Undelivered mail in the Traffic Monsoon SEC case suggests owner Charles Scoville may have been released from jail. [Continue reading…]

Just Been Paid was a notorious Ponzi scheme from the early 2000s.

The scheme was run by Frederick Mann, an elusive old white guy from South Africa.

After the initial Just Been Paid Ponzi collapsed, over the years Mann rebooted the scheme as JSS-Tripler, JBP’s Synergy Surf (JSS), JSS-Booster and JSS-Warp.

There were also various clones launched, hoping to capitalize on Just Been Paid’s notoriety.

Last month someone resurrected Just Been Paid to launch a low-effort smart contract Ponzi. [Continue reading…]

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

Lobto’s website domain (“lobto.com”) was privately registered on June 11th, 2020. The domain registration was last updated on January 6th, 2021.

Alexa currently ranks Egypt (49%) and Thailand (18%) as top sources of traffic to Lobto’s website. Lobto’s website itself is hosted in Ecuador.

In an attempt to appear legitimate, Lobto provides a UK incorporation certificate for Lobto Limited.

UK incorporation is dirt cheap and effectively unregulated. It is a favored jurisdiction for scammers looking to incorporate dodgy companies.

For the purpose of performing MLM due-diligence, UK incorporation is meaningless.

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…]

Authorities in New Delhi have shut down the Future Maker Life Care pyramid scheme in 2018.

Directors Radhe Shyam and Bansi Lal have been arrested. The Enforcement Directorate is now pursuing criminal charges against them. [Continue reading…]

IDentityUSA operates in the personal data protection MLM niche.

The company provides a suite address in Texas on its website, which appears to belong to USA+.

An official brochure provided on IdentityUSA’s website states the company is “presented by USA+”

In the footer of IDentityUSA’s website the following information is provided;

United Service Association For Health Care (USA+) is a non-profit corporation chartered in Washington, D.C., in 1983.

The organization was formed to promote the adoption of equitable health care policy in the United States, engage in nonpartisan research, study and analysis for the benefit of the general public regarding the health care system of the United States and on occasion; publish the results of our research.

USA+ has its own website, on which it markets access to healthcare.

USA+ is NOT an insurance company. USA+ identifies the needs of its members and finds the nation’s top providers of products and services to satisfy those needs.

Through the size of its national membership, USA+ leverages its contracts with providers to negotiate benefits for its members.

As far as I can tell, USA+ isn’t an MLM company. IdentityUSA is a division of USA+ and runs as a standalone MLM opportunity.

IDentityUSA cites Belinda Caylor as company President. No information about Caylor (right) is provided.

On Facebook Caylor goes by Belinda Booth-Caylor. On LinkedIn Caylor also cites herself as President of National Health Corporation.

As per her profile, Caylor’s earliest involvement in National Health Corporation dates back to 1987 as an accountant.

Affiliates marketing IDentityUSA cite Paul Wood as the owner of National Health Corporation.

Paul Wood and Belinda Caylor Team Up to open a New Subsidiary IDentityUSA For Top Identity Theft Protection #IDentityUSA.

Paul Wood is a highly successful entrepreneur in the USA. He founded National Health Corporation (NHC) in 1966. He pioneered the high deductible insurance policy for the self-employed.

In 1999 Paul Wood reached a major milestone when the combined assets of his companies surpassed the $1 billion mark.

Belinda Caylor is the President of IDentityUSA and has been working with Paul Wood for 33 years.

Today National Health Corp markets itself as “TeamCorp”. TeamCorp’s website references IdentityUSA and claims it is a “marketing agency for USA+”.

There is an “Agent Opportunities” section on TeamCorp’s website, but no specific compensation information provided.

IdentityUSA, USA+ and TeamCorp all share the same Texas suite address.

From this IDentityUSA sounds like a joint-venture between Caylor and Wood. Given none of this is disclosed on IDentityUSA’s website however, I can’t say for sure.

It certainly wouldn’t be the first company Caylor and Wood have launched together:

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

The Traffic Monsoon Receivership has secured default judgments against promoters Ernest “Ernie” Ganz and David Barker.

Together, the pair of scammers are up for $953,195. [Continue reading…]

South Africa’s FInancial Sector Conduct Authority has announced the completion of its Mirror Trading International investigation.

It appears what happens next is now up to Commercial Crime Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority. [Continue reading…]

A second OneCoin promoter in Singapore has been sentenced to six months in prison.

Terence Lim Yoong Fook will also have to pay a $210,000 SGD ($158,603 USD). [Continue reading…]

Yeah so turns out Ukraine has its own SEC equivalent; the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market.

In what I believe is a first for BehindMLM, today we’re reporting on a securities fraud warning issued from Ukraine. [Continue reading…]

Another “bUt ThEy CaN’t ToUcH oUr MoNeY!” MLM trading bot Ponzi has collapsed.

On January 12th iQuandex informed its affiliates of a “technical error”.

The revelation followed iQuandex shutting down its trading bot platform without explanation a few days prior. [Continue reading…]