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View ArticleVemma settles for $238 million, agrees to stop pyramid scheme
News of a potential settlement between the FTC and Vemma first surfaced back in September. The FTC were willing to take the case to trial but Vemma and defendants BK Boreyko and Tom Alkazin wanted to...
View ArticleFTC: MLM companies with little to no retail activity are illegal
Retail sales requirements within an MLM opportunity is perhaps the most decisive issue facing the industry today. Proponents of pyramid schemes argue that affiliate purchases of product should count as...
View ArticleZeek Receiver addresses 30% tax withheld from payouts
After the Receivership sent out the first wave of victim checks on September 30th, it wasn’t long before those who received their checks in the mail began asking about the 30% withheld for tax...
View ArticlePaul Burks indicted for operating Zeek Rewards
After two and a half years of silence leaving many of us wondering what Paul Burks’ ultimate fate would be, news broke this morning that he has now been indicted. Burks was indicted by a grand jury for...
View ArticleBid With Integrity served cease and desist, fined $50,000
Bid With Integrity launched in late 2012 and sought to capture what remained of the MLM penny auction niche at the time. Announced shortly after the bust of the $850M Ponzi scheme Zeek Rewards, Bid...
View ArticleLiveSmart 360 closes, affiliate-base sold to Shaklee?
Citing a “harsh economic climate”, a few days ago LiveSmart 360 announced that it was permanently closing its business operations. As per a LiveSmart 360 affiliate communication sent out on October...
View ArticleKyani reported to Swedish police for “chain letter game”
When they started is unclear, but the Swedish Gaming Board recently concluded an investigation into Kyani. For those unfamiliar with the company, Kyani launched in 2005 and claim to combine ‘the...
View ArticleDouble Triangle Matrix Review: Recruit in 21 days or else…
There is no information on the Double Triangle Matrix website indicating who owns or runs the business. The Double Triangle Matrix website domain (“doubletrianglematrix.org”) was registered on the 29th...
View ArticleBitCoin Extreme Review: $12 eleven-tier Ponzi cycler
There is no information on the BitCoin Extreme website indicating who owns or runs the business. The company does have an “about us” page on their website, but only the following vague marketing spiel...
View ArticleNo Clicking Shares Review: $5 Ad Pack Ponzi positions
There is no information on the No Clicking Shares website indicating who owns or runs the business. The No Clicking Shares website domain (“noclickingshares.com”) was registered on the 9th of October...
View ArticleEmpower Network UniLine Compensation Review
Last week I started to notice chatter about a new Empower Network compensation plan, scheduled to go live on November 1st. Details have slowly been trickling in, with there now being enough information...
View ArticleBoresha Review: Weight loss coffee and autoships
Boresha was founded in 2007 and are based out of California in the US. As per the Boresha website, ‘in the Swahili language Boresha means “to make excellent”‘. Heading up Boresha is co-founder George...
View ArticleFinal judgement granted against all Zeek top net-winners
Following Final Judgement granted against three of Zeek Rewards’ top thieves, the same has now been granted against all named net-winners in the Receiver’s clawback lawsuit. In total there are seven...
View ArticleCarlos Costa facing jail time for $1.3 million dollars in tax fraud
Tax authorities in Brazil aren’t done investigating TelexFree, with the latest seeing Carlos Costa sued for $1.3 million dollars in tax fraud. As per a lawsuit filed by the Federal Public Ministry of...
View ArticleCool Naira Review: Pyramid scheme targets Nigerian recession
The Cool Naira website identifies Paul Samson as founder of the company. Samson purportedly founded Cool Naira through the company G-Cyber Technologies back in March. Samson (right) claims G-Cyber...
View ArticleE-Cooperative Review: Two-tier matrix cash gifting
There is no information on the E-Cooperative website indicating who owns or runs the business. The E-Cooperative website domain (“ecooperative.online”) was registered on October 25th, 2016. Christian...
View ArticleJeremy Rush threatens to sue Zukul Facebook critics
The latest Zukul webinar aired earlier today. In it, owner Jeremy Rush addresses what he refers to as a number a number of issues. Perhaps the most interesting of which is criticism on Facebook, which...
View ArticleVemma settles for $238 million, agrees to stop pyramid scheme
News of a potential settlement between the FTC and Vemma first surfaced back in September. The FTC were willing to take the case to trial but Vemma and defendants BK Boreyko and Tom Alkazin wanted to...
View ArticleFTC: MLM companies with little to no retail activity are illegal
Retail sales requirements within an MLM opportunity is perhaps the most decisive issue facing the industry today. Proponents of pyramid schemes argue that affiliate purchases of product should count as...
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