Approval has been granted to sell NewAge off to original Morinda co-founder John Wadsworth. [Continue reading…]

Phillip Piccolo has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, resulting in the long-running Vista Network civil lawsuit being stayed. [Continue reading…]

I’m not sure when exactly it happened but earlier this year, possibly in late 2021, Total Life Changes founder and CEO, Jack Fallon, fancied himself a crypto bro.

To that end, Total Life Changes put out an ad looking for an “NFT/ Crypto Specialist”: [Continue reading…]

Awakend fails to provide ownership and corporate information on its website. The company also fails to provide a corporate address.

On the “contact us” section of their website, Awakend states it has “limited support”. Any questions are to be directed to Awakend uplines.

Awakend entered prelaunch in early August. This is cited as a reason for limited support.

Contact Us

We are in an exciting prelaunch phase with limited support! Please contact your upline leader with any questions.

Two months in and that excuse is stretching thin.

Company ownership and corporate details, support and at the very least where you’re operating from are basic requirements for due-diligence.

If you’re accepting distributor enrolments this information should be ready to go before you prelaunch.

BehindMLM covered Awakend’s prelaunch on August 18th. Given Awakend’s disclosure failures, we’re relying on my previous research.

Awakend’s prelaunch corporate marketing efforts are headed up by Danelle Meoli and Chip Macgill.

On social media Meoli refers to Awakend as her company. Such to the extent there are other Awakend owners and co-founders, they haven’t been publicly disclosed.

In August BehindMLM noted eight admins of Awakend’s official corporate FaceBook group. Today that’s been whittled down to four; Danelle Meoli and husband Scott, David R Teodosio and Ashlee Headlee.

Under the Meolis you have a bunch of their former Exp Realty and NewULife downlines.

As far as I can tell, everyone who was positioned before Awakend’s public prelaunch is tied to Meoli through her past MLM companies.

While Meoli is based of of Connecticut, Awakend may be primarily operating out of Texas.

I’ll update if Awakend ever gets around to providing consumers with a clear picture of company ownership and its ownership team.

Failing which:

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…]

Both the SEC’s and CFTC’s civil cases against EmpiresX and its owners have been administratively stayed. [Continue reading…]

Youngevity’s foray into forex trading popped up on BehindMLM’s radar back in January.

We didn’t have a company name but knew Sal Leto was involved. Leto’s past raised a red flag but we didn’t see anything overtly out of compliance.

In July 2022 Youngevity’s forex offering was given the name 8 Minute Trader. A launch date was eventually scheduled for September 1st.

Just over a month later and with the compensation plan now public, BehindMLM revisits 8 Minute Trader for a formal review. [Continue reading…]

Antares Trade has deleted its official YouTube channel.

In what appears to be an attempt to mask the second stage of its exit-scam, Antares Trade falsely claimed YouTube suspended the account. [Continue reading…]

Upon learning of an investigation into his Ponzi scheme Mining Capital Coin, Luiz Capuci Jr. abandoned his life in the US and fled to Brazil.

It was a calculated move, with Capuci believing Brazil’s policy of not extraditing its citizens would protect him from justice.

Unfortunately that hasn’t quite panned out.

While the DOJ’s criminal case against Capuci is in a stalemate (Capuci remains a wanted fugitive in hiding), the SEC is pushing forward its civil case through alternative service.

Something Capuci is definitely not happy about. [Continue reading…]

Following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, DreamTrips emerged as the successor to WorldVentures about a year ago.

DreamTrips came about as a result of Verona International Holdings acquiring WorldVentures’, namely the MLM company and Rovia (WorldVentures’ in-house travel services provider).

BehindMLM reviewed DreamTrips in November 2021, following a November 16th launch announcement.

A reader recently wrote in to advise that DreamTrips had revised its compensation plan in July 2022.

Today we revisit DreamTrips for an updated review. Not only on the compensation side of things, but also as to who exactly owns the company. [Continue reading…]

Dmining fails to provide company ownership or executive information on its website.

Dmining’s website domain (“dmining.top”), was privately registered on March 1st, 2022.

SimilarWeb currently ranks top sources of traffic to Dmining’s website as Italy (79%), Rwanda (11%) and Croatia (10%).

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…]