Two days ago Frank Schneider lost his extradition appeal.

The decision, handed down by the Nancy Appeals Court, provides insight into Schneider’s US indictment. [Continue reading…]

A recent marketing video by promoter Tanya Jennings, has shed light on the flow of bitcoin within CashFX Group. [Continue reading…]

Senexa has received a pyramid fraud warning from Russia. [Continue reading…]

The Nancy Appeals Court has approved Frank Schneider’s extradition.

Following preliminary granting to Schneider’s extradition, he filed an appeal last July.

Schneider’s legal team argued that, if extradited to the US, Schneider would be denied “fundamental rights”.

The Nancy Appeals Court rejected this argument. [Continue reading…]

Following EmpiresX’s collapse late last year, the company has announced it’s shutting down.

The announcement was made via a communication sent out to investors in the last 24 hours.

One immediately concern the EmpiresX’s announcement raises is potential identity theft. [Continue reading…]

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

FastBNB’s website domain (“fastbnb.io”), was privately registered on October 6th, 2021.

Further research reveals affiliates citing Biman Das as the creator of FastBNB.

Das was tied to YoCoin. BehindMLM reviewed YoCoin in 2016 and identified it as a shitcoin pump and dump scam.

At the time of publication YoCoin hid its executive’s details. This was later changed, revealing Das was Vice President of the company.

At some point (or possibly from the beginning), Das began crediting himself as YoCoin’s CEO.

YoCoin is believed to have collapsed by the end of 2016.

Based on his LinkedIn profile, Biman Das is based out of West Bengal in India.

Alexa currently ranks top sources of traffic to FastBNB’s website as India (13%), Canada (10%) and Vietnam (9%).

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…]

BehindMLM first came across NXR Global when we reviewed Lifestyle Connections in 2020.

Lifestyle Connections is marketed as being “powered by NXR Global”, presumably yet another company owned by Bremner.

“Bremner” refers to David Bremner, who together with Bob Bremner and other relatives, ran vStream TV and IXQ TV.

The MPA shut down IXQ TV in late 2019.

That led us to Lifestyle Connections’ launch on or around early 2020.

Lifestyle Connections’ website is still up but traffic is negligible.

Another Bremner family company launch was Pyur Global in 2016.

Pyur Global marketed a range of nutritional supplements and an “iHeart Device”.

In April 2019 Pyur Global was rebooted as Pyur Life.

The reboot saw victims of the Noble 8 Revolution Ponzi cycler, most of whom were elderly, funnelled into the company.

At time of publication Pyur Life’s website was non-responsive.

NXR Global’s website domain (“nxrglobal.com”), was privately registered on November 2nd, 2021.

In a February 2020 update to our Lifestyle Connections review, I noted the use of “nxrglobal.com”.

It appears the domain has now been rebooted as a standalone opportunity.

NXR Global’s website uses the same design template as Lifestyle Connections.

The Bremners’ ownership of NXR Global is not disclosed anywhere on the company’s website.

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…]

Epic Trading has received a pyramid scheme warning from the Philippines.

As per the Philippine SEC’s 19th January notice;

What makes EPIC TRADING appealing to the public is not the business of foreign exchange but the chance to earn weekly and monthly referral fees from recruitment of up to $1,000,000.00.

An IBO is entitled to receive income in accordance with the EPIC Compensation Plan, which is basically a typical pyramiding cum Ponzi scheme i.e. the more recruits, the higher the compensation.

BehindMLM reviewed Epic Trading in September 2020. We identified disclosure issues and the potential for pyramid recruitment. [Continue reading…]

Enigma Network operates in the cryptocurrency and forex trading MLM niches.

The company is supposedly headed up by founder and President Dave Wiltz.

Who is Dave Wiltz? No idea. He doesn’t appear to have a digital footprint outside of Enigma Network’s marketing.

But that doesn’t matter, because…

The actual people behind Enigma Network are J. Joshua Beistle and Doug Wellens.

BehindMLM last came across Beistle and Wellens in 2020, as co-founders of Essential Access Network.

Essential Access Network sold telemedicine subscription services. The company’s website is still online but Alexa ranks traffic to it as “n/a”.

Practically speaking, Essential Access Network as an MLM company is dead.

With respect to Beistle’s and Wellens’ MLM histories;

J. Joshua Beistle first appeared on BehindMLM in 2013, as President of the JubiRev Ponzi scheme.

Essentially a reload of the notorious Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme, JubiRev collapsed a few months after launch.

Beistle returned in mid 2014 with BrandOnline365, a short-lived pyramid scheme.

Doug Wellens first appeared on BehindMLM in 2014, as co-founder of Infinite Leverage.

Infinity Leverage was a pyramid scheme attached to a marketing platform.

Infinite Leverage was rebooted in 2015 as Traffic Authority. Traffic Authority was rebooted in 2018 as Finish Line Network.

I also want to note Enigma Network’s Vice-President of Sales, Richard Anzalone.

Anzalone was indicted in 2017 on criminal charges related to Infinity2Global.

Run by Rick Maike, Infinity2Global was a $25 million dollar pyramid scheme.

Anzalone pocketed $800,000 as one of the Infinity2Global’s top earners. He stands accused of multiple counts of mail fraud and money laundering.

If convicted, Anzalone is looking at potentially decades in prison.

Anzalone and his co-defendants are scheduled to face trial in July 2022.

I’d also be remiss if I didn’t shout out Enigma Network’s advertised “legal team”:

Wellman and Warrens’ biggest cock up to date was rubber-stamping iPro Network back in 2017.

The SEC sued iPro Network in 2019, alleging it was a $26 million dollar pyramid scheme.

We also weren’t impressed with Warren’s legal analysis of Crypto World Evolution in 2018.

On its website Enigma Network provides a corporate address in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Alexa currently ranks top sources of traffic to Enigma Network’s website as the Philippines (34%), and the US (19%).

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

Ryan Conley’s latest scam is a shitcoin project attached to the TAG Protocol.

The TAG Protocol is in turn attached to TAGCoin. Users give money to Tag Protocol’s owners in exchange for hashtag rights.

These rights are tracked via NFTs.

When people mention the hashtags on social media, whoever owns the Tag Protocol hashtag NFT gets TAGCoin.

Tag Protocol generates TAGCoin on demand out of thin air.

If all that sounds incredibly stupid and pointless, it’s because… it is.

Anyway, here’s how NFT hashtags are working out for TAGCoin bagholders:

TAG Protocol launched in late November:

After promptly pumping and dumping, around mid December Tag Protocol began to pump because, *checks notes*, reasons.

TAG Protocol has yet to dump again but when whatever manipulation is currently going on is exhausted, will plonk back down.

TL:DR; TagCoin is your typical shitcoin pump and dump scheme.

This prompted the launch of

Ryan Conley is a TAGCoin/TAG Protocol bagholder. And he’s come up with TAGArmy to dump his bags onto unsuspecting investors. [Continue reading…]