Allied Artists International, Inc., the sole and exclusive owner
and holder of the "Allied Artists" trade name and trademarks,
has today named Robert N. Rooks, Darron Carr, Carlton Jinkins,
Jammie Padilla, Mark Nolte and several corporations in
connection with a scheme to impersonate Allied Artists by
unscrupulously forming "Allied Artists Pictures Corporation."
Under the direction of Rooks, the group then used the unlawfully
formed "Allied Artists Pictures Corporation" to lure
unsuspecting investors into purchasing virtually worthless
stock.
Rooks has an enduring and spurious past, having been indicted in
September of 2000 by the United States Attorney for the District
of Nevada, on multiple counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, aiding
and abetting and money laundering, and subsequently being
permanently enjoined from future securities violations by the
United States District Court for the Central District of
California. In the later action, brought by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, a Los Angeles federal court
found that Rooks disseminated false and misleading information
in 1996 that caused a publicly-traded company's stock price to
skyrocket from $.13 to $4, or more than 3,000%.
In its complaint against Rooks and his co-defendants, Allied
Artists International, Inc. charges that the quintet unlawfully
formed two corporations, both named "Allied Artists Pictures
Corporation;" one in California and the other in Nevada, for the
express purpose of impersonating the real "Allied Artists," in
violation of federal law. Additionally, the defendants are
accused of unlawfully launching a website located at
www.alliedartistspicturescorp.com, also in violation of the real
Allied Artists' trade name and trademarks. The real Allied
Artists' website can be found at
www.alliedartists.com.
Having been previously found guilty of securities fraud by the
United States District Court for the Central District of
California, Rooks is permanently banned from involvement with
publicly traded companies. However, the counterfeit website
established by Mr. Rooks and his co-defendants, directs the
public to a Yahoo! Finance page claiming that International
Synergy Holding Company, trading on the Frankfurt Exchange, has
acquired "Allied Artists Pictures Corporation." In reality,
"Allied Artists Pictures Corporation" is nothing more than two
vacuous corporations Rooks and his co-defendants created in
violation of the real Allied's trademarks, for the purpose of
disseminating false information designed to artificially inflate
International Synergy's stock price.
Allied Artists International, Inc.'s President, Robert
Fitzpatrick, remarked that "Allied will not tolerate any
violations of its long recognized federal trademarks and will
aggressively pursue those attempting to tarnish them." Brenton L.
Horner, lead trial counsel for Allied Artists International,
Inc., states that "these defendants' actions are textbook
trademark infringement and violate a multitude of other federal
and state laws. I expect the federal court will act swiftly."
Fitzpatrick adds that throughout the years "a number of people
have tried to enrich themselves through various schemes
involving misuse of the Allied name," and warned the public to
"be careful of any website that claims to be associated with
Allied Artists, unless that website is properly linked to and
from the www.alliedartists.com site."
Allied Artists does not charge musicians, screenwriters or
producers to submit material for consideration, and does not
solicit investments through its website. The only legitimate
website that accepts submissions on behalf of Allied Artists is
the www.alliedartists.com site.
Media wishing to review the court filings in this matter may do
so at:
http://alliedartists.com/legal/AAIvRooks,etal.pdf.
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