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…]

Wiseling operates in the financial services MLM niche. The company provides a corporate address in Finland on its website.

This address is a virtual office site owned by Regus.

Heading up Wiseling are co-founders Matias Lappo and Elias Mattila. Or at least those are the names given to the actors representing them.

Matias Lappo is the admin of Wiseling’s official Facebook group. Lappo’s Facebook profile was created in November 2020 and has no content.

Lappo regularly appears in Wiseling marketing videos. These videos are staged in what are obviously rented office spaces.

Lappo has a European accent but I wasn’t able to discern the dialect (it doesn’t appear to be the usual eastern European variety).

In any event, put all of this together and Lappo presents as a strong Boris CEO candidate.

Like Lappo, Elias Mattila had a Facebook account created to promoted Wiseling through.

It was recently deleted.

Beyond the initial photoshoot for Wiseling’s website, Mattila doesn’t appear to exist.

Wiseling representing it is based out of Finland has already attracted the attention of local authorities.

On November 26th Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority issued a Wiseling securities fraud warning.

FIN-FSA has reason to suspect that the company offers investment services in Finland without appropriate authorisation.

At the time of publication Alexa ranks Wiseling’s top sources of website traffic as South Korea (31%), Haiti (9%) and Pakistan (8%).

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…]

After banning new investors from cashing out last month, We Share Abundance’s latest ploy is a matrix-based pyramid scheme. [Continue reading…]

Something strange is going on between WorldVentures and Seacret Direct.

Since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Seacret Direct has poached three high-level executives from WorldVentures.

Now, in a communication sent out to distributors, WorldVentures has confirmed ” there is no plan for a merger with Seacret”.

What is going on? [Continue reading…]

A CashFX Group securities fraud warning has been issued by Saskatchewan’s FInancial and Consumer Affairs Authority. [Continue reading…]

Calerie operates in the nutritional supplement MLM niche.

The company is based out of California and is headed up by founder and CEO Roy Truett.

Prior to co-founding Calerie, Truett (right) worked as President for Asia Pacific and Africa at Jeunesse.

MLM executive positions Truett held before Jeunesse include

• President of International [sic] at Nerium (now Neora)
• COO at Mannatech and
• COO at Usana

Of note is Truett’s social media profiles citing him residing in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Whether Calerie actually operates from California or Utah is unclear.

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

Defendant discovery costs in the Circle Of Success class-action are expected to top one million dollars.

To date individual defendants have collectively spent $128,980 responding to discovery requests. [Continue reading…]