Happy to see him locked up. I've seen his sites and his WSO's and I suspected he was up to no good. Thanks for posting this!

Here is his profile View Profile: Lee McKenna

And this is why some people are weary of online marketers, because of scu***** like this that try to ruin it for everyone else.

Great news, but do you know what made my day? The guy sent this to his list yesterday.
I have no idea why he formats his text this way, it's pretty annoying.

"I'm moving on to bigger and better things..."
I agree, better for everyone.

So he's giving the last chance to come and join him in this new venture. (Jail?)
No thanks!

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Wow. I don't get why you would have such a following and blow it all by trying to con them. He could have made good money without resorting to underhand tactics.

Never heard of this guy before. Funny though... I was just thinking earlier today about how my "teacher" Jeff Paul got in trouble with the feds for his claims and shady business operation connected to his TV infomercial products. Interesting.

I probably would of fell for this scam. I feel for the people who did though

These type of people make hardworking internet marketeers get bad reputation! Glad he has been punished!

Ok , this is not right. When you start working with pyramids and you expect to make money then it so something wrong with you to begin with. Unless it is stealing from other bank accounts he should not go to jail. I think that if people are naive to trust his system they they deserved what was coming to them. Nobody stole anything from anybody. It was simply a system that crashed. The same way that some of the big companies are working right now.
Even tho he was a millionaire i guess he was not big enough so he had to go to jail. The big shots do not go to jail. So i guess he wasn't so big after all. But i do admire the effort. ))

Gee whiz, how many spelling errors can you have in one email? People actually bought stuff from this guy?

While I 'am way' beyond Mlm's (pun intended) - they are not all illegal or unethical.

In reality, any franchise works on the same, if not, similiar practice.

I didn't know this guy, and he's just one of many who scam people online. It's great to hear the dirty when people get busted for scamming people, but usually it does nothing for the people ripped-off...instead, they usually get caught for tax evasion or something other.

And, I agree if this guy had a huge list and was able to put together the pieces properly to market something, the same energy is used... So, if he's guilty, goes to jail, gets violated in the backside...good!

RULE #1 = C.Y.A.at least in my book, lol

I read a news article about this and it says he was promoting empower network, yournetbiz and big idea mastermind

So sad! These are the guys that give Internet marketing a bad name. Thanks god they got rid of him. That is why you should always chose an IM Guru with a good reputation, that can easily be done by doing a Google search. You can find out most of what you want to know that way.

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Lol I can feel this thread heating up nice and warm.

Honestly, good people make mistakes. The difference being crooks know better, weigh the odds, and in many cases know beforehand; the consequences rarely outweigh the risks.

Personally, I have a conscience that doesn't allow me to take advantage of people.

I explored what looked like a compelling ad on FB. The woman was using the mother of two, work from home angle... It looked honest!

After a brief investigation, it concerned people signing up for free offers...and cancelling before the rebill.

Here in Florida people attend time share real estate webinars to get free tickets to Disney, Universal, or other offers. *Most of them have zero interest in the seminars, they just want the free tickets, and the recruiters get paid to fill rooms, so they'll invite anybody practically!

It's legal...just unethical in my opinion! Poor management of resources, if nuttin less.

So, this chick responds on FB after I friended her, sends me a link to this 'opportunity'. Oh, it's free to join, cool right?

Then, I get on this freebie site, and I'm instructed to start completing offers, credit card info required... Huh, thought she said; free.

Long story short, I asked her; "Suppose I have no interest in completing offers, can I get paid just to refer people?"

She responds; "I don't know, you'll have to keep looking!"

"Ok...so if I exclude /?ref=94176 when I do sign up, you don't get paid for referring me right?"

I went on that I don't appreciate people who manipulate people to sign up for free, then get them to sign up to 'rebills' with their credit card to earn peanuts for their time!

In short, this chick was making money off the people that were too stupid to realize she baited them to sign up for multiple rebills, and when they couldnt figure out how to cancel before being billed full price the next month...she was banking!!! They were getting scammed!

Now, the company has an 'F' rating, and the owner of the platform has already been jailed prior for internet fraud.

While the site remains up & claims it is 100% legal... It's some 'black hat' bs, and her response was..

"Well it's real, and my paychecks come from ______ - so, sorry you feel that way!

Sadly, she prob makes more than most honest marketers online, and there's nothing I could do, aside call her out on her bs!

People who rip off people online piss me off, cause it makes it 10x harder for honest marketers to gain back trust with those who've been scammed!

I'll never understand it. Here this guy seemed to have a list and obviously had a grasp on how to build and promote to a list so why couldn't he have just done what 95% of us do and just do it the right way?

It doesn't even seem like he was a successful scammer because from what I read he had a modest home but not a mansion by any stretch of the imagination.

I'll bet if he actually took the time to do things right and put his skills to use properly and actually teach people what they were paying him to teach them he would have been 10 times more successful than he was and wouldn't have to worry about going to jail, either.

I'm trying like heck to understand but I just don't.

"Fake it till you make it.."

It WAS all about attitude, not about LYING about what you have or your level of success... if you want to be a millionaire, act like one...Fake it till you make it... the attitude, the way you act...

One of the first times I heard that statement was at a MLM training done by Bill Gouldd, and it had NOTHING to do with lying about your income or success...

His company, Equinox International, was interestingly shut down by the FTC for front end loading of products and other tactics... and because a lot of people took what they were told about 'Faking it till you make it' and twisted it... by lying to people about their success in order to get them to join the business with them... many people taking all their savings or credit to purchase 5-10K in products at times.

Personally, I took my tuition money for college, about $2500 at the time and bought products... not because anyone twisted my arm or anything... simply because I understood the idea of buying low and selling higher... and inventory on hand is easier to sell than a photo in a magazine.

I faked it till I made it by going out and buying a car I couldn't afford and clothes to look the part... I never told people I made X $$$ or anything else... I just looked the part of a successful business person...

Then eventually my bank account matched my outward appearance, but not before a lot of hard work and sacrifices along the way... too many people these days just want that quick fix, the million dollar pill...

Anyway, glad to see another scammer get whats coming... leave more room for honest hard working marketers to benefit financially and more importantly so that beginners or those looking to learn are not taken advantage of by crooks and con men.

I remember this turd. I almost fell for his bullshit scam. Hope he rots in prison.

I'm glad his thread was allowed to stay open, never much cared for Rule #1 myself... It's a perfect screen for scammers...
I HATE with a passion people who do this kind of thing, to me it's the same as armed robbery and should be treated as such...
I have no problem with people like this being outed as long as there is evidence to back it up, i'm positive that there are many more "Lee's" on this forum...

I remember falling for this "Google" scam, it costed a dollar to join, was a one-time fee, no rebill...

30 Days later, 3 random charges hit our card, which drained it of a whole $89. They tried to higher intervals first, the fact it was a pre-paid card saved our @$!.

However, that $90 loss did provide value after the desire to commit hanus acts upon these theives wore off, and it's a lesson everyone should practice online and off;

Research, and do your due dilligence!

9 out of 10 times these guys/gals could be 'shut down' sooner if we all gave pause, and truly investigated the opportunities before buyin- into the bs.

Honestly, I am grateful in a way, that $90 loss was a wake up call for me!

The big question for me is now... who is real, and who isn't?
Maybe we are all fake here?

He was visited at home in December 2013 by investigators, who seized equipment, but he continued trying to scam another woman, even telling her “there was no product” when she asked how his scheme would help her to make money.

Why this guy is thinking? Good job on nabbing such scammers.

This does not surprise me. Few brag if they really are a success. However, I am tired of seeing you tube videos of a guy stepping out of a Ferrari sports car. Yeah, it is a cliche and passe. Please do not let this discourage you. After all, you can still sign up for sad sense... an make pennies.