We last visited Quaestor World earlier this year. Back then owner Svend Rasmussen was desparetly trying to set up a money laundering channel through boxing.

It wasn’t going well.

Now, nine months later, Rasmussen is pulling the plug on the whole QBoxing operation. [Continue reading…]

I received an email tip-off that Visalus had been sold off to Pruvit.

There is evidence out there to support the claim, but to date neither company appears to have publicly acknowledged the sale.

Strange much? [Continue reading…]

In a stunning backflip, South Africa’s FSCA has given up on regulating Karatbars International. [Continue reading…]

FollowFunding provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

FollowFunding’s website domain (“followfunding.com”) was first registered on October 31st, 2018. The registration was last updated on October 14th, 2019.

Listed as owner of the domain is Eric Bechtold, through a residential address in Florida.

On LinkedIn Bechtold (below) identifies himself as Follow Funding’s President.

Back in 2012 Bechtold was promoting Lightyear Wireless.

In 2016 a comment left on Ethan Vanderbuilt’s blog linked him to Push Button Profits.

Push Button Profits was a pay to play lead generation opp.

In 2018 Bechtold was promoting 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle through his Our Wealth Secret funnel.

8 Figure Dream Lifestyle was a gifting scheme. Earlier this year the FTC sued 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle’s owners for telemarketing fraud.

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

Up2Give provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the company.

As I write this, Up2Give’s website demands an affiliate referral username. Once you add that in, you’re presented with a marketing video and signup form. That’s it.

Up2Give’s website domain (“up2give.com”) was privately registered on August 27th, 2019.

Further research reveals Up2Give promoters naming Jerry Lopez as CEO of the company:

I was able to verify this through a YouTube video titled “64 BTC Earning opportunity with Up2give.Full business presentation. Pre- Launch stage.”

In the video Lopez (right) identifies himself as “CEO and Founder of Up2Give” at [0:45].

I was able to trace Lopez’s MLM history to 2014, the year he joined LyfeStart International. Eight months later Lopez jumped ship for Savi Health.

Lopez’s foray into the MLM crypto underbelly appears to have begun roughly four months ago through Dunamis Global Tech.

Dunamis Global Tech recently went under and was sold off to Onyx Lifestyle.

Read on for a full review of Up2Give’s MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has issued a securities fraud warning against Cash FX Group.

The FCA is the UK’s equivalent of the SEC. MLM companies need to be registered with the FCA to offer securities across the UK legally. [Continue reading…]

My Gold Rev operates in the gold MLM niche.

As per the company’s website, My Gold Rev is headed up by Connor Robert.

There is a big question mark over whether Connor Robert actually exists.

Only Telegram and Whatsapp contact details are provided for Robert.

Robert (right) has no digital footprint outside of My Gold Rev, and photos provided on My Gold Rev’s website appear to be actors.

If you need evidence of this, look no further than Connor Robert’s My Gold Rev office tour.

It seems My Gold Rev had “New York wiseguy” in mind when casting Robert.

My Gold Rev provides three corporate addresses on its website; one in the US, one in the UK and one in Hong Kong.

Given Connor Robert likely doesn’t exist, it’s highly probable that none of these addresses have anything to do with My Gold Rev.

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…]

The first major case update in the LifeVantage class-action has seen the company granted a partial motion to dismiss. [Continue reading…]

BowlaCoin operates in the cryptocurrency MLM niche and appears to be based out Sweden.

On its website, BowlaCoin names Michael Petersen as Founder and CEO of the company.

As per Petersen’s corporate bio, he’s

a committed person with strong passion for Bowling and have been in the industry from the age of six, I played myself up to the Danish national team, and won many competitions in Denmark, Sweden and Germany, later in life I decided to start my own bowling alley from the bottom, so built by myself the lanes, score system and everything.

Now I see a new generation in the industry and I want to be the first to bring blockchain technology into the market.

And so we have BowlaCoin. Petersen’s attempt to merge bowling with the blockchain.

Prior to BowlaCoin, Petersen (right) was promoting the FutureNet and DasCoin Ponzi schemes.

Petersen appears to be based out of the Philippines, hence the Philippine corporate address provided on BowlaCoin’s website.

Of note the same address is used by TeamConnect. A link to TeamConnect’s website also features in BowlaCoin’s official compensation documentation.

The exact nature of the relationship between BowlaCoin and TeamConnect is unclear.

TeamConnect uses BAC, a token attached to BowlaCoin. Global Daily Pro matrix tiers also appear in BowlaCoin’s affiliate rank qualification criteria.

This suggests that its potentially also owned by Petersen.

It’s worth also noting that TeamConnect’s website cites Global Daily Pro an official partner.

Global Daily Pro is an adcredit pyramid scheme reviewed here on BehindMLM a few days ago.

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

A verdict in a OneCoin related tax fraud case in Finland raises serious judicial priority concerns. [Continue reading…]