8 Figure Dream Lifestyle’s three co-founders have received prison sentences.

On December 16th, 2024;

  • Alex Dee was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.84 million in forfeiture
  • Brian Kaplan was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.83 million in forfeiture
  • Jerrold Maurer was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.54 million in forfeiture

8 Figure Dream Lifestyle was an MLM gifting pyramid scheme launched in 2017.

Dee, Kaplan and Maurer were arrested between October 2023 and January 2024.

Kaplan and Maurer pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in November 2023. Dee pled guilty to the same in July 2024.

The FTC also filed 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle civil fraud charges in 2019. A $31.9 million judgment was handed down in September 2020.