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When will ‘scam’ invention marketing firm’s victims start getting refunds?

The Northern California resident took his invention idea — mud flaps with LED directional lights embedded in them — to the Miami Beach-based World Patent Marketing, just a few months before the compan…
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US: Acting AG Backed Alleged ‘Invention-Promotion Scam’ Touting ‘Time Travel’ Crypto

Acting U.S. attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker is being scrutinized for putting his weight behind an alleged scam that touted a pseudo time travel crypto, among other inventions. Acting U.S …
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CEO of $25 Million Invention “Scam” Company Arrested for Domestic Violence

Ever since they found out the company that promised to bring their ideas to life was actually just a massive scam, the would-be inventors who lost thousands to World Patent Marketing have hoped to see the company’s CEO behind bars. In April, Scott Jason …
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Revolutionary invention or Russian scam? The GoBe calorie-tracking wristband continues to raise eyebrows.

Company literature calls the GoBe “the Original 100% Automatic Body Manager™.” The wearable device, which is being showcased this week by Healbe Corp. at the International CES expo in Las Vegas, is a slick-looking wristband that promises to monitor sleep …
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