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Joseph Heit sentenced to prison for financial fraud in Luxembourg

Scandal surrounding a halted hyrdoelectric plant has seen Croatian journalists link the project to Sasa Svalina and brother-in-law Josip Heit. Heit is currently going through a refund settlement nightmare, following securities fraud allegations pertaining to a billion dollar “fraudulent investment scheme”. The latest out of Croatia is a September 22nd report from Dusan Miljus of [Continue reading…]


TeslaQuant Review: Quantitative Trading “click a button” Ponzi

TeslaQuant fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. TeslaQuant’s website domain (“teslaquant.com”), was registered with bogus details on September 4th, 2024. Of note is TeslaQuant’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). TeslaQuant has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a TeslaQuant [Continue reading…]


Putnam & Ramirez SEC fraud judgment tops $16 mill

Following settlement of fraud charges related to operation of multiple MLM Ponzi schemes, monetary relief has been ordered against defendants Dan Putnam and Jean Paul Ramirez Rico.


Angel Rodriguez settles $12 mill fraud case with SEC

Angel Rodriguez has settles a $12 million fraud case filed against him by the SEC. On September 5th, 2024, the court issued a final judgment at the request of the SEC. Rodriguez consented to the motion, constituting an effective settlement.


Pitrex Review: Quantitative trading “click a button” Ponzi

Pitrex fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Pitrex operates from two known website domains: pitrex.pro – privately registered on April 30th, 2024 (main website, app funnel) pitsp.com – first registered in 2016, private registration last updated on January 9th, 2024 (app) In an attempt to appear legitimate, Pitrex provides a company [Continue reading…]


Seacret Direct rebrands as Viago, Club Viago

Over the years BehindMLM has published three separate Seacret Direct reviews. The third and latest Seacret Direct review was published in August 2020. Consistent across all of BehindMLM’s reviews has been Seacret selling products rooted in Dead Sea salts and minerals. Seacret Direct still sells these products but they aren’t the core of the company [Continue reading…]


Luiz Capuci can’t pay US lawyers, trial in Brazil

Mining Capital Coin’ Luiz Carlos Capuci is in a bit of a pickle. Due to parallel criminal proceedings kicking off in Brazil, Capuci claims he is unable to pay US lawyers representing him in an SEC fraud case.


FluxCart Review: Ecommerce “click a button” app Ponzi

FluxCart fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. FluxCart has four known website domains: fluxcart.store – first registered in December 2023, private registration last updated on January 24th, 2024 fluxcart.top – first registered in December 2023, private registration last updated on September 11th, 2024 (already abandoned) fluxcart.vip – first registered in September [Continue reading…]


GSPartners fraud settlement website goes live

Following a settlement reached with US states earlier this month, AlixPartners has set up a website to process victim claims.


SEC seeks $731K from Michael Noble in BitConnect disgorgement

While BitConnect promoter Michael Noble settled the SEC’s fraud allegations against him in 2021, disgorgement, interest and civil penalty amounts remain disputed. Seeking to finalize these amounts, the SEC filed a motion seeking monetary relief against Noble on September 16th.