What’s left of GSPartners spinoff Auratus Gold is gearing up to hold two marketing promo events in Queensland, Australia this weekend.

The events, which will no doubt be used to market Auratus Gold to Australians, follow two Auratus Gold specific fraud warnings issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

A social media post from GSPartners owner Josip Heit suggests he touched down in Brisbane, Queensland earlier this week.

BehindMLM readers have confirmed Auratus Gold will hold a promo event at the Yot Club on Thursday, October 17th.

On its website Yot Club markets “full venue hire” on “Gold Coast & Brisbane’s iconic entertainment vessel”.

Auratus Gold’s Yot Club event will be followed up by a “Wealth Odyssey Seminar and Gala”, to be held at Sea World on the Gold Coast on Saturday, October 19th.

On its website Sea World markets bookable “bespoke experiences”:

Sea World in Australia is owned by the Village Roadshow Group, dba Village Roadshow Theme Parks.

Auratus Gold’s Yot Club event appears to be non-public but the company is otherwise charging $398 for access to the Sea World events (click to enlarge):

ASIC issued its first Auratus Gold fraud warning on August 2024. The financial regulator warned despite Auratus Gold was “likely to be offering financial services to Australian consumers” despite not being registered to do so.

Offering securities without registration with ASIC constitutes securities fraud under Australian law.

ASIC issued a second warning on September 11th, pertaining to Auratus Gold’s abandoned “digital gold vaults” investment scheme.

A GSPartners fraud warning was issued by ASIC in November 2023.

Citing an uptick in local promotion, neighboring New Zealand also issued an Auratus Gold securities fraud warning in September 2024.

GSPartners and Josip Heit recently settled securities fraud charges across North America. As part of the settlement, GSPartners and Heit are required to “return the full amount of all monies and/or cryptocurrencies invested or deposited with GSB Group, GS Partners and its affiliates”.

GSB Group is a German parent company Heit runs his various investment schemes through.

The second part of the GSPartners settlement kicks in after refunds for GSPartners victims in North America have been secured.

Under the terms of the second part of the GSPartners settlement;

GSB Group and Mr. Heit will consent to the entry of an enforcement order that concludes they illegally offered and/or sold securities that were not registered pursuant to state law.

The Texas State Securities Board cited Auratus in an April 2024 securities fraud enforcement action targeting Billionico. Billionico is yet another GSPartners adjacent scheme tied to GSB Group and Heit.

It’s likely that Auratus Gold’s bookings with Yot Club and Sea World were made under unassuming names with no mention or reference to GSB Group, Auratus Gold or Heit.

Nonetheless if Auratus Gold’s planned events go ahead, Yot Club and Sea World will play central roles in hosting efforts to further defraud Australian consumers despite ASIC’s Auratus Gold fraud warnings.

BehindMLM has reached out to Yot Club and Sea World for comment.