The beef between WorldVentures’ current owner, Verona International Holdings, and former owner Wayne Nugent is starting to take shape.

We first came across news of a potential lawsuit between Verona and Nugent a few weeks ago.

An interpleader complaint, filed by Seacret Direct against Nugent, details payment issues between the parties. [Continue reading…]

Quility operates in the insurance MLM niche. The company doesn’t provide a corporate address on its website, but does state it’s “Made with (heart emoji) in CA, NC and NV”.

Quility provides a brief history on its origin;

While the Quility name is new, we’ve been in the insurance business for a while.

Before joining forces, our agents represented two partner companies, Symmetry Financial Group and Asurea.

In 2020, we combined our nationwide family of agents to become Quility.

Heading up Quility are co-founders Casey Watkins, Brandon Ellison and Brian Pope.

Watkins, Ellison and Pope are behind Symmetry Financial Group, founded in 2009.

I’ve also seen Pope credited as a co-founder of Asurea. On Asurea’s website (which is still up for some reason), Pope is credited as Chairman of the Board.

This prompted me to go look up Symmetry Financial Group, whose website is also still up for some reason.

For a merger that happened almost a year and a half ago, Quility brand messaging appears to be all over the place.

From what I can gather both Symmetry Financial Group and Asurea operated as MLM companies.

In a May 2020 interview, Casey Watkins stated

Symmetry Financial Group and Asurea have worked in alignment with each other since our company’s inception.

Seeing as Brian Pope was co-founder of both companies, I’m not really sure what the need for two companies in the first place was.

Since their respective launches, neither Symmetry Financial Group or Asurea appear to have run into regulatory trouble.

I can’t speak to the individual MLM opportunities as BehindMLM didn’t review either.

Today though we take a look at the current Quility MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

CashFX Group has suspended affiliate withdrawals, just in time for the shopping season. [Continue reading…]

DreamTrips was initially the name of WorldVentures’ travel service product. It has now been launched as a stand-alone MLM company.

Who owns DreamTrips is murky.

WorldVentures filed for bankruptcy in December 2020. Those proceedings culminated in Verona International Holdings acquiring what was left of WorldVentures in June.

At the time Verona International Holdings had no footprint, it was a newly created entity owned by persons unknown.

Six months later and we still don’t know who’s behind Verona.

Until this is remedied, as far as basic MLM due-diligence goes, this remains a red flag.

Even more so considering Spherature Investments, former owner of WorldVentures, has signalled it intends to file suit against former WorldVentures co-owner and CEO, Wayne Nugent.

What we do know is that Verona International Holdings is rebooting WorldVentures as DreamTrips.

This was announced in a November 16th press-release;

Verona International Holdings, Inc. is pleased to announce that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered an order confirming its purchase of the exclusive rights to sell DreamTrips around the world.

As a result of the purchase, Verona’s wholly-owned subsidiary, DreamTrips, LLC d/b/a DreamTrips International, will be the exclusive worldwide provider of DreamTrips going forward.

Heading up DreamTrips on the executive side is Mark and Tammy Smith, respectively CEO and Chief Field Officer.

BehindMLM first came across the Smiths in 2018.

The Smiths (right) were former Nerium top earners, and were then suing the company for $100 million.

Following arbitration, the lawsuit was quietly settled in mid 2020.

The Smiths meanwhile moved onto Jeunesse, prompting a raiding countersuit from Nerium.

In December 2020 the Smiths signed up as Seacret Direct distributors.

In the months leading up to the Smiths joining, Seacret Direct was a frontrunner to acquire WorldVentures prior to its bankruptcy filing.

That deal ultimately fell through, prompting WorldVentures’ bankruptcy filing.

A bitter legal battle between WorldVentures and Seacret broke out in the aftermath. Those proceedings were settled days before the DreamTrips MLM company announcement.

While I have flagged Verona International Holdings ownership, knowing who is running DreamTrips is better than nothing.

DreamTrips is Mark and Tammy Smith’s first MLM executive venture.

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

GSPartners and owner Josip Heit have engaged a US law firm to intimidate a US based YouTuber. [Continue reading…]

In what may wind up being a predictable judicial mistake, Frank Schneider has been released to home detention.

Schneider will be subject to 24/7 monitoring and home confinement, pending a decision on extradition to the US on January 19th. [Continue reading…]

5 Billion Sales has received a pyramid scheme warning from Russia.

As per the Central Bank of Russia’s November 19th warning, 5 Billion Sales exhibits “signs of a pyramid scheme”. [Continue reading…]

Ryan Mark Ginster has been arrested on charges relating to multiple MLM crypto Ponzi schemes. [Continue reading…]

The SEC has unmasked the scammer behind the My Micro Profits Ponzi scheme.

In a lawsuit filed against him, the SEC alleges Ryan Ginster, of California, “raised over $3.6 million” from investors. [Continue reading…]

In the absence of regulatory action, the Mirror Trading International liquidation process continues.

The latest is a confusing series of events that saw victims claims universally rejected. [Continue reading…]