Traffic Monsoon

The SEC filed its lawsuit against Traffic Monsoon and owner Charles Scoville in July 2016. To date Scoville has failed to file a response to the suit, prompting the SEC to request an entry of default. If you’re wondering why it’s taken the SEC almost four years to request default, it’s due to Scoville (right) […]

In light of his lawyers abandoning him, Charles Scoville has decided it’s best he represent himself. Scoville’s first communication with the court is a hand-written letter he’s penned himself. And boy it’s a doozy. Scoville’s letter was received the court on January 7th, 2020. Without further ado, here it is for your entertainment; I know

The Traffic Monsoon Receiver’s proposed claims process has been approved. This means we now have a set cutoff date and procedural instructions for claim filing. The most important date to Traffic Monsoon victims is the April 10th, 2020 claims bar date. Any claims filed after this date will be disallowed. Claims are to be filed

Good news for those of you who keep asking when you’ll be able to file claims, the Traffic Monsoon Receiver has sought claims process approval. Last month we reported the claims process was moving forward, and the first step now is getting court approval. Unless there’s some extraordinary circumstances we’re not aware of, claims process

Charles Scoville isn’t having a good time. Currently incarcerated in Juab County Jail, last month Scoville had his Supreme Court bid to legalize Ponzi schemes in the US denied. Now the lawyers representing him against the SEC want out. In a December 6th Motion to Withdraw, attorney D. Loren Washburn reveals he’s at loggerheads with

On November 26th the Tenth Circuit dismissed Charles Scoville’s second filed Traffic Monsoon appeal. Scoville filed the seemingly pointless second appeal back in March 2018. The appeal was denied back in January this year. On November 26th the Tenth Circuit dismissed the case, effectively clearing the appeal as an administrative obstacle. This was done following

Following the denial of Charles Scoville’s SCOTUS writ bid, the Receiver has announced the victim claims process is moving forward. The announcement was made in a short update published to the Traffic Monsoon Receivership website: On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Mr. Scoville’s petition requesting review of lower courts’ orders related to Traffic Monsoon.

Charles Scoville’s bid to legalize Ponzi schemes through the Supreme Court has come to an end. Following distribution to the Supreme Court Justices, a decision on Scovilles’ Traffic Monsoon writ of certiorari was reached last Friday. Details were published earlier today, revealing Scoville’s writ has been denied. Going forward, this means the SEC’s case against

Just shy of two weeks ago the Traffic Monsoon Receiver requested permission to engage Canadian attorneys. The attorneys are required to pursue judgement against Canadian Traffic Monsoon net-winners. On October 28th the Receiver’s motion was denied. In her denial order, Judge Parrish questioned why expensive experts in Canadian bankruptcy law are needed to enforce any

The Traffic Monsoon Receiver has requested permission to engage local counsel to pursue Canadian net-winners. The Receiver’s motion, filed on October 21st, seeks permission to employ attorneys at Borden Ladner Gervais. BLG is a leading Canadian law firm with more than 700 lawyers, intellectual property agents, and other professionals in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and