Belgian authorities have shut down the Vitae token Ponzi scheme.

Vitae Token launched as Vitae Coin back in early 2018. It was quickly renamed Vitae Token and promoted as part of a social network.

That concept flopped, prompting founder Michael Weber to add a Ponzi scheme. [Continue reading…]

Passive Tron Profits provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the company.

Passive Tron Profits’ website domain (“passivetronprofits.com”) was privately registered on May 24th, 2021.

This wasn’t always the case. Earlier this month BehindMLM reader “Melanie from Germany” revealed Passive Tron Profits’ domain was owned by Dustin Langley and Frank Hester.

I was able to confirm this via what appears to be an official Passive Tron Profits marketing video.

The video is narrated by “Frank”, who claims to have “launched” Passive Tron Profits with Dustin Langley.

Frank Hester (aka Robert Hester, right) appeared on BehindMLM’s radar in 2018, as the admin behind Crypto Pros.

Hester’s Facebook profile reveals he was still running Crypto Pros as late as March 2021.

As per Hester’s post above, Crypto Pros has collapsed and been rebooted at least once.

Alexa traffic estimates show a decline in visitors to Crypto Pros’ website starting April 2020.

Rather than relaunch Crypto Pros again, this likely prompted Hester to launch Passive Tron Profits.

Dustin Langley is a serial scammer, with more than a few MLM crypto Ponzi launches under his belt.

Langley (right) featured on BehindMLM as admin of Internet Business Suite, a pyramid scheme launched back in 2016.

Based on their respective Facebook profiles; Frank Hester and Dustin Langley are based out of Texas and Tennessee respectively.

Crypto Pros was a 2×20 matrix-based pyramid scheme.

Alexa currently ranks top sources of traffic to Passive Tron Profits’ website as the US (47%), Switzerland (16%) and South Africa (10%).

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

Following a directive last month in their NetForce case, the FTC has filed a motion seeking a contempt judgment and compensatory civil contempt sanctions.

The FTC first sought NetForce contempt sanctions against Jay Noland mid last year. [Continue reading…]

The FTC has announced it is reviewing the Business Opportunity Rule.

The review pertains specifically to the MLM and gig economy industries, and is a direct response to the recent AMG Supreme Court decision. [Continue reading…]

The Success By Health asset-freeze appears to be hanging by a thread.

For now at least, a decision has been made to maintain the asset freeze and appointed Success by Health Receivership. [Continue reading…]

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

A few Google searches reveals that PartyLite launched back in 1973. At some point it was acquired by former MLM conglomerate Blyth.

In addition to PartyLite, Blyth is known for previous ownership of now defunct Visalus.

In October 2015 Blyth and PartyLite were acquired by the multinational Carlyle Group.

In May 2016 Carlyle Group merged PartyLite with Candle-lite, a fragrance and candle company founded in Ohio back in 1840, under the holding company Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance Company.

Heading up Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance Company is CEO Scott Meader (appointed July 2020).

Meader (right) has an executive history in the consumer packaged goods industry. As far as I can tell Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance Company and PartyLite is his first MLM appointment.

As per a press-release issued at the time of Meader’s appointment, Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance Company had ‘about 1,200 total employees and $495 million in revenue in 2019’.

Although Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance Company and PartyLite are effectively one and the same, this is a specific review of PartyLite.

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

Antares Trade has received a securities fraud warning from Canada’s British Columbia Securities Commission. [Continue reading…]

Antares Trade has received a securities fraud warning from Spain’s CNMV.

The Comision Nacional del Mercadeo de Valores is Spain’s top financial regulator (SEC equivalent). [Continue reading…]

GSPartners is claiming a 66% reduction in victims signing up to lose money.

In a desperate attempt to find a scapegoat, GSPartners has sued a South African YouTube channel. [Continue reading…]

After disabling withdrawals a few days ago, Bruxis has now completed its exit-scam.

Sometime in the last twenty-four hours Bruxis has disabled its website. The Ponzi scheme’s official YouTube channel and Twitter profile have also been deleted. [Continue reading…]