Justin Bieber is now introducing a new campaign to try and prevent texting and driving. He is taking necessary steps to send the right message, however he is teaming up with a company known for being run-down and was run by a felon until just recently.
“It is tragic that almost on a daily basis there are reports of deaths and severe injuries caused by drivers who are texting and driving,” Bieber said in a statement yesterday announcing his new partnership with the makers of the anti-texting software PhoneGuard. “We need to change the attitudes in our society toward texting and driving and I am making it one of my personal goals to make this happen.”
Justin Bieber is extremely serious about trying to curb texting and driving. He is now even the part-owner of Options Media Group Holdings (OPMG), a floundering tech company out of Boca Raton, Florida which is a distributor for PhoneGuard technology. Justin Bieber was issued 121 million shares this year, which is 16 percent of the company, adding up to about a penny a share, which is a deal referred to as the company’s SEC filings called “The Bieber Agreement”.
The former president of OPMG, Anthony Sasso, resigned from his position after an online blog said he had been convicted of racketeering in 2004 for his role in a car theft incident. The CEO of OPMG, Scott Frohman, partakes in Money4Gold, Inc. which is a place to exchange your jewelry advertised on TV.
Because OPMG doesn’t have much experience in tech, it’s no surprise to the company that reported $10 million in losses the year before and has been barely able to maintain its financial deals since then. Last year at the time of the report, it had only enough money to last 45 days.
OPMG’s plan appears to look like it’s going to try to use Bieber to add stock and assets to the company through his new texting-while-driving awareness campaign, while incorporating the use of social media like Twitter and Facebook with regular updates. Timothy Sykes, who has criticized OPMG on his blog, says that even with the new team effort with Bieber, he still believe the company will fail. OPMG has issued more than a billion shares and is hoping Bieber can help boost sales.
Justin Bieber is also joining 50 Cent, Carmen Electra, and Shaq in financial investments with near-worthless penny stocks. 50 Cent apparently boasted about his H&H Imports investment on Twitter. Bieber’s camp is trying to become more savvy by adding his penny stock treasures to an awareness campaign. Sadly OPMG’s stock is still down a cent tonight, even after Bieber’s huge announcement to the world.