Forsage @ BehindMLM

On August 1st the SEC filed civil fraud charges against Forsage co-founder Vladimir “Lado” Okhotnikov. The regulator alleges Forsage is a $300 million dollar Ponzi scheme. That same day Okhotnikov doubled down and held a webinar titled, “Burning Question to Meta Force Founder”. You’d be wrong if you thought addressing the SEC’s lawsuit was a [Continue reading…]

Meta Force has received a fraud warning from the Central Bank of Russia.

The SEC has charged eleven Forsage Ponzi promoters with securities fraud. The SEC claims Forsage is a $300 million dollar Ponzi scheme. Forsage owner Vladimir “Lado” Okhotnikov is among the eleven defendants.

MetaForce is the sixth Forsage Ponzi scheme from serial scammer Lado Okhotnikov. Okhotnikov’s last scam was Forsage BUSD, a crypto smart-contract Ponzi that didn’t go anywhere. Forsage BUSD emerged in early 2021. Investors in third-world countries were pretty much all that was left at this point, and Forsage BUSD never really gained any traction. In [Continue reading…]

Following coverage of Lado Okhotnikov announcing a Forsage Binance Smart Chain reboot a fortnight ago, details have emerged. The reboot is going by Forsage BUSD and is the fifth Ponzi scheme launched under the Forsage brand. Forsage BUSD follows Forsage, Fortron, Forsage Tron and Forsage XGold – all of which have collapsed. Okhotnikov is believed [Continue reading…]

Collapsed Forsage Ponzi scheme founder Lado Okhotnikov, evidently believes securities regulators don’t understand securities law. Okhotnikov’s claims follow two securities fraud warnings issued against Forsage over the past twelve months.

Forsage has been issued a securities fraud cease and desist from Montana’s Commissioner of Securities and Insurance.

Forsage XGold is part of Lado Okhotnikov’s stable of Forsage branded Ponzi schemes. According to his Facebook profile, Okhotnikov is based out of Moscow, Russia. Okhotnikov (right) describes himself as “the king of decentralized MLM”. “Decentralized MLM” being code for crypto Ponzi schemes. Launched in April 2020, by September or so Forsage had gone into [Continue reading…]

Forsage is an ethereum smart-contract Ponzi scheme put together by Lado Okhotnikov. According to his Facebook profile, Okhotnikov is based out of Moscow, Russia. Okhotnikov (right) describes himself as “the king of decentralized MLM”. “Decentralized MLM” being code for crypto Ponzi schemes. Launched in April 2020, by September or so Forsage had gone into decline. [Continue reading…]

Fortron provides no information about who owns or runs the company on its website. Fortron’s website domain (“fortron.io”) was privately registered on August 14th, 2020. Based on the company name and nature of the business, I suspected Fortron to be a reboot of the Forsage gifting scheme. I was able to confirm this by way [Continue reading…]