BitClub Network Ponzi scammer Joby Weeks has spent $40,000 lobbying the US Senate, House of Representatives, DOJ and White House.
A
public disclosure filing
, covering January to March 2025, reveals Weeks hired JM Burkman & Associates to lobby on his behalf.
JM Burkman is run by Jack Burkman, who works closely with Jacob Wahl. Burkman and Wahl are named in Weeks’ public disclosure filing.
What makes Weeks hiring JM Burkman & Associates somewhat tragic is both Burkman and Wahl are themselves convicted fraudsters. The pair were convicted of telecom fraud back in 2022.
Seeking to manipulate the 2020 election, Burkman and Wahl ran
a robocall campaign in largely Black neighborhoods in several states telling people not to vote by mail.
An Ohio judge ordered them to spend 500 hours registering people to vote, and the Federal Communications Commission fined them $5 million.
In 2020, the two hired actors to stage a fake FBI raid on Burkman’s house and tricked The Washington Post into writing up the phony incident. Wohl used the Klein surname in that incident, too.
The year before, Wohl was charged in California for selling an unregistered security. He pled guilty to four felony counts and was sentenced to two years of probation, according to court records in Riverside County.
The above is from Politico,
reporting on Burkman and Wahl’s latest grift
. As of mid to late 2024, “LobbyMatic” was a purported “AI lobbying firm” Burkman and Wahl ran under aliases.
Today LobbyMatic’s website is defunct. But, as per Weeks’ disclosure filing, it seems Burkman and Wahl are still taking money for lobbying activity. Easy money I guess.
Where Weeks got $40,000 to pay Burkman and Wahl from is a mystery. Ditto whether Weeks has ramped up his lobbying efforts in Q2 2025.
BitClub Network
was a $722 million dollar MLM crypto Ponzi. The scam began to collapse in 2016 before disabling daily returns altogether in 2018.
Weeks (right) and several co-conspirators were
charged and arrested
in November 2019.
Weeks
pled guilty to conspiring to offer and sell unregistered securities and tax evasion
in 2020. Following Weeks’ plea, sentencing has continuously been delayed without a publicly disclosed reason.
In that time Weeks
ditched his ex-wife with cancer
, remarried and knocked up his new wife. As of May 20th, Weeks’ release conditions see him subject to home incarceration with his new wife in Florida.
What exactly Weeks has hired JM Burkman & Associates to lobby for is unclear. That said, it likely ties into Weeks attempting to withdraw his guilty plea.
Over the past few months, Weeks has also flooded his BitClub Network case docket with motions to dismiss.
On May 26th Weeks moved to withdraw one of his motions, claiming it
included language and claims that reflected a different stage in Defendant legal approach.
The court has yet to rule on Weeks’ remaining motions.
On May 30th Weeks filed a “supplemental authority” to support his motions. In the filing
🤖 Quick Answer
How much did Joby Weeks spend on lobbying in early 2025?Joby Weeks, a convicted Ponzi scammer associated with BitClub Network, spent $40,000 on lobbying efforts targeting the US Senate, House of Representatives, Department of Justice, and the White House during the January to March 2025 period, according to a public disclosure filing.
Who did Joby Weeks hire for lobbying services?
Weeks hired JM Burkman & Associates, a firm operated by Jack Burkman, who works closely with Jacob Wahl. Both Burkman and Wahl are named in the public disclosure filing submitted in connection with the lobbying activities conducted on Weeks' behalf.
What is the criminal background of Jack Burkman and Jacob Wahl?
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wahl are themselves convicted fraudsters. In 2
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