American Independent Capital Group + Sam Arnold + John Vickers + Li Dong Ling + China

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INVESTOR FRAUD WARNING: Sophisticated Loan and Venture Capital Scam (AICG) in Beijing operated by Sam Arnold + wife Li Dong Ling (aka Linda). Partners are corrupt Chinese army officer & Beijing judge.
We we were just recently hired to do comprehensive professional due diligence on AICG operating in Beijing by one of our clients who authorized us to share the following:

This particular Sam Arnold mentioned herein is “Samuel Neviel Arnold” a.k.a.. “Dr. Sam Arnold” born and raised in Palos Verde, California on September 13, 1960 and currently residing in Beijing, PRC (China).

According to his own admission at Classmates.com Samuel Arnold claims to be the chief principal of American Independent Capital Group, inc. (currently under investigation by the State of Nevada and the FBI). His business card presents himself to be the “CEO” yet his name does not appear n any company registration papers in China nor America, nor Panama, the three countries where AICG claims to have offices. Sam Arnold is currently a wanted fugitive. The below link confirms this to be true as would a call to the FBI in Los Angeles.

http://www.cslb.ca.gov/GeneralInform...vielArnold.asp

Sam Arnold’s U.S. passport number is 055512881. He stands five foot eight inches tall with reddish brown hair and hazel eyes (See Photo in Wanted Poster link). He weighs approximately 185 pounds. (92 kilograms). Arnold has an appetite for Cognac and high-priced escorts and is right handed with no known tattoos or scars.

Arnold is a repeat offender whose past felony crimes includes consumer, identity theft, bank, & credit card frauds. Most of his frauds were perpetrated against the elderly according to California State Court records. He pled guilty in CA Courts to six frauds and served one year in jail as a sentence. He now faces another ten-year prison sentence if apprehended and returned to the U.S. Arnold is a non-practicing Jew.

Interviews with actual & prospective clients of AICG reveal that Arnold Claims to be a direct lender and venture capitalist, yet the SEC, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and ABA say AICG is not registered at all. Their web site (AICG - Home) allegedly identifies "success stories" but no third party verification is possible. Although AICG's offices/contracts look impressive it appears that Sam Arnold makes his living charging excessive up-front fees. Arnold has been married twice and once divorced with six children. Little is known about current wife Li Dong Li a.k.a. Linda but she is also wanted in the United States by Immigration authorities. She is a Chinese national (citizen no.110108196402145763) and her date of birth is February 14, 1964.

Arnold has a staff of Americans and Australians working for him in his Beijing office (including one John Vickers who is registered as the company President) located in Room 61624 of the SuYuan Office Center Complex of the Beijing Friendship Hotel in Haidian District. AICG has listed telephone numbers of 86-10-6894-4423 and 4424 with foreign registrations in Nevada and Panama where his resident agents are listed respectively as McLaughlin & Associates and Morgan and Morgan LLC at these addresses:

We have not yet been able to identify a single party that has been funded by AICG nor Arnold and a former AICG secretary claims Arnold defrauded clients of more than $3 million in 2008.

The business card of Sam Arnold reflects a mobile telephone number of 86-13366625084 and an email address of sam at aicg.biz and a “direct” phone line of 8610-68469598 with fax no. of 8610-58857130. His last known address is a 5 bedroom condo located on the fifth floor of the Suzhou Jie Bldg. No. 2. This buildig is located between the West Gate of Renmin University and Third Ring Road according to Google Maps. Property records indicate this unit was purchased in January, 2009 for $2.3million. The mobile number of his wife/partner has been identified by AICG clients as 86-132403125250, but Arnold himself frequently answers this number when called.

AICG & Arnold currently maintain bank accounts at China Merchants Bank, HSBC, Construction Bank, and Minsheng Bank. No assets appear to be owned directly by Sam Arnold anywhere. All of his California and China properties are registered in the name of his wife or sons, including a $2 million home in the Bay area of California now occupied by his sons Wesley and Sam Jr.

Due to extensive corruption in China, few of his Chinese victims even report that they have been swindled. By our estimates, AICG rang up over $5 million in up-front fees over the last 18 months. In China $5 Million is the equivalent of earning $30 Million here in the U.S.

One AICG victim named Mei Hui who owns a large hotel in Beijing, claims she was swindled by Arnold for “over $1 million but less than $10 Million” and she is willing to tell her story to any law enforcement official who contacts her at hongyumingmeihui at sina dot com and claims that she recently received death threats from Arnold and his wife, and was even assaulted by them when she demanded a refund of her fees. Another client, Dr. Liu of Dada Laboratories (Cosmetic Clinic) has been waiting over one year for his loan after paying more than 300,000 RMB in up-front fees. Arnold claims to be a registered agent for the AFL-CIO Pension fund but Union officials deny any such affiliations.

Arnold also has three other front companies registered in China by the name of Mr. Coffee, Investments in China, and Athena Learning Center. More are probably in the works. Since he never puts his own name on anything, names to watch out for are his front people including wife Li Dong Ling, Australian John Vickers, American Homer Burks, Hou Ying, and a variety of office staff that changes every few months.

Arnold served one year in prison and fined $70,000 after pleading guilty to six felonies, and has assaulted police officers in the past. He is considered to be violent and dangerous and may use aliases when traveling. Arnold uses no less than six email addresses and is one of the most charming con artists one will ever meet. These below links document the loooong criminal past and present criminal activity of Mr. & Mrs. Arnold:

http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?p=98876

Ripoff Report: American Independent Capital Group of Beijing (AICG) Sam Arnold, Li Arnold, Linda Arnold, Li Dong Ling, John Vickers, Investments-In-China, Mr. Colombia, Athena Learning Center Company now using phony news releases to create credibilit

http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/...ad.php?p=97570

http://www.cslb.ca.gov/GeneralInform...vielArnold.asp

http://www.buttecounty.net/SheriffCo...hives%20A.aspx

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AICG - Chinese Funding Fraud + Dr. Sam Arnold - Page 2 - Fraudwatchers

Comments/posts of former AICG employees at fraudwatchers.org and ripoffreport.com speak for themselves.

LATEST UPDATE: AICG is now utilizing bogus and fabricated news releases to win confidence of new victims. These phony news releases purport that AICG raised millions of dollars for companies that cannot be independently verified. All of these news releases are posted on free news release service sites that require no verification. Also, AICG front man John Vickers of Austrailia now presents himself as president of AICG to divert attention away from actual owners (Sam and Linda Arnold a.k.a. Li Dong Ling, a.k.a. Li Arnold). Arnold also uses forged documents & doctored photoshop photos of himself with various Chinese officials to give himself false credibility.

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It seems American fugitives Sam and Linda Arnold have removed themselves from the AICG web site and are now using third party proxies to make the company appear legitimate. New faces includes George Ricketts, John Vickers, and Homer Burks. Unfortunately according to the below link and photos, all three of these guys are also convicted felons! The below link is self-explanatory.

http://antifraudintl.org/showthread.php?t=43858

Anyone dumb enough not to conduct professional due diligence on these white collar criminals, probably deserves to be swindled!