Registry & Records

Public-record verification, IP clarification and legal-threat record

On 29 May 2026, the archive escalated a further verification set concerning Chad Eugene Willis, Plus Brand Industries Inc., AGUA Plus, All-Scratch!®, warrant-status indicators, restitution-enforcement status, and patent / PCT / global-IP representations.

• Clark Hill PLC / patent-counsel clarification: a clarification request was issued concerning public professional-service statements about Plus Brand / All-Scratch!® IP work and broader Plus Brand / AGUA Plus public claims concerning patent protection, published status, PCT reach and “150+ countries” language.
• Warrant / restitution / enforcement-status verification: further requests were issued or prepared for relevant Michigan / Oakland County custodians concerning active-warrant status, probation / absconder / fugitive indicators, restitution-enforcement records and current restitution-balance confirmation linked to Oakland County Circuit Court case no. 04-197988-FH.
• Oakland County Prosecutor FOIA extension: on or around 5 June 2026, a procedural extension notice was received concerning a FOIA request relating to People v Chad Willis, Case No. 04-197988-FH. The extension notice was procedural; it was not a substantive production, denial or exemption decision.
• Madison Heights Police FOIA: a Police Department FOIA packet was prepared for records concerning any warrant, fugitive, probation-violation, restitution-enforcement or related police records associated with Chad Eugene Willis and case no. 04-197988-FH.
• Legal-threat correspondence record: the cease-and-desist correspondence, substantive response, follow-up request for U.S. mail confirmation and non-response status are preserved as part of the legal-correspondence / suppression-response chronology.

Current active-warrant status and current restitution balance remain high-priority verification issues pending direct custodian confirmation. The archive does not rely on portal indicators alone.

1.1 Current Verification Action Set — 29 May 2026

The following current-status issues are being verified directly with relevant custodians rather than inferred from historic records, portal displays or secondary material.

Once official responses are received, this page should be updated to distinguish confirmed, denied, no-record, exempt, transferred and pending items.

1.2 Criminal Case, Restitution & Prohibition Order — Michigan

• Felony conviction — Oakland County, Michigan
  6th Judicial Circuit Court, Case 04-197988-FH / 04197988-FH, involving false pretence / false-title-related conduct. Certified or public-record extracts are preserved where obtainable, including register / case-history material, judgment / sentencing material and related orders.
• Court financial ledger & restitution
  Official court financial records show an original restitution order of approximately USD $188,000 arising from Case 04-197988-FH. Current balance, accrued interest, costs, payments, collection status and enforcement status remain under direct verification. Working estimates or indicators suggesting a balance above USD $500,000 are not treated as final until confirmed by the relevant custodian.
• Financial-services prohibition — Michigan DIFS
  Order of Prohibition #06-4287, issued July 2006, permanently prohibiting Chad Eugene Willis from being a licensee, registrant, employee, agent or control person of entities governed by specified Michigan mortgage / financial licensing acts unless explicitly terminated in writing by the Commissioner.
• FOIA confirmation — DIFS FOIA Request #20477 / November 2025
  The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services supplied a copy of Order of Prohibition #06-4287 and confirmed that related examination or investigation records are confidential under MCL 445.1670(1)(d). Those materials, where they exist, may only be disclosed to specified official bodies, in enforcement contexts, or by court authorisation.
• Cease-and-desist — Mortgage Highway, LLC
  Related enforcement action against “Mortgage Highway, LLC”, identified as an unlicensed residential mortgage company controlled by Chad Eugene Willis.

These documents are primary anchors for the entire record. They establish felony history, a standing financial-services prohibition order, and material restitution obligations associated with the underlying criminal case.

3.2 Investment Notes, Licensing Programs & Prohibition Relevance

Multiple entities across this network have been used to promote investment-style arrangements, including promissory notes, investor pools, licensing revenue participation and “friends and family” raises, in a context where the Michigan financial-services prohibition order is directly material.

• Entity / brand names used.
• Approximate period of promotion.
• Deal type: note, equity-style, royalty, licensing, revenue-share or hybrid.
• Jurisdictions and channels through which the offer or representation was made.
• Participants, intermediaries, introducers and public-facing credibility claims.

This section exists so regulators and law enforcement can see how many separate instances of apparent non-compliance or high-risk investor-facing activity may exist relative to the standing prohibition order, and how the activity was packaged commercially.

4.1 All-Scratch!® Patent Claims — Discrepancy File

Marketing and corporate materials for Plus Brand Industries Inc., Plus Brand and associated AGUA Plus brands have repeatedly described the All-Scratch!® technology as patented, patent-protected, globally protected, PCT-linked or otherwise IP-secured.

• Public statements and decks are logged wherever they assert patented status, “global patent protection”, published status, PCT reach, “150+ countries” or similar language, especially where such claims are used to support sponsorship, licensing, distribution, valuation or investment narratives.
• Searches of public patent and IP registers are tracked in parallel. Where a verifiable granted patent or published application can be matched to these claims, it is recorded by jurisdiction and number. Where claims appear broader than the verifiable IP footprint, the gap is flagged as a discrepancy.
• Trademark records are separated from patent records. A trademark registration for ALL-SCRATCH!® is not evidence that the underlying technology is patented.

The focus is on comparing what is claimed in public-facing materials with what can be verified in official patent, trademark and corporate registries.

4.2 Clark Hill / All-Scratch!® IP Clarification Request

A clarification request was sent to Clark Hill PLC concerning public statements that its attorneys supported Plus Brand’s label-scratch technology and broader Plus Brand / AGUA Plus statements concerning patent protection, published status, PCT-linked jurisdictional reach and global commercial protection.

• The verification issue is not whether any IP work occurred. The issue is the precise distinction between granted patents, published applications, pending applications, PCT filings, national-phase entries, trademarks and marketing language.
• Any public claim of “patented”, “patent protected”, “published in several markets”, “protected across 150+ countries” or similar wording should be tied to patent numbers, application numbers, jurisdictions, grant status, assignee, claim scope and current enforceability.
• Response status: pending. Any correction, clarification, denial or no-response status will be preserved as part of the Registry, Evidence Log and Timeline.

Professional-service references are relevant commercial / IP due-diligence records. They are not verification of unrelated sponsorship, distribution, fundraising, health, safety, valuation or conduct claims.

6.1 Historical Online Complaints — Energy, Nutrition, Plus Brand & Related

Over many years, multiple consumer-oriented and complaint sites have carried scam reports, warning posts and detailed narratives relating to investment schemes and commercial dealings connected with Chad Eugene Willis and associated entities, including early energy projects, nutrition / supplement ventures and later Plus Brand material.

Many of these reports have since become harder to locate through standard search or appear to have been removed, buried or displaced by positive / neutral content tied to current branding. Where older complaints have been located, they are preserved as:

• Date-stamped screenshots and PDFs.
• Archived copies of narrative content.
• Source URLs where still live.
• Reporter / author / platform notes where visible.
• Cross-references to affected-party records and timelines where available.

These materials are treated as allegations, complaint-platform records or public warning materials rather than adjudicated facts. They are relevant for pattern analysis, notice, chronology and corroboration where themes recur across different periods and ventures.

In April and May 2026, the archive’s public complaint-platform record was expanded through Ripoff Report filings concerning Chad Eugene Willis / Plus Brand / AGUA Plus, Martin K. McKernan and Adam Gauer.

These reports are treated as public complaint-platform records and index points. They supplement, but do not replace, the underlying Registry, Timeline, Evidence Vault, official filings, public-source materials, legal correspondence, payment records, agreement materials, promotional-claim captures and preserved communications.

• Original Chad Eugene Willis report: records the broader public-record pattern involving felony and regulatory history, World Energy / Guatemala-related complaints, Bamboo Nutra / By Nature, Plus Brand / AGUA Plus, investor-facing claims and preserved evidence.
  Open original Chad Willis Ripoff Report
• Approved Chad supplemental report: records the April 2026 escalation, including the cease-and-desist letter, failed-login alert, promotional saturation, patent / IP claims, Mayweather investment claims, KeHE / distribution claims, historical complaint materials and public-record preservation.
  Open Chad supplemental Ripoff Report
• Martin K. McKernan report: approved and published. The report documents Martin K. McKernan’s alleged role as intermediary, payment conduit, agreement signatory, settlement messenger, delay manager and narrative carrier in repayment / settlement communications connected to Chad Willis / Plus Brand / AGUA Plus obligations.
  Open Martin K. McKernan Ripoff Report
• Adam Gauer report: approved and published. The report records Adam Gauer’s public-facing executive role, role-record chronology, SEC filing references, patent / PCT / global-IP claims, health / hygiene / waste representations, and due-diligence concerns connected to Plus Brand / AGUA Plus / All-Scratch!®.
  Open Adam Gauer Ripoff Report

The underlying evidence remains held in the Evidence Vault and Restricted Vault, with redacted or unredacted materials available to regulators, law enforcement, legal counsel, journalists and verified affected parties where appropriate.

8.1 Cease-and-Desist Correspondence / Suppression-Response File

The archive preserves legal-threat correspondence received from counsel acting for Plus Brand-related interests, together with the archive’s substantive response, later follow-up correspondence and current non-response status.

• Original cease-and-desist correspondence: preserved with email headers, attachments and any delivery / transmission details available.
• Substantive response: preserved as part of the due-process, correction-opportunity and particulars-request record.
• Follow-up request: a further request was issued / preserved seeking confirmation of the asserted U.S. mail transmission and clarification of the allegations, asserted inaccuracies and any evidentiary basis relied upon.
• Status: no substantive correction, supporting evidence, or follow-through litigation step has been received as of the latest update.

Public framing: this is recorded as legal-threat correspondence, unparticularised or unsupported allegations where applicable, delivery-status clarification requested, and non-response preserved. The archive does not use this section to allege misconduct by counsel absent evidence; it records the correspondence as part of the evidentiary chronology.