Blue Ocean Society fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

By its own admission, Blue Ocean Society intentionally withholds crucial due-diligence information from consumers:

Blue Ocean Society (BOS) is an exclusive, invitation-only private wealth club that brings together visionary individuals seeking extraordinary opportunities for growth and prosperity.

We curate access to blue-chip opportunities typically reserved for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutions, making them accessible through our collective approach.

Our society is built on the pillars of privacy, protection, and careful curation.

Membership is by invitation only. You must be invited by an existing member who knows, likes, and trusts you personally.

One name we can attach to Blue Ocean Society is “Kerianne”:

The above, from an official Blue Ocean Society investor email, cites Kerianne as a “Manager” of the company.

On social media Kerianne Mellott cites herself as a “Former Marketing Exec turned Artist, Designer, Investor, International Luxury Events Manager”.

Mellot is also a resident of California in the US.

Who Mellot works with to run Blue Ocean Society is unclear but they are most likely also based in the US.

To that end two unconfirmed names who appear to be attached to Blue Ocean Society are Ellis Botman (aka Elisabeth Botman) and Ken Shuler (aka Doyle Shuler).

Shuler and Botman were cited in a Reddit thread discussing Blue Ocean Society in late 2024:

The thread has multiple Blue Ocean Society investors complaining about withdrawal delays, which we’ll further explore in the conclusion of this review.

Shuler and Botman also popped up in email communications I’ve had with Blue Ocean Society investors. I don’t have anything official tying either to Blue Ocean Society but this isn’t surprising given the secrecy of the scheme (again further explored in the conclusion below).

BehindMLM last came across Shuler and Botman working together in BotTronic, an fraudulent MLM crypto investment scheme launched in 2021.

(Sidenote: Elisabeth Botman appears to have transitioned to “Ellis” sometime after BotTronic.)

 

Update 27th January 2025 – This slipped my attention when I was doing my initial round of research; Ellis Botman and Ken Shuler both appear on a background marketing video on Blue Ocean Society’s website (click to enlarge):

From this it’s looking highly likely Botman and Shuler are behind Blue Ocean Society. /end update

 

Blue Ocean Society’s website domain (“blueoceansociety.club”), was first registered in August 2022. The private registration was last updated on August 12th, 2024.

Official Blue Ocean Society communication emails cite the shell company Blue Ocean Management LLC (registration unclear), tied to an undisclosed address in St Kitts & Nevis.

St Kitts & Nevis is a tax haven with little no known regulation of MLM related fraud.

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.

Blue Ocean Society’s Products

Blue Ocean Society has no retailable products or services.

Affiliates are only able to market Blue Ocean Society affiliate membership itself.

Blue Ocean Society’s Compensation Plan

Blue Ocean Society affiliates invest in various offered unregistered investment schemes.

Dignity Gold

Unregistered crypto investment scheme through which Blue Ocean Society pitches “huge ROI potential”.

Dignity Gold is purportedly tied to claimed gold assets in the US (no verifiable evidence provided). Built around collapsed DIGau tokens.

Raverus

Unregistered investment scheme promising 20% a year.

Fully Funded Synergy

Unregistered investment scheme pitching 16.67% a month. Purportedly run by “Bill and Nick”.

Stratagem

Claimed “private equity firm” investment opportunity pitching 500% annually, paid quarterly.

Tribe360i

“Fintech ecosystem” investment scheme through which Blue Ocean Society pitches “72% guaranteed annual interest”.

SuperCo

“300% to 500% in less than 8 months” passive returns investment scheme (specific details withheld by Blue Ocean Society).

PTI

Crypto investment schemes through which investment is solicited on a number of unverifiable marketing claims.

South One

“Using AI to scam Africans” unregistered crypto investment scheme pitching 8% a month.

VoiceLife

In-house investment scheme pitching “a potentially high ROI … that can provide passive income for years, if not decades”.

Legacy Trading

Unregistered trading investment opportunity pitching a “standard 18% monthly return”.

A “Legacy Trading – One Year” variant pitches 12% a month:

TAP Reset

An unregistered trading “investment opportunity … with projected returns of 300-500%” over six months.

Vicksburg Prospect (Gas) Opportunity

Purported Texas-based investment scheme run by Sung Kim. “Potential returns” purportedly derived through undisclosed “responsible drilling and production strategies”.

Power Pulse

“Passive income” pitched through a purported “strategic alliance with DME Energy”.

DME Energy holds itself out to be a “a modern day oil and gas company” based out of Texas.

365

Unregistered trading investment opportunity. $15 million in investment sought on the promise of “1% per day”.

Gold Harbor

Unregistered trading investment opportunity run by “Sean R.” 100% ROI pitched every “trading cycle” (duration not disclosed).

Santa Rally 2023

Unregistered trading investment opportunity pitching 100% (“double your deposit”) “at the end of the term” (duration not disclosed).

DAV Opportunity

Unregistered “dynamic algorithm venture” trading opportunity for “BOS Titans”. $10 million solicited on the promise of “a minimum monthly return of 11.5%”.

Rally 3

Unregistered trading investment opportunity “aiming to achieve 25% monthly profit”.

Rally 5

$5 million in investment asked for, no details provided.

Rally 7

Unregistered trading investment opportunity “aiming to achieve 25% monthly profit”.

Rally 10

Unregistered trading investment opportunity “aiming to achieve 25% monthly profit”.

Rally Hybrid

Unregistered trading investment opportunity “aiming to achieve 25% monthly profit”. Investment locked up for one year.

WOW 1

Wealth of Wisdom unregistered crypto investment scheme run through WOW tokens.

Wealth of Wisdom is run by Vivian O Callaghan.

WOW 2 and WOW 3

Wealth of Wisdom unregistered crypto investment schemes run through WOW tokens.

WOW 4 Nevis

“Private sale” crypto investment scheme run through WOW tokens as part of Blue Ocean Society’s ties to Wealth of Wisdom.

Royal Bull

Claimed crypto investment scheme partnership with “WOW” (Wealth of Wisdom”). “Minimum” 110% ROI pitched.

Mingo

Another partnership with “WOW”. Crypto pump and dump scheme built around MINGO tokens.

The MLM side of Blue Ocean Society pays on recruitment of affiliate investors.

Gratitude System

Blue Ocean Society pays commissions on downline investment activity and ROI payments. Blue Ocean Society refers to these commissions as “gratitude fees”.

Instead of having an open and transparent compensation plan, Blue Ocean Society manipulates commissions on downline investment.

This is done under the ruse of commissions being “made on a randomized basis”.

BOS Gratitude payouts are deliberately made on a randomized basis.

Accordingly, there will be moments when you are able to initiate transfers of Gratitude fees to your BOS Main Balance.

The timing of each of these Gratitude transfer windows will be determined by our Accounting Team and will not accord with any set or pre-determined schedule.

As BOS Gratuities are continually accumulating, we have established randomized windows during which these amounts can be transferred to your Main Balance.

Note that withdrawals of Blue Ocean Society are also only permitted on a randomized basis (to the “BOS Main Balance”). This appears designed to trap as much money in Blue Ocean Society for as long as possible.

Joining Blue Ocean Society

Blue Ocean Society affiliate membership costs are not disclosed on the company’s website.

Required investment amounts for each offered unregistered opportunity vary.

Blue Ocean Society Conclusion

Blue Ocean Society appears to have been designed from the ground up with an emphasis on regulatory non-compliance and evading detection by regulators and authorities.

To that end we have Blue Ocean Society

  • failing to disclose ownership and executive information on its website;
  • failing to disclose investment details to consumers;
  • failing to register any of its passive returns investment opportunity with the SEC and/or CFTC (trading schemes where applicable);
  • misleading affiliate investors on the nature of the company’s MLM compensation plan; and
  • instructing recruited investors to minimize the risk of public exposure by operating with “strict discretion”

In addition to verifiable securities and commodities fraud, disclosure fraud and deception goes hand in hand with Blue Ocean Society running a Ponzi scheme.

Supporting this is claims from investors of withdrawal delays. From the previously cited Reddit thread;

I believe these excuses are stalling methods to continue the scam as I know people who have been attempting to get their promised returns for over a year, but are unable to.

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I am personally invested with six figures in Blue Ocean for two years. There have been delayed withdrawal payouts for their initial trading fund. That is expected to be resolved in October 2024.

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I am part of the Blue Ocean Society Club. Unfortunately, I am in the same boat. I invested a high six figure and since December 2023 I requested withdrawal of a high six but was only offered $10,000, with the promise that the rest would come.

Sadly, like many other, I am still waiting. I am almost in recovery mode but they continue to stall with new promises.

While unverified testimonials should be taken with a grain of salt, there is further evidence to support Blue Ocean Society’s withdrawal problems.

From the same Reddit thread is this textbook example of Ponzi stalling;

Based on our meticulous preparations and expert consultations from the consulting group who is helping us with everything, here is the expected timeline for processing of the Government Bond Monetization (Plan A):

October 9th: Access to Gov Bond Liquidity

Updated October 9th: We have received news that access is forthcoming, but due to the substantial amount the monetization bank needs 4 more days. We expect access now on October 14th, but most likely October 15th.

Updated October 14th: We have moved into the access phase! This is a significant milestone in the process, as it allows us to begin coordinating with the bank for the next critical step.

At this stage, we will work closely with the bank to facilitate the transfer of liquidity from the monetization party to the designated destination account.

This marks an important progression, bringing us one more step closer to successfully completing the transaction.

The monetizer has notified us that on Thursday October 17th, a meeting is scheduled with coordinating parties on both sides, as well as the signing off on the transfer of the liquidity.

October 10th & 11th: Coordination with the bank to initiate the transfer from the Gov Bond Monetization process to our bank account

Updated October 9th: Due to the fact the bank needs more time, the coordination to initiate the transfer will move to October 16th & 17th.

Updated October 14th: We are still reasonably on track here, the coordination meeting is on October 17th, and might stretch to October 18th with the clearance of the transaction. Nonetheless, we are heading into the right direction. Step by Step.

The Gov Bond Monetization bank is located in Singapore, with our use of a bank in Switzerland. It will take approximately 5 – 7 business days for the funds to reach Switzerland.

Updated October 14th: We’ve been advised that it is highly likely that the actual transfer will start on the first business day after the weekend, which will be October 21st. This is of course pending the coordination meeting and signing off on October 17th and possibly stretches to October 18th.

Subsequently, we will transfer the funds from our Swiss bank to the exchange for conversion to USDT / USDC.

The converted funds will then be directed to the BOS Distribution Wallets, marking the beginning of processing the batches of withdrawals to the Main Balance of each member who is awaiting a withdrawal from the trading-related Islands.

Upon reaching the BOS Distribution wallets, we will process the transactions in batches. Our system can manage multiple batches daily and process unlimited amounts once it’s in place. We are well-prepared and ready to proceed!

That’s from October 2024 and strongly reminds me porky pies Michael Glaspie fed investors in his “Mike G Deal” scam.

Fast forward to January 23rd, 2025, and Blue Ocean Society is of course still trotting out excuses (note “trading islands” refers to Blue Ocean Society’s multiple unregistered investment schemes):

When we realized that our Island Partner—who was responsible for the Trading Islands—could no longer fulfill their obligations, we found ourselves in a difficult situation that, while completely out of BOS’s control, posed a serious risk to our members’ balances.

We understand how frustrating it can be to see sudden changes in your financial arrangements, and we empathize with any doubts or concerns you may have.

Earlier in 2024, we set out to secure external liquidity so that everyone’s withdrawal requests could be met while the Island Partner attempted to resolve things.

But as we arrived towards the end of the year, it became clear that the partner’s unprecedented challenges would drastically limit how much of the current Island Balances could actually be covered if we relied solely on that route.

We knew that wasn’t acceptable.

Leaving anyone empty-handed goes against everything BOS stands for. We made a decision to dissolve the relationship, and to move the reconciliation process with the Island Partner to the back-end so no member of BOS would be adversely affected by it.

The unnamed partner Blue Ocean Society refers to is Sean J Robertson (aka Sean James Robertson). Robertson has reportedly cashed out and disappeared.

Think about having your life savings in a bank that suddenly shuts down. If only a portion of deposits is insured, some people might get back only a fraction of their savings—while others could end up with nothing.

That’s unfair and goes against our mission of financial empowerment.

So rather than just hope for the best, we chose to replace the Trading Island Balances with a new asset on our own balance sheet—Dignity Gold security tokens.

These tokens are backed by physical gold and carry a corporate-guaranteed floor value of $2, meaning the structure we put in place makes you 25% up on top of what we were able to reconcile, at a bare minimum.

It’s not about “forcing” anyone into a new Island option; it’s about protecting the entire BOS community and ensuring no one is left behind. We realize change can be unsettling, but this transformation is aimed at giving you more security, not less.

Breaking down the above, Blue Ocean Society has rolled investor balances and promised returns into a new consolidated Dignity Gold investment scheme.

This forced migration has seen Blue Ocean Society slash pending ROI withdrawal liabilities.

Typically, when a financial meltdown occurs or a partnership dissolves, investors are lucky to get cents on the dollar—perhaps 20% or 30% of their original investment—if they get anything at all.

Recovering initial balances can be incredibly challenging, and collecting any accrued interest on top of that is even more difficult.

In many cases, a class action lawsuit or bankruptcy court process can drag on for years, with no guarantee of full compensation.

However, BOS approached this completely differently. We moved all recovery efforts to the back-end so that no member would be adversely affected or forced to wait out complicated proceedings that we as BOS have to go in, on behalf of the member.

Our legal teams will handle things with the former Island Partner.

By stepping in and replacing the Island Partner’s obligations, BOS has preserved not just the original balances but has multiplied them by two to four times their value.

Beyond that, by placing Dignity Gold security tokens behind your balances, there’s also the potential for future growth—these tokens can be leveraged and may be liquidated at much higher prices over time.

To summarize, Blue Ocean Society will be paying investor withdrawals with Dignity Gold security tokens, which are of course both printed on demand and worthless.

Want to cash out your worthless Dignity Gold security tokens? Not so fast.

If you wish to withdraw, we have worked on obtaining external liquidity that allow you to do so without hassle. The access to this liquidity is around the corner.

What is available now is Blue Ocean Society affiliate investors being able to “leverage [their] new holdings] into Tribe360i.

Tribe360i is yet another Ponzi launch, built on the “lending” ruse pioneered by BitConnect back in 2016.

If you choose to leverage your new holdings, you could potentially grow your wealth with minimal risk to your traditional finances or credit.

Tribe360i has a peer-to-peer lending platform that connects borrowers and lenders in a secure, low-risk environment.  The loan specifically for the purpose of leveraging your asset can be for 24 months, and you can pay interest only.

After 24 months, you can pay off the loan by liquidating some of your tokens, or paying it off yourself; Your Choice.

For instance, using your car as collateral for a small loan might worry you if it’s your primary means of transportation. But what if you could leverage something separate—like a gold-backed token—where, in the worst case, only that token is at stake?

This blockchain-based lending model functions similarly, meaning a default would simply see the asset liquidated to repay the lender, without affecting your credit score, your home, or any of your other assets.

One of the most powerful ways to leverage this asset is by taking out a collateralized loan of up to 50% of your Current Token Balance—a percentage that will exceed your Final Island Balance. You can use the upcoming Tribe360i app to easily request and manage these loans.

As previously noted, Blue Ocean Society is pitching “72% guaranteed annual interest” returns through Tribe360i.

For Blue Ocean Society affiliate investors sick of being strung along with new schemes after previous ones have collapsed;

If you’re thinking long-term and don’t need to withdraw or leverage your position immediately, you can simply do nothing at all.

By holding onto your asset, you’ll allow it to appreciate naturally, with the ability to liquidate up to 60% of it in 24 months.

We believe that by then, each security token could potentially exceed $40, giving you a significant, life-changing benefit at that time.

Do nothing and we might let you withdraw in 24 months (if we find enough new suckers to fund your withdrawals). Maybe.

Like I said, the never-ending delays and excuses are very reminiscent of the Mike G Deal. Michael Glaspie was sentenced to six months in prison in October 2023. The outcome of parallel SEC civil fraud proceedings remains pending.

On that note, neither Blue Ocean Society, Ken Shuler, Ellis Botman, Sean J. Roberson, Wealth of Wisdom or Dignity Gold are registered with the SEC or CFTC.

While Dignity Gold provides a list of “advisors” on its website, led by Chairman David Weild…

…executive details are withheld from the public.

As of December 2024, SimilarWeb was tracking ~166,000 monthly visits to Blue Ocean Society’s website.

On its website Blue Ocean Society claims it has over 7000 members:

SimilarWeb tracked 53% of Blue Ocean Society’s December 2024 website traffic from the US, followed by 19% from Canada and 11% from France and the Netherlands respectively.

As with all MLM Ponzi schemes, once affiliate recruitment dries up so too will new investment.

This will starve Blue Ocean Society of ROI revenue, eventually resulting in a collapse. Communications from Blue Ocean Society indicate this has already happened, with investors now in an “prolonged exit-scam” phase.

The math behind Ponzi schemes guarantees that when they collapse, the majority of participants lose money.