Chogan Group executives, including its co-founders, have been arrested for “tax fraud, money laundering and self-laundering, as well as tax and bankruptcy crimes.”

Operation “Paradise World”, an investigation initiated by Italian authorities, resulted in four arrests made earlier this week. [Continue reading…]

Beneve is based out of Florida and operates in the nutritional supplement MLM niche.

The company is headed up by Mark and Judy Willodson.

Beneve’s website cites Judy as Beneve’s founder and CEO. Mark Willodson is Beneve’s “Chief Fun Officer”.

Willodson’s Beneve corporate bio credits him with “an illustrious career spanning three decades in the Direct Sales Industry.”

The earliest MLM company I was able to tie the Willodsons to was Send Out Cards (2008 to 2013 as per Judy’s LinkedIn profile).

That came to an end and in 2014 Mark Willodson resurfaced on the corporate team of MMO Cashout.

MMO Cashout was a pyramid scheme coated in a paper-thin gaming platform veneer.

After MMO Cashout collapsed the Willodsons next popped up in Eleprenuers circa 2017.

Elepreneurs was a reboot of Elevacity. Both nutritional supplement MLM companies were run by Robert Oblon.

Oblon was removed from Elepreneurs’ Board of Directors in 2020 for “gross financial misconduct”.

In 2021 Elepreneuers rebranded as The Happy Co. Climbing to the rank of Triple Crown Ambassador, the Willodsons continued to promote The Happy Co. until at least late 2021.

In March 2022 The Happy Co filed suit against Mark and Judy Willodson in Collin County Texas. Valentus was also a named defendant.

Unfortunately I don’t have access to The Happy Co’s Complaint so things get a bit murky.

Nonetheless, here’s what I was able to piece together;

In January 2022 Chad & Tabby Carlsen claimed they’d left The Happy Co for a “brand new opportunity“.

We have a HUGE announcement! Chad and I resigned from The Happy Co. last week…Then we JUMPED feet first in a NEW & EXCITING business >>> and you were the first person we wanted to reach out to!

Let me introduce you to the new owners of Valentus, Mark & Judy Willodson! They bought an already established company and are going to reshape the company by adding groundbreaking products.

And this is from a March 2023 10-K Annual Report, filed by The Happy Co’s parent company Sharing Services Global Corporation;

On March 31, 2022, the Company filed suit against a competitor and former distributors.

An Agreed Temporary Injunction was entered by the Court against the Willodsons in April 2022. On April 4, 2023, this legal proceeding was settled between the parties.

Valentus was owned by Dave Jordan, who went on to sell the company to Paul Pearson in February 2023.

Reading between the lines, it appears the injunction granted to The Happy Co either stopped or reversed the sale of Valentus ot the Willodsons.

In any event, the Willodsons went on to launch Beneve in May 2023.

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

Supercharger fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Supercharger’s website domain (“super-charge.cc”), was privately registered on May 19th, 2024.

Of note is Supercharger’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore).

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…]

Global Premiers fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Global Premiers’ marketing videos feature a man who identifies himself as “Tony”:

I wasn’t able to find any additional information on Tony. While I can’t say for sure, Tony not disclosing his full name lends itself to him being a paid actor.

In the footer of Global Premiers’ website we find:

Copyright © 2024 GlobalPremiers

Powered by MHDscripts

On its website MHDscripts describes itself as

a Programming and Development Company, based in Dubai, and specialized in FinTech Programming, Affiliate Marketing Softwares, Technology Scripts and Global Platforms.

Additionally, Global Premiers website Terms and Conditions state:

These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of Dubai UAE.

Due to the proliferation of scams and failure to enforce securities fraud regulation, BehindMLM ranks Dubai as the MLM crime capital of the world.

BehindMLM’s guidelines for Dubai are:

1. If someone lives in Dubai and approaches you about an MLM opportunity, they’re trying to scam you.
2. If an MLM company is based out of or represents it has ties to Dubai, it’s a scam.

If you want to know specifically how this applies to Global Premiers, read on for a full review. [Continue reading…]

WDC Quantify has received a securities fraud warning from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

As per the FCA’s May 20th warning, WDC Quantify [Continue reading…]

The Federation Network Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

Rather than just admit securities fraud and move on, the scammers behind Federation Network have rebooted on a new domain. [Continue reading…]

Athene, a US-based financial services company founded in 1896, has sued the Athene Network Ponzi scheme for trademark infringement, unfair competition and cybersquatting. [Continue reading…]

The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division has upheld BehindMLM’s appeal against GSB Gold Standard Corporation’s subpoenas.

In upholding BehindMLM’s appeal, the NYSC Appellate Division ordered GSB’s subpoenas quashed. [Continue reading…]

Following a motion from the SEC, its $49 million securities fraud case against iX Global and Debt Box has been voluntarily dismissed.

The court ordered the dismissal on May 28th, also ordering the SEC to pay costs. [Continue reading…]

C12V2 has collapsed. And as the Ponzi scheme was collapsing, the scammers behind it launched C12V3. [Continue reading…]