Our last update on Christina Swiatek’s lawsuit against Nerium International and Nerium Skincare detailed settlement with the latter defendant.

Nerium International were still holding out, however it appears they’ve since settled with Swiatek. [Continue reading…]

Following our announcement yesterday, BehindMLM can now confirm an FTC investigation into MOBE.

That investigation is directly responsible for the MOBE website being offline and suspension of business operations. [Continue reading…]

This morning I received intel that two days ago top earners, Michael Williams and Michael Giannulis, informed their MOBE downline they were leaving the company.

The cited reason for Williams’ and Giannulis’ departure was an FTC investigation into MOBE.

Currently every MOBE corporate website is down.

Here’s what we know. [Continue reading…]

Update 23rd August 2020 – BehindMLM published an updated (third) review of Seacret Direct on August 23rd, 2020.

The review below will be left up for reference but is outdated. /end update

BehindMLM published its first and only review of Seacret Direct back in 2012.

While efforts to drive retail sales were acknowledged, the elephant in the room was the heavy reliance on affiliate autoship.

Rank progression was for the most part rooted in accumulated autoship orders, which was more than likely going to be sourced from affiliates.

That was five years ago and, based on feedback from a reader, things have since changed.

BehindMLM… you need to update this review.

Autoship is no longer required and rank advancement is based on sales volume.

Today we revisit Seacret Direct and evaluate whether the MLM opportunity has actually changed. Read on for an updated review. [Continue reading…]

Vida Divina is being actively marketed across Ecuador without an appropriate license from the National Agency for Health Regulation, Control and Surveillance (ARCSA).

This has prompted ARCSA to issue a regulatory warning against Vida Divina, urging Ecuadorians to consider “the safety of the population”. [Continue reading…]

Juice Plus+ operate in the health and nutrition MLM niche and are based out of Tennessee in the US.

The company was founded in 1970 as “National Safety Associates” by Jay Martin.

National Safety Associates started out marketing a range of fire detectors (smoke alarms) and air and water purifiers via door-to-door sales.

Juice Plus+ was introduced in 1993 as a product line and subsidiary of National Safety Associates.

Despite still being a part of NSA, today Juice Plus+ is established well-enough to be recognised as a stand-alone MLM company.

Since a an investigation into reported inventory loading back in 1993, Juice Plus+ hasn’t had a run in with regulators.

In 1990 a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against NSA, alleging it to be a Ponzi scheme.

More than 100,000 water-purifier sales people, who contend they were bilked out of $5,000 and up apiece by National Safety Associates Inc., will get a chance to prove their charges.

Their lawyers say they were victims of a giant “Ponzi” or pyramid scheme.

Class certification was granted in early 1991, however Juice Plus+ challenged the decision with a reconsideration motion.

The motion was granted and class certification revoked in May.

Within two months the case was confidentially settled.

NSA has been party to a number of civil cases, however nothing recent after 2005.

Read on for a full review of the Juice Plus+ MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

For their part in defrauding Zeek Rewards Ponzi victims out of $1.8 million, the Receiver sued USHBB and operators James More, Oscar H. Brown and Robert Mecham in 2015.

Default judgement was entered against USHBB ($675,000) and James Moore ($109,130) in 2015.

Pending approval from the court, the Receiver has reached a settlement agreement with Oscar H. Brown and Robert Mecham. [Continue reading…]

MyDigital6 provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the company.

The MyDigital6 website domain (“mydigital6.is”) was privately registered on May 3rd, 2018.

Marketing videos on the MyDigital6 website are hosted on “The Wealth Paladin” YouTube channel.

Two of the five videos on the channel are MyDigital6 promos.

The other three videos market heartworm prevention in pets, the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange and an outdoor misting system.

The male voice-over on all five videos is clearly the same person.

The heartworm prevention video is an affiliate marketing attempt that links to a website.

The provided author of that website is Jeff  Battershaw (right).

Battershaw is based out of Florida in the US and cites himself as ‘an author, 20 year naturopath, video creation/SEO ranking specialist, and professional crypto trader‘.

Early last year Battershaw was promoting the My 1 Dollar Business pyramid scheme.

In 2016 Battershaw promoted the Easy Cash 4 Ads gifting scheme and Crowd Rising Ponzi scheme.

More recently, Battershaw was promoting a matrix-based litecoin pyramid scheme.

That doesn’t appear to have worked out.

Of note is a MyDigital6 promo video uploaded to one of Battershaw’s YouTube channels two years ago.

Marketed as a “GoFundMe alternative”, MyDigital6 appears to have its roots going back to 2016.

I couldn’t find any marketing material back that far however, suggesting Battershaw’s initial launch two years ago was a flop.

Read on for a full review of the MyDigital6 MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Earn Easy Commissions reference someone in charge by the name of “Chuck”.

Further research reveals this to be Chuck Nguyen, who on Twitter cites himself as an “Aussie internet marketer”.

In late 2016 Nguyen (right) launched The Digital Elites Academy.

The Digital Elites Academy was a typical “we’ll teach you how to make money” subscription for $47 a month.

Today The Digital Elites Academy website domain is non-responsive.

Alexa traffic estimates for The Digital Elites Academy domain show a collapse around June, 2017.

The Earn Easy Commissions website domain was registered in October, 2017.

The company itself appears to have launched on or around February, 2018.

Read on for a full review of the Earn Easy Commissions MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Any hope Lyoness changing its name to myWorld would reverse an earlier ban have been dashed, after the Norwegian Gaming Board reaffirmed Lyoness is an illegal pyramid scheme. [Continue reading…]