Category: American Entertainment Distributors (AED) - DEAD

Monday, November 15, 2004

Money Makers, Inc. officer Mauricio Paz was involved with AED?

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff112577.htm

“I did a corporate search and Mauricio Paz just happens to be an officer of Money Makers, Inc. A coin op vending franchise similar to Coin Star. And, they come up clean with the Florida BBB. Not for long. If anyone is reading this report - and might be checking on Money Makers as a new biz opportunity, BEWARE. Mauricio was involved with AED and this is inevitably a scam too.”

And from http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff111373.htm:

“I have been researching the entire Miami scam ring for around 10 months now. I have a research team that collects and databases every name of every employee and also every company they are associated with for RICO suits our law firm is engaged in for other clients.

After reviewing some of the names for our database today, I found Mauricio Paz listed under Nationwide Cyber Systems as Vice President of Sales.

Nationwide Cyber Systems, another of the approximately 200 such corporations involved in a large Miami scam ring, shut its door and changed its name to Transnet Wireless. A link is available concerning the owner of Nationwide at his new company of Transnet Wireless caught on video by an investigative news reporter in Miami and you can see the news video at http://www.kioskscams.com The owner’s name of that corporation is Paul Pemberton.

You can read posts concerning these companies and others under the following names on ripoffreport: Debit Corporation of America, Teleking, Pantheon aka EzLink aka Internet Business Machines, Ameri P.O.S., Cash Link, Tel2net, Nationwide Cyber Systems and others. You will see names you recognize as the players work at many of these corporations and constantly move from one to the other. ...”

I did not verify this info.  Is *anything* legit?  Or is just about everything a scam?

Look at all these complaints about AED - 9/29/04 FTC Temporary Restraining Order

The complaints at ripoffreport.com

From http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff111577.htm:

“… On September 29, 2004 the FTC filed a 34-page Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze, Appointment of a Reciever, and other Equitable relief against American Entertainment Distributors (AED) etal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Case No. 04-22431-CIV). In the order, it states that the FTC believes that AED violated the Franchise Rule.

Deborah J. Matties is named as the FTC representative for Service upon Plantiff at their Washington, D.C. office. Also, Gerald B. Wald is named the temporary receiver and agent of the court. This order was signed by Jose E. Martinez, U.S. District Judge.

The first hearing on this matter is today (10.8.2004) at 1:00 p.m.

...”

Thursday, November 11, 2004

American Entertainment Distributors out of business

Those machines weren’t cheap at $35,000 each.

Today I found that the website http://www.aed1.com/ is gone, the phone and fax #s ring but aren’t answered, no VM ....

The corporation still shows active in Florida.

The listed officer/director:

MACARTHUR, JAMES
2514 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., STE. 200
HOLLYWOOD FL 33020

The number on the junk fax:  800-440-3920
removal: 866-693-2284 (disconnected)

Other numbers:

800-311-1002
954-929-6860
866-669-4371
fax: 954-929-6859

Was this a scam? What happened to those machines?

Was anything actually ever sold and set up?

Or did they take the money and run?

Please let me know if you have any info on the business and especially the officers.

I posted their 9/9/04 sales pitch for an “exciting opportuntiy” at http://www.fight-back.us/forum/index.php?showtopic=246