As I was doing my research for our article yesterday on Nui’s arguably pointless CompChain, I came across a corporate blog post that piqued my interest.

Titled “ATTN: Important Clarifications for Nui Members”, here’s an update Nui pushed out to affiliates on March 11th;

The Digital Vault Is Not Associated with Nui

You may have heard talk about something called The Digital Vault. Some are alluding that Nui is part of the project.

We want to make it very clear that Nui is not associated in any way with the Digital Vault.

It has never been one of our initiatives, and therefore we have no insight, visibility, or influence on it.

Neither Nui corporate, nor Darren Olayan (CEO), Reid Tanaka (President), Jim Pare or Casey Combden (Keystone Leaders) are affiliated with or endorse the Digital Vault.

If members wish to share information personally about the Digital Vault, they must not use any Nui-affiliated channels.

Any posts on social media groups, pages, etc. that bear the Nui name or in any way imply that the Digital Vault is involved with Nui will be considered a compliance violation and subject to corporate action.

I’d previously seen Digital Vault referenced in passing, but this sounded like it warranted a closer look. [Continue reading…]

Another day, another excuse to ram crypto buzzwords down the throats of the MLM community.

Why Compchain?

Compchain is changing the scope of networking as we know it.

Built on immutable blockchain technology, Compchain allows you to lock in your network for life, and tap into new products and opportunities as they’re added to the platform.

The basic concept behind Nui’s CompChain is your downline is tracked on a blockchain, as opposed to a regular database.

For Nui affiliates there’s no discernible difference. CompChain is a unilevel team downline, same as any other MLM company.

But y’know… blockchain. [Continue reading…]

At a scheduling conference held on January 31st, the attorneys of DFRF Enterprises defendants Wanderley Dalman, Gaspar C. Jesus and Eduardo N. Da Silva, informed the court they ‘could not locate or communicate with their clients‘.

All three defendants have filed outstanding motions to dismiss, which the court gave until February 28th to either withdraw or renew.

On February 28th all three motions to dismiss were renewed, despite the attorneys admitting they still haven’t located or communicated with their clients. [Continue reading…]

BehindMLM first reviewed Appi Travels in November 2016.

Founded and owned by Danny Gauthier, a serial scammer we’ve been tracking since early 2012, Appi Travels’ initial business model was your typical MLM travel niche pyramid scheme.

Following a tip-off from a BehindMLM reader, we published an updated Appi Travels review in early 2018.

In our updated review, we noted intact pyramid recruitment with the introduction of a gifting cycler.

Recently we were once again tipped off that Appi Travels has been adding and updating its compensation plan.

Today we take a look at Gauthier’s current offering in our third published Appi Travels review. [Continue reading…]

OneCoin affiliates in Romania have attracted the attention of authorities, who are looking to recover €400,000 in unpaid taxes. [Continue reading…]

The FTC initially estimated MOBE scammed people out of at least $125 million.

Based on ongoing forensic accounting efforts by the Receiver, that figure has now jumped to $318.5 million. [Continue reading…]

New Trend Network’s website provides no information about who owns or runs the business.

The New Trend Network website domain (“newtrendnetwork.com”) was privately registered on December 24th, 2018.

Alexa website statistics for the New Trend Network website peg South Africa as the primary source of traffic (85%).

It is highly likely that whoever is running New Trend Network is based out of South Africa itself.

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…]

It’s an open secret that MLM nutritional supplements are marketed throughout Asia using all sorts of spectacular (and completely unfounded) health claims.

For the most part regulators aren’t interested and so long as money flows in, MLM companies themselves turn a blind eye.

It is in this regulatory environment and company culture that a woman believed she could treat her fever with Nu Skin juice.

Five days later she died of organ failure. [Continue reading…]

After letting his mate Aidan Parr use his Telegram Ponzi bot in exchange for a 33% cut, Parr ran his own version of Laurie Suarez’s RecycleBot scam into the ground.

Parr’s Promine Technologies PowerBot collapse preceded Suarez publicly announcing he’d invest $250,000 of stolen Recycle Bot funds into the scheme.

That of course was when the pair were still on good terms.

Following Power Bot’s collapse, Parr has accused Suarez’s Ponzi bot developer of theft. Suarez in kind has admitted PowerBot was a Ponzi scheme all along. [Continue reading…]

HealX Nutrition’s website provides no information about who owns or runs the company.

Further research reveals a December 2018 press-release identifying HealX Nutrition as a partnership between Panacea Life Sciences and KulaBrands.

As I understand it, Panacea Life Sciences are manufacturing HealX Nutrition’s products. KulaBrands founder and CEO Peter Gantner (below right) is running the company.

Panacea Life Sciences is an independent non-MLM company run by President James Baumgartner.

Panacea was created with patients’ health and well being as our priority.

Our mission is to bring together the best minds in business, science, medicine, research, finance, and agriculture to create a global platform for the reintroduction of Hemp-based therapeutics into the mainstream of healthcare.

In our 2016 KulaBrand review we KulaBrands first appeared on BehindMLM’s radar in 2016.

Our initial KulaBrands review raised concerns over a lack of retail products and manipulated crowdfunding based business model.

After two years, products supposedly brought to market via KulaBrands’ crowdfunding include a toy figurine, a coffee mug, kids puzzle and games pack, usb cords, a laptop sleeve, an illustrated kids book, a waterless car wash and wax product and an infant pacifier “drop stopper”.

In mid 2017 KulaBrands registered itself with the SEC. Last we heard the company was hoping to raise $40,000 through an IPO.

The last SEC filing KulaBrands made was a Form C annual report filed in April 2018.

As per the report, KulaBrands recorded an annual net loss of $331.56, down from $33,981 the previous year.

The $40,000 IPO doesn’t appear to have taken place.

As per the provided corporate address, HealX Nutrition operates out of Colorado in the US.

Read on for a full review of the HealX Nutrition MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]