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

CryptoProgram’s website domain (“cryptoprogram.me”), was privately registered on October 28th, 2022.

Further research reveals CryptoProgram marketing videos featuring Ed Zimbardi.

Rather than just admit he’s running CryptoProgram, Zimbardi has created this backstory:

So this program has been going on offline … for decades. It’s only been private, offered to people that are in a specific network.

I’ve been part of it for quite some time and very excited about it, because it’s sustained itself for a long time. And there was no indication whatsoever, that it would be opened up to people, outside of the network.

Well, I enquired. Why did I enquire? Because I’ve been part of lots of high-risk, high reward programs that have come and gone.

I also know that the people I know behind the program, they make insane amounts of money. So it’s definitely possible to offer clients a big payout.

So I decided, to ask the people associated with this program on the back-end if they would… allow me to help them create this online program that they own. Because I wanna help people recover funds.

Zimbardi has a marketing history dating back to the early 2000s, specifically with lead generation.

In 2015 Zimbardi resigned as CEO of EZJR.

EZJR’s primary business is to improve the sales performance of brands, products and services by way of our proprietary eCommerce platform.

Our unique methodology minimizes the cost of generating leads and then maximizes the conversion of those leads into customers.

Between June 2015 and 2017 Zimbardi pitched himself as a marketing coach. In mid to late 2017, Zimbardi joined forex-themed MLM iMarketsLive.

In late 2018 the CFTC fined iMarketsLive $150,000 for committing commodities fraud. iMarketsLive quickly changed their name to IM Mastery Academy after the fine.

Zimbardi stopped promoting iMarketsLive on or around August 2018. After which he appears to have gotten into securities fraud and Ponzi schemes.

By his own admission, Zimbardi has “been part of lots of high-risk, high reward” scams.

Some of them offered tremendous rewards. Like doubling your account in twenty-two days. 3% per day, y’know five days a week. Just insane amounts.

I’ve lost a lot of money and some of the people that have followed me have lost a lot of money too.

This brings us to the launch of CryptoProgram in late 2022.

Of note is SimilarWeb currently tracking top sources of traffic to CryptoProgram’s website as the UAE (56%) and the US (36%).

Zimbardi’s social media profiles place him in the US state of Georgia. A high amount of CryptoProgram traffic from the UAE suggests Zimbardi has a partner or partners in Dubai.

Dubai is the MLM crime capital of the world. BehindMLM’s guidelines for Dubai are:

1. If someone lives in Dubai and approaches you about an MLM opportunity, they’re trying to scam you.
2. If an MLM company is based out of or represents it has ties to Dubai, it’s a scam.

To see how this specifically applies to CryptoProgram, read on for a full review. [Continue reading…]

Both Uulala and its Batched reboot have collapsed.

Affiliate investors can’t log in, meaning withdrawals are effectively disabled. [Continue reading…]

Crypto Liberty fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Crypto Liberty’s website domain (“cryptoliberty.biz”), was privately registered on August 7th, 2022.

Despite only existing for a few months at best, Crypto Liberty falsely claims

the company started in 2018 with headquarters in Lithuania, Vilnius.

Supporting its Lithuania claim, Crypto Liberty provides a corporate address in Lithuania on its website. Whether this address actually has anything to do with Crypto Liberty is unclear.

The use of euros on Crypto Liberty’s website suggests whoever is running it is based out of Europe.

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…]

Arkbit provides no credible ownership or executive information on its website.

Supposedly Arkbit is headed up by founder and Chief Financial Officer Thomas Brewer.

“Thomas Brewer” is actually US actor Mike Wolfe. The only professional credit to Wolfe’s name is the 2019 short-film Sugardaddy:

We can rule out Arkbit just using a photo of Wolfe as he appears in at least one marketing video:

That video was shot in rented office space in Little Rock, Arkansas:

Arkbit provides details for several other executives, all of which are assumed to also be actors.

Arkbit’s website domain (“arkbitcapital.com”), was first registered in September 2021. The private registration was last updated on November 28th, 2022.

Arkbit’s social media profiles were created in late 2022, so it appears the domain was acquired by Arkbit’s owners in late 2022.

Typically Boris CEO Ponzi schemes originate from eastern Europe. I was unable to confirm this with Arkbit.

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…]

Two superseding indictments have been filed in the Forcount Ponzi criminal case, adding Nestor Nunez and Ramon Perez as defendants. [Continue reading…]

Global NFT Group Community operates in the cryptocurrency MLM niche.

The company also goes by GNG and appears to be based out of Malaysia.

On the corporate side things Global NFT Group is incorporated as “Global NFT Group B.V.”, a Curacao shell company.

Heading up Global NFT Group is Tony Berntsen, Tony Sandberg and Saima Chaudhury.

Tony Berntsen is a Dutch national BehindMLM came across in 2017. Berntsen was CEO of First United Capital Group, purported parent company of the EarlyBird Academy pyramid scheme.

Both First United Capital Group and EarlyBird were/are also incorporated as Curacao shell companies.

First United Capital Group still has a website up. Tony Berntsen is still cited as CEO.

Tony Sandberg is First United Capital Group’s COO. Saima Chaudhry is its Executive Business Manager.

According to their respective social media profiles:

• Tony Berntsen is based out of Curacao
• Tony Sandberg is based out of Norway
•  Saima Chaudhry is based out of the UK

First United Capital Group is “the Next Generation Global Investment Company” that brings our people together connecting capital and expertise with great ideas and products.

Although First United Capital Group isn’t mentioned on Global NFT Group’s websites, it appears to be another project from the group.

Global NFT Group operates from two known domains:

1. “gng.community” – privately registered on November 29th, 2022 and
2. “gngtoken.com” – privately registered on November 23rd, 2022

Update 26th March 2023 – The .community website cited above is still up, but “gngtoken.com” has been pulled offline.

Global NFT Group now goes by “Global NFT Group Investment Management”.

This reboot operates from “gngim.com”, privately registered on December 29th, 2022. As of February 2023, SimilarWeb tracks negligible traffic to the domain.

As per comment #6 left below this review, GNG token has been rebooted as PNGVN token.

This otherwise appears to just be a cosmetic reboot. /end update

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

L.NE fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

L.NE directs its MLM opportunity to South Africa, both through offered puff-piece news articles and use of the South African rand (ZAR).

L.NE’s website domain (“bcok.club”), was privately registered on November 25th, 2022.

L.NE operates its MLM opportunity through an app. L.NE’s app is provided on the domain “downele.club”, which is linked from L.NE’s homepage.

“Downele.club” was privately registered on December 1st, 2022. Through its source-code, we can confirm Chinese scammers are behind L.NE:

There’s also this odd line in L.NE’s Privacy Policy;

If you have violated relevant Chinese laws and regulations or this application service agreement or related rules, you need to disclose it to a third party.

Another point of interest is L.NE coordinating its MLM opportunity through the Telegram group “Photovoltaic7”

Telegram is a communication platform synonymous with fraud.

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…]

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…]

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 have frozen $11 million dollars they allege is part of a money laundering racket tied to QNet. [Continue reading…]