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Jason Cardiff has been declared a fugitive on the run from US authorities. The court’s declaration follows a February 4th ex-parte motion from the DOJ, seeking fugitive status and an arrest warrant. In its February 5th order the court advised “an arrest warrant will issue”.

Thailand has cut power, internet and petrol supplies to Chinese scam factories operating near its Myanmar border. While I’d like to report Thailand is finally acting to address years of rampant financial fraud, unfortunately it’s just trying to protect tourism.

In March 2024 the CFTC secured a $64.3 million settlement against EmpiresX’s parent company Empires X Consulting. I figured that was the end of the case and left it there. Turns out additional judgments against the individuals behind EmpiresX were pending.

As disclosed in a February 4th Status Report, a residence turned over to the Fundsz Receiver has been surrendered in an uninhabitable condition with floorboards removed and garbage, feces, and maggots throughout the house. As part of her court-ordered duties to recover assets, the Fundz Receiver traced purchase of then defendant Rene Larralde’s $1.9 million [Continue reading…]

Following an internal investigation, Argentina’s CNV has acquitted Generation Zoe founder Leonardo Cositorto. The CNV found that, although Generation Zoe was an MLM crypto Ponzi that defrauded consumers out of $747 million pesos (~$36.1 million USD), Cositorto didn’t “operate with bonds, shares or other negotiable securities”.

FIS VIP fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. FIS VIP operates from three known website domains: vippif.top – privately registered on February 2nd, 2025 usdpif.com – registered with bogus details on February 2nd, 2025 fsdlakfj.top – privately registered on February 3rd, 2025 Of note is FIS VIP’s .COM and “fsdlakfj.top” domains [Continue reading…]

Invest AI Robot fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Invest AI Robot’s website domain (“investairobot.vip”), was registered with bogus details on January 14th, 2025. Of note is Invest AI Robot’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about [Continue reading…]

Tarracos fails to provide verifiable ownership or executive information on its website. While Tarracos does provide a list of executives, they are stolen identities that have nothing to do with the company: Tarracos’ website domain (“tarracos.com”), was privately registered on October 18th, 2024.   Update 10th February 2025 – A BehindMLM reader has provided credible intel [Continue reading…]

After his arrest in 2023 Jason Cardiff was granted bail, secured by a $500,000 appearance bond. Following Cardiff’s failure to return to the US as ordered last month, the DOJ has now moved for forfeiture of Cardiff’s bond.

Monat has settled a lawsuit alleging top distributor earnings were slashed over the past two years. Toni Vanschoyck, a top Monat distributor for over a decade, filed suit in June 2024.