Ahyio identify themselves as “Ahyio Trading DWC-LLC” on their website. A PO Box address in Dubai is also provided.

There is no information provided as to who owns Ahyio or Ahyio Trading DWC-LLC.

The Ahyio website domain was registered on the 28th of March 2016. Pascal Moreno (right) is listed as the owner, with an address in the Parisian Region of France also provided.

Pascal Moreno’s YouTube channel features promotional videos in French for Lifevantage and the Ponzi scheme BeOnPush. Moreno’s Facebook profile also features marketing for Empower Network, Rippln and Wor(l)d Global Network.

Moreno’s exact role within Ahyio is unclear.

Of note is the Terms of Service on the Ahyio website provides contact information for a company called Adquatic:

On their website, Adequatic describe themselves as an ‘offshore development centre with teams in Africa, Europe, India (and) Dubai‘.

Whatever your needs are in mobile, Web and any developments, our experts will answer all your questions and offer the best solution at the best rate.

The exact nature of the relationship between Adequatic and Ahyio is unclear.

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GulfRevShare identifies “Celena H. Fernandez” as admin of the company on their website. The GulfRevShare Facebook page additionally provided a residential address in the US state of Alabama.

The GulfRevShare website domain (“gulfrevshare.com”) was registered on January 3rd 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

In the absence of absolutely any information on Celina H. Fernandez, in connection with GulfRevShare or otherwise, I’m flagging it as a likely alias.

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On their website Entrepreneur Unified name Shebin John (alias: Remedcu) as owner of the company.

He is a SEO expert, and has been working till the last april for MTV. He is also a php coder and designer. He designed the homepage himself using bootstrap template from online. Also the logo and banners where (sic) created by himself.

He has been with many online programs, and now has laid a sure shot plan to help everyone to earn online.

On social media, John (right) claims to be ‘a strategist on various aspects, like in revshares, hyips, etc.‘.

Revshares and HYIPs are typically Ponzi schemes, with revshares in particular frequently populating the MLM underbelly.

Such schemes John has recently participated as an affiliate include Passive Earner, Shareholder IC, My Traffic Value and Paidverts.

John is based out of Delhi, India, which is presumably where Entrepreneur Unified is being operated from.

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There is no information on the Universal Plan B website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Universal Plan B website domain (“universalplanb.com”) was registered on the 26th of March 2016. David Embe is listed as the owner and an address in the US state of Virginia is also provided.

Embe appears as the default affiliate referrer if you visit the Universal Plan B without an affiliate referral link. If you click sign-up now, a random Universal Plan B affiliate is then chosen as a sponsor.

Despite my best efforts, I was unable to source any additional information on Embe’s MLM history.

A marketing video featured on the Universal Plan B website is hosted on a YouTube channel bearing the name “Angelina Curtin”.

On July 6th and 7th Angelina Curtin openly advertised Universal Plan B on her Facebook page:

The posts have since been deleted.

Three months ago Curtin (right) began uploading promotional videos for iMarketsLive (stock advice). Whether she is still involved in the business is unclear.

Ditto her role within Universal Plan B and professional relationship with David Embe.

Update 27th October 2016 – Angela Curtin has been in touch via email and claims;

I do not own UPB, run any part of UPB or even participate in the program. I was hired to do marketing material for the owner who actually never even paid for the services I provided.

/end update

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Despite not officially operating in the US, on July 13th OneCoin US affiliates held a recruitment event in Miami Florida.

In attendance were Joshua Unseth and Chris DeRose, two Bitcoin enthusiasts who run a South Florida Bitcoin meetup group every week.

DeRose and Unseth recorded their attendance at the event, which revealed Carl Wilt and other affiliates promoting OneCoin as an investment opportunity.

A few hours ago DeRose and Unseth released an audio recording from the event. The recording, which is hard to make out at times, showcases OneCoin affiliates unable to respond to claims OneCoin is a Ponzi scheme. [Continue reading…]

In light of OneCoin not being registered with a securities regulator anywhere in the world, the company has started insisting it’s not an investment opportunity.

In a compliance email sent out on July 13th, OneCoin advised affiliates anyone caught promoting OneCoin as an investment opportunity ‘will have their account frozen‘. [Continue reading…]

On July 15th OneCoin held a recruitment event in Tokyo, Japan. Speaking at the event was top OneCoin affiliate Igor Alberts.

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There is no information on the BitAxles Financial website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Bitaxles Financial website domain (“bitaxles.com”) was registered on the 27th of June 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

Source code in the Bitaxles Financial website reveals social network details for Power Hashing:

Power Hashing is a recently launched 25 month ROI Ponzi scheme.

Power Hashing was co-founded by Amit Jaiswal (right), who is based out of Delhi, India.

Alexa currently estimate that 61.1% of all traffic to the Bitaxles Financial website originates out of India.

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There is no information on the I-CON website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The I-CON website domain (“i-congroup.com”) was registered on the 28th of May 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

At the bottom of the I-CON Group website the following contact details are provided:

Unit 1542 – 15th Floor – North Tower
Concordia Plaza
1 Science Museum Road
Tsim Sha Tsui – East Kowloon
Hong Kong

Further research reveals a number of real-estate brokers offering leased units in Concordia Plaza. The exact nature of I-CON’s presence there is unknown.

The I-CON website links to a YouTube channel named “aikonbit”. A video titled “Aikon” on the channel suggests the original name of I-CON was Aikon.

Why the company changed names shortly after launch is unclear.

At the time of publication Alexa estimate that 28% of traffic to the I-CON website originates out of Spain.

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On their website, Pool Miners claim ‘PoolMiners, SL is based in Spain (EU)‘.

Spain’s Registro Mercantil Central charge a fee to conduct business name searches, so I was unable to verify this claim independently.

Other than the mention of PoolMiners SL, there is no information on the Pool Miners website disclosing who owns or runs the business.

The Pool Miners website domain (“poolminers.com”) was registered on the 28th of October 2015, however the domain registration is set to private.

Further research reveals Pool Miners promotional videos citing Ruben Arcas as co-founder of the company. Why this information is not provided on the Pool Miners website itself is unclear.

Arcas is mentioned in Pool Miners newsletters, however he is not credited as co-founder of the company.

Arcas Twitter profile reveals he is involved in the website Krypto Commerce.

Krypto Commerce International is a company pioneer in innovation, development of applications and projects based on blockchain technology.

To what extent Krypto Commerce may have inspired or been involved in the formation of Pool Miners is unclear.

On the MLM side of things, Ruben Arcas was part of the Global Coin Reserve leadership team:

Global Coin Reserve was a matrix-based recruitment scheme launched in 2014.

In 2015 it was renamed Global Currency Reserve and solicited thousands of dollars for GCR Coin mining packages.

GCR Coin ultimately proved to be practically worthless, with Global Currency Reserve closing its doors in January, 2016.

When Ruben Arcas left GCR is unclear.

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