Fortune Maker operate in the advertising MLM niche.

On its website Fortune Maker provides an incomplete address in the US state of Wisconsin.

On the executive side of things Fortune Maker name Mark Chin as Founder and Chuck Dhuey as President.

Prior to founding Fortune Marker, Mark Chin was promoting the failed Divvee opportunity.

Chuck Dhuey (right) first appeared on BehindMLM in connection with My BitByBit Empire.

My BitByBit Empire appeared to be an email list builder with roots in the 4 Corners Alliance Group pyramid scheme.

Dhuey originally launched FortuneMaker last year.

After initially flopping, interest in FortuneMaker picked up last month, primarily from the UK, US and Portugal.

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Crypto Mining Space is one of Dragon Mining Tech’s “dragon programs”.

Dragon Mining Tech is tied to the collapsed Bitcoiin pump and dump altcoin.

After allegedly raising $75 million dollars for their B2G ICO, Bitcoiin’s anonymous owners abandoned the project and did a runner.

Dragon Mining Tech is what’s left and, through spin-off companies like Start Options, Bitcoin Trading World and Crypto Mining Space, are trying to milk investors out of even more money.

Dragon Mining Tech is believed to have strong ties to China however, like Bitcoiin, who owns and/or runs the company is not disclosed.

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.
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OneCoin investment in Samoa has set off alarm bells, prompting the Central Bank to direct financial institutions to block investment into the scheme. [Continue reading…]

EpicMD operate in the medical MLM niche and are based out of California in the US.

The company is headed up by Founder and CEO, Matt Wanderer.

As per Wanderer’s EpicMD corporate bio;

Matt Wanderer(‘s) vision for EpicMD began in 2010 during a business school module in India where he saw virtual healthcare helping people who would otherwise never receive the care they needed.

Prior to founding EpicMD, Matt was a co-founder at Alterra Capital Group and Evergift, he served as Founder & CEO of RestoreHealth and serves on the Board of Directors at ServRX.

To the best of my knowledge, Matt Wanderer doesn’t have any MLM executive experience.

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Authorities in Pakistan have “unearthed a huge business racket” in Pakistan, with those involved accused of promoting several dubious MLM opportunities. [Continue reading…]

Nexus Global operate in the cryptocurrency MLM niche and is headed up by Founder and CEO, Christian Michel Scheibener.

A corporate address in Hong Kong is provided on the Nexus Global website. Further research however reveals a number of virtual office providers operating from the same address.

On his Facebook profile Christian Scheibener claims to be living in Malaga, Spain.

It is highly likely that Nexus Global is thus also being operated out of Spain. This would mean the company exists in Hong Kong in name only.

Christian Scheibener (right) first appeared on BehindMLM as the owner of the Omnia Tech website domain.

Omnia Tech launched mid last year and provide unregistered securities under the guise of non-existent cryptocurrency mining contracts.

Prior to launching Omnia Tech Scheibener was promoting Wor(l)d International.

Promotion of Nexus Global began in March, 2018. When Scheibener left Omnia Tech is unclear.

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A serial scammer has been fired following revelations she tried to recruit students into dubious MLM schemes. [Continue reading…]

Mining Capital Coin provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Mining Capital Coin website domain (“miningcapitalcoin.com”) was privately registered on January 30th, 2018.

Marketing material on the Mining Capital Coin website claims ‘the company’s office located in Boston, Mass.‘

The native language of the Mining Capital Coin website is Portuguese and the compensation plan references the Brazilian Real.

Thus it is highly likely that whoever is running Mining Capital Coin is actually based out of Brazil.

The SEC’s shutdown of TelexFree however taught us that Massachusetts has a large Brazilian migrant population, so it can’t be ruled out as a possibility.

Update 2nd May 2018 – A marketing video published two months ago reveals Jr. Caputti is CEO of Mining Capital Coin.

Caputti speaks with a heavy Brazilian accent but appears to frequently travel between Brazil and Boston, Massachusetts.

On his Facebook profile, Caputti claims to be a former officer at the US Department of Homeland Security. He also claims to have worked for the Massachusetts Department of Education.

Earlier today Caputti was on Facebook boasting about purchasing a new Porsche:

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Bitcoin Trading World provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Bitcoin Trading World website (“bitcointradingworld.com”) was first registered on May 31st, 2017.

Warning: At the time of publication the Bitcoin Trading World website hosts a cryptocurrency mining hijacker.

If you visit the site without adequate virus protection your browser and CPU will be hijacked by the website operators. /end warning

The Bitcoin Trading World domain registration details were last updated on April 25th, 2018, which is likely when the current owner(s) took possession of it.

The domain registration itself is set to private, providing no information about who owns it.

Marketing copy on the Bitcoin Trading World website states the company is “powered by Dragon Tech Mining”.

Dragon Mining Tech was set up as part of the Bitcoiin B2G altcoin pump and dump scam.

Bitcoiin surfaced back in January and by March had attracted the attention of securities regulators in New Jersey and Tennessee.

This prompted Bitcoiin’s owners to pull an exit-scam, causing investor losses in excess of $75 million dollars (estimated).

Other than Bitcoiin and Dragon Mining Tech having ties to China, who owns and runs the scheme has never been disclosed.

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Roughly nine months ago a lawsuit was filed against Visalus alleging securities fraud.

Allegations in the lawsuit pertain to Visalus’ Founders Equity Incentive Plan, through which an estimated $15 million was invested in virtual shares.

Those who invested were promised shareholder status and “dividend payments”, which never materialized.

The lawsuit is an attempt by three Visalus investors, who collectively lost tens of thousands of dollars, to get an answer as to where their money went.

Rather than come clean and work to redress investor losses, Visalus are fighting the lawsuit.

On October 27th Visalus filed a Motion to Dismiss, alleging the affiliate plaintiffs “failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted”.

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