PGI Global Ponzi founder Ramil Ventura Palafox has violated his pre-trial conditions.

It took Palafox just over a month to do so, following his arrest in late April.

As per a May 28th Probation Officer petition seeking action on Palafox’s violation; [Continue reading…]

Modere was an MLM company that collapsed in April 2025.

Two separate lawsuits reveal, in addition to screwing over distributors, Modere also screwed over employees and its product manufacturer. [Continue reading…]

Defunct MLM company Rodan + Fields has settled a class-action alleging now former Consultants were employees.

A proposed settlement was filed with a Californian state court on May 6th. [Continue reading…]

Three Crowd1 scammers have been sentenced to prison by Sweden’s Stockholm District Court.

Swedish authorities took action and raided Crowd1’s Swedish offices in November 2022.

The raid resulted six arrests on corporate money laundering criminal charges:

1. Jens Lennart Lorentsson
2. Anneli Carina Lundell
3. Conny Tore Otteland
4. Ann-Christine Sigvardsson
5. Nils Johan Anders Westerdahl (right) and
6. Natalie von Greyerz

All six Crowd1 defendants were charged with corporate money laundering of ~200 million SEK (~20.8 million USD), between March 2021 and December 2022.

Funds misappropriated through Crowd1 during this time were laundered through Impact Crowd Technology and ICT Ekonomi (registered as a shell company in various jurisdictions). [Continue reading…]

Top Traders Domain Ponzi promoter Holton Buggs has consented to surrender multiple assets to a court-appointed Receiver.

Following sanctions for non-cooperation in February, Buggs’ asset settlement was filed on June 2nd. [Continue reading…]

Orion Project fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Orion Project’s website domain (“oriongroup.app”), was privately registered on March 15th, 2025.

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. [Continue reading…]

The Skainet Systems Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

Instead of just being honest about running out of new investment to pay withdrawals, Skainet Systems has announced a baloney Cermak reboot.

Skainet Systems was an MLM crypto Dubai Ponzi fronted by serial fraudster Michael Baur. [Continue reading…]

RadPowerBikes VIP fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

RadPowerBikes VIP’s website domain (“q.yylfc.vip”), was privately registered on May 15th, 2025.

RadPowerBikes VIP also operates as a Telegram Ponzi bot at @Raduubot:

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. [Continue reading…]

Retra fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Retra operates from two known website domains:

1. retraglobal.com – registered in 2022, private registration last updated on August 20th, 2024
2. retranews.com – privately registered on February 1st, 2024

In the footer of Retra’s “global” website we have the familiar LaCore Enterprises address in Melissa, Texas. Retra website footer also reveals Retra’s parent company is GNO Holdings.

Corporate records name three GNO Holdings Directors:

1. Terry Lacore – LaCore Enterprises’s owner
2. Jenifer Grace – Lacore’s long-time attorney
3. Mark Jarvis – Retra’s CEO

Mark Jarvis (right) is the founder and former CEO of Zurvita, a religious heavy MLM built around its Zeal dietary supplement drink.

Zurvita filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2024. What was left of Zurvita was sold off to Zinzino for $9.4 million in February 2025.

Jarvis partnership with Terry LaCore dates back to 2019. From the Bondoro bankruptcy link in the above paragraph;

In 2019, Mark Jarvis, a former co-CEO, sought to start a business venture in Asia leveraging loyalty to the Zurvita brand.

Following negotiations, the Board licensed Zeal for Life to GNO Holdings, Inc. (“GNO”), an entity owned by Terry LaCore, for exclusive sale in Asia. In exchange, Zurvita would receive a 1% commission on sales, and Zurvita retained 25% ownership in GNO.

GNO violated the agreement by selling rebranded Zeal for Life products in the United States. Concurrently, Jarvis allegedly harmed the Company’s reputation and recruited Field Consultants.

[Zurvita] initiated multiple litigations against GNO, Jarvis, and other entities, citing breach of contract, fiduciary duty violations, misappropriation of trade secrets, and trademark infringement.

From the sounds of it, Jarvis went off on his own. Teamed up with Terry LaCore and began pillaging Zurvita, eventually leading to bankruptcy. There were likely other factors contributing to Zurvita’s bankruptcy but as far as Jarvis’ history with the company goes, that’s what we get from bankruptcy filings.

Why neither Jarvis or LaCore are disclosed as company owners on Retra’s website is unclear.

Another name we can attach to Retra is Mark McKnight:

McKnight is a co-founder of Globallee, another dietary supplement MLM company. According to his LinkedIn profile, McKnight is still Globallee’s CEO.

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. [Continue reading…]

In order to avoid publishing multiple articles with respect to changing GSB & Apertum Texas fraud case scheduling, this article will be updated with the latest on both proceedings. [Continue reading…]