SEC v. MICHAEL M. BECK; and HELEN P. ROBINSON, No. 2:22-cv-00812, Central District of California (Feb. 7, 2022) — Complaint

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AMY J. LONGO (Cal. Bar No. 198304)
Email:  [email protected]
ROBERTO TERCERO (Cal. Bar No. 143760)
Email:  [email protected]

Attorneys for Plaintiff
Securities and Exchange Commission
Michele Wein Layne, Regional Director
Katharine Zoladz, Associate Regional Director
444 S. Flower Street, Suite 900
Los Angeles, California 90071
Telephone: (323) 965-3998
Facsimile: (213) 443-1904
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,

vs.
MICHAEL M. BECK,

Defendant,

AND

HELEN P. ROBINSON,

Relief Defendant.

    Case    No.    2:22-cv-00812

COMPLAINT

Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) alleges:
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
1. The Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to Sections 20(b),
20(d)(1) and 22(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), 15 U.S.C.
§§  77t(b), 77t(d)(1) & 77v(a), and Sections 21(d)(1), 21(d)(3)(A), 21(e) and 27(a) of

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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78u(d)(1),
78u(d)(3)(A), 78u(e) & 78aa(a).
2. Defendants have, directly or indirectly, made use of the means or
instrumentalities of interstate commerce, of the mails, or of the facilities of a national
securities exchange in connection with the transactions, acts, practices and courses of
business alleged in this complaint.
3. Venue is proper in this district pursuant to Section 22(a) of the Securities
Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77v(a), Section 27(a) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78aa(a),
because certain of the transactions, acts, practices and courses of conduct constituting
violations of the federal securities laws occurred within this district.
SUMMARY
4. Between February 2017 and May 2019, Defendant Michael M. Beck,
aka @BigMoneyMike6 (“Beck”), used his Twitter platform, where he had as many as
3 million followers, to promote and encourage people to buy eight microcap stocks—
all without disclosing that he planned to sell, or in some instances was personally
selling, his own holdings of the same stocks (a practice known as “scalping”).
5. Beck’s scalping scheme involved the following   pattern.  First, Beck
purchased a block of shares of a penny stock, directly and/or through his nominee
(his mother), Relief Defendant Helen P. Robinson (“Robinson”).  Next, he tweeted to
his millions of followers and the public that he would soon be issuing a new stock
recommendation, or an “alert.”  In many instances, Beck then notified members of his
email group, TeamBillionaire, to encourage them to buy the stock ahead of his
upcoming recommendation to the public.  At times, he also paid third parties to post
favorable commentary about the stock on investor message boards, ahead of his
recommendation.
6. Having purchased the stock, Beck then tweeted out recommendations to
buy the stock to his millions of Twitter followers and the public.  Throughout his
promotional campaigns for the stocks, he failed to disclose his plans to sell, or his

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ongoing selling of, the very stocks he was promoting.
7. As the issuers’ stock price and trading volume increased, Beck sold into
the artificially inflated market, earning pecuniary gains totaling about $870,000.
8. Through his conduct, defendant Beck violated the antifraud provisions
of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b)
and 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5(a)-(c), as well as the antifraud provisions of Section 17(a)
of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)(1)-(3).
9. The SEC seeks permanent injunctions against future violations of
Exchange Act Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and Securities Act Section
17(a); an order requiring defendant Beck and relief defendant Robinson to disgorge
their ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest; civil penalties against defendant
Beck; and a penny stock bar against defendant Beck.
THE DEFENDANT AND THE RELIEF DEFENDANT
10. Michael M. Beck (“Beck”) resides in San Pedro, California.  During the
relevant time period, Beck used the Twitter handle “@BigMoneyMike6.”  He also
founded the email group TeamBillionaire.
11. Beck had at least one brokerage account at one financial institution in
which he traded stock in 2017-2019.
12. During 2017-2019, Beck used the email addresses
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], and [email protected].
13. Helen P. Robinson (“Robinson”) resides in San Pedro, California. She
is Beck’s mother.
14. Robinson had at least five brokerage accounts at five financial
institutions in which she and/or Beck traded stock in 2017-2019.
15. Robinson allowed Beck to use her account to trade stocks.
RELATED ENTITIES
16. Pick-Ups Plus, Inc. (“Pick-Ups”) is a defunct Delaware corporation,

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previously located in Newport Beach, California, which sold and installed accessories
for sports utility vehicles.  On June 18, 2018, the company filed a Form 15-12G with
the SEC to terminate the registration of its common stock under Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act.  Its common stock was quoted publicly under the ticker symbol
“PUPS” on OTC Link (previously “Pink Sheets”), whose parent company is OTC
Markets Group, Inc. (“OTC Markets Group”).  PUPS is now quoted on OTC Markets
Group’s Expert Market, where quotations are unsolicited and distribution of the
quotations is limited to broker-dealers and other market professionals.
17. MK Automotive, Inc. is a Nevada corporation which engaged in retail
and commercial automotive diagnostic, maintenance, and repair services.  It was
quoted on OTC Link under the ticker symbol “MKAU” until July 2017, when it was
renamed Clikia Corp. and quoted under the ticker symbol “CLKA.”  From
December 15, 2017 to September 10, 2020, the company became qualified on six
occasions to conduct a Tier 1 offering in reliance on Regulation A.  In May 2020, the
company was renamed Maison Luxe, Inc. and since April 2021 has been quoted on
OTC Link under the ticker symbol “MASN.”
18. Zann Corp. (“Zann”) is a Nevada corporation located in Las Vegas
which purports to be in the early stages of numerous business lines including block
chain, information technology, and transportation logistics.  Zann is a non-reporting
company, and its common stock was quoted on OTC Link under the ticker symbol
“ZNNC” but is now quoted on the Expert Market.
19. Vidaroo Corp. (“Vidaroo”) is a defunct Nevada corporation, which had
its principal place of business in Orlando, Florida.  It claimed to be in the video
streaming and software distribution businesses, but it has no operations.  Vidaroo’s
common stock is registered with the SEC under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
but it has made no filings since March 17, 2014.  Its common stock was quoted on
OTC Link under the ticker symbol “VIDA” but is now quoted on the Expert Market.
20. Canadian Aerospace Group International, Inc. (“CASG”) is a

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defunct Florida corporation, which had its principal place of business in Herriman,
Utah and was a developer of aviation products and services.  On September 23, 2016,
the Florida Secretary of State put the company on inactive status for failing to make
required filings.  It is a non-reporting company, and its common stock was quoted
under the ticker symbol “CASG” on OTC Link.  On May 10, 2019, the SEC
suspended trading in its securities for ten business days because the company was no
longer in operation and had not posted any information to OTC Markets Group or
filed any information with the Commission.  Exchange Act Rel. No. 85835 (May 10,
2019).  The stock is now quoted on the Expert Market.
21. Music for Your Life (“MYLY”) is a Florida corporation with its
principal place of business in Las Vegas, Nevada, which operates a network of radio
stations.  It is a voluntary filer with the SEC, but filed a Form 12b-25 on August 31,
2021, stating that it was unable to file its Form 10-K.  Its stock was quoted on OTC
Link under the ticker symbol “TMGI,” but it is now quoted on the Expert Market.  It
was formerly known as Music for Your Life Inc. (OTC Link “MYLY”) until
August 16, 2018.
22. Peoplesway.com, Inc. (“Peoplesway”) is a defunct Nevada corporation
formerly located in North Carolina, that was a multi-level marketer of wellness
products.  Its corporate status was revoked in 2014.  On October 20, 2005, the
company filed a Form 15-12G with the SEC to terminate the registration of its
common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.  Its common stock was
quoted on OTC Link under the ticker symbol “PLWY” but is now quoted on the
Expert Market.
23. United Consortium Ltd. (“UCSO”) is a defunct Nevada corporation
formerly located in Tampa, Florida, which claimed to have four business lines:  legal
digital services; blockchain; palm oil; and cannabinoids.  Its corporate status was
revoked in 2019.  It is a non-reporting company whose common stock was quoted on
OTC Link under the ticker symbol “UCSO” but is now quoted on the Expert Market.

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24. The eight companies whose stock Beck scalped (Pick-Ups, MK
Automotive, Zann, Vidaroo, CASG, Marquie, Peoplesway, and UCSO) are
collectively referred to as the “Issuers.”
25. The Issuers’ securities are commonly known as “microcap stocks” or
“penny stocks,” which typically trade over OTC Link for pennies or even fractions of
a penny per share.
THE ALLEGATIONS
A.  Summary of Beck’s Scalping Scheme
26. As alleged below, Beck engaged in a fraudulent scheme to promote and
manipulate penny stocks, using his Twitter account with the handle
@BigMoneyMike6, by encouraging investors to buy the Issuers’ securities while at
the same time — contrary to his advice to his millions of Twitter followers, as well as
to the viewing public who read his Twitter posts — selling his own holdings of those
securities into the inflated price and liquidity that his tweets helped create.
27. Beck’s Twitter handle during 2017 to 2019 was @BigMoneyMike6.
28. @BigMoneyMike6 had as many as many as 3 million Twitter followers
between 2017 and 2019.
29. Beck was also the founder of an email group, TeamBillionaire.
30. Beck used his Twitter handle to invite his followers to join
TeamBillionaire.
(a) For example, on or about September 13, 2017, Beck tweeted,
“GOT #PENNYSTOCKS?  WANNA TURN A $5,000 INVESTMENT INTO
$50,000+? JOIN #TEAMBILLIONAIRE ASAP.”
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(b) As another example, on or about October 3, 2017, Beck tweeted,
“JOIN #TEAMBILLONAIRE NOW !!!!!!!  CHANGE UR FINANCIAL LIFE

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 Beck’s emails and tweets, which often contain typographical and grammatical
errors, are quoted verbatim in this complaint.

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FOREVER.”
31. In emails to members of his group, Beck described TeamBillionaire as a
“NETWORK of the TRADER for the TRADER,” describing TeamBillionaire’s
mission as “to make EVERY SINGLE TRADER in our NETWORK a minimum of
200% in profits every month for the rest of their TRADING LIVES from
#TEAMBILLIONAIRE ALERTS/PICKS!!!!”
32. According to Beck, his TeamBillionaire email group had more than
740,000 members in 2017.
33. Between 2017 and 2019, Beck’s scalping scheme followed a repeated
pattern.
34. First, Beck purchased shares of a microcap issuer directly and/or in
Robinson’s accounts in advance of his promotional campaign.
35. Next, Beck tweeted to his followers and the public that a stock pick alert
would be forthcoming.
36. Then, a few days before Beck tweeted his stock pick alert, he typically
emailed his TeamBillionaire followers, identifying the stock recommendation he
planned to promote through Twitter, enabling TeamBillionaire to purchase the stock
prior to his Twitter promotions.  This preview of the stock recommendation generally
increased the stock’s trading volume and price, making the stock look more attractive
to potential investors when Beck issued his public recommendation.
37. In some instances, Beck paid two third parties to post favorable
messages about the stock on Investorshub.com.  Like the previews to
TeamBillionaire members, the posts generally increased the stock’s trading volume
and price, making the stock look more attractive to potential investors when Beck
issued his public recommendation.
38. Beck then tweeted his stock pick alert, and frequently emailed it to Team
Billionaire members, to buy the stock, forecasting high growth and returns.  Beck
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39. As the stock price rose—whether following a preview email to
TeamBillionaire, message board posts, or the actual stock pick alert—Beck
simultaneously sold the Issuer’s stock in his accounts and/or Robinson’s.
40. None of Beck’s recommendations disclosed that Beck was either
planning to sell or actually selling the stock while he was recommending that others
buy it.  Nor did Beck disclose that he had in some cases previewed his alert to his
TeamBillionaire group, or secretly paid others to post favorably about the Issuers on
investor message boards.
41. With respect to each of the Issuers, as detailed below, Beck profited by
selling his stock while the market price was artificially inflated during his
promotional campaign.
B. Beck’s Scheme to Scalp the Issuers’ Stocks
1. Beck’s Pick-Ups scalping scheme
42. Pick-Ups is a now-defunct auto accessory company whose stock was
trading under the ticker PUPS at around $0.0035 per share in April 2017.
43. Beck began purchasing Pick-Ups stock on or about February 7, 2017, in
his own and Robinson’s accounts, when the prevailing market price of Pick-Ups
stock was $0.0004 per share.  He continued to purchase shares within the range of
$0.0004 to $0.0039 per share with the vast majority at prices at $0.0018 per share or
lower.
44. On or about April 19, 2017, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was
imminent, stating among other things that, “THE APRIL 25TH MEGA ALERT IS
LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY” and that, “NEXT TUESDAY COULD NOT ONLY
BE MY BIGGEST ALERT EVER BUT COULD BE.. THEE BIGGEST ALERT
EVER.”
45. In emails between April 23-24, 2017, Beck emailed his TeamBillionaire
followers recommending they buy Pick-Ups stock in advance of his planned alert.
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follower:  “The stock I’m going to get you into is currently trading at $.005 and will
be trading $.05+ by Tuesday the 25TH . . . The stock that is going to make you a
‘minimum’ of 500% on your investment is................. $PUPS.”
46. Beginning on April 25, 2017 through May 9, 2017, Beck tweeted
recommendations to purchase Pick-Ups stock.
(a) For example, on or about April 25, 2017, Beck tweeted, “I'VE
BOUGHT 27,000,000 SHARES OF $PUPS TODAY!  IM STILL LOADING.. LETS
SQUEEZE THE SHORTERS !!!”
(b) As another example, on or about May 1, 2017, Beck tweeted,
“$PUPS WILL BE GREEN EVERYDAY TILL CHRISTMAS !!!!!!  $PUPS WILL
BE AMERICAS #1 STOCK !!!”
47. In none of Beck’s tweets or emails recommending that others buy Pick-
Ups stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to sell Pick-
Ups stock.
48. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that
time planning to sell, and was already selling, his holdings of Pick-Ups’ stock.  A
reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a
recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was
selling contrary to the recommendation.
49. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading
because he was aware of his own trading activity.
50. During Beck’s promotional campaign, Pick-Ups’ stock price rose from
$0.0050 to $0.0085 per share, between April 21, 2017 (the last trading day before the
first TeamBillionaire email) and April 24, 2017 (the first day of TeamBillionaire
emails).
51. Trading volume in Pick-Ups stock increased over ten-fold from April 21
and April 24, 2017.
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accounts sold about 45.4 million shares of Pick-Ups stock, for combined sales
proceeds of $218,000.
2. Beck’s MK Automotive scalping scheme
53. MK Automotive, now known as Maison Luxe, was previously an
automotive maintenance and repair company whose stock was trading under the
ticker MKAU, in the range of $0.0105 to $0.0135 per share in June 2017.
54. Beck had purchased and sold MK Automotive stock since at least 2016,
but he began purchasing MK Automotive stock again on or about May 26, 2017, in
his own and Robinson’s accounts.
55. On or about June 27, 2017, Beck tweeted that a new stock pick was
imminent, stating, “WHOS READY FOR MY BIGGEST #PENNYSTOCKS
ALERT EVER?  ON JULY 17TH, 2017 I WILL BE UNLEASHING AN
ABSOLUTE MONSTER.”
56. Between July 17, 2017 and July 27, 2017, Beck tweeted
recommendations to buy MK Automotive’s stock.
(a) For example, on July 17, 2017, Beck tweeted: “$MKAU IS
CURRENTLY TRADING $.017 ... WITHIN 60 DAYS EXPECT $1.00+... My
LAST MEGA ALERT RAN 4,000% !!!  $MKAU WILL BE MUCH MUCH
BIGGER !!!!”
(b) As another example, on July 18, 2017, Beck tweeted, “$MKAU IS
GOING TO $1.00+ WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
LOAD THE BOAT !!!!!! CHOOOOOOOOOO CHOOOOOOOOOOO.”
57. In none of Beck’s tweets recommending that others buy MK
Automotive’s stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to
sell MK Automotive’s stock.
58. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that
time planning to sell, and was even selling, his holdings of MK Automotive’s stock.
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recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was
selling contrary to the recommendation.
59. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading
because he was aware of his own trading activity.
60. During Beck’s promotional campaign, MK Automotive’s stock price
rose from $0.017 per share on July 16, 2017 (the trading day before Beck’s first
recommendation tweet) to $0.024 per share on July 24, 2017.
61. Between July 17, 2017 and August 22, 2017, Beck’s and Robinson’s
accounts sold about 13.1 million shares of MK Automotive’s stock, for combined
sales proceeds of $254,000.
3. Beck’s Zann scalping scheme
62. Zann is a Nevada corporation purportedly in blockchain, information
technology and transportation logistics, whose stock was trading under the ticker
ZNNC around $0.009 to $0.039 per share in September 2017.
63. Beck began purchasing Zann stock on or about July 26, 2017, in his own
and Robinson’s accounts.
64. On or about September 13, 2017, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was
imminent, stating, “#TEAMBILLIONAIRE ANNOUNCEMENT:  I WILL BE
RELEASING MY BIGGEST #PENNYSTOCKS ALERT EVER ON SEPT. 26
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65. Beck paid two third parties to post favorable commentary about Zann on
investor message boards on or about September 24-25, 2017.
(a) For example, one such message stated, as to Zann, “This holding
Co. has lots going for itself and with this share structure it's worth having a long term
outlook.”
66. Between September 26-27, 2017, Beck made recommendations to
purchase Zann’s stock.
(a) For example, on September 26, 2017, Beck tweeted, “LOAD UP
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BY ....... SMART MONEY.”
67. In none of Beck’s tweets, or the message board posts he procured
recommending that others buy Zann’s stock, did he disclose that he or his nominee
were selling or planning to sell Zann’s stock.
68. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that
time planning to sell, and was even selling, his holdings of Zann’s stock.  A
reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a
recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was
selling contrary to the recommendation.
69. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading
because he was aware of his own trading activity.
70. During Beck’s promotional campaign, Zann’s stock price rose from
$0.039 per share on September 22, 2017 (the day before the message board posts
began) to $0.069 per share on September 25, 2017 (the first trading day following the
message board posts) on trading volume that was ten times higher than on
September 22, 2017.
71. Between September 25, 2017 and September 26, 2017, Beck’s and
Robinson’s accounts sold about 1.39 million shares of Zann’s stock, for combined
sales proceeds of $82,000.
4. Beck’s Vidaroo scalping scheme
72. Vidaroo is a now-defunct video streaming and software distribution
company, whose stock was trading under the ticker VIDA in the range of $0.0011 to
$0.0038 per share in October 2017.
73. Beck had purchased and sold Vidaroo stock beginning by at least 2016,
and he began purchasing Vidaroo stock on or about May 26, 2017, in his own and
Robinson’s accounts.
74. On or about October 3, 2017, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was
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#PENNYSTOCKS...‘CHANGE-UR_LIFE ALERT’ SIGN UP NOW 2 GET IN
EARLY.”
75. Between October 30, 2017 and December 11, 2017, Beck tweeted
recommendations to purchase Vidaroo’s stock.
(a) For example, on October 30, 2017, Beck tweeted, “$VIDA IS
CURRENTLY TRADING AT $.0045 & WILL CLOSE TOMORROW AT
$.005+ ...ITS GUARANTEED 2 GO UP 10% A DAY (EZ PROFITS).”
(b) As another example, on November 3, 2017, Beck tweeted,
“$VIDA WILL GO UP EVERYDAY TILL CHRISTMAS !!!  ITS GOING TO $.05+
( CURRENT PRICE $.0053 ).”
76. In none of Beck’s tweets recommending that others buy Vidaroo stock
did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to sell Vidaroo stock.
77. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that
time he planning to sell, and was even selling, his holdings of Vidaroo’s stock.  A
reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a
recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was
selling contrary to the recommendation.
78. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading
because he was aware of his own trading activity.
79. During Beck’s promotional campaign, Vidaroo’s stock price rose from
$0.0038 per share on October 27, 2017 (the trading day before Beck tweeted his
recommendation) to $0.0049 per share between on October 30, 2017 (the day he
began to recommend purchasing Vidaroo).
80. Between October 30, 2017 and December 11, 2017, Beck’s and
Robinson’s accounts sold about 17.2 million shares of Vidaroo’s stock, for combined
sales proceeds of $110,000.
5. Beck’s CASG scalping scheme
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under the ticker CASG in the range of $.0018 to $0.0035 per share in April 2018.
82. Beck began purchasing CASG stock on or about January 2, 2018, in his
own and Robinson’s accounts.
83. On or about April 20, 2018, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was
imminent, stating, “ON MAY 1ST, I WILL BE ALERTING THE MOST
PROFITABLE #PENNYSTOCK ALERT IN HISTORY!!!!!”
84. Beck paid two third parties to post favorable commentary about CASG
on investor message boards between April 25, 2018 and May 1, 2018.
(a) For example, on April 28, 2018, one such post stated, as to CASG,
“It looks like something big is going on here. Check out the volume on Friday.”
85. Beck issued his stock alert recommending CASG on May 1, 2018,
tweeting:  “TURN UR $1,000 INVESTMENT INTO $20,000.00+  WITH $CASG
THE #1 #PENNYSTOCK IN THE WORLD !!!”
86. In none of Beck’s tweets or the message board posts he procured
recommending that others buy CASG stock did he disclose that he or his nominee
were selling or planning to sell CASG stock.
87. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that
time selling his holdings of CASG’s stock.  A reasonable investor would want to
know, in assessing the quality of a recommendation to buy a stock, whether the
person making the recommendation was selling contrary to the recommendation.
88. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading
because he was aware of his own trading activity.
89. CASG’s stock price rose from $0.0035 per share on April 24, 2018 (the
day before the message board posts that Beck paid for first appeared) to $0.0048 per
share on April 25, 2018.
90. On April 30, 2018 (the first trading day after Beck emailed
TeamBillionaire members about his CASG stock recommendation) the stock price
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322% higher trading volume.
91. Between April 26, 2018 and May 1, 2018, Beck’s and Robinson’s
accounts sold about 8.5 million shares of CASG stock, for combined sales proceeds
of $218,000.
6. Beck’s Marquie scalping scheme
92. Marquie is a radio station company whose stock was trading under the
ticker TMGI in the range of $0.041 to $0.096 per share in November 2018.
93. Beck began purchasing Marquie stock on or about November 27, 2018,
in Robinson’s accounts.
94. On or about November 5, 2018, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was
imminent, stating, “MY NEXT MEGA ALERT IS DECEMBER 18TH.”
95. Beck then emailed his TeamBillionaire group in advance of issuing his
stock alert for Marquie, to encourage them to buy ahead of his public alert.
96. For example, on or about December 15, 2018, Beck emailed his
TeamBillionare group:
The MEGA December 18th alert will be released to the
masses at 9:00 am est on the 18th of DECEMBER.
There will be a GLOBAL release to every TRADER on the
planet via all platforms on SOCIAL MEDIA .
When I tweet that I will be releasing the BIGGEST
PROFIT RUNNER in pennystock history, I'm not
joking, I'm dead serious....December 18th will be
HISTORIC and many traders will either quit their 9-5 jobs,
buy a business, buy property all around the world,
RETIRE, become Philanthropists, take a 5-STAR CRUISE
around the world, buy a minor league baseball team etc
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buy a day early before I alert the world on the 18th) . You
will be receiving the alert Sunday morning the 16th so you
can figure out how much stock you want to buy so you can
ACHIEVE your FINANCIAL DREAMS........”
97. On December 18, 2018, Beck tweeted his recommendations to purchase
Marquie’s stock, stating:  “THIS YEARS MEGA MAGICAL CHRISTMAS ALERT
IS GOING TO BE..........................$MYLI !!!!!!!BUY EVERYTHING YOU CAN
UNDER $1.00+ BEFORE THE HERBALIFE MERGER NEWS DROPS!!!
$MYLI IS GOING TO $10+ ( CURRENT PRICE $.44 ).  TURN UR $5,000
INVESTMENT INTO $100,000+.”
98. In none of Beck’s tweets, emails or message board posts recommending
that others buy Marquie stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or
planning to sell Marquie stock.
99. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he had
already begun selling his holdings of Marquie’s stock on December 17, 2018.  A
reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a
recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was
selling contrary to the recommendation.
100. Beck knew that his statements about Marquie were materially false and
misleading, because he was aware of his own trading activity.
101. Marquie’s stock price rose from $0.29 per share on December 14, 2018
(the trading day before Beck’s first TeamBillionaire email) to $0.40 per share on
December 17, 2018 (the first trading day following Beck’s first Team Billionaire
email).
102. Between December 17, 2018 and December 20, 2018, Robinson’s
accounts sold about 343,000 shares of Marquie’s stock, for sales proceeds of $41,000.
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trading under the ticker PLWY in the range of $0.0027 to $0.0060 per share in
February 2019.
104. Beck began purchasing Peoplesway stock on or about September 5,
2018, in Robinson’s accounts.
105. On or about February 28, 2019, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was
imminent, stating, “ON MARCH 12TH, I WILL BE ALERTING THE ‘MEGA
GODZILLA ALERT!!! THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST RUNNER IN
#PENNYSTOCKS HISTORY !!! EXPECT TO TURN UR $10,000 INVESTMENT
INTO $150,000+.”
106. On or about March 11, 2019, Beck emailed his TeamBillionaire group to
give them a preview that he would be recommending PLWY stock, stating:
Guess what FAM? I'm getting you in EARLY March the
11th so you can avoid the STRESS of buying a
stock that will  keep going up and up and up on March the
12th. I dont want you to chase the stock to $.25+ on
Tuesday March 12th. I want to get you in under $.05
Tomorrow so you can lock in your profits and enjoy the
EASIEST profits you have ever made in your life...

I'm so excited for you, me and the #MONEYGANG
because we are all GOING to EAT FIRST and PROFIT
FIRST before the major announcement to the WORLD on
March the 12th.   Drum roll please.........The BIGGEST
RUNNER IN PENNY STOCK HISTORY IS GOING TO
BE .....PLWY!”
107. Peoplesway’s stock price rose from $0.011 to $0.027 per share from
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volume about 1,760% higher trading volume.
108. On March 11, 2019, Robinson’s accounts sold about 3.56 million shares
of Peoplesway stock, for sales proceeds of $78,000.
109. Between March 12-14, 2019, Beck tweeted his recommendations to
purchase Peoplesway stock.
110. For example, on or about March 12, 2019, Beck tweeted:  “IM GOING
TO PERSONALLY PUNISH EVERY SINGLE SHORT SELLER ON $PLWY !!!!
I WILL FORCE THOSE B*TCHES TO COVER OVER $.10 !!!  SH*T JUST GOT
REAL !!!!”
111. As another example, on or about March 14, 2019, Beck tweeted:  “IM
LOADING $PLWY ON THE BIDS .....ITS GOING BACK UP..........I BUY
‘PANIC’............NO NEED TO WORRY WHEN #BMM IS ON BIDS.”
112. In none of Beck’s tweets, emails or message board posts recommending
that others buy Peoplesway stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling
or planning to sell Peoplesway stock.
113. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, given that as of
March 11, 2019, he had sold his entire position of PLWY and was not buying the
stock.  A reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a
recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was
selling contrary to the recommendation.
114. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading
because he was aware of his own trading activity.
8. Beck’s UCSO scalping scheme
115. Pick-Ups is a now-defunct company purportedly in the business of
digital services, blockchain, palm oil and cannabis, whose stock was trading under
the ticker UCSO in the range of $0.0055 to $0.0099 per share in March 2019.
116. Beck began purchasing UCSO’s stock on or about April 9, 2019, in
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117. On or about March 31, 2019, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was
imminent, stating, “ARE U READY FOR THE BIGGEST #PENNYSTOCKS
ALERT IN HISTORY? GET READY TO TURN UR $5,000 INVESTMENT INTO
$100,000+ ON MAY 1ST!”
118. On or about April 29, 2019, Beck emailed his TeamBillionaire group to
preview that UCSO would be the stock pick, stating:
I will be getting you...... there first with the release of the
MEGA May 1st alert ! ! Here’s the good news........... I am
not going to make you wait till May 1st to get the GAME-
CHANGING SUPER MEGA ALERT. I'm giving you the
alert April 29th which is 48 hours before the WORLD (
general public) receives it.
119. On or about May 1, 2019, Beck tweeted his alert recommending the
purchase of UCSO, writing:
#MONEYGANG, NO NEED FOR $UCSO TO RUN
CRAZY TO $.10 TODAY...LOAD UP EVERYTHING U
CAN UNDER $.06!!! TOMORROW WE LOAD
EVERYTHING UNDER $.07...SLOW & STEADY
ALWAYS WINS THE RACE. BUYING $UCSO WILL
BE THE BEST FINANCIAL DECISION U HAVE EVER
MADE IN UR LIFE !!!
120. In none of Beck’s tweets or emails recommending that others buy
UCSO’s stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to sell
UCSO’s stock.
121. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that
time selling his holdings of UCSO’s stock.  A reasonable investor would want to
know, in assessing the quality of a recommendation to buy a stock, whether the
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122. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading
because he was aware of his own trading activity.
123. During Beck’s promotional campaign, UCSO’s stock price rose from
$0.065 per share on April 26, 2019 (the trading day before Beck’s Team Billionaire
email) to an intraday high of $0.08 per share on April 29, 2019 (the day of Beck’s
Team Billionaire email) on about 232% increased trading volume.
124. Between April 29, 2019 and May 2, 2019, Robinson’s accounts sold
about 228,000 shares of UCSO stock, for sales proceeds of $15,000.
C. Beck’s Scienter and/or Negligence
125. Beck intentionally, knowingly and/or recklessly carried out his scalping
scheme in the Issuers’ stocks.
126. Beck knew that he did not disclose to his Twitter or TeamBillionaire
followers his intentions to sell, nor his actual sales, of the Issuers’ stock, when
recommending they purchase the same stocks.
127. Beck conducted his trades in part through his nominee, Robinson,
concealing the amount of his own trading.
128. Beck covertly paid third parties to post favorable commentary about
more than one of the Issuers, concealing his role in promoting the Issuers’ stock.
129. Beck’s scheme showed a repeated pattern of conduct occurring over a
period of years as to the eight Issuers.
130. In the alternative, Beck was negligent in recommending the Issuers’
stocks without revealing that he was selling, or intended to sell, the Issuers’ stocks.
131. Beck enjoyed illicit profits from his scheme.  In total, between February
2017 and May 2019, Beck, through his and his nominee’s account, earned $870,000
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No. Issuer Sales Proceeds
1. Pick-Ups                               $218,000
2. MK Automotive $254,000
3. Zann                                   $82,000
4. Vidaroo                                $110,000
5. CASG                                  $72,000
6. Marquie                                 $41,000
7. Peoplesway                              $78,000
8. UCSO                                  $15,000
 TOTAL $870,000
132. Of the sales proceeds, approximately $358,000 were from trades in
Beck’s account and approximately $512,000 were from trades in Robinson’s
accounts.
D. Beck Concealed Material Information About His Trading
133. It would have been important to a reasonable investor to know that Beck
was selling, or intended to sell, the Issuers’ stocks, at the time that he was
recommending others purchase the stocks.
134. That Beck was selling the Issuers’ stocks, or intended to sell their stock,
and profit from a run-up in the stocks’ price generated by his own recommendations,
would have been important to a reasonable investor in evaluating Beck’s
recommendation that the investor purchase the Issuers’ stocks.
FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF
Fraud in the Connection with the Purchase and Sale of Securities
Violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5
(against Defendant Beck)
135. The SEC realleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through
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scalp the Issuers’ stock.  Through his promotional campaign, consisting of his
tweeted stock alerts, emails to his TeamBillionaire group, and message board posts he
procured in others’ names, Beck manipulated the Issuers’ stock price so he could sell
at inflated prices.  Beck failed to disclose that he was simultaneously selling or
intended to sell the very stock he recommended that others purchase.  Beck’s
deceitful pattern persisted over the eight Issuers’ stocks, over a period of years,
garnering him over $900,000 in illicit profits in his account and that of his nominee.
137. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck, acting
with scienter, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of a
security, by the use of means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce, of the
mails, or of the facilities of a national securities exchange:  (a) employed devices,
schemes, or artifices to defraud; (b) made untrue statements of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (c)
engaged in acts, practices, or courses of business which operated or would operate as
a fraud or deceit upon other persons.
138. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck violated,
and unless restrained and enjoined will continue to violate, Section 10(b) of the
Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rules 10b-5(a), 10b-5(b), and 10b-5(c)
thereunder, 17 C.F.R. §§ 240.10b-5(a), 240.10b-5(b) & 240.10b-5(c).
SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF
Fraud in the Offer or Sale of Securities
Violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act
(against Defendant Beck)
139. The SEC realleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through
134 above.
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campaign, consisting of his tweeted stock alerts, emails to his TeamBillionaire group,
and message board posts he procured in others’ names, Beck manipulated the Issuers’
stock price so he could sell at inflated prices.  Beck failed to disclose that he was
simultaneously selling or intended to sell the very stock he recommended that others
purchase.  Beck’s deceitful pattern persisted over the eight Issuers’ stocks, over a
period of years.  By means of his materially false and misleading statements, Beck
obtained over $900,000 in illicit profits in his account and that of his nominee.
141. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck has,
directly or indirectly, in the offer or sale of securities, and by the use of means or
instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of
the mails directly or indirectly:  (a) employed devices, schemes, or artifices to
defraud; (b) obtained money or property by means of untrue statements of a material
fact or by omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(c) engaged in transactions, practices, or courses of business which operated or would
operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser.
142. Defendant Beck, with scienter, employed devices, schemes and artifices
to defraud; with scienter or negligence, obtained money or property by means of
untrue statements of a material fact or by omitting to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and, with scienter or negligence, engaged in transactions,
practices, or courses of business which operated or would operate as a fraud or deceit
upon the purchaser.
143. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck has
violated, and unless restrained and enjoined will continue to violate, Sections
17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77q(a)(1),
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PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, the SEC respectfully requests that the Court:
I.
Issue findings of fact and conclusions of law that Defendant committed the
alleged violations.
II.
Issue judgment, in a form consistent with Rule 65(d) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, permanently enjoining Defendant Beck and his officers, agents,
servants, employees and attorneys, and those persons in active concert or
participation with him, who receive actual notice of the judgment by personal service
or otherwise, and each of them, from violating Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act [15
U.S.C. §§ 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5] and Securities
Act Section 17(a) [15 U.S.C. §77q(a)].
III.
Order Defendant Beck and Relief Defendant Robinson to disgorge all funds
received from their illegal conduct, together with prejudgment interest thereon,
pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sections 21(d)(5) and 21(d)(7) [15
U.S.C. §§ 78u(d)(5) and 78u(d)(7)].
IV.
Order Defendant Beck to pay civil penalties under Section 21(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(3)] and Section 20(d) of the Securities Act [15
U.S.C. § 77t(d)].
V.
Enter an order against Defendant Beck, pursuant to Section 20(g) of the
Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77t(g), prohibiting him from participating in an offering
of penny stock.
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the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in order to implement and carry out the terms of
all orders and decrees that may be entered, or to entertain any suitable application or
motion for additional relief within the jurisdiction of this Court.
VII.
Grant such other and further relief as this Court may determine to be just and
necessary.

Dated:  February 7, 2022

/s/Amy Jane Longo
Amy Jane Longo
Roberto Tercero
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Securities and Exchange Commission

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AMY J. LONGO (Cal. Bar No. 198304) 
Email:  [email protected] 
ROBERTO TERCERO (Cal. Bar No. 143760)                                                           
Email:  [email protected] 
 
Attorneys for Plaintiff 
Securities and Exchange Commission 
Michele Wein Layne, Regional Director 
Katharine Zoladz, Associate Regional Director  
444 S. Flower Street, Suite 900 
Los Angeles, California 90071 
Telephone: (323) 965-3998 
Facsimile: (213) 443-1904 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 
COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff, 
 

vs. 

MICHAEL M. BECK,  
 

Defendant, 
 

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HELEN P. ROBINSON, 
 

Relief Defendant. 
 

 Case No. 2:22-cv-00812 
 
COMPLAINT 
 

 
 
 

Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) alleges: 

JURISDICTION AND VENUE 

1. The Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to Sections 20(b), 

20(d)(1) and 22(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), 15 U.S.C. 

§§  77t(b), 77t(d)(1) & 77v(a), and Sections 21(d)(1), 21(d)(3)(A), 21(e) and 27(a) of 

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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78u(d)(1), 

78u(d)(3)(A), 78u(e) & 78aa(a). 

2. Defendants have, directly or indirectly, made use of the means or 

instrumentalities of interstate commerce, of the mails, or of the facilities of a national 

securities exchange in connection with the transactions, acts, practices and courses of 

business alleged in this complaint.  

3. Venue is proper in this district pursuant to Section 22(a) of the Securities 

Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77v(a), Section 27(a) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78aa(a), 

because certain of the transactions, acts, practices and courses of conduct constituting 

violations of the federal securities laws occurred within this district.   

SUMMARY 

4. Between February 2017 and May 2019, Defendant Michael M. Beck, 

aka @BigMoneyMike6 (“Beck”), used his Twitter platform, where he had as many as 

3 million followers, to promote and encourage people to buy eight microcap stocks—

all without disclosing that he planned to sell, or in some instances was personally 

selling, his own holdings of the same stocks (a practice known as “scalping”).   

5. Beck’s scalping scheme involved the following   pattern.  First, Beck 

purchased a block of shares of a penny stock, directly and/or through his nominee 

(his mother), Relief Defendant Helen P. Robinson (“Robinson”).  Next, he tweeted to 

his millions of followers and the public that he would soon be issuing a new stock 

recommendation, or an “alert.”  In many instances, Beck then notified members of his 

email group, TeamBillionaire, to encourage them to buy the stock ahead of his 

upcoming recommendation to the public.  At times, he also paid third parties to post 

favorable commentary about the stock on investor message boards, ahead of his 

recommendation.   

6. Having purchased the stock, Beck then tweeted out recommendations to 

buy the stock to his millions of Twitter followers and the public.  Throughout his 

promotional campaigns for the stocks, he failed to disclose his plans to sell, or his 

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ongoing selling of, the very stocks he was promoting.   

7. As the issuers’ stock price and trading volume increased, Beck sold into 

the artificially inflated market, earning pecuniary gains totaling about $870,000. 

8. Through his conduct, defendant Beck violated the antifraud provisions 

of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) 

and 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5(a)-(c), as well as the antifraud provisions of Section 17(a) 

of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a)(1)-(3). 

9. The SEC seeks permanent injunctions against future violations of 

Exchange Act Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and Securities Act Section 

17(a); an order requiring defendant Beck and relief defendant Robinson to disgorge 

their ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest; civil penalties against defendant 

Beck; and a penny stock bar against defendant Beck.   

THE DEFENDANT AND THE RELIEF DEFENDANT 

10. Michael M. Beck (“Beck”) resides in San Pedro, California.  During the 

relevant time period, Beck used the Twitter handle “@BigMoneyMike6.”  He also 

founded the email group TeamBillionaire. 

11. Beck had at least one brokerage account at one financial institution in 

which he traded stock in 2017-2019.  

12. During 2017-2019, Beck used the email addresses 

[email protected], [email protected], 

[email protected], and [email protected].  

13. Helen P. Robinson (“Robinson”) resides in San Pedro, California. She 

is Beck’s mother.   

14. Robinson had at least five brokerage accounts at five financial 

institutions in which she and/or Beck traded stock in 2017-2019. 

15. Robinson allowed Beck to use her account to trade stocks. 

RELATED ENTITIES 

16. Pick-Ups Plus, Inc. (“Pick-Ups”) is a defunct Delaware corporation, 

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previously located in Newport Beach, California, which sold and installed accessories 

for sports utility vehicles.  On June 18, 2018, the company filed a Form 15-12G with 

the SEC to terminate the registration of its common stock under Section 12(g) of the 

Exchange Act.  Its common stock was quoted publicly under the ticker symbol 

“PUPS” on OTC Link (previously “Pink Sheets”), whose parent company is OTC 

Markets Group, Inc. (“OTC Markets Group”).  PUPS is now quoted on OTC Markets 

Group’s Expert Market, where quotations are unsolicited and distribution of the 

quotations is limited to broker-dealers and other market professionals. 

17. MK Automotive, Inc. is a Nevada corporation which engaged in retail 

and commercial automotive diagnostic, maintenance, and repair services.  It was 

quoted on OTC Link under the ticker symbol “MKAU” until July 2017, when it was 

renamed Clikia Corp. and quoted under the ticker symbol “CLKA.”  From 

December 15, 2017 to September 10, 2020, the company became qualified on six 

occasions to conduct a Tier 1 offering in reliance on Regulation A.  In May 2020, the 

company was renamed Maison Luxe, Inc. and since April 2021 has been quoted on 

OTC Link under the ticker symbol “MASN.” 

18. Zann Corp. (“Zann”) is a Nevada corporation located in Las Vegas 

which purports to be in the early stages of numerous business lines including block 

chain, information technology, and transportation logistics.  Zann is a non-reporting 

company, and its common stock was quoted on OTC Link under the ticker symbol 

“ZNNC” but is now quoted on the Expert Market. 

19. Vidaroo Corp. (“Vidaroo”) is a defunct Nevada corporation, which had 

its principal place of business in Orlando, Florida.  It claimed to be in the video 

streaming and software distribution businesses, but it has no operations.  Vidaroo’s 

common stock is registered with the SEC under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, 

but it has made no filings since March 17, 2014.  Its common stock was quoted on 

OTC Link under the ticker symbol “VIDA” but is now quoted on the Expert Market. 

20. Canadian Aerospace Group International, Inc. (“CASG”) is a 

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defunct Florida corporation, which had its principal place of business in Herriman, 

Utah and was a developer of aviation products and services.  On September 23, 2016, 

the Florida Secretary of State put the company on inactive status for failing to make 

required filings.  It is a non-reporting company, and its common stock was quoted 

under the ticker symbol “CASG” on OTC Link.  On May 10, 2019, the SEC 

suspended trading in its securities for ten business days because the company was no 

longer in operation and had not posted any information to OTC Markets Group or 

filed any information with the Commission.  Exchange Act Rel. No. 85835 (May 10, 

2019).  The stock is now quoted on the Expert Market. 

21. Music for Your Life (“MYLY”) is a Florida corporation with its 

principal place of business in Las Vegas, Nevada, which operates a network of radio 

stations.  It is a voluntary filer with the SEC, but filed a Form 12b-25 on August 31, 

2021, stating that it was unable to file its Form 10-K.  Its stock was quoted on OTC 

Link under the ticker symbol “TMGI,” but it is now quoted on the Expert Market.  It 

was formerly known as Music for Your Life Inc. (OTC Link “MYLY”) until 

August 16, 2018. 

22. Peoplesway.com, Inc. (“Peoplesway”) is a defunct Nevada corporation 

formerly located in North Carolina, that was a multi-level marketer of wellness 

products.  Its corporate status was revoked in 2014.  On October 20, 2005, the 

company filed a Form 15-12G with the SEC to terminate the registration of its 

common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.  Its common stock was 

quoted on OTC Link under the ticker symbol “PLWY” but is now quoted on the 

Expert Market. 

23. United Consortium Ltd. (“UCSO”) is a defunct Nevada corporation 

formerly located in Tampa, Florida, which claimed to have four business lines:  legal 

digital services; blockchain; palm oil; and cannabinoids.  Its corporate status was 

revoked in 2019.  It is a non-reporting company whose common stock was quoted on 

OTC Link under the ticker symbol “UCSO” but is now quoted on the Expert Market. 

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24. The eight companies whose stock Beck scalped (Pick-Ups, MK 

Automotive, Zann, Vidaroo, CASG, Marquie, Peoplesway, and UCSO) are 

collectively referred to as the “Issuers.” 

25. The Issuers’ securities are commonly known as “microcap stocks” or 

“penny stocks,” which typically trade over OTC Link for pennies or even fractions of 

a penny per share. 

THE ALLEGATIONS 

A.  Summary of Beck’s Scalping Scheme 

26. As alleged below, Beck engaged in a fraudulent scheme to promote and 

manipulate penny stocks, using his Twitter account with the handle 

@BigMoneyMike6, by encouraging investors to buy the Issuers’ securities while at 

the same time — contrary to his advice to his millions of Twitter followers, as well as 

to the viewing public who read his Twitter posts — selling his own holdings of those 

securities into the inflated price and liquidity that his tweets helped create. 

27. Beck’s Twitter handle during 2017 to 2019 was @BigMoneyMike6. 

28. @BigMoneyMike6 had as many as many as 3 million Twitter followers 

between 2017 and 2019. 

29. Beck was also the founder of an email group, TeamBillionaire. 

30. Beck used his Twitter handle to invite his followers to join 

TeamBillionaire.  

(a) For example, on or about September 13, 2017, Beck tweeted, 

“GOT #PENNYSTOCKS?  WANNA TURN A $5,000 INVESTMENT INTO 

$50,000+? JOIN #TEAMBILLIONAIRE ASAP.”1 

(b) As another example, on or about October 3, 2017, Beck tweeted, 

“JOIN #TEAMBILLONAIRE NOW !!!!!!!  CHANGE UR FINANCIAL LIFE 

                                           
1 Beck’s emails and tweets, which often contain typographical and grammatical 
errors, are quoted verbatim in this complaint. 
 

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FOREVER.” 

31. In emails to members of his group, Beck described TeamBillionaire as a 

“NETWORK of the TRADER for the TRADER,” describing TeamBillionaire’s 

mission as “to make EVERY SINGLE TRADER in our NETWORK a minimum of 

200% in profits every month for the rest of their TRADING LIVES from 

#TEAMBILLIONAIRE ALERTS/PICKS!!!!” 

32. According to Beck, his TeamBillionaire email group had more than 

740,000 members in 2017. 

33. Between 2017 and 2019, Beck’s scalping scheme followed a repeated 

pattern. 

34. First, Beck purchased shares of a microcap issuer directly and/or in 

Robinson’s accounts in advance of his promotional campaign. 

35. Next, Beck tweeted to his followers and the public that a stock pick alert 

would be forthcoming.   

36. Then, a few days before Beck tweeted his stock pick alert, he typically 

emailed his TeamBillionaire followers, identifying the stock recommendation he 

planned to promote through Twitter, enabling TeamBillionaire to purchase the stock 

prior to his Twitter promotions.  This preview of the stock recommendation generally 

increased the stock’s trading volume and price, making the stock look more attractive 

to potential investors when Beck issued his public recommendation. 

37. In some instances, Beck paid two third parties to post favorable 

messages about the stock on Investorshub.com.  Like the previews to 

TeamBillionaire members, the posts generally increased the stock’s trading volume 

and price, making the stock look more attractive to potential investors when Beck 

issued his public recommendation. 

38. Beck then tweeted his stock pick alert, and frequently emailed it to Team 

Billionaire members, to buy the stock, forecasting high growth and returns.  Beck 

often repeated his stock pick in numerous subsequent tweets and emails. 

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39. As the stock price rose—whether following a preview email to 

TeamBillionaire, message board posts, or the actual stock pick alert—Beck 

simultaneously sold the Issuer’s stock in his accounts and/or Robinson’s. 

40. None of Beck’s recommendations disclosed that Beck was either 

planning to sell or actually selling the stock while he was recommending that others 

buy it.  Nor did Beck disclose that he had in some cases previewed his alert to his 

TeamBillionaire group, or secretly paid others to post favorably about the Issuers on 

investor message boards. 

41. With respect to each of the Issuers, as detailed below, Beck profited by 

selling his stock while the market price was artificially inflated during his 

promotional campaign. 

B. Beck’s Scheme to Scalp the Issuers’ Stocks 

1. Beck’s Pick-Ups scalping scheme 

42. Pick-Ups is a now-defunct auto accessory company whose stock was 

trading under the ticker PUPS at around $0.0035 per share in April 2017. 

43. Beck began purchasing Pick-Ups stock on or about February 7, 2017, in 

his own and Robinson’s accounts, when the prevailing market price of Pick-Ups 

stock was $0.0004 per share.  He continued to purchase shares within the range of 

$0.0004 to $0.0039 per share with the vast majority at prices at $0.0018 per share or 

lower. 

44. On or about April 19, 2017, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was 

imminent, stating among other things that, “THE APRIL 25TH MEGA ALERT IS 

LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY” and that, “NEXT TUESDAY COULD NOT ONLY 

BE MY BIGGEST ALERT EVER BUT COULD BE.. THEE BIGGEST ALERT 

EVER.” 

45. In emails between April 23-24, 2017, Beck emailed his TeamBillionaire 

followers recommending they buy Pick-Ups stock in advance of his planned alert. 

(a) For example, on or about April 23, 2017, Beck wrote to one 

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follower:  “The stock I’m going to get you into is currently trading at $.005 and will 

be trading $.05+ by Tuesday the 25TH . . . The stock that is going to make you a 

‘minimum’ of 500% on your investment is…………….. $PUPS.” 

46. Beginning on April 25, 2017 through May 9, 2017, Beck tweeted 

recommendations to purchase Pick-Ups stock. 

(a) For example, on or about April 25, 2017, Beck tweeted, “I'VE 

BOUGHT 27,000,000 SHARES OF $PUPS TODAY!  IM STILL LOADING.. LETS 

SQUEEZE THE SHORTERS !!!” 

(b) As another example, on or about May 1, 2017, Beck tweeted, 

“$PUPS WILL BE GREEN EVERYDAY TILL CHRISTMAS !!!!!!  $PUPS WILL 

BE AMERICAS #1 STOCK !!!” 

47. In none of Beck’s tweets or emails recommending that others buy Pick-

Ups stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to sell Pick-

Ups stock. 

48. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that 

time planning to sell, and was already selling, his holdings of Pick-Ups’ stock.  A 

reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a 

recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was 

selling contrary to the recommendation. 

49. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading 

because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

50. During Beck’s promotional campaign, Pick-Ups’ stock price rose from 

$0.0050 to $0.0085 per share, between April 21, 2017 (the last trading day before the 

first TeamBillionaire email) and April 24, 2017 (the first day of TeamBillionaire 

emails).   

51. Trading volume in Pick-Ups stock increased over ten-fold from April 21 

and April 24, 2017.  

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accounts sold about 45.4 million shares of Pick-Ups stock, for combined sales 

proceeds of $218,000. 

2. Beck’s MK Automotive scalping scheme 

53. MK Automotive, now known as Maison Luxe, was previously an 

automotive maintenance and repair company whose stock was trading under the 

ticker MKAU, in the range of $0.0105 to $0.0135 per share in June 2017. 

54. Beck had purchased and sold MK Automotive stock since at least 2016, 

but he began purchasing MK Automotive stock again on or about May 26, 2017, in 

his own and Robinson’s accounts. 

55. On or about June 27, 2017, Beck tweeted that a new stock pick was 

imminent, stating, “WHOS READY FOR MY BIGGEST #PENNYSTOCKS 

ALERT EVER?  ON JULY 17TH, 2017 I WILL BE UNLEASHING AN 

ABSOLUTE MONSTER.” 

56. Between July 17, 2017 and July 27, 2017, Beck tweeted 

recommendations to buy MK Automotive’s stock. 

(a) For example, on July 17, 2017, Beck tweeted: “$MKAU IS 

CURRENTLY TRADING $.017 … WITHIN 60 DAYS EXPECT $1.00+... My 

LAST MEGA ALERT RAN 4,000% !!!  $MKAU WILL BE MUCH MUCH 

BIGGER !!!!” 

(b) As another example, on July 18, 2017, Beck tweeted, “$MKAU IS 

GOING TO $1.00+ WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 

LOAD THE BOAT !!!!!! CHOOOOOOOOOO CHOOOOOOOOOOO.” 

57. In none of Beck’s tweets recommending that others buy MK 

Automotive’s stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to 

sell MK Automotive’s stock.    

58. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that 

time planning to sell, and was even selling, his holdings of MK Automotive’s stock.  

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recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was 

selling contrary to the recommendation. 

59. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading 

because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

60. During Beck’s promotional campaign, MK Automotive’s stock price 

rose from $0.017 per share on July 16, 2017 (the trading day before Beck’s first 

recommendation tweet) to $0.024 per share on July 24, 2017. 

61. Between July 17, 2017 and August 22, 2017, Beck’s and Robinson’s 

accounts sold about 13.1 million shares of MK Automotive’s stock, for combined 

sales proceeds of $254,000. 

3. Beck’s Zann scalping scheme 

62. Zann is a Nevada corporation purportedly in blockchain, information 

technology and transportation logistics, whose stock was trading under the ticker 

ZNNC around $0.009 to $0.039 per share in September 2017. 

63. Beck began purchasing Zann stock on or about July 26, 2017, in his own 

and Robinson’s accounts. 

64. On or about September 13, 2017, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was 

imminent, stating, “#TEAMBILLIONAIRE ANNOUNCEMENT:  I WILL BE 

RELEASING MY BIGGEST #PENNYSTOCKS ALERT EVER ON SEPT. 26TH.” 

65. Beck paid two third parties to post favorable commentary about Zann on 

investor message boards on or about September 24-25, 2017. 

(a) For example, one such message stated, as to Zann, “This holding 

Co. has lots going for itself and with this share structure it's worth having a long term 

outlook.” 

66. Between September 26-27, 2017, Beck made recommendations to 

purchase Zann’s stock. 

(a) For example, on September 26, 2017, Beck tweeted, “LOAD UP 

ALL THE $ZNNC U CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” and “$ZNNC IS BEIN LOADED 

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BY ....... SMART MONEY.” 

67. In none of Beck’s tweets, or the message board posts he procured 

recommending that others buy Zann’s stock, did he disclose that he or his nominee 

were selling or planning to sell Zann’s stock. 

68. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that 

time planning to sell, and was even selling, his holdings of Zann’s stock.  A 

reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a 

recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was 

selling contrary to the recommendation. 

69. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading 

because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

70. During Beck’s promotional campaign, Zann’s stock price rose from 

$0.039 per share on September 22, 2017 (the day before the message board posts 

began) to $0.069 per share on September 25, 2017 (the first trading day following the 

message board posts) on trading volume that was ten times higher than on 

September 22, 2017. 

71. Between September 25, 2017 and September 26, 2017, Beck’s and 

Robinson’s accounts sold about 1.39 million shares of Zann’s stock, for combined 

sales proceeds of $82,000. 

4. Beck’s Vidaroo scalping scheme 

72. Vidaroo is a now-defunct video streaming and software distribution 

company, whose stock was trading under the ticker VIDA in the range of $0.0011 to 

$0.0038 per share in October 2017. 

73. Beck had purchased and sold Vidaroo stock beginning by at least 2016, 

and he began purchasing Vidaroo stock on or about May 26, 2017, in his own and 

Robinson’s accounts. 

74. On or about October 3, 2017, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was 

imminent, stating, “ON OCTOBER 31ST, IM ALERTING THE MEGA 

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#PENNYSTOCKS...‘CHANGE-UR_LIFE ALERT’ SIGN UP NOW 2 GET IN 

EARLY.” 

75. Between October 30, 2017 and December 11, 2017, Beck tweeted 

recommendations to purchase Vidaroo’s stock. 

(a) For example, on October 30, 2017, Beck tweeted, “$VIDA IS 

CURRENTLY TRADING AT $.0045 & WILL CLOSE TOMORROW AT 

$.005+ …ITS GUARANTEED 2 GO UP 10% A DAY (EZ PROFITS).” 

(b) As another example, on November 3, 2017, Beck tweeted, 

“$VIDA WILL GO UP EVERYDAY TILL CHRISTMAS !!!  ITS GOING TO $.05+ 

( CURRENT PRICE $.0053 ).” 

76. In none of Beck’s tweets recommending that others buy Vidaroo stock 

did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to sell Vidaroo stock. 

77. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that 

time he planning to sell, and was even selling, his holdings of Vidaroo’s stock.  A 

reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a 

recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was 

selling contrary to the recommendation. 

78. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading 

because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

79. During Beck’s promotional campaign, Vidaroo’s stock price rose from  

$0.0038 per share on October 27, 2017 (the trading day before Beck tweeted his 

recommendation) to $0.0049 per share between on October 30, 2017 (the day he 

began to recommend purchasing Vidaroo). 

80. Between October 30, 2017 and December 11, 2017, Beck’s and 

Robinson’s accounts sold about 17.2 million shares of Vidaroo’s stock, for combined 

sales proceeds of $110,000. 

5. Beck’s CASG scalping scheme 

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under the ticker CASG in the range of $.0018 to $0.0035 per share in April 2018. 

82. Beck began purchasing CASG stock on or about January 2, 2018, in his 

own and Robinson’s accounts. 

83. On or about April 20, 2018, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was 

imminent, stating, “ON MAY 1ST, I WILL BE ALERTING THE MOST 

PROFITABLE #PENNYSTOCK ALERT IN HISTORY!!!!!” 

84. Beck paid two third parties to post favorable commentary about CASG 

on investor message boards between April 25, 2018 and May 1, 2018. 

(a) For example, on April 28, 2018, one such post stated, as to CASG, 

“It looks like something big is going on here. Check out the volume on Friday.” 

85. Beck issued his stock alert recommending CASG on May 1, 2018, 

tweeting:  “TURN UR $1,000 INVESTMENT INTO $20,000.00+  WITH $CASG 

THE #1 #PENNYSTOCK IN THE WORLD !!!” 

86. In none of Beck’s tweets or the message board posts he procured 

recommending that others buy CASG stock did he disclose that he or his nominee 

were selling or planning to sell CASG stock. 

87. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that 

time selling his holdings of CASG’s stock.  A reasonable investor would want to 

know, in assessing the quality of a recommendation to buy a stock, whether the 

person making the recommendation was selling contrary to the recommendation. 

88. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading 

because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

89. CASG’s stock price rose from $0.0035 per share on April 24, 2018 (the 

day before the message board posts that Beck paid for first appeared) to $0.0048 per 

share on April 25, 2018.   

90. On April 30, 2018 (the first trading day after Beck emailed 

TeamBillionaire members about his CASG stock recommendation) the stock price 

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91. Between April 26, 2018 and May 1, 2018, Beck’s and Robinson’s 

accounts sold about 8.5 million shares of CASG stock, for combined sales proceeds 

of $218,000. 

6. Beck’s Marquie scalping scheme 

92. Marquie is a radio station company whose stock was trading under the 

ticker TMGI in the range of $0.041 to $0.096 per share in November 2018. 

93. Beck began purchasing Marquie stock on or about November 27, 2018, 

in Robinson’s accounts. 

94. On or about November 5, 2018, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was 

imminent, stating, “MY NEXT MEGA ALERT IS DECEMBER 18TH.” 

95. Beck then emailed his TeamBillionaire group in advance of issuing his 

stock alert for Marquie, to encourage them to buy ahead of his public alert. 

96. For example, on or about December 15, 2018, Beck emailed his 

TeamBillionare group: 

The MEGA December 18th alert will be released to the 

masses at 9:00 am est on the 18th of DECEMBER.  

There will be a GLOBAL release to every TRADER on the 

planet via all platforms on SOCIAL MEDIA .  

When I tweet that I will be releasing the BIGGEST 

PROFIT RUNNER in pennystock history, I'm not  

joking, I'm dead serious….December 18th will be 

HISTORIC and many traders will either quit their 9-5 jobs, 

buy a business, buy property all around the world,  

RETIRE, become Philanthropists, take a 5-STAR CRUISE 

around the world, buy a minor league baseball team etc 

etc.... 

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buy a day early before I alert the world on the 18th) . You 

will be receiving the alert Sunday morning the 16th so you 

can figure out how much stock you want to buy so you can 

ACHIEVE your FINANCIAL DREAMS........” 

97. On December 18, 2018, Beck tweeted his recommendations to purchase 

Marquie’s stock, stating:  “THIS YEARS MEGA MAGICAL CHRISTMAS ALERT 

IS GOING TO BE..........................$MYLI !!!!!!!BUY EVERYTHING YOU CAN 

UNDER $1.00+ BEFORE THE HERBALIFE MERGER NEWS DROPS!!! 

$MYLI IS GOING TO $10+ ( CURRENT PRICE $.44 ).  TURN UR $5,000 

INVESTMENT INTO $100,000+.” 

98. In none of Beck’s tweets, emails or message board posts recommending 

that others buy Marquie stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or 

planning to sell Marquie stock. 

99. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he had 

already begun selling his holdings of Marquie’s stock on December 17, 2018.  A 

reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a 

recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was 

selling contrary to the recommendation. 

100. Beck knew that his statements about Marquie were materially false and 

misleading, because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

101. Marquie’s stock price rose from $0.29 per share on December 14, 2018 

(the trading day before Beck’s first TeamBillionaire email) to $0.40 per share on 

December 17, 2018 (the first trading day following Beck’s first Team Billionaire 

email). 

102. Between December 17, 2018 and December 20, 2018, Robinson’s 

accounts sold about 343,000 shares of Marquie’s stock, for sales proceeds of $41,000. 

7. Beck’s Peoplesway scalping scheme 

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trading under the ticker PLWY in the range of $0.0027 to $0.0060 per share in 

February 2019. 

104. Beck began purchasing Peoplesway stock on or about September 5, 

2018, in Robinson’s accounts. 

105. On or about February 28, 2019, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was 

imminent, stating, “ON MARCH 12TH, I WILL BE ALERTING THE ‘MEGA 

GODZILLA ALERT!!! THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST RUNNER IN 

#PENNYSTOCKS HISTORY !!! EXPECT TO TURN UR $10,000 INVESTMENT 

INTO $150,000+.” 

106. On or about March 11, 2019, Beck emailed his TeamBillionaire group to 

give them a preview that he would be recommending PLWY stock, stating: 

Guess what FAM? I'm getting you in EARLY March the 

11th so you can avoid the STRESS of buying a  

stock that will  keep going up and up and up on March the 

12th. I dont want you to chase the stock to $.25+ on 

Tuesday March 12th. I want to get you in under $.05 

Tomorrow so you can lock in your profits and enjoy the 

EASIEST profits you have ever made in your life… 

 

I'm so excited for you, me and the #MONEYGANG 

because we are all GOING to EAT FIRST and PROFIT 

FIRST before the major announcement to the WORLD on 

March the 12th.   Drum roll please.........The BIGGEST 

RUNNER IN PENNY STOCK HISTORY IS GOING TO 

BE …..PLWY!” 

107. Peoplesway’s stock price rose from $0.011 to $0.027 per share from 

March 8, 2019 (the trading date before Beck’s first Team Billionaire email) and 

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108. On March 11, 2019, Robinson’s accounts sold about 3.56 million shares 

of Peoplesway stock, for sales proceeds of $78,000. 

109. Between March 12-14, 2019, Beck tweeted his recommendations to 

purchase Peoplesway stock. 

110. For example, on or about March 12, 2019, Beck tweeted:  “IM GOING 

TO PERSONALLY PUNISH EVERY SINGLE SHORT SELLER ON $PLWY !!!! 

I WILL FORCE THOSE B*TCHES TO COVER OVER $.10 !!!  SH*T JUST GOT 

REAL !!!!” 

111. As another example, on or about March 14, 2019, Beck tweeted:  “IM 

LOADING $PLWY ON THE BIDS .....ITS GOING BACK UP..........I BUY 

‘PANIC’............NO NEED TO WORRY WHEN #BMM IS ON BIDS.” 

112. In none of Beck’s tweets, emails or message board posts recommending 

that others buy Peoplesway stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling 

or planning to sell Peoplesway stock. 

113. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, given that as of 

March 11, 2019, he had sold his entire position of PLWY and was not buying the 

stock.  A reasonable investor would want to know, in assessing the quality of a 

recommendation to buy a stock, whether the person making the recommendation was 

selling contrary to the recommendation. 

114. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading 

because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

8. Beck’s UCSO scalping scheme 

115. Pick-Ups is a now-defunct company purportedly in the business of 

digital services, blockchain, palm oil and cannabis, whose stock was trading under 

the ticker UCSO in the range of $0.0055 to $0.0099 per share in March 2019. 

116. Beck began purchasing UCSO’s stock on or about April 9, 2019, in 

Robinson’s accounts. 

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117. On or about March 31, 2019, Beck tweeted that a stock pick was 

imminent, stating, “ARE U READY FOR THE BIGGEST #PENNYSTOCKS 

ALERT IN HISTORY? GET READY TO TURN UR $5,000 INVESTMENT INTO 

$100,000+ ON MAY 1ST!” 

118. On or about April 29, 2019, Beck emailed his TeamBillionaire group to 

preview that UCSO would be the stock pick, stating: 

I will be getting you...... there first with the release of the 

MEGA May 1st alert ! ! Here’s the good news........... I am 

not going to make you wait till May 1st to get the GAME-

CHANGING SUPER MEGA ALERT. I'm giving you the 

alert April 29th which is 48 hours before the WORLD ( 

general public) receives it. 

119. On or about May 1, 2019, Beck tweeted his alert recommending the 

purchase of UCSO, writing: 

#MONEYGANG, NO NEED FOR $UCSO TO RUN 

CRAZY TO $.10 TODAY...LOAD UP EVERYTHING U 

CAN UNDER $.06!!! TOMORROW WE LOAD 

EVERYTHING UNDER $.07…SLOW & STEADY 

ALWAYS WINS THE RACE. BUYING $UCSO WILL 

BE THE BEST FINANCIAL DECISION U HAVE EVER 

MADE IN UR LIFE !!! 

120. In none of Beck’s tweets or emails recommending that others buy 

UCSO’s stock did he disclose that he or his nominee were selling or planning to sell 

UCSO’s stock.  

121. Beck’s statements were materially false and misleading, as he was at that 

time selling his holdings of UCSO’s stock.  A reasonable investor would want to 

know, in assessing the quality of a recommendation to buy a stock, whether the 

person making the recommendation was selling contrary to the recommendation. 

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122. Beck knew that his statements were materially false and misleading 

because he was aware of his own trading activity. 

123. During Beck’s promotional campaign, UCSO’s stock price rose from 

$0.065 per share on April 26, 2019 (the trading day before Beck’s Team Billionaire 

email) to an intraday high of $0.08 per share on April 29, 2019 (the day of Beck’s 

Team Billionaire email) on about 232% increased trading volume. 

124. Between April 29, 2019 and May 2, 2019, Robinson’s accounts sold 

about 228,000 shares of UCSO stock, for sales proceeds of $15,000. 

C. Beck’s Scienter and/or Negligence  

125. Beck intentionally, knowingly and/or recklessly carried out his scalping 

scheme in the Issuers’ stocks. 

126. Beck knew that he did not disclose to his Twitter or TeamBillionaire 

followers his intentions to sell, nor his actual sales, of the Issuers’ stock, when 

recommending they purchase the same stocks. 

127. Beck conducted his trades in part through his nominee, Robinson, 

concealing the amount of his own trading. 

128. Beck covertly paid third parties to post favorable commentary about 

more than one of the Issuers, concealing his role in promoting the Issuers’ stock. 

129. Beck’s scheme showed a repeated pattern of conduct occurring over a 

period of years as to the eight Issuers. 

130. In the alternative, Beck was negligent in recommending the Issuers’ 

stocks without revealing that he was selling, or intended to sell, the Issuers’ stocks. 

131. Beck enjoyed illicit profits from his scheme.  In total, between February 

2017 and May 2019, Beck, through his and his nominee’s account, earned $870,000 

in sales proceeds: 

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No. Issuer Sales Proceeds 

1. Pick-Ups $218,000 

2. MK Automotive $254,000 

3. Zann $82,000 

4. Vidaroo $110,000 

5. CASG $72,000 

6. Marquie $41,000 

7. Peoplesway $78,000 

8. UCSO $15,000 

 TOTAL $870,000 

132. Of the sales proceeds, approximately $358,000 were from trades in 

Beck’s account and approximately $512,000 were from trades in Robinson’s 

accounts.  

D. Beck Concealed Material Information About His Trading 

133. It would have been important to a reasonable investor to know that Beck 

was selling, or intended to sell, the Issuers’ stocks, at the time that he was 

recommending others purchase the stocks. 

134. That Beck was selling the Issuers’ stocks, or intended to sell their stock, 

and profit from a run-up in the stocks’ price generated by his own recommendations, 

would have been important to a reasonable investor in evaluating Beck’s 

recommendation that the investor purchase the Issuers’ stocks.   

FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF 

Fraud in the Connection with the Purchase and Sale of Securities 

Violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 

(against Defendant Beck) 

135. The SEC realleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through 

134 above. 

136. Defendant Beck intentionally and/or recklessly engaged in a scheme to 

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scalp the Issuers’ stock.  Through his promotional campaign, consisting of his 

tweeted stock alerts, emails to his TeamBillionaire group, and message board posts he 

procured in others’ names, Beck manipulated the Issuers’ stock price so he could sell 

at inflated prices.  Beck failed to disclose that he was simultaneously selling or 

intended to sell the very stock he recommended that others purchase.  Beck’s 

deceitful pattern persisted over the eight Issuers’ stocks, over a period of years, 

garnering him over $900,000 in illicit profits in his account and that of his nominee. 

137. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck, acting 

with scienter, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of a 

security, by the use of means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce, of the 

mails, or of the facilities of a national securities exchange:  (a) employed devices, 

schemes, or artifices to defraud; (b) made untrue statements of a material fact or 

omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the 

light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (c) 

engaged in acts, practices, or courses of business which operated or would operate as 

a fraud or deceit upon other persons. 

138. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck violated, 

and unless restrained and enjoined will continue to violate, Section 10(b) of the 

Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rules 10b-5(a), 10b-5(b), and 10b-5(c) 

thereunder, 17 C.F.R. §§ 240.10b-5(a), 240.10b-5(b) & 240.10b-5(c). 

SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF 

Fraud in the Offer or Sale of Securities 

Violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act 

(against Defendant Beck) 

139. The SEC realleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through 

134 above. 

140. Defendant Beck Defendant Beck intentionally, recklessly, and/or 

negligently engaged in a scheme to scalp the Issuers’ stock.  Through his promotional 

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campaign, consisting of his tweeted stock alerts, emails to his TeamBillionaire group, 

and message board posts he procured in others’ names, Beck manipulated the Issuers’ 

stock price so he could sell at inflated prices.  Beck failed to disclose that he was 

simultaneously selling or intended to sell the very stock he recommended that others 

purchase.  Beck’s deceitful pattern persisted over the eight Issuers’ stocks, over a 

period of years.  By means of his materially false and misleading statements, Beck 

obtained over $900,000 in illicit profits in his account and that of his nominee. 

141. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck has, 

directly or indirectly, in the offer or sale of securities, and by the use of means or 

instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or by use of 

the mails directly or indirectly:  (a) employed devices, schemes, or artifices to 

defraud; (b) obtained money or property by means of untrue statements of a material 

fact or by omitting to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements 

made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and 

(c) engaged in transactions, practices, or courses of business which operated or would 

operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. 

142. Defendant Beck, with scienter, employed devices, schemes and artifices 

to defraud; with scienter or negligence, obtained money or property by means of 

untrue statements of a material fact or by omitting to state a material fact necessary in 

order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they 

were made, not misleading; and, with scienter or negligence, engaged in transactions, 

practices, or courses of business which operated or would operate as a fraud or deceit 

upon the purchaser. 

143. By engaging in the conduct described above, Defendant Beck has 

violated, and unless restrained and enjoined will continue to violate, Sections 

17(a)(1), 17(a)(2), and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77q(a)(1), 

77q(a)(2), & 77q(a)(3). 

 

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PRAYER FOR RELIEF 

WHEREFORE, the SEC respectfully requests that the Court: 

I. 

Issue findings of fact and conclusions of law that Defendant committed the 

alleged violations. 

II. 

Issue judgment, in a form consistent with Rule 65(d) of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, permanently enjoining Defendant Beck and his officers, agents, 

servants, employees and attorneys, and those persons in active concert or 

participation with him, who receive actual notice of the judgment by personal service 

or otherwise, and each of them, from violating Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act [15 

U.S.C. §§ 78j(b)] and Rule 10b-5 thereunder [17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5] and Securities 

Act Section 17(a) [15 U.S.C. §77q(a)]. 

III. 

Order Defendant Beck and Relief Defendant Robinson to disgorge all funds 

received from their illegal conduct, together with prejudgment interest thereon, 

pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sections 21(d)(5) and 21(d)(7) [15 

U.S.C. §§ 78u(d)(5) and 78u(d)(7)]. 

IV. 

Order Defendant Beck to pay civil penalties under Section 21(d)(3) of the 

Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(3)] and Section 20(d) of the Securities Act [15 

U.S.C. § 77t(d)]. 

V. 

Enter an order against Defendant Beck, pursuant to Section 20(g) of the 

Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 77t(g), prohibiting him from participating in an offering 

of penny stock. 

VI. 

Retain jurisdiction of this action in accordance with the principles of equity and 

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the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in order to implement and carry out the terms of 

all orders and decrees that may be entered, or to entertain any suitable application or 

motion for additional relief within the jurisdiction of this Court. 

VII. 

Grant such other and further relief as this Court may determine to be just and 

necessary. 

 

Dated:  February 7, 2022  

 /s/Amy Jane Longo 
Amy Jane Longo 
Roberto Tercero 
Attorneys for Plaintiff 
Securities and Exchange Commission 

 
 

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