16OmegaPro Trade fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

OmegaPro Trade’s website domain (“omegaprotrade.ltd”), was privately registered on February 11th, 2022.

Despite only existing at best for just under a year, OmegaPro Trade falsely claims it “has been working in the market for 5 years”.

If we look at the source-code for OmegaPro Trade’s website, we learn its running a template:

AA287 is a $45 website template sold by VisualHYIP.

VisualHYIP sells various Ponzi websites and scripts to scammers.

In an attempt to appear legitimate, OmegaPro Trade provides incorporation details for the dissolved UK company Yesss Capital LTD.

An MLM company operating or claiming to operate out of the UK is a red flag.

UK incorporation is dirt cheap and effectively unregulated. On top of that the FCA, the UK’s top financial regulator, do not actively regulate MLM related securities fraud.

As a result the UK is a favored jurisdiction for scammers looking to incorporate, operate and promote fraudulent companies.

For the purpose of MLM due-diligence, incorporation in the UK or registration with the FCA is meaningless.

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…]

Following on from our coverage of Angie Amaya’s fine, I’ve since learnt that three OmegaPro scammers were fined by the SFC in 2022.

The SFC also issued a second OmegaPro securities fraud warning. And, as late as December 29th, ordered yet another Colombian OmegaPro promoter to stop scamming. [Continue reading…]

OmegaPro Ponzi promoter Angie Vanessa Pineda Amaya has been fined.

Amaya was one of eight scammers ordered to cease promoting OmegaPro in May 2021. [Continue reading…]

Vortic United fails to provide verifiable ownership or executive information on its website.

“Jensen Robles” is presented as Vortic United’s founder and CEO:

The problem is Robles doesn’t exist outside of Vortic United’s marketing. This makes him a prime candidate for a Boris CEO.

Supporting this is a Vortic United marketing video featuring Robles, in which he is clearly reading a script.

The actor portraying Robles has a thick German accent – which ties into this misspelling on Vortic United’s website:

Robles claims he’s originally from Germany but is now based out of Switzerland.

SimilarWeb currently tracks top sources of traffic to Vortic United’s website as Germany (47%), Kyrgyzstan (22%) and Bangladesh (20%).

Vortic United’s website domain (“vortic-united.com”), was privately registered on July 28th, 2022.

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…]

United Power Up fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

United Power Up’s website domain (“unitedpowerup.com”), was privately registered on June 14th, 2022.

Further research reveals affiliates citing Sverker Caron as United Power Up’s CEO:

Up until early 2022, Sverker Caron was Head of Product Development for the Crowd1 Ponzi scheme.

Caron was a regular Crowd1 promoter until he was promoted to Miggster.

They needed a project leader for Miggster, so I started with Miggster immediately.

But as I have a Crowd1 background, I’ve been at almost every event that we’ve had, the Philippines, in South Africa, and now in Dubai.

I do two shifts, I work with Miggster but I’m also out meeting the leaders and telling them about Crowd1.

Miggster was part of Crowd1’s ongoing attempts to legitimize investment fraud with attached products and services.

Initially pitched as a mobile gaming platform, when that ruse ran dry Planet IX was launched.

Like all the other Ponzi ruses it came up with, nobody in Crowd1 was interested in PlanetIX. The ruse fell apart in March 2022 through a staged sell off.

Crowd1 has all but collapsed amid ongoing withdrawal delays. The scammers that were tied to its gaming ruses, like Sverker Caron, have gone on to launch their own scams.

Star Horizon is one BehindMLM recently reviewed, headed up Emerge Gaming CEO Gregory Stevens. United Power Up appears to be another one.

On the corporate side of things, United Power Up is incorporated as Soniqeflow OÜ in Estonia. Beyond shell incorporation, United Power Up doesn’t appear to have any ties to Estonia.

Sverker Caron’s social media profiles cite him as a Swedish national living in Spain.

Prior to Crowd1, Caron promoted the World Games Inc,  Enwire/Spinglo pyramid scheme, and Wenyard and Nasgo Ponzi schemes.

Read on for a full review of United Power Up’s MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Attorneys representing OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, have filed a claim on an otherwise abandoned £13.5 million penthouse in London. [Continue reading…]

Last month OmegaPro revealed the end of its Ponzi exit-scam; Broker Group.

If we look at the source-code for Broker-Group’s website, we notice something strange:

There are fifty-three references to the domain “evolve.markets”.

Evolve Markets is a cryptocurrency trading platform that seemingly has nothing to do with OmegaPro or Broker Group.

A BehindMLM reader contacted Evolve Markets, who confirmed as much via email. [Continue reading…]

Bank of America has secured an $831,505.83 default judgment against Tori Belle.

BoA’s lawsuit was filed in September 2022. In their complaint, BoA alleged non-payment of a $500,000 credit debt. [Continue reading…]

Back in September Plaintiff Suhanna Jens was awarded an individual $10,000 judgment. It appeared at the time that her intended class-action was off the table.

Since then a class has been certified and, more recently, Jens won summary judgment against Tori Belle with respect to additional damages. [Continue reading…]

Awakend has announced it will ship out replacement Zenith after identifying solubility issues with its capsules. [Continue reading…]