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Melaleuca has filed suit against Vital Health alleging cross-recruitment. For those not familiar with the term, cross-recruitment refers to recruitment of distributors in alleged violation of distributor contracts. It typically occurs when a prominent promoter of one MLM company leaves for another company. Inevitably recruitment of their former company downline commences. This occasionally prompts legal [Continue reading…]

Jumeirah VIP fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Jumeirah VIP’s website domain (“jumeira.vip”), was privately registered on September 4th, 2024. Jumeirah VIP has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a Jumeirah VIP pyramid fraud warning on October 9th, 2024. As always, if an MLM [Continue reading…]

The Generation Zoe Ponzi trial has kicked off in Argentina. Commencing October 16th and expected to run till December 11th, the mammoth trial will determine the future of owner Leonardo Cositorto. Cositorto, appearing in a bulletproof vest alongside co-conspirator Maximiliano Batista, is on trial for criminal association and fraud.

Marcus Brisco has settled with the SAEG Ponzi Receiver for $400,000. The CFTC filed suit against Brisco in January 2023 over his participation in the collapsed SAEG Ponzi scheme. As part of the CFTC’s lawsuit, a Receiver was appointed to “recover assets for the benefit of [SAEG] victims”. On October 7th, a settlement between Brisco [Continue reading…]

BYI TV, aka Beyond, fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. BYI TV has two known website domains: byi-tv.vip – registered with bogus details on September 26th, 2024 byi-tv.com – registered with bogus details on October 3rd, 2024 BYI TV has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of [Continue reading…]

AI-Coinbase fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. AI-Coinbase has two known website domains: ai-coinbase.cc – registered with bogus details on September 30th, 2024 ai-coinbase.com – registered with bogus details on September 29th, 2024 Both of AI-Coinbase’s website domains were registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). AI-Coinbase has already attracted the [Continue reading…]

RainbowEx fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. RainbowEx’s website domain (“rainbowex.life”), was was privately registered on July 2nd, 2024. If we look at the source-code of RainbowEx’s website, we find it is localized to Chinese: This suggests whoever is running RainbowEx has ties to China. As always, if an MLM company [Continue reading…]

What’s left of GSPartners spinoff Auratus Gold is gearing up to hold two marketing promo events in Queensland, Australia this weekend. The events, which will no doubt be used to market Auratus Gold to Australians, follow two Auratus Gold specific fraud warnings issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

After pleading guilty to money laundering charges, Firoz Patel’s plan seems to have been do a bit of jail time and then live off $24 million in stashed bitcoin. Unfortunately for Patel the DOJ caught wind of the stash, prompting additional criminal charges filed in May 2023. Patel pled guilty to obstruction last month and [Continue reading…]

Pruvit has sued Vital Health for alleged infringement of ketosis related patents. Pruvit is joined in its lawsuit by Axcess Global Sciences, a Texas shell company who licenses use of the patents to Pruvit.