Arnett's Investigative Reports Confirmed

Investigative reports by David Arnett of Tulsa Today have been confirmed by federal authorities, and what began as a story on Arnett's local news site is now an international news story. Arnett's curiosity about a Florida-based Internet advertising company, and the detail he's been reporting for three weeks, has been confirmed by the United States Secret Service and the firm's bank accounts have been frozen by the U. S. Attorney in Washington, D. C.

Arnett, who began his career as a print reporter in 1985, has published Tulsa Today since 1996. He has won two national awards as a First Amendment Publisher.

His stories about the Florida firm were the first public indication all was not right with the high-flying company, and Arnett persisted despite threats of lawsuits.

The first confirmation of Arnett's reports came in a local Flordia newspaper:

By Byron Spires, Havana (Florida) Herald Editor ~ Early Tuesday morning Quincy, Florida was abuzz with U.S. Secret Service agents. They were in town to serve search warrants at 11 South Calhoun Street and at the home of Andy and Faye Bowdoin, 8 Gilcrease Road, Lake Talquin, south of Quincy. Andy Bowdoin is listed as the president, secretary and treasurer of the local internet ad company, ASD Cash Generator (Ad Surf Daily, Inc.).

According to Tulsa Today in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a web-based news service and the first news source to question ASD’s operations, a large meeting of ASD associates was planned for Tulsa on August 23.

Editor David Arnett said he had received a number of complaints about the organization and decided to investigate the company.

For details, read http://www.tulsatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1670&Itemid=2.

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