Anonymous
map-marker Rockford, Illinois

No way to meet requirements Catch 22

Needed a death cert for my great grandmother who died in 1903, for genealogy. Won't give it to me because they want something with her last name on it and something with my name on it to verify that I am related.

Driver's license not good enough. My name was never the same as my great grandmother's. She married one name, had a son, and he had a daughter, my mother who married another name. There is no way I would have the same name.

Can't even get a cert to confirm my grandfather and mother being the same name because I have to show that I their name to do that, and I am married , with a different name. This may Indiana's partial fault as they are ridiculous about getting certs.

Needless to say, not cert, no refund. Beware

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$38
pjd D
map-marker Burnsville, Minnesota

C22 Capital promised investment return by 3/31/11. Will not answer phone calls

Made investment in C22 capital in March 2010. Was told I would be contacted by 3/31/11 when investment is due. They said they would call. They no longer answer phones or return left messages. Supposedly the film "Beyond the Matt" is to be released in September 2011 but have not heard anymore. They said they have hired a Susan Wren to promote the movie and have hired some actors with credentials.

My contact person is Jeff Davis. Does anyone have anymore recent information on what is going on with this company or how to find out if anything is legitimate?

PJD

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Guest

these guys have skipped town!~! those offcies dont exist anymore, including Friar st.

Guest

Address is:

C22 Capital / C22 Entertainment

14412 Friar St. Van Nuys, Ca 91401

Guest

BEYOND THE MAT WILL NOT OPEN HERE OR ANY WHERE......THIS WAS ALL A SCAM, WENT BY BOTH OF THEIR SO CALLED OFFICES AND THEY ARE NOT THERE ANYMORE..GOT PI TRYING TO FIGURE WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE

Guest

When will the movie Beyond The Mat open

mast4221@***.net

Guest

Dear fellow Catch22 Entertainment readers and investors….

I am an investor with Catch22 Entertainment and have been now for 11 months. I have been following the 5-6 different boards that comment on Catch22 Entertainment and reading all of stories people have wrote.

Plenty of negative reports and no positive stories. When I speak to Anthony Milan (a.k.a: Tony) he tells me all is good and this is happening and that is happening and I never got ANYTHING in the mail. He always promised that in two weeks I will receive the new info made out to all investors like myself, and I never saw anything. My rep after 3 months of collecting the funds stop really following the company and never had any fresh info/news for me. He always asked me to call Anthony Milan who never really answered. I as an investor, I would like to hear it from you, as to what is really going on. Beyond the Mat is the ‘Carrot in front of the Horse’ here and it is set to come out next month or two.

I also just read that Catch22 Entertainment have just moved their offices from Sherman Oaks, Ca. to: 14401 Gilmore St, Van Nuys, Ca. 91401. Still in the same area really, just 2 miles NE of where they were.

I see plenty of you who do not want to write their names on the page, “But I Will!!” I want to “Hear it from You” on what is going on here with this investment I have made. Please email me and I will respond. Lets see how many people are in the same situation here as I am on not knowing what’s going on so we wont be robbed of our money blind folded. I will defiantly contact you back and move forward with any action together.

EMAIL ME: Benmalekan@***.com

Lets see if we can exchange information about Catch22 Entertainment, so we can be on the ball and make sure everything is okay like they promised. People on this board don’t think so, and the *** is going to hit the fan soon, because the movie is suppose to come out in September 2011. It was promised back in April 2011. I sense allot of angry people.

Ben Malekan

Benmalekan@***.com

Thank you and hope to talk to you soon.

Guest

if you "invested" monies in Catch 22, you wont ever see a penny ever, call it a loss!

Guest

C22 Capital, Inc. has been advised by legal counsel not to respond to negative and ANONYMOUS posting on complaint sites.

NO legitimate and credible complaints have been lodged against C22 Capital, Inc. The company has no ongoing investigations into its activities. All LEGITIMATE clients are encouraged to call the company's 1-800 number with any unresolved issues. This site is designed to facilitate negative and BASELESS information to promote the sale of REPUTATION MANAGMENT SERVICES.

All negative postings about C22 Capital, Inc. are being perpetrated by the SAME people, whose intentions are to disrupt company operations and intimidate clients.

For supporting documentation, please call the company's 1-800 number. 1-80*-***-****

Guest

you can contact Anthony Milian -one of the partners on his cell310-409-****.They are under investigation by the FBI.

Guest

I have received a call and their materials. Waiting for a call back today will try and get another number. How do I contact you?

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calito
map-marker Los Angeles, California

Resolved: C22 capital catch 22 entertainment running ponzie scam

these guys have not generated a single dollar in four years and are taking investors for a run. if youget call from a cold called report them to your local anti fraud authorities.

Mack machen and Anthony Millan also known as "Mac N Cheese" are criminals, my investogation came back to them purchasing luxury items with investors monies, this is a low low budget "Bernie madoff" type of scam, they have paid some of their old investors with new investors monies.

they have a boiler room which calls upon investors from a list they purchase and usually have some new flashy press release they are pushing to get investors excited. if they do call you, hang up and RUN!

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Guest

Was happy to testify against

These guys !! Paid off !!

Going to jail, got a lot of my retirement $$$

Guest

Millan and Machen convicted today! Guilty on all counts! They will rot in jail.

Guest
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Justice is sweet!!!!

Guest

court date Nov 4th

Guest

Now that these guys have been arrested, are any

Of us going to get our money back?

Guest

C22 is full of ***, they have done nothing but lie, deceit and steal monies from hard working people that trusted their ***. Where the *** are you operating from?

why is it that all your addresses are not valid anymore? if you havent done anything wrong why dont you show your face?

and stop the *** about anthony not being wit the office, word on the street is that he is setting up shop for another scam...and youre right mack, you are not doing a ponzie scam since you are just not paying anyone at ALL from any of the monies, at least ponzie scam pay the first investors but you and anthony havent done any of those!! I AM going to find the both of you and the FBI is after you guys also..so keep hiding!

Guest

Address is:

C22 Capital / C22 Entertainment

14412 Friar St. Van Nuys, Ca 91401

Guest

anybody read article on "LA WEEKLY" about Anthony Millan's mentor , Glen Hartford? the guy ended up killing himself after FBI was after him for same ponzie scam that catch 22 had going

Guest

Dear fellow Catch22 Entertainment readers and investors….

I am an investor with Catch22 Entertainment and have been now for 11 months. I have been following the 5-6 different boards that comment on Catch22 Entertainment and reading all of stories people have wrote.

Plenty of negative reports and no positive stories. When I speak to Anthony Milan (a.k.a: Tony) he tells me all is good and this is happening and that is happening and I never got ANYTHING in the mail. He always promised that in two weeks I will receive the new info made out to all investors like myself, and I never saw anything. My rep after 3 months of collecting the funds stop really following the company and never had any fresh info/news for me. He always asked me to call Anthony Milan who never really answered. I as an investor, I would like to hear it from you, as to what is really going on. Beyond the Mat is the ‘Carrot in front of the Horse’ here and it is set to come out next month or two.

I also just read that Catch22 Entertainment have just moved their offices from Sherman Oaks, Ca. to: 14401 Gilmore St, Van Nuys, Ca. 91401. Still in the same area really, just 2 miles NE of where they were.

I see plenty of you who do not want to write their names on the page, “But I Will!!” I want to “Hear it from You” on what is going on here with this investment I have made. Please email me and I will respond. Lets see how many people are in the same situation here as I am on not knowing what’s going on so we wont be robbed of our money blind folded. I will defiantly contact you back and move forward with any action together.

EMAIL ME: Benmalekan@***.com

Lets see if we can exchange information about Catch22 Entertainment, so we can be on the ball and make sure everything is okay like they promised. People on this board don’t think so, and the *** is going to hit the fan soon, because the movie is suppose to come out in September 2011. It was promised back in April 2011. I sense allot of angry people.

Ben Malekan

Benmalekan@***.com

Thank you and hope to talk to you soon.

Guest

Dear fellow Catch22 Entertainment readers and investors….

I am an investor with Catch22 Entertainment and have been now for 11 months. I have been following the 5-6 different boards that comment on Catch22 Entertainment and reading all of stories people have wrote.

Plenty of negative reports and no positive stories. When I speak to Anthony Milan (a.k.a: Tony) he tells me all is good and this is happening and that is happening and I never got ANYTHING in the mail. He always promised that in two weeks I will receive the new info made out to all investors like myself, and I never saw anything. My rep after 3 months of collecting the funds stop really following the company and never had any fresh info/news for me. He always asked me to call Anthony Milan who never really answered. I as an investor, I would like to hear it from you, as to what is really going on. Beyond the Mat is the ‘Carrot in front of the Horse’ here and it is set to come out next month or two.

I also just read that Catch22 Entertainment have just moved their offices from Sherman Oaks, Ca. to: 14401 Gilmore St, Van Nuys, Ca. 91401. Still in the same area really, just 2 miles NE of where they were.

I see plenty of you who do not want to write their names on the page, “But I Will!!” I want to “Hear it from You” on what is going on here with this investment I have made. Please email me and I will respond. Lets see how many people are in the same situation here as I am on not knowing what’s going on so we wont be robbed of our money blind folded. I will defiantly contact you back and move forward with any action together.

EMAIL ME: Benmalekan@***.com

Lets see if we can exchange information about Catch22 Entertainment, so we can be on the ball and make sure everything is okay like they promised. People on this board don’t think so, and the *** is going to hit the fan soon, because the movie is suppose to come out in September 2011. It was promised back in April 2011. I sense allot of angry people.

Ben Malekan

Benmalekan@***.com

Thank you and hope to talk to you soon.

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calito
map-marker Los Angeles, California

Resolved: BECAREFUL OF C22 CAPITAL / CATCH 22 ENTERTAINMENT THEY ARE RUNNING PONZIE SCAM

if you have been called by someone presenting a great investment "opportunity" and they say the name C22 capital or Catch 22 Entertainment, report them right away to your local authorities. This cold caller who probably got your name from a list they purchased is calling you from a boiler room where they are running a Bernie Madoff scam, this company has been around for 4 years making the same promises and has not made $1 of revenues or profits to pay back any investors BUT are doing so by paying old investors with new investors.

Mack machen and Anthony Millan have never ran an investment firm nor have any experience in entertainment. They have bought themselves luxury items with investors monies and have taken me for a ride. I have had them investigated and they are a pair of criminals.

They like to make these flashy announcements through their press releases which dont really mean anything to the investors. They are being investigated as we speak by many government anti fraud departments.

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Guest

Hi Mack M,

This is Ben Malekan. I invested $25,000 on September 2010. I was promised 13% interest on my money plus I was told I could triple my money. Not only you haven't returned my money, you have refused to return my messages & emails ever since my funds were due October 2011. Infact, I have the information to plenty of other investors whom you are doing the same thing to.

Here is my email address: Benmalekan@***.com

Please call me, or email me, and make sure you do. Next time I come on here, I will have a Law suit number pending for you. I will expose you to all the investors, both to C22 and the new company (will disclose soon) you started out of Van Nuys, Ca. running the same operation. Then after that I will take you Federal court because it seems like you are running this operation nationwide throughout the United States. That’s your WARNING!!!

You are a fish out of water and have an excuse for everything, and by making it, you think everyone will buy it. Too bad.

Mack Machen posts how there are 'upset co-workers' writing this stuff, “Bulshit”! Then he says how paying people back with new investor money in illegal. WHO SAYS PAY US BACK WITH NEW INVESTOR MONEY??? We want the money we were promised after one year. Stop fooling yourself. What about the people who invested year(s) ago who also have not been paid back? I have all their info on file.

Why do you “Mack Machen” make *** excuse for everything you Crook!!!

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I have been contacted by C22 investors all over the U.S. Please contact me as I am gathering all the information and passing it to the F.B.I. Don’t worry at all about any of the threats C22 Capital or C22 Investment make. They are all baseless and want you to only shut your mouth while they steal from others. They have been running the same operation now for over 5 years. State the truth and they can’t use ‘Defamation of character’ against you. Lets help all the people get justice.

C22 Entertainment / Catch 22 Entertainment / C22 Capital / Global Investment

Guest

Hello,

To all reading this posting on (insert name of website posting on), it has come to our attention that a few of you think C22 Capital is running a ponzi scheme. Allow us to help clear up that misconception.

First, so that we are all on the same page, here is the legal definition of a ponzie scheme:

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to old investors from money paid in by new investors,rather than from profit earned. The Ponzi scheme usually entices new investors by offering higher returns than other investments. Perpetuation of the high returns requires an ever-increasing flow of money from new investors to keep the scheme going.

The system is destined to collapse because the money coming in,eventually is less than the payments going out to investors.

In an effort to clear up the confusion, lets break that down further. Clearly we are not operating a ponzi scheme, because your complaints (from the only two real lender partners who posted here) is that you haven't gotten your money back yet. That is because we refuse to pay you from other investors funds! We have told the only two legitimate C 22 lender partners that have posted on this site they will be paid in full with interest as agreed, when we have corporate revenue. The other posts on this site were made by fired employees (posting anonymously) with no legitimate standing, and no legitimate complaint. Furthermore, I have seen some comments about both Anthony Millan and Jeff Davis. Both of those individuals are no longer with our company and their clients have been passed on to other qualified individuals within the company to keep them informed.

If any of you have questions, comments, or concerns you would like to discuss further, please contact us and we will be happy to go over any of this in more detail.

Thanks,

Mack Machen CEO

Guest

C22 is full of ***, they have done nothing but lie, deceit and steal monies from hard working people that trusted their ***. Where the *** are you operating from?

why is it that all your addresses are not valid anymore? if you havent done anything wrong why dont you show your face?

and stop the *** about anthony not being wit the office, word on the street is that he is setting up shop for another scam...and youre right mack, you are not doing a ponzie scam since you are just not paying anyone at ALL from any of the monies, at least ponzie scam pay the first investors but you and anthony havent done any of those!! I AM going to find the both of you and the FBI is after you guys also..so keep hiding!

Guest

Hello,

To all reading this posting on (insert name of website posting on), it has come to our attention that a few of you think C22 Capital is running a ponzi scheme. Allow us to help clear up that misconception.

First, so that we are all on the same page, here is the legal definition of a ponzie scheme:

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to old investors from money paid in by new investors,rather than from profit earned. The Ponzi scheme usually entices new investors by offering higher returns than other investments. Perpetuation of the high returns requires an ever-increasing flow of money from new investors to keep the scheme going.

The system is destined to collapse because the money coming in, eventually is less than the payments going out to investors.

In an effort to clear up the confusion, lets break that down further. Clearly we are not operating a ponzi scheme, because your complaints (from the only two real lender partners who posted here) is that you haven't gotten your money back yet. That is because we refuse to pay you from other investors funds! We have told the only two legitimate C 22 lender partners that have posted on this site they will be paid in full with interest as agreed, when we have corporate revenue.The other posts on this site were made by fired employees(posting anonymously) with no legitimate standing, and no legitimate complaint. Furthermore, I have seen some comments about both Anthony Millan and Jeff Davis. Both of those individuals are no longer with our company and their clients have been passed on to other qualified individuals within the company to keep them informed.

If any of you have questions, comments, or concerns you would like to discuss further, please contact us and we will be happy to go over any of this in more detail.

Thanks,

Mack Machen CEO

Guest

I'm on the hook for a bunch of money also. I would like to know of any information that you have on C22 Capital. The telephone numbers that I can find are not working..

Guest

i have driven by all the addresses, these guys have dissapeared! any body know where these guys live?

Guest

Address is:

C22 Capital / C22 Entertainments

14412 Friar St. Van Nuys, Ca 91401

Guest

FBI Los Angeles--Ponzie Scams

11000 Wilshire Boulevard

Suite 1700

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone: (310) 477-****

Fax: (310 996-****

LAPD Fraud Dept

213-486-****

Guest

Call this number to report this Ponzie Scam

FBI Los Angeles

11000 Wilshire Boulevard

Suite 1700

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone: (310) 477-****

Fax: (310 996-****

AND

LAPD Fraud Dept

213-486-****

Guest

Oh really C22, who is your legal counsel? If you in fact are still in business and have legal representation, you should post your lawyers information NOW so we can contact them with all legal matters.

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