We’ll be honest, we don’t know former Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Chairman Brant Branham (or his dad, S.C. Rep. Lester Branham) from a hole in the wall …
Branham is probably a decent guy … in fact, that’s what we’ve heard about him from friends along the coast who have spoken quite highly of [...]
Ard’s Wrong Foot Forward
Miles’ “Lamestream” Hall Pass
Shame on the Palmetto state’s “lamestream” media for giving a hall pass to soon-to-be former S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer in the wake of his boneheaded decision to re-hire ethically-challenged ex-Secretary of State Jim Miles.
We get it … Bauer is leaving office in four-and-a-half months and immune to public accountability at this point, but this [...]
Miles Rehired By Bauer
Former S.C. Secretary of State and Lt. Governor’s Chief of Staff Jim Miles has returned to his former role as chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer – a bizarre and controversial eleventh hour hire of a dubious character (by a lame duck official).
In fact, just over a year ago Bauer fired Miles as [...]
Montana Shuts Down Firm Linked To Former SC Official
By FITSNews || A “multi-level marketing” company (a.k.a. pyramid scheme) with ties to former S.C. Secretary of State Jim Miles has been shut down by the State of Montana, according to documents obtained by FITS. In fact, according to a copy of the Montana cease and desist order, Miles basically admits that the company in [...]
North Dakota Shuts Down Firm Linked To Miles
The North Dakota Attorney General’s Office has shut down a Kentucky-based multilevel marketing company (a.k.a. pyramid scam) with South Carolina connections.
The office of North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued a cease-and-desist order last week against Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing of Lexington, Kentucky for “violations of North Dakota transient merchant, consumer fraud, and home solicitation sales [...]
Miles’ Scams Still Going …
A friend of ours in Myrtle Beach, S.C. recently forwarded us a classified ad that appeared in the local newspaper, The Sun News.
“Secretary of State endorses Home-Based Business Opportunity,” the headline reads, although if you scroll down a bit in the advertisement you’ll discover that this so-called job promising “unlimited residual income” is actually referring [...]
Miles Out At Lt. Governor’s Office
Former Secretary of State Jim Miles is out of a job as Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s Chief-of-Staff, confirming reports that broke over a week ago in the Palmetto political blogosphere.
Originally speculated on by Palmetto Scoop almost two weeks ago, Miles last day on the job will be this Friday.
His departure comes amid heavy criticism over [...]
Miles Resigning?
Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s Chief of Staff is reportedly resigning in the wake of the scandal surrounding his involvement in Senior Scam … err, Senior Shield, a callous attempt to use state resources for personal financial gain.
Jim Miles, who served as South Carolina’s Secretary of State for eight years, has been dogged by criticism over [...]
The “Senior Scam” Opens Up A Bit
For those of you who haven’t been following our ongoing coverage here at FITS, there’s an excellent bit of investigative journalism in this week’s Columbia S.C. Free Times that chronicles the rampant shadiness of “Senior Scam,” a highly-questionable enterprise that’s being run with taxpayer dollars by two confidants of S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer.
At the [...]
More Senior Scamming From SC Lt. Governor’s Office
As the head of South Carolina’s “Office on Aging,” Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has a task force to investigate “Senior Fraud.”
Maybe he needs to investigate his own office.
That’s because new details are emerging about the Senior Scam that has Bauer, his chief-of-staff Jim Miles and Spartanburg businesswoman Karen Floyd scrambling to justify how taxpayer resources [...]
Top Bauer Aide Involved In Alleged Pyramid Scams
Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s Chief-of-Staff is a veteran of several “multi-level marketing” (or MLM) businesses, according to documents obtained by FITS.
In fact, former Secretary of State Jim Miles and his wife Betty have reportedly made millions of dollars off of these companies, which critics insist are nothing but elaborate pyramid schemes that rip off thousands [...]
Double Standard On State Ethics Fines?
South Carolina’s State Ethics Commission has assessed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of late fees – much of it to black candidates in low income areas of the state – but it may have let a white state agency head “backdate” his paperwork in order to avoid having to pay these same charges.
Sources tell [...]
