DOJ E-Mail I can't open.

[John Winston Lennon O'Boogie]

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October 30, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice
District of Nevada
501 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

John.

Re: Case Number 2004R01639 and Court Docket Number 09-CR-00132
Re: United States v. John M. Edwards et al.

Dear John :

This notice is provided by the United States Department of Justice Victim Notification System. I am contacting you because you were identified by law enforcement as a victim or potential victim during the investigation of the above criminal case.

There is new information regarding the above referenced matter that can be viewed by accessing the VNS Web page at www.notify.usdoj.gov and registering with VNS. Registering with VNS provides the ability to access all notifications regarding this case, view any additional documents provided during the case as well as update your personal contact information. You will need the following information to register with VNS: (1) your VNS ID and PIN that was provided to you in the initial email you received from VNS. In addition, if you have received a letter from VNS, your ID and PIN are included in the letter; (2) Your last name or business name as listed in the VNS letter or email.

If you want future email notices from VNS to contain the details regarding the case events, you can elect to “verify” your email address when you register by providing that information during the registration process. Verifying your email with the VNS will also allow you to be assured of receiving timely notifications regarding this matter.

If you do not want to register with VNS, but you want to receive VNS email notices that contain the details about recent events, you should verify your email address by selecting this link to VNS. You will need to provide the following information to verify your email address: VNS ID, your last name or business name, and your email address (you must enter the same email address used for this message). Please understand that if you elect to verify your email address without registering with VNS, you will not have access to the VNS Web site.

If you need assistance with this process, please contact the VNS Help Desk at [phone].


Sincerely,

Nicholas A. Trutanich
United States Attorney

Justin Bagoyo
Victim Witness Specialist

If you do not want to receive email notifications from the Victim Notification System (VNS) please log into the VNS Web site at www.notify.usdoj.gov, select "My Information", remove your email address and click the "update" button. If you remove your email address, you will continue to receive letters from VNS except in those case which have large numbers of victims. To change your email address, select "My Information", provide a new address and click the "update" button.

If you do not want to receive any notifications in your case, select "Stop Receiving Notifications" and follow the instructions on the screen.

If you believe you have received this email in error, please contact the office listed at top of the email message.

Please note, if this is the first notification you have received from VNS you will need to wait 4-8 hours from receipt of this email before you can login to the VNS Internet site (https://www.notify.usdoj.gov). In addition, it will also be 4-8 hours before any documents which may have been uploaded to VNS as part of this notification are available under the "Downloads/Links" section on the Web page.

Please call the Victim Notification System (VNS) Help Desk at phone number 1-866-625-1631 for assistance and questions.

Attachments have been referenced with this notification and are available on the VNS Internet site (or will be available within 8 hours). After you log into the website select "Downloads/Links" to view the attachments.

[phreck]

I copy and pasted the relevant info from the email:

Please read this letter and its attachments in their entirety before calling to ask questions. The Victim Assistance staff will not have additional specific case information.

I have added your name to the Victim Notification System. My office also has a website setup to keep victims notified of the case. Please go to the following website for additional information regarding restitution and other victim rights:

www.justice.gov/usao/nv/programs_caseupdate_cmkm.html

Any new or updated information will be posted on the above website.

Please be aware that the criminal prosecution in the District of Nevada (United States v. John Edwards, et al., 2:09-CR-00132-RLH-RJJ) is separate from and unrelated to a civil suit in the Central District of California that has now been dismissed (David Anderson, et al., v. Christopher Cox, et al., 8:10-CV-00031-JVS-MLG). In Anderson, the plaintiffs alleged that the SEC and other agencies of the U.S. Government conducted a sting operation against "illegitimate brokers, dealers, market makers, hedge funds, and other persons and entities that had engaged in naked short selling of CMKM Diamonds Inc. Stock." Essentially, the Anderson case involved allegations against an entire industry.

In contrast, the superseding criminal indictment in the Edwards case charged a more clearly defined group of defendants: specific insiders who engaged in fraud through shell companies. Specifically, between approximately May 1997 and April 2008, the defendants used various shell companies – including Pinnacle Business Management, Inc. (May 1997 to December 2003); CMKM Diamonds, Inc. (November 2002 to October 2005); St. George Metals, Inc. (July 2004 to July 2005); and Global Diamond Exchange, Inc. (November 2005 to April 2008) – to defraud purchasers of stock in those companies. The defendants secretly authorized increases in the number of available shares and falsely represented or hid the true number of shares from investors. At the same time, the conspirators issued billions of shares to themselves through affiliates. By falsely claiming that these shares had not been issued to company affiliates, the conspirators were able to sell these shares without restrictions imposed by law. By issuing false and misleading press releases regarding the companies’ business activities, the defendants were able to drive up demand for the companies’ stock while selling their shares at a profit.

If you purchased shares of stock in any of the above-mentioned entities during the identified time frames, you may be entitled to restitution. Please complete and return to our office the enclosed Victim Impact Statement and include details of the purchases, including the dates and number of shares purchased, the purchase price, and whether you sold any shares purchased and the sale amount. You must also include documentation with the Victim Impact Statement so that the Court may determine whether you are entitled to restitution. Please return these materials within 30 days of your receipt of this notice.

Information Regarding the Case

Five defendants have been convicted in this case, including Jeffrey Turino (conspiracy to commit securities fraud), and Melissa Spooner, Ginger Gutierrez, James Kinney and Jeffrey Mitchell (conspiracy to sell unregistered securities). These defendants received sentences of imprisonment and probation and terms of supervised release following service of sentence during which defendants are supervised by a U.S. Probation Officer.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office expects to collect Victim Impact Statements with supporting documents from victims within the next 30 days and petitioning the U.S. District Court to award restitution as appropriate to those victims.

Please send the documents by mail at 501 Las Vegas Blvd South # 1100, Las Vegas, NV 89101 or by email at [e-mail]

[makersmark]

Are you actually able to log in?

I got my e-mail the first time a month ago and sent off my paperwork last week to that email address as I mentioned to you in message.


I did everything through email.

Whats up with the log in?
Where are you logging in and how?

[John Winston Lennon O'Boogie]

Oct 30, 2020 16:57:56 GMT -5 makersmark said:

Are you actually able to log in?

I got my e-mail the first time a month ago and sent off my paperwork last week to that email address as I mentioned to you in message.


I did everything through email.

Whats up with the log in?
Where are you logging in and how?

I received a pin # back in the day... I don't have it anymore and I really don't want to call the DOJ for another.. So, I bring it to this board for so one to open who has a pin...

[makersmark]

Oct 30, 2020 17:25:30 GMT -5 John Winston Lennon O'Boogie said:

Oct 30, 2020 16:57:56 GMT -5 makersmark said:

Are you actually able to log in?

I got my e-mail the first time a month ago and sent off my paperwork last week to that email address as I mentioned to you in message.


I did everything through email.

Whats up with the log in?
Where are you logging in and how?

I received a pin # back in the day... I don't have it anymore and I really don't want to call the DOJ for another.. So, I bring it to this board for so one to open who has a pin...

Ok. I get it.
All in all its not really important then.

I got on the email list so thats good enough for me.

[cano1]

Why they dont do this through transffer online? I just have the certificates at this time! I dont think you can get details info of all the personal trading at this time and they know it!

[makersmark]

Nov 1, 2020 19:28:28 GMT -5 cano1 said:

Why they dont do this through transffer online? I just have the certificates at this time! I dont think you can get details info of all the personal trading at this time and they know it!

I think your right.

The bulk of the letter is following protocol when shareholders are wrong in any stock so they ask for your info whether you have it or not.

As we have already experienced when it comes to the case with the DOJ everything happens exactly how they say it will happen but this time seems strange.

I really do hope we get lucky and this is just preparation for bigger things happening.


My question is......
Don't they usually let you know the amount of whats collected first?
Who really wants to be insulted with 25 dollar check coming in the mail. Lol.
😵😅


Also......
Lets not forget the shareholders that have been pressing them hard for a long time now.
We Salute You!!! 👍
That is mostly why all this is going on right now.


Anyway in closing. I got lucky and had some of my records laying around but your right......
Who the heck has that or keeps it.
I don't think you can ask the brokerage companies to pull that up either.
Its to old.

We will see. 😳🤑

[makersmark]

The most recent update......

www.justice.gov/usao/nv/programs_caseupdate_cmkm.html


United States v. Brian Dvorak, et al (CMKM)
Case number: 2:09-CR-00132-RLH-RJJ

November 16, 2020: The U.S. Attorney’s Office has received submissions from more than 700 potential victims in this case. The FBI is reviewing the submissions and accompanying documentation to determine who may be eligible for restitution. If the FBI requires any further information from a victim, they will contact that person using the contact information provided on the victim impact statement. Once a victim is verified, that victim will be notified through the DOJ’s Victim Notification System (VNS). The U.S. Attorney’s Office will provide another update on this webpage in mid-December. Because of the large number of victims, the most efficient way to provide or request additional information or to ask a question is to send an email to [e-mail]



Defendants
Jeffrey Turino, Melissa Spooner, Ginger Gutierrez, James Kinney and Jeffrey Mitchell



U.S. District Court - Las Vegas, NV

Please be aware that the criminal prosecution in the District of Nevada (United States v. John Edwards, et al., 2:09-CR-00132-RLH-RJJ) is separate from and unrelated to a civil suit in the Central District of California that has now been dismissed (David Anderson, et al., v. Christopher Cox, et al., 8:10-CV-00031-JVS-MLG). In Anderson, the plaintiffs alleged that the SEC and other agencies of the U.S. Government conducted a sting operation against "illegitimate brokers, dealers, market makers, hedge funds, and other persons and entities that had engaged in naked short selling of CMKM Diamonds Inc. Stock." Essentially, the Anderson case involved allegations against an entire industry.

In contrast, the superseding criminal indictment in the Edwards case charged a more clearly defined group of defendants: specific insiders who engaged in fraud through shell companies. Specifically, between approximately May 1997 and April 2008, the defendants used various shell companies – including Pinnacle Business Management, Inc. (May 1997 to December 2003); CMKM Diamonds, Inc. (November 2002 to October 2005); St. George Metals, Inc. (July 2004 to July 2005); and Global Diamond Exchange, Inc. (November 2005 to April 2008) – to defraud purchasers of stock in those companies. The defendants secretly authorized increases in the number of available shares and falsely represented or hid the true number of shares from investors. At the same time, the conspirators issued billions of shares to themselves through affiliates. By falsely claiming that these shares had not been issued to company affiliates, the conspirators were able to sell these shares without restrictions imposed by law. By issuing false and misleading press releases regarding the companies’ business activities, the defendants were able to drive up demand for the companies’ stock while selling their shares at a profit.

Court Documents
Second Superseding Indictment Link to PDF
On March 24, 2010, the grand jury returned a sealed Second Superseding Indictment which added the following defendants: Jeffrey Turino, Nickolaj Vissokovsky and Jeffrey Mitchell. In addition, several new charges were added, alleging that certain defendants engaged in a conspiracy to conduct an enterprise engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity, a conspiracy to sell unregistered securities and to commit securities fraud and a conspiracy to commit money laundering. On May 6, 2010, the Second Superseding Indictment was unsealed.

Superseding Indictment Link to PDF
The superseding indictment in United States v. Edwards, et al., alleges as follows: the defendants combined and conspired to perpetrate a fraud involving the issuance and sale of CMKM stock over a period of several years. Hundreds of billions of shares of CMKM stock were sold to thousands of investors during that span. Investors in CMKM are invited (but not required) to complete the following questionnaire. The questionnaire solicits information pertaining to this case for purposes of enabling prosecutors to confer with and receive information and opinions from victims of the CMKM scheme. Please note that while the completed questionnaires will not be publicly accessible, relevant information may be disclosed to the court and/or defense counsel in accordance with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and other laws.