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A September 13th scheduling order has set an SEC v. OnPassive trial date for April 6th, 2026. Note this is not a typo, the trial is scheduled eighteen months out from September, 2024.

The SEC has filed securities fraud charges against two Apex promoters. Anthony Lotito and Joseph Hagan stand accused of defrauding consumers through Apex, a collapsed passive returns investment scheme. In addition to Lotito and Hagan, both New Jersey residents, the SEC also names their respective companies; Revolution Leasing and Scryptmob II LLC.

Samsung Link fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Samsung Link’s website domain (“samsunglink.org”), was registered with bogus information on September 5th, 2024. Samsung Link has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a Samsung Link pyramid fraud warning on September 17th, 2024. As always, if [Continue reading…]

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 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…]

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 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 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…]

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…]

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.