Todd Hirsch on the run from terrorist charges, arrested in Panama

Serial scammer Todd Hirsch has been arrested in Panama.

According to a local news report, Hirsch was charged and found guilty of fleeing/attempting to elude, DUI, reckless driving and six counts of terroristic threats.

The terroristic threats charges stemmed from Hirsch threatening to harm or kill law enforcement officers during his pursuit and subsequent arrest.

After being charged, Hirsch was sentenced to rehabilitation.

He “left the facility” last November but failed to “return to jail”. [Continue reading…]


Coins of Change Review: Two-tier 3×5 matrix bitcoin gifting scheme

Coins of Change provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Coins of Change website domain (“coinsofchange.org”) was privately registered on July 20th, 2017.

Of note is the Coins of Change website domain uses the name-servers of “bitcoinsetupsite.com”.

If you visit that site you’ll see it’s a clone of the Coins of Change website.

The owner of the Bitcoin Setup Site is Mike Hollen, through an address in the US state of Iowa.

The registration details of the email address domain Hollen used to register the Bitcoin Setup Site suggest he works for “Pronto Web Services”, who seem to be a shell company registered in Panama.

The email address Hollen used to register this domain also suggests he works for IsoMedia. On their website IsoMedia provide web hosting services.

To what extent Hollen is involved with Coins of Change beyond website development is unclear.

The official Coins of Change Facebook group meanwhile lists three admins; Edmond Lee, Jorge Raziel and Domingo M. Silvas.

It is highly likely that one or more of the individuals are running Coins of Change.

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…]


HitStake Review: HITS points ICO lending Ponzi scheme

HitStake provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The HitStake website domain (“hitstake.com”) was privately registered on February 13th, 2018.

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…]


Ariix acquires NuCerity in March 5th merger

Although they’ve framed it as a merger, by all appearances Ariix looks to have acquired NuCerity on March 5th. [Continue reading…]



Traffic Monsoon victim claims portal on the horizon (clawbacks too)

The latest Traffic Monsoon Receiver’s quarterly report suggests that a victim claims portal might not be too far off. [Continue reading…]


Power Mining Pool securities cease and desist issued in North Carolina

Texas might have some competition as the top cryptocurrency securities fraud regulator in the US, following a Power Mining Pool cease and desist issued in North Carolina. [Continue reading…]


Trevon James confirms FBI are investigating BitConnect

In a March 5th YouTube video titled, “GLAD I DON’T KNOW WHO’S BEHIND BITCONNECT”, top investor Trevon James has confirmed the FBI are investigating BitConnect. [Continue reading…]



FTC deconstruct all aspects of Digital Altitude’s “fraudulent operation”

As of yet I don’t have any news on the outcome of the scheduled preliminary injunction hearing today.

As per the FTC vs. Digital Altitude case docket over the past week or so though, here’s what we do know. [Continue reading…]


Hourlyer Review: Bitcoin mining = 52,000% annual ROI?

Hourlyer provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the company.

The Hourlyer website domain (“hourlyer.com”) was privately registered on January 24th, 2018.

Hourlyer claim to be incorporated in the UK and provide an incorporation certificate for “Hourly Limited”.

Hourly Limited was incorporated in the UK on March 14th, 2017. Whether the company actually has anything to do with Hourlyer though is unclear.

In any event UK incorporation is dirt cheap and for the most part unregulated. It is a favorite for scammers looking to incorporate dodgy companies.

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…]


Hour Grows Review: 52,000% annual ROI through forex trading?

Hour Grows provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Hour Grows website domain (“hourgrows.com”) was privately registered on January 12th, 2018.

On their website Hour Grows claims to be incorporated in the UK;

In 2016 we were incorporated in London under the name Hour Grows LTD.

A search of the UK Companies House database however reveals no such incorporation exists.

Based on this, the London corporate address is provided on the Hour Grows website is assumed to have nothing to do with the company.

At the time of publication Alexa estimate that 75% of traffic to the Hour Grows website originates out of Spain.

This strongly suggests that whoever is actually running Hour Grows is also based out of Spain.

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…]