On May 6th, Xango announced it had been acquired by Zija International.

Xango market mangosteen juice and Zija a range of moringa-based supplements.

As per a press-release issued on the Xango website; [Continue reading…]

In the aftermath of BaFin’s regulatory ban of OneCoin on April 28th, promotion of OneCoin in Germany has come to a screeching halt.

Yesterday, top German affiliate Udo Deppisch was forced to cancel two OneCoin events in Germany that had been organized prior to the ban:

Not content with having thwarted the scheme locally, now the Bielefeld Public Prosecutors Office has confirmed an ongoing fraud investigation. [Continue reading…]

The bad news for OneCoin continues, with the Hungarian Central Bank today announcing a joint investigation with various police departments and tax authorities. [Continue reading…]

Touchstone Essentials launched in 2012 and operate in the nutritional supplement MLM niche.

The company is based out of North Carolina in the US and headed up by Founder and CEO, Norwood “Eddie” Stone.

In his Touchstone Essentials corporate bio, Stone claims to have ‘two decades marketing and making nutritional supplements‘ experience.

Stone (right) co-founded Waiora, who also market a range of nutritional supplements. Prior to co-founding Waiora, Stone was an affiliate in Nu Skin and then Rexall Showcase International (Unicity International).

As early as 2010, Waiora was made aware that their NCD supplement contained significantly less than the advertised amount of zeolite.

The fallout of this discovery eventually led to a class-action lawsuit filed in early 2012 (the same year Stone left Waiora to launch Touchstone Essentials).

Waiora settled the lawsuit for $12 million dollars in 2013.

In his Touchstone Essentials corporate bio, Stone claims he

couldn’t help but notice that many of the same problems found in Big Food—pesticides, ultra-processed ingredients and toxic additives—were also found in most “health” supplements.

In fact, most supplements are anything but healthy.

I knew that needed to change. Your family, my family, all families deserve better.

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

With the glitz of the Global Macau event come and gone, it’s back to reality for OneCoin affiliates.

As authorities in India continue to investigate the scam, the latest development is another Rs. 240 million ($3.7 million USD) has been seized. [Continue reading…]

The problem with OneCoin affiliates getting excited about their blockchain whitepaper reveal earlier today, is it suggests that OneCoin are only now using a blockchain.

Despite evidence to the contrary, OneCoin has maintained its Ponzi points have operated as a legitimate cryptocurrency since day one.

At a training event earlier today it OneCoin’s whitepaper was revealed… sort of. [Continue reading…]

Gold Rush Cash provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Gold Rush Cash website domain (“goldrushcash.net”) was privately registered on April 5th, 2017.

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…]

The 1 Online Business website provides no information about who owns or runs the company.

If you visit the website without a referral code however, you are automatically assigned Jeff Long as your referring affiliate.

Jeff Long has the affiliate referral id “1”, which is the first affiliate account created in the system. The marketing video shown on the 1 Online Business website is also hosted on a YouTube channel bearing Jeff Long’s name.

Finally, the 1 Online Business website domain (“1onlinebusiness.com”) was registered by Long on July 12th, 2016.

Jeff Long (right) first appeared on BehindMLM’s radar as the founder of AutoXTen, a recruitment scheme launched in 2011.

AutoXTen collapsed a few months after launch, with Long going to launch SMS Dailies. It too didn’t last long.

Long resurfaced in late 2015 with Get Paid Social, a Facebook spam pyramid scheme.

Alexa traffic statistics for the Get Paid Social website show a steady decline throughout 2016. This has likely prompted Long to launch 1 Online Business.

Read on for a full review of the 1 Online Business MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

With affiliates unable to withdraw their Ponzi points, the stakes for OneCoin have never been higher. The 2018 date for going public has bought the company some time but alone isn’t enough to placate affiliates who’s invested and lost money.

Enter the glitzy global event in Macau, which serve as a distraction from the predicament OneCoin affiliates find themselves in.

On April 27th the German website Gerlach Report published an article titled “OneCoin: Meeting in Macau prohibited by China” (auto translate).

This was followed up on May 1st with another article titled, “OneCoin: Macau police want to arrest leadership”.

I covered the initial report here on BehindMLM. I was a bit skeptical of the second article though, because the alleged methodology of the Macau police struck me as odd.

Yesterday evening OneCoin held its May 7th Macau event and, at least as far as we know, no police were present. Certainly there have been no reports of any arrests being made.

This prompted me, along with many of you sure, to turn to the Gerlach Report for an explanation. Unfortunately as at the time of publication, none has been provided. [Continue reading…]

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

The Collective Finance website domain (“collectivefinance.net”) was registered on the 14th of March, 2017. Fedor Nikolov is listed as the owner, with an address in Saratov Oblast, Russia also provided.

Possibly due to language-barriers, I was unable to find any additional information on Nikolov.

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…]