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Customers defrauded by a company that falsely promised to patent and market their ideas in exchange for thousands of dollars say theyre shocked to see one of its board members serving as U.S. attorney general.
A federal court shut down Miami-based World Patent Marketing as part of a $25 million following an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, which subpoenaed Matthew Whitaker as part of the probe, reported the Washington Post.
Its not clear how Whitaker responded to that 2017 subpoena, which comes under new scrutiny after President Donald Trump tapped him Wednesday to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Whitaker, a former U.S. Attorney, joined the companys advisory board in 2014, after a failed run for U.S. Senate in his home state of Iowa.
WPCs founder, Miami businessman Scott J. Cooper, had donated $2,600 to that Republican campaign, and he highlighted Whitakers career in law enforcement to establish credibility for the company.
Whitaker promoted the companys clients in online videos and wrote a threatening email to one client that cited his background as a U.S. Attorney, but a court receiver said theres no evidence he knew company salespeople were making false promises to inventors.
One of the duped customer, Ryan Masti, lost $77,000 after WPC promised to help him market his idea for a social media app to help disabled people.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/scam-victims-sickened-see-matt-whitaker-serving-trumps-attorney-general-offensive/
Tommy_Carcetti
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(13,225 posts)Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)The GOP is where grifters go to retire?
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(33,341 posts)ooky
(8,922 posts)shit.
dembotoz
(16,802 posts)He is a crook. Plain and simple... guess Bernie Madoff was busy
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)allgood33
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(38,687 posts)trueblue2007
(17,217 posts)JUST LIKE TRUMP..... Whitaker is a crook!!! Scammer and an evil man bilking innocent people out of millions of dollars