Crowd1’s appeal to the Philippine SEC has been denied.

Effective immediately, Crowd1 is permanently banned in the Philippines. [Continue reading…]

BehindMLM reviewed Hemptonics USA back in February.

Our primary concern, based on Hemptonics USA’s business model failing to encompass retail sales, was that the company was operating as a pyramid scheme.

Hemptonics USA CEO Paul Drockton (right) was quick to reply to our review, incorrectly arguing that retail customers were affiliates.

In April Drockton informed us that Hemptonics USA had relaunched with a new website and compensation plan.

Today we revisit Hemptonics USA for an updated review. [Continue reading…]

Following a request by the DOJ, the BitClub Network criminal case has been continued through November 2020.

The reason for the delay in proceedings is designation of an “unusual or complex case”. [Continue reading…]

Two days after assuming control of VPL Medical, the Redwood Receiver shut it down.

Jason Cardiff was furious, prompting a twenty-eight page rage filing demanding removal of the Receiver.

Spoiler alert: Cardiff was denied. [Continue reading…]

Richard Maike and his Infinity2Global co-defendants have won themselves some reprieve, following a decision to postpone their criminal trial to March 2021. [Continue reading…]

Last we checked in plaintiff Armen Temurian’s lawsuit against Phil Piccolo and friends was dismissed with prejudice.

The voluntary dismissal order overrode Piccolo’s counterclaim proceedings and closed the case.

Turns out Piccolo separately sued Temurian in Florida, and that lawsuit is still playing out. [Continue reading…]

Mind Capital has received a securities fraud emergency cease and desist order from Texas.

As per the Texas State Securities Board’s order, Mind Capital (Mind Capital OU, Mind Capital Tech SL) is not registered to offer securities in Texas. [Continue reading…]

Trust Investing operates in the cryptocurrency MLM niche. The company provides a corporate address in Panama on its website.

Whether Trust Investing has any actual physical operations in Panama however is unclear.

A search of the provided address returns multiple businesses, suggesting Trust Investing presence in Panama is only virtual (shell company).

Heading up Trust Investing is CEO Diego Chaves (right).

According to Chaves’ Trust Investing corporate bio, he has “over 10 years of experience in the Network Marketing market”.

Personally I wasn’t able to verify Chaves’ MLM history prior to Trust Investing, although I’m willing to put that down to language-barriers.

As per Chaves’ official Facebook profile, he resides in Malaga, Spain. Trust Investing’s official Facebook page meanwhile is primarily managed from Brazil.

Either way, as opposed to Panama, Trust Investing is likely being operated out of Spain, Brazil or both.

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

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

A corporate address in Sao Paulo, Brazil is provided in the footer of Intense Live’s website.

It’s worth noting that the Intense Live’s official marketing materials provide an “administrative headquarters” in Orlando, Florida.

When you punch this address into Google however, it comes up as a virtual office address belonging to Regus.

Intense Live’s website domain (“intenselive.com”) was was first registered in 2018. The registration is currently private and was last updated on February 17th, 2020.

Further research reveals Intense Live’s official Facebook page citing Max Bispo as the company’s CEO.

Marketing videos on YouTube also credit Bispo as Intense Live’s founder:

Why this information is not presented on Intense Live’s website is unclear.

On Facebook Bispo credits himself as an “MLM leader” and “dream seller”.

Four years ago Bispo was promoting Unidain, which claimed to be a “university of intelligence”.

Whatever Unidain was, today it doesn’t exist.

Possible due to language-barriers, I was unable to peg Bispo to any other MLM opportunities.

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…]

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

In TwentyXPro’s website FAQ, the company claims it’s “a project created by the educational company Interconnectica Ltd”.

Interconnectica LTD appears to be a Cyprus shell company.

Interconnectica LTD has a website up at “interconnectica.com”. The domain was first registered in 2018. The private registration was last updated on February 8th, 2020.

TwentyXPro’s website domain (“twentyxpro.com”) was privately registered in November 2019. The domain registration was last updated in April 2020.

Further research reveals Alexis Thomas presenting himself as TwentyXPro’s CEO on social media.

Thomas is supposedly from Cyprus. On Facebook he markets himself as an entrepeneur.

Thomas’ timeline marks various cryptocurrency expos and awards for unnamed business ventures.

On the MLM side of things I was able to peg Thomas to Jeunesse and Sunrise Travel Club.

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