Posted by Tracy Coenen on November 26, 2008 · 3 Comments
This isn’t the first time (and won’t be the last time) that a contribution to Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s campaign fund is followed by questionable activity. The latest allegations of impropriety involve a computer consulting company called DigitalBridge.
On September 29, 2008, AG Shurtleff wrote a letter on his office’s letterhead to the National Association [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Welcome to the (late) Carnival of Fraud..
Wenchypoo presents Word of the Day: Decadence posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.
Sam E. Antar (former Crazy Eddie CFO and a convicted felon) presents Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne Pays Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to Defame a Blogger posted at White Collar Fraud.
Posted by Tracy Coenen on August 18, 2008 · 1 Comment
Welcome to the August 18, 2008 edition of carnival of fraud.
Helen Anderson presents Protect Yourself When Shopping Online posted at Savings Accounts.
Jeremy presents Criminal Charges: Volume I posted at blogs.creditcards.com.
Tracy Coenen presents When money talks, Mark Shurtleff listens posted at Fraud Files Blog.
Posted by Tracy Coenen on August 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
How much does it cost to get Mark Shurtleff, Utah’s Attorney General, to lie for you? Apparently only $5,000. What a bargain!
Today Sam Antar has an enlightening piece on his blog, entitled “Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne Pays Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to Defame a Blogger.” It details a situation in which a [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on August 4, 2008 · 1 Comment
This little piece is compliments of TerminatedRamp, a frequent poster on a Yahoo message board for Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA). This analysis is right on the money!
This man “Prescott” is trying to sell USANA’s 4.5 oz Fluoride Free Toothpaste, which costs $7.50 autoship price. Of course he has to frighten his potential customers before approaching [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on May 28, 2008 · 3 Comments
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff keeps providing interesting material for bloggers. Two weeks ago I wrote about the campaign contributions Shurtleff receives from multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) like Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) and Pre-Paid Legal (NYSE:PPD), and his support for weakening laws against pyramid schemes in Utah. This is important because it is my contention [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on May 14, 2008 · 1 Comment
As Barry Minkow (Fraud Discovery Institute), Dr. Jon Taylor, Robert FitzPatrick, Eric Scheibeler and others (including me) continue the unpopular fight against multi-level marketing companies (which are nothing more than disguised pyramid schemes), I occasionally come across items of interest…
Like this one. Did you know that Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has received tens of [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on February 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment
To make it easier for those of you have been searching for information on Mark Shurtleff, the Utah Attorney General who endorses multi-level marketing company Usana and engages in other sketchy stuff, I provide this list of links:
Utah Attorney General improperly endorsing Usana Health Sciences
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff endorses Usana Health Sciences
Yesterda’s Press [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on November 17, 2007 · 1 Comment
Did I ever mention that the Attorney General of Utah, Mark Shurtleff publicly endorsed Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) and said the company operates in a legal fashion? Oh yeah, that’s right… I did. Well then, let’s review.
Usana executives have been caught making numerous misrepresentations about the “business opportunity,” company executives, and other company representatives. The [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on November 16, 2007 · 4 Comments
Yesterday I wrote a letter to Mark Shurtleff, Utah’s Attorney General, urging him to issue a public apology to Sam Antar. Last week, Mr. Shurtleff wrote a letter to Overstock.com (which Overstock and Patrick Byrne later attached to a press release). That letter was defamatory and embarrassing for Sam, and Shurtleff should not have written [...]
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