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Thursday, July 27, 2006 

Professor arrested in child sex sting

A Pennsylvania college professor has been arrested in an undercover child sex sting, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said.

Dr. David B. Eller, 61, 630 Mt. Joy St., Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, is accused of using a Yahoo chat room to make contact with underage "girls." The "girls" actually were undercover agents.

Eller is the chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at Elizabethtown College.

Corbett said that, on June 29, 2006, Eller contacted an undercover agent from the Harrisburg area, who had assumed the online identity of a 12-year old girl. Eller allegedly asked the "girl" what grade she was in, and was told that the she would be starting seventh grade.

According to the criminal complaint, after confirming the girl's age, Eller asked if he could get "personal" and then proceeded to ask a series of questions about her sexual experience. Corbett said that on June 30, Eller again contacted the undercover agent, asking about what type of swimsuit she wore, whether she had any "tan lines" and again asking about what "things" she has done with boys.

At one point during that conversation, Eller allegedly stated "I chat from my office, so there are occasional interruptions," Corbett said.

The criminal charges state that Eller contacted the undercover agent again on July 18, explaining that he had been out of town on vacation, which was why he had not been online for some time.

Corbett said that during the July 18 chat, Eller allegedly told the girl that he was interested in "learning to know you on chat, and if it works out, we set up a meeting," adding that "if we meet, if would be for private fun." He then went on to explain in graphic detail the sex acts he wished to perform with what he believed was a 12-year old girl

According to the criminal charges, Eller made arrangements to meet the undercover agent on Thursday, July 20, in the parking lot of a store located in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, for the purpose of having sex.

Corbett said that at approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 20, Eller arrived at the predetermined meeting place and was taken into custody by agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit and Lower Paxton Township Police.

Agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit will obtain a search warrant for computer equipment in Eller's Elizabethtown College office, Corbett said.

Eller is charged with one count of criminal attempted unlawful contact with a minor, a first-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. He also is charged with one count of criminal use of a computer, a third degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

Monday, June 05, 2006 

BioPerformace executives spent lavishly

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said a state district court's decision to uphold his injunction against Dallas-based BioPerformance and its owners Lowell Mims and Gustavo Gus Romero was a victory for consumers.

The injunction bars the defendants from accessing millions of dollars wrongly diverted for personal uses from "this illegal pyramid" involving "fuel pills" that promised higher gas mileage but were made from the same chemical compund as mothballs, Abbott said.

Abbott sued BioPerformance on May 16. The court order states the fuel pill marketed and sold by BioPerformance does not increase fuel economy, nor does it reduce harmful emissions. It also orders BioPerformance to cease marketing the fuel pill as a product that improves gas mileage.

"[This] marks a victory on behalf of thousands of consumers around the country who were defrauded by BioPerformance and its owners," Abbott said. "This company and its owners spent a lot of time boosting the confidence of their clients' buying power and did nothing to boost gas mileage or performance of vehicles, as they falsely claimed these gas pills would do. We will aggressively fight these con artists who cynically exploit the public's concerns about high gas prices to line their own pockets."

The lawsuit came amidst growing evidence that the miracle pills BioPerformance sold would dramatically improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions in vehicles when put in gas tanks were nothing more than naphthalene, the active ingredient found in moth balls. The compound has no ability to reduce fuel consumption, studies have shown.

As he prepares to take the defendants to trial on September 18, Abbott is demanding that Mims and Romero provide a thorough accounting on how exactly they spent or hid the millions of dollars they took from BioPerformance agents.

"BioPerformance's stated goal was to create a thousand millionaires through its marketing scheme," Abbott said. "The fact is, Mims and Romero became the millionaires while others were duped into investing their money on a product that doesn't work."

During a three-day hearing in San Antonio, both defendants admitted under oath that, since the company's inception in December 2005, they each took millions of dollars from the BioPerformance corporate accounts and deposited them into their personal accounts. These dividends included the creation of trust funds of $2.7 million by Mims and $2.4 million by Romero, each for personal use by the defendants' families, Abbott said.

Both Mims and Romero admitted they personally diverted at least $7.4 million in money from the sale of the bogus fuel efficiency pills.

Mims stated that he made several lavish purchases with the dividends he deposited into his account, including $90,000 for a Humvee vehicle, $60,000 for matching Rolex watches for himself and his wife and a $160,000 payoff of his home mortgage.

Defendant Romero admitted that his purchases with BioPeformance money included about $40,000 for a BMW, $15,000 for a ring for his wife, and a $50,000 down payment for a swimming pool for his home, Abbott said.

The evidence prosecutors presented also showed that Romero wired hundreds of thousands of dollars to his brother in Mexico, the purported broker that supplied BioPerformace with its raw materials -- powdered naphthalene.

Romero said in court that it cost the company about $4 to manufacture each 40-pill bottle, which on its Web site BioPerformance suggested should retail for approximately $50, a markup in excess of 1,000 percent.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 

BioPerformance Inc. fuel pill doesn't boost gas mileage; firm runs as illegal pyramid scheme, prosecutors say

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Texas-based BioPerformance Inc. The company, organized as an illegal pyramid scheme, markets a fuel pill it falsely claims will boost gas mileage and save consumers money, Abbott said.

BioPerformance Inc. president and owner Lowell Mims and co-owner Gustavo Romero of Irving advertise nationally via the Internet and through seminars around Texas and other states, exploiting the climate of today's high fuel prices, Abbott said.

The company's ads claim the gasoline pills and powders they offer have a non-toxic "top secret gas pill" that can increase fuel efficiency by 30 percent or more and cut harmful emissions by up to 50 percent. In fact, the additive is basically the chemical equivalent of mothballs, which are toxic, Abbott said.

"These claims are bogus; the pill does absolutely nothing to improve gas mileage. The company is merely a smokescreen to trigger the recruitment of more and more paying members into what appears to be an illegal pyramid scheme," Abbott said.

Scientists who tested the product at the University of Texas at Austin and at a Florida university concluded that the pills are mainly naphthalene, the chemical found in mothballs. The Attorney General’s laboratory expert actually concluded BioPerformance's product could decrease engine performance, Abbott said.

Legitimate multi-level marketing businesses pay commissions based on the sale of goods and services, while illegal pyramids, which the Attorney General alleges BioPerformance is, pay commissions based mainly on the recruitment of people to the organization.

Consumers are encouraged to become "dealers" at the various dazzling seminars BioPerformance sponsors around the country, at start-up costs of between $300 to over $500, Abbott said.

Members can participate at various levels of "business volume" sales, but ultimately the plan functions on the basis of how many others a member can recruit to become dealers, which is by definition a pyramid scheme, Abbott said.

The Attorney General's science expert also found that the chemical compound used in these pills can be harmful to humans. Short-term exposure to naphthalene by humans via inhalation, ingestion or skin contact can result in anemia and neurological or liver damage.

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