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It was as boring as listening to nothing at all.

All good. Was my fault as well for being a bit short with him.

Not sure everything you stated is fact but it’s all very close.

Pumper... with all respect
Fuente has crossed the floor.
Its not 'them vs us'. Its 'fact vs fiction'.
So get off his back.
He is acutely aware of the facts of this case by now. Moreso than you. And while he may have at times acted in a manner that was sub optimal, the only pertinent differences between him and me are (i) He believed some stuff that I doubted and questioned (ii) he put his money behind those ill positioned beliefs and lost money as a result.
Fuente is a victim of Berman.
How much did you lose on this scam pumper?
The only thing you and I lost to Berman was words and abuse. These things are cheap and can be got anywhere.
Fuente lost actual money.
We are not the victims here.And Fuente is not the criminal.
Where Fuente went wrong was mistaking his actual friends - those who were looking after his interests - like me - for his enemies with their own agendas - like - Matthew Steinman.
So - play nice an get an ally. ... Sticks and stones.
Fuente..... Hail fellow ... well met!

They were quoting what Berman told them.
What exactly is your point caller?
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=174215549

I apply the same scrutiny to anything that falls out of the mouth (or backside.... for they are one and the same) of a certain Donald J Trump as I would to the affadavits of Keith M Berman. This approach has stood me in good stead thus far. This week, particularly.

Fuentes suggestion works where I am.
I have listened to the transcripts.
"Dull" does not do it justice.
Paltering and obfuscation of a Trumpian magnitude.
... so erm...

He's basically repeating defence pleadings at the pre-sentence hearing.
If he can limit investor losses to before the trading suspension, He can cut his term.
Its clearly bunk as that would take the shareholder letter and all the other ongoing fraud out of the equation.
I'd like to say no judge would fall for that nonsense but given the current state of US politics... when the commander in chief is a convicted fraudster and liar ... well anything can happen.
I personally am removing my exposure to all US equities on the basis that your entire nation seems to have flipped its lid.

Details are in the filings. Essentially his 'partner' and son disowned him after his arrest.

From the NY Times article after the conviction:

"Mr. Collins noted that Mr. Berman had admitted to his crimes by pleading guilty.

“His reputation is now in tatters,” Mr. Collins wrote. “His business is destroyed. His relationship with his family is strained. And at 70, with significant medical issues and a felony conviction, his chances of living his life like before are nonexistent."

Would have been interesting to get details on that. I remember him pleading to the Judge that he be allowed to travel out of State to see his son.

It did on April 1st. I have the same issue a few days ago and had to add 'audio'.

Yes, it was such a burden to post a link, instead of "go find it."

The search engine I use didn't and still doesn't return anything on the audio when searching for "Keith Berman Appeal".

https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/bydate/thismonth

Scroll down to the 2nd to last entry.

Anything else I can help you with?

Jeez.

thanks for confirming there is nothing there

I knew right away the claim of the audio of the prior hearing being available on the same day was BS, but this latest response seals the deal.

Look harder.

"This is programming 101. It’s not that complicated."

An oldie of yours, and not worth going into with much detail, but keep in mind this was a one person "company" run by an old man who was anything but technical. For years, even after he was told about this on this very board, he did nothing about making the http webpages into htttps

I can't see him making heads or tails out of any kind of log, even if he wanted to.

I have no doubts that there was no hacking, just an old stupid man not knowing what he was doing putting something into a folder maybe by accident, exposing it to the public. Or of course, possibly purposely "leaking" it to pump the stock and then crying that he was hacked. Either explanation works for me

post a link to what you are referring to. the courtlistener entry for his case shows nothing post sentencing

your last claim to do a search to hear the audio of the prior proceeding showed no hits

You can find the docket entries online.

Nothing yet as far as a decision.

Haven't seen anyone with info on Berman's sentence appeal results from early this month. The federal inmate search site still shows him currently in the Fort Worth TX prison, unchanged.

Some of it beggars belief...
The crux of the defence argument seems to be that he only admitted that the blood device was fraudulent, therefore any losses attributable to the time after the saliva test pivot (which we all know was every bit as fraudulent) shouldn't weigh into the sentence.
To be clear, the saliva test was every bit as fraudulent as the blood test.
From the court filings, when the prosecution asked him to send the prototype he was going to be entering as an exhibit for examination, he sent them a BGM!
And the expert witness he called to testify that the saliva test did work actually stated the opposite - albeit in somewhat couched language - as per this analysis.

https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=174193669

It would be an absolute travesty to allow him a shred of mitigation, on the basis that he committed 2 frauds instead of just the one, and is trying to use the one for which he was never tried to mitigate the one of which he was convicted! Outrageous! Wake up call indeed!???

Court filings suggest personal insolvency, hence public defender.
In order to pay 'a penny' in restitution, it is first necessary to have 'a penny' to pay, and it seems he has no assets to go after.
From earlier pleadings, it looks like the house he lived in was the property of his now estranged common law wife and mother to his son, and the contention seems to be that she chucked him out in a fit of pique when the '5-0' came and dragged him from out of her bed in handcuffs at 6am.
I can only imagine that subsequent revelations as to the use to which he put some of the proceeds of his crime (i.e. all those online chats with ladies of $negotiable affection) would only have exacerbated her feelings in this regard!

search 'Keith Berman Appeal' and you can listen to a recording of the hearing.

Anything on today's hearing? Links to filings?

I don't see any docs about the restitution phase of the case. Did that ever take place? Has our pathetic friend paid a penny in restitution?

Is there a case number for this? Did they mention what grounds the appeal is on? An appeal of the sentencing, I assume? Due to the poor baby's health? Can he appeal the outcome when he pled guilty?

Oral arguments in KB appeal hearing scheduled for .... wait for it... 9.30 am. Tuesday April 1st 2025.
April Fools day??
Look... I've had my popcorn.
I think they are just trolling him now!
I don't think I can watch any more!

Nice work IP - Hey Keith, how will the hockey mask fit in prison?

Transcript of the sentencing hearing is up...
A little bed time reading for the DECN watchers....
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.225086/gov.uscourts.dcd.225086.204.0.pdf

As shown by the victim impact statements, these
weren't just corporate investors or private family offices
that invested. Real middle-class Americans believed you,
invested their life savings in DECN and are now living with
the consequences.
One victim says that he lost about half his
savings. Another described having to curtail travel plans
because of the lost money and that he now has to look into a
home equity loan.
Another couple worries they might not be able to
retire at all after investing about $140,000 in your
fraudulent scheme.
And another who tried to warn others about your
scheme ended up moving because of the threats he received
and he says he's lost faith in our law enforcement system as
a result.
These are very real financial, emotional and
psychological harms that you caused.
More, even once the SEC caught on to your schemes,
you doubled down on your scheme, created a nom de guerre to
undermine their investigation, attacked the integrity and
credibility of the SEC staff member involved and anyone else
who dared to raise questions about your actions and worked
to encourage people to continue to invest in DECN on false
pretense.
To a large extent, this worked. I think
Mr. Fenton is right that your actions caused the wasting of
valuable FDA time at a time when that agency was desperately
trying to provide help for people who were sick and scared
about the pandemic.
I think that he's also right in describing you
tricking victims into writing letters to agencies that
really were against their own self-interest and that were
attempting to stymie the efforts to stop your fraud.
And I think your attacks on Investigator Perkins
are despicable. It was only after the DOJ indicted you that
your scheme finally unraveled. But even that didn't really
stop you. I find by a preponderance of the evidence that
you tampered with witnesses and obstructed the investigation
through your contacts with Victims 1 and 2 specifically and
other victims throughout 2021 and 2022 and that you engaged
in additional fraudulent conduct through entering into loan
agreements you had no intention of repaying, all in
violation of your release conditions.
This is significant, shocking additional
misconduct, the extent of which I rarely see even with
hardened criminals. Even your attorneys admit that it took
having your release conditions revoked for you finally to
wake up to the severity of your actions.
I also have very little evidence of remorse here
for me to consider in your benefit

...

I find the aggravating factors include the fact
that you took advantage of the COVID pandemic to defraud
people, that you so personally and intentionally attacked
investigators trying to stop your fraud scheme and that you
continued to violate the law and your release conditions
even after your indictment.
I also agree with Mr. Fenton that there's a strong
need for general deterrence here, recognizing how vulnerable
we as a country are to fraud during disaster circumstances
and the need to send a clear message that that type of crime
will be punished severely.
These factors frankly suggest that a sentence near
the top of the statutory maximum would be appropriate.
On the other hand, there are several significant
mitigating factors here, including my belief that you hoped
to develop a COVID test, your age and your serious health
conditions.
But for these factors, I would be sentencing you
to a much higher sentence than I intend to impose.

Sleep tight. And don't have nightmares!

Agree.

If all that is required for 'winning' is simply not be locked up in prison, that's a pretty low bar..

Not at all. There's a lot of happiness that can be pursued while that handle is on the inside of the door. The world is your oyster.
Whereas when it isn't... well that's a different perspective. Not many winners in jail.

I would argue that your second point is a bit....depressing?

If all that is required for 'winning' is simply not be locked up in prison, that's a pretty low bar..

That's a rough life. At any age.
It is. But entirely self inflicted!
I think my main takeaways from this whole DECN debacle:

(i) Its not too bad when people round on you and shout you down for being honest. Stick 2 fingers up to them and carry on being honest.
(ii) Winning is not points scoring or dollar amounts or fancy job titles or one-upmanship or having the last word or almost any of the other things that people think it is. Its simply going to bed every night in a room where there is a handle in the inside of the door.

I am happy to have learned those lessons the easy way! Unlike Mr Berman.

It really hits home when you look at the handbook for that prison...which is of course definitely not as strict as others.

That's a rough life. At any age.

I'm sure he is a bit lonely, and would love to hear from us.


You're all right thanks!
He's where he is because of what he did. I wouldn't trade places with him that is for sure. I feel a sense of satisfaction and even relief that justice has caught up with him and stopped his wayward behaviour.
But NOT joy.
As for gloating? Well that is certainly what Berman would have done (and did) BEFORE the reality of the law collided abruptly with whatever narcissistic fantasy he was indulging in.
But what purpose would that serve?
I like to think... or at least hope that I am better than that.
Happy to leave the man be in peace now. He's doing his time, and appears to have lost everything else important. He's down. And kicking a man when he's already on the ground is ungentlemanly behaviour and I was brought up better than that.
So personally, I'd much sooner just pity him now, than bully him, and I would encourage others likewise.

Our favorite CEO has a new "home". He was transferred to a medical facility prison in Fort Worth, Texas. He has a birthday coming up, on Aug 31. He is allowed to receive mail of course, so how about sending him a birthday card in a couple of weeks? I'm sure he is a bit lonely, and would love to hear from us.

KEITH BERMAN
Register Number: 22728-509
Age: 70
Race: White
Sex: Male
Located at: Fort Worth FMC
3150 HORTON ROAD
FORT WORTH, TX 76119

To send mail to an inmate, use the following:

KEITH BERMAN
Register Number: 22728-509
FMC Fort Worth
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 15330
FORT WORTH, TX 76119

The BOP encourages inmates to write to family, friends, and other community contacts to maintain these ties during incarceration. Written correspondence is classified as either general or special mail.

General Correspondence
"General correspondence" is opened and inspected by staff for both contraband and content that might threaten the security or good order of the institution.

Special Mail
Special incoming mail that is specially marked as such, can only be opened only in the presence of the inmate. It too will be inspected for physical contraband and the qualification of any enclosures as special mail.

Of course, this is all public information, available to anyone.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.225086/gov.uscourts.dcd.225086.213.1.pdf

He's asking to be transferred to FPCs Yankton or Duluth, or else FMC Rochester.
Which is proof that he does remain incarcerated!
Sure, these are minimum security facilities. But while the rest of us can all sleep in rooms equipped with door handles on the inside, it will still be some time before that basic dignity is extended in Mr Berman's direction.

I'm just concerned that somehow, Mr Slimeball, worked his way out of this....
Victims can obtain his actual whereabouts using the Federal Victim notification system.
Last I heard he remains incarcerated at the DC federal prison medical facility that he was committed to at sentencing. I believe this shows as 'not in BOP custody' because he is currently in the medical facility rather than in the general inmate population.
He has certainly not been released from federal custody, and won't be for quite some time I would imagine.,

Rest assured, He's paying his dues one way or another, and I for one would not trade places with him. Pity is the appropriate emotion for him now. Because justice is not nice, but is IS justice.

I'm just concerned that somehow, Mr Slimeball, worked his way out of this....

"Federal Inmate number 22728-509
Release Date: UNKNOWN
Location: Not in BOP custody"

BOP = Federal Bureau of Prisons

He has a birthday coming up, and I wanted to send him a card, along with an offer to buy his non working 1973 Opel GT. My idea is to rent out rides in it to former DECN shareholders!

Truth, once again, funnier than fiction.....

"The PSR describes Mr. Berman's financial condition as "appear[ing] to have negative net worth... with no monthly cash flow... [and no] ability to pay a fine in this case, in addition to restitution." PSR at 21 (ECF No. 191). Mr. Berman's assets are dwarfed by his substantial amount of debt. Mr. Berman's assets total $2,460, comprised of $1,500 from an inoperable 1973 Opel GT, $160 dollars in his checking and savings accounts, $100 in DECN stock, and $700 in various electronic equipment. Id. at 19. Mr. Berman's liabilities are extensive, totaling $345,000 owed to financial institutions and other merchants. Id. This results in a substantial negative net worth totaling $342,540. Id.

Mr. Berman's projected earnings and other income are similarly grim. Mr. Berman's age and numerous, serious health issues stimy his ability to begin paying restitution. "

Mere mortals might drive a non working 1973 Opel, but only Biotech CEO's like Berman have the GT model!

FYI, the Government is asking for restitution in the amount of $1,043,618.20

So did Ken bring the goalie mask to prison? Hi Ken!

What once was lost, now is found!

Plutonium has a new alias at last...
Federal Inmate number 22728-509...

As an aside, thanks to all of the stretching of word meanings in these communications, perhaps Keith should have come up with a scheme to sell quotation marks?
Not his style.... too much hard work!
I think instead Keith would have gone down the route of setting up a company to copy and recycle used quotation marks from elsewhere. (Less work). And rather than actually selling the quotation marks (too much hard work ....someone else could do that!) he'd just have sold shares in the company that had the idea of recycling quotation marks (less work!).
And rather than actually running this business (hard work!) he'd just empty it to fund his lifestyle and porn habit (less work).
And when people started to ask questions about why his much hyped 'quotation mark' business was underperforming, He'd simply diversify into 'commas and related punctuation' and fund raise on the back of that!. Rinse. Repeat.
The "story" was always and ever the product with Berman.
It took a federal judge to assert a jolt of reality into Berman's delusional self belief.
He is your classic Narcissist!
It's a recognized personality disorder/ mental illness. So he has that to fall back on. But its one of those awkward ones in which it's the people around you that suffer!
And agency is important here!
I believe Keith had agency here, so he should account for his destructive behaviour.
I have met the type. I have become a bit of a spotter truth be told!
He could have worn a T shirt which said "I am utterly untrustworthy, do not ever buy from me!" and worked quietly in social care or such like.
Instead - metaphorically - he wore a red cap which said "I am God... worship me and give me all your money! Cross me and I will Kill you"
The 'only fans' was just Berman's way of 'grabbing pussies! Because they let you!'.

Nice to see this was resolved properly after all this time and strife. Been checking this board every few months. Thanks IPWatcher for keeping us up to date.

I suffered minor losses, and also remain the "proud" "owner" of 157 "free" shares from the big reverse split forever ago that would have cost me over $300 (iirc) to unrestrict. My only other memento, after decades of following this from when it was ISCR and touted by the "made" and "mayd" handles on Yahoo (two of which inadvertently outed themselves as the same person, despite the feint of stylistic differences, which I pointed out only to be disparaged and ignored), is this private message from Pluto after I questioned the invisibility of the "settlement' in the financials. I post it here simply as a relic for posterity:

Icon for plutoniumimplosion
plutoniumimplosion

Sunday, March 26, 2017 11:34:01 AM

So much time has been wasted discussing nonsense. So it can now be shown that management and the BOD didn't dupe or steal from or hide the settlement from shareholders (and people acting like shareholders who use message boards to fulfill a negative agenda).

So almost a year later what has been proven? NOTHING! Now one of the biggest critics of management and the BOD and the guy who raised the question in the first place in his attempt to put together enough facts to bring a class action lawsuit (because that's what he does), well ... this guy is now claiming credit for unwinding the enigma and finding -- NOTHING.

Isn't there a more important question in need of asking? Something like, why did management settle the lawsuit? And by settling in the matter that they did, wasn't there a plan in place by management?

And, you can get that answer by looking at the pharmatechdirect.com Web page.

How many will look? I predict, less than a handful.

As an aside, thanks to all of the stretching of word meanings in these communications, perhaps Keith should have come up with a scheme to sell quotation marks.

However, I am glad he finally got what he deserves.

If the defence filings are to be believed and where Berman is involved I would exercise appropriate caution..
(see https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=174215549)
then he lost both his 'common law' wife of 40 years, and his son on the back of his exploits.
IF this is true...
Well.... There is money, And well then there is stuff that actually matters!

The story of Keith Berman is like the film "It's a wonderful Life" but played out in the exact negative!
"Everytime a bell rings, a demon gets given his horns!"

Man, they should have given him more time

It was only old age and ill health that got him down to a 7 stretch!
Government wanted 10, despite the fact that it could have been 20 if he was young and fit...
Defence actually wanted "Time served!" - as his incarceration had been "the wake up call he needed!".
LOL ... talk about a heavy sleeper!!!!

Man, they should have given him more time for all the scams he pulled prior to the Covid sham. He has been doing this for a couple of decades. However, I am glad he finally got what he deserves.

lololol.

he was lucky that he didn't get more.

Biotech CEO Sentenced for $28M COVID-19 Securities Fraud Scheme and Obstruction of Related Investigation
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/biotech-ceo-sentenced-28m-covid-19-securities-fraud-scheme-and-obstruction-related

Outstanding! Given the circumstances, as presented by the Defense, I was hoping for a minimum of 5 years.

The way I look at it is like this:
He was ACTUALLY guilty of and sentenced to 19 years worth of offending.
Taking into account his age and infirmity, the Judge generously and mercifully allowed the sentences to run concurrently, thereby reducing his term of confinement by a factor of 2.7
Now say Thankyou to the nice Judge Keith!!!

Outstanding! Given the circumstances, as presented by the Defense, I was hoping for a minimum of 5 years. Seems like Judge McFadden did a nice job of sorting through Berman's team's BS.