BitClub Network scammer Joby Weeks has had his bail conditions downgraded back to home incarceration.

A February 22nd petition filed by a Pretrial Services Officer requested the change, pending an also requested bail review hearing. [Continue reading…]

Gift Dreams fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Gift Dreams’ website domain (“giftdreamsglobal.com”), was privately registered on July 25th, 2023.

As tracked by SimilarWeb, Gift Dreams is primarily being promoted across South America; Argentina (58%), Venezuela (15%), Bolivia (7%) and Colombia (7%).

While its website is presented in English, Gift Dreams’ official Terms and Conditions is in Spanish.

Gift Dreams’ Terms and Conditions document was authored by “Leonardo Parra”. Possibly due to language barriers, I wasn’t able to find anything further on Parra.

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…]

Flyback Solutions fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Flyback’s website domain (“flybacksolutions.com”), was privately registered on October 10th, 2023.

Thanks to some preliminary research from BehindMLM reader Melanie, one name we can attach to Flyback Solutions is Dennis Nowak.

In a Flyback Solutions webinar held in November 2023, Nowak is cited as Flyback Solutions’ CEO.

Nowak, who on his LinkedIn profile claims to be based out of Switzerland, appeared on BehindMLM’s radar in mid 2019.

At the time Nowak was a suspect in a Swiss investigation into MyCryptoWorld, Infinity Economics and We Go Crypto.

MyCryptoWorld was an MLM shitcoin pump and dump scheme. Infinity Economics and We Go Crypto were non-MLM crypto fraud schemes.

Unfortunately the outcome of the Swiss investigation is unclear.

After his stint as a crypto bro, Nowak fell back on his position in LavyLites.

LavyLites is a Hungarian MLM company that appears to have been in decline for most of 2020.

Circa mid 2016 BusinessForHome clocked Nowak’s LavyLites income at $80,000 a month.

Nowak’s LavyLites income collapsed toward the end of 2020. In October 2020, Nowak published an email begging Lavylites pay him an alleged one million euros in unpaid commissions.

Nowak threatened legal action but as far as I know nothing came of it.

Nowak went on to launch Elixoo in early 2021.

Elixoo, since collapsed, was a pay-to-play MLM pyramid scheme built around bizarre meteorite powder supplements.

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…]

GSB Global has received a securities fraud cease and desist from Texas.

Respondents named in the Texas State Securities Board’s February 29th order are GSB Global, Carson Williams, Sheila Thompson, Patrick Snider and Keneth Henderson. [Continue reading…]

Back in December 2023 BehindMLM published its first Frequense review. We found a particularly basic MLM opportunity with two forgettable products.

And for some reason Frequense was selling clothing, of which they had more lines than supplements.

Turns out, although it wasn’t disclosed on their website, Frequense was in a prolonged “beta-testing” prelaunch phase. Following several delays, Frequense launched earlier this month.

Today we revisit Frequense for an updated “full launch” review. [Continue reading…]

An investigative report from Norway has provided insight into Anthony Norman’s criminal case in Sweden.

As per a February 8th report from Kapital, “the money trail leads to money laundering and international organized crime.” [Continue reading…]

Bionix fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Bionix’s website domain (“bionix.company”), was privately registered on December 5th, 2023.

Over on Bionix’s official YouTube channel, we find a marketing video narrated in Russian.

Bionix’s official Telegram channel is also split between English and Russian:

From this we can ascertain Bionix at the very least has ties to someone who speaks Russian.

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…]

Ataash fails to provide verifiable ownership or executive information on its website.

Ataash names “Arthur Henry Chapman” as its Chairman and founder on its website. Beyond a name though, no further information is provided.

Over on YouTube we find Ataash marketing videos featuring Fiverr style marketing videos (an actor standing in front of a greenscreen):

Ataash’s website domain (“ataash.com”), was privately registered on November 24th, 2023.

In an attempt to appear legitimate, Ataash provides shell company certificates for the US and UK.

Due to the ease with which scammers are able to incorporate shell companies with bogus details, for the purpose of MLM due-diligence these certificates are meaningless.

Numerous spelling and grammatical errors on Akaash’s website suggest it is run by non-native English speakers.

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…]

Lottoday emerged in mid 2023 as a gambling ruse within the Mavie Global.

That seems to have come and gone. Now Lottoday is an NFT Ponzi grift, in addition to Mavie Global’s Ultron shitcoin Ponzi. [Continue reading…]

A new study from Truth in Advertising (TINA), claims 98% of studied MLM companies are using misleading income claims.

In other words, of the hundred MLM companies TINA studies, 98 percent are openly violating the FTC Act. [Continue reading…]