These are professional con artists (convicted in 2006 according to below links) who rely on a beautiful web site, phony press releases, and staged talk shows to lure desperate business owners into a web of barter deceit, where membership fees are charged and then within 90 days, the new MBE members become victims of identity theft. I joined and did not get $1 dollar of any benefits but within 3 months $12, 652.88 was removed from my bank account and $9, 765 of fraudulent purchases were made on my credit card. Steve Bolles also tried to sell me a "lucrative MBE franchise opportunity" for $150, 000 and promised me an "exclusive territory". When I offered to come meet him at his office, he would not give me an address and insisted I meet him at a coffee shop instead. He also would not give me any phone number other that the toll-free 800 number which the phone company security people and police told me is frequently "forwarded to disposable cell phones". I was also given 3 referrals to call and all three gave me great reports of satisfaction, but after I was swindled, all three referral telephone numbers were disconnected. Don't take my word for it, just check out all these links or Google their company name with key words of fraud, investigation, litigation, scam, etc.

It is true that a tiger never changes it stripes and people need to be warned about these smooth-talking scammers that are very good at what they do - steal your money!