Joseph E. Johnson Jr. and Candice V. Cunningham have been convicted by a federal jury.

The scammers were behind 30 Day Success Formula and a number of other scams. BehindMLM reviewed 30 Day Success Formula in 2019, concluding it to be an illegal gifting scheme.

This is reflected in Johnson’s and Cunningham’s 2023 indictment, charging them with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud. [Continue reading…]

Brian Fouts has settled with the Profit Connect Receiver for $5000. [Continue reading…]

Three Crypto 888 Ponzi scammers have been convicted in Norway. [Continue reading…]

Origin Defi, aka Awake Origin and Origin World, fails to provide ownership or executive information on its websites.

Origin Defi operates from five known website domains:

1. originworld.org (marketing) – registered in December 2023, private registration last updated on December 12th, 2025
2. origindefi.io (MLM opportunity) – registered in December 2023, private registration last updated on December 4th, 2025
3. oriigindefi.xyz (app) – privately registered on March 8th, 2026
4. originndefi.world (hosting already suspended) – privately registered on November 18th, 2025
5. die-origindefi.xyz (app) – privately registered on March 7th, 2025

There are likely other Origin Defi domains not listed here.

While not always, MLM schemes with multiple websites set up on weird TLDs is usually the work of Chinese scammers.

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…]

Dale Hayes, Hayes Wakaya LLC and the Hayes Law Firm LLC have settled with the Profit Connect Receiver for $890,000. [Continue reading…]

DAO1 is using a ROI calculator to pitch consumers on its unregistered investment scheme.

A “referral commission simulator” also lets investors see what they stand to earn in the pyramid side of the business. [Continue reading…]

Tag Markets’ Zeus Funding Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

Withdrawals were disabled on February 17th, with a series of changing excuses following. Now Zeus Funding victims are being funneled into a newly launched Tag Markets scheme. [Continue reading…]

Blockchain Sports has announced plans to target consumers in the US with fraudulent investment schemes.

In a March 4th Blockchain Sports “update call”, Grigory Lundin shared marketing slides designating the US as a “key jurisdiction”. [Continue reading…]

7K Metals will terminate MLM operations on March 28th, 2026.

In a March 3rd press-release, 7K Metals stated it was shifting to a “direct retail and affiliate-driven model”. [Continue reading…]

Top4tunity fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Top4tunity operates from two known website domains:

1. top4tunity.com (template website) – privately registered on November 11th, 2025
2. top4tunityshop.com (product store) – privately registered on January 10th, 2026
3. top4tunity.net (primary website domain) – privately registered on November 11th, 2025

Top4tunity is presumed to primarily operate from its .NET domain, currently set up as a promoter login form:

Top4tunity’s website domain registration dates tie in with the company launching in late 2025. Top4tunity primarily targets the Philippines, typically through in-person marketing events.

My only lead on Top4tunity’s executives was this FaceBook post from January 18th, 2026;

Jonray Esquejo is named as Top4tunity’s CEO. Esquejo’s FaceBook profile is linked to but the profile is locked:

Esquejo has a YouTube channel and, two years ago, he was promoting Levex:

Levex, aka MTSN and LEX, is an MLM product-based pyramid scheme built around a barley drink powder supplement. The Philippine SEC issued a Levex fraud warning on February 9th, 2026.

Another name we can definitively tie to Top4tunity is “GM” Ian Atacador:

Atacador is running Top4tunity marketing events at McDonald’s in Tarlac City.

As per his YouTube channel, eight months ago Atacador was promoting Greenleaf Care, a product-based MLM pyramid scheme.

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…]