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

The 2×2 Wealth website domain (“2x2wealth.com”) was registered on the 19th of June 2015, with a “John Dierksmeier” listed as the owner. An address in the US state of Texas is also provided.

Dierksmeier (full name John Dierksmeier Quesada) first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar as the Founder of MaxeVida in 2011.

MaxeVida combined retail sales and affiliate recruitment, tracked through a matrix-based compensation plan.

Similar matrix schemes launched by Dierksmeier prior to MaxeVida include TVBoxNet and EZProBuilder.

When MaxeVida seems to have collapsed sometime in 2012, with Dierksmeier (right) then going on to launch Only20Bucks.

Again based on a matrix compensation plan, Only20Bucks was a recruitment-driven feeder for iClubBiz (in which Dierksmeier was an affiliate).

iClubBiz itself was an autoship-centric recruitment scheme launched in 2013.

2014 saw Dierksmeier get into coffee, with the launch of Cafe Nopal.

On the affiliate side of things, Dierksmeier has been involved with New Earth (reboot of Simplexity Health), Xerveo (formerly Ferveo), CeraCoat Direct (nanotechnology coating) and more recently GoBig7 (Penny Matrix reboot).

Earlier this year Dierksmeier launched Nopa Vida, with 2×2 Wealth his second launch this year.

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

There is no information on the Elevate Solar website indicating who owns or runs the business, although the company does disclose it is based out of Utah in the US.

The Elevate Solar website domain (“elevatesmarthome.com”) was registered on the 26th of May 2015, however the domain registration is set to private.

Further research revealed a LinkedIn profile belonging to “Wright Wesley Thurston”, who credits himself as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Elevate Inc. and Elevate Solar Inc.

Elevate Solar Inc. appears to be a division of Elevate Inc., which is an MLM opportunity in its own right.

As per Thurston’s LinkedIn profile;

Elevate, Inc. is the only publically (sic) traded Digital Services provider that is meeting customer demand for affordability, variety, and service by leveraging a network of independent, licensed connectivity specialists to sell and service the residential and small business solar, data, voice, video, mobile and security markets.

Mr. Thurston has recruited, trained and deployed more than 20,000 independent reps over the past decade.

His visionary approach to sales training and keen insights into market behavior has led to more than 200,000 subscriber activations for digital services.

Mr. Thurston is the author of the proprietary compensation plan at Elevate, which compensates sales representatives for both new customer acquisitions as well as long-term loyalty, a concept that is revolutionizing the customer experience with digital service providers.

Why none of this information is available on the Elevate Solar website is a mystery.

One final observation is that Thurston’s LinkedIn profile lists his location as California. Whether he runs Elevate Solar from California or commutes to Utah is unclear.

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

Golden Scratchie is an opportunity offered through IAM Corp, with the company hosted off the IAM Corp website.

IAM Corp do not provide any contact details on their website, but the company’s terms and conditions do state that

The provincial courts located in Vancouver, British Columbia shall be the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any lawsuit or action with respect to this Agreement.

Whether or not that means IAM Corp are based in Canada or not is unclear.

Suggesting they might not be is the domain registration information for “iamcorp.eu”, a domain cited in the IAM Corp Terms and Conditions which redirects to their primary .com domain.

The .eu domain is registered to Eurasia Finance Ltd. through an address in the Isle of Man (UK).

Further research reveals a number of holding companies and businesses offering registrations exist at this address, suggesting IAM Corp has no actual presence there.

Cited as the CEO of IAM Corp is Peter Karroll (right), with a quote attributed to Karroll on the IAM Corp website reading:

People pay us for the privilege of their computers talking to our computers. This is the perfect business conversion model.

On his LinkedIn profile Karroll lists his location as Vancouver, suggesting that if the company is not registered in Canada, then that’s at the very least where it’s being run out of.

On his IAM Corp bio, Karroll is credited with professional ties to the music, entertainment and online gaming industries. I wasn’t able to find anything specifically related to MLM however, suggesting IAM Corp (and Golden Scratchie) are his first MLM ventures.

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

Following the collapse of the GetEasy Ponzi scheme, insider Tiago Fontoura went on to launch the reload scheme Go2Up.

Go2Up’s business model continued where GetEasy left off, seeing affiliates invest up to €3000 on the promise of ROIs paid out subsequently invested funds.

As with most reload schemes, Go2Up failed to grow as large as its predecessor.

Some six months after its launch however the scheme persisted, with Founder Tiago Fontoura recently touching down in Tunisia to spruik the scheme.

If reports out of Tunisia are to be believed, upon landing in Tunisia Fontoura was arrested on criminal charges. [Continue reading…]

Following a hearing held on July 7th, today we bring you the latest updates in the SEC’s civil case against Achieve Community and its founders. [Continue reading…]

Zlicense launched in late 2014 and are based out of the US state of Texas

Listed as company owner on the Zlicense website is Troy Mason.

I went to renew my driver’s license one day, when I noticed three questions on the back of my Texas Driver’s License.

The questions are: Directive to a physician, Emergency Contacts and Allergic Reactions To Drugs.

I asked the DPS officers, where do people store this information? They said to check with the police department.

So, the next day, I went to the police department and they told me to check with the Department of Public Safety or DPS!

Then it hit me! The state of Texas put three questions on the backs of 15 million peoples (sic) ID and Driver’s License… and never set up a system for people to store this important information. ZLicense.com was born this day!

Mason has previously popped up on BehindMLM’s radar as the CEO and President of Gas Club of America.

Launched in late 2012, Gas Club of America is believed to have been Mason’s first MLM venture. The company appears to have been shut down around mid 2013.

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

Following a directive from public prosecutors to “continue hunting for” wanted uFun Club investors, police in Thailand have tracked down and arrested three more suspects.

A used car shop belonging to Natthinont Puttathammarong was raided, with at least one car on the premise belonging to other uFun Club scammers on the run. [Continue reading…]

Following denials by Wuo claiming he has no idea what GemCoin is, and that USFIA “used” him to promote their scheme, a resident of Arcadia citizen spent six minutes roasting Wuo at a city council meeting.

The comments directed at Wuo were given during the “public comments” section of the meeting, with David Arvizu taking to the podium to grill Wuo on his ties to USFIA. [Continue reading…]

Unhappy with how things are progressing in his visa fraud case, Sanderely Rodrigues has fired the law firm representing him.

Specifics are as of yet unclear, but the situation appears to have deteriorated to the point where “a complete breakdown of communication” was cited the reason behind the decision. [Continue reading…]

For an event that has been hyped to no end over the past month or so, the delayed launch of OneCoin into the US heralded much of nothing.

There was no live event or official OneCoin corporate presence in the US, with the event instead held via webinar.

A somewhat bored-sounding gentlemen opened the call, with a couple of hundred OneCoin investors listening in.

Despite OneCoin claiming to have over 400,000 affiliates, only four hundred or so (0.001%) rocked up to the “historic event”.

After blabbing on for a few minutes about how momentous launching in the US was, the host kicked it over to OneCoin’s founder, Ruja Ignatova. [Continue reading…]