Arctic Nutrition operates in the nutritional supplements MLM niche.

The company is based out of Finland and, on its website, represents it was founded in 1997.

Heading up Arctic Nutrition is CEO Teemu Penttila (right).

Arctic Nutrition provide no information about Penttilla on their website. Possible due to language barriers, I couldn’t find anything independently either.

Pentilla’s LinkedIn profile suggests that although he resides in Finland, he also has connections to Russia.

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

Rinpark SA is a shell company Jay Noland set up in Uruguay. As alleged by the FTC, Rinpark SA was part of the Success by Health pyramid scheme.

Through Rinpark SA, $300,000 is alleged to have been transferred out of the US to Uruguay between August 2019 and January 2020.

Through a second amended complaint (SAC) filed in September 2020, the FTC sought to add Rinpark SA as a defendant.

In October Rinpark SA filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the FTC lacked personal jurisdiction over it. [Continue reading…]

Two years ago the Washington State AG filed a lawsuit against LuLaRoe.

In the lawsuit the AG’s Office alleged LuLaRoe was an “unlawful pyramid scheme”.

Rather than prove it’s not a pyramid scheme, LuLaRoe has settled the lawsuit for $4.75 million dollars. [Continue reading…]

Last November we covered the settlement reached between Youngevity and Wakaya Perfection.

At the time details of the settlement were not available.

A transcript of proceedings held on November 10th was made public on January 15th.

Inside the transcript details of the agreement reached between the parties are revealed. [Continue reading…]

Bitcoiin insider and top promoter John DeMarr has been arrested ‘for his alleged participation in a coordinated cryptocurrency and securities fraud scheme’.

DeMarr’s indictment details one charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. [Continue reading…]

Kristijan Krstic and his Ponzi empire accomplices have been sued by the SEC.

The civil lawsuit follows Krstic’s arrest in Serbia late last year. [Continue reading…]

In an ex-parte motion requesting instruction from the court, the Redwood Receiver has accused Jason Cardiff of inappropriate conduct.

The inappropriate conduct pertains to the Receiver believing that Cardiff and VPL Medical are ‘seeking to use their fee application positions to incentivize the Receiver to act improperly for their benefit.’ [Continue reading…]

Following on from a settlement reached last November, motions for summary judgment pertaining to outstanding claims have now been ruled on.

In summary, Youngevity’s Motion for Summary Judgment was granted. Wakaya Perfection’s Motion for Summary Judgment was denied. [Continue reading…]

Italy’s Competition Authority has once again found Lyoness to be an illegal pyramid scheme.

The company has been issued with another €3 million EUR fine ($3.6 million USD). [Continue reading…]

Following publication of our Arieyl review last November, discussion in the comments speculated on whether My Daily Choice would take legal action.

In putting together our review, I’d assumed Kristen and Travis Butler (below) had left MDC prior to setting up Arieyl.

As revealed by BehindMLM readers in the comments, that doesn’t appear to be the case.

In learning that, I noted;

If (the Butlers) were planning it while still working MDC up until October 2020, and have now created a competitor filled with former MDC affiliates – that’s the kind of conduct we see lawsuits filed over.

Our review was published on November 25th. My comment above was made on November 27th.

Sure enough on November 30th, MDC filed a cross-recruiting lawsuit against Arieyl and the Butlers. [Continue reading…]