Scandal

Lead Slingers Founder Pleads Guilty for Money Laundering and Tax Evasion

December 16th the local San Diego publication SignOn San Diego reported that 4 people, including the founder of The Lead Slingers and The Lead Source, Gary Bobel, pleaded guilty in a federal court to charges including tax evasion, wire fraud,...

 

Who Has the Real Agenda Here? Education Blog Goes Viral

If you have been a long time follower of LeadCritic you know that we cover a handful of dramatic news events within the lead generation space ranging from rumors to murder cases. It seems as though they have been increasing over time too. Well,...

 

UPDATE: Second Arrest Made in Chris Smith Murder Case

According to the OC Weekly a second arrest has been made in the Smith murder case. 34 year old Kenny Roy Craft was arrested today by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department this morning. Craft, the personal assistant of Edward Shin admitted...

 

Edward Shin Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Chris Smith

Edward Shin Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Chris Smith

One of the biggest scandals to rip through the Lead Generation vertical just got much much bigger. News out of Los Angeles today states that Edward Shin was arrested on the suspicion of murdering Chris Smith. The scandal first came to light...

 

Publishers and Affiliates Beware!!!

Publishers and Affiliates Beware!!!

This is a must read for everyone.  Especially Internet publishers and affiliates. Attorney Generals in the states of New York, Iowa, Washington, and Florida are investigating companies that seem to be deceptively enrolling consumers into discount...

 

LG Technologies VS. Shin: Charges Dismissed Against Smith and others

LG Technologies VS. Shin: Charges Dismissed Against Smith and others

I received a nice little email today reminding me that the LG Technologies VS. Shin, Smith, Diana, LeadPoint and others has not been completely settled. The last update was that Shin switched his plea to guilty and has been ordered to pay back...

 

Edward Shin Switches Plea to Guilty

Big news out of the largest lead generation scandal in history. For back story on the case between LG Technologies and Edward Shin, Chris Smith and others please read the following articles, starting with this one. It was released recently that...

 

LG Technologies/Shin Scandal Continues

One of the biggest lead generation scandals continues with the addition of more evidence and documentation made public through the Riverside Court Public Access portal. If you have not been following the case or not aware of what is being alleged,...

 

LG Technologies VS. Shin and others: Shin Charged with Contempt

One of the biggest lead generation scandals of the year is going to continue into 2010, but it is not going to leave 2009 without one more big break in the case. A brief review of the case can be found here and here. If you are familiar with...

 

LG Technologies/Edward Shin Scandal Continues

LG Technologies/Edward Shin Scandal Continues

In May of this year I revealed an interesting case between a lead generation company and a few of its key employees. The case, which you can read about here in my original post, included allegations of fraud, embezzlement and contract infringement,...

 

Lawsuit Update: LG Technologies, Shin, Smith, etc

Last post I gave a brief synopsis of the original complaint submitted by LG Technologies and also picked a few statements from Edwards Shin declaration. One of the bigger complaints or allegations made by LG is that Shin purposely diverted payments...

 

LG Technologies Files Suit Against Two Employees, LeadPoint, Marc Diana and Others

A recent case has popped up in the Southern California Superior Court of Riverside and is bound to turn a few heads in the lead generation industry. Accusations of fraud, stealing and diverting of leads are at the top of the list for this case. The...

 
 
 
 

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