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To: writerjudd who wrote (4181)	5/9/2007 10:50:57 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 5673

On May 9, 2006 the Company received a notice of an investigation and subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Salt Lake City District Office. On May 17, 2006, Patrick Byrne also received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Salt Lake City District Office. These subpoenas requested a broad range of documents, including, among other documents, all documents relating to the Company's accounting policies, the Company's targets, projections or estimates related to financial performance, the Company's recent restatement of its financial statements, the filing of its complaint against Gradient Analytics, Inc., the development and implementation of certain new technology systems and disclosures of progress and problems with those systems, communications with and regarding investment analysts, communications regarding shareholders who did not receive the Company's proxy statement in April 2006, communications with certain shareholders, and communications regarding short selling, naked short selling, purchases and sales of Company stock, obtaining paper certificates, and stock loan or borrow of Company shares. The Company and Mr. Byrne have responded to these subpoenas and each continues to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission on this matter. secfilings.nasdaq.com

To: writerjudd who wrote (4181)	5/9/2007 11:27:48 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 5673

Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, receives SEC subpoena Wednesday, May 09, 2007 whitecollarfraud.blogspot.com Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, receives SEC subpoena However, Overstock.com finally disclosed Patrick Byrne's subpoena, about a year later. Overstock.com's 10 – Q for the most recent quarter ended March 31, 2007, was filed today (May 9, 2007) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It contained the following disclosure about the Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Overstock.com: On May 9, 2006 the Company received a notice of an investigation and subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Salt Lake City District Office. On May 17, 2006, Patrick Byrne also received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Salt Lake City District Office. These subpoenas requested a broad range of documents, including, among other documents, all documents relating to the Company’s accounting policies, the Company’s targets, projections or estimates related to financial performance, the Company’s recent restatement of its financial statements, the filing of its complaint against Gradient Analytics, Inc., the development and implementation of certain new technology systems and disclosures of progress and problems with those systems, communications with and regarding investment analysts, communications regarding shareholders who did not receive the Company’s proxy statement in April 2006, communications with certain shareholders, and communications regarding short selling, naked short selling, purchases and sales of Company stock, obtaining paper certificates, and stock loan or borrow of Company shares. The Company and Mr. Byrne have responded to these subpoenas and each continues to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission on this matter. However, previous disclosures by Overstock.com, including, but not limited to its: 10 - Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 (filed on May 10, 2006) 10 - Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 10 - Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 Excluded this disclosure: On May 17, 2006, Patrick Byrne also received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Salt Lake City District Office. And this disclosure: The Company and Mr. Byrne have responded to these subpoenas and each continues to cooperate with the Securities and Exchange Commission on this matter. Overstock.com's first disclosure about an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission was on May 9, 2006. Its 8 - K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission reported: On May 9, 2006 the Company issued a press release regarding its receipt of a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Salt Lake City District Office. The subpoena requests a broad range of documents, including, among other documents, all documents relating to the Company’s accounting policies, the Company’s targets, projections or estimates related to financial performance, the Company’s recent restatement of its financial statements, the filing of its complaint against Gradient Analytics, Inc., the development and implementation of certain new technology systems and disclosures of progress and problems with those systems, communications with and regarding investment analysts, communications regarding shareholders who did not receive the Company’s proxy statement in April 2006, communications with certain shareholders, and communications regarding short selling, naked short selling, purchases and sales of Company stock, obtaining paper certificates, and stock loan or borrow of Company shares. According to Overstock.com's recent 10 - Q, for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, (filed on May 9, 2007), Patrick Byrne received a separate subpoena, and about eight days after the company received a subpoena. Why didn't Overstock.com issue a new 8 - K and disclose Patrick Byrne's separate subpoena? We are left to wonder why Overstock.com waited almost a year to report that Patrick Byrne had received a separate subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Perhaps, Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com can answer this question, too. Written by, Sam E. Antar (former Crazy Eddie CFO & convicted felon) Other information about Overstock.com's inventory and gross margins: FRAUDFiles Blog: Why the Overstock Inventory Issue Matters, by Tracy Coenen Posted by Sam E. Antar at 10:53 PM Labels: Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne, Securities and Exchange Commission

To: writerjudd who wrote (4181)	5/9/2007 11:56:52 PM
From: ravenseye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5673

check this out! Buono Moves to License Mortgage Solicitors By Jim Griffin - May 8, 2007 - 4:33pm Tags: Senator Barbara Buono, mortgage brokers, Release Date: May 8, 2007 TRENTON – In a bid to crack down on rising abuses by loan officers in the mortgage marketing field, Senators Barbara Buono today unveiled a proposal to subject the State’s 42,000-plus mortgage solicitors to mandatory training, criminal background checks and licensing exams.... read the whole article @ politicsnj.com ...Senator Raymond J. Lesniak, D-Union, said he will be a co-prime sponsor of the measure to be introduced on Thursday. Solicitors, who normally work for licensed brokers or other licensed lenders, can get quick access to personal financial information because they are usually the first contacts for mortgage applicants. Current law allows them to go into business simply by paying a $100 registration fee with no requirements for education, testing or criminal background checks. “We need to patch up this crack in the system by requiring licensing standards, criminal background checks and training to help purge the bad actors from the mortgage business,” Senator Buono said. “All too often, people about to make the biggest investment of their lives – the purchase of a home – fall prey to scam artists who can steal identities, mislead uneducated investors and then just disappear,” Senator Buono said. Under the proposal, the Department of Banking and Insurance would be charged with establishing licensing standards for mortgage solicitors that would include a minimum of 24 hours of classroom instruction in mortgage and predatory lending laws, underwriting, secondary markets, financing and ethics. In addition, license applicants, including the current list of registered mortgage solicitors, would have to successfully pass a criminal background check before qualifying to take the State administered examination for a two-year license.... lma(zz)o 42,000 sets of additional fingerprints? state.nj.us

To: writerjudd who wrote (4181)	5/15/2007 1:08:38 PM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5673

Lets keep it simple. Judson Bagley has a lot of baggage. He has no integrity and it is almost a waste to even write this. However we are going to expose him, the “Devil Man” We will be doing a series of the “Devil Man skeletons in the closet” Let take a moment to consider his latest perspective. The Devil Man believes that individuals that encourage those that have been defrauded to contact the government and make them aware of fraud is wrong. What is wrong with this picture? Lets remember that it is the government that determines if there has been a violation of the law….Or that it is wrong for someone to suggest to consumers that have been defrauded that they should use their constitutional rights to sue those who have defrauded them. What’s up with that? The Devil Man does not want anyone assisting the government to help thwart defrauded consumers. We wonder why this is!!! Hmmmm!!! However, We applaud all of you who continue to bring the fight against fraud to light. Keep it up. The Devil Man would like to keep everything in the dark. Just like the Devil wants everything in the dark so no light will shine and expose the frauds and those behind them. We all know the government has few resources to stop all of the fraud-taking place today. Especially with some like the “Devil Man” who try to keep it hid in darkness. We will begin exposing the Devil Man for who he really is. (His skeletons in the closet) Bless all of you PATRIOTS. Good will triumph over evil….. Some General background on the Devil Man. The begining of the skeletons: ============================================ post found on investorsvillage www1.investorvillage.com