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RideBNB was an MLM crypto gifting scheme launched towards the end of 2024. By February 2025 RideBNB had inevitably collapsed. The domain “ridebnb.world” was privately registered on February 19th, 2025. On this (the fifth known RideBNB domain), RideBNB is still being advertised. It is unclear though whether this was a short-lived reboot or recovery scammers. [Continue reading…]

Earlier this month Paparazzi abruptly terminated its Washington State consultants. Paparazzi made no mention of any pending enforcement action, but it felt like the company was withholding information. A February 27th judgment reveals Paparazzi settled pyramid fraud allegations in Washington for $1.9 million.

Christopher James Scanlon has been indicted following failure to reach a plea agreement.

The Optimus VIP Ponzi scheme has collapsed. Following collapse, Optimus VIP has been rebooted as DigitalCredit.

Coinciding with its website traffic stalling, BitHarvest has launched two low-effort spinoff Ponzis.

In an email sent out to affiliate investors on March 24th, founder Jeff Jeffries has revealed Treasure Island will cease onboarding new investors on May 1st, 2025. Jeffries’ email was sent out within 48 hours of BehindMLM outing him as Jeff Dyck, a convicted tax fraudster sentenced to three years in prison in 2017.

Following a three-day bench trial held in early February, the outcome of Michael Rutherford’s Pruvit lawsuit now hinges on mediation. To that Keisha O’Neal and Pruvit appear to have already settled. Rutherford and Pruvit will enter mediation following appointment of a mediator on March 18th.

Nvidia USDT fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Nvidia USDT’s website domain (“hanboworld.com”), was privately registered on March 17th, 2025. As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money.

Crowd1 has received a securities fraud warning from Quebec’s Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF). As per the AMF’s March 14th Crowd1 warning; Crowd1 is not registered with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and is not authorized to solicit investors in Québec. Offering unregistered securities in violation of Quebec financial law constitutes securities fraud.

Earlier today a BehindMLM reader wrote in claiming Jeff Dyck was running Treasure Island as Jeff Jeffries. Treasure Island is an MLM company committing securities fraud through a reality show ruse. Treasure Island’s unregistered investment scheme is simple; invest increments of $100 and Treasure Island will pay you back 150% within 12 months. At time [Continue reading…]