Something I didn’t cover in our article on Tori Belle Cosmetics’ recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy was a corporate response, and what the bankruptcy means for affiliates.

As of yet there’s nothing really in the case docket addressing this, granted the bankruptcy is still in its early stages.

Somewhat strangely though, if you go looking for a response outside of filed court documents, Tori Belle Cosmetics didn’t address the bankruptcy until Friday, August 19th.

That’s a whole nineteen days after bankruptcy proceedings were filed. [Continue reading…]

Tori Belle Cosmetics’ parent company LashLiner has filed for bankruptcy.

As per an August 8th Chapter 11 filing in the Western District of Washington, LashLiner had $5.2 million in liabilities at the end of FY 2021.

I hadn’t heard of LashLiner or Tori Belle Cosmetics till a reader reached out earlier today. [Continue reading…]

Skyway Capital has been added to Lithuania’s blocked website list.

As per the Bank of Lithuania, the cited reason for the ban is securities fraud. [Continue reading…]

Authorities in Argentina have arrested two Generation Zoe accountants.

Julieta Sciutti and Maximiliano Mitroff are cited as a “key part” of Generation Zoe’s money laundering. [Continue reading…]

Disgruntled EminiFX investors have flooded the CFTC case docket with pro se motions.

The motions demand the Judge reconsider an earlier order approving EminiFX Receivership expenses. [Continue reading…]

Unitsky String Technologies continues to lie about its Skyway Capital Ponzi scheme.

The latest update appears to leave existing investors in limbo, while new investors continue to be recruited. [Continue reading…]

Hyperverse has received a pyramid scheme fraud warning from the Hungarian National Bank. [Continue reading…]

Cala AI provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the company.

Cala AI’s website domain (“bocalazer.com”), was first registered in 2006. The private registration was last updated on January 18th, 2022 – which I believe is when the current owner(s) took possession of it.

In an attempt to appear legitimate, Cala AI provides anti money laundering certificates for FinCEN (US) and SCUML (Nigeria). Basic incorporation certificates for the US (Colorado) and Nigeria are also provided.

Due to the ease with which scammers are able to incorporate shell companies with bogus details, for the purpose of MLM due-diligence these certificates are meaningless.

There is no regulatory verification or oversight when registering a company with FinCEN or SCUML.

Attempting to participate in Cala AI’s MLM opportunity punts visitors over to a subdomain hosted on a different domain; “web.sabrinascala.com”.

This domain, privately registered on June 27th, 2022, is a gateway to Cala AI’s app. It is through this app that Cala AI’s MLM opportunity is operated.

SimilarWeb currently tracks top sources of traffic to Cala AI’s “bocalazer.com” website as Taiwan (100%).

This is an odd traffic profile, strongly suggesting whoever is behind Cala AI has ties to Taiwan.

Top sources of traffic to the “sarbinascala.com” website are Nigeria (60%), Spain (21%) and India (19%).

Of note is Cala AI’s original (and still linked) YouTube channel was

terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations.

A second Cala AI channel was hastily set up on August 16th. It should be further noted that ban evasion is a violation of YouTube’s TOS.

Cala AI’s marketing videos are a combination of stock footage with a robo voiceover. This is typical of scammers from non-English speaking countries.

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…]

LiveGood operates in the nutritional supplement MLM niche.

The company is based out of Florida and is headed up by CEO Ben Glinsky.

Glinsky (right) made a name for himself in the MLM industry as founder and CEO of Skinny Body Care.

Skinny Body Care appears to have been abandoned in 2018.

The company was eventually sold off to Valentus in early 2019.

Glinsky has a mixed history spanning offline real estate, MLM lead generation (Pro Builder) and running various other MLM companies before Skinny Body Care (the last of which was Rejuvenate Worldwide).

Another name I recognized on LiveGood corporate was Director of Network Marketing, Nauder Khazan (right).

Khazan first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar in 2011, as founder and CEO of the pyramid scheme Stiforp.

BehindMLM came across Khazan again in 2019, as founder and CEO of AliveMax, and co-founder of Globallee. Both companies appear to still be in business.

Update 2nd March 2023 – As of December 2022 AliveMax’s website has been taken offline. It appears the company has shut down.

As at the time of this update, I wasn’t able to determine a reason for AliveMax’s collapse. /end update

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

Four and a half years after BitConnect collapsed, a victim has registered a complaint with police in India.

The victim, identified only as a lawyer in Pune, Maharashtra, claims to have lost “close to 220 bitcoin”. [Continue reading…]