Payza, one of the three parties the Zeek Receiver is pursuing over a $13.1 million clawback, has agreed to a consent judgment for the full amount owed. [Continue reading…]

AloeVeritas launched in the US in late 2017 and operates in the nutritional supplement and personal care MLM niches.

The company is based out of Texas and is headed up by AloeVeritas founder and CEO, Chris Hardy.

Hardy’s AloeVeritas’ corporate bio states he’s

an expert in global operations and aloe vera. He spent 8 years on the Board of Directors for the International Aloe Vera Science Council, was elected by his peers to be the President of the IASC in 2009, serving as the Chairman of the Board in 2011-2012.

As per Hardy’s LinkedIn profile, he’s also the CEO of HW&B Enterprises.

HW&B Enterprises seems to be an umbrella corp for AV Europe GmbH (Germany) and Aloe Veritas SE Asia.

AloeVeritas appears to have initially launched as a German MLM company in 2016. That doesn’t seem to have gone anywhere though.

I couldn’t find a record of AloeVeritas in south-east Asia, so either that also flopped or is still in the planning stages.

AloeVeritas’ 2017 entry into the US market caught the attention of Nerium International (now Neora).

In a lawsuit filed on October 30th, 2017, Nerium alleged

AloeVeritas has little, if any, name recognition in the United States. Nor does it have any track record of success selling cosmetic products.

So AloeVeritas instead decided to hijack Nerium’s product names, Nerium’s product packaging, and Nerium’s track record of success, stating on its website that it has launched a “New Nerium,” and that the “bestselling day and night creams” are “better than ever!”

Worse yet, AloeVeritas has even attempted to hijack the science that proves the effectiveness of Nerium’s products, copying the results of a clinical study from Nerium’s website and suggesting to consumers that its products yield the same results.

All of this is false.

As of June 2018 AloeVeritas was still defending the matter. The case however appears to have been confidentially settled between June and early August 2018.

On the surface AloeVeritas appears to have dropped any reference to Nerium in their products and marketing.

Before launching AloeVeritas in the US, Chris Hardy was Vice President of World Manufacturing at Forever Living Products (2005-2013).

Perhaps not so surprisingly, Forever Living Products is also an aloe vera focused company.

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WoToken’s website provides no information about who owns or runs the business.

The WoToken website domain (“wotoken.pro”) was registered using bogus details on September 16th, 2018.

WoToken marketing material suggests the company has ties to Hong Kong.

Update 27th June 2019 – A marketing video shot by the Asia Blockchain Review website earlier this year features an interview with WoToken’s founder.

The video was purportedly filmed in Hong Kong earlier this year and features Edward Wu as founder of WoToken and CEO of 1WorldBlockchain.

1WorldBlockchain claims to be a banking alternative.

1WB performs the basic functions required for efficient transfer of all types of Cross border payments into blockchain technology using smart contracts execution mechanism.

Edward Wu is credited as “Edward Ng” on the 1WorldBlockchain website. He also uses this name on LinkedIn.

1WorldBlockchain’s website domain was first registered in 2016. The registration was last updated in January 2019.

An old copy of 1WorldBlockchain’s website reveals the company operated out of Nanshan District, Shenzhen in China.

As far as I can tell 1WorldBlockchain exists today for no other purpose than to create smoke and mirrors around WoToken. /end update

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Super CodingFly has a website domain but only uses the domain to host its bot app.

There is no company website on the Super CodingFly domain.

The domain itself (“scfly.io”) was registered on February 21st, 2019.

Hong Cao is listed as the owner, through an address in Anhui, China.

Despite its website domain only existing as of last month, Super CodingFly’s marketing material claims the company has been around since 2015.

Despite the links to China, Super CodingFly claims its headquarters are in Singapore. This is supposedly through a financial relationship with ZB Exchange, a Singaporean cryptocurrency exchange.

Other than serving as social media marketing fodder, there doesn’t appear to be any relevance to this connection.

Super CodingFly’s marketing material cites Bruce Zhang as CEO of the company.

Zhang claims to be an “early investor of bitcoin” and supposedly founded Super CodingFly in 2015.

He is also cited as the CEO of ZB Mega, a shell company tying Super CodingFly and ZB Exchange together.

Outside of Super CodingFly marketing material, Zhang doesn’t have a digital footprint.

At least as far as MLM goes, Super CodingFly appears to be Zhang’s first MLM venture.

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Following detainment after his arrest in California, OneCoin’s Konstantin Ignatov has been transferred to New York. [Continue reading…]

Following on from the collapse of Farm Bank in 2018 and subsequent investigation, authorities have indicted multiple suspects in the case. [Continue reading…]

Park Lane operate in the jewelry MLM niche and have been around since 1955.

So the story goes;

In 1955, the company’s co-founders, Arthur and Shirley LeVin, started their business based on the philosophy of sharing and caring.

Today, the second generation of LeVins, inspired by the values and success of the first five decades, has taken the company to greater heights with the same sense of commitment, pride, passion and heart.

Park Lane today operates out of Illinois, the same state the company was founded in.

While there are “field executives” featured on the Park Lane website, curiously there’s no detailed information about any of the LeVins.

With a bit of Googling I was able to ascertain Park Lane’s CEO is Scott LeVin.

Unfortunately Arthur LeVin passed away in 2013. I wasn’t able to confirm Shirley’s death so I believe she’s still alive, albeit not actively involved in the running of Park Lane (due to her age likely for some time).

Being the son of Park Lane’s founders, Scott LeVin continues the family business. I believe some of the LeVin’s grandchildren are also involved although I’m unsure in what capacity.

A Park Lane marketing video cites Scott LeVin as a co-owner of the company. Siblings Arthur and Mark LeVin are also cited as a Park Lane co-owners.

On the legal front Park Lane has a pretty clean bill of health. There are a few infighting lawsuits but nothing major.

One of the LeVin’s sons, Ryan LeVin, was involved in a hit and run back in 2011. A followup article in 2015 suggests he has made significant life changes after the experience.

To be clear, this is not directly tied to Park Lane. I am however including it as in the 2011 article Ryan is cited as “the heir to a jewellery empire”.

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In an attempt to create usability for Quaestor coins, back in February Quaestor Solutions owner Svend Rasmussen came up with “Quaestor Fight Night”.

Earlier this month Rasmussen’s plans came crashing down, following public revelation his partner is a convicted serial rapist and fraudster.

Awk-ward! [Continue reading…]

BitXUp provides no information on its website about who owns or runs the business.

The BitXUp website domain (“bitxup.com”) was registered on February 1st, 2019.

Mohammed Shoaib (right), who also goes by Muhammed, is listed as the BitXUp domain owner through an address in Karachi, Pakistan.

As far as I can tell, BitXUp is Shoaib’s first MLM launch.

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One World Network operates in the wight loss MLM niche. The company fails to provide a corporate address on their website.

Heading up One World Network is founder and CEO, Eric Caprarese.

Caprarese (right) first appeared on BehindMLM’s radar in 2013, as co-founder and CEO of Brain Abundance.

Brain Abundance had fizzled out by 2016. Caprarese resurfaced as President and CEO of B-Epic later that same year.

In our Brain Abundance and B-Epic prelaunch review, we noted both company’s distinct lack of retail focus.

A reader asked up to revisit B-Epic in mid 2018, prompting publication of an updated review.

Since our prelaunch review, B-Epic had deteriorated into a pay to play pyramid scheme.

Retail sales were possible, but handled through separate websites that had little to no traffic to them.

Thus it is believed the vast majority of B-Epic sales were by affiliates.

Alexa traffic estimates for the B-Epic website show a sharp decline throughout 2019.

That said the B-Epic website is still functional. Eric Caprarese is still cited as company President and CEO.

Surprisingly, Russia is cited the top source of traffic to B-Epic’s website (30%).

Whether One World Network was launched in response to or is responsible for the decline in B-Epic website traffic is unclear.

Promotion of One World Network began in late September, 2018. B-Epic’s social media accounts were still live and updated as of March 22nd, 2019.

Read on for a full review of the One World Network MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]