| To: StockDung who wrote (2537) | 2/26/2007 1:14:54 PM | | From: scion | | | | Shareholder Sues CMKM Diamonds, Directors for $57M
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By Jeff Miller Posted: 02/23/07 16:29
RAPAPORT... The statute of limitations was set to expire for filing civil action against CMKM Diamonds on February 19, 2007, said Gene Hurd, but as that date was a federal holiday in the United States, the date was extended to February 20.
Hurd, a shareholder in CMKM Diamonds, told Rapaport News he just made the deadline --by six hours in fact-- according to papers filed in United States District Court southern division for Nevada, where CMKM is registered.
Hurd is suing CMKM Diamonds for at least $57,151,950 in damages and cites 11 causes of action against CMKM Diamonds. "I believe I'm the only shareholder who filed action," he told Rapaport.
In court documents obtained by Rapaport, Hurd (plaintiff) names CMKM Diamonds Inc., Urban Casavant, Robert Maheu, David DeSormeau, Rupert Perrin, Caroly Casavant, Wesley Casavant, Cindy Casavant, and John Does 1-50 plus [Mary] Roes 51-200 "each a legal person."
The plaintiff is unaware of the "true names" and capacities of all defendants sued. The plaintiff purchased 200 million shares of CMKM (CMKX.PK) stock between June 4, 2004, and October 29, 2004.
Allegations in the complaint begin at the time Cyber Mark International Corporation acquired certain mineral claims owned by Urban Casavant and his family in November 2002. Upon the transaction the plaintiff claims Cyber Mark appointed the senior Casavant president and CEO, (wife) Carolyn Casavant was appointed vice president, (son) Wesley Casavant corporate treasurer, and (daughter) Cindy Casavant corporate secretary. In December the company changed its name to Casavant Mining Kimberlite International, which was then changed to CMKM Diamonds in February 2004. (See related links for the history of CMKM as followed by Rapaport News.)
The suit lists DeSormeau and Perrin as directors of CMKM beginning January 15, 2003, and Maheu for joining January 31, 2005.
"After Casavant was appointed president of CMKM, no periodic reports were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission" as required, but on July 22, 2003, CMKM filed form 15-12G stating it was no longer required to file reports because it had fewer than 300 shareholders.
On February 17, 2005, CMKM amended the form stating it had 698 shareholders, at which time the company had issued 800 billion shares.
The plaintiff wrote that CMKM relocated offices to 5375 Procyon Street, Su. 101, Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 4, 2005, but "the subject property was in fact occupied by a 'hot rod' shop..." Corporate auditors at the time issued a statement in July 2005 that claimed CMKM "may have advanced $4 million for the benefit of CMKXtreme Inc., a drag racing enterprise owned and controlled by Casavant," which had not been approved by the board of directors. The plaintiff alleges too that the audit firm noticed "CMKM may have made loans to its officers and directors in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act...that the books and records of CMKM were un-auditable, because they were incomplete, and that the books and records that did exist were not properly maintained."
In March 2003 the Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading of CMKM securities, which was followed by a hearing on May 10, 2005, at which time Judge Brenda Murray ruled that "CMKM had neither and independent auditor nor financial statements to be audited," and that "the draft ledger for 2003 and 2004 reflected no business operations, that management 'deprived shareholders and investors of material information in official filings, but promoted the company to investors through informal news releases and public statements that contained false information.'"
To these charges, Urban Casavant took the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions except for the proper spelling of this legal name.
The ruling ultimately revoked CMKM's registration in October 2005.
Maheu testified to Murray that he was being paid $40,000 per month as a director of the company, but stated he did not know CMKM had any other directors other than Casavant, according to the court documents.
Opus Pointe, which was hired by CMKM to reconstruct financial records testified that 2.7 billion shares ($24.7 million) were issued to an unknown contract. Other transactions included $1.4 million in deposits and $116,000 in withdrawals were made in 2003, and that $35 million was deposited and $6 million was withdrawn in 2004. During these two years, CMKM had admitted to having no business operations.
In September 2006, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) sought disciplinary action against Las Vegas-based NevWest Securities Corporation for having authorized 500 transactions between March 2003 and May 2005 for one customer referred to as "JE" in which 259 billion shares traded for $53 million.
For his cause of actions against CMKM, the plaintiff charges first that defendants failed to file financial reports, concealed the absence of business, understood the true number of shares outstanding and failed to report on board of directors meetings, thus leaving the plaintiff with false information for which to gauge investments.
In the second cause of action, "Maheu, DeSormeau, and Perrin failed to supervise the officers and to monitor the personal transactions between officers and CMKM, thereby breaching their fundamental duty to act in the best interest of shareholders."
The plaintiff states in a third cause of action that Maheu, in his capacity as board member, demonstrated "reckless disregard by allowing materially false and misleading information to be disseminated." Maheu admitted knowing of "problems" during the Murray hearing, "he made no independent effort to verify that management was cooperating with the accountants and professionals engaged to correct the filing deficiencies..."
Urban Casavant "together with one or more John Does, agreed and performed overt acts in furtherance of a conspiracy to convert CMKM funds to personal use through illegal loans or advances." In the fourth case of action, plaintiff charged that Casavant knew the NevWest customer identified as JE "was in fact the beneficial owner of significantly more than 5 percent of CMKM's securities and that Casavant conspired" with JE to conceal an 80-fold increase in authorized shares.
As officer of the company, Casavant is charged in the court filing with racketeering (in the fifth cause) for unlawfully, knowingly, and intentionally conducting and participating in CMKM's activities, which affected interstate and foreign commerce through a pattern of mail fraud, wire fraud, and securities fraud.
While the sixth and seventh causes of action involved securities documents, the eighth cause targets the $4 million loan to CMKXtreme, "an entity unrelated to the diamond exploration business, at a time the company had no exploration or other business activities whatsoever." The general ledger showed a $30 million deposit, on December 31, 2004, "yet CMKM announced less than 10 months later that it had defaulted on its obligations to United Carina for $500,000."
Corporate bylaws state that CMKM shareholders were entitled to annual meetings, which did not take place according to the ninth cause of action, and that "the term of each director shall expire on the day of the succeeding annual shareholder meeting." Casavant served continuously since 2002, without calling a shareholder meeting.
In a tenth cause of action, plaintiff alleged that Casavant "through his actions, including the loans, advances, and transfers to himself and CMKXtreme, maintenance of all records in his home, his appointment as sole director, officer, and employee at most times relevant to this action, and appointment of only immediate family members to corporate officer positions, is for all intents and purposes the alter ego of CMKM and is thus personally responsible for all debts of the corporation..."
The plaintiff determined that Casavant "enriched" himself at the expense of CMKM shareholders of at least $4 million, in the eleventh and final cause. As shown in stock ledgers, the plaintiff determined at least $53 million in transactions took place under Casavant's leadership and knowledge.
The plaintiff demanded a trial by jury, and seeks compensatory damages of at least $50,650, punitive damages of at least $101,300, and disgorgement of all gains by defendants of at least $57 million. He also seeks the appointment of receiver or trustee to manage CMKM, until such time an annual meeting of shareholders would convene to elect new directors.
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| From: StockDung | 2/28/2007 12:08:55 PM | | | | | | THE GREEN BARON PUMPS STOCK CONNECTED TO ORGANIZED CRIME
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PENDER INTERNATIONAL From "..The Green Baron's.." email advisories..:
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PENDER INTERNATIONAL (BB: PNDR)
PENDER Acquires Montebello Development to Develop $30 Million Ocean Front Mexican Resort
It now appears PENDER INTERNATIONAL is beginning to makes strides in its development projects. With its new team of experienced management in the real estate industry, PENDER just announced this morning that it completed the purchase of a new project. Keep in mind that this is separate from the $220 million real estate asset and development acquisition that PENDER hopes to complete late next week.
Business Wire - February 16, 2005 10:00
TORONTO, Feb 16, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PENDER INTERNATIONAL Inc. (OTCBB:PNDR) has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Montebello Development in exchange for restricted common stock. Montebello Development is developing Salchi Bay Development -- a 25-acre ocean front resort in Huatulco, Mexico. PENDER intends to begin construction next week and anticipates completion of 12 private villas by the end of this year. Thereafter, we anticipate an additional 48 units to be completed in 18 months. The property is located on a 1.5-mile private beach on a secluded bay less than 20 minutes drive from Huatulco INTERNATIONAL Airport. Huatulco is one of the newest and fastest growing resort areas in Mexico.
Vic Dominelli, Director of PENDER, stated that "the long-term benefits of our Huatulco project will add significantly to our portfolio of assets." He explained that PENDER will retain an on-site supervisor to conduct daily inspections, supervise construction quality and provide regular reports on construction progress. "At the completion of the project," he continued, "PENDER will evaluate adjacent properties for development that are included in the right-of-first refusal accompanying this project development."
Orlando Silvestri, President and CEO of PENDER, noted that PENDER has taken a greater interest in the development of properties, "with the expertise with which we have surrounded ourselves, we believe that PENDER will have more opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of companies and projects -- Salchi Bay Development and Armistice Resources being primary examples. We continue to evaluate some very interesting properties in Europe, as well as a 400-acre resort and casino in the Caribbean. We would expect the PENDER property portfolio to exceed $350 million in value by the end of the 2nd quarter."
More details of the Salchi project will be available for viewing on the company's website: PENDERINTERNATIONALinc.com'>http://www.PENDERINTERNATIONALinc.com.
SOURCE: PENDER INTERNATIONAL Inc.
PENDER INTERNATIONAL Inc.
Vic Dominelli, 905-882-0221
PENDERINTERNATIONALinc.com'>http://www.PENDERINTERNATIONALinc.com
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Stock scam linked to organized crime Court documents allege Markham man is key in the Cosimo Commisso family and is tied to a pump-and-dump fraud
February 28, 2007
Tony Van Alphen
Nick Pron
Staff Reporters
Friends know him as the soft-spoken owner of a popular garden centre north of Toronto, a family man who financially supports minor hockey teams.
But in court documents obtained by the Toronto Star, the RCMP alleges Aneillo (Neil) Peluso is a key member of the Cosimo Commisso organized crime family and a major player in a multi-million-dollar Bay Street "pump-and-dump" stock fraud.
Last September, Canada's national police force charged Peluso – a tall, 47-year-old businessman with no criminal record – and two other men, with conspiring to manipulate the share price of a junior company and turn it from a penny stock into a must-have investment.
Its only real asset was a stake in a flooded mine in Northern Ontario.
The Mounties allege the scheme at Pender International could have netted players more than $360 million, but regulators stopped all trading among a group of related companies responsible for most of the action in late 2004.
Peluso's lawyer, Alan Gold, said last night that the allegations in RCMP affidavits about his client's ties to an organized crime family are worthless.
"They're not worth the search warrant paper they're written on," he said in an interview.
Gold added allegations in such affidavits and publication of them are unfortunately the price of freedom of the press.
He also said the fraud charges against Peluso in the Pender case are before the courts and his client will vigorously defend against them.
While detectives originally focused on members of "Italian-based traditional organized crime," according to the documents used to obtain search warrants, the investigation later mushroomed into a number of other areas that made headlines across the country.
In one case, a senior Toronto prosecutor resigned when he got caught up in a sting operation that ended with a prominent lawyer going to jail for money-laundering. Then there was a series of corruption charges laid against officers with the Toronto police over allegations they were extorting from bar owners in the entertainment district. Other officers faced disciplinary charges for their involvement with a used-car dealer, but when one was exonerated, he sued the force for allegedly smearing his name through leaks to the media.
Detectives also uncovered what they described as another Bay Street fraud, and are awaiting, according to the heavily edited documents, "the laying of charges."
It was expected that most of the cases, the main investigation and the offshoot probes, will be before the courts for years, all covered by traditional publication bans. But the unsealed documents used by investigators with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit are open to public scrutiny, offering a rare glimpse into this city's organized crime underworld.
A potential witness in the Pender fraud case is terrified for his life, a court heard yesterday, and is asking that he be identified only as X, Y and Z. A hearing date has yet to be set on his request.
After getting a judge's approval for search warrants and wiretaps, detectives quietly began their investigation in April 2001, based out of a secret office in the north end of the city.
At the time of the charges, the RCMP did not disclose any details publicly about Peluso's background.
His alleged involvement in Pender became apparent during an investigation called Project Ora, which targeted Commisso and "his group" for their involvement in "criminal offences" and other alleged crimes, which were blacked out on the documents.
In the documents, Commisso was described as one of the heads of the "Italian-based organized crime group."
One affidavit described Peluso as "a high ranking member of Cosimo Commisso's organized crime group."
A footnote in the same police affidavit also disclosed that the special enforcement unit had been targeting "Commisso and his associates such as Neil Peluso for their alleged involvement" in criminal offences. Details of that activity are blacked out.
The affidavits are only allegations of wrongdoing by the police and have not been proven in court.
The RCMP says the charges in the separate Pender probe against Peluso represent one of the rare occasions where police have arrested an alleged top mobster for stock fraud in the half-century since organized crime groups began infiltrating stock markets.
Ontario government corporate records show Peluso owns Tree Valley Garden Centre, with operations in Stouffville and Richmond Hill. The government information and RCMP do not make any allegations against the company.
Peluso lives in a large home inside a gated enclave next to a golf course in nearby King City. Acquaintances describe him as unassuming and friendly. His garden centre has supported community activities, including the sponsorship of minor hockey teams.
Although Peluso has no criminal record, the RCMP affidavit said he experienced at least one brush with the law several years ago.
York regional police charged him with four counts of assault, including two with a weapon. But the Crown dropped the charges in 2002.
Among the criminal counts in the Pender case, the RCMP charged Peluso with assault causing bodily harm and robbing a businessman.
Furthermore, the RCMP said Peluso and his alleged partners, Michael Lee Mitton and Michael Ciavarella, used accusations, threats or violence in efforts to induce a Pender public relations officer to do "one or more things" relating to the company for their own financial gain.
The force did not provide any further details about the alleged extortion, robbery and assault.
In the allegations, the RCMP charged the trio with fraud over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with manipulating the public market price of Pender in Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere between May 2004 and July 2005.
Police say individuals in the case artificially boosted Pender's stock through phoney promotion and trading among related companies and then sold shares at a profit before investors discovered they had been duped.
Ciavarella, 44, and Mitton, 48, also face money-laundering charges. Police allege they possessed $243,991.39 (U.S.) with knowledge that some or all of it was obtained directly or indirectly from crime.
Police declined to elaborate on how they calculated the amount of the alleged $360 million fraud but some brokerages lost money.
For example, HSBC Securities claimed in a lawsuit it advanced funds to the trading account of one company with ties to Pender and found itself short $2.6 million (U.S.) when cheques for stock didn't clear. HSBC said it also issued loans of about $900,000 to parties with possible links to the alleged fraud.
Peluso and Ciavarella, a former Pender president, are free on bail with restrictions. In Peluso's case, three relatives, including his wife and father, pledged $1.2 million (Canadian) in sureties to ensure he was freed on bail.
As conditions of his release, the court ordered Peluso to surrender any guns, resign from senior corporate positions and refrain from contact with more than 84 specific individuals who could be witnesses in the case.
One unsealed affidavit describes a phone call between Peluso and Ciavarella in which they discuss issuing press releases to explain Pender's meteroic rise on the stock markets, worrying that the public might not believe that a penny stock worth 10 cents one day went up "all of a sudden" to $5 a share.
Mitton eluded police for nearly four months after they charged him. They finally took him into custody last month in downtown Toronto.
He remains in custody, but is no stranger to jail after racking up more than 100 criminal convictions during his career, primarily relating to stock market frauds in British Columbia.
The short, portly built man has been described by a judge as a "professional swindler." The B.C. Securities Commission called him a "classic financial predator." Securities regulators in B.C. and Alberta have imposed permanent trading bans on him in recent years.
He owes more than $425,000 in fines and penalties to the B.C. commission and several million dollars in restitution orders to brokerages and investors.
Before heading to B.C. in the mid-1980s, Mitton had spent time in prison on several fraud convictions in Montreal.
He was out on parole again when the Ontario Securities Commission found suspicious trading at Pender in late 2004.
Pender, which traded on the electronic NASD over-the- counter board, originally started as a furniture importer in 1998 but later turned itself into a "merchant bank."
Pender's share price shot up from 30 cents (U.S.) on Oct.14, 2004, to $11.35 within 35 trading days despite no significant corporate developments. The company's only tangible asset was an indirect stake in a flooded mine in Northern Ontario.
The commission halted trading in Pender stock by Mitton, Ciavarella and related companies in December 2004 and the RCMP's Integrated Market Enforcement Team stepped in. The RCMP team began a probe and executed more than a dozen search warrants on banks, brokerages, phone companies and Mitton's penthouse in Markham over the past two years.
Another police affidavit said the penthouse had the same address as one of the companies that traded heavily in Pender stock.
After the Ontario Securities Commission halted trading by companies in the alleged fraud, phone records showed numerous phone calls between Mitton and Peluso, the documents said.
Another RCMP affidavit said HSBC Securities indicated it appeared Ciavarella, the head of Pender, purchased and sold its shares between related accounts at different brokerages.
Meanwhile, investigations that arose from the original project remain before the courts.
One case involves allegations of corruption against two Toronto police officers accused of shaking down bar owners in the entertainment district. A second case involving a used-car dealer ended up with several Toronto officers charged internally under the Police Services Act.
One of them, Robert Correa, eventually exonerated at a police tribunal, later sued the force, alleging that officers with internal affairs, along with then-chief Julian Fantino, deliberately fed misinformation to the media to discredit him. Those allegations, hotly denied, have not been tested in court.
Another probe, called project "OJUST," ended with prominent lawyer Peter Shoniker pleading guilty to money-laundering. A judge sentenced him to 15 months in jail.
A senior Toronto prosecutor quietly resigned from the Crown attorney's office after police disclosed his role in the case – directing an undercover officer with stolen union funds to speak to Shoniker.
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| From: StockDung | 3/2/2007 11:10:28 AM | | | | | | TogiEntertainment, Inc., announces purchase of Christian Financial Radio Network (CFRN)
by Mark Faulk
TogiEntertainment, Inc., is extremely pleased to announced that we have acquired CFRN.net. Our long-term plan is to use the network, and its well established audience, as a foundation to build a broad-based radio internet network, tentatively called TogiNetwork.
Rated the number one network on StreetIQ.com after beating out 25,000 other financial shows, CFRN will remain a cornerstone of TOGI Internet Radio, expand its programming and become a subsidiary of TogiEntertainment. CFRN founder and owner DeWayne Reeves will join the TogiEntertainment family.
?After much prayer and soul searching, I am completely confident in passing the baton to TogiEntertainment. I look forward to working with the Togi team and I'm excited about what the future holds for all of us, ?said Mr. Reeves.
Togi Internet Radio plans to fill in the gap between programming offered by mainstream media and what people really want to hear ? in politics, writing, lifestyles, science, social issues, and the arts. We will serve niche markets currently overlooked, neglected, or rejected by traditional media. With a motto of ?Politics, Lifestyle, and Entertainment for Heart, Mind, and Soul,? our content will offer value beyond much of the pointless entertainment in the marketplace today. We have already begun to lay the groundwork for our projected venture into this exciting field, and expect to launch our first shows in the very near future, with a full slate of programming implemented by Summer, 2007.
From CEO Mark Faulk, ?TogiEntertainment is excited to have the chance to bring quality internet radio to the masses. Our programming will not be controlled by the forces that currently influence America?s media, giving us the opportunity to provide politics, entertainment, and information beyond the narrow parameters of the Mainstream Media.?
Mark Faulk, DeWayne Reeves, and John Martin, CEO of The Owners Group, Inc., will discuss the future of Togi Internet Radio on Friday, March 9th, airing at 11:30 a.m. EST on www.cfrn.net, immediately following ?The Faulking Truth? from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EST
Both shows will be available for download afterwards at podcast.streetiq.com
TogiEntertainment, Inc, is a subsidiary of The Owners Group, Inc.
Visit our website at www.togientertainment.com
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| From: StockDung | 3/30/2007 12:32:08 PM | | | | | | CMKM Diamonds, Inc. Hires Frizzell Law Firm to Start the Process of Recovering Assets
March 30, 2007 10:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time
CMKM Diamonds, Inc. Hires Frizzell Law Firm to Start the Process of Recovering Assets
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CMKM Diamonds, Inc. is in receipt of the Shareholder Derivative Rights Demand letter that was prepared on behalf of the shareholders by Bill Frizzell. We are currently investigating many facts that will help us decide the best order of filing lawsuits in a quest to recover monies and assets that belong to the shareholders of this Company.
The first order of new business was to hire the Frizzell Law Firm. The investigations conducted by the firm have uncovered many facts which have revealed the reasons for the issues that the Company now faces. The Company expects the first suit to be filed against two individuals. This suit is only the first of many suits that are being prepared. The details of these suits will be made available once they are filed.
“It is my understanding that these first two lawsuits will be filed in Las Vegas before the end of the day.” Mr. West continued, “I have known and worked with Bill Frizzell and know, beyond a shadow of doubt, that his full intent has always been to work on behalf of the best interests of the CMKM shareholders. I am excited and honored to have his help.”
The Frizzell Law firm has hired Las Vegas attorney George Cromer as local counsel to file these first two lawsuits on behalf of the Company. Los Angeles attorney, Al Hodges, will be assisting the legal team as it proceeds.
Safe Harbor Statement:
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27a of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21e of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can provide no assurance that actual results will meet or exceed such expectations.
Contacts
CMKM Diamonds, Inc., Las Vegas
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| From: StockDung | 3/30/2007 7:48:28 PM | | | | | | Case 07-A-538649-B Status ACTIVE
Plaintiff CMKM Diamonds Inc Attorney Cromer, George E.
Defendant Desormeau, Dave Attorney ## Unknown ##
Judge Denton, Mark R.
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| From: StockDung | 4/21/2007 5:15:17 PM | | | | | | The High Cost of Kool Aid garyweiss.blogspot.com
Saturday, April 21, 2007
The High Cost of Kool Aid
The poster children of the naked shorting con men are dropping like flies. The latest is a pissant little delisted stock called CMKM Diamonds.
This "company," which has no assets to speak of, is the subject of grotesque speculation that somehow massive "naked short selling" has destroyed an otherwise delightful little diamond company, and that shareholders are owed immense damages "someday." Not by the people who ran the company -- management is always blameless in naked shorting mythology -- but by the dark forces that have driven down its shares.
It is a textbook example of how naked shorting con men have deluded desperate microcap stock shareholders. A few loud CMKM shareholders bought in to these wacko conspiracy theories and conducted demonstrations on Times Square and in lower Manhattan. They've authored Internet rants and SEC comment letters that read as if they were written by Cho Seung-Hui, news.aol.com and generally made asses of themselves.
The SEC seems to feel that the problem at CMKM is with management, not real or imaginary short-sellers. It halted trading in the company two years ago, and has launched an investigation of the company. The latter was disclosed by a Wells Notice that has come as a surprise to the company's new management, since apparently the old CEO just plumb forgot to tell 'em. I kid you not.
A press release yesterday biz.yahoo.com says that
As of March 29th 2007, the Company had 3 pending lawsuits, a Wells Notice from the SEC that was supposed to have been answered by March 9, 2007 (of which current management was totally unaware, until an official at the SEC contacted them on 4-10-07), and ongoing investigations by at least four government agencies. In addition there is documentation showing the forfeiture of all claims and mineral rights, no corporate records for the past 4 1/2 years of business and taxes that have never been filed. The only tangible asset is a 45 million share certificate of Entourage Mining stock.
Amazingly, some investors are still wasting time and energy expecting this dead dog to arise from its grave. To its credit, there is nothing in the latest missive from management that pushes the discredited "naked shorting" baloney. But the naked shorting con men are continuing to promote the idea that CMKM is a victim of nefarious forces, and not its former management.
The Baloney Brigade marches on.
© 2007 Gary Weiss. All rights reserved.
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