Hunter Adams, founder of thestreetsweeper.org:
sec.gov/litigation/aljdec/id290bpm.htm
Links to Manuel Asensio described below.
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Also:
justice.usdoj.gov, search CR-00-1248:
First United Equities Corporation
9. The defendant HUNTER ADAMS, in addition to being
an undisclosed principal of First United, Lexington Capital and
AGS Financial Group, was a registered representative of First
United from approximately June 1995 through December 1996.
HUNTER ADAMS was an associate of the Gambino Organized Crime
Family.
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ajr.org/article.asp?id=4911
"Hunter Adams, the brains behind The Street Sweeper (thestreetsweeper.org), helped launch the site last year, just eight years after federal prosecutors labeled him an associate of the Gambino crime family in New York. Adams, who was convicted for his role in a massive "pump and dump" scheme involving penny stocks, is still on federal probation for his crime."
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The registered agent for the company "AFB Media LLC" is Hope Adams. There is no D&B available, only a P.O. Box. Los Angeles and Hollywood are the home base.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:irRVkmcE-XQJ:www.corporationwiki.com/New-York/New-York/afb-media-llc/67226246.aspx+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
"Afb Media LLC has a location in New York, NY. Afb Media LLC has no known officers.Afb Media LLC filed as a Foreign on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 in the state of New York and is currently active. Hope Adams serves as the registered agent for this organization.
Filings: Foreign (CA - Active)
Source: California Secretary of State last refreshed Thursday, October 20, 2011"
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Whois for thestreetsweeper.org. A similar domain registration for americanfraudfighters.com
references "AFB Media LLC" with the exact same P.O. Box address as thestreetsweeper.org. Therefore,
thestreetsweeper.org is indeed "AFB Media LLC". If the whois records change, historical data can
be obtained from domaintools.com.
Registrant Name:The Street Sweeper
Registrant Organization:The Street Sweeper
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 474
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Hewlett
Registrant State/Province:NY
Registrant Postal Code:11557
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.5168376910
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+1.8886636648
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:hostmaster@thestreetsweeper.org
Whois for americanfraudfighters.com (registrant is AFB Media LLC):
americanfraudfighters.com Details
IP: 216.139.216.178
Title: Exposing the truth about false representations made by public companies
Description: To educate and protect the public from what are believed, in good faith, to be misleading and/or false representations by public companies as well as questionable/improper business practices of brokers/brokerage firms and the stocks they are promoting.
Keywords: fraud, misleading public companies, improper business practices
Content Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
WHOIS: AMERICANFRAUDFIGHTERS.COM whois record
Domain Name.......... americanfraudfighters.com
Creation Date........ 2010-02-02
Registration Date.... 2010-02-02
Expiry Date.......... 2012-02-02
Organisation Name.... AFB Media LLC
Organisation Address. P.O. Box 474
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Hewlett
Organisation Address. 11557
Organisation Address. Ny
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES
Admin Name........... Sys Admin
Admin Address........ P.O. Box 474
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Hewlett
Admin Address........ 11557
Admin Address........ Ny
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email..........
Admin Phone.......... 5168376910
Admin Fax............
Tech Name............ Sys Admin
Tech Address......... P.O. Box 474
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Hewlett
Tech Address......... 11557
Tech Address......... Ny
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email...........
Tech Phone........... 5168376910
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... ns1.secure.net
Name Server.......... ns2.secure.net
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Back and forth with Janice Shell, "journalist" at thestreetsweeper.org:
http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2011/08/janice-shell-of-streetsweeper-i-dont.html
Previous slander lawsuit:
http://www.secinfo.com/dPx8x.64.htm
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Background on Melissa Davis and her source Manuel Asensio:
"Melissa Davis of StreetSweeper: In Bed with Short Sellers and Convicted Felons"
http://blog.redchip.com/index.php/stocks/melissa-davis-of-streetsweeper-in-bed-with-short-sellers-and-convicted-felons
"Is Street Sweeper’s Melissa Davis Masquerading as a Financial Journalist?"
http://blog.redchip.com/index.php/emerging-markets/is-street-sweepers-melissa-davis-masquerading-as-a-financial-journalist
Original article from Google cache with references to Manuel Asensio.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:MUNguYOBpCEJ:thestreetsweeper.org/undersurveillance/Universal_Display__PANL___Sharp_Rise__Fuzzy_Picture+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
From Wikipedia:
"In November 2000, the NASD (now FINRA) sanctioned Asensio & Company Inc. and Manuel Asensio,
for Short Selling, Trade Reporting, and Internet Advertising Violations.[5]
In July 2006, the National Adjudicatory Council of the NASD upheld a hearing panel's
ruling[6] that barred Asensio "from association with any NASD member in any capacity"
and fined him $20,000.
Recent shenanigans, this time involving for-profit colleges under the guise of his "non-profit":
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/10/debarred-short-seller-with-checkered-past-lobbied-education-department-on-for-profit-colleges/
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Herb Greenberg and Universal Display
(Unable to find series of tweets from Manuel Asensio directly to Herb Greenberg. This occurred
in late summer 2011)
Aug 23, 2011 CNBC video where it's evident Herb knows very little about Universal Display:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000040976
Oct 3, 2011 Herb acknowledges the infamous Melissa Davis piece
http://twitter.com/#!/herbgreenberg/statuses/120893256656625664
Nov 9, 2011 CNBC video, all of a sudden Herb is an expert on host materials, which he
characterized as a commodity business. However, he obviously didn't know that host materials
are customized to match emitter materials. Hardly a commodity. Who's feeding Herb this
information?
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000056397
Manuel Asensio (again):
First, note this reference in the Melissa Davis article quoted above:
http://www.eally.org/about-us/board-of-directors
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/11/07/panl-patent-claims-denied-in-german-hearing-says-watchdog-group/?mod=yahoobarrons
Barron's post where Manuel Asensio states
“Their biggest claim was that they owned phosphorescent OLED,
but any such claim was invalidated,” says Asensio."
This was a false statement, the claims were broken out so UDC still retained rights to
the iridium based patents:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/306429-universal-display-s-ceo-discusses-q3-2011-results-earnings-call-transcript
"Also late last week an old hearing was held before the European Patent Office on an
opposition against one of our fundamental phosphorescent OLED patents. The opposition
was joined by a number of European companies. The European Patent Office announced
this decision at the hearing to maintain our patent with fundamental claims directed
to OLEDs comprising phosphorescent organometallic iridium content. We expect that the
official niche from the old hearing will be published in the near future and a written
decision will follow up. We are extremely pleased with this result."
Finally, Herb tries to muddle his way through the patent issue. Clearly he has no clue
what is going on. The key question is, who is spoon-feeding him all this clearly incorrect
info? Is it Manuel or Melissa or both?
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000055526#eyJ2aWQiOiIzMDAwMDU1NTI2IiwiZW5jVmlkIjoiZnNxMHNoT09KbUl2cU9DVDNKTkZFZz09IiwidlRhYiI6InRyYW5zY3JpcHQiLCJ2UGFnZSI6MSwiZ05hdiI6WyLCoExhdGVzdCBWaWRlbyJdLCJnU2VjdCI6IkFMTCIsImdQYWdlIjoiMSIsInN5bSI6IiIsInNlYXJjaCI6IiJ9
There is one more CNBC video where Herb becomes practically apoplectic over the issue and
tries valiently to put together a coherent sentence about host materials. But, again, he
knows absolutely nothing about the topic so it's a fruitless exercise. Unable to find.
Note that in the period short interest skyrocketed from around 7 million shares to over 10 million
shares. If fund ownership is close to 80%, where are all these borrowed shares coming from? There are
only around 35 million in the float.