????Cynk公司的網(wǎng)站Introbiz.com宣稱，這個(gè)網(wǎng)站有能力讓用戶認(rèn)識(shí)“上流社會(huì)人士”，但它似乎并沒(méi)有吸引多少牛人。相反這個(gè)網(wǎng)站倒像是在販賣(mài)名人的聯(lián)系方式。據(jù)該網(wǎng)站稱，從去年7月11日起來(lái)，已經(jīng)有78人各花50美元購(gòu)買(mǎi)了萊昂納多的聯(lián)系方式。還有8個(gè)人購(gòu)買(mǎi)了電視劇《公園與娛樂(lè)》（Parks and Recreation）明星克里斯?帕拉特的聯(lián)系方式。這些銷(xiāo)售數(shù)據(jù)沒(méi)有辦法證實(shí)。2013年9月30日是該公司最后一次公布財(cái)務(wù)數(shù)據(jù)的時(shí)間，Cynk表示，公司成立五年以來(lái)，還沒(méi)有產(chǎn)生哪怕1美元的銷(xiāo)售額。

????2009年，吉沃特的一個(gè)名叫約翰?愛(ài)德華茲的客戶（他是個(gè)股票推銷(xiāo)員，與之前的那個(gè)總統(tǒng)候選人只是同名同姓）因在CMKM鉆石公司一案中涉嫌詐騙，而被美國(guó)證監(jiān)會(huì)罰款5500萬(wàn)美元。CMKM公司稱它擁有一批金礦和鉆石礦的采礦權(quán)，而美國(guó)證監(jiān)會(huì)認(rèn)定該公司提供的相關(guān)礦藏的地圖和視頻是偽造的。據(jù)美國(guó)證監(jiān)會(huì)稱，這家公司唯一真正從事的行為，就是“非法發(fā)行和推銷(xiāo)自家股票”。

????愛(ài)德華茲匆忙逃離美國(guó)，美國(guó)證監(jiān)會(huì)隨后發(fā)起起訴，意欲追回愛(ài)德華茲之前轉(zhuǎn)給吉沃特控制的一個(gè)信托賬戶中的25,000美元。美國(guó)司法部至今仍在通緝愛(ài)德華茲。

????上個(gè)月，吉沃特的另一個(gè)客戶——內(nèi)華達(dá)的律師馬庫(kù)斯?盧納，由于在一樁反向收購(gòu)案中扮演的角色，也被美國(guó)證監(jiān)會(huì)罰款700萬(wàn)美元，并且被禁止從事與證券發(fā)行業(yè)有關(guān)的工作。

????據(jù)內(nèi)華達(dá)律師協(xié)會(huì)（Nevada State Bar）介紹，吉沃特從1979年開(kāi)始就從事律師工作。他的事務(wù)所官網(wǎng)稱，吉沃特的專(zhuān)長(zhǎng)是財(cái)產(chǎn)規(guī)劃和證券法。該網(wǎng)站還宣稱，吉沃特的事務(wù)所曾在2012年被一份股市刊物《SEC新注冊(cè)報(bào)告》（SEC New Registrations Report）評(píng)為代表公司從事“上市前流程（pre-effective IPOs）”的15家頂級(jí)律師事務(wù)所之一。

????1990年，吉沃特打贏了內(nèi)華達(dá)州歷史上最大的一場(chǎng)民事官司。他代理的一方是一家化學(xué)公司的女繼承人，據(jù)稱是在出售拉斯維加斯熱帶花園酒店（The Tropicana）的過(guò)程中受到了詐騙。這起案件的價(jià)值高達(dá)3500萬(wàn)美元。

????不過(guò)這起案件后來(lái)還是讓吉沃特與聯(lián)邦官員結(jié)下了梁子。1995年，F(xiàn)BI指控吉沃特涉嫌幫助涉案的酒店與賭場(chǎng)洗脫與犯罪團(tuán)伙的關(guān)系。但是后來(lái)有一名法官指出吉沃特曾與政府合作收集此案的犯罪證據(jù)，因此政府后來(lái)撤銷(xiāo)了指控。

????最近，吉沃特似乎花了很多時(shí)間，幫助銷(xiāo)售額與發(fā)展前景有限甚至是根本沒(méi)有利潤(rùn)的小公司賣(mài)股票。

????2012年初，吉沃特幫助一家名叫老虎石油能源公司（Tiger Oil and Energy）的公司售出2800萬(wàn)股，募集到了近85萬(wàn)美元的資金。像Cynk一樣，老虎公司的交易似乎也是由吉沃特一手包辦的，沒(méi)有一家投行被列為承銷(xiāo)人。

????老虎石油能源公司稱，它從事的是讓荒廢油井再次出油的業(yè)務(wù)。但是該公司并沒(méi)有任何營(yíng)業(yè)收入，而且就在其IPO之前的一年，它的財(cái)產(chǎn)一度從337,880美元暴跌至不到15,000美元。該公司股票的歷史最高價(jià)是去年12月的1.59美元，現(xiàn)在只有0.17美元。

????另外還有營(yíng)收和資產(chǎn)都少得可憐的Stark Naked Bobbers公司，這家公司主要生產(chǎn)一套能把任何摩托車(chē)改裝成一輛“Bobber”范兒摩托車(chē)的改裝配件。該公司的上市申請(qǐng)文件（目前尚未完成上市）將吉沃特列為IPO代理人。據(jù)該公司的招股計(jì)劃書(shū)介紹，該公司的唯一一名高管特里薩?斯塔克“沒(méi)有任何上市公司經(jīng)驗(yàn)，而且還在從事其它商業(yè)活動(dòng)”，她不僅經(jīng)營(yíng)著這家公司，同時(shí)還在運(yùn)營(yíng)加州圣迭哥市的Stark Cycles公司。

????當(dāng)《財(cái)富》試圖聯(lián)系斯塔克時(shí)，她先是掛斷了，等《財(cái)富》再打過(guò)去時(shí)，她說(shuō)：“我通過(guò)某個(gè)人找到了（吉沃特），我現(xiàn)在必須要自己做調(diào)查了，我什么也不知道?！保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：樸成奎

????Cynk’s website, Introbiz.com, advertises its ability connect users with “socialites,” but it doesn’t seem to have attracted many high-fliers. Instead, the website seems to be selling contact information for celebrities from a directory. As of July 11, according to the site, 78 people had paid $50 each to get contact info for Leonardo DiCaprio. The info for Parks and Recreationtelevision star Chris Pratt had been purchased by eight users. Those sales could not be verified. As of September 30, 2013, the last time the company reported financial information, Cynk said in its more than five years of existence it had not generated even a dollar in sales.

????In 2009, a client of Gewerter’s named John Edwards, a Las Vegas stock market promoter (not the former presidential candidate), was fined $55 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission for his role in fraud involving mining company CMKM Diamonds. CMKM said it had the rights to gold and diamond mines. The SEC determined that the company’s maps and videos of the mines had been faked. According to the SEC, the company’s only actually activities were “illegally issuing and promoting its own stock.”

????Edwards fled the country. And the SEC later sued to recover $25,000 that Edwards had transferred to a trust controlled by Gewerter. Edwards is still being pursued by the Justice Department.

????Last month, another Gewerter client, Nevada attorney Marcus Luna, was fined $7 million and banned from working on securities offerings by the SEC for Luna’s role in a reverse merger stock scheme.

????According to the Nevada State Bar, Gewerter has been practicing law since 1979. His firm’s website says that he specializes in estate planning and securities law. It says the firm was ranked in 2012 by SEC New Registrations Report, a trade publication, as one of the top 15 law firms in the country that represent companies doing “pre-effective IPOs.”

????In 1990, Gewerter won what was at the time the largest civil judgment in Nevada state history, $35 million for a chemical company heiress who claimed to have been defrauded in the sale of the legendary Las Vegas property The Tropicana.

????That case, though, later landed Gewerter in trouble with the Feds. In 1995, the FBI charged Gewerter with allegedly helping to conceal the fact that the hotel and casino had ties to the mob. The government later dropped the charges against Gewerter after being criticized by a judge for indicting Gewerter after he had worked with the government to gather evidence for its mob investigation.

????Recently, Gewerter seems to have spent much of his time helping small companies with limited sales, and often no profits and limited prospects, sell stock.

????In early 2012, Gewerter helped a small company named Tiger Oil and Energy TGRO raise nearly $850,000 by selling more than 28 million shares. Like Cynk, Tiger’s deal appeared to have been solely managed by Gewerter. No investment bank was listed on the offering.

????Tiger said it was in the business of bringing formerly productive oil wells back to life. But the company had no revenue and its assets had plunged to just under $15,000 from $337,880 in the year before the offering. Tiger’s stock, which hit a high of $1.59 in December, now trades for $0.17.

????And then there’s revenue-less, asset-less Stark Naked Bobbers, which sells kits that can transform any motorcycle into a “bobber,” a type of stylized bike not to be confused with a chopper. The documents for the company’s offering, which has yet to be completed, lists Gewerter as the company’s agent for its offering. The company’s only executive, Teresa Stark, who “does not have any public company experience and is involved in other business activities,” according to the company’s prospectus for the offering, runs not only Stark Naked Bobbers but also Stark Cycles of San Diego, Calif.

????When Fortune reached out to Stark, she first hung up during the phone call. When Fortune called back, Stark said, “I went through someone to find [Gewerter]. I have to now do my own investigating. I know nothing.”