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The Ame Global MLM Ponzi scheme has been busted by Vietnamese authorities. Following registration of a criminal case, involving over 9000 investors, Vietnamese authorities announced they’d “dismantled” Ame Global earlier this week.

Michael Rutherford’s lawsuit against Pruvit has hit a potential roadblock. On April 25th a court-appointed receiver filed a “Suggestion of Receivership” on the Rutherford v. Pruvit case-docket. Attached was a Receivership Order, issued in a Denton County court case on April 23rd.

On May 15th Iyovia emailed promoters to advise it was abandoning its MLM opportunity on May 23rd. BehindMLM covered this development on May 22nd. Within hours of our article going live, Iyovia advised promoters it is “officially suspending operations”.

BlockBot fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. BlockBot’s website domain (“2btc.vip”), was registered in November 2024. The private registration was last updated on May 18th, 2025. As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing [Continue reading…]

The Iyovia pyramid scheme has collapsed. No public announcement has been made but on May 15th, Iyovia quietly emailed promoters to advise MLM operations would be terminated on May 23rd.

Iyovia has received a pyramid fraud warning from Bolivia’s Autoridad de Supervision del Sistema Financiero (ASFI).

Apertum has launched a SportsFuture “staking” investment scheme spinoff. SportsFuture solicits investment in its SFUT token. SFUT was created through Apertum with a few button clicks. Once invested in, SFUT is parked with SportsFuture on the promise of passive returns. SFUT is the native token of the SportsFuture ecosystem. It enables participation in governance decisions, [Continue reading…]

Suspected money launderer Christopher Scanlon has had his indictment dismissed. Scanlon was arrested back in 2023. Following failed plea negotiations, Scanlon was then indicted back in March. As per an amended order for dismissal filed on April 30th;

The Kolkata Directorate of Enforcement (ED), has made a number of seizures following raids on May 16th. As reported by the ED on May 20th, raids were connected to an ongoing criminal case targeting TM Traders & M/s KK Traders. These entities are cited as alter-egos of iX Global and TP Global FX.

Nextera Quantitative fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Nextera Quantitative’s website domain (“cryptocurrencybrain.vip”), was registered with bogus detail son April 3rd, 2025. As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money.