In light of his lawyers abandoning him, Charles Scoville has decided it’s best he represent himself.

Scoville’s first communication with the court is a hand-written letter he’s penned himself.

And boy it’s a doozy. [Continue reading…]

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

CT Passive’s website domain (“ctpassive.com”) was privately registered on November 14th, 2019.

In the description of YouTube hosted marketing videos featured on CT Passive’s website, the company claims to be

part Of C T Network, an Australian registered company.

This presumably corresponds to “C T Network Group PTY. LTD., an entity registered with ASIC on December 26th, 2019.

In terms of regulation ASIC registration is meaningless.

ASIC registration currently costs $36. The regulator does not verify submitted information and rarely regulates MLM related securities fraud.

At the time of publication Alexa pegs India (50%) and the US (21%) as top sources of traffic to CT Passive’s website.

It is highly likely C T Network Group is a shell company, operated by someone based out of India or the US.

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…]

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

KickEX’s website domain (“kickex.com”) was first registered in 2014. The private domain registration was last updated on May 24th, 2019.

On their official Facebook page, KickEX describes itself as a “financial service in Moscow, Russia”.

KickEX appears to be part of the KICK ecosystem, headed up by founder and CEO Anti A. Danilevski (right).

Why this information isn’t disclosed on KickEX’s website is unclear.

Prior to getting involved in cryptocurrency Danilevski worked in the video game industry.

In 2015 Danilevski became an angel investor for Whirl. He transitioned into a Whirl Board Director in June 2017.

As per Danilevski’s LinkedIn profile, Whirl is

a socially driven, “pay it forward” crowdfunding platform built on the blockchain, designed to help individual projects, through mutual scalable support.

This sounds a lot like KickICO, the first launched component of the KICK ecosystem.

At the time of publication Alexa ranks Whirl’s website at over 2.3 million, which for an online business is pretty dead.

To the best of my knowledge Danilevski has no prior MLM experience.

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

Orders filed on December 19th have approved the proposed settlement between the Receiver and MOBE owner Matt Lloyd McPhee.

QualPay’s and Synovus Bank’s long-running campaign to acquire millions in fraudulently obtained funds also appears to be finally over. [Continue reading…]

Regulatory warnings against Exchange Wallet have been issued in both Austria and Germany. [Continue reading…]

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

Million Money’s website domain (“million.money”) was privately registered on August 13th, 2018.

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…]

PearlVine International’s website provides no information about who owns or runs the company.

PearlVine International’s website domain (“pearlvine.com”) was first registered in 2015.

The registration is currently private and was last updated on November 1st, 2019. This is likely when the current owner(s) took possession of it.

At the time of publication Alexa estimates that 96% of traffic to PearlVine International’s website originates out of India.

This strongly suggests that whoever is running PearlVine International is likely based out of India too.

One anomaly I came across is PearlVine International’s official Facebook page having been created in 2016. I couldn’t find an explanation for this.

Content on PearlVine International’s Facebook account is pretty light up until the last few months.

Either the account was part of the domain purchase or somebody’s been bust deleting a bunch of posts.

Of note is the page has three unidentified admins. Facebook does however provide that two of them are based out of India, the other is in Thailand.

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…]

Crazy Crypto Club provides no information about who owns or runs the business.

Crazy Crypto Club’s website domain (“crazycryptoclub.com”) was privately registered on November 7th, 2019.

As stated on Crazy Crypto Club’s website FAQ;

Where Are The Owners From?

We Are USA Residents.

This lead me to Crazy Crypto Club’s official Facebook group, of which there are four admins; Gina Cosentino, Veronica Knight, Edwin Cabrera and Paul D. Corrao.

Perusal of Gina Cosentino’s personal Facebook page reveals promotion of a number of cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes.

A visit to Veronica Knight’s Facebook page revealed promotion of a gifting scheme (literally posted 15 mins before I checked):

Edwin Cabrera voices marketing videos featured on Crazy Crypto Club’s website.

On his Facebook page Cabrera claims to be a “7 figure earner”. Earlier this month he was promoting R Network.

According to his YouTube channel Paul Corrao mans Crazy Crypto Club’s official support email.

Three months ago Corrao was busy promoting mail-based gifting schemes.

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

As per an order made last month, the SEC vs. Saivian trial has been scheduled for March 30th, 2021 (not a typo). [Continue reading…]

Although BioReigns’ website does have an “about” section, rather than disclose corporate information the company uses it to market their products.

As such BioReigns’ website contains no information about who owns or runs the company.

BioReigns’ website domain (“bioreigns.com”) was registered on February 26th, 2018.

Bryan Reed is listed as the owner, through an address in California. A search of this address suggests Reed also works/worked as a real estate agent.

On his personal LinkedIn profile, Reed identifies himself as BioReigns’ Founder and CEO. JoJo Dominic Contino is also credited as a co-founder in various BioReigns marketing material.

Why this information is not disclosed on BioReigns’ website is unclear.

As far as I can tell, neither Reed or Contino have an MLM history.

Although the MLM side of BioReigns only launched last September, Jojo Contino has been selling CBD related products under the brand since at least February 2019.

(Contino) says he started using the products first for pain relief and now he sells them.

“I threw my back out a couple months ago and I was loading it taking, taking it every couple hours instead of taking all the ibuprofens, all the aspirins… I started trying the samples and started passing out the samples and then it was just all over from there,” said Contino.

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