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

The company claims to have ‘offices in Europe and the United States’.

An address for an office in Appleton, Wisconsin is provided on the iMouvin website. Further research however reveals this is virtual office space provided by Instant Offices.

It appears iMouvin exist in the US in name only. No information about the company’s purported European operations are provided.

The iMouvin website domain (“imouvin.com”) was privately registered on April 25th, 2016. The domain registration was last updated on March 14th, 2017.

A February 27th marketing video uploaded by “iMouvin Corporate” to YouTube identifies Jim Adams as CEO and President of the company.

That no information is provided about Adams on the iMouvin website is highly suspicious. Possibly due to the generic nature of the name, I myself was unable to put together an MLM history.

Reflected in affiliate marketing efforts, iMouvin is primarily being marketed to Brazilian communities within the US.

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…]

With her husband already having plead guilty to wire fraud two months ago, it was only a matter of time before his wife Connie Apostelos buckled.

While William Apostelos is credited as the mastermind behind Genesis Acquisitions, federal prosecutors alleged his wife was also involved.

In a thirteen page guilty plea, Connie Apostelos acknowledges her involvement but denies she was a conspirator in the $70 million Ponzi scheme. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Global 2×2 website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Global 2×2 website domain (“global2x2.com”) was privately registered on March 10th, 2017.

The official Global 2×2 Facebook group has two admins;  Matt Crawford and Amar Bohra.

Going by post on their respective personal Facebook profiles, both Crawford and Bohra appear to be involved in running Global 2×2.

Amar Bohra’s Facebook profile was created on or around March 22nd, which is pretty suspicious. There is no other content on the profile other than Global 2×2 marketing.

Recent MLM opportunities Matt Crawford has promoted include the X-Binary and EthTrade Ponzi schemes. Crawford is also an investor in the Elite Earners Club HYIP Ponzi scheme (non-MLM).

Read on for a full review of the Global 2×2 MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Eagle Line Cycler provide no information on their website about who owns or runs the business.

The Eagle Line Cycler website domain (“eagleteam.club”) was registered on the 22nd of February, 2017. Bertrand Aballo is listed as the owner, with an address in Borgou, Benin also provided.

Bertrand Aballo seems to go by “Bertrando Gate” on Facebook and is one of the admins of the private Eagle Line Cycler official Facebook group.

Recent MLM opportunities promoted by Aballo on his Facebook page include Bitcoin Earning School (cash gifting), The Ads Team Academy (pyramid scheme) and SportArb (Ponzi).

In late December, 2016 Aballo was promoting Eagle Team. Eagle Team was a 2×2 matrix cycler and appears to be the precursor to Eagle Line Cycler.

As at the time of publication the Eagle Team website was non-responsive, suggesting the scam was short-lived.

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

Daniel Filho’s mental health issues, which appear to have only sprung up after he was arrested, have been stalling criminal proceedings for some time now.

Filho was arrested back in July of 2015 and criminal proceedings have been pending since.

Unfortunately the delays look set to continue, with a US Judge ruling Daniel Filho is officially mentally incompetent to stand trial. [Continue reading…]

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

Text on the “about us” page of the Beat Bitcoin website is boiler-plate and features on at least ten other websites.

Further research reveals most, if not all of the copy on the Beat Bitcoin website has been copy and pasted from third-party websites.

A corporate address in London, UK is provided on the Beat Bitcoin website, however this appears to be incomplete.

The Beat Bitcoin website domain (“beatbitcoin.com”) was privately registered on November 24th, 2016.

Alexa currently estimates that the two largest sources of traffic to the Beat Bitcoin website are Japan (77%) and South Korea (13%). This strongly suggests that whoever is running Beat Bitcoin is based out of one of these two countries.

India is also another possibility. The Beat Bitcoin website is hosted on a private server with two other MLM opportunities; Dream Vision 4u Trade and New Sunedge.

Both company websites were developed by MLM Vibes, who appear to own the private server the sites are hosted on.

Dream Vision 4u, New Sunedge and MLM Vibes are all based out of India.

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…]

Beep Xtra initially launched back in late 2013 as an e-commerce platform and funnel into the Karatbars International pyramid scheme.

The concept flopped and in an attempt to reinvigorate the business, Beep Xtra began offering unregistered securities to affiliates in mid 2014.

That worked for a while, but by early 2016 Beep Xtra dwindled and all but collapsed.

Now hoping to cash in on the recent “failing business model + cryptocurrency = profit” MLM trend, Beep Xtra are launching their own Beep XCoin. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the My Club 8 website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The My Club 8 website domain (“myclub8.com”) was privately registered on January 10th, 2017.

A March 13th press-release published on a Laguna Blends investor website identifies Laguna Blends as owners of the “Club 8 online marketplace”.

Laguna Blends markets Hemp products utilizing its B to B Network along with driving traffic to its Club 8 online marketplace.

Laguna Blends, a Canadian company, identify themselves as a ‘product development, sales, marketing and distribution company for Hemp based products and solutions‘.

Heading up Laguna Blends is President and CEO Ray Grimm Jr.

Grimm (right) joined Laguna Blends as President last May and seems to have since taken up the position of CEO as well.

A 2010 article from by the San Diego Reader delves into Grimm’s MLM history as then CEO of Actis Global Ventures.

The company chief executive, Ray Grimm of Rancho Santa Fe, is a darling of pyramid marketers, as well as San Diego Beautiful People. He owned a palatial home that was used for movie sets.

He still lives in the tony Ranch, and folks swoon over his collection of Lamborghinis.

He’s not so beloved in government circles. He had been a cofounder of Carlsbad’s USA Inc., which sold supposed health products.

Then the Food and Drug Administration said the products were unapproved and misbranded.

USA closed and Grimm moved on to Uni-Vite, which hawked diet food from Carlsbad.

The company went public by merging into a Nevada shell company, running afoul of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the process.

Grimm then moved to still another Carlsbad multilevel marketer, Body Wise. But the Federal Trade Commission charged that the company made deceitful weight-loss and cholesterol-reducing claims.

In the year 2000, Grimm and his wife set up FemOne to peddle so-called nutritional and skin-care products (also from Carlsbad).

FemOne stock initially soared, getting to $1.70. Four years ago, the name was changed to Actis Global Ventures.

The multilevel marketing firm kept selling the products for women and added another wrinkle: gizmos to combat electromagnetic radiation.

Other MLM companies Grimm has been involved with include Xyngular and Terry Lacore’s bHip Global (President).

Why none of this information is provided on the My Club 8 website is unclear.

Read on for a full review of the My Club 8 prelaunch MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Zilis launched in mid 2015 and are based out of the US state of Texas.

Heading up the company are husband and wife co-founders Steven and Angie Thompson.

As per the their Zilis corporate bio, the Thompsons (right) have ‘a career spanning over three decades in the wellness and Direct Sales industries‘.

After starting their first health and wellness endeavor shortly after college, they have gone on to build three highly successful global enterprises.

To date, the Thompson’s have built teams totaling over 250,000 people in 40 countries throughout the world.

In addition, Steven has served as Director of Marketing and Vice President of Sales for multiple international Direct Selling firms.

None of the firms or companies referenced above are named.

Further research reveals Steven Thompson was an affiliate with Cyberwize from 2001 to 2009. In 2010 Cyberwize was relaunched as LiveSmart 360.

LiveSmart 360 suffered teething problems but did manage to survive until late 2015. On October 30th, 2015 LiveSmart 360 corporate announced the company was shutting down.

Thompson rejoined LiveSmart 360 as both an affiliate and Vice President of Sales in 2012. With Zilis launching in mid 2015 obviously Thompson left LiveSmart 360 before it shut down. I wasn’t however able to pinpoint an exact date.

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

Beverly Trca-Kitchen stands accused by the Zeek Receiver of stealing $314,228 from Zeek Rewards victims.

In the wake of Paul Burks receiving jail time for masterminding the scheme, Trca-Kitchen approached the Zeek Receiver with a $2801 settlement offer.

Seeming not impressed, the Receivership rejected the offer.

In a letter dated March 23rd, Trca-Kitchen has asked the court to ‘review (her) offer and financial situation and’, override the Receiver and accept the offer anyway. [Continue reading…]