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Robert Shafer settles Blueprint to Wealth fraud with FTC

Robert William Shafer has settled Blueprint to Wealth fraud charges with the FTC. As part of his filed August 2nd settlement, Shafer will be held jointly liable for $7.5 million. Other conditions imposed on Shafer include:


Auratus fraud continues with Zai Cards & “gold points”

Following the collapse of its original TAS Vault scheme, Auratus has rebooted with Zai Cards. Details of Auratus’ new Zai Card investment scheme were revealed on a secret August 5th webinar hosted by Annie Starky.


Gas Station VIP Review: Gas pump themed “click a button” Ponzi

Gas Station VIP fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Gas Station VIP’s website domain (“gas-station.vip”), was privately registered on July 15th, 2024. Gas Station VIP has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a Gas Station VIP pyramid fraud warning on July 30th, 2024. As [Continue reading…]


Financial Education Services settles with FTC for $324 million

Financial Education Services (FES) has settled fraud charges brought about by the FTC. On August 5th, a Michigan District Court ordered FES permanently closed and awarded the FTC a $324 million judgment.


AIRobot Review: Quantitative trading ruse “click a button” Ponzi

AIRobot fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. AIRobot has two known website domains: aibotusdt.com – registered with bogus details on July 12th, 2024 (abandoned) airobot-usdt.com – registered with bogus details on July 4th, 2024 Of note is both of AIRobot’s website domains being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). Despite [Continue reading…]


Roman Ziemian added to BehindMLM’s DMCA Wall of Shame

Roman Ziemian has been added to BehindMLM’s DMCA Wall of Shame. Ziemian, a wanted fugitive and co-founder of the collapsed FutureNet Ponzi scheme, appears to be trying to hide reporting on his criminal activity.


IOI Mall Review: Stolen identity “click a button” Ponzi

IOI Mall fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. IOI Mall’s website domain (“ioi-mall.com”), was registered with bogus details on July 24th, 2024. Of note is IOI Mall’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running [Continue reading…]


PixelTap USDT Review: Stolen identity “click a button” Ponzi

PixelTap USDT fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. PixelTap USDT’s website domain (“pixeltap-usdt.com”), was registered with bogus details on July 28th, 2024. Of note is PixelTap USDT’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running [Continue reading…]


OmegaPro’s Andreas Szakacs arrested in Turkey

Andreas Szakacs, co-founder of the OmegaPro Ponzi scheme, appears to have been arrested in Turkey.


AB Quantify Review: Quantitative trading “click a button” Ponzi

AB Quantify fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. AB Quantify has three known website domains: abqf.cc – privately registered on July 3rd, 2024 (already abandoned) abqf.uk – privately registered on July 3rd, 2024 abqt4.com – privately registered on July 25th, 2024 Despite existing for less than a month, on its website [Continue reading…]