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Disclosure is something often overlooked in the promotion of MLM opportunities. In an industry where you’re actively promoting a business opportunity on the premise that anyone can be successful, disclosure of anything that might skew that representation is important. Failure to do so is not only dishonest but also a prime target for regulatory investigation.

If you thought OneCoin’s bitcoin announcement was a conveniently timed distraction from a Chinese crackdown on the scheme… you’d be half right. Turns out there might be a much more serious problem for OneCoin behind the decision.

Upon learning of the arrest of Chinese investors, yesterday Ted Nuyten personally “reached out” to CEO Ruja Ignatova. This was part of Nuyten’s duty as unofficial spokesperson for OneCoin to the MLM industry, suspected to be the result of an undisclosed amount of money changing hands. In “a statement” published on Nuyten’s BusinessForHome blog yesterday, Ignatova [Continue reading…]

In early March OneCoin announced a “Grand Ceremony” in Harbin, China. OneCoin Founder and co-owner Ruja Ignatova was to attend the April 23rd event. Since the initial March 8th promotional announcement, neither OneCoin or its management has made any reference to the Harbin event. April 23rd has come and gone, with there being no record [Continue reading…]

The Superintendency of Societies is a government regulator in Colombia charged with overseeing companies operating in the country. Citing a new law introduced earlier this year in January, the Superintendency of Societies has issued a warning against OneCoin.

As first uncovered by BehindMLM reader OzDelphi, on the 16th of April 2015 One Network Services Ltd. filed a US trademark application for “onecoin”. One Network Services Ltd., believed to be OneCoin’s parent company, sought to trademark the OneCoin name ‘without claim to any particular font, style, size, or color‘. Irina Dilkinska was the name [Continue reading…]

Accompanied by a visual representation of a thief stealing money, yesterday saw Austria’s Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection issue a warning against OneCoin.

The Reddit Bitcoin subreddit has 173,813 subscribers. It’s a hub of activity for all things bitcoin, with ten or more topics published every hour. Up for discussion is of course bitcoin, along with the technology behind it. /r/bitcoin is a subreddit devoted to new information and discussion about Bitcoin and its ecosystem. What I’m getting [Continue reading…]

In late January news broke that the Swedish Gaming Board had finished their investigation into OneCoin. The regulator found OneCoin to be ““a chain letter game or similar”, and promptly reported the scheme to police. Upon consideration of the Gaming Board’s findings these last two months, now news that Swedish police have launched a preliminary investigation [Continue reading…]

A few days ago we reported on OneCoin’s abrupt suspension of Mastercard processing and card loading. In effect, cards issued to OneCoin affiliates are currently useless “until further notice”. Seemingly out of the blue, the suspension raised a few eyebrows and prompted further research. That research lead to a copy of OneCoin’s Mastercard service agreement. [Continue reading…]