In addition to the four counts Paul Burks was indicted on, the DOJ plan to introduce additional evidence at trial next month.

The first evidence pertains to Burks failing to pay tax returns, the second his ‘involvement in a pyramid scheme‘.

Paul Burks has a history of scamming prior to Zeek Rewards? Say it isn’t so! [Continue reading…]

The battle between the Zeek Rewards Reciever, Payza, PaymentWorld and VictoriaBank continues…

The latest filing in the long-running saga is from Banca Comerciala VictoriaBank SA.

VictoriaBank want to keep $13 million in stolen Zeek funds, claiming the North Carolina District Court has no jurisdiction over them.

In an attempt to fight off the Receiver’s efforts to recover the $13 million in question, VictoriaBank has lawyered up in the US. [Continue reading…]

Back in late 2014, Paul Burks was indicted for running the Zeek Rewards Ponzi scheme.

Burks’ indictment has him facing four criminal counts:

1. conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud
2. mail fraud
3. wire fraud and
4. tax fraud conspiracy

Just shy of two years from his indictment and a criminal trial just around the corner, Burks has objected to the fourth count of tax fraud. [Continue reading…]

As per our last update on Sann Rodrigues’ visa fraud case, a Status Conference was scheduled for June 7th.

On June 6th a Joint Motion was filed, requesting a continuance of the scheduled conference until August.

Reasons for the delay include a substitution of attorneys on the DOJ side and a joint request for ‘additional time to confer about this case‘. [Continue reading…]

Skill Dragon launched late last year as a mobile games e-sports venture.

If you’ve never heard of Skill Dragon or have and have been waiting for a BehindMLM review for some time, that’s because promotion of Skill Dragon is pretty low-key.

A visit to the Skill Dragon website reveals a maintenance message that, as I understand it, has been static for months:

Now if I was evaluating Skill Dragon outside of BehindMLM, this is where my due diligence would begin and end. Any MLM company that doesn’t even have a website clearly has something to hide and should be avoided at all costs.

Seeing as this is BehindMLM and you’re expecting an in-depth Skill Dragon review, let’s press on. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the D’Rich Global website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The D’Rich Global website domain (“drichglobal.com”) was registered on the 2nd of January 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

On the official D’Rich Global Facebook page, the admin running the page routinely responds to people complaining about not getting paid in Indonesian:

Indonesia is currently one of the largest traffic sources to the D’Rich Global website, coming in third at 13.6% after India (15.5%) and South Africa (14.6%)

This suggests the owner of D’Rich Global is Indonesian or at the very least speaks Indonesian. Whether or not the D’Rich Global admin is based out of Indonesia is unconfirmed but highly likely.

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…]

Researching ZG Group presents somewhat of a challenge.

The company has a limited online presence (no website), is based out of Malaysia and appears to be mostly marketed offline.

There’s quite a bit of video promotion for the scheme, however they appear to capitalize on existing footage – which doesn’t have anything to do with Zero Gravity Asia itself.

Companies tied to the opportunity are ZG Space Limited, ZG Space City, ZG OneEarth Travel & Tours and Spaceland ZeroG – all Malaysian corporations.

ZG Space City Limited is purportedly incorporated offshore, however where is not disclosed. I’ve also seen ZG Group marketed as “Zero Gravity Asia”, however this isn’t widespread.

The ZG Group compensation plan claims to be a “Malaysian chapter” of the Space Tourism Society, which itself appears to be a legitimate outfit.

The Space Tourism Society (STS) was founded in 1996 as the world’s first society focused on the establishment and expansion of a vibrant, exciting and profitable space tourism industry.

Throughout 2016 we are celebrating the past two decades of continuous operation, expansion and accomplishments.

Imagine how much our society and industry will grow and diversify over the next twenty years.

We hope you will be part of this grand adventure. Welcome Aboard!

There is a Malaysian chapter of the society called SpacePort Malaysia, but from here on out things get murky.

For starters there’s no mention of ZG Group or any of their related companies on the Space Tourism Society Malaysian Chapter website.

The website does have an “invest in” page, on which brief descriptions of various space-themed projects appear.

Investments on the following major developments and operations at Spaceport Malaysia project are welcomed.

There’s nothing on this page remotely resembling an MLM opportunity, yet this is what is pitched through ZG Group.

The ZG Group compensation plan documentation cites Steven Goh Seok Boon as the Founder and Director of ZG Space City Malaysia:

Boon also the Associate Director of Space Tourism Society’s Malaysia Chapter, which makes him the primary link between both companies.

In the ZG Group compensation plan documentation, Boon is given a “word from the Director” slide:

Special thanks to STS-MC team for all their support behind the scenes, putting ZG Space City (M) Sdn. Bhd. together.

Without ZG Space City honest MARKETING LEADERS around the world, inclination and motivation of ZG Project would not have been possible,

Whether anyone else in Space Tourism Society’s Malaysia Chapter is involved in ZG Group is unclear.

A “certificate of collaboration” between the two companies however is provided in the ZG Group compensation documentation:

Mohd Jamil Bin Mohd Noor (signature on the right) is represented as a Senior Director of SpacePort Malaysia. He is also the Co-founder and Treasurer of the Space Tourism Society’s Malaysia Chapter.

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

There is no information on the Coince website specifically indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Coince website domain (“coince.com”) was first registered on the 22nd of January 2004. The registration was last updated on the 7th of January 2016, with this likely when the current owner(s) took possession of the domain.

Joseph Miller of “Power Supplies & Equipment” is listed as the owner of the Coince domain, with an address in London, UK also provided.

The Coince website states that

Power Supplies & Equipment Limited is a British multinational corporation headquartered in London that was founded on January 2008 and rapidly became one of the major leaders in the wholesale electricity market by boasting professional traders and a highly experienced engineering team with well-diversified areas of expertise to allow for participation in the business market within a safe and non-risk investment environment.

While the company name sounds totally bogus, turns out there’s a Power Supplies & Equipment registered with the UK Companies House.

The company was incorporated back in 2008 and lists Amr Mahmoud Fawzy Dessouky and Ahmed Abouelmagdas Elsayed as Directors.

According to the listing, Dessouky and Elsayed are Egyptian and based out of Egypt. “Joseph Miller” doesn’t seem to exist outside of the Coince domain registration, meaning it’s probably a fake name.

I wasn’t able to find any MLM information on Dessouky, suggesting Coince is their first MLM opportunity.

There is a Facebook listing for an Ahmed Elsayed in Egypt. I can’t say for sure it’s Coince’s Ahmed Elsayed but this guy was busy promoting the Zeek Rewards and Wealth4AllTeam Ponzi schemes back in 2012:

What are the odds?

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…]

There is no information on the Cash Now Invest website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Cash Now Invest website domain (“cashnowinvest.info”) was registered on the 20th of May 2016, however the domain registration is set to private.

The Cash Now Invest website is hosted on a private server. Further research reveals this same server is used to host Fast Money Matrix:

Fast Money Matrix was a six-tier matrix Ponzi cycler launched back in February of this year. Alexa traffic statistics for the Fast Money Matrix website suggest the scheme has collapsed.

Both Fast Money Matrix and Cash Now Invest are likely owned by the same person, with the collapse of the former prompting the launch of the latter.

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…]

Nexxus University was born out of the ashes of GCR Marketing.

Launched originally as Global Coin Reserve back in 2014, the initial business model was an out-and-out matrix-based pyramid scheme.

Global Currency Reserve was launched a year or so later. GCR as it became known as saw affiliates pay up to $2999.95 a month and get paid when they recruited others who did the same.

Bob Wood (right) came on board and got rid of the more excessive GCR affiliate membership options.

Tied into the GCR MLM opportunity (known as GCR Marketing by this point) was GCR Coin, a cryptocurrency that never went anywhere.

GCR affiliates were supposedly mining the coin through GCR, but when the time came to launch the coin in August it pretty much just collapsed.

By January 2016 the writing was on the wall, and Wood pulled the plug on GCR Marketing and abandoned GCR Coin.

Nexxus University was announced as a stand-alone MLM opportunity shortly thereafter.

It was later revealed that the GCR Coin had been hacked by the developer, with the FBI purportedly investigating the matter.

Wood also revealed the SEC had launched their own investigation, following a number of complaints filed with the regulator.

To date nothing has come of either the FBI or SEC’s investigation into GCR Marketing.

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