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                                                                   Exhibit 10.16

                                RELEASE AGREEMENT

     THIS RELEASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of
February 4, 2011, by and between Scott D. Bengfort ("Bengfort") and MONDAS
MINERALS CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Mondas").

     WHEREAS, Bengfort loaned or made expenditures on behalf of Mondas over a
period of time while a principal or serving as an officer of Mondas;

     WHEREAS, Mondas is contemplating a change of control transaction in the
form of a merger with Consumer Captial Group Inc., a California corporation
("CCG"), and one of the conditions precedent to the consummation of such
transaction is that Mondas have zero liabilities at the time of closing;

     WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Mondas, CCG Acquisition
Corp. (its wholly owned subsidiary) ("Merger Subsidiary"), and CCG have approved
the merger of Merger Subsidiary with and into CCG, with CCG being the surviving
corporation, after which it will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mondas (the
"Merger"), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

     WHEREAS, the Merger shall be conducted pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated February 4, 2011 by and among Mondas, Merger Subsidiary, CCG and
Bengfort (the "Merger Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the parties are entering into this Agreement in order to provide
for the release and discharge of any and all indebtedness owed by Mondas to
Bengfort.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby accepted, the parties hereby agree as follows:

     1. Certain Definitions.

     "Affiliate" shall mean shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person; for
purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings,
the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as
applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.

     "Closing" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Merger
Agreement.

     "Closing Date" shall mean the closing date of the Merger under the Merger
Agreement.

     "Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or
services, obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, indentures or
similar instruments, obligations of such Person under interest rate agreements,
currency hedging agreements, commodity price protection agreements or similar
hedging instruments, capital lease obligations of such Person, redeemable
capital stock of such Person and any other obligations of such Person classified
as indebtedness under GAAP, or any and all other claims for money or other
value, whether known or unknown, or agreed or by operation of law.
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     "Person" shall include individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited
liability companies, trusts, other entities and groups (which term shall include
a "group" as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended).

     2. Resignation. Bengfort agrees to resign as sole director on the board of
directors of Mondas effective on the Closing Date of the Merger.

     3. Representations and Warranties. Bengfort hereby represents and warrants
that its representations and warranties made by Mondas to the other parties in
the Merger Agreement are true and correct as of the date of the Closing, which
Section is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. Bengfort hereby
further represents and warrants that he has not transferred any indebtedness to
any third party, and no indebtedness held by Bengfort has been assumed by any
third party.

     4. Confidentiality. Bengfort agrees that, except with the prior written
permission of Mondas, it shall at all times hold in confidence and trust and not
use or disclose any confidential information of Mondas provided to or learned by
Bengfort in connection with his prior dealings with Mondas, unless such
confidential information (a) was publicly known and made generally available in
the public domain prior to the time of disclosure by Mondas; (b) becomes
publicly known and made generally available after disclosure by Mondas to
Bengfort through no fault of Bengfort; (c) is already in the possession of
Bengfort at the time of disclosure by Mondas, as shown by Bengfort's files and
records; (d) is obtained by Bengfort from a third party without a breach of the
third party's obligations of confidentiality; or (e) is independently developed
by Bengfort without use of or reference to Mondas's confidential information, as
shown by documents and other competent evidence in Bengfort's possession.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bengfort may disclose any confidential
information of Mondas provided to or learned by Bengfort to the minimum extent
necessary (i) as required by any court or other governmental body, provided that
Bengfort provides Mondas with prompt notice of such court order or requirement
to Mondas to enable Mondas to seek a protective order or otherwise to prevent or
restrict such disclosure; (ii) to legal counsel of Bengfort; (iii) in connection
with the enforcement of this Agreement or any rights under this Agreement; or
(iv) to comply with applicable law.

     5. Non-Solicitation. For a period of at least twelve (12) months from the
date of this Agreement, Bengfort agrees that he shall not directly or indirectly
solicit or hire any officer, director, owner or employee of Mondas, or induce
any such person to terminate his or her relationship with Mondas, or use any
confidential information of Mondas received by them to do any of the foregoing,
or provide such confidential information of Mondas to any third party to do any
of the foregoing.

     6. Non-Disparagement. Bengfort shall not hereafter disparage or otherwise
seek to impair or impugn the character, integrity or reputation of Mondas or,
its shareholders, directors, officers, employees or agents. Bengfort agrees that
any breach of this provision would result in irreparable injury and,
accordingly, in addition to any legal remedy, Mondas and the parties referenced
in this Section 7 shall be entitled to equitable or injunctive relief in any
court of competent jurisdiction in the event of any breach or threatened breach
of this provision.

     7. Release and Related Matters.

     (a) Release. Conditioned and effective upon Closing, Bengfort and, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, each of Bengfort's past, present and future
officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, attorneys, accountants,
advisors, representatives, successors and assigns and all others claiming
through that party or such other entities or persons (each a "Releasor"), hereby

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fully releases and forever discharges Mondas and each of Mondas's past, present
and future officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents, affiliates,
attorneys, accountants, advisors, representatives, successors and assigns and
all others claiming through that other party or such other entities or persons
(each, a "Releasee") from any and all liabilities, obligations and
responsibilities for any and all Released Claims (as defined below).

     (b) Release Includes Known and Unknown Claims. The Releasors each
understand and acknowledge that the Released Claims are intended to and do
include any and all claims of every nature and kind whatsoever, whether known,
unknown, suspected or unsuspected which the Releasors has, may have or may claim
to have, against the Releasees based on, related to or arising out of the
Released Claims. The Releasors each hereby expressly and knowingly waive the
provisions and benefits of any applicable statute which would impede waiver of
unknown claims, and hereby acknowledges, agrees, and understands the following
statement or similar language under any statute applicable to the Releasors:

        A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR
        DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF
        EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY
        AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.

The Releasors also further acknowledge and agree that they may hereafter
discover facts different from, or in addition to, those which the Releasors now
know or believe to be true with respect to the Released Claims, and the
Releasors each agree that, in such event, this Agreement and the release
hereunder shall nevertheless be and remain effective in all respects,
notwithstanding such different or additional facts, or the discovery thereof.

     (c) Certain Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Bengfort hereby
represents, warrants and covenants that as of the date hereof (i) Bengfort has
read this Agreement in its entirety, has had this Agreement explained by
independent counsel of the its choice and is aware of the contents and legal
effect of each and every provision of this Agreement; (ii) Bengfort has not
sold, assigned or otherwise transferred any interest in any of the Released
Claims; and (iii) Bengfort will not participate in, commence or permit (to the
extent within its control) the assertion or commencement of any demand,
allegation, litigation or similar proceeding or action relating to any Released
Claims (including any direct or derivative claim) and will not encourage, assist
or cooperate with any person pursuing or asserting any Released Claim, against
any Mondas.

     (d) Indemnification. In the event that Bengfort breaches any of the
representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement, Bengfort shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Releasees from any and all claims, losses,
damages, expenses, obligations and liabilities, including court costs, the cost
of any investigation, expert witnesses and preparation, and the reasonable
attorneys' fees associated therewith, which arise or result therefrom or are
incident or related thereto.

     (e) Definition of Released Claims. As used in this Agreement, "Released
Claims" mean any and all actual or alleged Indebtedness, liabilities, claims,
actions, suits, causes of action, obligations, debts, controversies, disputes,
promises, contracts, liens, judgments, agreements, promises or demands of any
kind or nature, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, direct or
derivative, both at law and in equity, that Bengfort may or could have had or
could claim to have had now or in the future against the Releasees arising out
of, resulting from or relating or incident to any act or omission in connection
with transactions, contracts, officer and director appointments, employment

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agreements or business dealings, or proposed transactions, contracts, officer
and director appointments, employment agreements or business dealings, between
Bengfort and Mondas, through and up to the Closing Date.

     8. Miscellaneous.

     (a) Interpretation; Rules of Construction. This Agreement has been mutually
negotiated by the parties and is to be interpreted according to its fair meaning
and not strictly for or against any such party. Bengfort waives any rule of law
or judicial precedent that provides that contractual ambiguities are to be
construed against the party who shall have drafted the contractual provision in
question. References in this Agreement to Sections or subsections are to
Sections and subsections of this Agreement unless expressly indicated otherwise.
"Including" means "including without limitation" and "or" is used in the
inclusive sense of "and/or."

     (b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under
the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any principles of
conflicts or choice of laws.

     (c) Parties in Interest. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied,
is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than Mondas and the other
Releasees (who are intended to be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement)
any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (d) Severable Provisions. In the event that any provision of this Agreement
would be held to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction for
any reason, unless such provision is narrowed by judicial construction, this
Agreement shall, as to such jurisdiction, be construed as if such invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable provision had been more narrowly drawn so as not to
be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable.

     (e) Headings. The Section and subsection headings are inserted only as a
matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit or describe
the scope or intent of any provision of this Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered as of
the date first above written.

                                  MONDAS MINERALS CORP.

                                  By: /s/ Scott Bengfort
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                                     Scott Bengfort
                                     Chief Executive Officer

                                     /s/ Scott Bengfort
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                                     Scott Bengfort, an individual

NOTARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

CCG ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

CONSUMER CAPITAL GROUP INC.

By: /s/ Jack Gao
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   Jack Gao
   Chief Executive Officer

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.17

                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

     This Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into by and among
Scott Bengfort ("Bengfort"), Mondas Minerals Corp. (and its successors), and CCG
Acquisition Corp. (a Delaware corporation) pursuant Section 7.2(e) of the
Agreement and Plan of Merger ("MERGER AGREEMENT") dated February 4, 2011 among
Mondas Minerals Corp., CCG Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("CCG
DELAWARE"), Bengfort, and Consumer Capital Group Inc., a California corporation
("CCG CALIFORNIA"). All capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined
shall have the same meanings as assigned to such terms in the Merger Agreement.

     WHEREAS, prior to the merger and related transactions under the Merger
Agreement, Bengfort owned 1,500,000 shares of Mondas Minerals Corp., a Delaware
corporation including its successors ("MONDAS"), constituting 60% of the issued
and outstanding shares of Mondas;

     WHEREAS, under the Merger Agreement it is contemplated that CCG California
shall merge with CCG Delaware, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mondas (sometimes
referred to as the "MERGER SUBSIDIARY"), with CCG California as the surviving
corporation (the "MERGER"), and, in connection with the Merger, the shareholders
of CCG California shall receive 17,777,776 shares of common stock of Mondas as
consideration;

     WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, Bengfort shall cause 1,388,889
shares of his common stock to be cancelled, Mondas shall issue 17,777,776 shares
to the CCG California shareholders, and as a result of the Merger, Mondas will
have issued and outstanding, on a post-merger fully diluted basis (assuming full
issuance of 3,333,333 shares under a proposed option plan), a total of
22,222,220 shares of common stock;

     WHEREAS, as an inducement to and a condition for CCG California to conduct
the Merger, Bengfort is agreeing to the terms of this Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to indemnify Mondas and the
Surviving Corporation for all claims and liabilities associated with past
business activities of Mondas prior to the Merger, as well as to provide for
certain post-closing covenants.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, for valid consideration which is hereby acknowledged,
the parties agree as follows:

     1. Representations and Warranties. Bengfort hereby reiterates the
representations and warranties regarding Mondas set forth in Article V of the
Merger Agreement, which representations and warranties are incorporated into
this Agreement by reference.

     2. Indemnification. Bengfort hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Mondas and
the Surviving Corporation, their officers, directors, employees and agents and
each person, if any, who controls them within the meaning of Section 15 of the
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Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT") or Section 20 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), the
stockholders or members of Mondas and the Surviving Corporation, and, following
the Closing of the Merger, all of their then officers, directors, employees and
agents and each person, if any, who then control Mondas and the Surviving
Corporation within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, harmless from and against (i) any and all past liabilities
of any type or nature whatsoever of Mondas existing at the time of Closing,
which includes all expenses related to the Agreement and liabilities incurred by
Mondas relating to its operations, dealings or actions prior to the date of
Closing, (ii) any breach of the Mondas Representations and Warranties, and (iii)
any breach of covenants by Bengfort provided herein.

     3. Indemnified Parties; Rights. In case any action shall be commenced
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant hereto
(the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), the Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the
person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in
writing. A delay in giving notice shall only relieve the Indemnifying Party of
liability to the extent the Indemnifying Party suffers actual prejudice because
of the delay. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, at its option and
expense, to participate in the defense of such a proceeding or claim, but not to
control the defense, negotiation or settlement thereof, which control shall at
all times rest with the Indemnified Party, unless the proceeding or claim
involves only money damages or relates to a corporate restructuring,
recapitalization or stock issuance prior to the Closing, not an injunction or
other equitable relief, and unless the Indemnifying Party:

     (i) irrevocably acknowledges in writing complete responsibility for and
agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Party; and

     (ii) furnishes satisfactory evidence of the financial ability to indemnify
the Indemnified Party;

in which case the Indemnifying Party may assume such control through counsel of
its choice and at its expense, but the Indemnified Party shall continue to have
the right to be represented, at its own expense, by counsel of its choice in
connection with the defense of such a proceeding or claim. If the Indemnifying
Party does not assume control of the defense of such a proceeding or claim, (i)
the entire defense of the proceeding or claim by the Indemnified Party, (ii) any
settlement made by the Indemnified Party, and (iii) any judgment entered in the
proceeding or claim shall be deemed to have been consented to by, and shall be
binding on, the Indemnifying Party as fully as though it alone had assumed the
defense thereof and a judgment had been entered in the proceeding or claim in
the amount of such settlement or judgment, except that the right of the
Indemnifying Party to contest the right of the Indemnified Party to
indemnification under the Agreement with respect to the proceeding or claim
shall not be extinguished. If the Indemnifying Party does assume control of the
defense of such a proceeding or claim, it will not, without the prior written

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consent of the Indemnified Party settle the proceeding or claim or consent to
entry of any judgment relating thereto which does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant to the Indemnified Party a
release from all liability in respect of the proceeding or claim. The parties
hereto agree to cooperate fully with each other in connection with the defense,
negotiation or settlement of any such proceeding or claim.

     4. Limits.

     (a) After the Closing, Bengfort shall not be required to indemnify any
Indemnified Party with respect to any claim for indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement unless and until the aggregate amount of indemnifiable Damages
suffered by all Indemnitees subject to indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement exceeds $100,000 (the "Threshold"), at which point the indemnifying
Person shall indemnify the full amount of such claims and all claims thereafter,
subject to any other applicable limitations in this section; provided however,
that no Threshold shall apply to any Damages incurred as a result of a breach of
Section 5.7 (Liabilities and Contracts) of the Merger Agreement. The aggregation
of claims must only reach the Threshold once, and after such point the
Indemnitees may seek indemnification for all claims which may arise under this
section. "Damages" shall mean the amount of any loss, damage, injury, decline in
value, liability, claim, fee (including any legal fee, expert fee, accounting
fee or advisory fee), demand, settlement, judgment, award, fine, penalty, tax,
charge, cost (including any cost of investigation) or expense of any nature
whatsoever. Damages related to a failure to receive accounts receivables shall
take into account the revenue reflected by that receivable as it was taken into
account by Parent in valuing the Company.

     (b) The maximum amount that Bengfort shall be required to indemnify the
Indemnified Party under this Agreement shall be $355,000.

     (c) Bengfort agrees to pay any indemnifiable Damages subject to the terms
and conditions hereunder to the Indemnified Parties within 30 days of written
notification to Bengfort by Indemnified Parties with documentation of such
Damages, and payment shall be made in cash.

     (d) Bengfort shall not be required to indemnify any Indemnified Party with
respect to any claim for indemnification pursuant to this Agreement which arises
after the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing. A claim shall be considered
to have arisen if the Surviving Corporation or Mondas becomes aware of such
claim by any means, including but not limited to written or verbal notification
by any claimant, or awareness of any fact that indicates the existence of any
claim, provided that Surviving Corporation or Mondas notifies Bengfort of the
existence of such claim(s) on or prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the
Closing.

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     5. Additional Post-Closing Covenants. Bengfort agrees to the following
post-Closing covenants:

     (a) Name Change. Immediately following the Closing, Bengfort shall
cooperate with Mondas and provide any and all information necessary, or take all
actions reasonably requested by Surviving Corporation, for Mondas to be renamed
as "Consumer Capital Group Inc."

     (b) Corporate Records.(c) Bengfort agrees to cooperate and use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide true and accurate historical tax records,
accounting documentation, account numbers, and any other corporate information
relating to Mondas' operations prior to and leading up to the Closing, promptly
upon request of the Surviving Corporation or its representatives.

     6. Survival; Termination. The parties agree that all of the covenants,
representations and warranties provided herein shall survive the Closing and
continue to be binding regardless of any investigation made at any time by any
party.

     7. Additional Agreements. At any time, and from time to time, each party
will execute such additional instruments and take such action as may be
reasonably requested by the other party to carry out the intent and purposes of
this Agreement.

     8. Waiver. Any failure on the part of any party hereto to comply with any
of its obligations, agreements or conditions hereunder may be waived in writing
by the party to whom such compliance is owed.

     9. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered in person or sent by
prepaid first-class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, as
follows:

          If to Bengfort:               Scott Bengfort
                                        13983 West Stone Avenue
                                        Post Falls, ID 83854
                                        Facsimile: 1-678-669-7952

          With a copy to:               Robert Weaver, Esq.
                                        721 Devon Court
                                        San Diego, CA 92109
                                        Facsimile: (858) 997-2124

          If to Indemnified Parties     c/o Consumer Capital Group Inc.
          or Surviving Corporation:     506 N. Garfield Ave. #210
                                        Alhambra, California 91801
                                        Attn: Jack Gao
                                        Facsimile:

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          With a copy to:               Richardson & Patel LLP
                                        10900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500
                                        Los Angeles, CA 90024
                                        Facsimile: (310) 208-1154

     10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute
the entire agreement between the parties regarding the foregoing subject matter,
and supersede and cancel any other agreement, representation or communication,
whether oral or written, between the parties hereto relating to the transaction
contemplated herein or the subject matter hereof.

     11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of laws.

     12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of,
and be binding upon, the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

     13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     14. Fees. In the event of default hereunder by either party, the prevailing
party in any proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to recover
attorney's fees and costs and such other damages as may have been caused by the
default of the defaulting party.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement
as of the date set forth below.

Dated: 2-4-2011                  By: /s/ Scott Bengfort
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                                    Scott Bengfort, an individual

                                 MONDAS MINERALS CORP.
                                 a Delaware corporation

                                 By: /s/ Scott Bengfort
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                                    Scott Bengfort
                                    Chief Executive Officer

                                 CCG ACQUISITION CORP.
                                 a Delaware corporation

                                 By: /s/ Scott Bengfort
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Scott Bengfort
                                    Chief Executive Officer

ACKNOWLEDGED:

CONSUMER CAPITAL GROUP INC.
a California corporation

By: /s/ Jack Gao
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   Jack Gao
   Chief Executive Officer

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