Payza’s Firoz Patel surfaces in Canada, mocks DOJ
Following his indictment earlier this year, Payza co-founder Firoz Patel went into hiding. Now, if a June 12th Facebook status update is to be believed, Patel has resurfaced in Quebec, Canada. Patel’s...
View ArticleLuLaRoe seek to divide and conquer in class-action arbitration
Of the affiliate lawsuits filed against LuLaRoe that are still playing out, the most prominent is a proposed class-action pertaining to the company’s return policy. The six-count complaint claims...
View ArticleMatt Lloyd lawyers up, MOBE preliminary injunction hearing delayed
A new motion by the FTC has requested the currently scheduled preliminary injunction hearing for June 26th be pushed back to July. The FTC’s motion has consent from all of the named defendants, as well...
View ArticleOneCoin’s blockchain lies exposed by GDPR
As annoying as the GDPR might be, lo and behold some good has come of it. Before we get into that though, let’s revisit early 2017. Blockchain developer Bjorn Bjercke had just dropped the “OneCoin has...
View ArticleThe Four Percent Group Review: $5000+ a year marketing funnel
The Four Percent Group launched in mid 2016 and operate in the online marketing MLM niche. The company is based out of the US state of South Dakota and is headed up by Founder and CEO, Vick Strizheus...
View ArticleCharles Scoville arrested for aggravated sexual abuse of a child
News of the arrest of a Charles David Scoville in Utah broke last week. Given the severity of the charge, I held off on reporting the story until I had absolute confirmation it was Traffic Monsoon’s...
View ArticleFiroz Patel’s Payza tax fraud bill climbs to $15.2 million
Firoz Patel’s Payza tax fraud bill has claimed to $15.2 million, following adjusted undeclared income of $26.2 million USD. Revenu Québec previously pegged Patel’s unpaid taxes at $10.8 million,...
View ArticleMaVie Review: $1000+ annual access to a DNA kit, travel & shopping
MaVie operate in the e-commerce, nutrition and travel MLM niches. The company launched earlier this year and is headed up by Founder and CEO, Abboud Barakat. As per Barakat’s MaVie corporate bio, his...
View ArticleThomas Dluca risks contempt in FTC case, bitcoin liquidation argued
Thomas Dluca is one of four named defendants in a March 2018 FTC filed lawsuit. The lawsuit specifically alleges Dluca is the founder of the Bitcoin Funding Team gifting scam. He is also accused of...
View ArticleBitqyck abandoned due to regulatory investigation, offshore reboot?
In a message provided to affiliates in their backoffice, Bitqyck has confirmed it is under federal regulatory investigation. The company doesn’t name which regulator is investigating it. Based on...
View ArticleWorldVentures sue Ariix & MaVie over unfair competition
It seems WorldVentures has finally exhausted the “access to travel discounts” pyramid model – with the company looking to expand into nutrition. According to a recently filed lawsuit, mid last year...
View ArticleMintage Mining marketing claims are a mess
For the past few months Mintage Mining and their affiliates have heavily marketing their passive mining ROI opportunity as being SEC compliant. Then there was the whole Jones Day SEC lawyers nonsense,...
View ArticleUnifii Review: $279.95 cryptocurrency Telegram signals
Unifii provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business. The Unifii website domain (“unifii.io”) was privately registered on May 5th, 2018. Further research reveals Unifii...
View ArticleCommunity Collect Review: Crowdfunding International gifting reboot
Community Collect provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the business. The Community Collect website domain (“community-collect.com”) was initially registered in December 2017....
View ArticleTaurise Review: Crypto mining rig smokescreen Ponzi
The first thing visitors to the Taurise website are presented with is a poorly dubbed marketing video featuring “Robert Mackay” and “Rachel Davis”. As the example below shows, these are obviously...
View ArticleBitConnect FBI investigation update, Director’s wife missing
BehindMLM first reported on an FBI investigation into BitConnect back in March, following confirmation from top-investor Trevon James. Following the disappearance of BitConnect Director John Bigatton’s...
View ArticleVelimon Review: $5 six-tier 4×1 matrix Ponzi cycler
Velimon provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the business. The Velimon website domain (“velimon.racing”) was privately registered on March 25th, 2018. A marketing video on the...
View ArticleJDE Jewels: Custom-made knockoff jewelry with pyramid recruitment
JDE Jewels claim they ‘started customizing fine jewelry pieces in 1998‘. The JDE Jewels website domain meanwhile was only registered in 2016. Other than incorporation in the Philippines in 2014, to...
View ArticleEyeline Trading Review: 0.66% daily ROI bitcoin investment fraud
Eyeline Trading claims Jean Paul Ramirez is the founder of Eyeline Business & Development. Apparently Ramirez ‘has been a leader in the financial industry for many years’. Eyeline Trading provide a...
View Article251 Coins Review: 3×5 matrix cryptocurrency gifting scheme
251 Coins provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the business. The 251 Coins website domain (“251coins.com”) was privately registered on May 16th, 2018. As always, if an MLM...
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