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BrokerScience Issues Ben Behrouzi Coup de Grace

By Trace Richardson
Published November 21st, 2008

Wow! Yesterday was quite the blowout for Ben Behrouzi and DotNext Inc. First, TechCrunch stated the obvious and sad truth about LeapFish, then Ben and his employees were then caught red handed calling themselves “geniuses” in the comments section of the same article by IP address tracking and finally, Ben Behrouzi was reduced to name [...]

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LeapFish and Ben Behrouzi Spam Techcrunch. What’s new?

By Trace Richardson
Published November 20th, 2008

Ben Behrouzi has hit an all time low for himself and his new startup LeapFish in front of Silicon Valley and the world. After Techcrunch declared LeapFish as “another meta search engine no one will ever use” his employees were caught red handed making shill comments praising LeapFish and calling it “genius”. Classic. This puts [...]

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LeapFish / DotNext CEO, Ben Behrouzi Defeated

By Trace Richardson
Published November 4th, 2008

On October 22nd, 2008, Ben Behrouzi / Eperks /LeapFish’s atorney, Ronald J. Cook filed for dismissal of their complaint against Vlad Zablotzkyy. This is yet one more embarrassment for Ben Behrouzi in addition to the public humiliation and ridicule that has already befallen him and his dieing brand ePerks, at the hands of the Real [...]

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The Beginner’s Action Guide to Learning about ePerks / Ben Behrouzi vs Vlad Zablotkyy

By Trace Richardson
Published June 17th, 2008

1) Learn the ePerks Basics with the Seminal Piece on ePerks:
ePerks.com: A Case Study in Greed and Self-Imposed Brand Destruction
2) Read the Blog Post / Comments That Started It All:
ePerks- A Scam or A Gem?
3) Read the Cease & Desist Letter, Threats and Lawsuit from ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi:
Cease & Desist Letter: Chilling Effect: How [...]

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Inman Covers ePerks: Story Almost at Tipping Point, Outrage Against ePerks Grows

By Trace Richardson
Published June 13th, 2008

Glenn Roberts Jr. at Inman has written a great article about Vlad’s plight and ePerks in which we were interviewed. It is worth noting that the exposure this article brings to ePerks is yet another clear defeat for ePerks and CEO Ben Behrouzi. Even if they had a possibility of a courtroom win, they and [...]

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LeapFish / ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi Voicemails Exposed: Threatens to Blackball and Sue Employee

By Trace Richardson
Published June 12th, 2008

Leapfish / Ben Behrouzi Bombshell
Since BrokerScience first began covering LeapFish and ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi, we have received a lot of reader submitted information in the form of: stories of first hand experiences with LeapFish / ePerks / Ben Behrouzi (as employees and customers), emails, voice mails, and other miscellaneous information and data relating to [...]

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Ben Behrouzi / ePerks.com: A Case Study in Self Induced Search Engine Brand Destruction

By Trace Richardson
Published June 10th, 2008

When BrokerScience published our analysis of ePerk’s brand destruction ( ePerks.com: A Case Study in Greed and Self-Imposed Brand Destruction ) on May 30th, we did not know that just nine days later, Vlad Zablotzkyy would be served with a lawsuit from ePerks/ CEO Ben Behrouzi.
Quite frankly, in light of the growing attention and coverage [...]

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BrokerScience Acquires BenBehrouzi.com

By Trace Richardson
Published June 8th, 2008

In yet another blow to embattled ePerks and Brabus Ventures Corporation CEO, Ben Behrouzi, BrokerScience has acquired exclusive ownership of the following internet domain names:

BenBehrouzi.com
BenBehrouzi.net
BehzadBehrouzi.com
BrabusVentures.net
BrabusVentures.org
BrabusVentures.biz

Internet domain name case law provides that these names can be used in a capacity that does not create confusion in the market place. In the future they may be used [...]

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Beginning of the End: ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi Sues Blogger, Confirms No Strategy in Place

By Trace Richardson
Published June 8th, 2008

When ePerks.com CEO Ben Behrouzi originally hired blogger Vlad Zablotzkyy of Go-Beyond-MLS.com to write a paid review of ePerks.com, he never expected the barrage of user complaints that were posted in the comment section of Vlad’s blog and he never expected the fallout that would occur when he threatened Vlad and sent him a Cease [...]

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Ben Behrouzi Updates Company “Values” and “Culture” Web Pages. Only One Problem: They’re Stolen.

By Trace Richardson
Published June 7th, 2008

Brabus Ventures (BrabusVentures.com), owned by embattled CEO Ben Behrouzi and parent company of ePerks.com, LeapFish and DotNextInc has updated it’s website and added new “Values” and “Culture” pages to combat the barrage of negative publicity their business practices have earned them. There is only one problem: the pages are STOLEN virtually verbatim from Chevron.com and [...]

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