$1 Billion Lawsuit- Nicole Gubin versus Ambit Energy

  • May 25, 2011
  • By Team Business For Home

Direct-to-consumer energy retailer Ambit Energy LP was hit Monday with a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion for allegedly defrauding and harassing an independent consultant it had signed up to recruit new customers. The suit, filed in Brooklyn federal court, accuses the Texas-based company of federal racketeering, fraud and unfair business practices. The plaintiffs, Nicole Gubin and her company, BH Seven LLC, also brought claims of libel, defamation and harassment.

Ambit buys electricity and natural gas at wholesale prices and resells it to customers recruited by a network of more than 60,000 independent agents such as Gubin. The company operates in New York, Texas and several other states with deregulated energy markets.

The lawsuit characterizes Ambit as operating as a pyramid scheme which makes false and misleading statements that constitute deceptive acts or practices. The suit also accuses Ambit's top executives of spreading false statements about Gubin's job performance, poaching her customers and discriminating against her for being Jewish and a woman.

The plaintiffs seek $600 million in compensatory damages, $250 million in punitive damages, $250 million in liquidated damages and $13 million in attorneys' fees and costs. They also requested a permanent injunction enjoining Ambit from doing business in New York.

A representative for Ambit, Robin Stevens, said the company had not had a chance to review the allegations made by Gubin, who is still listed as one of the company's active consultants.But Stevens added that the company has done nothing to defame, defraud or otherwise damage Ms. Gubin, and we are confident these allegations as stated will be shown to be groundless and without merit.

According to the complaint, the company unfairly accused Gubin of violating its policies and procedures and blocked her from operating a website on which she signed up new Ambit customers. She also alleged Ambit attempted to sign up new customers on its own, siphoning off her potential recruits, and withheld monthly payments and bonuses.

The case is Nicole Gubin and BH Seven LLC v. Ambit Energy LP et al., in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of the State of New York, no. 11-2483.

For Gubin: Flora Rainer of the Law Office of Flora Rainer.

Source: Reuter

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About Nicole Gubin Ambit Energy Executive Suite

Nicole Gubin Versus Amit Energy

Executive Consultant Nicole Gubin & Joseph Levit Focus On Teamwork To Build Success.
The brother and sister team of Joseph Levit and Nicole Gubin promoted themselves to Executive Consultant leadership status 124 days after joining the business. Longtime friends and business associates of their sponsor, Uri Kasparov, Nicole and Joseph were busy with their real-estate business in Queens, New York, when Uri asked them, Remember Steve Thompson, the guy we were in the travel business with? Steve had introduced Uri to Ambit Energy during the New York pre-launch. Nicole and Joseph joined the business and within 48 hours they were Regional Consultants! How did they do it so quickly? I don't know, Joseph responds. We just did it! They reached Senior Consultant level in three weeks.


Joseph attributes his and his sister's rapid rise to EC level to working many years in various network marketing businesses. It's preparation, he says, something like going to college. You learn and then you're ready. He says in the real-estate business they say location, location, location. In the network marketing business, it's being in the right place at the right time. It was the right time and place for Joseph and Nicole. Nicole says, The travel business was good and a lot of fun, but you cannot compare Ambit Energy to that business at all! The compensation plan with Ambit Energy is beyond comparison. Joseph follows up, But it's not just about us. It's about the team. To be successful you have to help your team and develop your team. He continues, As Uri says, 'Teamwork makes the dream work!'


One Secret To Success You can't be a 'secret agent' in this business, Joseph says. You have to share with everyone. Sharing is caring. We know so many people and we care about them, so we share this opportunity with everyone. He also believes that to be successful in Ambit Energy, a new Consultant must be …teachable, coachable and trainable. They have to participate in the system, go to meetings and events, because it's all about duplication. Good advice there, Joseph.


Ambition 2007 Inspires More Success What a great event! It went beyond expectations and really inspired our team, Joseph recalls about our first company-wide event at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa. He was especially pleased and surprised by Ambit Energy VP of Field Development Scott Lawrence's now-familiar refrain, And oh, by the way… when Ambition 2007 attendees received special treatment. Being there and seeing [Co-founder & CEO] Jere Thompson and [Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer] Chris Chambless, shaking hands and being able to ask them questions – the personal contact was very important. Nicole says it was a mind-blowing event. What she enjoys most about her four-month-long experience with Ambit Energy is the opportunity to change people's lives for the better.

Onward To Illinois Things are going so well for Nicole and her brother that they're planning to go full-time with Ambit Energy very soon. They firmly believe it is their responsibility to lead their business into new markets as Ambit Energy expands into areas where energy deregulation opens new windows of opportunity. We are doing so well in our New York business and now we're moving into Illinois, and there are so many more states where deregulation is happening, says Nicole with excitement in her voice. And the best is yet to come! Yes indeed, Nicole!

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Comments (53)

  2. It is a great to see brother and sister work as a team, u are right you can’t let your business be a secret
    I know in order to become sucessful,you have to plan,and work your plan.

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    Barbars Davis

  3. I am shock to see such allegations brought against a fine company, Ambit Energy, As a former consultant myself, I find this news
    of a lawsuit against Ambit Energy as a joke. You joking right? I hope you and Ambit get this solved so you can move on. Personnally myself, my only thing with Ambit Energy is that they were not moving fast enought from State to State offering their energy services. But, this is a fine company with much intrgrety. Something wrong somewhere; Why a lawsuit?

    With so much against the MLM industry, we don’t need this kind of action or lawsuit unless it is really cause for. Even though I have moved on to another business opportunity, I hope this lawsuit does’nt hurt the industry.

    Thanks for allowing me to comment.
    Valdis

  4. You get paid what you are worth in network marketing so discrimination is impossible because to a large degree in this technology age you are a faceless raceless number until you are identified by your success. Discrimination at that point is counterproductive to the company.

  5. They were making $30,000.00 a month after less than 4 years and they call that discrimination? DISCRININATE AGAINST ME AMBIENT!!!

  6. Ambit abused me as over people, did not paid on time.
    Over 600 people were abused in Illinois in 2007 and Chris Chambless responsible for this abuse.
    Time to stand up against this scam
    Uri

  9. Y’all need to get in the whaaambulance and go elsewhere. It’s one thing to feel that Ambit did you wrong but to sue for $1 Billion??? You’re out of your right mind. You and your money hungry lawyers… ($13 million in legal fees… lol, of course they’re going to try to take up your RIDICULOUS case….). You and your lawyers, you’re what’s wrong with this country today. It takes hard work to make money, not suing people for the biggest most random crap you can come up with. I hope your own lawyers screw you over after they loose the case and hunt you down for the rest of your live to pay your legal fees…. seriously…

  10. 10% of life is what actually happens. 90% of life is HOW WE REACT to what happens.
    I am saddened to see that Ms Gubin CHOOSES to react by making herself a victim.
    She has also exposed herself to possible future lawsuits from both Ambit Energy And/Or existing consultants as a class-action.
    Ambit has an EXCELLENT reputation in the industry. I ALWAYS get paid by Ambit ON TIME and as expected and mutually agreed.

    Then again, I ALWAYS stay within the scope of Ambit’s Written Policies and Terms of consultancy. I know first-hand of many so-called “leaders” who take short-cuts, and have operated in a questionable manner- and they seem to also be the loudest “complainers”, especially when “the rules” and “integrity” catch up to them, You can only abuse the system for so long, until loopsholes are closed.

    If she does not win this case ( I doubt she will- she cannot prove over $1B in damages ), then she has caused the smearing of the good reputation of Ambit Energy.

    This event causes damage to every existing Ambit agent, ESPECIALLY those on MS Gubins team.
    Leaders need to LEAD BY EXAMPLE and the Leadership example by Ms Gubin is not consistant with growth and personal development. I suspect she expects an out-of-court payday. Let me go spill some hot Coffee on myself so that I can sue…….

  11. Hey Uri, if your case is so strong why don’t you give us some specific instances where Ambit has wronged you instead of making broad, sweeping accusations that can not be refuted? Although, “Be prepared” sounded very ominous. I think I was scared for a second!

  12. To Mr. Plateman and all other Ambit consultants:
    Please read the Ambit?s Written Policies and Terms of consultancy.
    You are saying that you “know first-hand of many so-called ?leaders? who take short-cuts, and have operated in a questionable manner”.
    YOU THEN MUST REPORT IT TO AMBIT Asap or YOU WILL BE TERMIANTED YOURSELF for NOT reporting it.

    Ms. Gubin is known to me PERSONALLY. Many other consultants who have joined her efforts and some that will be joing soon HAVE BEEN under-paid.
    Believe it or not, Ambit has been taking money (i.e under-paying ) out of MAJORITY of monthly residual income paychecks.

    The lawsuit will DEFEND ALL(!) consultants.

  13. Chris,
    I always report known blatant disregard of the terms.
    Some of these practices were exposed after the loop holes were closed and the involved people complained, but certainly they were exploiting the loophole, and Corporate was aware.
    Ms Gubin is also known to me personally. I am well aware of her ‘style’. I respect what she can accomplish. In speaking to others who are and have been on her team, I am grateful that I am not on her team.
    I do believe,however, that she did not exhaust effort or method of addressing her issue, before now putting Ambit and every other consultant through the impact it may have on gathering future consultants. I believe it was an impulsive act, and not intellegently thought out. but – thats my opinion, and others will have thiers & I respect that.

  14. What a JOKE, I read her comments about how great Ambit is in 2007 and how the company changes lives ( IT DOES) for the better. Then after a couple of years of telling all the consultants in her origination how great Ambit is. And you too can be succesful. Then file a law suit that she has been wronged. I just have to wonder who (what company lobbyist ) did she get paid alot of money from to make such alligations.
    Michael Grooms
    Regional Consultant
    Texas

  15. Plateman,
    When you say “I always report known blatant disregard of the terms”, do you mean that you do it Full time?!

    Because otherwise, I am afraid that you likely do not have time to grow your Ambit business as there are SO many blatant violations of basic Rules and Policies and Procedures and Compensation Plan all over Ambit consultant network (i.e. Brian McClure and below, if you know who/what i mean).
    I respect Brian and I am not aware about him(!) doing personally anything wrong whatsoever (as of yet).
    However, I expect the court hearing easily reveal that. You never know these days…

    What I am trying to point out is that the allegations that Ms.Gubin is making, in my opinon, are very serious.
    I hope and the chances are that the judge in this case will agree with me (and herself) on that.

    In talking with someone knowledgeable about the matter who has/is going to be a part of the lawsuit on Ms. Gubin’s side, I can derive that Ms. Gubin has strong evidences, at least on some of her allegations that I was able to review. ambit will NOT be able to overturn them.

    Do not forget about strange departures of KEY (mind the upper case) Ambit Executives (not only Scott Lawrence which is in itself a no less than a Shocking revellation) that all started EARLY 2010 and are still ongoing.

    Those people are holding the keys to the Pandora box.

    NOT EVERYTHING is WELL with Ambit.
    Chris Chambless knows that, not sure Jere Sr. ( not Jere JR.) does.

  16. Chris,

    You are absolutely correct, but what about First Income earner NC Carlos Marin, his termination or suspension and 20 executive consultants in his team, which disappear without any explanation from corporate???

    Carlos is a legend and was a face of Ambit in 2007 and 2008!!!

  17. Yes, Uri! You know what I mean.
    Are you also a part of the lawsuit (should i say party in the lawsuit) or what?! I haven’t seen you at all recently 🙂

    BTW, That is what I was referring to when talking about the Ambit’s most recent loss Scott Lawrence.
    Scott has been the Ambit Employee #1, it is official info.
    He was a bright, experienced (even seasoned), enthusiastic guy who stopped responding to calls and emails at the end of 2010.
    YET his resignation has just(!) been announced a few days ago…Bullshit (sorry for the expression)!!!!
    Who is coming to their Ambition 2011? For what? To play softball ?! I won’t even drive there,let alone flying, even though Ican.
    I liked Scott very much, he was a REAL help! This person could SOLVE issues…as if he was NOT from Texas.
    Where do all these people go after being removed out of Ambit?! What a loss for Ambit and a gain to it’s fierce competitors!
    Key People just disappear… Who is ruling Ambit these dangerous days?
    Mr. Chambless was surely writing the message about Scott “resignation-at-will” singlehandedly by himself.

    I doubt Scott was even coming to the office in 2011…
    It was so sad to see him stuffed in the background after Ambition 2010…Was it becuase he knew too much or was a barrier to something indecent and objected?!

    Where is Jim Timmer, Ambit Energy Chief Financial Officer? Left Ambit with NO ewxplantaion whatsoever to the field ?!
    HE paved the way for Ambit to hook up with SHELL ?! And that is what he deserved? To be kicked out?!
    Where is Jim McFelea, Ambit Energy SVP of Operations? Left Ambit with NO explantaion whatsoever to the field ?!

    Are they aware that they(!) (i.e. the CORPORATE people that are now bwing sued) and not(!) exclusively Ms. Gubin (who, apparently feels DISCRIMINATED and(!) CHEATED out of her own comission checks) are putting my(!) own Ambit business AT RISK ?!

    Who cares about NEW consultants IF(!) your OLD(!) work that you have done since 2006 is IN GEOPARDY ????? And I am not talking pennies a month like most of the “LEADERS” that will be preaching from Ambit magazines ARE IN FACT, MAKING (but forgot to tell you the truth).

  18. So just curious Chris, since you SEEM to know quite a bit; when you become an Executive Consultant you have to sign a non-compete contract and If you then in turn violate that contract by lets say . . um I don’t know . . joining a MLM that offers natural gas (I think that falls into the catagory of a similar business) is it not the right of the company to enforce the contract?

  19. Some of these executive consultants might quiet down when they
    are discovered to have used names and social security numbers of
    unknowing individuals to build their organizations so quickly.

    Once the names in their massive downlines have been investigated
    and it is discovered that so many never heard of ambit watch how
    quickly the cases and comments cease and desist.

    This guy had thousands of consultants in Brooklyn yet you would
    see only a few individuals at the meetings week after month after year.

    I guess they all signed on helped him earn $300,000 last year and had
    no desire to earn anything for themselves.

  20. Ambit is solid, but they can’t police unscrupulous, greedy
    individuals with $400 who see an opportunity to earn
    millions monthly.

    I hope Ambit investigates downlines of these fast moving
    Executives, defends their great name, prosecute any and
    all offending parties to the full extent of the law and continue
    building this fine company.

    I regret that the Thompson family had to be exposed to the
    likes of a Gubin.

  22. Erik,
    I DO seem to know quite a bit.
    I know that majority (probably, None) of Executive Consultants signed anything, regardless of how mediocre ( educationally, emotially, ethically, professionally) some(!) Ambit ECs are…
    Yes, some of Ambit ECs are part of law enforcement agencies (not only police) and some of them are convicted criminals…
    They call it divercity and Opportunity like NO other over there.
    Weel, people make mistakes in life….I am talking about building law enforcement careers here….:-)
    Still…It was well-known that Ambit was pushing it once, but this was not a part of Ambit Policies and Procedures.
    Therefore, it is(!) not required and un-lawful. It is the right of Ambit to enforce a contract, if there is one…but there is none.
    Still, I know where you are going: some sort of competition is not what Ambit should tolerate….IF AMBIT can prove it.
    INNOCENT until proved Guilty.
    That is what Gubin is suing Ambit for.
    BTW: Joining an MLM that offers natural gas is NOT a competition with Ambit in Maryland, or NJ or CA or GA or CT for example…
    Joining is One thing, and working in it is another. Right?

  23. Chris, you seem like a jilted lover? Since you’ve found another opportunity after Ambit why not pursue it? At the very least if you are bent on offending someone do the right thing and name names? As Shakespeare said “a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet.” I think you might also consider this much older phrase “let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” MLMs are hurt by this type of activity and it should be discouraged, get the billion over time not by a law suit.
    Please drink good coffee

  24. Chris,
    Come back to the coffee. A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. Leave them alone unless you want to go back so badly. Drink the coffee

  25. Holy Crap! It sounds to me like this brother and sister team got CAUGHT doing some illegal marketing. So who is surprised that they would sue after getting caught? They were not content to make money legally and with integrity, they had to push the envelope. This CS case should be thrown out immediately and these clowns should pay all legal fees.

  26. R. W. M.
    As far I everybody knows, they were investigated in the past, their web site was suspended during the investigation (i.e. they were DENIED access to the service that they were paying for), then everything was REVERTED and everything was REINSTATED. Nothing was proved, in the meanshile, they LOST business revenue and that is why they are suing. Sounds LEGAL and LEGITIMATE to me.

  27. Holston et all,
    RE: ” At the very least if you are bent on offending someone do the right thing and name names? ”
    I am not bent on offending anybody personally. I am stating FACTS, and the FACTS and not(!) me MIGHT be offending to someone.
    As my upline tells on videos and in person, many people chose(!) Ambit Energy to drive revenue to THEIR business.
    Poor, but, still(!) a choice in life that they made and will pay dearly for that in lost time and lost revenue.

    Almost all people make mistakes in life. Do you have a copy of the Ambit success magazine? Read it, you will see all the people there, I am serious.
    Many of them are portrayed as great leaders, yet they only have a handful (or two) of customers and a dozen (or less) of consultants. So sad…. Where all the success gone?!
    Why do you need names of ECs that are police officers, fire fighters and convicted criminals ( well, this is politely omitted from the magazine article)?
    They are on the magazine COVER!
    The WHOLE Ambit opportunity is, UNFORTUNATELY, about EXAGERRATION and MISLEADING MISREPRESENTATION that is originated from Dallas,TX.
    I am desperately awaitng the show that they are going to put on again, this time for 7,000 dummies that will be paying for the Ambition ticket, airline, hotel accomodation and EVEN THEIR OWN lunch! What a misery !

  28. The information I have is that the founders of Ambit are hiding their failed business experiences at Janglefish, Radius, Blue Vista and Spruce and now they are hiding the exit of their COO and architect of the Ambit marketing and compensation plan. The only fair thing to do is to let prospective Ambit reps have all the information about Ambit and their founders before they ask for their money. Why the deception?

  29. About Ambit founders, who brings invaluable experience and share common values and goals. Ambit is committed to improving the lives of our Consultants, customers and employees. And we are guided by core principles established by our founders that emphasize integrity, excellence, commitment and enthusiasm in all that we do.

    OUR FOUNDERS

    Jere W. Thompson, Jr.

    Mr. Thompson is Co-Founder and CEO of Ambit ******. In 1992, Mr. Thompson was at the forefront of the telecommunications industry as it deregulated. He founded CapRock Fiber Networks to build fiber and broadband networks across Texas and neighboring states. As CEO, Mr. Thompson guided CapRock into new markets, took the company public and managed its growth from infancy to 1,300 employees and $300 million in annual revenues. Prior to CapRock, Mr. Thompson?s work experiences included overseeing portfolio companies at The Thompson Company, community development at Trammell Crow Company and investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

    Mr. Thompson received an AB in Economics at Stanford University and a MBA from the University of Texas in Austin. He sits on the boards of two schools, two hospital foundations and several civic organizations. He was Chairman and a member of the Board of the North Texas Tollway Authority for twelve years.

    “CapRock Fiber Networks”, well close to the truth. How about CapRock Communications Inc. for the real truth.

    February 5, 1999 CAPROCK TEAMS WITH ENRON

    CapRock Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: CPRK) today announced it has signed an agreement with Enron Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp. [NYSE: ENE], to jointly build over 1,000-miles of fiber optic network within the state of Texas. Construction on the more than $100 million project will begin immediately and is anticipated to be completed this fall.

    The network will connect Amarillo, Lubbock, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan, Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio and Houston. The project will include an advanced, highly scalable fiber network capable of providing unprecedented capacity for voice, data and video traffic transmission.

    “It is tremendously exciting for us to be associated with a company the caliber of Enron Communications. The benefits of this network to the people and businesses in the state of Texas are enormous,” said Jere W. Thompson, Jr., CapRock chairman and CEO. “This relationship enables CapRock and Enron to be the first to connect these Texas markets with an advanced, state-of-the-art fiber network that will greatly reduce communication costs to customers.”

    July 26, 2000 CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS

    Defendants’ false and misleading statements concerning the revenues to be derived from its dark fiber segment, which would result in second quarter 2000 earnings per share (“EPS”) of $(0.08) and revenue of $70 million, artificially inflated the price of CapRock stock to a Class Period high of $36. This upsurge in CapRock’s stock price caused by defendants’ false and misleading statements allowed CapRock to sell 4.5 million shares of CapRock stock for proceeds of $83 million and enabled defendants to infuse CapRock with desperately needed capital to fund its operations. On July 6, 2000, days after CapRock’s Secondary Offering was completed, CapRock revealed that it was in fact suffering a huge drop in revenues, and that its losses would be 800% greater than defendants had stated in the prior weeks, and exposed the problems CapRock had been experiencing during the Class Period with its dark fiber business. This announcement caused its stock price to drop to as low as $12 from its Class Period high of $36 on record volume of over 4 million shares on July 6, 2000, causing tens of millions of dollars in damages to members of the Class.

    October 3, 2000 CapRock’s sale to McLeodUSA announced

    CapRock announced on October 3, 2000 that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with McLeodUSA Incorporated (Nasdaq: MCLD). McLeodUSA will acquire CapRock through the issuance of approximately 15.1 million shares of McLeodUSA common stock.

    January 31, 2002 Chapter 11 Reorganization.

    During 2002 we evaluated our capital structure and on January 31, 2002, McLeodUSA Incorporated, the parent company, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

    October 19, 2005 after filing bankruptcy for a second time McLeodUSA was reorganized, JOINT PREPACKAGED PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF McLEODUSA INCORPORATED AND ITS AFFILIATE DEBTORS

    As of October 31, 2005, there were 201,946,344 shares of Class A Common Stock, 78,203,135 shares of Class B Common Stock, 35,546,879 shares of Class C Common Stock, 2,285,864 shares of Preferred Series A Stock and 10 shares of Preferred Series B Stock issued and outstanding. Under the Plan, all such shares shall be cancelled and no consideration will be paid or delivered with respect thereto.

    Jere less than honest about the name of another company he founded.

    Involved with Enron.

    Subject of a class action stock holders lawsuit.

    Merged the company for common stock to McLeodUSA, a failing company that filed bankruptcy twice. Common stock that very quickly became worthless.

    Now an MLM.

    You be the judge.

  30. The big Ambit lie is that you can earn any real residual income in Ambit. Why is it a lie? Because Ambit has hidden qualification requirements that are set so high that the vast majority of people will never get paid no matter how big there dowline is. Ambit will get it but the field won’t. Yes, the big money is all illustrated in the Ambit presentation but the qualifications are not disclosed. It is blatently deceptive.

    For anyone that knows anything about MLM this is an old dirty trick that some companies use to make their presentation look good on the surface but they never have to pay out much to the field. The ugly truth is you can put anything in a presentation if you set the qualifications so outrageously high that hardly anyone will ever qualify to get paid. The result is that a few will always get qualified to be paid (or have qualifications waived by Ambit like the ex-Excel hired guns) but since the bar is set so high the vast majority will never get qualified to get paid and the foundation will begin to crumble soon for all. The unbelieveable truth is that the qualification requirements are still way to high even though they have already been lowerd once.

    For example, the Ambit presentation illustrates $151,090 residual income/month (sure) but they never mention that you must have 20 personal customers to be qualified to get paid. Look at all the qualifications to get paid and you will see that the average person will never qualify to earn more than a few hundred dollars in residual income. Even worse, the same presentation that illustrates $151,090/month shows everyone with only 10 customers which means nobody in the example is qualified to get paid that amount. This is beyond simple deception.

    Now I know some of you out there are simply Ambit shills, but if you are truely serious about getting paid for your efforts at Ambit then this information has to make you sit back and wonder about the future.

  31. As for the hired guns, the last meeting I went to did not give me the ****** to sell anything. Mr. Chambless and his so called team of experts needs to get with the program. I remember Mr. Lawrence in a meeting a while back as being the life of the party. He should lead the channel. Mr. Chambless needs to go! A big bore!

    Imagine, another failed business by Mr. Thompson and Mr. Janglefish.

  34. Let me guess, no requirements just sign up and they start depositing money in your bank account. Don’t talk to anyone or sell anything and your upline even pays your way in??? Right “Chris” and “Yuri”???

  38. 20 personal customers gets you paid on 6 levels or generations of residual? Where is the deception.

    Another article on this blog says the average active direct seller earns $1,400 a year and I earned $9,000.00 my 1st year with Ambit!

    Visit my site Minuela.Energy526.com

  39. Holston, “20 personal customers gets you paid on 6 levels or generations of residual? Where is the deception.”
    The deception is that the words “all your deserved comissions” is missing in the quote (i.e. your quote). Holston, can you count without any prejudice that you were IN FACT, paid off of ALL of your customers on ALL of your 6 levels? You can not(!). Ask your SC and ask your EC to open up his Power Zone and WATCH, WATCH carefully…. You trust Jere and Chris on that. Pathertic…. Have you noticed that you CONSISTENTLY are NOT paid 100% off of all the customers on each of your levels month-after-month-after-month? How come? Because you were cheated of your comissions because you can not assure even yourself that you were paid all the money your earned off of these very 6 levels. Trust me. Take a calculator in hand, use your Power zone reports and double-cehcke Ambit. This is your money. Count how many customers you had one each of your levels and how much you were paid. Take 5th and 6th level. You wil lose sleep and appetite over this semingly litte issue.On a flip side, i see thatyou are an RC only. boy, how naive are you. Do you know how many(!) years ago I had your Ambit title ?

  40. So Chris, Ambit was in the Wall Street Journal on Friday and they are the #1 fastest growing company in the country according to Inc. Magazine and Inc.com and they were written about in a past Sunday NY Times article and nobody discovered what you are claiming?

    You are claiming the 31st largest direct selling company, according to DirectSellingNews.com, is robbing individuals and your investigative skills are superior to these other bodies?

    Identify your company Chris?

    Should a company pay undeserved income?

  41. Chris, Ambit will be 5 years old in August so how many years ago were you rc?

    They’ve only been in New York for 4 years this month, talk to me?

  42. This guy Chris sounds like a spurred lover that forgot to wash the sand out of his vagina. Of course you don’t get paid on every customer that is showing active on your powerzone. There are several reasons why you wont get paid on energized customers (besides the DEEP,DARK SECRET of requiring 20 personally enrolled customers, which we make a mention of at every meeting I have ever attended or participated in): they are below your 6th level in your MC, they used under 500 KW, they are active but have not received their first bill, or they paid their bill late. Therefore, if you and your downline are continually gathering new customers month after month, you will consistently have customers that you are not getting paid on. Furthermore, if you are an RC, SC, or EC with a large organization that is adding 50 to 500 customers a month, you will not be paid residual income for at least 1 or 2 months after they switch. In addition, I hate to sound petty, but it does not surprise me that someone that can not figure out how to use spell check might have difficulty comprehending the compensation plan.

  43. what happon to my kang ndobe this yound black man made ambit and some of the top people what they are today cus they bought customer to qualify he was a customer machine for ambit all the top people in ambit bought customers from him they when the company hard problem with some of the top people they look for an ascap goat so they terminated him to send a massage to the people who where realy doing dirt >if any one know this young man he is the most helpfull man i have ever meet ambit energy treating him they where going to kill him this company is very dirty chris chams and jerry are full of sheet they call him and told him since they have money they were going to deal with him they had stole his car brook into his apt to get most of the evidence he had life the customer list of customers the top consultant got from him is more going on than most of the people in ambit think his phone was taped he was followed and much more i knew they will one day pay if any one know mr kang pls give me his number cus i need to contact him so he can be apart of this lawsuit

  44. i wass with mr kang when he got terminated by ambite all the top people in ambit energy who us to buy customers from him to qualify they self and down line stared calling him and asking him pls donot call me name but i will be back to mention some of they names for sure this company told me to not to have any contact with him but i donot give a sheet any more i have seen great people like my kang been taken advantage becus they are black this people call ambite energy founders donot like black people they called him all kids of names i was they with him cus he hard them on speacker i know every thing am just not tolking but a fact i still have some of the recording and will down load it on youtube i was very shock when chris chamb called him niggar and how he doesnt like black people by the way am not black and i want to stand up for him cus he is very soft spoken will be back with more infor sory for my english am french

  45. Published on: 8/31/2007 Last Visited: 8/31/2007 A CBS 11 investigation found Dallas resident Jere Thompson with a free TollTag.He lives in a $1.4 million house, is CEO of a local electric company, and years ago served on the board of the North Texas Tollway Authority [N.T.T.A.]. According to records obtained by CBS 11, Thompson had more than 1200 transactions on the Dallas North Tollway in a recent 12 month period.

    All of them were free.

    Mr. Thompson told us he believes he’s entitled to it for his years of service as a former NTTA board member.

  46. AMBIT ENERGY HIT WITH BILLION-DOLLAR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

    CAB BONUS COMPLANS UNDER ATTACK

    25 May 2011 ? A Distributor has filed a suit against Ambit alleging breach of contract, and Ambit’s multi-level marketing network is a “pyramid scheme” contrary to law. To date, no suit alleging that multi-level energy marketing is prohibited by federal law has been sustained, though there are pending lawsuits. The suit alleges that Ambit’s form of multi-level marketing is a “pyramid scheme which makes false and misleading statements that constitute deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act.”

    MORE DETAILS

    https://www.energychoicematters.com/stories/20110525f.html

    STREAM ENERGY ? ELECTRICAL ? PYRAMID SCHEME CHARGES TOSSED.

    11 Nov 2009 – A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit Monday that alleged Dallas electricity retailer Stream Energy is operating a pyramid scheme. In Houston, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt agreed with Stream; former sales representatives for the company are required by the contract they signed to settle disputes by arbitration rather than a lawsuit against Stream Energy.

    The Ex ? MLM reps argued Stream, an MLM Network-Marketing company, charges sales associate?s $329 to sell electricity, broke the law because Stream failed to produce goods or services in tangible goods or services. Stream energy argued that its strategy is legal and similar to Mary K, the skincare company.

    Scott Clearman, the Houston lawyer who filed the suit, was also seeking class-action status. These hopes were dashed when the judge ruled the sales associates had agreed when they signed their contract with Stream Energy Electrical to submit any complaints to arbitration. There is an open question if the sales associates will appeal the decision to the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

    Editors Note: There were phone calls I got about another Texas MLM electrical company setting this up to destroy competition. No evidence was forth coming that it was true, but the WatchDog is still wondering….. where there is a little smoke sometimes a big fire follows!

    CLASS ACTION LAWYERS AFTER STREAM ENERGY

    Class Action Federal Lawsuit Against Stream Energy, Executives, Alleging Unlawful Pyramid Scheme

    2 July 2009 HOUSTON ? Attorneys from the Clearman Law Firm announced a federal class action lawsuit filed yesterday under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act against Dallas-based Stream Gas & Electric, Ltd., Ignite Holdings, Ltd., their related companies and affiliated individuals.

    A retail electricity and gas provider in Texas and Georgia, Stream has grown in only three years to become the 29th largest private company in the Dallas/Fort Worth area based on revenues of more than $800 million in 2008. Stream?s marketing division, Ignite, has fueled Stream?s growth through what the company calls a ?multilevel marketing program.?

    The 89-page federal complaint alleges that Stream- Ignite?s multilevel marketing program is actually an unlawful pyramid scheme. Pyramid schemes are inherently doomed programs in which investors recruit people to pay money to those above them in a first-come-first-served hierarchy with the expectation that they will get payments from other investors who enter the program later. When the number of newly recruited investors eventually dwindles, the payment structure collapses.

    Specifically, the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston alleges that Stream and Ignite induced the plaintiffs and others to invest in the ?Ignite Services Program? at a cost of $329 and purchase an ?Ignite Homesite? web page for a charge of $29 per month. The lawsuit claims that a large portion of the $329 is paid to those higher in the pyramid.

    ?Some of the individuals at the top of the Stream and Ignite pyramid earn millions of dollars a year, while most of those that are now joining the scheme will likely never recover their investment,? says Scott Clearman of the Clearman Law Firm, lead counsel for the plaintiffs. ?Stream promises recruits that they can make vast sums of money, but the fact is that most will lose their money.?

    In addition to Stream and Ignite, individual defendants named in the complaint include Ignite founders Chris Domhoff, Rob Snyder and Pierre Koshakj [sic], as well as several Stream employees. Additional defendants include Donny Anderson, Steve Fisher, Randy Hedge, Logan Stout and Presley Swagerty, all of whom are near the top of the alleged pyramid.

    CLEARMAN LAW FIRM SHOOT OUT WITH IGNITE

    THE MLM ELECTRIC – ELECTRICITY WARS

    TEXAS – U.S. THE HOME OF MLM ELECTRIC COMPANIES!

    Update: Jan 2009 – Zurvita founder Mark Jarvis is being sued by Ameriplan because he was one of the top dogs at Ameriplan and is charged with pulling Ameriplan Distribtuors over to Zurvita under the new Dental Plan backed by Amacore Group who is the backend to Zurvita. Amacore Group OTC BB: ACGI),

    Update: Jan 2009 – Ambit Energy was busted by Shell Oil for claiming that Shell was their backer. Shell was upset because Ambit used thier logo as a partner See Ambit below.

    Deregulated Energy What MLM Electric Providers to go With?

    See chart below Ignite beats Ambit

    There are over 50 different electric companies in Texas. This hot dry summer of 2008 over 5 different Non- MLM electric companies went out of business like Blu Power, Etricity, PreBuy Electric, National Power Company, and Riverway Power. Texas is always an MLM favored state has started really spinning off new energy companies.

    AFFORDABLE ENERGY NEW KID

    Starting after after Ignite & Ambit Energy Afordable Energy has had a running start backed by Affordable Power Plan, LP, a Retail Electric Provider, PUCT #10105. Affordable Power has a big credit line (confirmed at $7 million) provided by Shell Oil Company so that puts the Network Marketing Company with great staying power. They lead with a super lube that lowers the cost of operating air conditioning (and heat pumps). If the FTC comes investigating this part of the Energy Market the solid goods Affordable Energy (out of Houston, Tx) sells will give Affordable Energy safety the others don’t have (the “Burnlounge” shutdown).

    AMBIT ENERGY SECOND TO JUMP IN

    AMBIT BUSTED SEE BELOW: Following after Ignite Ambit Energy company has also snagged several executives from the bankrupt Excel. Ambit Energy Dallas started with a little hotter complan and jumped ahead of Ignite but at this time has lost some ground. Ambit snagged several Ignite Energy leaders. Every thing said about Ignite below applies to Ambit. Editors Note: Ambit was doing MLM opportunity presentations claiming that Shell Oil was their partner. For some reason Shell did not like and slammed Ambit to the ground! Graphic coming from Shell?

    IGNITE ENERGY THE FIRST

    Ignite Energy started in the “Dallas Infomart” E. Ross Perot’s Crystal Palace. Great showcase job. Ignite Energy was the first electricity MLM and was hot in Texas after Excel telephone went broke. The Ignite Energy company picked up some Excel top leaders and MLM sales reps to jump start their new electricity company in Texas. The deregulation of Texas electricity allowed Excel distributors to jump out of phone service over to electric energy.

    Both of the last two companies have Ex Excel reps in their works. The sales pitch is not different from telephone in regards to the ease of selling electric energy. Electricity is something needs and uses and the billing systems are very similar. The sales pitch among Excel representatives used to be “get paid everytime someone picks up the phone” Now they say: ?Get paid everytime someone turns on the lights!? That is great!

    ZURVITA

    Amacore Group’s Zurvita is competing (also other products besides energy) with Ambit Energy and Ignite Energy. Some big money here – but often that causes problems as much as it helps. For energy they contracted with MXEnergy already in multiple deregulated states. Zurvita Energy can sell electric service in Texas, Georgia, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Texas and Massachusetts gives them more markets to build MLM dowlines in. Zurvita can also sell natural gas in states that are deregulated to switch between natural gas providers, but there is not much money in gas.

  47. Ambit energy is a SCAM. I signed up in November of 2010 and didnt actually receive anything from them until January 2011. At first I saved roughly $20 a month. It was too good to be true. July hit and all of a sudden I got billed for $175.25 (my bill was $65 each month prior). I called Ambit and they said “sorry we supply the gas but you have to talk to National Grid about this. So I called National Grid and noticed that they have not read our meter in a year. Mind you about a month before we got a letter from Ambit saying that they noticed that we are using more gas then they thought. My gas meter is in the house so there is no way anyone can read my meter without me letting them in the basement. So I gave my new reading to National Grid and they advised me to not pay and that they would mail me a revised bill because we used LESS gas than they estimated. We waited and 11 days later we got the new one. In 11 days Ambit energy charged us another $175.25 on top of the $175.25 they bill 11 days before. Mind you the first bill said balance due to company $364.68 and the revised bill says balance due in your favor $86.85. I called Ambit and no one can help or even explain why they are doing this (not even the supervisors). No one in Ambit gets back to you when they say they will and no one can help in my situation. All they tell me is to pay the $350.00 and they will compensate us when/if they find reason to refund any payment. I do not trust Ambit in the least they are a SCAM!!

  48. For those of you who say that Ambit is a scam because or YOUR ESTIMATED bills, because THEY shut down your website, because you need 20 customers…. blah blah blah blah… You’ve got to be kidding me?! Are you that dumb? What do you mean nobody told you? You are a bunch of the most ignorant people I’ve ever seen. The blame is on you! It’s a shame you chose to join this company. Your presence is dirtying it up like a foul smelling odor in an elevator. You’re really sick, Go back to your slavery jobs or other…please stop trying to drag down a good thing to your level; and if you can’t properly read your bill or properly get to the bottom of your issues before you pull the trigger, before you jump to outlandish ridiculous conclusions, before you file some stupid lawsuit, WHY DON’T YOU take a look in the mirror and learn that your egotistical self tragically will be your very own downfall sooner or later- not Ambit’s.

    In short, you all just should grow up! I don’t know you and don’t want to know you. Your disruptive comments are equally pathetic as you. Next time get the facts before you open your trap and waste so much time and energy.

  49. To URI,
    It is so funny, how now you want to jump on the band wagon about how Ambit is a scam. YET, when I came into the business you had just made executive. To you AMBIT was your God. But because Jere and Chris will not allow you to use your own tactics in the organization you have built and allow it to be the URI show you now want to bash AMBIT. Such a hypocrite. In the end what you do in the dark will be brought out in the light. I am Hispanic and I am woman. Ambit has not discriminated against me. If you are spreading negative energy. Believe me it will get back to Chris and Jere and they will NOT stand for anyone trying to taint their name and the hard work that good people like myself and other great consultants have put into it. If you do not like AMBIT fine. Be on your way and find another way to make money. But do not bash a great company. Everyone knows who you are and what you are about. URI you are a joke and truly not respected by anyone in the company. Truly you did the damage to your self and no one else is responsible for it. Know that many have heard what you say and who you talk about. You never know who is watching and who knows who. Just do yourself the favor and stay where you are and leave AMBIT alone.

  50. We were customers for almost three years before becoming consultants earlier this month. We did a lot of research on Ambit prior to joining up. If we know what is in the compensatoin plan, then what is the excuse for an EC (Uri) not to understand it? There are standards, policies, and procedures in place for a reason – and to ignore them is to invite disciplinary action. It would be amusing to read about people like Chris and Uri along with the people who filed the lawsuit, if it wasn’t such a slap in the face to all the people who are building their organizations based on honesty and integrity, not scamming customers and consultants by stealing proprietary information and lining their pockets at others’ expense. There will always be people in any business who seek to cut corners, and then when they are caught yell Foul as loud as they can. Just like people who will run a red light because they can’t be bothered with the law! This will be interesting to follow as it plays out and the complainants need to testify on their unscrupulous activities. My concern is for those consultants who were not involved in this and how it will affect their efforts

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