Wurld Media Execs Face Tax Fraud Charges
Two Wurld Media executives were arraigned on felony and misdemeanor charges including grand larceny, money laundering, falsifying business records, failure to pay benefits, and failure to withhold income taxes in Sarasota Springs, N.Y., on Friday, according to the local paper, The Glens Falls Post-Star. Wurld Media is a peer-to-peer company that Roo Group bought for $10 million in February.
The charges reportedly came after a seven-month investigation by police and a state tax agency, and could potentially land the duo — Wurld Media CEO Gregory Kerber and CFO Richard Saxton — in prison for more than 50 years. The alleged crimes supposedly occurred late last year, prior to the acquisition, and during this summer, when funds from the sale were transferred.
Wurld Media has a checkered past. The company was involved with adware that was commonly attached to the popular P2P client Morpheus. A couple of years ago it started a new business unit called Peer Impact that was one of the first P2P services to establish legitimate relationships with Hollywood labels and studios. The software included an early revenue-sharing incentive for video creators and users who shared content. A year ago, Peer Impact offered its entire music catalog for a penny per song and 10 cents per album during the holiday season.
But the Peer Impact program, which required a Windows software download, never gained much traction. Roo’s modest acquisition price of $10 million (of which $2 million was reserved for milestone payouts) reflects that. Wurld Media does possess some intellectual property related to P2P technologies.
Roo discontinued support for Wurld Media over the summer. At the time, we were contacted by a Wurld Media customer who was understandably upset that he could not make new purchases or play existing ones. Despite our repeated queries via phone and email, Roo did not offer an explanation.
Roo now lists among its services an enterprise P2P product for media companies with the contact address being Greg Kerber’s email.
Our Peer Delivery Network (PDN) supports all industry standard media delivery methods and enables the development of new revenue streams from Pay-Per-View, Video-On-Demand, Subscriptions and Streaming.
Roo trades on the OTC Bulletin Board. It had sales of about $3.4 million in the third quarter, and a net loss of around $8.2 million.
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Its about time these two individuals are paying the price for their actions as of the past few years. There is another individual whom should be held accountable…Kirk Feathers, the CIO of Wurld Media. He was well aware of the actions and holds an equal share of the responsiblities of the outcome of these criminal actions. I am somewhat upset since the article does not elaborate on their worst crime of all…not paying their employeee, some for as much as a year plus. Even when Wurld was purchased by Roo, the owners, and their loyal ass kissers were paid their outstanding payrolls, but those who moved on, most for financial reasons, were at one point offered, by ROO Media, 40% of what they were owed, and some who agreed to these rediculous terms never even saw the 40%. How can ROO as a public company get away with this?? Im not sure, but the wheels of justice turn very slooooow…..stay tuned, more to come….
Stupid Wurld on December 3rd, 2007 at 7:25 am - Permalink
BTW, it’s Saratoga Springs, NY, not Florida.
Ex Wurlder on December 4th, 2007 at 12:18 pm - Permalink
Thanks ex-Wurlder — fixed.
Carolyn Pritchard on December 4th, 2007 at 12:30 pm - Permalink
How in the world can these employees who were dumb enough to work without pay and Iam sure realized there was a problem, show there stupidity once again by complaining about their back pay.After all those who were either dumb enough to or lacked initiative to quit there job and go else where, I can’t see how they can hold anyone but themselves responsible for there negligence to themselves and their famlies.It surely wasn’t a case of loyality. If they could be honest with themselves and others and the truth be known they all thought the company was going to suceed and did not want to take a chance that with their greed they may loose the pot of gold.Then were foolish enough to join and be led by former disgruntled employee,and her questionable motives.
LittleMother on December 5th, 2007 at 3:48 pm - Permalink
You work “X” amount of hours, you should be paid for those hours while you are employeed by Wurld Media.
Blaming people that were victimized by Wurld is the typical Wurld Media bully mentality. Shame on you LittleMother.
joe_hatch on December 5th, 2007 at 4:53 pm - Permalink
Excuse me Mr. Hatch, I may not have made myself perfectly clear..Yes when you work you should get paid “X” amount of dollars. But when you are willing and make a conscious decison on your own to go to work week after week without pay then you must accept the consequences of your actions. Not come down on management like a pack of wolves and try and sue for what you already knew wasnt there..
LittleMother on December 5th, 2007 at 5:52 pm - Permalink
After reading the various comments can someone please answer me this one question—-If the CIO of Wurld Media, Kirk Feathers, had knowledge that these employees weren’t getting paid—why now is he not facing charges and why is no one demanding that something be done with him?????
Ann Cambridge on December 5th, 2007 at 6:05 pm - Permalink
Forget the blame game, I want to know more about the good stuff. Can someone fill me in on the money laundering? Little Mother, you seem to know a lot, can you fill us in?
Namrepus on December 5th, 2007 at 6:18 pm - Permalink
Just what I have been following in the paper–seems like there’s more coming out now!
LittleMother on December 5th, 2007 at 6:52 pm - Permalink
Wow: what kind of twisted logic would blame those who were lied to regarding their pay rather than the ones who lied? BTW, I’m a Wurld Investor. Over the years I got a lot of investor letters tracking all the wonderful plans for the company. I don’t seem to have gotten the letter informing me that the company I invested in was sold, nor have I seen any return on my investment despite the sale. Who put out those letters anyway?
oblio on December 6th, 2007 at 3:48 am - Permalink
You can call it twisted or anything you like all Iam saying is when you want to play the game with the hopes you are going to win don’t blame everyone but yourselves when you loose.Everyone that held on must have realized that when you invest time or money you are gambling. If I go to a casino and put my money in the slot I don’t stand there and kick the machine nor do I blame management…That is the choice I made and can only blame myself…No one held anyone hostage and it is very sad when we loose our hopes and dreams which Iam sure so many worked hard for but neither put blame where it don.t belong, because anyone of those employees could have walked away any time they wanted. One more important aspect everyone is putting so much emphasis on money there is much more to these situations than money such as understanding, loyality,compassion,friendships. Idon’t believe anyone wanted to see this happen management or employees.
Little Mother on December 6th, 2007 at 10:49 am - Permalink
Listen Here LITTLE MOTHER #$#%%^@…unless you were there to experience the weekly emails and lies that came out of the Executive Staff dropping names such as Disney, GE, NBC…the list goes on..promising Employees of Wealth right around the corner…and no these weren’t “Stupid” people by any stretch of the imagination..they were dedicated individuals with a dream….yea working months with no pay seems rediculous….but with the potential being there … days turned into weeks…turned into months…all with new promises…..SSTFU
Stupid Wurld on December 6th, 2007 at 10:57 am - Permalink
Little Mother is one of the offendors so I doubt (Possible a HE?) will tell the truth….heck hes been lying for the past 4 year
Stupid Wurld on December 6th, 2007 at 11:05 am - Permalink
I want to know the Role of Roo Media in all this mess .Roo shut down the Peer Impact network including the DRM servers and all the money in users accounts was withheld and the music purchased no longer played .
Roo should be held liable for these actions as well as the actions of the former Wurld Executives but they seem to be burying their head in the sand over this matter even though they are a publicly traded company
As a former Wurld MediaPeer Impact customer its interesting to read this thread including Mr Joe Hatch ( if it is indeed Joe Hatch ) making comment .Joe Hatch was an executive at Wurld Media and had a profile on the Wurld Media website.
I’m disappointed that the Wurld Employees didn’t get paid, but didn’t you sign workplace agreements as reported in the Albany Bussiness Review in the Federal Class action suit that was sent back to Arbitration (damn Workplace Agreements - they suck) then from what Ive read the Lawyer from the Class Action went to the police .
The charges filed seem over the top and the matter of money owed to the to the former employees could probably sorted out in civil court but I suppose if MRrKerber is convicted of the alleged charges then the Ex Employess could get a better payout and also provide a nice fee for their lawyer .
Matt_ on December 6th, 2007 at 3:07 pm - Permalink
Stupid Wurld the only thing I don’t understand at this point is if you know for a fact that the CIO of Wurld Media, Kirk Feathers had knowledge that the employees weren’t receiving the pay–why more isn’t being done to hold him criminally accountable.
Not being an attorney myself, is there anyone who can tell me if there is any way these former employees can bring action against Kirk Feathers themselves???
Ann Cambridge on December 6th, 2007 at 5:27 pm - Permalink
Listen here Stupid, I believe you have come a long way in the fact that you can not only acknowledge, but use the user name STUPID that tells me that I wasn.t far off on my first observation of the whole situation and confirms my thoughts that you were dumb enough to stay without pay.After so many empty promises as you claim were made to you, your user name just confirms what I said
Little Mother on December 6th, 2007 at 5:39 pm - Permalink
Little Mother, do you understand Labor Laws. You should - enough said.
Director Business Development & Sales Processes on December 6th, 2007 at 5:59 pm - Permalink
Why arent the lawyers or the secretary or the board members arrested too? or the letter stuffer? will that get back all the back pay? If everyone’s life is destroyed? and their families too? get your pound of flesh somewhere else.
Howard on December 6th, 2007 at 6:10 pm - Permalink
Oh by the way stupid ,your concluding remark shows me the limitation in your vocabulary. that may be why you are having difficulty understanding why people must be held accountable for their own actions or reactions.
LittleMother on December 6th, 2007 at 6:55 pm - Permalink
Oh my, how do you find the time Little Mother or are you having a hard time sleeping? I am with you, I would rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. They should take a look at their actions and move on in their lives.
Qn of Hrts on December 6th, 2007 at 7:33 pm - Permalink
Well said Little Mother and that is why two execs are being brought up on charges that are bigger than not paying their employees and may face 50 in the big house. Again, I would like to discuss the money laundering, grand larceny, falsifying business records and other felony counts. Let’s discuss, you seem to know so much.
Namrepus on December 6th, 2007 at 7:53 pm - Permalink
The only thing I know and the only thing I said was we don’t live in a country where we don’t have the freedom to do as we wish and make our own choices, if we make the wrong choice not once or twice but for days and weeks then we must take some of the responsibility.If you were willing to work with out pay that was your choice,but don’t try and take it out on someone else.That is the trouble with people today everyone is to use to relying on everyone else to take the blame.No I do not know the labor laws and I don’t need the government or a law to tell me when I make stupid choices, that is another problem you all expect big brother or a lawyer to take care of you. Get a grip pick yourself up brush yourself off and start all over again…
Little Mother on December 7th, 2007 at 12:00 am - Permalink
Just one more thing I akmost forgot you namrepus, You don’t have to know very much to know enough to walk away from a job that isn’t paying you and as for you queen of hearts I find it difficult to believe there are any saints to cry with in this situation.Although I believe there were many who thought they could wear the disguise of a saint. how foolish….
Little Mother on December 7th, 2007 at 12:14 am - Permalink
Drum roll please Little Mother sounds like a typical republican. Let me guess, Fox news won’t be covering this story. Let’s blame the victum. If I was raped, would you say I wore a hot dress and had blonde hair extensions. If I was robbed would you say I was in the wrong part of town. Come on - What kind of Kool Aide do they serve at WURLD Media. It’s the responsibility of the employer (WURLD Media) if they can’t make paychecks to lay off the employees and not keep them working with promises of a paycheck. Why were the executives still going out to lunch while the workers weren’t getting paid?
Amanda on December 7th, 2007 at 2:34 am - Permalink
Mr Hatch I know your reading this thread so how about you comment on sending the Peer Impact customers up the creek ……and leading us on for over a year while the company was self destructing .
Matt_ on December 7th, 2007 at 4:20 am - Permalink
Little Mother (you know the rest)…lets not go down the vocabulary route as you yourself can’t seem to understand that lose as a verb is spelled LOSE, not LOOSE, Mr. Feathers :).
Stupid Wurld on December 7th, 2007 at 5:30 am - Permalink
Lol. Little Mother is quite obviously one of the key jesters that “ran” Wurld Media. The Holier Than Thou attitude shines through quite nicely. Read LM’s (more like BM) posts and you will gain clarity into the twisted mentality shared by senior management at Wurld Media. Keep on writing BM! Your self-righteous yammering is priceless
WurldIsTheDevil on December 7th, 2007 at 6:50 am - Permalink
Little M: I’m confused. It seems to me that none of the charges brought against these two men has anything to do with unpaid salary. What do they have to do with the criminal charges? Again, I don’t have a dog in the “lost pay” fight, but your analogy of going to work for a salary and expecting to be paid as the same as putting money in a slot machine is, um, interesting. Do you not view your salary as part of a contract you have with your boss? You do believe in contracts, don’t you, or are you an anarchist? By the way, I do fully support your view that people are responsible for their decisions, which is apparently what these two accused criminals are facing today.
oblio on December 7th, 2007 at 7:31 am - Permalink
Just to give folks a little reality check, consider this:
Whether an employee was duped, or made conscious decision to stay, or “gambled”, or whatever - there are state and federal labor laws that exist to ensure employees get paid. Ever hear of a “minimum wage”? If you’re not getting paid even the minimum wage (either outright from your employer, or once tips are factored in), your employer is breaking the law. It truly is that simple.
That’s not to say whether that’s a charge here, since it sounds like it isn’t. Whether there were employee agreements that said people would arbitrate or not, employees not getting paid = employers breaking the law.
Lando Calrissian on December 7th, 2007 at 9:28 am - Permalink
Well put, lando. But to be honest, selfish investor that I am, I’m more curious (outraged?) that this $4.3 million sale did not put any $ in my pocket. I mean, if the investors got nothing, and the former employees who are owed money got nothing, where the hell is the $4.3 mil?
oblio on December 7th, 2007 at 9:57 am - Permalink
Are there any PeerImpact users out there who received a refund for unspent deposits when PeerImpact mysteriously disappeared? No one I know did. One friend had 50$ unspent on deposit in their PeerImpact account. Also, I remember in one share holder’s report Kerber claimed PeerImpact was gaining tens of thousands of users each week. How much money did Wurld steel from these people? Who’s responsible? Wurld? ROO?
WurldIsTheDevil on December 7th, 2007 at 10:30 am - Permalink
Who’s responsible? Why, it’s as plain as the nose on your face: the greedy sobs who tried to get cheap downloads of music through PeerImpact! Why in the world would those people be so dumb as to expect the product they were promised?
oblio on December 7th, 2007 at 10:45 am - Permalink
ROO where the ones that didn’t want to buy Peer Impact and only purchased the P2P technology that powered the service .ROO where the ones that got wurld to shut the service down on the day of the sale and ROO hold all of Wurld Media’s assets .I contacted ROO and was told through a 3rd party that ROO was working on resolving the outstanding user accounts back in August and also a way to get our Music working again that was cripled with DRM .In the light if new services offering MP3s from Amazon and Walmart without DRM ROO should be offering former peer impact customers a method to remove any digital rights management from the songs as was stipulated in the Peer Impact TOS and EULA .ROO has all our emails and records .
Matt_ on December 7th, 2007 at 11:35 am - Permalink
Pretty funny Mom, You have alot to learn about labor laws… did you know it’s illegal to run a company in nys without at least 2 months payroll in the bank? Did you know they should of laid off people when they couldn’t pay them so they could of collected unemployment? It’s the law…Not string them along telling them they will be paid next pay period and to hang in there because microsoft may buy them …. ect.
Did you know it takes time to find another job while your praying the one your at will pay you while your looking? It’s not like these people sat on the butts and did nothing to try and help themselves.
This company sat back and did nothing but ROBBED it’s employee’s because they sold the product these employee’s designed and kept running/up to date and didn’t pay them with the funds like they promised they would in tons of emails once they sold the company. They are nothing but liars.And deserve everything they get.
Not to mention the investors they ROBBED and tons of other business people and members who purchased music ect.
Did you know it’s the law to have a yearly share holders meeting? MMMMM How many years ago was that last one anyways?
Yeah I wanna know where that 4 million is myself.
They broke so many laws they will be in court for a very very long time….If I was Mr. Kerber I would hire a new lawyer his isn’t to smart.
Me on December 7th, 2007 at 12:15 pm - Permalink
Actually, I disagree about Mr. Kerber’s lawyer. I am sure he’s a very intelligent man, the list of cases on his website include:
* Enterprise Corruption
* Attempted Grand Larceny
* Enterprise Corruption/Scheme to Defraud
* Kidnapping/Sex Abuse
* Money Laundering/Promoting Prostitution
* As well as Assault, Rape and Murder
Lil Mother or Howard, can you tell us who introduced Greg Kerber to Robert Gottlieb - especially since Greg doesn’t live in New York? Is Roo footing the bill? Wurld claims that they never had any money to settle their debt. Is Roo paying Mr. Kerber so well as the SVP of New Business Solutions that he can afford this level of representation?
Namrepus on December 7th, 2007 at 1:10 pm - Permalink
Well actually Greg does live in NY. One news article even listed his adress and this story even hit our local news forcast.
And rumor is Gregs’s first lawyer quit because Greg didn’t pay him. So I hope this one got his money up front..or is doing it out of the goodness of his heart because I will be surprised if he gets paid! But hey thats just another person looking for their money right? No biggie….
Me on December 7th, 2007 at 1:44 pm - Permalink
I don’t understand. Wurld distributed a letter in Dec of 2006, in which Kerber claims all employees agreed to “defered” salaries. Reading here it seems this was not the case? The letter also mentions an “agreement”, implying an explicitly settled upon contract had been drawn up (and I have to assume signed by both parties). Little Mother, do you know anything about this agreement? Please tell me Wurld’s leadership would not make such a claim with nothing to back it up. Also I think it’s important to note that the term “defered” means postponed or delayed. So, if the agreement does exist, Little Mothers statement that the employees where knowingly working without pay is completely wrong. What’s the scoop Little Mother? Was there an agreement? Does Wurld own a dictionary?
BillR on December 8th, 2007 at 8:10 am - Permalink
Bill Wurld obviously didn’t own a Dictionary if they couldn’t spell World the Right way !!!!!!
Matt_ on December 8th, 2007 at 11:16 am - Permalink
Read the SEC documents for ROO. They “loaned” Greg Kerber money ($400,000) and then took the “proceeds” out of the sale to pay it back! Where did that money go? Why didn’t it get to the employees and pay some of the debts? Did he pay taxes on this when “he” sold the company and didn’t have to pay back what he owed?
RGRP : OTC BB
“On June 15, 2005, Greg Kerber issued a promissory note to the Company in the
principal amount of $400[,000]. Pursuant to the promissory note, the Company advanced
to Greg Kerber the sum of $394[,000].
AsTheWurldTurns on December 8th, 2007 at 2:11 pm - Permalink
Ive been looking at this all wrong.Someone told me that the employees werent “defering” their pay, but that they were told regularly that investor money was “committed but not collected” and that once that money came in they’d get paid. That doesnt really seem like deferring. Not willing defering. Either the money was their or else it wasn’t, but if they were being told it was on its way and to wait then I guess that’s exactly what I was talking about earlier, about trust and loyalty and everything else.If those people were putting their trust in the word of their management to bring in their pay,I guess something does seem fishy. Now I understand which people were wearing the disguise of a saint. Labor laws or not, that’s stupid.
Little Mother on December 9th, 2007 at 11:46 am - Permalink
LM I commend you on coming forward and admitting yours and the others incompetance, it takes a big person to do that. For a bit I thought we were dealing with a third grader.
Stupid Wurld on December 10th, 2007 at 6:51 am - Permalink
insolvent - definition of insolvent - Unable to meet debt obligations. There’s it in a nut shell.
Howard on December 12th, 2007 at 9:35 am - Permalink
BTW did anyone get ANY investor letters in the last 8-9 months? I haven’t. I’m hearing about a letter that went out to ’special’ investors..aren’t we all? Most of my immediate family invested and they are all calling me with questions and I have no answers. Maybe Roo boys should press little man to send out a letter written by someone other than him ..let him sign his scribbled name but have someone else actually compose it.. Oh wait..
Howard on December 12th, 2007 at 10:04 am - Permalink
Hi to all who are commenting on this thread. I’m glad you are using this site as a forum. It seems you all know each other a lot better than I know you. If you’d like to go on record to push this story forward, please contact me at liz at gigaom.com.
Liz Gannes on December 12th, 2007 at 10:56 am - Permalink
Investors call the Saratoga Springs DA. Stand up, Be heard!
Scott on December 18th, 2007 at 1:24 pm - Permalink
Former/Present Employees stand up and be heard!! Call the Saratoga Springs DA.
Thibeau on December 18th, 2007 at 2:26 pm - Permalink
Address for
WURLD Media
PO Box 967
Clifton Park, NY 12065
No working telephone number?
No physical address?
No working email?
Investors - Stand Up, Be Heard! Call the Saratoga Springs DA.
Bill Lumbergh on December 19th, 2007 at 4:31 pm - Permalink
Investors
Greg Kerber and Joe Hatch
Roo Business Solutions
Corporate Woods Building
855 Rte 146
Clifton Park, NY 12065
646-278-6067
Bill Lumbergh on December 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pm - Permalink
Roo Business Solutions is hiring, if anyone wants a job in the Clifton Park Office! Click my name to find the listings!
Kipp on December 20th, 2007 at 1:00 pm - Permalink
Great TU article:
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=649592&category=BUSINESS&newsdate=12/22/2007
I love Roo’s comment about our lawsuit:
“The suit is without merit and (the company) will defend it vigorously,” ROO said in the SEC filing.”
HAHAHHA…also Kerbers Lawyers comment had me laughing even harder….
“Kerber’s New York City attorney Robert Gottlieb said Friday that he still doesn’t know exactly why his client has been charged,”
hmm let me think…taking money from payroll designated for 401k but not placed in 401k (Enron?) bouncing payroll checks, not paying taxes…oooh there is just sooo much more
“It is absurd for anyone to conclude that the business transaction with ROO had anything to do with not wanting to pay employees,” he said. “It’s just the furthest thing from the truth.”
Thibeau on December 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 am - Permalink
(c) Employees, Wages and Benefits.
(ii) Seller shall pay all wages, salaries, commissions, and the cost of all fringe benefits provided to its employees which shall have become due for work performed as of and through the Closing Date, and Seller shall collect and pay all Taxes in respect of such wages, salaries, commissions and benefits.
http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?dcn=0001144204-07-037216&Type=HTML
According to ROO’s SEC filings Wurld was supposed to pay their employees with the money they made ….so where is the paychecks?
Me on December 23rd, 2007 at 4:21 pm - Permalink
Here are some interesting excerpts taken from an article by Richard A. D’Errico of The Business Review(Albany) dated February 25, 2005 with my editorials following each:
“I took the entire industry by surprise,” said Greg Kerber, Wurld Media Inc. chairman and chief executive. “We kept it really quiet.”
Greg was full of a lot more than surprises and no wonder he kept things really quiet.
“We knew it was a big story,” Kerber said. “We didn’t go to the industry with a baked cake. We went there wanting their participation in the process. We found them to be very cooperative.”
See Greg knew all along it was just a big story – there was no cake – just a lot of people tricked into being cooperative while he picked their pockets.
Already its staff is working some 12 to 14 hours a day, with some people working six or seven days a week. “I’ve had people who haven’t had a day off in three months,” said Kirk Feathers, president and chief technology officer.
I’m sure Kirk was later overheard laughing with Greg – they haven’t had a day off in three months and we haven’t even paid them!
“Consumers will be paid for delivering bits and bytes to other consumers on the network,” Kerber said. “In a lot of instances, the consumer can make more money than we do on the transaction.”
It depends on what the meaning of the word PAID is Greg would tell you with a straight face even today.
“We did 40 interviews in the course of two weeks,” Kerber said. “It brought instant credibility to the company.”
Wurld Media lost all credibility in early 2002 this excerpt from a New York Times article by JOHN SCHWARTZ AND BOB TEDESCHI Published: September 27, 2002 should have provided insight into how far they would stretch the company ethics “Kirk H. Feathers, the chief technical officer of Wurld Media, said that it had been wrongly accused of stealing and that the company would readily go to court to defend itself.”
Peer Impact allows consumers to build a secure and legal file-sharing community. It’s “created by and for the fan,” Kerber said.
And while the consumers build a legal file-sharing community, Greg Kerber, Kirk Feathers, Rick Saxton and Joe Hatch illegally bilk investors, employees and vendors.
It’s a different tone set by Wurld than that of Johnny Deep, founder of the defunct Madster who said he liked the challenge and kept the lawsuits going as long as he could. He charged the Recording Industry Association of America of conducting a smear campaign and held fund-raising efforts to fight the RIAA on his Web site, with his daughter Aimee Deep dressed up as Tomb Raider.
Interestingly, Deep and Kerber were neighbors in Cohoes, maybe the tone isn’t that different, it looks like Greg will be enjoying his own round of lawsuits.
And Wurld Media’s Kerber said even the free services aren’t really free–it comes at a price. Somewhere they’re paying a price,” he said.
Greg wasn’t kidding about that.
URLiars on January 17th, 2008 at 5:18 pm - Permalink
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Loose Threads: Roo, Vator, Wappy.to « NewTeeVee on February 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 pm - Permalink
Wurld Investors: If there is any way we can work together to see that justice is done to Kerber, Feathers and Hatch-we should. As an investor who was lied to be each one of these individuals- I will do what I can. I have resources and would be willing to use them if enough investors are willing to get together. I will be offering my help to the DA in NY who is investigating as well. E-mail me if any are interested.
wurldcrook@yahoo.com
S. Wright on March 17th, 2008 at 8:13 pm - Permalink
Anyone interested in joining a group to legally pursue the assets of wurld and possible ROO please contact me at wurldcrook@yahoo.com
Biggy D on April 9th, 2008 at 8:15 pm - Permalink