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persuasive technique, Bankruptcy, Banks collude, Bernard Madoff-type scheme, Bribery, Confidence game, Conspiracy, Conspiracy to commit fraud, Corruption, Credence goods: taking advantage of the innocents

Financing program, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, CIBC, Company man, Confidence game, Conspiracy, Conspiracy to commit fraud, Conspiracy to hide the true nature of events in order to avoid detection

kiting, Confidence game, Cooling the Mark Out (Erving Goffman), Deposit money not refunded, Fraud, Fraudulent conveyance, Fugitive from justice, Government guaranteed loans, massive loan defaults, Government guaranteed loan program very attractive to fraud, Health consequences, Life savings gone, Ponzi (pyramid) scheme, Portrait of a franchisor, Predatory franchise lending, SBA 7a loans used to fuel franchise bubble, Tax fraud, This is nothing but cold calculation, U.S. Small Business Administration, United States, 20090506 Cuppys coffee

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reselling), Confidence game, Development deal collapses before risk shifted from initial investors to sub franchisees, Embezzlement, Expands too quickly, Franchisor takes franchisee stores, Franchisor

, Bullshit baffles brains, Confidence game, Conflict of interest, trustee/consultant, Corporate stores competing with franchisees, corporatus interruptus, Encroachment (too many outlets put in territory), Excuse du jour, Executives create their own golden parachute, Federal insolvency laws used to shirk legal claims, Franchisees are pawns in insolvency flip, Greatest lies are told in silence, Half-truths, History is often re-written by the winners, aided by the unaware, Hope springs eternal in the hearts of the delusional, If it doesn't jingle, it doesn't count, Independent franchisee association, Initial public offering, IPO, Intentional franchisor insolvency creates huge fees for legal, accounting, consulting firms, Learning is an assault on non-thinking stupors, Multiple corporations protect majority shareholders' interests, On Cooling the Mark Out (Erving Goffman), Protect gross negligence, wanton recklessness and intentional misconduct, Pump-and-dump scheme, Rebranding usually hides real objective, Raining litigation, Secured creditors (banks) 100% covered in dodgy insolvency, Securities fraud, Sets up competing distribution channel, Shell companies, Shills, Sincerity, Smartest guy in the room, The Fixer fixes for a hefty price, The game is fixed, Unskilled and unaware bias (Dunning–Kruger effect), The Long Con: prick your own IPO bubble, walk and keep your mouth shut, This is nothing but cold calculation, Trustee/consultant does mass terminations during protection to flip to new owner, Unsecured creditors get next to nothing, Wealth is meant to be re-distributed (not created), White-knight lawyer turns black, Why should we care? It's not our money., United States, 20091109 Geeks On

by WikidFranchise.org Risks: Banks are industry cheerleaders, Can't afford to sue, Confidence game, Due diligence, Due diligence cannot predict or prevent post-sale franchisor opportunism losses, Due

another’s bidding, Company man, Confidence game, Conspiracy, Conspiracy to commit fraud, Conspiracy to hide the true nature of events in order to avoid detection, Conspiracy to use unlawful means, Credence

the full cycle of its steps or phases, is sometimes called a play. The persons who operate the racket and "take" the mark are occasionally called operators. The confidence game‑the con, as its

is a necessity for any commercial activity, Confidence game, Contempt for democracy, Credence goods: taking advantage of the innocents, Dire warnings unsubstantiated with data, Dispute resolution means