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Vietnam’s Competition and Consumer Protection Department has issued fraud warnings against Crowd1 and OneLink.

A Crowd1 investment warning has been issued across Central Africa. In related news Crowd1 investors in South Africa are upset at the company’s latest round of low payouts.

Russ Medlin has been arrested in Indonesia. Indonesian authorities worked with the FBI to apprehend Medlin last Sunday. The arrest follows an Interpol red notice issued last December.

New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority has issued a scam warning against Skyway Capital and New Economic Evolution of the World (NEEW).

In a bizarre ruling, two OneCoin Ponzi scammers in Germany have been acquitted.

Silver Star Live was a forex themed MLM opportunity we came across in 2019. Based on its business model we concluded that, at a minimum, Silver Star Live was engaged in securities fraud. We first learned of CFTC action against Silver Star Live in late 2019. Two of the company’s co-owners, Candace Ross-Mahmoud and Hassan [Continue reading…]

A Crowd1 securities fraud warning has been issued by New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority.

Last month we covered the Jason and Eunjung Cardiff’s attempt to have FTC proceedings against them stayed, pending a since withdrawn appeal against the sale of their house. The Cardiffs also argued “they were not afforded due process”, and had a whinge about most of their motions being denied. The court disagreed and denied the [Continue reading…]

The SEC’s fraud case against defendants Dan Putnam and Jean Paul Ramirez was initially filed under seal on May 7th. The case was unsealed on June 4th, leading to our report on it. Looking at the case docket, we learn that Putnam’s and Ramirez’s assets were frozen the same date the SEC filed the case.

Last August Charles Scoville filed a motion requesting Traffic Monsoon victims pay his $270,000+ legal bill. On May 29th Scoville’s motion was denied.