QuiAri operates in the nutritional supplement MLM niche.

The company is based out of Florida and headed up by founder and CEO, Bob Reina.

Bob Reina (right) first appeared on BehindMLM in 2014, as founder and CEO of Talk Fusion.

Talk Fusion was founded in 2007 and sold $1499 communication packages.

Owing to the outrageous asking price and competition from an abundance of free alternatives, we concluded Talk Fusion was a pay to play pyramid scheme.

To that end a class-action RICO lawsuit was filed against Talk Fusion in 2015.

In the lawsuit former affiliate Dennis Gray alleged Talk Fusion was a pyramid scheme.

The majority of Talk Fusion’s products are individually available for free (or at much lower monthly rates than Talk Fusion) on the Internet, through commonplace programs such as Skype, YouTube, and Google.

The supposed path to financial prosperity through the Talk Fusion Opportunity is not based on selling videoconferencing technology.

Because Talk Fusion’s prices and signup fees are extraordinarily high, retail sales are not feasibly profitable.

With their “business opportunity” inherently based on Associates endlessly pursuing to recruit new Associates — Talk Fusion does little to encourage or reward retail sales.

Indeed, the compensation paid to Associates is almost altogether unrelated to retail sales.

As per the FTC, an MLM company without retail sales operates as a pyramid scheme.

In 2017 Dennis Gray voluntarily dismissed his proposed class-action suit.

After the dismissal Gray resigned up as a Talk Fusion affiliate, prompting speculation of a pay off.

Neither Gray or Talk Fusion have publicly disclosed why the lawsuit was abruptly dropped.

Talk Fusion remains in business, although the only notable country Alexa marks website traffic from is Indonesia (23%).

Indonesia is not known for stringent regulation of MLM companies.

Curiously, Talk Fusion is not mentioned in Bob Reina’s QuiAri corporate bio.

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

The SEC has filed for default judgement against DFRF Enterprises defendants Daniel Filho, Wanderley Dalman, Gaspar Jesus, Eduardo Da Silva and Romildo Da Cunha.

The SEC’s default motions follow the denial of motions to dismiss by Dalman, Jesus and Da Silva.

The trio’s lawyers have also withdrawn from the case, following months of non-communication. [Continue reading…]

The TelexFree Trustee has warned against victims selling approved claims. [Continue reading…]

A Brazilian affiliate has secured a bankruptcy judgment against TelexFree.

What does that mean?

…I’m not sure. [Continue reading…]

Authorities in India have shut down Serfa Marketing Private Limited, a QNet spinoff launched by former affiliate Baki Srinivas Reddy. [Continue reading…]

Trunited operates in the ecommerce, personal care and nutritional supplement MLM niches.

On its website Trunited provides a virtual office address in the US state of Arizona.

Heading up Trunited is founder Nicolas Porter (right).

In addition to Trunited, Porter also owns the dental practice Risas Dental.

Risas Dental was founded in 2011. Trunited was founded in 2016.

As far as I can tell Trunited is Porter’s first venture as an MLM executive.

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

Counterclaims filed by Nerium against co-founder Dennis Windsor have been settled via an agreed injunction. [Continue reading…]

Nerium Biotech has withdrawn its false advertising lawsuit against Neora. [Continue reading…]

United Capital Investments operates in the MLM cryptocurrency niche. The company fails to provide contact details on its website.

Listed as CEO of the company is Antoun Toubia.

No information about Toubia is provided on United Capital Investments’ website. His Pinterest profile suggests he’s based out of the UK.

Persual of Toubia’s LinkedIn profile reveals he’s knee-deep in cryptocurrency, primarily via advisory roles to various projects.

As per Toubia’s LinkedIn profile bio;

As a knowledgeable and dedicated investment services professional with a Middle Eastern background, Antoun Toubia is founder and Chief Executive Officer at UCI, a private equity company launched in 2008.

In addition to his unique insights, Antoun has extensive experience in private trading and equity investment, venture capital, hedge funds, blockchain technology and crypto-currencies.

I wasn’t able to independently verify any of that.

What I was able to verify is that United Capital Investments’ website domain was first registered in March 2016.

The incomplete address used to register the domain is in Charlestown, Nevis.

Nevis is a scam-friendly jurisdiction with little to no regulation.

There is no legitimate reason for an MLM company to incorporate itself there (note there is no evidence of United Capital Investment having incorporated in Nevis).

As far as I can tell, Antoun Toubia does not have an MLM history.

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

A Status Report filed in the BitConnect class-action alleges a number of defendants are hiding from the law. [Continue reading…]