Tag: Digi Outdoor Media

DC Wins Lawsuit Against Digi Outdoor Successor

On Monday, Washington DC won a lawsuit against Lumen Eight, the successor company to Don MacCord’s Digi Outdoor Media.  Digi Outdoor Media installed 43 digital billboards at 17 locations in Wash DC.  The company tried to circumvent Wash DC’s ban on digital billboards by installing the signs inside windows of […]

DigiOutdoor’s McCord Pleads Guilty

On April 2, 2019 Wash DC out of home executive Don MacCord pleaded guilty and was sentenced to $1.4 million of restitution and 30 months jail followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.  Here’s a list of MacCord’s misdeeds mentioned in the Sentencing Memorandum. […]

Your out of home company and politics.

Out of home advertising company assists city councilman with fundraising and offers paid internship to son of city councilman.  City Councilman introduces legislation to get out of home company out of a jam when it runs into a dispute with the city.  It’s all here in last Friday’s District Dig […]

6 steps for avoiding out of home fraud.

New sign construction presents an opportunity for fraud. Last week out of home executives Don MacCord and Shannon Doyle were arrested and charged with defrauding Digi Outdoor Media investors out of $2.3 million.  Here’s how MacCord and Doyle alledgedly ran the scam.  The details come from an SEC lawsuit and […]

Wash DC Digital Saga continues.

More developments in the Washington DC digital sign saga which Insider wrote about earlier this week. Don MacCord and Shannon Doyle have been indicted by the FBI for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, false writings to a government agency, obstruction of official proceedings and destruction alteration or falsification of records.  […]

Digi Outdoor Media Sued by SEC

Digi Outdoor Media Inc., a company which raised $4.5 million to construct and install digital signs for commercial advertising around Washington DC has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for theft of more than $2.3 million from investors. You can read the lawsuit here.  The lawsuit alleges that […]