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No wonder PWW have taken their head from the parapet, and no wonder Jesse Willms is trying to, be Mr Nice Guy.

I wonder where Eborn and his missus live now?

…and THIS is the FTC press release:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/10/googlemoney.shtm

"An online marketer that falsely claimed ties to Google Inc. (GOOG) has been forced to stop operations as part of a Federal Trade Commission action that also resulted in the defendants giving up about $3.5 million in cash and other assets."

"As part of a broader operation on scammers that bilk consumers through a variety of schemes–the FTC initially announced a complaint in 2009 against several defendants that allegedly sold a bogus work-at-home product under names including "Google Money Tree," "Google Pro," and "Google Treasure Chest."

"The settlement includes a $29.5 million judgment against defendants Jonathan Eborn; Michael McLain Miller; Tony Norton; Infusion Media Inc.; West Coast Internet Media Inc.; Two Warnings LLC; Two Part Investments LLC; and Platinum Teleservices Inc.

A fourth defendant, Stephanie Burnside, is subject to a judgment of $741,900, the FTC said. The defendants will give up cash and other assets that include two cars, interests in a Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG) motorcycle and a boat, and a gun collection–which total about $3.5 million. The unpaid portions of these judgments are suspended based on the defendants' inability to pay."

http://www.advfn.com/news_FTC-Settles-With-Defend…

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/10/wan…

And this is CEO Bell's take on it all:
http://www.businesswire.com…newsLang=en

CEO Bell says,

"As indicated in last week’s press release, the company attributes its current financial success to its unique suite of products and its innovative, targeted marketing strategies."

For innovative marketing strategies, most sane, law-abiding people would call that
THEFT

In fact, CEO Bell's offerings of a full package of software design, tele-marketing, financial and office services (he calls it a "unique suite of products"), should rightly be construed as a criminal's toolkit.

GOOG-MONEY-TREE LLC

REGIS (Jan 09)

51 W CENTER ST

OREM UT 84057-4605

INCOME-TREASURE1 LLC

AGENT (Jan 09)

51 W CENTER ST

OREM UT 84057-4605

and

MONEY-TREE-SUPPORT LLC

REGIS (Jan 09)

51 W CENTER ST

OREM UT 84057-4605

Further evidence of how the Utah scammers just hop from one scam to another – acai, Google cash, colon cleanse, teeth whitening etc – is provided by this note in the BBB report on Smile Bright:

"On July 30, 2009 the Utah Division of Consumer Protection entered into a Settlement Agreement with York Galland, Jennifer Galland, Adam Galland, Emily Galland, Patricia Terry, First Support Solutions, Performance Health USA LLC, Performance Products, Timpanogos Management LLC, AEG Partners LTD, YJG Partners LTD, B67 Nutra Pure Systems LLC (ResvPure), 37 Vital Health Systems (Pure Colon 1000), 456 Vital Health Systems LLC (ResvPro), T89 Wie Vita Systems LLC (Denta White), 96 Vital Health Systems (Pure Açai Berry), 96 Pure Nature Products (Maqui Berry Burn), Pomegranate Weight Loss, 405 Natural Health Systems (Smile Brite), U22 Wie Natural Products (Açai Fire), 456 Vital Health Systems (Pure Cleanse), Endless Momentum (Açai VAS), Your Google Income, Fast Google Income, Madness Instant Money, Money Genetor LLC and Health Results ("Respondents").
http://www.bbb.org/utah/business-reviews/scientif…

Yes a multitude of scams [everything from "Fast Google Income" to "Pomegranate Weight Loss" to the usual suspects of Acai, colon cleansing etc] – all linked to the same outfit / group of people / companies. Note the paltry $30k fine – the scammers probably rake in more than that in one day. Not much evidence of "consumer protection" there. Clearly a family affair too with all the Galland's: "York Galland, Jennifer Galland, Adam Galland, Emily Galland".

Yup. 30k is paltry. On your bbb link, the third company listed after the individuals is “Performance Products”, which is exactly the company that swindled the complainant in the Ripoff Report link from two days ago, 10 Feb 2010.

So six months on, same old thing. People get swindled and robbed by the same old people in the same old manner – and nothing happens.

In this case, they are not even “hopping from one scam to another”, as you said…. It’s exactly the same!!!!

So someone now has to go to the bother of raising more lawsuits to get some paltry fine, during which time the Gallands et al will have raked it all in and stuffed their ill-gotten gains abroad. It does make you wonder if they have any law in what was the “Wild West”?

Why don’t they just string’em like they did in the old days?

http://www.ripoffreport.com/questionable-activities/performance-products/performance-products-googlecas-e46b2.htm

This link points to someone who has fallen into the same trap(s) with an Utah business (again) at;
51 West Center St,
Orem
Utah 84058,

… with multiple “offers” being anonymously signed up for, followed by obstructive and lying customer service etc.

This was yesterday, 10 Feb 2010, months after the FTC ordered closedowns on the related companies….

One “offer” was for a permutation on our old Google Treasure/Money/Cash Chest/Tree/Collector nemesis, this time called …

“Google Cash Center”

And now, check out this complaint from June 2009.
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/blazing-keywords-a-1-google-chest-c208392.html

The address is at the bottom and is….

51 West Center St,
Orem
Utah 84058

The same!
And what’s more, the complaint is about Blazing Keywords / A-1 Google Chest which is not far removed from “Google Cash Center” is it?

http://www.privateworld.com/plugin/articlepdf_234

It details how a major investor has pulled their shares from Pacific WebWorks.