MLM @ BehindMLM

Earlier this month we reported on the FTC reaching settlements with several Digital Income Systems defendants. On May 26th the FTC filed notices of settlement approval for defendants Jennifer Hedrick (aka Jennifer Maurer), Derek Jones Foley and William Foley, Christopher Brandon Frye and Kaitlyn Scott.

In our last Success by Health update we noted the court had given Success by Health until May 21st to ‘file a motion to dissolve or modify the Preliminary Injunction and receivership’. To that end Success by Health filed a memorandum detailing what they believed the recent AMG decision had on the FTC’s case. Three days [Continue reading…]

The Global Trade Club defendants are heading towards settlement agreements with the CFTC.

As part of the fallout of the AMG decision wreaking havoc on FTC regulatory cases, the VPL Receivership is schedule to be discharged. The VPL Receivership was established as part of the FTC’s ongoing Redwood Scientific Technologies fraud case.

QubitLife has been officially banned by Italian regulators. The move by CONSOB, Italy’s top financial regulator, came a week before QubitLife informed 250,000+ victims it was disabling withdrawals.

Haskell Knight, better known in the MLM industry as Trey Knight, has been indicted on three felony counts of wire fraud.

A May 10th Receivership Status Report reveals that 12,500 Traffic Monsoon victims have had their claims approved. The total dollar amount of approved claims so far comes to $33,383,808.

Antares Trade has received a securities fraud warning from Belgium’s Financial Service and Markets Authority.

Teqra has received a securities fraud warning by Spain’s Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CMNV). The CMNV is Spain’s top financial regulator (SEC equivalent).

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned EverFX from offering services to consumers in the UK. The ban follows EverFX denying it operated as a broker for the CashFX Group Ponzi scheme. Whether the ties between the two companies are behind EverFX’s UK ban however are unclear.