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This communication has been received by Ken and Diane Haugen, from Reporter Jim Walsh, Minneapolis Star/Tribune re iNetGlobal:

Jim Walsh response, published as a blog “post” in lieu of a “comment”:  Refer to http://cheapclix.net/to-jim-walsh-minneapolis-startribune/

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“I am following up on several of the points made during the hearing for future stories. Unfortunately, space and time limitations do have an impact on what I could write immediately after the hearing. 

I think you misunderstand my job. I am not a part of the federal government. I was not notified by the federal government prior to the raid, the newspaper was called by someone who saw federal agents there. My office is located about a mile away and I walked over. Regarding your allegations of media bias, I stand by what I told you yesterday. I made attempts to talk to iNetGlobal employees and Mr. Renner. None would talk, on the record. That is their right, but to say that I did not try to talk to them for their side of the story is inaccurate. Regarding “Guilty until Proven Innocent,” perhaps you should take up that complaint with the U.S. Secret Service, which has made the Ponzi scheme allegations against Mr. Renner and iNetGlobal. 

I did mention in the story that Judge Frank asked about a partial release of funds and would address the issue later.

Finally, I have no desire to ever (pee) on your grave and I appreciate you and your wife talking to me after the hearing. I look forward to having a chance to talk to you again in the future.”

Thank you for your response, and we look forward to your updates about the iNetGlobal court hearing status, Mr. Walsh.

THIS EMAIL SENT TO JIM WALSH, MINNEAPOLIS STAR/TRIBUNE

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Did you know, Jim Walsh, that the Steve Renner tax evasion case is legitimately under an appeal process?  Did you know, Jim Walsh, that the Jurors who convicted Steve Renner of Tax Evasion were never allowed to learn that Steve Renner had, in fact, paid his taxes??  That evidence was not allowed to be brought into evidence. 

Did you bother to mention this, Jim Walsh??  

From my blog, www.cheapclix.net  

iNetGlobal presented evidence showing that the company had knowledge, two weeks prior to the raid and seizure, that they were being watched by the Secret Service.  Upon receipt of that knowledge, iNetGlobal’s Attorney Mark Kallenbach contacted the Secret Service to discuss the matter, and invited the Federal Government to come to the Corporate offices for an opportunity to be informed about the company, its products, its books, etc.  iNetGlobal was informed that there were no pending issues.  That is to say, all was well with the USA Government and iNetGlobal.  Again, that was only two weeks prior to the raid!

Mr. Walsh, I could go on and on!  There are two big differences between you and me. Those difference are:  First,  I AM ON A MISSION TO PUT A STOP TO THIS KIND OF B.S. FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  YOU ARE ON A MISSION TO ESCALATE THIS KIND OF B.S. FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  and

Secondly, YOU HAVE TOO MUCH WORK TO DO, AND YOU DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO DEDICATE TO THE INETGLOBAL STORY.  I HAVE HAD MY LIFE TIPPED UPSIDE-DOWN, SO I HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME TO DEDICATE TO THE INET GLOBAL STORY.

DIANE AND I ARE ON A MISSION.  IT IS TIME THAT THIS KIND OF USA GOVERNMENT ONSLAUGHT AGAINST SMALL BUSINESS BE STOPPED.  I CAN ONLY PRAY TO GOD THAT PEOPLE YOUR AGE SEE WHAT IS GOING ON, AND ACT TO PUT A STOP TO IT.

IF YOU DO NOT, THEN GO AHEAD AND PEE ON MY GRAVE IN A DECADE OR TWO, BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU ASK FOR GOVERNMENT PERMISSION TO UNZIP YOU PANTS FIRST.

By the way, in the event that you inadvertently delete this email, you will find the full text of it on one of my blogs, www.cheapclix.net.  Lest you misunderstand the power of the iNetGlobal marketing tools, take a look at some of the Alexa ratings of some of the other blogs that have been developed using iNetGlobal products.

Ponzi, huh??  iNetGlobal scam, huh? Fraud, huh?  No products, huh??  Stole people’s money, huh??  If you want to know who stole people’s money, talk to the Secret Service.  They have it hidden away, somewhere!!  To quote Attorney Mark Kallenbach on February 23, RAID DAY, ”It is sad”.  At least I will give you credit for getting that right!!

Respectfully, Ken Haugen

MY PREDICTION:  INETGLOBAL RAID WILL BE USA GOVERNMENT EMBARRASSMENT!

Today, the Federal Courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota, was an interesting place for concerned people with a stake in the illegal raid and seizure of iNetGlobal, Minneapolis Internet Service Provider.  While tens of thousands of lives have been impacted by the February 23 onslaught by the Secret Service and the FBI, the iNetGlobal case was afforded a hearing that lasted less than an hour.  However, those precious minutes will have a lasting effect on all of us that have knowledge of the powerful iNetGlobal products and services.

iNetGlobal’s attorney was at the top of his game.  After the hearing, I had the opportunity to to comment to him.  His response:  “Ken, to quote John Paul Jones, ‘I have not yet begun to fight!’ “  Here are some facts that came out today, some on the court record, some passed on to me by attorneys and company officers:

iNetGlobal presented arguments that former CEO Steve Keough attempted to shake the company down, –perhaps extort –, for $500,000, or face consequences!

iNetGlobal presented evidence showing that the company had knowledge, two weeks prior to the raid and seizure, that they were being watched by the Secret Service.  Upon receipt of that knowledge, iNetGlobal’s Attorney Mark Kallenbach contacted the Secret Service to discuss the matter, and invited the Federal Government to come to the Corporate offices for an opportunity to be informed about the company, its products, its books, etc.  iNetGlobal was informed that there were no pending issues.  That is to say, all was well with the USA Government and iNetGlobal.  Again, that was only two weeks prior to the raid!

iNetGlobal, as of February 23, had $25 Million in funds that have been frozen by the illegal seizure, against about $18 million in liabilities accrued to members and operating costs.  This is not to mention the value of the software products and other programming investment that the company has legitimately spent to grow and develop itself.

iNetGlobal’s Corporate Entity paid around $2.5 million in Income Taxes for the 2009 Tax Year.

Steve Renner, CEO, lives in a small home in a Twin Cities suburb, and drives a leased automobile.  He does not live like a Ponzi Fat-Cat perpetrating a scam or fraud via his iNetGlobal system.

Steve Renner, CEO, has been recently convicted of income tax evasion, and it is legitimately in the legal process of being under appeal.  I learned that the conviction was brought from a jury trial.  I also learned that the jury was denied hearing evidence that Mr. Renner had paid the tax.

Steve Keough should have a lot of explaining to do.  First of all, when hired as CEO of iNetGlobal, it was a classic case of “The Peter Principle”.  Steve Keough was fired, and he was fired for cause.  Steve Keough filed for unemployment, and iNetGlobal did not contest it.  However, anybody that carries a resume’, including a law practice, a military pension, and multi-lingual skills –  should he not have to explain why he qualifies for unemployment?????  Clearly, Steve Keough was a disgruntled former employee who happened to have the contacts within the Federal Government bureaucracy to convince some wet-behind-the-ears government agents that there was probable cause for a raid.  In the end, I dare say that some higher-level bureaucrats are going to roll some heads.  When will that be?  Perhaps it will be after iNetGlobal has been destroyed by these false allegations.

BUT HONORABLE JUDGE FRANK DID LEAVE MORE THAN A GLIMMER OF HOPE.  IN FACT, JUDGE FRANK AS MUCH AS SAID TO THE INETGLOBAL COUNSEL, not his precise words, but close  –  “I AM AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REQUEST TO CONSIDER AT LEAST A PARTIAL RELEASE OF THESE $25 MILLION IN SEIZED FUNDS.  WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROCEEDINGS AND EARLIER IS BETTER THAN LATER”.

SOMEHOW, I GET THE FEELING THAT THE HONORABLE JUDGE FRANK, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, REALIZES THAT LIVES ARE IN THE BALANCE, AND I PROCLAIM TO YOU THAT HE SHOWED ME, IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, –  HONORABLE JUDGE FRANK IS A FAIR AND REASONABLE JURIST.  IF ANYONE CAN FIGURE OUT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ERRED IN THEIR SWIFTNESS TO CIRCUMVENT DUE PROCESS, AND ACTED ON THE BEHEST OF A BITTER TERMINATED EMPLOYEE WHO HAPPENED TO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES THAT HIS ACTIONS IMPACTED —, I BELIEVE THAT THIS JURIST CAN.

WE WILL SEE!

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WE HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!

WHAT HAS HAPPENED

to the America that we used to have so much to be proud of?  iNetGlobal is now another victim of the US Government’s attack to destroy small and medium-size businesses.  Most of the time, the corrupt practices of our government are subversive and covert.  The recent iNetGlobal raid and seizure, however, was overt.  Given the quickness of the complicit news media to attach the word “Ponzi” , it is obvious that the Feds were well-prepared to establish public sentiment which would allow favor to their illegal seizure.

It was a senseless raid and seizure, spawned obviously by the fact that the iNetGlobal founder, Mr. Steve Renner, has become an international hero in the world of Internet Marketing and Advertising.   The illegal seizure of great companies such as iNetGlobal, without the benefit of due process, simply cannot be tolerated and allowed to continue.  I hereby declare my life commitment to being all over the internet, and all over the media, to expose and stop the U.S. Government from its ongoing plan to destroy and/or control free enterprise.  What better opportunity than now?  Currently, while visiting friends in India, I have had the enlightening experience of enjoying real freedom.

iNetGlobal is not Steve Renner.  iNetGlobal has not been convicted of tax evasion.  iNetGlobal is not Cash Cards International, and iNetGlobal is far from being a Ponzi Scheme.  iNetGlobal has real products that are of great value to businesses who have the need to successfully gain exposure on the internet.  To my knowledge, iNetGlobal has not engaged in money laundering.  If those allegations were to be true, then I would want nothing to do with it. 

The company has an MLM compensation plan that pays fairly, based on rewarding representatives that successfully market its products.  Their monthly autopay requirement is typical of almost all MLM companies.  We can debate their daily repurchase plan which required the use of the product by executive-level representatives, but it seems no more of an unreasonable expectation than a typical public corporation encouraging or requiring its employees and executives to purchase stock or options through an ESOP, which in effect creates internally-generated funds to enhance future income.   So  –  let’s debate it.  If it is so unreasonable, then why are representatives happy to do it, given that it results in company growth making internal funds available for future payment and company growth?  I believe that is a personal choice, and I do not believe that it is the business of the U.S. Government to interfere in the free choice that I make. 

This is a comment from Don Allen, posted on www.patrickpretty.com

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Don Allen

Don Allen is Editor-in-Chief, www.ibnn.org and also VP/Director of PR for V-Newswire & V-News Network, and a really fine guy too!

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INETGLOBAL VALUABLE PRODUCTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS

INETGLOBAL COURT STATUS –  HEARING TODAY - INETGLOBAL EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS TO SPEAK OUT

MEDIA –  PAY ATTENTION!  COME TO ST. PAUL TODAY!

HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY!!

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.  INETGLOBAL SCAM and PONZI CHARGES ARE TO BE EMBARASSING TO SOME!

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Here is an example of somebody who is going to be embarassed, I believe:

Former InetGlobal Rep
scott.fricke@gmail.com | 216.20.178.20

What a load of crap. I got out because the whole system was nothing but a ponzi. Products? What products? I could not find one product of value that anyone would pay for if there wasn’t a promise of a big return to go with it.

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My speculation is that Mr. Fricke is ticked off at iNetGlobal because it is NOT a Ponzi.  I will go further to suggest that Mr. Fricke never attended an MIT training session — never bothered to learn anything about the vast array of tools that are available on the V-services tab –  instead, got angry because there was NOT a big return without earning it — without learning anything.  ENOUGH ABOUT SCOTT FRICKE.

Tonight, my wife and I leave India to return to the USA, and we are on a mission.  Our mission is to communicate to the U.S.A Government, and more importantly, to the USA people, that the iNetGlobal Raid was a false alarm.  In India, we have met hundreds of people,  very technically-savvy people, honest hard working people –  people who have bothered to actually learn something about the value of the iNetGlobal products.  What is their parting request, as we embark on our trip back home?  Clearly, the message of the Indian people is:  Go back to America and tell everyone:  “The iNetGlobal Raid was a false alarm”.

Much more to come!  Ken

On February 23, 2010 the USA Government raided the iNetGlobal Corporate offices in downtown Minneapolis, MN –  seizing computers, files and records — subsequently freezing corporate bank accounts and iCash balances of iNetGlobal Independent Business Owners — ordering employees to go home — generally, what can only be described an intrusion on the free enterprise system all over the world.   To quote one of the iNetGlobal attorneys on that fateful day, “It is sad.”

Somehow, the U. S. Government had been led to believe that the company is nothing but a Ponzi Scheme and that iNetGlobal has scant products that they offer to their MLM members and their customers.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.  INetGlobal products, in fact, are changing lives of people throughout the globe.  The products and internet marketing tools offered by iNetGlobal to members are of extreme value.  Furthermore, the MLM member-groups are constantly holding Webinars, Meetings and Presentations, to teach people how to access and utilize the products that are available, most of which are free or of nominal cost.

At the time of the U.S. Government raid in Minnepolis, a group of us were visiting people in India that were teaching the technically-savvy people of Mumbai, Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jaipur, etc., how to use these products and how to avail themselves of knowledge through the teamwork of members in the iNetGlobal nework.  Our reaction, while visiting in India, on the day of the raid?  Appalling!  The Attorney’s words, “It is sad”, was an understatement.  Here, in India, new members and prospective members were clearly dumbfounded that the U.S.A. Government would perform such an aggressive act against a company such as iNetGlobal, given their own personal exposure to the great value of the iNetGlobal line of internet marketing and online communications products.  For Yours Truly, being from the USA, it was a dark day indeed for me to try to explain what the culture is like in my country in-so-far as Government interference in our lives and our business is concerned.  Have you ever seen an Indian shake his head from side to side, in  a kind-of-like circular motion?  I have learned that this uniqure head-gesture typically means something like, “I sort-of got that, but would you please explain that again?”  For the past couple of weeks since the raid on iNetGlobal, there has been a great deal of that certain head-gesture from our Indian friends.  I have even gotten pretty good at doing it myself.

Indians have profound respect for we Americans.  Indians have profound puzzlement for our government, however, as their culture does not accept the kind of meddling interference from their government.  We have learned that India is a tribute to the free world, to free enterprise, for individual rights, and its people are all-around a culture of live and let live.  Members and prospective members, as well as bankers, advocates and lawyers, law enforcement people — that we have met— find the iNetGlobal system to be fair and reasonable.  More importantly, they see the products that iNetGlobal offers to be outstanding  –  a tribute to American ingenuity - - creativity and brilliance that somehow seems to survive and which we bring to the other countries of the world —-  despite the confusing interference from the American government.  To me, it is worse than confusing.  It is an embarrassment to America, on a world-wide basis.  We have talked with people in Canada, in the United Kingdom, in Thailand, in China, in Tunisia, in Australia, etc. etc. etc.  Nobody gets it.  If all of those people were Indians, the circular head-shaking would be going on in those places too.

We will be writing more about this in the weeks and months ahead.  Our mission to re-establish a free American people will not stop.

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Message To Other iNetGlobal Independent Business Owners

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Many conflicting messages and news reports are out there.  Being almost half way around the world at this time, I can only report what we read on the internet, what we get emailed to us, and what we learn from phone calls with people back in the USA.  This email was received from our upline about 2 hours ago:

http://ibnn.org/minneapolis_star-tribunes/

Please read the comments on the above link.  They are quite revealing.   As IBOs, we know how great the products are that iNetGlobal has to offer.  That cannot be in dispute. It is important that all of us keep an open perspective, and support the company and its loyal personnel during this time of need.

Also, we just received word from a Canadian IBO in our line who happens to be in China at this time.  She has informed us that there were some 3000 people that have not received commission monies who were signed up thru a China site known as www.inetglobal.net.cn –  please recall that there was a recent announcement on our inetglobal.com website that disavowed any connection with the “dot cn”.

Conclusion:  There seems to be a lot more to the story!

We will do our best to keep you posted.

Thanks.  Ken & Diane, and Bunty & Nikki.

Kulbir Bhatia, aka Bunty, (well known former Field Hockey player for India) departs the Quad Cities, USA, Monday, January 25.  Bunty was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand and schooled in India.  Also famous throughout the world as Mr. Yen — because of his expertise in Forex trading — he was based out of Bangkok after obtaining his degree in Finance in pursuit of his Forex endeavors.  About 5 years ago, Bunty took leave from the wild and wooly world of international finance to pursue a career in the USA, where he — along with his wonderful wife Nikki and precious son, Ankit –  developed a very successful business in the Iowa Quad Cities designing and marketing beautiful gemstone jewelry (Nikki’s Design - www.nikkisdesign.com) that has been enjoyed by thousands of happy customers. (www.evergreenstones.com).

NOW ENTER BUNTY AND HIS FAMILY TO THE WORLD OF iNetGlobal!

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Bunty Bhatia and iNetGlobal Team Members, Ali Mustak (with a big thumbs-up) of Toronto and India, and Diane & Ken Haugen of the Quad Cities, Iowa, USA

Bunty has spent the past few weeks in the USA getting to know the iNetGlobal system, its fine staff in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA –  and he has become one of the iNetGlobal superstars as to expertise in the technical aspects of utilizing the internet marketing products available through an iNetGlobal membership.  He has also learned that the opportunity to earn great money — not only through the use of the company’s products to enhance his jewelry business — but with the iNetGlobal referral compensation plan, it takes him and his family to a new level of income status.

Bunty Bhatia and Wife Nikki

Ankit, the Big Boss

Given his new level of knowledge, Bunty is now embarking on a ambitious plan, along with his family, friends, and iNetGlobal team members, to launch his iNetGlobal business in India.  We start our India launch on February 13, in Mumbai (Bombay) with a substantial event at a venue in the Bollywood area which will be attended by hundreds of successful India business people –  people associated with the film production industry –  people with successful backgrounds in Network Marketing –  and generally, ordinary people with a desire to change their lives.  iNetGlobal has changed the lives of thousands of people through their awesome compensation plan, and our India launch is designed to help expand that success to thousands of people in India and nearby countries throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.

Click to Visit Our iNetGlobal Site

Tomorrow, there is a big farewell party to Bunty at the Haugen Household in Davenport, Quad Cities, IA.  It will be fun, and in usual “Bunty-style”, it will also be productive.  Prior to the party event, several members of our iNetGlobal team will be working and training for our affiliate, V-Local (www.v-local.com) to learn about our new internet marketing business/lifestyle platform which is designed to advertise, using geo target local niche methodology, specifically to the local market — to internet users on a localized basis — for internet users looking for a business product or service in their local area.

India, get ready for Bunty Bhatia and for much success after he introduces fellow Indians to the exciting and profitable membership in iNetGlobal, V-Local, and our internet advertising marketing products.

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