Jeffrey Martin 3
Jeffrey Martin 3
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
COUNT ONE
1. First Power and Light LLC (“FPL”) was a Delaware limited liability
company with its principal place of business in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. FPL was formed in
approximately July 2012. Person #1 was the nominal president of FPL. FPL was a solar
installation and sales company. In or about April 2015, FPL changed its name to Volt Solar
2. First Power and Light Inc. (“FPL Inc.”) was incorporated in the State of
Florida on or about July 1, 2013. FPL Inc. had an office in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. Person #1
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was the nominal president of FPL Inc. Unlike FPL, FPL Inc. was a solar power company in
4. Person #3 was a stock promoter. Person #3, who was not a licensed
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) investment broker, promoted penny stock
companies using various business names under his control, including Quantum Financial
5. Person #4 was a co-owner of QFI, who worked at QFI in Glen Cove, New
York, promoting stocks. Person #4 was not a licensed FINRA investment broker.
company with its principal place of business in Woodstock, New Jersey. Neoterra was formed in
2010. Person #3 was the principal of Neoterra. Neoterra had no known legitimate business
purpose.
with its principal place of business in Thornwood, New York. J.E. Consulting was formed in
2012. Person #4 was the principal of J.E. Consulting. J.E. Consulting had no known legitimate
business purpose.
Advisors LLC (“PFA”), a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business
in Old Brookville, New York. PFA was formed in approximately January 2012. Person #7,
Person #5’s wife, was the president of PFA. PFA was in the business of advising businesses on
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its principal place of business in Orlando, Florida. MSEI is now known as Volt Solar Systems,
Inc. MSEI was owned by defendant JEFFREY D. MARTIN’s son, Person #8.
10. Initially, the shares of MSEI were “restricted” pursuant to statute and rules
and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The SEC
was an independent agency of the United States government charged by law with preserving
honest and efficient markets in securities. The federal securities laws, regulations, and rules were
designed to ensure that the financial information of publicly traded companies was accurately
11. The MSEI shares were restricted in the sense that they could not be resold
in the public market. Restricted securities are, generally, securities acquired in unregistered,
private sales. If one wishes to sell restricted securities to the public, certain conditions must,
generally, be met, including having current information about the issuing company available to
the public. In order to have the restriction removed, Person #2 enlisted the services of Person #9,
a lawyer, who agreed to issue a false opinion letter to the effect that certain conditions had been
The Conspiracy
12. From at least in or about April 2012, through at least in or about May
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
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together with Person #2, Person #3, Person #4, Person #5, Person #6, Person #10, Person #11,
Person #12, and others known and unknown to the grand jury, conspired to commit offenses
against the United States, namely, securities fraud, that is, to knowingly and intentionally
execute a scheme and artifice (a) to defraud any person in connection with any security of
Mainstream Entertainment, Inc., n/k/a Volt Solar Systems, Inc., an issuer with a class of
securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78l)
and that was required to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)), and (b) to obtain, by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses,
representations, and promises, any money and property in connection with the purchase and sale
of any security of Mainstream Entertainment, Inc., n/k/a Volt Solar Systems, Inc., an issuer with
a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)), in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1348.
13. The purposes of the conspiracy were to: (a) defraud the investors; (b)
fraudulently obtain investor monies and pay and receive undisclosed commissions; (c) artificially
inflate the value of MSEI securities; and (d) enrich the schemers.
D. MARTIN. Defendant MARTIN was interested in selling MSEI. On or about September 20,
2012, FPL executed a stock purchase agreement, whereby it became the majority shareholder of
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MSEI for $50,000. Related to this transaction, Person #2 also received 50 million shares of
MSEI.
other things, Person #2 distributed 35 million shares to his girlfriend, Person #13, so that he
could maintain control over the company. Person #2 also distributed 7.5 million shares to Person
#10 and Person #10’s two sons, Person #11 and Person #12. The remaining 7.5 million shares
were distributed by Person #2 to his associates and to employees of his companies, including
16. The conspirators directed the drafting of and drafted false and fraudulent
press releases and other communications relating to MSEI and its parent company, FPL, for the
purpose of convincing the investing public that FPL and MSEI had more business and were more
valuable than they, in fact, were, and to inflate the price of the stock of MSEI. In addition, the
conspirators created and disseminated false and fraudulent press releases and prepared and
disseminated a Form 8-K securities disclosure filed with the SEC on or about February 8, 2013,
all as part of the conspiracy to fraudulently inflate the price of the common stock of MSEI.
18. The conspirators used stock promoters, and non-arms-length trading with
related parties, to create the illusion of volume, in order to inflate the stock price and to sell their
19. The conspirators ensured that any time they wanted to sell free trading
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20. Person #5 and Person #6, as well as their company, PFA, fraudulently
promoted MSEI stock. Person #5 and Person #6, in turn, directed Person #3 and Person #4 to
operate what is known as a “boiler room,” in which, among other things, Person #3, Person #4,
and other co-conspirators, known and unknown to the grand jury, cold-called potential investors,
for the purpose of getting them to buy shares of MSEI. Among other things, Person #5 and
Person #6 paid Person #3 and Person #4 undisclosed commissions for selling shares of MSEI,
which Person #3 and Person #4 directed to be paid to QFI, Neoterra, and J.E. Consulting.
21. The boiler room promoters touted MSEI using high pressure sales tactics
22. The boiler room promoters did not disclose the commissions paid to them
by other conspirators on the sale of MSEI stock to investors on the open market.
commonly directed the transfer of such money to PFA to avoid the appearance of a direct
25. The conspirators planned to obtain and obtained money by inflating the
volume of trading in and the price of MSEI stock through misleading marketing and stock
manipulation, and by preventing the SEC from detecting the scheme or taking regulatory
illicit proceeds from the sale of MSEI stock. Defendant MARTIN, or entities controlled by
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defendant MARTIN, sent wire transfers of approximately $685,608 to PFA, which was
approximately $843,007 to PFA, which was controlled by Person #5 and Person #6.
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COUNT TWO
are realleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
knowingly and intentionally executed a scheme and artifice (a) to defraud any person in
connection with any security of Mainstream Entertainment, Inc., n/k/a Volt Solar Systems, Inc.,
an issuer with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)), and (b) to obtain, by means of materially false and
fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, any money and property in connection with
the purchase and sale of any security of Mainstream Entertainment, Inc., n/k/a Volt Solar
Systems, Inc., an issuer with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required to file reports under Section 15(d)
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1348 and 2.
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COUNT THREE
false and fraudulent information about penny stocks, and engaged in manipulative trading of
those penny stocks, for the purpose of fraudulently inflating the stock prices and reaping illicit
reported business locations in the State of Washington and the People’s Republic of China.
Resort Savers’s common stock was a penny stock quoted on the OTC Link (previously known as
the “Pink Sheets”) operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc., under the ticker symbol “RSSV.”
Resort Savers was an issuer with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities
locations in the State of Florida and Hong Kong. Axiom’s common stock was a penny stock
quoted on the OTC Link (previously known as the “Pink Sheets”) operated by OTC Markets
corporation with a reported business location in the State of California. Virtual Medical’s
common stock was a penny stock quoted on the OTC Link (previously known as the “Pink
Sheets”) operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc., under the ticker symbol “QEBR.”
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with a reported business location in Hong Kong. Union Bridge’s common stock was a penny
stock quoted on the OTC Link (previously known as the “Pink Sheets”) operated by OTC
Markets Group, Inc., under the ticker symbol “UGHL.” Union Bridge was an issuer with a class
charged by law with preserving honest and efficient markets in securities. The federal securities
laws, regulations, and rules were designed to ensure that the financial information of publicly
traded companies was accurately recorded and disclosed to the investing public.
The Conspiracy
December 2019, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of New York, and
elsewhere, defendant
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
(“CC-3”), each of whom is known to the grand jury, and with others known and unknown to the
grand jury, conspired to commit offenses against the United States, namely:
scheme and artifice (i) to defraud any person in connection with any
12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required to file
reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)),
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connection with the purchase and sale of any security of an issuer with
(15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required to file reports under Section
business which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon
violation of Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) and 78ff, and
c. wire fraud, that is, knowingly and with the intent to defraud, to devise,
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8. The purposes of the conspiracy were to: (a) defraud the investors; (b)
fraudulently obtain investor monies and pay and receive undisclosed commissions; (c) artificially
inflate the value of the securities of Resort Savers, Axiom, Virtual Medical, and Union Bridge;
9. In or about October 2015, CC-1 and CC-2 recruited CC-3 to promote, and
to fraudulently sell to investors and prospective investors, the securities of penny stock
companies. Generally, a penny stock is a security issued by a very small company that trades at
less than $5 per share. CC-3 created Global Research, LLC (“Global Research”) as an entity
through which his and his co-conspirators’ fraudulent activities would be conducted.
10. Defendant JEFFREY D. MARTIN, CC-1, CC-2, and CC-3 agreed with
one another and with persons known and unknown to the grand jury to manipulate—or to “pump
and dump”—the common stock of Resort Savers, Axiom, Virtual Medical, and Union Bridge
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12. The co-conspirators artificially inflated the market price of, and demand
for, the stock of the Manipulated Companies by creating false and misleading information about
the Manipulated Companies and their respective securities to be released to the public and to
investors and prospective investors in the Manipulated Companies and by manipulative trading
Companies, to convince them to buy stock in the Manipulated Companies. CC-3 made
fraudulent and material misstatements about the Manipulated Companies and their respective
securities in order to convince the investors and prospective investors that the Manipulated
Companies and their stock were more valuable than they, in fact, were and to induce the
and stock sales, the co-conspirators were able to increase the price and volume of stock sales by
creating the false appearance to investors that there was market interest in the stock being
transactions, including pre-arranged sales and purchases of stock between or among themselves
or other individuals under their control, referred to as “coordinated trading,” in order to create
the false appearance of an active and liquid market in the stocks being traded and to artificially
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drive up the share price and trading volume. Among other things, stock purchases made by
investors and prospective investors contacted by CC-3 were coordinated with stock sales,
through communications between or among defendant JEFFREY D. MARTIN, CC-1, and CC-2.
coordinated manner, during and after the promotions in order to maximize profits.
17. The co-conspirators used various accounts, entities, and nominees in order
to attempt to prevent the SEC or other regulators from being able to determine the identity of
18. The co-conspirators used wires and facilities of interstate and foreign
Overt Acts
JEFFREY D. MARTIN, CC-1, CC-2, and CC-3, and others known and unknown to the grand
jury, committed the following overt acts, among others, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
attaching a Global Research newsletter discussing Global Research’s “top recommendations” for
45,655 shares of Axiom common stock through a brokerage account titled in the name of an
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3. On or about October 21, 2016, and after K.J. purchased 41,500 shares of
Axiom common stock, CC-3 made a telephone call to K.J. to verify that K.J. had bought the
shares.
proceeds from a settled trade of Axiom common stock, in the amount of $153,807, deposited into
a bank account titled in the name of an entity that defendant MARTIN controlled.
transferred by wire $66,970 to a bank account titled in the name of an entity controlled by CC-1
and CC-2.
transferred by wire $12,500 to a bank account titled in the name of Global Research.
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COUNT FOUR
Indictment are re-alleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
knowingly and intentionally executed a scheme and artifice (a) to defraud any person in
connection with any security of Resort Savers, Inc., an issuer with a class of securities registered
under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required
to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)),
and (b) to obtain, by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and
promises, any money and property in connection with the purchase and sale of any security of
Resort Savers, Inc., an issuer with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required to file reports under
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)).
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1348 and 2.
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COUNT FIVE
1. Paragraphs 1, 3, 6, and 9–18 and the Overt Acts of Count Three of this
Superseding Indictment are re-alleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth
herein.
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by use of the means and
instrumentalities of interstate commerce, and the facilities of national securities exchanges, use
and employ manipulative and deceptive devices and contrivances, in violation of Title 17, Code
of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b–5, by: (a) employing devices, schemes and artifices to
defraud; (b) making untrue statements of material facts and omitting to state material facts
necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and (c) engaging in acts, practices and courses of business
which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon any person, in connection with the
All in violation of Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) and 78ff, and
Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b–5, and Title 18, United States Code,
Section 2.
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COUNT SIX
Indictment are re-alleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
December 2019, in the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, defendant
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly, directly and indirectly, by use of the means and
instrumentalities of interstate commerce, and the facilities of national securities exchanges, use
and employ manipulative and deceptive devices and contrivances, in violation of Title 17, Code
of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b–5, by: (a) employing devices, schemes and artifices to
defraud; (b) making untrue statements of material facts and omitting to state material facts
necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and (c) engaging in acts, practices and courses of business
which operated and would operate as a fraud and deceit upon any person, in connection with the
All in violation of Title 15, United States Code, Sections 78j(b) and 78ff, and
Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 240.10b–5, and Title 18, United States Code,
Section 2.
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COUNT SEVEN
Indictment are re-alleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
December 2019, in the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere, defendant
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
knowingly and intentionally executed a scheme and artifice (a) to defraud any person in
connection with any security of Union Bridge Holdings Ltd., an issuer with a class of securities
registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that
was required to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. § 78o(d)), and (b) to obtain, by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses,
representations, and promises, any money and property in connection with the purchase and sale
of any security of Union Bridge Holdings Ltd., an issuer with a class of securities registered
under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78l) and that was required
to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78o(d)).
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1348 and 2.
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1. Paragraphs 1–6 and the Overt Acts of Count Three of this Superseding
Indictment are re-alleged and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
The Scheme
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
devised and intended to devise a scheme to defraud investors in Resort Savers, Inc., Axiom
Corp., Virtual Medical International, Inc., and Union Bridge Holdings Ltd., and to obtain money
and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.
through 18 of Count Three of this Superseding Indictment as a description of the manner and
The Wire
4. On or about each of the dates set forth below, in the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of New York, Middle District of Florida, and elsewhere,
defendant
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
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for the purpose of executing the scheme described above caused to be transmitted by means of
wire communication in interstate and foreign commerce the signals and sounds set forth below,
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
1. As a result of the violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371,
1343, 1348, and 1349 and Title 15, United States Code, Section 78ff, defendant
JEFFREY D. MARTIN
shall forfeit to the United States of America any property that constitutes, or is derived from,
proceeds traceable to the commission of such offenses, including, but not limited to, the sum of
at least $10,993,971.30.
(b) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party;
(e) has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided
without difficulty;
it is the intent of the United States, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c),
incorporating Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p), to seek forfeiture of any other
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