iBill ? The past, present and future

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  • ImExposed
    Registered User
    • Nov 2008
    • 36

    #1

    iBill ? The past, present and future

    Anyone who was with iBill before, you might want to see where your money went
    This is from a email I got way back.


    Hello all, my name is Jonas Brown and I am the CEO of iBill, Inc. www.ibill.net I felt that I needed to help all you merchants who used iBill.com in the past to see the timeline from 95 to 09 and the trail your money took

    1995
    iBill was founded on December 1st 1995 by Albert J. Angel. According to the Florida secretary of state records located here

    http://www.sunbiz.org/scripts/cordet...s_filing_type=

    2001

    iBill was growing at a rapid pace
    http://www.internetretailer.com/inte...7-percent.html

    2002
    iBill grew to be the largest payment processor in the world by 2002 and sold to a company called intercept InterCept, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICPT). http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=icpt

    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...r-support.html that year. As of the sale date, iBill.com had accounted for all payments and every reserve dollar was accounted for as well. There were no complaints filed on iBill for not paying out prior to the sale in 2002
    intercept was a company that was having problems with the shareholders for a stock that was not moving. So they felt that if they purchased iBill, and added it to their portfolio, it would boost the stock. Bad idea


    Credit-card processor Intercept's (nasdaq: ICPT - news - people ) 2002 acquisition of Internet Billing, or iBill, may go down in history as one of the most boneheaded acquisitions ever by a public company

    http://www.allbusiness.com/company-a...5584536-1.html

    2003
    Was the first time payouts were not made. Notes were issued as intercept/ibill was not paying the bills

    2004

    Penthouse International Acquires Internet Billing Company LLC ?iBill?
    http://www.forbes.com/2004/03/22/cz_sl_0322galanis.html

    September, 27, 2004

    iBill gets Merrick Bank to processes iBill?s $300 million or so in annual credit card purchases http://www.forbes.com/2004/09/27/cz_sl_0927ibill.html

    2005


    January 24, 2005

    SEC CHARGES PENTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, INC., A FORMER OFFICER, AND A SHAREHOLDER WITH ACCOUNTING FRAUD, REPORTING VIOLATIONS, AND VIOLATIONS OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION RULES
    http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr19048.htm

    2006

    March, 9 2006

    iBill Loses 17 Million Porn Customer Records
    http://consumerist.com/159334/

    This turned out later to be a fake, it was not iBills customers but bulk list of emails posing as ibill to gain value
    2006
    Penthouse International is closed by the SEC there for iBill as well.
    2008
    Jonas Brown acquires iBill.net and does a overhaul of the once proud company

    iBIll hires an outside CPA to audit the Reserve accounts for all merchants two times a year.

    2009
    Jonas Brown goes to Miami Beach to meet with Albert Angel former CEO of iBill


    Please note, I am truly sorry about what happened with your accounts and it is not something we are able to pay for. Intercept or Penthouse destroyed all the records.
    In closing, the true people to be upset with is the person who spent your funds. That is intercept and Penthouse International.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
    [email protected]
  • WiredGuy
    Pounding Googlebot
    • Aug 2002
    • 34517

    #2
    My advice, abandon the ibill brand name and start fresh with something new.
    WG
    I play with Google.

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    • brand0n
      been very busy
      • Nov 2002
      • 26983

      #3
      no way to salvage that name. see wireguys post
      want to buy this spot for cheap? it is of course for sale. long term deals are always the best bet. brand0n/ at/ a o l dot commies.

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      • NinjaSteve
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Dec 2003
        • 11089

        #4
        Originally posted by WiredGuy
        My advice, abandon the ibill brand name and start fresh with something new.
        WG
        Good advice right there. The name has been tarnished pretty bad.
        ...

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        • GregE
          Confirmed User
          • Jul 2004
          • 2704

          #5
          This is a joke, right?

          Methinks you would have a better chance selling Hermann Göring's autograph in a synagogue than you will selling Ibill here
          Last edited by GregE; 04-26-2009, 07:23 PM.

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          CLiCK here for your Bun Beating Dollars.

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          • Andy CHOOPA
            Confirmed User
            • Jul 2008
            • 1156

            #6
            Ibill huh?? Lol.
            Andy Choopa
            ICQ: 412-203-056
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            • MikeSmoke
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2002
              • 3241

              #7
              Careers

              "The secret of our success is our people. iBill employs the best and brightest to ensure our solutions are the best in the industry."

              Jonas C. Brown President & CEO
              iBill, Inc

              iBill, Inc is looking for motivated and inspired people to join our company. iBill has the following positions available:

              Chief Financial Officer
              Work Location: iBill, Inc, Denver, CO
              Shift: Part Time

              General Councel
              Work Location: iBill, Inc, Denver, CO
              Shift: Part Time

              SQL .Net Programmer
              Work Location: iBill, Inc, Denver, CO
              Shift: Day



              (They want a CFO and General Councel (sic) to work part-time??? )

              icq: 541-739-92

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              • NickB.
                Confirmed User
                • Aug 2001
                • 8865

                #8
                sweet mother of god... Ibill? wow

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                • Gerco
                  Confirmed User
                  • Nov 2005
                  • 2052

                  #9
                  I think I just tasted blood in my mouth....
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                  • hjnet
                    Confirmed User
                    • May 2002
                    • 3815

                    #10
                    Bad idea....

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                    • blogsy
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2003
                      • 214

                      #11
                      'I'ts a 'B'ad 'I'dea, 'L'ame, 'L'ame

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                      • TisMe
                        Confirmed User
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 1719

                        #12
                        Can't for the life of me understand why anyone would choose such a tarnished name that leaves a bad taste in nearly everyone's mouth.

                        Thats like making a great pizza and selling it under the brand name 'Diarrhea Pizza" - how many do you think you'll sell?

                        The new I-Bill could offer the best service, but I doubt many (if any) will try it.

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                        • MrCodey

                          #13
                          Every lawyer in the world would tell yo before forming a new corp to check out the old people who ran under that name first.. Everywhere you go you wil lbe tainted by that name and be hounded by collectors who want their debts paid...

                          FAIL and no sympathy will come your way.

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                          • 18teens
                            Confirmed User
                            • Dec 2002
                            • 1605

                            #14
                            I doubt that iBill has much of a future. To this day I still cringe at the thought of all the money I lost with them.

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                            • Nikki_Licks
                              Confirmed User
                              • May 2005
                              • 6323

                              #15
                              Piss on iBill
                              Amateur Content
                              ICQ: 292 356 077

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                              • HorseShit
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Dec 2004
                                • 17513

                                #16
                                Originally posted by blogsy
                                'i'ts a 'b'ad 'i'dea, 'l'ame, 'l'ame
                                that was pretty lame in itself

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                                • DAMNMAN
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Dec 2002
                                  • 1440

                                  #17
                                  Whuddayamean future? I didn't think they had one.......
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