Two EmpiresX victims have filed a civil class-action in Florida.

That’s on top of the CFTC’s and SEC’s civil regulatory lawsuits against EmpiresX.

What’s interesting is the Florida state court hearing the class-action has appointed an EmpiresX Receiver. [Continue reading…]

William Roshak has settled his Profit Connect fraud for $470,000.

The settlement was reached following $500,000+ clawback lawsuit, filed against Roshak late last year. [Continue reading…]

Police in Sao Poalo raided Philip Han’s luxury condo at 5am on Tuesday, August 23rd.

As reported by Estadio (paywall), Han and his wife Carla Moreira Han are suspected of [Continue reading…]

Three Defendants in the “employee leaks” case have filed a countersuit against Paparazzi’s co-founders.

Defendants and now Counterclaim Plaintiffs Geraldine Souza, Jennifer Carrol and Jaime Robinson allege, among other things, that Paparazzi is a pyramid scheme. [Continue reading…]

BehindMLM reader Mickey Burns stopped by earlier today to let me know

I love your stuff on this blog, it’s helped me a lot over the years.

She also took aim at our coverage of Awakend’s prelaunch, specifically pertaining to their leptin supplement Zenith.

Oz, the white paper is on the website. And even a the teeniest Google effort will explain how the hormone Leptin works.

This prompted me to head over to Awakend’s new website (which didn’t exist when I covered the company’s prelaunch), and grab a copy of their “whitepaper” (tell me you’re a crypto bro without telling me you’re a crypto bro).

Oh dear. [Continue reading…]

Eric J. Dalius has reached a settlement with the SEC over Saivian securities fraud.

The news follows the Saivian defendants reentering negotiations with the SEC back in June. [Continue reading…]

After recovering from losing its website a few months ago, Elevate Pass has collapsed again.

This time the reason is financial, with CFO Mark Verdellen cashing out and doing a runner. [Continue reading…]

A second class-action has been filed against Tori Belle Cosmetics in the state of Washington.

Subject matter is much the same as the first state-level class-action, filed on August 2nd.

Class Plaintiff Leslie Shon Weathers claims she was improperly charged $9 a month for 25 months. [Continue reading…]

Following disabling of withdrawals on August 19th, the Polinur Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

Rather than just admit they’re making off with invested funds, Polinur are telling affiliates the company “was arrested in China”. [Continue reading…]

BitClub Network Ponzi scammers Jobadiah Weeks, Silviu Balaci and Joe Abel are scheduled to be sentenced in March 2023.

The trio’s respective sentencing dates were rescheduled via an August 12th order: [Continue reading…]