Posted on 02/13/2016 1:40:22 AM PST by This_far
A 73-year-old man who mysteriously vanished Tuesday is facing a $113 million judgment from the Federal Trade Commission over a get-rich-quick infomercial scam.
John Nelson Beck of Alameda was the man behind John Beck Amazing Profits LLC, which put out infomercials marketing “John Beck’s Free & Clear Real Estate System.†According to court filings, the infomercials falsely told consumers that they could easily make massive amounts of money by buying homes at government tax sale auctions and immediately flipping or renting them.
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[up to a combined total of $300 that is, I gotta have some fine print too ya know]
Just put/add 'NEW DONOR' (I trust ya)
Sounds a lot like Trump with Trump “University” and pimping ACN as “better than real estate”.
Sham wow.
Probably now resides at a retirement community in Tahiti. His next door neighbor is Elvis
Other than that massive fraud scheme he orchestrated that resulted in a $113m judgment against him.
He went out the back Jack.
Is that you, Richard?
Another Hillary donor and support doing the pert walk
Who wouldn't trust a company with a name like that?!
He really needed to call himself “Honest John” to boost his credibility. :=)
Not now Mom, I’m working
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