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OnPassive owner Ash Mufareh has settled fraud charges with the SEC for $32 million.

Alliance in Motion has been ordered to cease business operations by the Vanuatu Financial Intelligence Unit (VFIU). VFIU commenced an investigation into Alliance in Motion (aka AIM Global), following a marketing event held at the Ramada Resort on August 5th.

Michael Shannon Sims, a defendant in the CFTC’s The Traders Domain Ponzi case, has been accused of mortgage shenanigans, hiding luxury watches and failing to disclose requested financial information. On July 28th, the Traders Domain Receiver filed a motion requesting Sims be ordered to show cause over multiple injunction violations.

Iyovia defendants Jason Brown, Matthew Rosa and their company Global Dynasty Network, have settled fraud allegations brought by the FTC and State of Nevada for $36 million.

The head of myWorld Spain has been arrested on pyramid fraud charges. Spain’s National Police confirmed the arrest in a July 31st press-release.

As per a July 31st order, the Texas State Securities Board has opted to set aside its Apertum Foundation emergency order. The order, issued on March 20th, pertains to ongoing alleged securities fraud. In addition to Apertum Foundation, TSSB’s order named Josip Heit, Dirc Zahlmann, Bruce Innes Wylde Hughes and Dennis Christopher Loos as respondents.

Back March BehindMLM received a reader request for an updated MWR Life review: Then, another reader reached out in late May claiming MWR Life had a new compensation plan: MWR Life has made its way up the review list with an update due soon. In the meantime, I couldn’t have predicted what happened next.

Following the arrest of top OmegaPro Ponzi promoter Juan Carlos Reynoso on June 30th, the DOJ was initially denied a motion seeking pre-trial detention. The DOJ filed an emergency motion challenging the order on July 3rd. The court stayed Reynoso’s release and held a second hearing on the matter on July 23rd. Following the hearing, [Continue reading…]

iGenius promoters in Poland have been hit with civil fraud charges. Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) filed the charges on April 22nd, coinciding with an iGenius securities fraud warning in March.

iGenius has received a caution from New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA). As per the FMA’s July 4th iGenius caution;