Did ACCC really lose 20 cases straight?

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TVI Express supporters claim that ACCC, which charged TVI Team Oz with running a pyramid scheme, had lost 20 cases straight, made it sound as if it is a bungling bureaucracy, the most notable case being against ACN.

As usual, TVI Express supporters cite only part of the truth. Did they mention over how many YEARS are those 20 losses counted? Did not.

"For your knowledge, ACCC has lost all 20 cases in one go. Ours will be 21^st." 

-- http://www.kliktviexpress.com/pengumuman 

Nobody can actually produce the statistic or newspaper report that ACCC had lost 20 lawsuits in a row. It was merely recited as if it is fact, but never proven. I'll gladly eat my words when someone *do* produce that report, but until then, I am wary of anything TVI Express supporters say. Too many of them have lied too many times for me to trust anything they say without actual citings.

You can read ACCC's annual performance report yourself. It is a government agency, and it is required to publish one every year. The most recent report, 2008-2009, is available on their website. On page 35 and on, you'll see the actual performance in that "fiscal year". Here's a summary:

In the year 2008-2009 alone, ACCC had

launched 17 lawsuits, and accepted 5 settlements regarding anti-competitive conduct
launched 4 lawsuits regarding unconscionable conduct
launched 27 lawsuits and accepted 62 settlements regarding consumer protection
launched 2 more lawsuits to force compliance in other areas
plus multiple contempt of court charges against those who violated court injunctions

That is 50 lawsuits that year ALONE. Even if they had lost 20 out of 50, that still leaves them with 30 wins, or 60% win rate, not 0% as TVI Express supporters imply.

The win rate runs into the 90% if you include the settlements.

Who's telling the whole truth? Certainly not TVI Express supporters.

Further research on ACCC turned up a study by Australian Consumer Policy that studied the efforts of ACCC from 1997 to 2002. In those 5 years, investigated 391 different matters. 9 were dropped, insufficient evidence. Of the rest, only 8 were completely lost, and 4 were partially successful.

That means out of 391 matters, 21 were not resolved to ACCC's satisfaction. That's a success rate of 94% from 1997 to 2002. If you count the partials, that number increases to 95%.

ACCC: not the bungling bureaucracy that TVI Express supports want you think it is. 

As for comparison with ACN, it's been discussed in a different place.

http://hubpages.com/hub/TVI-Express-Member-Lies-Vol-7

TVI Team Oz violated TWO court orders, according to ACCC

From the press release issued by ACCC, TVI Team Oz violated two separate court orders that froze various accounts, AFTER the court order was issued, by emptying the accounts throw multiple transactions from different branches. This is a deliberate act of contempt, and hearing was set for July 14th, 2010. No update as the result of the hearing on these contempt charges.

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/937473/fromItemId/142

TVI Express Sydney (Australia) now promotes Pyxism

Yep, some TVI Express people in Australia "saw the writing on the wall" (go look it up) and chose NOT to behave like morons, like TVITeamOz (who tried to empty their bank account AFTER it was frozen by court injunction), and decided to move onto something else instead of doing something illegal!

http://tviexpresssydney.com/   <-- now promotes Pyxism, says TVI Express is a scam

TVI Express India desperate for new recruits

Associates of TVI Express in India are so desperate for recruits, they will give you a new mobile phone if you join with 8 more people.

http://www.search3g.com/tvi-express-pins-and-schemes/

Another country is investigating TVI Express

Tarjikstan (country domain .tj) is reporting that thousands have been duped by a local into joining TVI Express. Local prosecutors are investigating:

July 14th, 16:09 The news was read 144 times

More than 2 thousand people Sogda paid half a million dollars for a frustrated tourist trip

	Avesta.Tj | 14.07.2010 | Prosecutors Sughd on suspicion of fraud a criminal case against a resident of Khujand B. Mukhammadieva. According to the regional prosecutor's office Sogdiana, the investigation revealed that Muhammad officer posing as an international tourist company «TVI Express» in Khujand collecting money from people, promising to organize a cheap trip. According to a source in the network of alleged fraudster caught about 2 thousand people, each of whom paid Mukhammadieva for $ 270. "In total, fraudulently Muhammadiev awarded more than $ 500 thousand subsequently created Muhammadiev LLC Tezrav" and of conspiring with the citizens and Kalandarovym Shamsieva fraudulently collected from 400 residents Penjikent 244.5 thousand TJS ", - said the source. According to him, on the criminal case, conducted a preliminary investigation.

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ACCC is taking TeamTVIOz back to court for contempt

TVI Express is in even more trouble in Australia... Their local rep, TeamTVIOz, is summoned back to court. ACCC, the agency that got the court injunction against them, is alleging that TeamTVIOz is violating the court injunction that froze their bank account, and is seeking contempt of court charges, and that *could* include spending time in a real jail cell.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/352804/alleged_online_pyramid_schemer_taken_court_again/?fp=16&fpid=1

Something to think about:

* Why would they do something this stupid? Contempt of court can include JAIL TIME
* Didn't Tarun Trikha, TVI Express advisory member, as claimed on Indonesia TVI Express website, promised support? (I'll have to check that. It could just be moral support.)
* Didn't they hire attorneys? Didn't the attorneys know better?
* Why would they need to move any funds, except to run?

EDIT: Another newspaper reported that the Perps in Australia emptied their account of $40000 back in late May, AFTER the court injunction.

Due to egregious nature of the perps in defiance of court order, and rumors spreading (probably by TVI Express supporters) that the charges have been dropped, the hearing will be held on August 30, 2010, which is amazingly fast, even for Australia and ACCC. That is correct... CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN DROPPED. CHARGES ARE CONTINUING, and now will include JAIL TIME.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/alleged-tvi-express-promoter-now-accused-of-contempt-of-court/story-e6frewq9-1225892205412

"Maverick" decided to join the fray, but who is he really?

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A person using pseudonym "Maverick" decided to leave me some nasty comment on my hub "TVI Express: an international scam". I am reproducing the comment below in order to analyze it fully.

First, he posted from 115.240.73.208. That traces to an ISP in Bombay, India. We will assume he is from India for now.

Second, the comment is reproduced below. The only change is I am numbering each sentence, so we can analyze them one by one. Keep in mind this is his second message.

what a loser you are ks chang. (1)  in todays time when most people are finding it diffcult to make ends meet because they are being paid so poorly by people 'WHO OWN COMPANIES' (2) ( BY THE WAY YOU HAVENT TOLD ME THE NAME OF YOUR COMPANIES IN YOUR REPLY). (3)  Anyway in these times here comes a company called TVI who clearly states what you have to do and how you would be compensated, helpss people earn money and helps them to start living life instead of just going through the process of living. (4) helps them earn more money so that they can give their family and kids a better lifestyle. (5) SO THE PEOPLE WHO OWN COMPANIES OBVIOUSLY HATE TVI CAUSE FOR THEM ONLT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO EARN MONEY. (6) HOW DARE A COMMON MAN EARN MONEY, CAUSE IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN WHO WILL WORK FOR THESE COMPANY OWNERS?????? (7) KS CHANG, WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES.  NOT THE ONES ON YOUR FACE BUT THE EYES OF YOUR HEART. (8) TRY AND DISTRIBUTE LOVE AND HARMAONY INSTEAD OF HATRED AND JEALOUSY TOWARDS ANYTHING....... (9) BUT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH YOU IS A SHILL RIGHT.....(10) REMEMBER NOTHING AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS PERFECT.... (11) BY THE WAY ...YOU ARE GOING TO BE VERY DISSAPPOINTED..... (12) I AINT EVEN A MEMBER OF TVI..... BUT I KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS AND EVER SINCE HE JOINED TVI I HAVENT SEEN HIM AND HIS FAMILY HAPPIER...  (13) AND I AM HAPPY FOR THEM.... (14) IF TVI IS MAKING THE LIVES OF THE COMMON MAN THEN TVI IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN IN TODAYS WORLD..... (15) I HOPE YOU ALSO FIND YOUR HAPPINESS SOON MAN...... (16) 

Okay? So how many facts had he presented to prove TVI Express is not a scam? Absolutely ZERO.

TVI Express: banks alongside Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda?

TVI Express was so eager to explain why they list a Cyprus address as their official address (even though it still claims to be "headquartered in London UK", despite not having any office in London), they have a whole webpage explaining why.

But here's a bit of history you may not have realized about Cyprus...

Did you know that Osama Bin Laden, world's most wanted man, leader of Al Qaeda, funneled money through Cyprus?

"Bin Laden's organization kept bank accounts in Cyprus" -- Cyprus Mail

"South Cyprus -- haven for money laundering en route to EU" -- Turks.us
Bin Laden, Milosovic, and Russian Mafia are just some who had laundered money through Cyprus

"A Tramp Freighter's Money Trail to Osama Bin Laden" -- New York Times
Bin laden's lieutenants setup front companies on Cyprus to own various ships, purpose unknown

The charges are serious enough that UN officially asked the Central Bank of Cyprus to issue some orders to other banks on Cyprus to look for links to Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, and so on.

Sikkim India had NOT forgotten about the TVI Express scam...

The commentator in Sikkim India had been warning people about scams, and yes, he specifically mentioned TVI Express THREE TIMES. While TVI Express seems to have left Sikkim India, it is still operating in the rest of the world. Will you continue to be its victim?

"When I expressed my apprehensions about companies like TVI Express, I was threatened over the phone and told to 'stop meddling in their legal activities'. Ultimately TVI Express looted. Then came Gemini Traders. I once again expressed my doubts but no one was willing to listen to the truth..."

More evidence of unethical TVI Express promoters

A quick search of Google shows that people are pirating each other's TVI Express "promotion" blog posts.

First blog post... just posted today, but the wording is so lame, I just randomly pulled out a sentence, and searched it via Google again. The source is dated 2007? This is a time machine then, since TVI Express was launched in 2009. Can you say lame?  There's no doubt the blog post was pirated and plagiarized.

Second blog post according to Google search, brought up this post, but again, wording looks very, strange. So I randomly pulled out this sentence and searched...  And it was indeed stolen off this source. Plagiarized, since it was NOT attributed.

Third blog post is in Malay. I won't bother with that.

Fourth blog post is this one, which again, looks pirated. A search for a random sentence shows that it is indeed pirated from an ezinearticle post dated Jan 2010. What's more, it was pirated by someone in Australia as well.

What conclusion can be draw from that?

FACT: the first three English blog posts in the last week about TVI Express were PIRATED wholesale, and indeed, plagiarized, since the author was NOT acknowledged or cited.

IMPLICATION (opinion): The only reason to pirate a TVI Express promotion blog is to score more recruits. Thus, the content pirates must be TVI Express distributors. Thus, they are not ethical.

FURTHER IMPLICATION: are these folks so uncreative, they have to pirate someone else's words to promote TVI Express?

FURTHER IMPLICATION: What does that say about the quality of TVI Express members?