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Joshua Crouch of Relentless Digital Took $25,000 from Matt Howard of Travis and Sons Plumbing (and then threatened me)

We just got the green light from Joshua Crouch of Relentless Digital to publish the audit of the $25,000 he took from Travis and Sons, a plumbing company. The client is filing a chargeback, which is hopefully within the timeframe allowed. Note that scammers usually threaten legal action, like Joshua Crouch did here. But this only backfires, since this only …

The Advisor Is Here to Take Advice…

Can you guess what I advised? My advice was to cut the dead weight, even if it pisses off the guy who controls the agency. But he believes in waiting it out– even though he will not be able to generate more cash (can’t take on more clients since the team of VAs is too junior to deliver). He has …

Fake PR Agency CEO Ulyses Osuna and Associates Under Investigation

So, major props to Ulyses Osuna for coming clean about paying writers under the table to post featured articles. Not only does this violate journalism ethics, but it’s illegal per FTC disclosure rules. Then there’s associates and Grant Lira of Empathy Firm, who think they’ll never be caught. Just like the Instagram verification scams that finally got busted, the fake …