DMH Media Network, David Maurice Hill, Noble Drakoln, Alex Fraser Securities Fraud, Scam Artists, and outright Crooks Beverly Hills, California Internet
Do not invest or give this man, David Maurice Hill, any money. I was invited to meet him because I was interested in writing for magazines as I was transitioning careers from being an educator of 12 years to becoming a writer and journalist for magazines. The person who introduced me to him was the Editor-in-Chief of FGM Magazine (now "former EIC" after she has also discovered the lies he told). He looked me and the EIC both in the eye and told me that he would use the 5K i had invested to print the Winter issue of FGM Magazine. I came on as both an investor and as an employee with the position of being a Music editor for FGM Magazine.
He told me he would take my $5k to print the magazine in exchange for shares in his company. This was in October of 2013. He told me I would start seeing ROI in two months. We signed contracts and for the next two months, i was working over 50 hours a week putting together the issue in the capacity of writer, producer, interviewer, copy-writer, managing editor and the issue was all laid out and done by December 2013. I had utilized my network of friends, and found good people through CL and Internmatch because he told me that he would be hiring for new personnel pretty soon, and I wrote a good chunk of material for FGM Issue 20.
Come January 2014, no response. He kept telling me and the Editor-in-Chief of FGM Magazine that the printers were lagging while we were all anticipating when the print would come out. I had already promised our writers that they would be getting a copy since that was what I was told. Turns out he never sent the order in. Next, he kept delaying on my ROI. At this point, lots of fishy things started happening: The writers who I had hired on DMH Media Network's behalf told me that they never received their payments, even after they had filed their W2s. I had calculated around $320 of how much my friends and the people who I had hired on DMH's behalf were owed. To help out the DMH reputation, I had a serious talk with David and told him how important a company's reputation is to the health of a business, and he acted like he understood, so I had given DMH Media Network $320 to pay the writers. At first I had wired the money and he said he never received it. Then I had given him a personal check of another $320 thinking to replace the wire transfer. A week later, I find not only that the writers weren't paid, but also that he had initially lied about not recieving the first wire payment because at the end of the month I got the statement that I had actually given him $640. By this time, I knew this guy was a bonafide hustler.
Though he had given me the title of Magazine Director around January, 2014, I wasn't getting paid or receiving any ROI. Of course, he had promised that the money was coming. He would send me emails stating that he's going to give me the entire lump sum of what he owes me plus more, so I hung around in February, but at this time, i was already one foot out the door. He would thank me for being patient with him, so it was encouraging enough to hook me for that month. I finally quit end of February because at that point, I knew that this man was a compulsive liar. He may mean well, and I believe that when he tells you something, that at that moment, he really believes it's the truth (i.e. he personally knows Paris Hilton, he's on a first name basis with RiRi aka Rihanna, he's partied with Chris Brown, he's going to give me the one lump sum of money after it's been overdue for a month). The problem is, he blends in truths with lies like he drinks water--it just comes really naturally to him and he may even believe in the lies. In this way, he exhibits borderline sociopathic tendencies. Another observation is that he means well when he says it at the time, but he just has no follow through. I really believe he believes in his own lies as if he were telling the truth, just to get him by another day.
He would give me the go-around and said that Noble, his partner, has all his money. Suddenly, I was out of the picture. I realized at this point how silly I was to trust him for his word. He was stringing me all along with promises of actively growing the company with him. Even by June, he was promising me my investor money from his contracts with Weed TV, yet all talk and no action.
We signed two contracts--the first contract was the investor money for preferred stock shares and the second was the labor investment contract stating that as a writer and Magazine Director I would be given preferred stock shares--both contracts were notorized. Yet to this day, the only money I had received from him was a $100 Alpha XY payment that is only half paid. The agreement was $200--$100 up front payment and then the rest after I had sent him the rough draft. I had never saw the second half even after it was published.
If I am guilty of anything, it would be of my inexperience in the industry and my inexperience dealing with crooks who promise and write contracts to entice me to fork over money, time and energy (I've invested over 1,000 hours+ of labor including interviewing, producing, setting up contracts, hiring, creating pitch decks, writing, filming, and video editing). As an English teacher and educator for the past 12 years, I've been a bit lucky being surrounded by folks who are generally trustworthy, so it was easy for me believe in what people say and write down in this process of transition for me. People like me who are looking for experience and a new career are easy targets for someone like David.
DMH Media Network and the board members of the company will be liable as this is indeed securities fraud. In addition to the case I've already won on the investor money I had given him, I will be seeking prosecution to the fullest extent enforceable by law for securities fraud and labor law violations.
Mingjie, Los Angeles, CA
5 Updates & Rebuttals
PajandCynthia
Los Angeles,California,
United States
Anyone scammed by David Hill should contact us - we are working with authories
#6Consumer Comment
Sun, February 25, 2018
We were approached to invest in a concert, Octurnal 2017, put on by DMH Empire, XperiLive, and Viral Music - all companies created by David M Hill. Investors wired him over $250,000. We were supposed to receive our investment plus ROI and 25% of concert profits by the end of November 2017. Hill strung us along and shamelessly gave one excuse after another...first stating that TicketMaster was delaying payment, then saying his bank refused to release funds. He is a crook, a coward, and a straight up weasel. We met with him face to face to get answers when he didn't pay us- he showed us a certificate of marjiuana stock that he said he would use to pay us. Later he sent us a screenshot of a check from National Space Society that he said he would deposit annd wire money to us with. We have not seen one cent of the over $450,000 owed.
Authorities are interested in hearing from other victims. Please contact us at pajandcynthia@gmail.com.
Dave
north hollywood,California,
USA
Our Side of the story
#6REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, June 26, 2017
We have never responded to these statements because of adding more fuel to the fire but at this point to move on we need to stress out the status of where this is.
1. This case has been kicked out of court and we havent had the correct summens to attend court etc. You will see in the attached sheet the situation.
2. Noble Draklon and Alex Fraser has nothing to do with this. The real person that MJ should have named is
lynn venturella from pinkerton modeling who brought MJ on board to FGM and the investment was for FGM not DMH Media Network.
lynn venturella was hired to run FGM Magazine which has closed down because of the bad deals and situations she put FGM Magazine into. Which lynn has over 13 statements on Rip Off Report on her - http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/specific_search/%09%20lynn%20venturella
MJ named Nobel and Alex for I dont know what reason. She named me because i owned the company in whole. When the company FGM closed down. I tried my best to help MJ out and recoup some funds instead of saying Your friend Lynn ran FGM down in the ground which we had to close and that was your money. As you can pull up our other titles are still running so we definitly had to be doing something write.
I even went to court after she written all of this for her behalf on the company she hired and threatened to come after us. After they prooved she was 51/50 and on her part she was wrong she lost. She then came back at me.
Then another time she stated if i help her with her media outlet she will forget about everything. Again never going at Lynn but me. and adding other people in this mess. I declined on helping her out after some though becuase of the mindstate she has shown us to be in.
To sum this up. I didnt want to put this out there that MJ has went back and forth on the Im sorry for putting it on Rip off report and i will help you clean it up to you did this and that. Even in a email she claimed shes 51/50 on harming herself and feeling that what Lynn and me not being able to help her recoup did brought her back to the point of a preivous personal relationship. Then went on and suggested for me to go to rehab with her and she will forget everything. I dont need to go to rehab with her. I never hung out outside of our office with her. She doenst know my life outside of what was in the office. and i dont know hers.
All i know is this case is closed and never went anywhere. Websites like this always take one side and post it up for everyone to read which is good for people getting scammed. We are not that company. we have been in business for 18 years and have done so many great things. I just had to come back to this and get this off my chest.
Proof is in the screen shots of the emails that is attached that we are clear from this. My lawyer has copies of everything. I wish her the best.
Dave
Amendment
#6Author of original report
Fri, April 03, 2015
I will acknowledge that Noble Drakoln and Alex Fraser were not actively involved in the agreement between DMH and I. They were not there to sign any of the contracts and did not negotiate with me on these agreements. Therefore, I retract naming Noble Drakoln and Alex Fraser in this particular case.
Mingjie
Los Angeles,California,
Proof is in the Contracts
#6Author of original report
Tue, February 03, 2015
DMH Media Network, David Maurice Hill, Noble Drakoln, Alex Fraser Securities Fraud, Scam Artists, and outright Crooks Beverly Hills. This is not true.
1. Noble Drakoln and Alex Fraser are just associates and indiepenendt contracts with DMH Media Network.
2. David Hill has made an agreement with Mingjie (MJ) to invest into FGM Magazine. A publication that is owned by DMH Media Network. [See attached contract with DMH Media Network and company shares].
Under the operations of another lady Lynn the magazine hasnt been able to produce the income to keep going and had to be shut down. Promisses made by the operations of FGM has not been forfilled and DMH Media Network is taking the heat for the deal. MJ has invested into the magazine and has be contacted about being recouped of the investment. [Yes, we are in the process of having David pay me for the personal money I had given him. Still waiting for the settlement money.]
This matter is just a business that didnt work out and MJ being upset about it. [Of course I'm upset. David told me my money would be allocated to printing out the magazines I invested both time, money, and my network of professionals in--to this day, i still don't know what actually happened to my money. He also promised me company shares per attachment. To this day, I haven't received any statements that I own shares or am on the Board.] DMH Media Network has been around for 16 years this year and has other publications and websites running currently with employees and independent contractors. We have set up newer structures where things like this will never happen again. [I hope so.]
anonymous
north hollywood,California,
DMH Media Network
#6REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sun, February 01, 2015
DMH Media Network, David Maurice Hill, Noble Drakoln, Alex Fraser Securities Fraud, Scam Artists, and outright Crooks Beverly Hills. This is not true.
1. Noble Drakoln and Alex Fraser are just associates and indiepenendt contracts with DMH Media Network.
2. David Hill has made an agreement with Mingjie (MJ) to invest into FGM Magazine. A publication that is owned by DMH Media Network.
Under the operations of another lady Lynn the magazine hasnt been able to produce the income to keep going and had to be shut down. Promisses made by the operations of FGM has not been forfilled and DMH Media Network is taking the heat for the deal. MJ has invested into the magazine and has be contacted about being recouped of the investment.
This matter is just a business that didnt work out and MJ being upset about it. DMH Media Network has been around for 16 years this year and has other publications and websites running currently with employees and independent contractors. We have set up newer structures where things like this will never happen again.