Awakend Zenith patent trial pushed back to November 2023
The Awakend Zenith patent dispute was set to be decided at trial on March 28th, 2023.
Following a stipulation filed on January 2nd, a new November 2023 trial date has been set. [Continue reading…]
Dashing Diva cans Diva Life MLM opp a month after launch
In December 2022 Dashing Diva launched “The Diva Life” MLM opportunity.
In January 2023 Dashing Diva announced it had decided “to no longer move forward with The Diva Life program”.
Here’s what happened. [Continue reading…]
Indian authorities freeze $11 million tied to QNet
Indian authorities have frozen $11 million dollars they allege is part of a money laundering racket tied to QNet. [Continue reading…]
MBI International’s Tedy Teow to be extradited to China
Tedy Teow, founder of the MBI International Ponzi scheme, is set to be extradited to China. [Continue reading…]
The Body Shop closes MLM opportunity in US (again)
The Body Shop has opted to shut down its MLM operation sin the US.
As per an email sent out to distributors last week; [Continue reading…]
Generation Zoe victims sue Ponzi promoters in the US
Sixteen Generation Zoe victims have filed a civil lawsuit against Generation Zoe and three US-based promoters.
Zoe Global University is/was a Generation Zoe Florida shell company, run by Florida based defendants Pablo, Matias and Agustin Monteleone. [Continue reading…]
Second CashFX Group securities fraud warning from Portugal
Financial regulators in Portugal have issued a second CashFX Group securities fraud warning.
As per a January 17th warning from the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CNVM); [Continue reading…]
EminiFX Receiver authorized to sell 3680 BTC
The EminiFX Receiver has secured court-approval to sell off 3680 BTC.
The vast majority of the bitcoin (3658 BTC), was recovered from CoinPayments in November. [Continue reading…]
James Ward settles JetCoin Ponzi fraud with CFTC
March 2022 saw JetCoin scammers Dwayne Golden, Mardy Eger and Gregory Aggesen arrested.
The trio were indicted on criminal charges related to their operation of the JetCoin Ponzi scheme. Simultaneously, the CFTC also filed paralell civil fraud charges.
What I didn’t know up until today was the CFTC also investigated accomplice James Ward. [Continue reading…]
Gollong Solar Review: “Click a button” Ponzi targeting Africa
Gollong Solar fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.
In fact as I write this, Gollong Solar’s current website is nothing more than an affiliate sign up form:
I say “current website” because Gollong Solar originally targeted South Africa through the domain “gollong.org”.
That iteration of Gollong Solar collapsed in mid-December, just before Christmas.
The current iteration operates in XAF, targeting French-speaking Central Africa through Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
For reference:
- gollong.org (South Africa) was privately registered on May 24th, 2022
- gollong.online (XAF) was privately registered on October 4th, 2022
There might be other iterations of Gollong Solar I’m not aware of.
Despite targeting Africa, we can confirm Gollong Solar is run by Chinese scammers through its website source-code:
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…]
