Core Various fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Core Various’ website domain (“corevarious.com”), was first registered in May 2023. The private registration was last updated on May 27th, 2024.

As of December 2024 SimilarWeb tracked top sources of Core Various website traffic as India (63%, down 89% month on month), Bangladesh (20%, down 86% month on month), Uganda (9%) and Nigeria (7%).

Whoever is running Core Various likely has tied to India and/or Bangladesh. Recruitment in these countries appears to be collapsing however, with Africans now being targeted.

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…]

Navan Global founder Trey Knight, aka Haskell Knight, and wife Emily Knight, aka Emily Deborah Fryer, are set to plead guilty to bankruptcy fraud. [Continue reading…]

Trusted Smart Chain fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

I came across Trusted Smart Chain when an IN8 marketing video linked to in one of BehindMLM’s articles was flagged as deleted.

The video was uploaded by Travis Flaherty. To confirm I visited Flaherty’s YouTube channel and found the videos had been deleted.

IN8 started off as an NFT grift spinoff of iX Global, an unregistered investment scheme sued by the SEC and subject of two criminal investigations by Indian authorities.

Flaherty was a named defendant in the SEC’s $110 million iX Global fraud lawsuit;

Flaherty is an iX Global “Brand Ambassador” and, as such, has solicited investors to purchase DEBT Box crypto asset securities.

Flaherty is also the Registered Agent for Relief Defendant Flaherty Enterprises, LLC.

After IN8 collapsed a few months after launch, owner and wanted fugitive Joe Martinez rebooted it as a failed DAO project.

Getting back to Flaherty’s YouTube channel, after IN8 Flaherty uploaded marketing promo videos for Shoply and Nuway Healthcare.

Neither of those seem to have panned out, with Flaherty uploading videos on “TSC” from late 2024.

“TSC” stands for Trusted Smart Chain. In the video description of “TSC Overview 12-28”, uploaded on December 29th, 2024, Flaherty confirms he is a Trusted Smart Chain co-founder.

I am thrilled to officially announce my acceptance as Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Trusted Smart Chain (TSC).

The thumbnail of Flaherty’s video cites Billy Beach as Trusted Smart Chain’s other co-founder:

Billy Beach, aka Mark Williams Schuler, was also a named defendant in the SEC’s iX Global fraud lawsuit.

Schuler is an iX Global “Brand Ambassador” and, as such, has solicited investors to purchase DEBT Box crypto asset securities.

Along with Defendant Benjamin Daniels, Schuler is the co-founder and a member of Defendant Core 1 Crypto, an entity that partnered with DEBT Box to solicit DEBT Box investors.

In addition, along with Defendants Alton Parker and Benjamin Daniels, Schuler is a co-founder of the FAIR Project, and has solicited investors to purchase crypto assets offered by the FAIR Project.

Whether there are other Trusted Smart Chain co-founders is unclear. Given both Flaherty and Schuler were recently named defendants in a US regulatory fraud lawsuit, this non-disclosure is a significant red flag.

Trusted Smart Chain’s website domain (“trustedsmartchain.com”), was privately registered on October 2nd, 2024. Trusted Smart Chain’s website was put together in November 2024.

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Seven SAEG Ponzi net-winners have settled with the court-appointed Receiver.

As disclosed in the Receiver’s Sixth Report, filed on January 9th; [Continue reading…]

Two Oris Teams scammers have been arrested in Pune.

As reported by Punekar News on January 12th, the arrests were made following a complaint by a “highly educated youth”. [Continue reading…]

MI Airobot fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

MI Airobot’s website domain (“miairobot.com”), was first registered in 2017. The private registration was last updated on January 7th, 2025.

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…]

Earlier this week BehindMLM reported on Brian Shuster’s RICO fraud lawsuit, filed against Josh Denne, his company Blockchain Alliance and Jeremy Roma.

In the article we noted Denne had filed an earlier state-level Californian suit against Shuster. Unfortunately California does not provide public access to state-level court filings.

A reader has since provided BehindMLM with a copy of Denne’s November 6th, 2024 filed Complaint. As such, today we’re able to report on the case. [Continue reading…]

Former CEO and WorldVentures Director Michael Azcue has settled with the Spherature Investments Liquidating Trustee. [Continue reading…]

Investview has settled Apex fraud allegations with the SEC for $375,000.

The civil monetary penalty represents just 1.7% of the $21 million the SEC alleges Apex took in.

As alleged by the SEC, Investview offered unregistered securities through Apex. [Continue reading…]

Tupperware’s operations in Belgium have officially collapsed.

As reported by HLN on January 13th, Tupperware’s US executives have given the go ahead for bankruptcy proceedings. [Continue reading…]