ALFII and My Icis Closed by Authorities, No Surprise There…
The Carrol County News Online is reporting the closing of ALFII (Americans for Lawful Financial Independence) and also My Icis. Both operations were run by Wayne and Lori Hicks who operated he ‘business’ from a log cabin across the highway from Wal-Mart in Berryville, Arkansas. Yes, that is not a typo, a log cabin across from the Walmart.
The IRS had served a felony warrant on My Icis last May when it occupied the cabin across from the Walmart and left with boxes of records.
A Cease and Desist Order was issued February 23 by the Arkansas Securities Department after their customers complained they were unable to access their funds totaling over $1.6 million dollar which had been ‘on deposit’ with Wayne and his businesses.
David Smith, attorney for Arkansas Securities Department, said:
… the FBI and IRS have confirmed there is an ongoing criminal investigation underway naming Hicks and My Icis, and they are asking for complainants to come forward by sending information to: Attention My Icis, P.O. Box 391, Fayetteville, AR., 72702. Smith said the state securities department is also asking complainants to come forward.
Three of those complainants reportedly invested a total of more than $572,000 in Americans for Lawful Financial Independence and Information (ALFII) Pool Funds. Another 26 individuals reportedly deposited a total of $1,057,000 in My Icis, claiming “MYICIS through Hicks are not allowing access to their money.”
According to a press release, the order to cease and desist focused on nine investment pools purporting to pay a return of five per cent a month or 60 percent annually. ALFII was an unincorporated business and claimed to be non profit. My Icis, Inc. also operated a Digital Money Order (just like EMO in fact that is where EMO came from) .
The State of Arkansas is alleging that the businesses knowingly violated Arkansas Code Annotated 23-42-507 (securities fraud) which is a Class B felony and also a few other assorted felonies.
My account at Myicis also got frozen and I am not able to access my money
Last May? The IRS served a felony warrant on MYICIS LAST May and they’re just now gettin ’round to shuttin this idiot down…!????!!! Hello?!…a felony warrant is a felony warrant….Why doesn’t the FBI ARREST; (ie: HANDCUFF AND THROW IN JAIL)…Wayne and Lori Hicks?
That’s what I want to know. If anyone can provide substantive basis for a failure to act sooner on the part of the IRS, the FBI, and the ASD…well…I’d love to hear it.
I’m one of those “other”, (26), “individuals” that has money tied up by Wayne Hicks and I want it back. Now. In the meantime, Wayne Hicks can sit in jail as far as I am concerned.
Anybody want to file a class action suit?
Jeff I am sorry to hear about funds getting frozen or lost with this company. There are a number of lawsuits already I believe 5 RICO cases. If you have not already looked them up you can find them here:
http://dockets.justia.com/search?q=MYICIS
Best of luck and stay in touch.
Mark
also operated a Digital Money Order (just like EMO in fact that is where EMO came from) .
this is not correct, verify the facts before publishing stories with such statements. Fact is hicks stole the print technology. Do your reasearch!
Let’s see…EMO is GONE and so are the client funds….Wayne and ICIS are GONE along with frozen client funds and Wayne has been charged with some felonious crimes….so who did created the original Digital Money Order print technology? My sources say Wayne but since both operations are history and the receiver is selling your technology (last I heard, I could be wrong) does it really matter who, a half dozen years ago, claims without proof to have created the ‘print technology’? I’ve got cuff links worth more than that technology today….Do I have to spend my weekends researching patents when both of these ventures are toast? You present evidence I’m wrong and I’ll research it, perhaps if a weekend opens in my schedule. If wrong I’ll post a ‘correction’ to my blog post. Otherwise back to your court cases. Way to pick your battles Todd.
Mark
Mark H;
not in this venue, and this response is not for posting. I am guessing you are the same mysterious mark h, who among other things was associated with goldage. You have my e-mail contact me there. The technology is not worthless, particularly at the 1million pricetag fire sale price it is being sold for. The fact that wayne stole funds from clients is not news to you. You were warned years ago that is what hicks was up to. I didn’t steal the clients money, the state of texas and receiver did. I like your site and articles, however, if you write an article, and are rendering an unverified opinion, then state that. Seeing as you stated as fact what you did, by your own admission, then the retraction is only fair. In fact I do have the proof, e-mails, transcripts, etc. If you wanted to meet face to face I would be happy to present you proof, however somehow I suspect that will never happen. Meantime, facts are facts, and unverified facts are fiction, so is your site fact or fiction.
No I’m not Mark Hall who lives in Brooklyn and worked or works with Goldage, which is yet another venture not around anymore. I don’t have you email nor would I need to ever contact you privately. Best of luck with whatever ventures are ahead of you. I’m glad you like the web.
Mark Herpel
Central America (not NYC)
So Here is what I will say about wayne hickis since he has proceded to go out of his way to blame everyone but his own self for what he knowingly lied and decieved out of his clients…..thier money. Wayne is a very ill moral individual who really jusat seems to jump from one scam to another always finding someone else to tell on or blame so that he can snake his weay outta another prediciment. SCREW that WAYNE HICKS and screw you. You once called me friend yet just as all of your clients are finding out I too know tha you have no other intrest in life but your own greedy desires of ill will and discontintment, you wanna blame me and whoever else for whatever you would like then so be it but pal remember this….this dago dont forget. one of these days you will be left with the same as your clients…..dissapointment and broken trust in what you believe because you have told so many lies that I am not sure you can even decifer the truth from them any more. Well here is one truth you should not forget, I nor any one around me has ever willingly and knowingly stolen or lioed or defrauded anything from ICIS or ALFII that my friend was all up to you and from what the federal authorities state your wife and you have been inditied for over 3.5 million in lost funds…hmmm hard to figure out where that went huh? 2 theaters more than 20 cars between you and lori including the lexus 430 the hummer H2 the 69 camaro the hunk oif shit 2007 for f150 harley davidison addition, the branson house and all the other white trash rich crap you two bought……seems to me everyone outta know what you yourself like to overlook. I was gonna leave well enough alone seeing how I quit ICIS 2 years ago and you over a year ago but you hadda gpo and tell some lie about me and well let he who has no flaws place blame in someone else. I did nothing wrong or illegal and thats all I need to know at night to sleep. can you do the same or does the dfact knowing what an absoulte peice of S&*t and failure you truely are keep you awake. how about the lawyer you destroyed knowingly and not so much as a hint of remorse? you are a wrong individual wayne and I am sory for everyone that I ever signed up for your “business” maybe you shoulda left all the young girls alone and u might not have been to dumb to run a business yourself. good riddence you bastard and may god give you everything that you deserve.
Wow, are you sure he’s not a Congressman?
Thanks for your comment, it helps us all to understand what happened to the missing money.
Mark
Hi Mark, just found your site today. I spoke to Vikki Murray an attorney in Arkansas representing 10 ICIS members but does not have any thing going for ALFII. She said there is an attorney in Springfield that is representing the ALFII members. Do you know the contact info of this attorney?
John, sorry I don’t have any further info at this time. If I come across any I’ll post an updated item as this is a popular topic.
Also, I know a few people I’ll email them and ask if they know. Best of luck and check back with us when you can.
Mark
This is addressed to all who have stated an opinion here. I never in my life have stolen money from anyone. I have copies of checks stolen from ALFII/MYICIS and endorsed by Michael Sherrill. Someone might wanna check him out before saying they understand what happened to the missing money, ask about the 4 wheelers, the Corvette, the trucks, the wedding he was able to pay for, after not having a job any longer. Before now I have never spoken out on any of this, but I pride myself on my honesty and integrity, and Michael Sherrill knows that. I am no longer married to Wayne, but every lawsuit, etc., still affects me just as it does Wayne, and if Michael Sherrill can admit the truth, he can tell you that I am innocent in all this. And yes, Wayne and I, have lost everything we had, but I can sleep at night knowing that “I” am an honest person. Hey Mike, maybe they should all check out your prison record, theft, drugs, etc? Michael Sherrill even went so far as to threaten sexual harrassment to gain money from me. Todd? You know for a fact who invented the original “EMO”. Shame on you for not having the courage to admit you took an idea and tried to build on it. Not accusing you of any wrong doing, just asking you to admit the truth on the invention. I feel for every ICIS/ALFII client, but let the truth be told here, I HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MISSING MONEY! and I am so tired of everyone, people I thought were my friends, and those who don’t even know me, accusing me of this.
This is Wayne Hicks. I’m not going to even try to answer all the lies I’m seeing here… but to set a few facts straight.
Mike Sherrill? I have copies of checks, made out by ICIS Clients to ICIS… which were stolen from our offices and cashed by Mike Sherrill and his brother John. Mike never quit ICIS… when he transferred to Branson to work in my entertainment companies, he continued to run ICIS, and hired his brother John to be Customer Service Manager at the Berryville office.
One of the biggest problems we face in trying to reimburse all of ICIS’ clients is the fact that the Sherrills seem to have taken each deposit that came in, credited it properly to the client’s account… but not all of them made it to the bank. We know that Mike Sherrill has cashed checks made out to ICIS and ALFII repeatedly, some of them as much as two years old. Three banks are currently working with federal authorities on this investigation, and I will be posting copies of the checks on http://www.sharemysecret.com today, so that all can see them.
Neither Lori nor I have been indicted on any charges, and I am not aware of any pending indictments aimed at us.
Lori never had anything to do with running ICIS, and never at any time could have been accused of taking anything. I did run ICIS, until I appointed Mike Sherrill, thinking I could trust him, as it’s General Manager. From that point on, I had little to do with the daily operation of ICIS until Sherrill flaked out and disappeared on us in April of 2006… with behaviour that suggests either mental issues or drug use.
I am trying to find some way to make everything right for our clients… but this is a nightmare. Towards this end, I am currently in discussion with a company interested in buying the company and assisting in setting up a receivership for recovered funds.
Todd… if you invented the EMO… how come I incorporated EMOcorp as an Arkansas corporation and opened the first EMOcorp bank account over a year before you ever heard of it? Get real.
One more thing… what was served on us in May of 2006 at Berryville were not any felony warrants. We were served a search warrant, specifically seeking information relating to ICIS clients who were allegedly under investigation for tax evasion and money laundering. Nothing else.
Well Wayne and Lori, thank you both for your comments. I’m sure the information is helpful for our readers.
Mark Herpel
I’ve posted the pics at http://www.sharemysecret.com/members//wayne
You’ll have to sign up for the free trial membership to be able to see them, I’m afraid. Then go to my profile and click on my pictures link under my photo.
I’ve posted the pics at http://www.sharemysecret.com
You’ll have to sign up for the free trial membership to be able to see them, I’m afraid. Then go to my profile (http://www.sharemysecret.com/members//wayne) and click on my pictures link under my photo.
I was an ALFII member for a little over a year. I liked the concept of the EMO/DMO & it sure was better than a checking account as far as fees.
I 1st heard of Wayne when he was doing a radio show on line. He went thru some tough times. Really tough. I was glad to see things coming around for him. I thought ALFII might be a good model for businesses that helped protect people’s financial privacy. When problems began to occur in 06, I hoped that things would work out for Wayne. I’m so sorry to hear that they didn’t. Several years ago, I made a small private purchase from Wayne. A couple of years later, when a problem arose with a 3rd party that negatively affected the fulfillment of my purchase, – Wayne refunded the amount without hesitation & paid me with a DMO. I can only speak from my own experience with a man who seems honest to his word. I didn’t lose any funds in ALFII (I guess being ‘poor’ has some advantages sometimes). I turned a couple of acquaintences onto the concept & to the best of my knowledge – neither lost any money. I feel very badly for those who did. I think it’s a horrible thing when such a good idea as the EMO/DMO gets hurt in it’s application. I hope that Divine providence can provide relief to those hurt.
PS> I remember Wayne discussing his invention of the “EMO” in 2000 & the eventual formation of EMOcorp – which Wayne soon seperated himself from. ALFII and the “DMO” was formed a while thereafter. Such a shame that bad things happened to such a good idea.
please does anyone have an update on myicis…..and what is the best way to get my money back…………….someone told me it was a huge lie about the bank having our funds frozen that they dont have them and never did freeze them and we wont be seeing anything come october…..anyone have any hopeful good news…help
I would like to hear more about all these expensive cars and theater’s and I heard about waynes house with a waterfall inside? what happened to the restaurant? I as many others was really fooled, I thought wayne was a true patriot and an honest and good man, but I don’t even hear the slightest little bit of remorse from this man who has devistated and ruined so many lives. It sounds like everyone involved was really living it up, hope it was worth it!
Thanks Wayne
I see Wayne’s website is down. Does anyone know what’s going on? Is this SEC meeting still on for the 12th? WHERE IS THE MONEY? I assumed that the bank was holding all funds until next month …. any idea of who we can contact to get help with this? A year of this mess is enough. Where’s Wayne?
I just found this site. Need some help with this also. Any info anyone? It would be great.
Thanks!!!
I am also looking for a website posting Wayne’s updates (since sharemysecret is down).
The Arkansas Securities Commission hearing scheduled for yesterday, was canceled by Wayne via a telephone call on Sept. 7 to the ASC (per Phyllis Shelby – ASC worker).
Thanks in advance for any further information.
All people associated with Wayne Hicks, MyICIS, Pinnacle Quest and SORCE190 or now Executives Resource, we need to get an independent email list compiled to start comparing notes and get to the bottom of this fiasco. Somebody has stolen our money and I’m done waiting and being partient through all of the stalling. Let’s get organized here and do ANYTHING in a positive direction. I have afforded Wayne ALL of the benefit of doubt and obviously he has taken the position to just crap on everybody.
Bruce Douglas
info@brucedouglas.com
How can we contact the attorneys associated with these lawsuits? Should we just file our own suits?
Eddie House lawsuit has lawyer contact info
http://www.greenecountymo.org/ccourt31/calendar/..%5Cnxhist.exe?casen=105CC6079
7 present RICO lawsuits against Hicks,MYICIS
http://dockets.justia.com/search?q=MYICIS
Smith said the FBI and IRS have confirmed there is an ongoing criminal investigation underway naming Hicks and My Icis, and they are asking for complainants to come forward by sending information to: Attention My Icis, P.O. Box 391, Fayetteville, AR., 72702.
I agree with Bruce, we need to do something now. We have all waited long enough, heard all the stories & waitied some more. I spoke with FBI in the August & was told that they will probably do nothing to recover lost monies for us so it will be up to us, also advised me to give them information in case of stolen identy. They gave me phone numbers to 2 attorneys in Ark., one would not take a case without alot of money however I think this was the one who had the 300 thousand dollar case. I never could get the other attorney. Bruce thanks for posting your e-mail address, I knew no way to contact anyone before. I guess you all know by now all the phones & fax are gone too. Please post anything you find out.
Just went to info@brucedouglas.com & found nothing, SOOO someone make a suggestion on how to get something started!!!
I’ll put up a section for you in DigitalMoneyGroup.com in the next three days. That software is just being installed today, but you can have an ALFII section for legal action, forums, email list, contact information etc. Just give me two more days. I can’t lead any investigation, but I can provide you the web space and tools to group your information and easily communicate with each other. Skype is ‘digitalcurrency’ if you want to reach me right away otherwise in a day or so when this web it active and the DNS has corrected, you will find your area clearly marked. If you need anything additional for your work, contact me let me know what you need and I’ll put it right up.
Good luck.
Mark
panama@cryptoheaven.com
Thanks Mark, Do you know how to contact anyone else that was in MYICIS or ALFII?
My husband had money in MYICIS too and would like to know who does he needs to contact in order to get it back besides filing a lawsuit which can been extremely long & expensive. When everything was going down and the Money orders were bouncing left and right he tried calling the number for MYICIS and got some strange guy on the phone with music playing in the background. He hasn’t been able to find anything posted as far as a way to claim your money such as 12 daily Pro does which My husband and I both lost money in that one and at least authorities contacted people through e-mail for a site to go to fill out all your information to put a claim in for what you had lost. Any clues on who knows anything about MYICIS. PLEASE E-MAIL ME. THANKS.
I find an unsettling similarity between the demise of EMOcorp & MYICIS.
It suggests a common element, process or person/s.
Dennis thanks for the address u posted to send info. I think we all need to do this or at least check it out. (make sure it is legit) Does anyone know if the FBI or any other authority has seized any of Wayne’s assets maybe to hold until this matter is resolved? There are alot of things we need to find out. Does anyone know any more web sites with any kind of info?
what is wayne hicks really trying to say here? Wayne I quit ICIS and ALFII long before you supposedly say I “flaked out” and any thing that I did was dopne under your direct supervision and direction as my boss. I will agree with this tho, lori was the owner of the companies in name only and you ran ICIS and ALFII in any manner you seemed fit. If lori truely wants to know about all of the thikngs that I bought then she needs to add up the paychecks and the bounses that you gave me before assusing me of something that is not true. I still have the employment contract signed byt you wayne tha entitles me to more than 3 more of wages at 2175.00 per week. but like most of your employess you failed to honor those agreements when your compaines went upsidedown. I really am tired of the mudslinging and accusations that you are passing my way so heres what I suggest, if you have anything that you need to say to me then come see me you know where I live. for anyone on this site that would like toi know about ICIS, ALFII or wayne hicks please feel free to email me at msherrill@gmail.com and I will try to help you in any mannner that I can. as of now tho I will no longer participate in any accusing on this site or anyother. I stated before and I must state again, I nor anyone immeaditlly around me has stolen or done any unethical thinbg to ICIS or ALFII or any of its members. Anyone who wishes to contact me may do so and I will answer what ever I can to help get the truth out of wayne hicks. Lori, I am sorry that I ever hurt you on a friendship level your ex-husband(?) is not telling the truth to you hinself or anyone else, this all started when rachelle got into trouble if you think about it. Wayne I got my proof to pal dont forget that
Hello Mark and all of the rest of you!
Like a lot of you, I have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the storm to die down…and hoping to get my money back. I have no desire to lose what I placed trustingly in Myicis and Alfii (mid 5-figures), and perhaps I am naive in believing that one day it will be returned. In hindsight, it seems foolish to have put so much in these accounts, but that was then.
If anyone knows who to talk to about this issue to get substantive answers, I’d love to hear it. I have seen various email addresses and a couple of legal resources referenced on this site (which I just found, by the way. Thank you!). But the last thing I need (or probably all of you, too, for that matter) is to get caught up in a legal mess that will only eat up a lot more money. It’s been a long year, and I wish harmony to all those of you who find themselves in this strange boat with me.
Thom
thoms@barnhartassociates.com
Still looking for where to reach the attorneys associated with this case to get my $156k back. In the meantime I want Hicks and Sherrill and anybody else associated in the “can” until we get some straight answers and workable solutions.
Somebody had better get into first gear here.
I think that Wayne should have an e-mail address on yahoo or something where people can contact him directly about this. It’s a sign of somebody who is acting in good faith.
Since MYICIS/ALFII are no longer up, I think it’s only fair that Wayne explain where they were making investments that they advertised to insiders paid 5%/month. That’s 60%/annually. I’m not saying it’s impossible — but considering the situation, I think an explanation is deserved as to the nature & location of the investments because otherwise, I see what some people might consider the foundation for a ponzi (illegal-pyramid) scheme.
Wayne?
Anyone here who is interested in joining forces, finding an attorney (or one who is already representing a few members), let’s get together and see what we can do. Perhaps together we won’t have to spend as much money as if we would if we did this independently. If you are interested, please send me an e-mail at:
dkm@safe-mail.net
It appears that most of us are out quite a lot of money. We may not see it back, but perhaps we can get some sort of justice out of this fiasco.
Any additional news since 9/26?
Does anyone know anything else about Myicis??? Where is Wayne???? Wayne , You should reply!!!