The following is taken from Behind MLM
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August 25th, 2012 at 1:20 am (Quote)

FYI – Having spent plenty of time with Dawn and some with Paul – both of them, in my opinion, were not terribly business savvy. Neither have advanced degrees – neither have financial, accounting or legal backgrounds. So, it is no wonder they were able to pull this off – they may have not known this was a ponzi.

However, enough people around them told them it was. Even when i was there – those questions were constantly asked. And in my opinion, Dawn and Paul both knew by at least February this was nothing but a Ponzi.
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As for Greg Caldwell and Kevin Grimes – how on earth could they have come into this company and not ASKED to SEE the books? They have the pedigrees to question these things and know better.

I was a tech person w no MLM experience or involvement as an affiliate who was concerned enough about things I saw and questioned to quit and pull my name out but these people with reps in your industry to lose NEVER asked to verify the books?

Why didn’t Keith/OH or Troy do that? I, personally, hope the SEC calls me – I don’t understand MLMs at all but I certainly understand economics and financials and know this was a ponzi and believe that criminal charges should be filed on Paul/Dawn and Darryle.

Dawn is living in a million dollar home with a 250K motor home, fresh off a European vacation and luxury wedding – is that really fair when that money came from affiliates who have lost millions?

And I might add, i recommend the DEA look into raiding her home. She goes to up to 3 doctors a week, is on methadone, pills and still has to buy other prescriptions from a Vietnam Vet in her town.

She also passes out her prescriptions to the “employee” who live with her and her high school aged daughters/their friends. Its extremely concerning. I don’t even know who to report those things to in Arkansas.

Facts are – none of these people are ethical or good. This is just karma coming back to bite them in the butts. Its time they stop pulling the wool over others and just accept what they have done is nothing more than a scam.

HEY Troy!! The whole “donate money to us for a legal defense fund” is total BS. If there was a legal fund and it was truly representing a specific person or entity, then the fund would be managed by the law firm.

Troy, enough is enough!! I dont buy the bullshit about Paul Burks settling with the SEC because he wanted to make sure affiliates get their money back. If he was so concerned with peoples welfare he would never have put so many people around the globe at risk with this ponzi scheme. Even if he didnt believe it was a ponzi (which I doubt is the case), he still would have known that his business model was high risk. Thats not the act of a man who cares!!! I think the truth lies more in the statement below made by one of the members of the zeek rewards consulting team, which was posted on Behind Mlm..

"NOTE: I am the source from a previous article on Zeekler. My comments here are from first hand knowledge and experience.

Paul Burks is no “great man” both he and Dawn who cooked up this scheme together knew exactly what they were doing.

In fact, the last time I spoke with Dawn in May, she was trying to distance herself form the inevitable and stated clearly, she was betting on her new MLM with e-cigarettes to be successful by the time Zeekler crashed. So, they expected a crash of some king with Zeekler.

The math never made any sense to me, so for all the time I was offered bids or a place in the “matrix” I never took them up on it. As a consultant, I wanted fair pay, simply because this entire program never made a lick of sense to me.

And truth be told, I occasionally questioned if I was the dumb one when everyone around me was making major coin.

I am saddened that Troy’s entire reputation will be tainted from his affiliation with Zeek. I expect that OH Brown will also have his reputation marred. They acted as cheerleaders for this organization, inciting thousands of new affiliates to invest their monies in it based on their respective reputations.

Troy is making himself look the fool by continuing to cheer on Zeek and make bold statements and hypothesis that there will be no criminal charges, that Zeek shut down entirely on their own (I am sure they were heavily pressured into doing so).

I am shocked he would ask for compassion for Paul Burks – what about all those affiliates he helped drive into this scheme that have now lost their money? That would be like asking compassion and understanding for Bernie Madoff.

My personal opinion is that Paul and Dawn both need to be brought up on charges. As I provided to OZ, I had direct knowledge of their lies to affiliates regarding payment gateways and technologies to explain why payouts could not be made at certain times and knowledge that Dawn knew this was eventually going to end in an SEC inquiry as far back as February 2012.

For those of you still loyal to Paul and Dawn. Here is the real history. Dawn worked with Paul on various projects prior to this. Her addiction to pills, opiates and cocaine affected her ability to continue being successful in business and raise her children. So, Paul helped her get clean.

She went on a trip to the far east with her now boy toy, Alex. When they came back, Dawn came up with the idea for Zeekler, having seen many penny auctions in Asia. Together Dawn and Paul put together an MLM for penny auctions and launched Zeekler and Zeekrewards.

Zeekler was never profitable and they never made money on anything other than the MLM side of the business. In fact, Dawn was nearly destitute prior to the launch of the rewards program.

Both Paul and Dawn took large sums of money form the company in compensation for themselves and their family/friends. Dawns addiction to opiates became so extensive she was seeing 2-3 different doctors and purchasing pills from a local Vietnam Vet.

Paul and Dawn’s personal character’s are suspect and while I hate airing their dirty laundry, I am sickened that Troy is trying to make anyone feel sorry for them.

On a personal level, I am sincerely sorry to all those affiliates involved in this venture. Those of you that ever reached out to me know I warned against your continued involvement based on facts I knew. I am hopeful some of you took my advice."

Piss off!

Troy, yes that is what I am saying. As an affiliate you could withdraw your commission from day1! Please ensure that the powers that be are made aware of this. Although I am sure they would know.

Troy. One more question.Why do the regulators pay those affiliates that have been in for less than 90 days first. Just because you have been in for less than 90 days does not mean that you haven't got some or all of your money back. There was nothing stopping affiliates from withdrawing from day 1. There may have been affiliates that put in $10K and withdrew all commissions from day 1, in which case they would have retrieved their initial 10K, plus a profit of $3,500 by the time the 90 days expired. In my case, I bought $10,000 worth of bids and kept rolling over all my commissions. So after 100 odd days I never cashed out a cent. I've lost all of my initial $10K and haven't earnt a cent from it. So, just because you have been in for more than 90 days does not mean that you have retrieved some or all of your initial outlay. Priority should be given to those who have not received any commissions (in other words have lost all of their money), regardless of how long you have been in. Could you please pass this logical suggestion on to the regulators.

Troy. If there is still $225 million left in this company (and presumably no debt) why cant the receivers takeover and steer the company in another direction of business, leaving all the affilliates as shareholders of the company. A CEO and new staff could be appointed and a new venture could very easily be established (If the regulators are sincere about helping the affiliates wouldn't this make more sense than the alternative where the affiliates get burnt??