surfkast
2 years ago
What on earth could Wade's Mother Lori be auditing? VBF brands was sold over one year ago.
Do they have any business? Ray Chacon is listed as in insider with connections to BMG Group. BMG no longer exists!
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Marijuana Company of America Inc. Acquires VBF Brands, Inc. Expanding Footprint in California’s Growing Cannabis Grower Market
December 15, 2021 12:12 ET | Source: Marijuana Company of America
https://www.globenewswire.com/Ne/news-release/2021/12/15/2352988/0/en/Marijuana-Company-of-America-Inc-Acquires-VBF-Brands-Inc-Expanding-Footprint-in-California-s-Growing-Cannabis-Grower-Market.html
MCOA
Marijuana Company of America, Inc.
Pink Limited Information
Delinquent SEC Reporting
.0001.
Previous Independent Accountants
As disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 29, 2022, on November 22, 2022, L&L CPAs, PA, the principal accountant engaged to audit the registrant's financial statements, resigned its position.
New Independent Accountants
On December 16, 2022, our Board of Directors appointed Hudgens CPA, PLLC of Houston, Texas (“Hudgens CPA”) as our independent registered public accounting firm, to audit our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022. During our two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim periods preceding their appointment as independent accountants, neither we nor anyone on our behalf consulted Hudgens CPA regarding either the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered of our financial statements, nor has Hudgens CPA provided to us with a written report or oral advice regarding such principles or audit opinion.
SIGO
Sunset Island Group, Inc.
Dark or Defunct
Expert Market
BMG HOLDINGS LLC
Company Number
201835810127
Status
Suspended Ftb
Incorporation Date
20 December 2018 (over 4 years ago)
Dissolution Date
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Company Type
Limited Liability Company - CA
Jurisdiction
California (US)
Inactive Directors / Officers
ALEX PEARL, agent
Registry Page
https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/sear.
surfkast
2 years ago
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surfkast
2 years ago
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surfkast
2 years ago
More BS! The company they are acquiring is already owned and run by family members including Wade's Mother!
Calamus Brands Inc is a California Stock Corporation - Ca - General filed on September 14, 2020. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 4640649.
The Registered Agent on file for this company is Anastasia Alexandrovna Romantsova and is located at 7 Cheshire Court, Newport Beach, CA 92660. The company's principal address is 24000 Potter Road, Salinas, CA 92660 and its mailing address is 24000 Potter Road, Salinas, CA 92660.
The company has 6 contacts on record. The contacts are Anastasia Alexandrovna Romantsova from Salinas CA, Anastasia Borisovna Romantsova from Salinas CA, Lorraine Livacich from Salinas CA, Lorriane Livacich from Salinas CA, Ray Chacon-San Miguel from Salinas CA, and Thomas Olmstead from Salinas CA.
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/4640649
surfkast
2 years ago
Notes in Default
On July 8, 2018, the $170,000 convertible promissory note issued on December 8, 2017 went into default and is
accruing interest at a rate of 22%. The note is now convertible at a price which is the lower of $0.90 per share and the
market price on any applicable date of conversion. Certain other reset provisions and potential true up policies are in
effect which may materially increase the number of Common shares to be delivered upon conversion.
On February 13, 2019, the $945,000 convertible promissory note issued on February 13, 2018 went into default and
is accruing interest at a rate of 22%.
On July 20, 2019, the $110,000 convertible promissory note issued on July 20, 2018 went into default and is accruing
interest at a rate of 22%.
On August 24, 2019, the $220,000 convertible promissory note issued on August 24, 2018 went into default and is
accruing interest at a rate of 22%.
On October 31, 2019, the $126,500 convertible promissory note issued on October 31, 2018 went into default and is
accruing interest at a rate of 22%.
On January 28, 2020, the $82,500 convertible promissory note issued on January 28, 2019 went into default and is
accruing interest at a rate of 22%.
On February 12, 2020, the $41,250 convertible promissory note issued on February 12, 2019 went into default and is
accruing interest at a rate of 22%.
On February 25, 2020, the $41,250 convertible promissory note issued on February 25, 2019 went into default and is
accruing interest at a rate of 22%.
On March 18, 2020, the $192,500 convertible promissory note issued on March 18, 2019 went into default and is
accruing interest at a rate of 22%.
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On April 19, 2020, the $137,500 convertible promissory note issued on April 19, 2019 went into default and is accruing
interest at a rate of 22%.
On May 23, 2020, the $88,000 convertible promissory note issued on May 23, 2019 went into default and is accruing
interest at a rate of 22%.
On July 31, 2020, the $22,000 convertible promissory note issued on July 31, 2019 went into default and is accruing
interest at a rate of 22%.
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surfkast
2 years ago
I believe so, especially the licenses are,as I already popinted out, in the names of Lori Livacich, Ray Chacon, Valerie Baugher.
License Information
Active
Lic. No. CCL18-0003152 (Provisional)
Cultivation - Nursery
Adult-Use
Effective on 2019-08-07
Expires on 2023-08-07
License Status Change on 2022-08-08
Business Information
Legally named VBF Brands, Inc.
Registered as Corporation
Lori Livacich, Ray Chacon, Valerie Baugher
Data Not Available
949-254-3698
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SIGO is crazy isn't it. Based on my research I have come to the following conclusions:
Joseph Wade Mezey originally acquired the shell from David J Cutler making it the 5th shell sold by Cutler to Wade or one of Wade's associates (NHMD, VTXB, SGBY, OPMZ are the others). Joseph Wade Mezey's control of the SIGO shell was never disclosed in any SEC filings.
Joseph Wade Mezey placed his wife, Anastasia Shishova, as the CEO of SIGO after the acquisition but it has never disclosed to the public by SIGO about their relationship
Joseph Wade Mezey assisted in setting up Battle Mountain Genetics Inc paying Cheyenne Moseley of Legal Zoom to register the entity in California (same service provider he used to set up Novus Group LLC in Wyoming) then placed two of his former employees and long time business associates (TJ Magallanes and Valerie Baugher) as the executives for the new entity
Joseph Wade Mezey secretly controlled Novus Group LLC (with his buddy Matt Billington) but lied to the SEC about his control becoming the owner of 4,000,000 free trading shares of SIGO for the cost of $11,000
Joseph Wade Mezey merged his Novus Group LLC company into his OPMZ shell but after he had already pocketed about $700,000 (after taxes) and his buddy Matt Billington had pocketed $174,441 (after taxes) from their SIGO share sales. As part of the Novus Group LLC/OPMZ merger, OPMZ agreed to pay Joseph Wade Mezey and Matt Billington $150,000/month in "consulting fees" from any money made by Novus Group LLC in the future. It should be noted that the new SIGO executives (TJ Magallanes and Valerie Baugher) were formerly both employees of OPMZ through OPMZ's one time wholly owned subsidiary Von Baron Farms.
Novus Group LLC made approximately $1,300,000 more from its SIGO share sales after the OPMZ acquisition. Consulting fees paid out to Mezey and his buddy Matt Billington from that $1.3m would have come out to over $800,000. But $305,700 of the money made from those share sales was used by Novus Group LLC/OPMZ/Wade to lend to SIGO to help fund the SIGO business operations. To date SIGO hasn't disclosed in any SEC filings who the lender is - once again hiding Joseph Wade Mezey's involvement. It also sounds sort of illegal to me for money made from SIGO shares sales to be funneled back to SIGO to pay for the SIGO business operations without that plan being disclosed as part of the registration statement used to make those shares free trading.
Joseph Wade Mezey owns the lease to the greenhouse space that was subleased to SIGO but his name was never disclosed to the SEC by SIGO.
That $305,700 SIGO borrowed from Novus Group LLC/OPMZ/Wade was turned into 305,700 Series B shares ($1/share) which were going to pay out a $200/lb dividend (from cannabis sales) each quarter to be split among all the Series B preferred share holders. Obviously the only Series B preferred share holder would have been Novus Group LLC/Joseph Wade Mezey. SIGO never disclosed the name of the lender/Series B preferred share owner in any SEC filings once again hiding a Joseph Wade Mezey affiliation to SIGO.
That $200/lb dividend would have resulted in $150,000/month going into the pockets of Joseph Wade Mezey and Matt Billington as consulting fees (per the agreement between Novus Group LLC/Joseph Wade Mezey and OPMZ/Joseph Wade Mezey) with the rest staying with OPMZ.
SIGO mentioned a plan to sell Series B preferred shares to the public at $1,000/share in an 8K through what I'm pretty sure would have been an illegal share offering since they weren't registered. That would have been 1000 times more than Novus Group LLC/Wade got their shares for giving the purchaser(s) such a tiny percentage of the split that it would have been ridiculous.
It is interesting that they cancelled those Series B shares. Obviously there will be no lawsuit by the lender since Joseph Wade Mezey controls everything on both sides. I wonder if Joseph Wade Mezey cancelled them because he realized that his little gig is close to being up. Even though he tried hard to hide his involvement in everything, people that know how to do research were still able to figure it out. Not like it was hard. Joseph Wade Mezey likes to use the same addresses, same business associates, and same service providers repeatedly. He even makes the mistake of putting his own name on documents which can be found if people know where to look.
Joseph Wade Mezey/Novus Group LLC still secretly owns $305,700 in debt in SIGO. I'm sure that will eventually somehow result in SIGO revenues going into the pockets of Joseph Wade Mezey per the consulting agreement Wade has with Novus Group LLC/OPMZ.
My guess is that Joseph Wade Mezey is also the biggest investor to date in the 20,000,000 share offering at $.10/share and that most (if not all) of the 640,000+ shares dumped into the market to date through that offering went through the hands of Joseph Wade Mezey.... all while Joseph Wade Mezey has continued to hide his multiple affiliations to SIGO from the SEC.
This is the type of stuff that leads to much more than just SEC litigation. This is the type of stuff that could lead to a Criminal Indictment.
It will be very interesting to see where things go from here. Joseph Wade Mezey has been walking a fine line for years with his many many tickers and companies (some of the worst being GYST, STHC, EMBR, CGLD, NHMD, and OPMZ). And let's not forget his debt settlement scam he did Laura L Hess and Jeffrey Campos that got him disbarred in 2010.
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surfkast
2 years ago
DD as of 10/26/2022
Lori Livacich President, CEO is Joseph Wade Mezey's Mother and has been involved in other scams including Vortex Tennis
Lori Livacich
Customer Service at Vortex Tennis LLC
They are one year behind in their filings.
They are Pink Limited
They had a net loss $ (1,437,039) for FY 2021
They are planning more insider enrichment
To this date the Company has relied on the sale of securities to finance its operations and growth. The Company
expectsto continue to fund the Company through debt and securities sales and issuances until the Company generates
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enough revenues through the operations. These transactions will initially be through related parties, such as the
Company’s officers and directors.
They have a huge debt load, especially to insiders
https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SIGO/overview
Corporate office listed as Lori's home
20051365777 Sunset Island Group, Inc. Colorado 7 Cheshire CT Newport Beach CA 92660 United State
https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/ViewImage.do?masterFileId=20051365777&fileId=20221043023
I can't seem to find Ray Chacon's BMG Group, LLC (he is an insider)
We know Battle Mountain Genetics is a suspended California company
BATTLE MOUNTAIN GENETICS (3950013)
Request Certificate
Initial Filing Date 09/29/2016
Status Suspended - FTB
Standing - SOS Good
Standing - FTB Not Good
Standing - Agent Good
Standing - VCFCF Good
Inactive Date 10/01/2018
Formed In CALIFORNIA
Entity Type Stock Corporation - CA - General
Principal Address 26900 ENCINAL
SALINAS, CA 93908
Mailing Address 26900 ENCINAL
SALINAS, CA 93908
Statement of Info Due Date 09/30/2020
https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business
I can confirm the Marijuana licenses are still active under VBF brands
https://search.cannabis.ca.gov/results?searchQuery=VBF%20Brands
But I find this interesting with the licenses. Some old names pop up. Along with another of Wades scams, vonbaronfarms
License Information
Active
Lic. No. C11-0000102-LIC (Provisional)
Commercial - Distributor
Adult-Use and Medicinal
Effective on 2019-05-17
Expires on 2023-05-16
License Information
Active
Lic. No. CCL18-0000119 (Provisional)
Cultivation - Small Mixed-Light Tier 2
Adult-Use
Effective on 2019-03-15
Expires on 2023-03-15
License Status Change on 2022-03-14
Business Information
Legally named VBF Brands, Inc.
Registered as Corporation
Jesus Quintero, Lori Livacich, Ray Chacon, Valerie Baugher
Data Not Available
949-254-3698
Legally named Vbf Brands Inc.
Registered as Corporation
Valerie Baugher
Info@vonbaronfarms.Com
949-374-1642
License Information
Active
Lic. No. CCL18-0003152 (Provisional)
Cultivation - Nursery
Adult-Use
Effective on 2019-08-07
Expires on 2023-08-07
License Status Change on 2022-08-08
Business Information
Legally named VBF Brands, Inc.
Registered as Corporation
Lori Livacich, Ray Chacon, Valerie Baugher
Data Not Available
949-254-3698
License Information
Active
Lic. No. CDPH-10002395 (Provisional)
Manufacturer - Type 6
Adult-Use and Medicinal
Effective on 2022-04-11
Expires on 2023-04-11
Business Information
VBF Brands, Inc.
Legally named VBF Brands, Inc.
Registered as Pvt Corp Sub C
Valerie Baugher
Info@vonbaronfarms.Com
949-374-1642
https://search.cannabis.ca.gov/results?searchQuery=VBF%20Brands
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