The activities of SOME "multi-level-opportunity" companies are a separate matter-- than outright criminal abuse.
Recently, Laser Radio has been contacted by "downlines" of ACMI, Memphis.
These downlines say they have not been paid in months; and cannot reach anyone at ACMI.
Apparently, nobody even answers the phone at ACMI headquarters.
Nothing posted on this page is an attempt by Laser Radio, Inc
to collect from the bankrupt company, "PIN INC"
("PIN" was to our knowledge , in fact, just one of TWO HOLDING COMPANIES
DOING BUSINESS AS "ACMI" from 1993-1998; The same "ACMI leaders" ran
both companies and passed "ACMI" assets and associated liabilities back and
forth--between holding companies-- then bankrupted the one that was "No asset-- just liabilities"
so that the other could go on and sell assets, liability-free, to Equalnet, Houston.
That asset sale to Equalnet in 1998, mirrored the same so-called "merger" of
"ACMI" to Conquest Communications, in 1996. Like the Equalnet "merger", the Conquest "merger"
was, in fact, just as asset sale.
If you have any reason to contact "ACMI" directly,
We suggest that you try the number, given to Laser Radio by Equalnet:
"AFE" (Anderton Family Enterprises,LLC, incorporated in Nevada, July 1998)
at 901- 818- 3101 and 901- 230- 7696
To our knowledge, this "Enterprise" is exactly the same "leadership"
that ran "PIN", "ACMI", "Anderton Communications Marketing, Inc", Anderton
Communications, Inc", "Advantage Communications Marketing, Inc" etc etc.
But you contact them about your own business--nothing to do with Laser Radio
(which will refer you to a good lawyer, in Memphis, who knows all about ACMI.
He will be released by Laser Radio to help you if he can).
Five Versions of the Laser Radio overall phonecard/telecom crime report
have been written,
concentrating on abuses in the USA.
Both "user" and "collector" phonecard abuses are described:
Provisioning fraud, debiting-unit fraud, abuse of "start up minute" (to cover
additional "costs" associated with payphone-access (even when the calls don't
originate from payphones).
The report covers trend-anlysis of ovement of multi-level sales amateurs (and their
con men "leadership") into other, incrementally-accounted-for "Digital venues":
Like sales of deregulated electric utility service, ATM machines
and (they hope) smartcards
Time-provisioning (particularly in violation of in-state telco tarrifs for directory-assistance) platform "shorting", state and federal tax-evasion, Agent commission and "recharge" accounting fraud. The latest twist is "Asset-sale and declare bankruptcy".
Deceptive advertising to the public FTC) Mis-reporting of financials (SEC, IRS and state tax authorities) Unethical legal and accounting support of fraud (state boards of professional responsibility).
State and region-specific.
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