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Hemptonics USA Review 2.0: Retail yay, illegal med claims no

BehindMLM reviewed Hemptonics USA back in February. Our primary concern, based on Hemptonics USA’s business model failing to encompass retail sales, was that the company was operating as a pyramid scheme. Hemptonics USA CEO Paul Drockton (right) was quick to reply to our review, incorrectly arguing that retail customers were affiliates. In April Drockton informed [Continue reading…]


Trust Investing Review: “Crypto asset management” Ponzi

Trust Investing operates in the cryptocurrency MLM niche. The company provides a corporate address in Panama on its website. Whether Trust Investing has any actual physical operations in Panama however is unclear. A search of the provided address returns multiple businesses, suggesting Trust Investing presence in Panama is only virtual (shell company). Heading up Trust [Continue reading…]


Intense Live Review: Rideshare rev Ponzi makes no sense

Intense Live provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. A corporate address in Sao Paulo, Brazil is provided in the footer of Intense Live’s website. It’s worth noting that the Intense Live’s official marketing materials provide an “administrative headquarters” in Orlando, Florida. When you punch this address into Google [Continue reading…]


TwentyXPro Review: Eight-tier matrix cycler Ponzi

TwentyXPro provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. In TwentyXPro’s website FAQ, the company claims it’s “a project created by the educational company Interconnectica Ltd”. Interconnectica LTD appears to be a Cyprus shell company. Interconnectica LTD has a website up at “interconnectica.com”. The domain was first registered in 2018. [Continue reading…]


Rypex Trade Review: Automated trading technologies Ponzi

Rypex Trade provides no credible information about who owns or runs the company on its website. Cited as CEO of Rypex Trade is Phillip Orr, who doesn’t exist outside of a brief mention in Rypex Trade’s marketing. A video uploaded to Rypex Trade’s official YouTube channel features CFO Albert Parson. The interview takes place in [Continue reading…]


Silverchief Mint Review: Silver ruse pyramid scheme

Silverchief Mint operates in the precious metals MLM niche. The company is based out of South Africa and headed up by founder Brandon Marriott. Prior to founding Silverchief Mint, Marriott was promoting WorldVentures. Read on for a full review of Silverchief Mint’s MLM opportunity.


Smarts News Review: ETH smart contract Ponzi scheme

Smarts News provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company. Smarts News’ website domain (“smarts.news”) was privately registered on April 14th, 2020. 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.


Mining City Review 2.0: Expanded crypto mining sec fraud

BehindMLM reviewed Mining City just over a year ago last June. Since launching as an unregistered securities investment opportunity, Mining City is now offering returns in bitcoin and bitcoin vault. The compensation plan has also been updated, prompting readers to request a review update. Today we revisit Mining City’s MLM opportunity.


Be Review: Melius rebooted as subscription pyramid

Be marketing began in late May, early June 2020. The company is a reboot of Melius. Melius launched in late 2018, on the idiotic premise of giving out $50,000 real money trading accounts for $3000. The company was publicly headed up by CEO and co-founder Jeremy Prasetyo. Initially Melius’ other co-founders weren’t publicly acknowledged on [Continue reading…]


Sponsoo Review: Niche athlete sponsorship opp

Sponsoo operate in the sponsorship platform MLM niche. The company is based out of Hamburg, Germany and headed up by CEO Andreas Kitzing. As per Kitzing’s corporate bio, he came up with the idea of Sponsoo during his MBA at the University of Cambridge. Before that, he had been working as a management consultant and [Continue reading…]