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As per a July 31st order, the Texas State Securities Board has opted to set aside its Apertum Foundation emergency order. The order, issued on March 20th, pertains to ongoing alleged securities fraud. In addition to Apertum Foundation, TSSB’s order named Josip Heit, Dirc Zahlmann, Bruce Innes Wylde Hughes and Dennis Christopher Loos as respondents.

Back March BehindMLM received a reader request for an updated MWR Life review: Then, another reader reached out in late May claiming MWR Life had a new compensation plan: MWR Life has made its way up the review list with an update due soon. In the meantime, I couldn’t have predicted what happened next.

Following the arrest of top OmegaPro Ponzi promoter Juan Carlos Reynoso on June 30th, the DOJ was initially denied a motion seeking pre-trial detention. The DOJ filed an emergency motion challenging the order on July 3rd. The court stayed Reynoso’s release and held a second hearing on the matter on July 23rd. Following the hearing, [Continue reading…]

Apertum Foundation has been denied a preliminary injunction by Frankfurt’s Main Regional Court. The injunction was requested as part of preliminary proceedings against BE Conflict Management (BEKM), following a cease and desist earlier this year.

LeeAnn Harper, a purported CryptoProgram investor, has filed suit against founder Edward Anthony Zimbardi (aka Ed Zimbardi).

iGenius’ unregistered CoinPro investment scheme has been quietly switched over to 3Commas. BehindMLM first came across CoinPro a year ago. The then newly launched unregistered investment scheme was “powered by CoinRule”. As of July 2025 CoinRule still holds itself out as a UK-based “smart trading bot for cryptocurrency platforms”. This ties into iGenius’ promoters pitching [Continue reading…]

MTS Foundation fails to provide ownership or executive information on any of its websites. MTS Foundation operates from two known website domains: mts-foundation.com – privately registered on November 11th, 2024 (already abandoned) mts-foundation-usa.com – privately registered on February 28th, 2024 MTS Foundation is intertwined with ToFro, a purported cryptocurrency exchange. It’s highly likely the same [Continue reading…]

Metamask has flagged DAO1’s website domain as “potentially deceptive”. Metamask, a US-based software company, markets itself as the “leading crypto wallet platform”. Consumers can connect their Metamask wallets to participate in DAO1’s unregistered investment scheme. In or around early to mid July, Metamask began flagging DAO1’s website as “might be harmful”.

Thrive Life has collapsed. As per a notice published on Thrive Life’s website, the company “will be closing” on August 31st.

Cermak, a reboot of the collapsed Skainet Systems Ponzi scheme, has collapsed. Cermak, aka CermakFX, was a trading ruse Ponzi scheme launched shortly after Skainet Systems collapsed last month. Skainet Systems victims were pitched on a typical trading bot ruse, wherein they were promised 50% of generated profits.