investigation into Stratton Oakmont’s

operations. The complaint alleges that 33 individuals, who were based at Stratton

Oakmont’s headquarters in Lake Success, New York, engaged in a number of

fraudulent sales practices and other misconduct from 1993 through 1996. NASD

Regulation also alleges that, in many instances, Stratton Oakmont used prepared

scripts (six of which are part of the complaint) as part of their aggressive

telemarketing efforts to sell speculative securities.

The complaint identifies at least 70 specific customers who were allegedly

victimized through fraudulent practices including: unauthorized trading; baseless

or improper price predictions; inadequate or inaccurate risk disclosure; churning

and excessive trading; sale of unsuitable investments to risk-averse customers;

advising customers to disregard information in prospectuses; falsely promising to

limit losses to a specific amount; claiming access to inside information; making

false statements regarding specific securities and issuers; making improper

comparisons to other stocks; tying the purchase of initial public offerings to a

commitment to buy stock in the aftermarket; guaranteeing customers against loss;

promising to make up losses with new trades; refusing to execute or aggressively

discouraging orders to sell stocks; use of false and misleading scripts; supervision

failures; falsifying account documentation; failing to appear for testimony before

the NASD; and lying during testimony.

The complaint names the following principals:

Daniel M. Porush, President and principal owner

Michael J. Albino, Director of Supervision

Andrew T. Greene, Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Finance

Howard S. Gelfand

Jordan Shamah

Named brokers include:

Chad J. Beanland

Eric Blumen

Ira A. Boshnack

Stephen G. Buxton

Andrew S. Friedman

Dean S. Friedman

Kenneth J. Fuina

Daniel J. Gallagher

James W. Garofalo Jr.

Paul J. Greco

David S. Heredia

Robert W. Koch II

Thomas A. Niemczyk

George Patsis

Michael J. Raskin

Frank Riccuiti Jr.

Richard L. Ringel

Robert J. Rosato

Peter T. Rubenstein

Lawrence T. Smith

Robert F. Smith

Edward C. Sparacio

Michael A. Taliercio

Joseph Teseo

Peter T. Tsadilas

Bonnie C. Vandenberg

April Wiener

The complaint names the following research analyst:

Clifford B. Olshaker

Prior to its expulsion by NASD Regulation, Stratton Oakmont and its principals

were repeatedly fined, censured and, in some cases, barred by federal and state

securities regulators. Since June 1989, the firm and its principals have been the

subject of numerous NASD Regulation disciplinary actions, including fines,

censures, suspensions, and bars. In recent years, the SEC and a number of state

securities regulators around the nation have also sanctioned both Stratton

Oakmont and its principals. In early 1994, the SEC settled an enforcement action

against Stratton Oakmont and its President, Daniel M. Porush, after alleging that

the firm engaged in securities fraud through its “boiler room” sales operation. By

late 1994, the SEC had charged Stratton Oakmont with violating the settlement

agreement and obtained a permanent injunction against the firm requiring future

compliance. At the time of its expulsion in December 1996, the firm had been

barred by a number of state regulators.

Stratton Oakmont is currently being liquidated in accordance with the Securities

Investors Protection Act (SIPC) of 1970.

The filing of an NASD Regulation complaint represents the initiation of a formal

proceeding. At this time, the allegations have not been proven and no decision

has been made. Under NASD Regulation rules, the respondents can file a

response to these charges and request a hearing before an NASD Regulation

disciplinary panel. Possible sanctions include a fine, suspension, or bar from the

securities industry.

© 1997, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD). All rights

reserved.

Subj:Corporate Financial Enterprises is Regis Possino/Dutchess Advisors have promoted Possino stocks/ConectiSys Corp Regis Possino has a judgement with idaho securities SEC for selling unregistered securities in this stock /OSIN being promoted by Robert W. Koch

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Registrant:
Dailyfinancial.com (DAILYFINANCIAL-DOM)
324 Jay Street
Katonah, NY 10536
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Domain Name: dailyfinancial.com Enter amount (min $200.00)

Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Bob, Koch (BK6550) rwkice@AOL.COM
Dailyfinancial.com
324 Jay Street
Katonah, NY 10536
(877)285-5587
Technical Contact:
Harris, Lee (LH1027) lee@HARRISNET.COM
Harris Media
57 East 11th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212-822-8840 (FAX) 212-208-4607

Record last updated on 07-Mar-2001.
Record expires on 25-Feb-2003.
Record created on 25-Feb-1999.
Database last updated on 31-Aug-2001 21:50:00 EDT.

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To: blebovits who wrote (4669)11/15/2001 7:26:35 PM
From: StockDung  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6847
 
ONE MUST WONDER WHY THE STRATTON OAKMONT EX-BROKER THAT REGIS pOSSINO HAD USED WAS ALSO VERY BULLISH ON PROMOTING ABSOLUTEFUTURE.COM IN MY PREVIOUS POST. I WONDER IF HE KNEW THAT THE MOB WAS INVOLVED IN THAT ONE?

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
LITIGATION RELEASE NO. 17180 / October 11, 2001
SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION V. ABSOLUTEFUTURE.COM, ET AL.,United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Civ. Action No. 01 CV 9058 (October 11, 2001).

SEC SUES ABSOLUTEFUTURE.COM, ITS FORMER CEO AND CERTAIN STOCK PROMOTERS IN CONNECTION WITH MANIPULATION SCHEME WHICH INFLATED ABSOLUTEFUTURE.COM'S STOCK PRICE BY 2,700% OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that today it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against AbsoluteFuture.com ("AFTI"), a Seattle-based software company, Graham Andrews, a resident of England and Monaco and AFTI's former president and CEO, Edward A. Durante, of Gardiner, New York, Roger M. DeTrano, of New York City, Alfred Peeper, a resident of Spain, Eugene C. Geiger, of Castle Rock, Colorado, a registered representative affiliated with Spencer Edwards, Inc., a Colorado-based broker-dealer, and certain entities controlled by Durante and DeTrano: Commonwealth Partners NY, LLC, a New York City-based financial consulting firm,Berkshire Capital Partners, Inc., Commonwealth Associates, Ltd., Dottenhoff Financial, Ltd., Galton Scott & Goulett, Inc., and Zimenn Importing and Exporting, Inc.

The Commission's Complaint alleges that from July 1999 through May 2000, Andrews, Durante and DeTrano operated a complex scheme to manipulate AFTI's stock through the use of false and misleading press releases and manipulative trading techniques. Specifically, the Commission alleges that in July and August 1999, Andrews caused AFTI to issue four false press releases which it posted on its Internet website, relating to purported business relationships and revenue projections, in order to artificially inflate the company's stock price. In two of those press releases, AFTI falsely claimed to have been selected by Microsoft Corporation as one of its preferred vendors, a highly coveted status within the software industry. Then, in November 1999, Andrews hired Durante and DeTrano to manipulate AFTI's stock price through manipulative trading undertaken by Durante, with the aid and agreement of Peeper and Geiger. In connection with the scheme, Andrews caused AFTI to improperly issue 4.1 million shares to Durante and DeTrano-controlled entities. Between December 1999 and May 2000, Durante used those shares to conduct manipulative trading in the accounts of his controlled entities at a Canadian-based broker-dealer. Andrews and DeTrano participated in the manipulative scheme by issuing press releases, one of which was false, timed to coincide with Durante's manipulative trading. Peeper participated in the scheme by purchasing large blocks of AFTI stock through matched orders placed in conjunction with Durante's sell orders. Peeper's purchases were negotiated and executed by Geiger, his broker at Spencer Edwards. The Durante-Peeper transactions were manipulative in nature because, among other things, they contained hidden discounts which artificially inflated and inaccurately reported the transactions' share volume and price. In all, the manipulation scheme increased AFTI's stock price from a low of $.21 in December 1999 to a high of $6.00 in March 2000, an increase of almost 2,700%.

The Commission's complaint charges AFTI, Andrews, Durante, DeTrano, Peeper, Geiger and various entities used by them in the scheme with violating the antifraud provisions of the securities laws (Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder). The complaint also charges AFTI, Andrews, Durante, DeTrano and various entities they used in the scheme with violating the registration provisions of the Securities Act (Section 5). Finally, the complaint charges AFTI, Andrews, Durante and DeTrano with reporting violations pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(d) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act. The Commission seeks injunctions prohibiting future violations of the securities laws, disgorgement of the defendants' ill-gotten gain, along with prejudgment interest thereon, and civil penalties. In addition, the Commission seeks an order barring Andrews from serving as an officer or director of a public company.

In addition to the Commission's civil complaint against him, DeTrano was arrested for securities fraud on October 3, 2001 by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The Commission would like to acknowledge the assistance of that office, in addition to that of NASD Regulation and of the British Columbia Securities Commission, in connection with this matter.

sec.gov

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To: blebovits who wrote (4669)11/15/2001 7:59:14 PM
From: StockDung  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6847
 
Absolutefuture.com SOUNDS like its mob linked. What do you think?

B.C. Securities Commission - Street Wire
SEC, feds target Cons. Fortress ex-president Andrews
B.C. Securities Commission *BCSC
Tue 13 Nov 2001 Street Wire
See Consolidated Fortress Resources Inc (CFR) Street Wireby Brent Mudry
While Vancouver broker Trevor Koenig of Union Securities has been the star
Howe Street target of American authorities in the past three months,
London-based penny stock promoter Graham Andrews, Colorado broker Eugene
Geiger and Spanish-based Dutch financier Alfred Peeper have also emerged in
starring roles in the past month.
The trio are named as defendants in the United States Securities Exchange
Commission's prosecution of Absolutefuture.com, while Mr. Andrews is also
named in a related criminal complaint regarding the OTC Bulletin Board
promotion, one of Mr. Koenig's rig jobs.
Mr. Andrews quietly stepped down as president of Consolidated Fortress
Resources Inc., a Canadian Venture Exchange promotion on Oct. 26, more than
three weeks after he was named in an Oct. 1 sealed criminal complaint filed
in the Southern District of New York. The Absolutefuture.com complaint was
unsealed by Oct. 3, when the other criminal defendant, New York penny stock
promoter Roger DeTrano, was arrested.
Michael Graye was arrested the next day, Oct. 4, in a separate SDNY
criminal complaint with Mr. DeTrano, who allegedly conspired to help the
controversial Vancouver accountant rig his embryonic Vinex Wines promotion.
Mr. Andrews, Mr. DeTrano, Mr. Graye and Mr. Koenig, arrested crossing the
border on the Labour Day weekend, were all snared in co-ordinated stings
featuring the same dirty promoter-turned-informant. (By coincidence, Mr.
Graye and Mr. Andrews both have dual citizenships in the exotic offshore
enclave of Monaco.)
The SEC troubles of Mr. Andrews came as a surprise to the folks at Cons.
Fortress, according to company lawyer James Harris of Watson Goepel Maledy.
"We all know him to be a person of great integrity. We are all quite
shocked," Mr. Harris told Stockwatch on Tuesday. "Our understanding is that
he has to spend his full time fighting that full situation to protect his
reputation."
Lawyer Mr. Harris confirms Mr. Andrews faxed his resignation in late
October, and there have been a number of E-mails back and forth since then,
with company officials offering their support to their hastily departed
president. Neither Mr. Harris nor rookie replacement president Ali Alibhai
were aware of the criminal prosecution of Mr. Andrews until informed by
Stockwatch.
"We really know nothing about the Absolutefuture situation," says Mr.
Harris. The corporate counsel explains that Mr. Andrews is an "oil guy,"
and Cons. Fortress is no longer an oil and gas promotion.
Mr. Andrews had been a senior director of Cons. Fortress and its
predecessor, Fortress Resources Inc., since April, 1997, and served stints
as its president since about 1999. The controversial financier acquired a
27-per-cent stake in Fortress in 1997 by buying the company's 750,000
escrow shares.
In recent years, Mr. Andrews has been a familiar face in deals on Howe
Street, the centre of dealings for the former Vancouver Stock Exchange,
which was dubbed Scam Capital of the World by satirist Joe Queenan in
Forbes magazine a decade ago. Mr. Andrews has served directorship stints
with a number of penny stock companies listed on the Canadian Venture
Exchange, its predecessor the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges, and
the Montreal Exchange.
The British businessman had a rather odd career trajectory, slipping into
the penny stock world after achieving some success in more distinguished
quarters. According to regulatory filings, Mr. Andrews graduated with a
first-class honours degree in mathematics at Oxford University and a PhD in
mathematics from a university in Edinburgh. After that, the mathematician
moved on to senior corporate finance positions with such blue-chip firms as
British Petroleum, Chase Investment Bank, NatWest Bank and W I Carr, which
is part of the Banque Indosuez Group.
Mr. Andrews then took his upper-crust credentials to the penny stock hotbed
of Howe Street, where he apparently kicked off with a one-year stint in
1992-93 as a director of Robert G. Hunter's ADI Technologies Inc., starting
soon after ADI's debut on the VSE and leaving just before secretive Swiss
financier and purported money launderer Carlo Civelli's Clarion Finanz AG
emerged as a major shareholder.
After getting his feet wet on Howe Street, Mr. Andrews popped up a few
years later, in 1995-96, as a director of Robert Atkinson's Dimitra
Developments Corp., renamed Jeda Petroleum Ltd. In 1999, Mr. Andrews also
joined the board of another Canadian penny stock promotion, Vantex Oil, Gas
& Minerals Ltd., which moved from the Montreal Exchange to the CDNX on Oct.
1, and he recently served as chairman of York Energy Ltd., which is listed
on the OFEX Trading Facility in London.
Until Mr. Andrews's troubles with U.S. authorities came to light, Cons.
Fortress's most notable directors were Richard Bullock, who replaced Sydney
Belzberg as president of the VSE shell in April, 1995, and headed the
company until passing the reigns to Mr. Andrews in about 1999, and his son
Craig Bullock.
The father-and-son Bullocks resigned as Cons. Fortress directors in June,
2000, coincidentally two months after some unflattering coverage by The
Vancouver Sun. Reporter David Baines revealed that Keith King, a former
Nevis stockbroker wanted on fraud and forgery charges in South Africa and
kicked out of the Isle of Man, had set up shop in Vancouver and had
apparently hired Craig Bullock.
The sole officer of Mr. King's Vancouver-based FN Services (Canada) Ltd.,
an apparent derivation from the fugitive's Nevis-based First Nevisian
Stockbrokers Ltd., was the junior Bullock. The Sun noted that father
Richard Bullock, although not accused of any wrongdoing, was a close
associate of Gary Stanhiser of California, the former Seventh Day Adventist
minister who fleeced his flock through an illegal offshore private
placement on Howe Street and was banned from the B.C. stock market for life
by the British Columbia Securities Commission.
This March, Stockwatch and The Sun reported that Richard Bullock was dubbed
a shill for controversial offshore consultant Jerome Schneider in a
detailed unsealed Internal Revenue Service affidavit. The document,
supporting a search warrant raid on the Vancouver offices of Mr. Schneider,
referred to Mr. Bullock as a key associate of Mr. Schneider, fronting for
the consultant's Premier Corporate Services Ltd. and Premier Management
Services Ltd.
"On paper, it will show that Bullock owns the majority of the shares of
stock of these companies while Schneider owns a minority share. The
corporations are set up this way so that it appears that Schneider doesn't
own or control them," stated IRS Special Agent Harold Durrette in a 44-page
affidavit, sworn before United States Magistrate Judge Carla Woehrle in
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
(Jack Blum, who kicked off the Schneider investigation in January, 1997,
told Stockwatch at an international money-laundering conference in
Vancouver in the fall of 2000 that Mr. Schneider had reportedly last been
seen in Mexico City. Mr. Blum, an offshore finance and money laundering
expert, is best known as a key investigator for the U.S. Senate Foreign
Relations Committee on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International
probe.)
Prior to shilling and fronting for Mr. Schneider's Vancouver operations,
Mr. Bullock had the misfortune of appearing in various controversial B.C.
cases in recent years. The BCSC sought records from a Vancouver law firm on
now-defunct Vancouver brokerage Vantage Securities, regarding an alleged
March, 1998, asset diversion from Vantage, allegedly involving fraudster
Mr. Stanhiser.
Mr. Bullock has also served stints as a director of various companies
listed on the former VSE, and he stepped in as a director of Ultra Pure
Water Systems (Canada) Inc. in May, 1995. This was two months after the
former Alberta Stock Exchange halted trading in shares of the controversial
promotion of Gordon Brent Pierce and referred the case to the RCMP for a
13-month criminal investigation.
Mr. Bullock was not a target in the criminal or regulatory probes of Ultra
Pure, or any other probes.
In the serendipity of Howe Street, offshore connections and mysteries are
often intertwined.
The star client of Union Securities broker Trevor Koenig, in the
Absolutefuture.com rig job, which featured Cons. Fortress's Mr. Andrews,
the New York Mafia-linked promotion of WAMEX Holdings Inc. and related
bulletin-board rig jobs was career fraudster Edward Durante, whose record
of run-ins with U.S. authorities dates back 26 years. Mr. Durante funnelled
most of his Union proceeds through a money laundering account at Bank of
Montreal's main Vancouver branch, held by Itex Corp. fraud mastermind Terry
Neal's Exchange Bank & Trust.
Mr. Neal founded EBT in Nevis and nearby Nauru in the wake of the Itex
fraud, and he purportedly relocated to Nevis himself for a while. Nauru was
also the prime offshore domicile used by Mr. Schneider, who was fronted by
Mr. Bullock, another former president of Cons. Fortress.
Although Mr. Schneider and Mr. Neal both ostensibly operated through sham
banks in Nauru and allegedly recruited potential clients in Vancouver,
their operations appear to be independent.
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