xenopia

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by xenopia 16y ago
No comment. http://twitter.com/li0n/status/17199037259
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by xenopia 16y ago
A summary of how United's "business" works: 1) Design an "order form" that looks deceptively like a renewal form for the regular local yellow pages. The goal is to confuse the recipient that this is a renewal for your local yellow pages tha
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by xenopia 16y ago
Yeah, Bernie Madoff was respected "in the community" as well. Usually the interface between the dark side and the shiny respectable businesses are folks just like these two. They want the respect and have the charisma and flexible ethics it
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by xenopia 16y ago
If your Chief Financial Officer is indicted for money laundering, it is a bit of a problem. Even if the charges are related to a completely separate company.
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by xenopia 16y ago
The two executives charged seem to be a bit more than passive investors, considering they are right on Hashrocket's site. One is the CFO. That's not good.
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by xenopia 16y ago
This kind of deceptive business is quite common, and they usually get away with it. It would be naive to think that the Feds have the resources to go after every company that engages in deceptive marketing. There is something more here. The
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by xenopia 16y ago
And another thing. Why in the hell would you run a yellow pages company if your brother is already a "fugitive" for doing the same thing. Really? Don't you think that might be a sign... I mean... Really?
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by xenopia 16y ago
So on taking a further look at the court filing I think what we have here is your basic "real world spam" business model. Unfortunately these things are all over the place as they are a proven way to generate money by sending out a firehose
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by xenopia 16y ago
Read for yourself. http://bit.ly/united_dir_filing And while I wish I could say I was a super L33T hacker, I'm afraid these docs are public record if you are set up to look.
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by xenopia 18y ago
Me too. If we're rejected, a rejection letter would be most appreciated.