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Toyota WRC VIP fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Toyota WRC VIP’s website domain (“viptgrwrtai.cc”), was registered with bogus details on March 13th, 2025. Toyota WRC VIP has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a Toyota WRC VIP pyramid fraud warning on March 24th, [Continue reading…]

Crown Global has received a securities fraud warning from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). As per the OSC’s March 24th warning;

The EminiFX Receiver has filed a clawback lawsuit against former CFO Clarelle Dieuveuil, aka Marie Dieuveuil and Clarelle Alexandre. The Receiver claims Dieuveuil, wife of EminiFX founder Eddy Alexandre, misappropriated “over $500,000”.

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.