To the best of my knowledge Lion’s Share doesn’t have a website.

The MLM opportunity is promoted primarily through social media, namely Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp and YouTube.

The face of Lion’s Share marketing is James Ward.

James Ward (right) first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar in 2010, as the CEO of LGN Prosperity.

LGN Prosperity marketed travel vouchers, with each voucher generating a position in a matrix 2×2 cycler.

Following months of affiliates not getting paid, in mid 2011 LGN Prosperity morphed into LGN International.

This name-change brought on the addition of commissions paid on travel services booked through LGN.

LGN International eventually collapsed in mid to late 2013, with Ward heading up iBizWave as CEO and co-founder in early 2014.

In 2015 Ward launched 2SL Start Living, which saw him return to the travel MLM niche.

2SL Start Living was short-lived, prompting Ward to launch Pangea in 2016.

Pangea’s original business model was a matrix cycler hiding behind travel.

By early 2017 Pangea had collapsed. Ward rebooted Pangea with a new compensation plan.

The only material difference was the cycler expanded to three tiers, so it’s not surprising that Pangea 2.0 also didn’t last long.

In late 2019 Ward resurfaced with Sports Trading BTC, a crypto Ponzi scheme.

Sports Trading BTC collapsed by December 2019, prompting Ward to reboot the scheme as Global Credits Network.

As per website traffic charts provided by Alexa, Global Credits Network collapsed in or around April 2020.

Promotion of Lion’s Share began in late June 2020.

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

Elysium Capital has received a securities fraud warning from Estonia’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA). [Continue reading…]

Six Sigma Trade provides no reliable information on their website about who owns or runs the company.

Six Sigma Trade claims to be headed up by Sura Bianca.

Six Sigma is the brainchild of Sura Bianca a tech-savvy “Goddess” with a passion for trading and crypto currency.

Bianca doesn’t exist outside of Six Sigma Trade’s marketing material.

Whereas questionable marketing videos usually pretend to be shot anywhere but Russia, Six Sigma Trade uploaded a video titled “Six Sigma Trade Russia Pre Launch Event”, to their official YouTube channel on December 29th, 2019.

The event features what appears to be a bunch of young actors standing in front of a branded board, before sitting down for a catered meal.

Sura Bianca doesn’t appear in the video. CEO missing the launch event of her own company? Yeah, nothing suss.

Bianca makes her first appearance on the channel in March 2020.

Bianca is a prime candidate for a Boris CEO, meaning she as the actual person represented in Six Sigma Trade marketing doesn’t exist.

Six Sigma Trade’s website domain (“6sigmatrade.com”) was registered on September 27th, 2019.

Domain registration details are private, save for the registrant’s provided country being New Zealand.

Despite Six Sigma Trade’s obvious Russian origins, in its official marketing material the company claims to be headquartered in New Zealand:

A search of that address reveals it belongs to Servcorp, a virtual office provider.

At the time of publication Alexa cites Russia as the primary source of traffic to Six Sigma Trade’s website (39%).

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…]

Two recent rulings have seen

1. Jason and Eunjung Cardiff’s contempt appeal denied; and
2. Jacques Poujade found to be in contempt.

Redwood principals Jason and Eunjung Cardiff were found in contempt back in April.

This marked the second time the Cardiffs were found in contempt. They were spared prison time owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. [Continue reading…]

On June 19th the FTC filed a fresh motion requesting sanctions against Jason and Eunjung Cardiff.

As alleged by the FTC, the Cardiffs have failed to comply with a filed March 31st contempt order.

This was followed up by an emergency ex-parte application for a TRO, filed on June 23rd.

The FTC’s application was initially filed under seal. It was unsealed via July 2nd court order. [Continue reading…]

Fok Fook Seng, better known as Fred Fok, has been fined $71,000 for promoting the OneCoin Ponzi scheme in Singapore. [Continue reading…]

Juuva was founded in 2013 and operates in the nutritional supplement MLM niche.

The company fails to provide a corporate address on its website. On Facebook however Juuva states it’s “headquartered in Pleasant Grove, Utah”.

Heading up Juuva are co-founders Frankie Kiow and Grant Pace.

Frankie Kiow is credited only as one of Juuva’s co-founders. As per his corporate bio, Kiow

is a member of the Juuva Board of Directors and from Shanghai leads Juuva’s preparations to formally enter China.

Frankie has more than 31 years direct sales and networking experience in Asia.

MLM companies featured in Kiow’s corporate bio include Longrich International, Joymain, Orient Life, Winalite Sara Lee and Nu Skin.

Kiow’s involvement in each of these companies appears limited to China.

Grant Pace is cited as Juuva’s President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

As with Kiow, Grant’s Juuva corporate bio credited with ‘over 25 years of experience in the direct selling industry’.

This includes executive positions with Shaklee, Nu Skin, Sara Lee and Avon.

Of note is Kiow and Grant’s involvement in the Chinese MLM approval process.

(Grant) has extensive experience in China where, together with Frankie Kiow, he helped secure Direct Selling Licenses in China for four of the current seven US companies with government granted licenses in China.

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

A bankruptcy Trustee has claimed JRJR33 President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, John P. Rochon, with the assistance of his children, ‘pillaged and decimated more than a dozen companies under his control’. [Continue reading…]

An FMA investigation into Tycoon69 has lead to the company’s collapse in Switzerland.

As per an email sent out by the Vischer law firm, Tycoon69 has declared bankruptcy. [Continue reading…]

The Philippines SEC has issued a fraud warning against the Forsage gifting scheme.

They’ve also outed Lado Okhotnikov as owner of the scam. [Continue reading…]