Just received this e-mail. I'm submitting it because I think it's pertinent to several discussions in the forum:
I'm writing you because you signed up for PATHS under my affiliate program. Some facts have emerged in the past few days which cause me to regret any involvement with PATHS. I am discontinuing my relationship with the company, and I urge you to do the same.
I was contacted by someone who sent me links to various websites detailing Kevin Pirolo's past. If you want to see examples of what I found, type "
Kevin Pirolo fraud" into Google.
After this alarming information I was directed to call Michael Ingram, a businessman in Southern California. He was involved during the beginning in Aaron Murakami's posts about energy, synchronicity and eventually the discussion of PATHS. He has been a member of the Powerful Intentions Forum since 11-04-06. His interest in the technologies being discussed led him to investigate in-depth, the validity of what he was hearing from Aaron to the point that his intention was to purchase controlling interest and fund development in any of them that had promise.
The following document is from Mr. Ingram with his permission to pass it along to those that want his first-hand knowledge about PATHS and its origination. In it, he has listed his e-mail and phone number if you have any further questions.
In light of this information my understanding is now clearer, therefore my action at this time.
Here is Mr. Ingram's statement in his own words:
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Statement of Facts RE: Intent to Purchase P.A.T.H.S., S.A.
In early December '06 I made several contacts with Aaron Murakami regarding my interest in investing in one or more of the revolutionary energy technologies and one 'mind technology' that he was involved with. The only one that he could present to me in any viable form was the 'mind technology' called P.A.T.H.S.
During mid December Aaron arranged a conference call between he and I and the developer/owner of the technology, Scott Pendleton. After several hours of discussion and the transmittal of their company's documents for me to appraise, I suggested a face-to-face meeting to iron out the prospective purchase details.
After offering to fly to Memphis to meet Pendleton, he insisted on coming to Los Angeles. As the meeting was set for the next day and I arranged lodging for him at the Long Beach Marriott, he told me to register him as Kevin Pirolo. He divulged that Scott Pendleton was an alias he used for the operation of his company but otherwise didn't exist. He also mentioned that his minor partner, responsible for the top-secret software development, whose name was Jassar, was also fictitious. I was told that Jassar was a reclusive Hollywood music producer of considerable fame and didn't want to be publicly exposed. I was also told that the two of them had never met each other in person. Being that he was a partner in the company and the sole developer of the software, I thought it wise that he be included in the meeting. 'Jassar' lives and works within 20 minutes of Long Beach. I later surmised that Jassar is one Gary Rinaldo.
Our meeting was one week before Christmas and it was just the two of us. Pirolo reported that he would pay off Jassar prior to finalizing any agreement with me, so would not be necessary in our dealings. There was also another vested partner known as Jane that he would take care of and Murakami's interest in the company was in a 25% pay-out arrangement based on performance and he too could be dispensed with.
In the second hour of our several hour, two day meeting, Pirolo told me that the PATHS program computer modules I had demonstrated for the previous two weeks had nothing to do with the technology and had no value whatsoever other than any placebo value that might take effect. He further stated that the audio portion was put together by Jassar in a manner of minutes and the visual portion held no instructions or communication whatsoever. It was his contention that this presentation was necessary because the average person would find it hard to believe that he could send commands from his bank of computers into the Matrix straight to the paying members sub-conscious.
I of course agreed, but told him that this was wholesale deception at a retail price and I wouldn't be involved in presenting such a hoax. He agreed and said that he planned to divulge the true 'nature' of his technology but had to keep the 'workings' of it secret for fear of competitive infringement and government interference. He of course, upon my asking, said he had no patents of any kind on his miraculous language of the ether.
In further discussion about our respective backgrounds in business, he made quite a point of his success and expertise in the telecommunications industry which was his forte'. He told me proudly of his association with the Bill Anderton family. That was about all I could take and we parted amicably at the airport and I told him I would give him my final decision on the terms we discussed after I returned from my holiday vacation.
In writing to Pirolo and Murakami, the second week of January, I declined further interest and involvement of any kind in this company. There are many more pertinent details to our meeting, none of which are of a positive nature regarding them or their product, but the above is a true and accurate account of what transpired.
Respectively submitted to those that have been affected by the P.A.T.H.S. fraud on this 1st day of June 2007.
Michael R. Ingram
Huntington Beach, Ca
michaelringram@aol.com
714-840-8002
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Mr. Ingram's information astounded me, and I looked back over my experiences with PATHS. I thought back to the moment that I decided it was working, and Aaron talked to me about becoming an affiliate.
It was February, and about 5-6 weeks after I became a PATHS customer, I began to experience events in my life which appeared to be a result of this so-called technology. Several conversations with Aaron Murakami convinced me to become an affiliate, and I made some posts over at pavlina.com describing actual events in my life that I felt were linked. Aaron began responding in my threads, and at his own discretion, placed a link to my affiliate site in his signature. You may have signed up because of this.
I am sincerely sorry if you feel you have been deceived. I am urging all people who signed up under me to:
1 – Cancel your subscription immediately by sending an email to
info@paths-vx.com.
2 – Contact your credit card company and request a reversal of all charges. Or, if you paid via debit card…
3- Contact your bank and request a reversal of EFT or funds withdrawal. You will have to fill out an affidavit.
Also, keep an eye out in the forums. There is a group of people who are ex-PATHS users, and they are assembling a new place to meet and discuss the issues. You can contact me to learn when it's up and running if you'd like, but sometimes I can be a day or two getting back to people because of work and family demands.
It may be embarrassing to admit to your bank or card provider that you were duped, but it is a more common story than you might think. Simply state that you signed up for a "hypnosis-type program called PATHS" and that you did not receive the service/product that you were promised.
If you need to call me, please do. Several people have filed complaints with government agencies, and you may feel that your participation is appropriate. Please reply to this email if you'd like my phone number.
Most importantly, I strongly recommend that you cancel PATHS, and immediately take the steps needed to get your money back.
Sincerely,
Greg Friend