Crowdbridge Global first popped up on my radar a few months ago. At the time little to no information was available on the company, so I put a closer look on the backburner.

Since then some more information has surfaced. Not enough for a full Crowdbridge Global review, but enough for us to get a sense of the direction the company is headed. [Continue reading…]

Solis name Richard Eddison as CEO of the company and even provide a photo.

Beyond that however no specifics on Eddison or the company are provided.

The Solis “about” page is a bunch of vague marketing statements;

Our experts work in many countries: USA, South Africa, Belgium, Australia, India, etc. For decades, we have accumulated the production, purchase and sales channels.

We have the best gemologists and cutters that from untreated sapphires, rubies, emeralds, diamonds are creating something worthy of the crown and scepter of the rulers.

Our jewelry stones are worthy competitors to the stones from the exchanges Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, London, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Toronto, Bombay.

Solis provide no evidence to back up any of their claims. Nor are the claims verifiable through a third-party source.

Considering how large and established the previous stone industry is, this is highly suspicious.

The Solis website domain (“solis.land”) was privately registered on April 18th, 2017.

Of note is the Solis affiliate rank “Rubin”, which is German for “Ruby”. The Emerald rank is represented by “Emarald”, which I believe is just a typo.

Other typos on the Solis website strongly suggest the admin isn’t a native English speaker;

WHAT ARE THE MINIMAL AND MAXIMAL SUMS THAT I CAN ORDER FOR WITHDRAWAL?

I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that Richard Eddison, as represented on the Solis website, likely doesn’t exist.

Whoever is actually running Solis is likely German and based out of Europe.

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…]

In what appears to be a response to the State Bank of Pakistan and Federal Investigation Agency announcing a crackdown on OneCoin, affiliates in Pakistan are claiming OneCoin has registered with the Pakistani SEC.

Just one small problem though… it hasn’t. [Continue reading…]

Over the past year I’ve noticed South Korea placing on an increasing number of MLM underbelly scams.

I suspect due to language barriers, the people pushing these scams and much of South Korea’s MLM underbelly community remains a mystery outside of Korea itself.

A large number of South Korean MLM activity has coincided with an increase in cryptocurrency fraud (Ponzi points or altcoin pump and dump scams), which hasn’t escaped the attention of local authorities.

On September 7th ten South Korean government departments held a meeting to discuss the matter. [Continue reading…]

I don’t know what it is about Nigeria and the MMM Global Ponzi scheme, but for some reason locally scam refuses to die out.

Despite having collapsed three times beginning last December and resulting in an estimated $57 million dollars in losses, MMM Nigeria continues.

Criminal action has been taken against at least one MMM Nigeria affiliate, however ringleader(s) have long since fled the country.

The current iteration of MMM Nigeria bills itself as “MMM Federal Republic of Nigeria”.

There’s even a Google Play approved app MMM Nigeria participants can use to track how much money they’re stealing.

The MMM Federal Republic of Nigeria website meanwhile is more of the same.

A perpetual 100% monthly ROI is offered, with dozens of gullible idiots testifying they’ve received infinity money from MMM Nigeria as promised.

In an attempt to prevent more losses when this version inevitably collapses, Nigerian authorities plan to lean on the banking sector. [Continue reading…]

Early last year Chinese authorities in Guandong arrested three top Chinese OneCoin affiliates.

The arrests eventually lead to the recovery of $45.7 million dollars in stolen funds.

In what appears to be a related investigation north of Guandong in Hunan province, thirty-five OneCoin affiliates were recently arrested. [Continue reading…]

When traffic to an online Ponzi scheme stalls, so too do newly invested funds.

Such is currently the case with Questra World and Atlantic Global Asset Management:

Both Ponzi schemes are run by the same group of scammers, predominantly based out of Russia but aided and abetted by puppet management in Spain.

In the wake of regulatory warnings against Questra World from Austria, Poland, Italy and Slovakia, continuing to the run the scam has likely proven problematic.

In an attempt to address this, last month Five Winds Asset Management was announced. [Continue reading…]

In the wake of declining affiliate recruitment and continued silence from OneCoin management, Muhammad Zafar and his troop of top UK OneCoin investors descended on Sofia, Bulgaria for answers.

OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova wasn’t there to meet them. Upon learning top investors were coming to Bulgaria to demand answers, Ignatova fled the country.

Explains Zafar;

We had a head-office meeting today. Initially it was planned with Dr. Ruja.

For some reason she couldn’t travel back to Sofia. She was out of (the) country.

Zafar’s troop were instead greeted by puppet CEO Pierre Arens, who revealed the much-hyped OneCoin IPO has been dropped. [Continue reading…]

Earlier this week the Chinese government announced it was banning Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).

The move is understandable as, while some might be legit, by and large cryptocurrency ICOs were and continue to be a front for financial fraud.

Those running them make promises based on nothing and gullible investors hand over their money (pumping the ICO).

What ultimately happens is those running the ICO cut and run with invested funds, or they launch a worthless altcoin which then proceeds to immediately crash (and then run away with invested funds).

OneCoin is a good example of this, with the Chinese government’s announcement having a significant impact on their ICO ruse. [Continue reading…]

International Markets Live, more commonly known as iMarketsLive, was first reviewed on BehindMLM back in 2013.

What I found was an MLM opportunity offering investment trading advice with zero retail. The company was so out of compliance it was comical.

As per an August 6th Facebook post, in mid 2016 CEO Christopher Terry told Alex Morton that ‘he had been through hell and back and his company at the time was barely surviving.‘

Having split with Vemma just before the FTC shut it down, Morton had been promoting Jeunesse for about a year or so at the time.

Morton claims Terry (right) told him

he knew it had the best products and services on the planet and that he had unwavering belief that he would take his company to the top one day no matter what.

Morton went on to sign as iMarketLive’s Vice-President of Sales.

All things aside, if there’s one thing Alex Morton is good at it’s generating affiliate recruitment for MLM companies.

While he might not be the only factor, Morton has obviously contributed to iMarketLive’s renewed growth over the past ten months.

That growth has corresponded with reader requests for an updated BehindMLM review.

Today we revisit the iMarketsLive MLM opportunity and suss out what’s changed. [Continue reading…]