Mize Network provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Mize Network website domain (“mize.network”) was privately registered on October 26th, 2017.

Further research reveals Adrian Jacuzzi widely cited as Mize Network’s owner and CEO.

I was able to confirm this by way of a Facebook profile Jacuzzi operates, wherein he openly credits himself as CEO of the company.

The same is true of Jacuzzi’s LinkedIn profile (right).

Jacuzzi operates out of Portugal and prior to founding Mize Network, was a top earner in the EmGoldex Ponzi scheme.

Following regulatory action across the world, EmGoldex attempted to rebrand itself as Global InterGold in 2015.

Global InterGold is still operational today but relatively speaking, is limping along compared to its heyday few years back.

To the best of my knowledge Jacuzzi stopped promoting Global InterGold approximately two years ago.

After Jacuzzi dumped Global InterGold, BehindMLM readers tied him to promotion of the Pool Miners and Infinitum Flame Ponzi schemes.

Infinitum Flame began to collapse around October, 2017. This fits into the timeline of Jacuzzi launching Mize Network in early 2018.

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

Things have been pretty quiet over at Skyway Capital, following a regulatory warning issued by Estonia in June 2017.

Russia remains Skyway Capital’s primary source of investment revenue, however New Zealand could be emerging as a fresh source of victims to dupe.

On July 12 New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority issued a Skyway Capital “suspected scam” warning. [Continue reading…]

Following criminal charges being filed against Teddy Teow back in May, promotion of the MBI International Ponzi scheme appears to have shifted to New Zealand.

This has attracted the attention of the Financial Markets Authority, who yesterday issued an “unregistered business” warning. [Continue reading…]

ZBlackCard operate out of Texas and is owned and operated by Troy Mason.

Mason first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar in 2013 as CEO and President of Gas Club of America.

Gas Club of America combined gift and gas cards with penny auctions. The company is believed to have only lasted a few months.

In 2015 Mason (right) reemerged with Zlicense.

The premise behind Zlicense was the marketing of plastic sleeves containing a link to a website containing personal medical information.

Zlicense is still operational, although since our review Mason has branded his opportunities under “Ztegrity” – of which ZBlackCard appears to be the latest offering.

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

Having overturned a previously granted TRO, MaVie are now defending WorldVentures’ lawsuit to either settlement or trial.

In addition to their lawsuit in the US, it has come to light WorldVentures has filed related lawsuits in South Africa and Singapore.

Since initiating this lawsuit, Plaintiffs have launched a worldwide litigation attack to squelch fair competition and intimidate active and former WV representatives and employees.

The lawsuits target former WorldVentures employees and affiliates who are now marketing and/or employed by MaVie.

In an emergency motion filed on July 17th, MaVie allege WorldVentures’ filed the lawsuits to ‘prevent fair competition and manipulate the market‘. [Continue reading…]

Following no response from BitConnect, a cease and desist issued against the company by North Carolina has been ordered permanent. [Continue reading…]

Just over a month ago WorldVentures terminated David Wood’s affiliate position.

The cited reason for the termination was Wood’s use of “lewd images and profane and obscene language” on his personal website, as well as ‘negative and demeaning statements about a fellow WorldVentures Representative, and the company’s CEO‘.

Wood claims World Ventures owes him commissions. He responded to his termination by vowing to “entirely destroy” the company.

In a nutshell David Wood claims WorldVentures owes him commissions. As of June 13th WorldVentures had failed to publicly address the ongoing situation.

That still appears to be the case, however on June 15th the company filed a lawsuit against Wood in Collin County, Texas. [Continue reading…]

A recently filed lawsuit alleges Nerium and Jeff Olson profited “substantially” from the sale of Brand Partner Launch Kits.

A company and its owner profiting when affiliates sign up isn’t anything new, except for the fact Nerium explicitly claims it sells the kits “at cost”. [Continue reading…]

Following its launch in late 2014, Pehr Karlsson emerged as one of OneCoin’s early top investors.

Operating out of Sweden and placed directly below Juha Parhiala, Karlsson is believed to have stolen over 7 million EUR from OneCoin victims.

Like most of OneCoin’s top earners, Karlsson bailed from OneCoin after it collapsed early last year.

Flush with ill-gotten gains, Karlsson surfaced earlier this year as co-founder of a proposed Swedish airline. [Continue reading…]

Planet Ether provides no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Planet Ether website domain (“planet-ether.com”) was privately registered on June 15th, 2018.

At the time of publication Alexa cites South Korea (37.2%), Croatia (15.6%) and Russia (12.8%) as the top three sources of traffic to the Planet Ether website.

It is highly likely Planet Ether is being operated from one of these three countries.

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…]