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Old November 11th, 2003, 06:31 PM
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Default Anorex Scam Zantrex Scam Strivectin Scam

Klein Becker's 100 million dollar Strivectin and Supplement fraud
Operation.


(The below companies are the same or affiliated.)

Basic Reasearch basicreasearch.org (.org should be a non-profit)
Klein Becker kleinbecker.com ( there is no Klein or Becker)
Zoller Laboratories
Tree House Marketing (relationship ended badly)
Zantrex-3
Silversage
Covaxil Laboratories
Sovage Dermalogic Laboratories
Urban biologics
Nutrasport
Majestic Enterprises
Alphagen Biotech
XM International LLC
Evanstown Research Labs
Western Holdings, LLC
Bydexbasic Reasearch
Bydex
Epregnancy magizine
My Free Diet myfreediet.com
Turley-Thompson (relationship ended badly)
American phytothearopy research labs
Nutrastar
Body Innoventions bodyinnoventions.com
Ag Waterhouse leptoprin.com (Waterhouse?? Hmmm)




2. The deception. (To make the companies and products sound like
a Pharmaceutical company or product and then make wild, un-proven and
illegal claims about the products abilities and affects. Then back the
claims with fake, false, stolen, biased or non-existent studies)

Three owners Dennis Gay, Evan Bybee, and Dr Dan Mowrey (Medical
Doctor? Not)




"Cashing in on Anorex leptin leptoprin (or leptospirosis, I
can't decide which).

Caught a glimpse of an infomercial the other day for a
weight loss
product that is trying to associate itself with leptin
research the same way
other quack products try to associate themselves with growth
hormone: by
using a cute sounding name. In this case, the name is
Leptoprin. I suppose
they might also be trying to associate themselves with
leptospirosis
(anybody into leptospirosis? Any vets in the group? Does it
cause weight
loss?).

They have a web site at http://leptoprin.com/.

I was somewhat amused at how they claimed in the
infomercial that this
product might be too powerful for the casual dieter (I guess
if you're not a
HYOOUUGE fat xxxx, you risk dissapearing in a puff of self
sustaining
malignant lipolysis). Even though it mentions the ingredients
nowhere (a
good hint is in the warnings section), how many here would
like to wager
that this is probably nothing more than a very plain (and
rather overpriced)
E.C.A. stack?"

http://www.3fatchicks.com/leptoprin-...s-exposed.html

"The only ingredient in Leptoprin that might assist in weight loss is
calcium. If you do not get enough calcium in your diet, you can buy
cheap supplements at any drugstore. You need to consume vitamin D at
the same time, and magnesium is also recommended. The RDA for calcium
is 1000 to 1300 mg per day. Leptoprin, when taking the maximum dosage
of 6 capsules daily, provides 792mg of calcium, but no magnesium or
vitamin D, and comes at a cost of $153.00 per month. You can purchase
a calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D supplement from Vitacost. Two
tablets contain 1000 mg calcium, 200IU Vitamin D, and 250mg magnesium.
A 90 day supply would cost around $5.95. The remaining ingredients
would be useless for weight loss or could be dangerous."


Paula Begoun´s take on StriVectin-SD (from latest newsletter) (
)
StriVectin-SD: Better than Botox?

Quite a few of you have written asking about the rather prominent
newspaper ads for the product StriVectin-SD ($135 for 6 ounces). With
a headline that reads "Better than Botox," along with the increasing
number of topical products hitting the market claiming they can mimic
the effects of Botox without "painful injections," I certainly
understand the curiosity.

I wrote about StriVectin-SD in a previous newsletter, when a reader
asked about its ability to repair stretch marks. That was StriVectin's
original marketing claim to fame, though the fame was all
self-promoted, as there is not a single independent, peer-reviewed
study to prove that StriVectin is an effective option for repairing
stretch marks. The studies that do exist about StriVectin's benefits
for stretch marks were paid for by Klein-Becker, the company that
distributes StriVectin.

According to the company's latest ads, they were surprised to find
that not only was StriVectin-SD getting rid of women's stretch marks,
but also that somehow their facial wrinkles were going away, too. For
that reason, we now have the astounding "anti-wrinkle breakthrough of
the decade." Regrettably, no supportive research needs to be available
to sell this kind of hyperbole. All it takes is to promise women that
a product will get rid of their wrinkles and they will buy it in
droves, no matter how many other product lines, infomercials,
advertisements, or cosmetics salespeople pledge the exact same thing.

StriVectin's ad continues with "The active formula in StriVectin-SD
has recently been shown in clinical trials to significantly reduce
that category of fine lines and facial wrinkles that can add 10–15
years to your appearance...and even reduce the dark circles under your
eyes...without irritation, painful injections, or surgery." One more
flourish is the statement that "in fact, [StriVectin-SD] is the only
topical formulation clinically proven to effectively confront every
aspect of wrinkle reduction." It is easy to debunk all of this
overblown nonsense by pointing out the product's lack of sunscreen;
perhaps StriVectin overlooked the research about sun exposure's
deleterious, wrinkling, and discoloring effects on skin.

Klein-Becker has parlayed these claims into what appears to be little
more than an effort to spin off the popularity of Botox to its own
benefit. StriVectin-SD is supposedly preferred because its long-term
results versus the short-term results (and repeated treatments) of
Botox. A Dr. Nathalie Chevreau is quoted in the ad, saying "the
cumulative effects of using a product like StriVectin become more
noticeable every day, and ultimately last longer than Botox." Chevreau
is hardly an impartial source, as she works for Klein-Becker. Further,
Dr. Chevreau is a licensed dietician in Utah, a fact that is
conveniently left out of StriVectin's ad because it would conflict
with her credibility as a medical doctor speaking about the legitimate
benefits of an antiwrinkle cream.

The final Botox comparison comes from the ad's statement that
StriVectin not only addresses the _expression lines Botox treats, but
also the lines Botox doesn't affect. However, the only lines Botox
wouldn't affect are the ones not injected.

Needless to say, Klein-Becker's statements comparing StriVectin-SD to
Botox have not gone unnoticed by Allergan, the company that
manufactures the drug. According to an article in The Salt Lake
Tribune, Allergan has threatened to sue Klein-Becker for false
advertising and unfair business practices. After the tension continued
to mount on both sides, Klein-Becker actually went ahead and took the
case to court, asking a federal judge to approve its advertising for
StriVectin-SD. As this newsletter goes to press, Klein-Becker has not
taken their lawsuit any further.

In the meantime, the "Better than Botox" ads remain in wide
circulation and are sent via spam emails, and StriVectin-SD is now
available at Nordstrom department stores.

So is StriVectin better than Botox? The short answer is no--and that
means no way, and nohow. It isn't even better than the daily use of an
effective sunscreen! StriVectin is merely a moisturizer with some good
emollients and antioxidants, though the addition of peppermint oil is
extremely suspect--the tingle is probably meant to lead women to
believe that the product is doing something to their skin. Botox
prevents the use of facial muscles, and that instantaneously smoothes
out the skin. StriVectin-SD won't alter the wrinkling on any part of
your face, not in the long term, and not in the short term.

Incidentally, the two studies quoted in StriVectin's ads for "Better
than Botox" were supposedly from information presented at the 20th
World Congress of Dermatology, held in July 2002. These examined the
effects of palmitoyl pentapeptide-3 (trade name: Matrixyl, but also
known as Pal-KTTKS, which is the term used in StriVectin's ads) and
compared it to vitamin C and retinol. However, there is no published
research substantiating the results, and StriVectin declined to send
us any documentation.



Zantrex Zantrex-3

Zantrex 3 side effects are identical to those associated with
excessive caffeine consumption (Zantrex is primarily marketed as a
"proprietary xanthine-based stimulant", but xanthine is simply
caffeine). You may be interested to know that one serving of Zantrex 3
will provide you with more caffeine than you'd obtain from 3 cups of
coffee -- so caffeine-related side effects may be quite prominent in
some people.
It's also important to note that caffeine has many of the side-effects
associated with ephedra (nervousness, increased blood pressure, heart
palpitations, and so on) and although common in many foods (coffee,
chocolate, various soft drinks, etc., etc.) may not be for everyone.
It's also possible that because of its high caffeine content, you may
experience withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking Zantrex 3.



3. The Fraud.


They hire a slick marketing team (Mitchell k. Friedlander and Micheal
Meade) Both already found guilty in two other states of the same type
of fraud.

http://www.usps.com/judicial/1985deci/19-104dd.htm
http://www.usps.com/judicial/1985deci/19-103.htm
http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/j...-8299.opa.html
http://csmail.law.pace.edu/lawlib/le...-9159.opn.html


4. The Owners.

Dennis Gay, Evan Bybee, and Dr Dan Mowrey have been so mean and nasty
in their growth and greed it was not hard to find employees and
ex-employees that were willing to talk. I have talked to at least ten
and have a list of 30 more to follow up on in my next report.. So far
it is all the same story,. The owners are "scumbags" and threaten to
file suit against any employee or entity that comes near them. They
have filed tons of lawsuits so they now have some teeth. Money will do
that.

Below is a small list of what employees and ex employees have said
about the companies.

1b. Routine for them to change labels on a product instead of changing
the product for sale or export. Thailand was the example..

2b. Not paying employees agreed upon pay or bonuses. (Several have
taken company to labor board.)

3b. Constant threats to employees for talking about the company's
shady business practices.

4b.Many allegations of tax evasion and hidden pay packages to
management. Apparently also paying Mitch Friedlander in may "exotic"
ways like paying his friends, Dog, Mother and paying for his
unreported living expenses, Lexus ,penthouse apartment through APRL
and paying him as a consultant even after more than four years.

5b. Selling products under false or with misleading representations
and wild and false marketing practices. (Example is Strivectin stretch
mark cream the is now a miracle wrinkle cream.

6b. Firing anyone who knows too much or ask questions about finance
dept practices.

7b. Firing employees after the employee discover illegal workers in
the company and then keeping the illegal workers.

6b. Dennis Gay Family members working at the company are out of
control and unbearable to work with.

7b.Company owners talking about how devious they are and what they can
do to screw with people in front of employees.

8b. Using other companies names like Nordstroms to lend themselves
credibility in the market place and example is placing the Nordstroms
name on http://www.basicresearch.org

9b. Systematic effort to hide their identities through holding
companies or secret domain registrars. (Domains by Proxy
http://www.domainsbyproxy.com/ ) and others.

10b. False or broken promises of company stock to employees and
potential partners and even cousins of Dennis Gay.

11b. Un-paid vendors or terms stretched to the point of settlement.

12b. Price fixing, Threats and actions against any distributors who do
not sell products at the set price. best example is Strivectin at 135
dollars.

13b. Employees leaving the company solely for ethical reasons

14b. Accusations of Evan Bybee entering into the offices of Tree house
marketing group after hours and after they ended their marketing
relationship.

15b. Boiler room sales tactics. about 100 of the employees at the
family of fraud companies are telemarketers.

16b. Current investigations by the FDA FTC IRS and The Committee on
Energy and Commerce and the Attorney Generals office.

Below is an exact statement from a former employee.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/report54520.htm

"There are countless companies who have worked with Basic Research
that have NEVER been paid.
I cannot say enough about this company. Basic Research has been
ripping people off for over 10 years. As a former employee, I know!!!
The are wiley and sue everyone they come in contact with. I will never
do business with them again. they claim to have a good reputation in
the industry. Like Hell. The people who know, know these guys are
scum. Especially the owners Dennis Gay, Evan Bybee and Dr. Morey.
There are very few manufacturers and individuals they have not ripped
off. No matter what you hear about this company if it is good, DO NOT
BELIeVE IT. Maybe you could ask them to tell you how they pay Mitch.
He is their director of marketing and just happens to be a convicted
felon. No wonder they pay his dog and his wife to hide from the IRS.
There are hundreds if not thousands of individuals who would like to
see this company go down by the throat. I hear they are in Bankruptcy
anyway and will probably go to Jail for Tax Evasion. There are
countless companies who have worked with Basic Research that have
NEVER been paid, and we are talking about 100's of thousands of
dollars here. They rip you off and then say "go ahead and sue us" well
I hope someone does. Get this, In GNC there is a sign in the back room
from Basic Research that says "if anyone returns one of their products
to get their name address copy of the drivers license and social
security number and so Basic Research can sue you." Yes they sue
customers who return their products. What a joke of a company. Class
act these guys are. If I were you I would run like hell if you see
their name on a product. Because they do not work and if you return
it, they will sue you. And they act under many different names because
they hide what they do. Please research this company and take them
down! You will make 10,000 people happier than you could ever
imagine."


http://www.drugintel.com/news/a30403..._committee.htm
http://www.badbusinessbureau.com/rep...ipoff69292.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/results....=&searchtype=0
http://csmail.law.pace.edu/lawlib/le...-9159.opn.html
http://www.usps.com/judicial/1985deci/19-104dd.htm Postal Fraud
http://www.usps.com/judicial/1985deci/19-103.htm Postal Fraud
http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/j...-8299.opa.html
http://www.ultimatefatburner.com/zan...e-effects.html
http://www.drugintel.com/drugs/zotrin.htm
http://www.painstudy.com/PainDrugs/p35.htm#7
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nach...el-2336499.asp
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/...252003_859.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff67923.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff67930.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff53239.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/report70249.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/report70573.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/report30978.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/report29294.htm
http://utahscams.50megs.com/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff54426.htm
http://www.sinuswars.com/newsletters/tinnitus1.asp

Basic research
http://www.ripoffreport.com/report54525.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/report54520.htm
http://www.striae.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=82
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/...252003_859.htm
http://utahscams.50megs.com/



MITCHELL K. FRIEDLANDER
http://csmail.law.pace.edu/lawlib/le...-9159.opn.html
http://www.usps.com/judicial/1985deci/19-104dd.htm Postal Fraud
http://www.usps.com/judicial/1985deci/19-103.htm Postal Fraud
http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/j...-8299.opa.html

Basic Research
5742 West Harold Gatty Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116

801-517-7000 phone
801-517-7001 fax


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6. The End of chapter 2

P.S Please post and publish this report on as many web pages, message
boards and news groups as possible so the truth does not get
suppressed.


Thank You


 




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