BREAKING NEWS!
This is not a rumor. This is 100% confirmed.
Today there were as many as 33 subpeonas served to AFFILIATES who promoted Acai Berry offers and are based in the state of Illinois.
For privacy reasons I will not name any of the affiliates who were subpeonad today, but this came as a pretty big shock as the Illinois Attorney General had some pretty in-depth knowledge of the people involved, more so than usual.
I will state this collective opinion once right now. There is serious cause to believe that this was an intentional suit, fueled by what some may call a rat in the industry. I'd really hate to find out the person(s) behind that are people I know, but we've all got our suspicions unfortunately. :/
This is the first time that a state attorney general has gone after ONLY the largest affiliates, one by one, as if they were reading it off of a numbered hit list.
Before you even ask, yes, most of the guys on the list are members here. If they want to come out and speak about it, that's up to them, so please don't turn this into a rumor mill or witch hunt. I've got most of their names confirmed and confirmation from an anonymous source with the Illinois Attorney Generals office that this is in fact quite real.
The only good side of it is that they don't seem to be seeking out any jail time, just civil action. I can absolutely assure you that this is not going to be the last time we see any of this happen, as there is an unconfirmed suit by another state AG finishing up and getting ready to go after a handful of advertisers and networks, but no affiliates that I know of.