Kyäni launched in 2005 and claim to combine ‘the world’s most powerful Superfoods to create the most compelling nutritional supplements in the industry’.

The word “Kyäni” itself means “strong medicine” in Tlingit, spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada.

Based out of Idaho in the US, the Kyäni US website is surprisingly absent of any information about Kyäni’s executive management.

In order to suss this out, I had to run a Google search on “kyani ceo” and found the information published on Kyäni’s Asian website portal.

Kirk Hansen, Carl Taylor and Dick Powell are listed as Kyäni’s Founders, with Michael Breshears (right) named as CEO.

Michael has served in many management and executive roles during the many years he has been in the network marketing industry.

He has served as President or COO for multiple companies, including companies that had sales up to $200 million.

Michael has developed the internal processes and led teams to provide for rapid company growth. He also has been and continues to be active in the industry trade group, the Direct Selling Association (DSA).

Breshears’ Kyäni corporate bio doesn’t specifically mention which companies he has been involved in.

A Google search on Breshears prior to 2000 returns two results, neither of which are accurately date stamped (one is LinkedIn and the other a PDF from 2013).

2000 to 2005 is equally devoid, with Google serving up mostly LinkedIn results.

For someone who claims to have been President or COO of “multiple companies” prior to Kyäni’s launch in 2005, I found this strange.

On the regulatory front Kyäni was pinged late last year in Sweden. An investigation by the Swedish Gaming Board found Kyäni suspected of operating a “chain letter game” (pyramid scheme).

It is the Gaming Board’s overall assessment that the main purpose of Kyäni business is recruiting to generate growing revenues to individuals placed at higher levels within the organization and that the profit potential is related to how many members gradually enters into the concept and not primarily on the sale of products or goods.

The Gaming Board forwarded their findings to local police for further investigation. As at the time of publication the status of the investigation is ongoing.

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

Although they seemingly have no problems with their affiliates raiding other companies, turns out Jeuenesse aren’t so blase about the issue in their own backyard.

A lawsuit first filed by Jeunesse on January 8th names Darren Jensen as defendant, and accuses him of raiding the company.

For those unfamiliar with the term, “raiding” in MLM refers to a former executive or affiliate plundering one company’s affiliate-base to populate another. Typically the company benefiting is one the affiliate or executive doing the raiding recently signed up with.

Named defendant Darren Jensen in this particular alleged instance of raiding, was President of Jeunesse until May, 2015. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the 3to600 website indicating who owns or runs the business.

Recognizing the 3to600 website design layout, my first thought was this was a reboot of Angela Dumais’ 1 Million Fast.

The 3to600 website domain registration however lists Robert Mcatamney as the owner. An address in Queensland, Australia is also provided.

Mcatamney first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar mid last year as the admin for One Time Infinity. Two days later we reviewed another of Mcatamney’s schemes, Cash Money Bucket.

Both One Time Infinity and Cash Money Bucket saw affiliates invest funds in matrix positions, which were then passed through multi-tier Ponzi cyclers.

As at the time of publication, Alexa statistics on the One Time Infinity and Cash Money Bucket websites suggest both schemes have collapsed.

Read on for a full review of the 3to600 MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

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

The BestCycler website domain (“bestcycler.com”) was registered on the 25th of September 2015, however the domain registration is set to private.

Further research reveals BestCycler affiliates naming “Ivana Vasiljevic” as admin of the company, however I was unable to independently verify this information.

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…]

The Prosper Everyday website domains (“joinprosper.com” and “prospereveryday.com”) were respectively registered on September 16th and July 18th, 2015. Both domain registrations however are set to private.

Further research reveals Prosper Everyday affiliates naming Steven Seppinni (right) as Founder and CEO of the company.

The Prosper Everyday Terms and Conditions state:

This website is operated by Digital Door, LLC, doing business as Prosper Everyday.

On his Facebook profile, Steven Seppinni identifies himself as Founder and CEO of Digital Door.

Everyone Prosper was a social network MLM opportunity launched by Seppinni back in 2012. BehindMLM briefly touched on it in our review of Malibu Mastermind, a failed investment scheme launched by Seppinni back in early 2014.

Read on for a full review of the Prosper Everyday MLM business opportunity.
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On top of a felony indictment, guilty plea and 46 month prison sentence,  Charles Wang and Francis Yuen have now also been fined $26.5 million dollars.

The latest blow to Wang and Yuen, owners of the eAdGear Ponzi scheme, was handed down on February 1st, as the SEC’s case against eAdGear came to a close.

First to bring regulatory action against the scheme, the SEC shut down eAdGear back in September of 2014. [Continue reading…]

After being found guilty of promoting the the uFun Club Ponzi scam to Samoans, Nicolas Giannos and Rosita Stanfield were ordered to attend a sentencing hearing on February 2nd.

Chief Justice Palu remanded Giannos and Stanfield at liberty, which meant they were free until the sentencing hearing.

Yesterday saw the scheduled sentencing hearing take place, with both Giannos and Stanfield failing to appear. [Continue reading…]

Back in 2013 the Norwegian Gaming Board launched an investigation into WorldVentures.

In 2014 the Gaming Board concluded WorldVentures was an “illegal pyramid scheme”. WorldVentures was subsequently ordered to cease all business operations in Norway.

WorldVentures appealed the Gaming Board’s decision, which was denied in November of 2014.

By December 2014, WorldVentures had no choice but to follow the Gaming Board’s directive and close up shop. The company also filed another appeal against the Gaming Board in a Trial Court, which was again denied a month later in January, 2015.

June 2015 saw top WorldVentures affiliate Steinar Husby claim that WorldVentures was going to sue the Norwegian government.

Nothing came of Husby’s claim over the past nine months… till WorldVentures announced they were suing Norway’s Ministry of Culture late last week. [Continue reading…]

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

The LifePlus website domain (“lifeplus.com”) was registered on the 29th of May 1995, with “Billy Evans” of “Life Plus USA” listed as the owner. A street address in the US state of Arkansas is also provided.

On the LifePlus website, the corporate address provided is an Arkansas PO Box.

Further research reveals Evans credited as LifePlus’ Chief Information Officer. Marketing material hosted on the LifePlus domain cites Billy Evans father, Bill Evans, as the founder of the company.

On a video hosted on the LifePlus website, Bob Lemon (right) is also identified as a LifePlus founder.

The same document citing Evans as a founder identifies Robert Christian as LifePlus’ current CEO. Christian’s LinkedIn profile lists his having held the position since 2006.

Prior to LifePlus Christian (right) was Senior Vice President at Professional Dental Technologies, an Arkansas dental equipment supplier.

For reasons unknown, the LifePlus website is devoid of any information about the company’s current executive management.

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A few days ago it was revealed that South Africa’s National Consumer Commission are to announce their conclusions about several income opportunities early this week.

Among the opportunities the NCC has investigated over the past year are WorldVentures and South African MMM Global chapter, MMM South Africa.

Whereas MMM Global have remained silent in response to the news, WorldVentures has been quietly bracing for impact.

Rather than offer support to their top South African affiliates, who in less than 24 hours might learn they are now the subject of criminal proceedings, instead WorldVentures has told them to shut up. [Continue reading…]