Charles Scoville hospitalized for aberrant, paranoid & manic behavior
One of the assets attributed to Scoville’s use of Traffic Monsoon investor funds is a £290,000 flat and parking space in Manchester, UK.
The use of investor funds to purchase the property in 2015 means the asset belongs to the Traffic Monsoon Receivership estate.
The Receiver has keys to the property but was unable to file a notice of Receivership against the flat because, according to the Land Registry, ‘the Receivership Order is not directly enforceable in the United Kingdom‘.
Not particularly concerned because she had access to the property and Charles Scoville was legally forbidden from selling the flat off, the Receiver settled for monitoring the flat from the UK office of her law firm.
Due it being owned by the Receivership Estate, fees and taxes to maintain the property have been covered by the Receiver since mid 2016.
Despite all of this however, Charles Scoville went ahead and sold the flat anyway on November 28th, 2017. [Continue reading…]
MOBE Receiver claims Matt Lloyd in hiding
On June 5th a Florida District Court Judge appointed a temporary MOBE Receiver.
The Receiver has taken control of MOBE’s assets and will work towards an eventual distribution of losses to Matt Lloyd’s victims.
In the meantime Lloyd himself appears to be in hiding. [Continue reading…]
BitClub Network investor alert issued in North Carolina
A BitClub Network investor warning has been issued by the North Carolina Securities Division. [Continue reading…]
TVizion claim ignorance of free PPV pirated streams
If someone offered you free access to an advertised pay per view broadcast in your home, you’d assume it was pirated – right?
Not TVizion, who claim complete ignorance the “free” PPV streams they offered in promotions were pirated. [Continue reading…]
MOBE’s “entire business model is a fraud”, FTC’s TRO granted
The FTC’s request for a Temporary Restraining Order against MOBE is supported by over 4557 pages of evidence.
This includes:
- declarations from multiple MOBE victims (168 complaints were filed with the FTC)
- citations from MOBE’s 2016 case against Digital Altitude
- evidence collected from transcripts of communications between undercover FTC agents and MOBE staff
- evidence collected via the attendance of undercover FTC agents at MOBE events
- evidence collected from multiple banks and payment processors
- evidence collected from hotels and property leasing agents
- trademark application filings
- MOBE corporate registrations and filings
- citations from MOBE’s website and compensation plan and
- MOBE video marketing presentations
On the basis MOBE is an “illegal scheme”, the FTC requested an ex-parte TRO on June 4th. [Continue reading…]
FTC claim MOBE a $125 million “fraudulent business education” scam
After the FTC busted Digital Altitude earlier this year, inevitably people began asking “What about MOBE?”
So similar are MOBE’s and Digital Altitude’s “high-ticket marketing education” business models, that MOBE actually sued Digital Altitude in 2016.
Having won an injunction against Digital Altitude and the scam all but shut down, now the FTC have filed a similar lawsuit against MOBE. [Continue reading…]
Nerium quietly pays off burns and skin damage lawsuit plaintiff?
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…]
MOBE admins confirm FTC investigation, beg for legal defense funding
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…]
MOBE shut down by the FTC?
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…]
Seacret Direct Review 2.0: Monthly affiliate autoship still a problem
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…]
