As per an SEC filing earlier today, following the issue of an arrest warrant on January 15th, Sanderley Rodrigues was arrested in Florida on January 20th.

After his arrest he appeared before Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Jenkins of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa) regarding the terms of his incarceration.

The court ordered him detained in the Pinellas County Jail in Florida pending a further hearing on Friday, January 22, 2016, to determine whether he can travel to Massachusetts on bond or whether the U.S. Marshals Service must escort him to Massachusetts.

A followup filing by the SEC details potential problems with this ruling. [Continue reading…]

With top OneCoin investors purportedly withdrawing millions of dollars from the scheme each month, new investors have little to no hope of recouping their own invested funds when the time comes.

That’s basic mathematics, but evidently evasive to the majority of OneCoin affiliates.

Nonetheless, OneCoin can’t payout funds it doesn’t have – and so now the race is on to trap what’s left and newly invested funds alike.

Well, at least a representation of the funds, as the actual money continues to be withdrawn out the top end. [Continue reading…]

It’s a story that’s probably familiar to many of Lyoness’ current and former Premium members.

You were told to invest thousands “in shopping”, got a bunch of worthless Accounting Units and when recruitment of new affiliates died down, you were left holding the bag.

Not all Lyoness affiliates chalk up their losses and go quietly into the night however, with one Austrian Lyoness affiliate attempting, so to speak, to return the bag to Lyoness. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the 5 Dolla Money Lines website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The 5 Dolla Money Lines website domain (“5dollamoneylines.com”) was registered on the 20th of October 2015, with “Optimus Dale” listed as the owner. An address in the US state of Arkansas is also provided.

Optimus Dale is a pseudonym of Sherm Mason (right), who first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar as the admin of Magnetic Builder.

Magnetic Builder was a $29.95 recruitment scheme launched in 2011.

Last year was a busy one for Mason (right), with at least five known dubious schemes launched throughout:

• Paradise Payments (February 2015) – a $2 to $1000 cash gifting scheme
• Magnetic Gratitude (April 2015) – a $580 matrix-based Ponzi scheme
• Summer Fun Matrix (July 2015) – a $22 three-tier Ponzi scheme and
• 3×9 Millionaire Machine (September 2015) – a $3 in, $435 million dollars out Ponzi scheme
• Instant Pay Christmas (November 2015) – a $5 to $800 cash gifting scheme

In 2016 Mason has already launched Elite Pay Alliance, a matrix-based cash gifting scheme.

5 Dolla Money Lines would appear to be Mason’s second MLM launch of 2016.

Read on for a full review of the 5 Dolla Money Lines MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

Following a last-ditch effort to fend off being found in contempt of court, Sanderley Rodrigues proposed the sale of motivational videos and books.

Rodrigues’ plan would see him remit 20% of whatever he made on sales each month, to clear a court-ordered $474,503 remittance to the SEC.

The SEC were not amused, with the regulator labelling Rodrigues’ plan “too little too late” in an objection filing last week.

Following a long weekend, Judge Gorton’s ruling has now been made public. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Global Traffic Takeover website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Global Traffic Takeover website domain (“globaltraffictakeover.com”) was registered on the 23rd of October 2015, with Bruce Gerlach listed as the owner. A residential address in the US state of New Jersey is also provided.

Bruce Gerlach (right) is co-founder of Xtreme Lifestyles Network. On the company website, Xtreme Lifestyles Network advertise a “marketing system” and website traffic.

Xtreme Lifestyles Network is also apparently used as a downline builder. Gerlach’s YouTube channel contains Xtreme Lifestyles Network branded advertising for Pro Travel Plus (a travel-based recruitment scheme), National Wealth Center (cash gifting) and 4 Corners Alliance Group (a matrix-based recruitment scheme).

On his LinkedIn profile, Gerlach also lists himself as a current Solavei affiliate. Solavei collapsed late last year.

Gerlach co-founded Xtreme Lifestyles Network with Paul Della Penna, who is listed as an admin on the official Global Traffic Takeover Facebook group.

Della Penna recently featured on BehindMLM following a refund dispute with Seth Fraser, CEO of Pro Travel Plus.

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

WellStar launched in 2004 and is headed up by Founder and CEO, Christian Wiesner.

As per Wiesner’s WellStar corporate bio;

Christian looks back to more than 10 years international experience as an active networker.

He was one of the industry´s most successful leaders in Europe with an overall team size of 120,000 customers.

Possibly due to language-barriers (German), I was unable to ascertain what company/companies Weisner was active in prior to 2004.

In 2015 WellStar lost top affiliate Kari Wahlroos, which resulted in a public spat between the two parties.

Wahlroos left WellStar to promote OneCoin, a points-based Ponzi scheme. WellStar responded by accusing Wahlroos of engaging in “criminal behaviour”.

Wahlroos countered by claiming he left WellStar because the ‘company will never deliver on the promises you make‘.

Wahlroos claimed that when he approached Weisner about fixing WellStar’s “endless problems”, he was simply to told to “recruit more” affiliates.

The administration of Wellstar remains a disgrace.

Products flaws. A product returns system that does not work. Non-existent of customer support, terrible partner support.

We both know that so many leaders have quit because they don’t earn any money so you have to launch a new country every 3 months.

The worst issue with Wellstar is the financial matters, especially delayed commission payments.

Countless leaders, and especially me, have suffered from delayed and incorrect commission payments. And because the Wellstar model is only about recruiting ‘in the fast start’, the plan does not work so no-one earns any money.

Weisner dismissed Wahlroos’ claims as “lies and false and cheap accusations”.

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

O2 Worldwide began life as Let Us Close back in mid 2015, with the Let Us Close website now redirecting to that of O2 Worldwide.

O2 Worldwide is today advertised as being ‘powered by the Let Us Close marketing system‘.

Let Us Close itself was a marketing system attached to a $40 or so recruitment scheme. Launched in May 2015, Let Us Close flopped shortly after launch.

October 2015 saw The Elite Networker launch, which also claimed to be ‘powered by Let Us Close‘.

The Elite Networker was headed up by Wallace Nunez, Dave Lear and Val Smyth, otherwise known as the guys behind the failed Total Takeover opportunity.

The Elite Networker also flopped shortly after launch, with the company’s website today redirecting to O2 Worldwide.

Listed as the CEO and Founder of O2 Worldwide on their website is Dan Putnam (right).

Affiliate marketing material linked Putnam to Let Us Close through EPX Body. It follows that he was also involved in The Elite Networker.

With the Let Us Close marketing system having failed twice now, O2 Worldwide appears to be a third attempt to attach the platform to something worthwhile.

Read on for a full review of the O2 Worldwide MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

The future of Visalus appears to be on the rocks, following the revelation last Friday that 87 positions will be made redundant in March.

In a letter to the State of Michigan dated January 5th, Visalus wrote

ViSalus, Inc. has decided to substantially reduce its operations at its office located at 340 East Big Beaver Rd., Suite 400, Troy, Michigan 48083. As a consequence, ViSalus expects to eliminate 87 positions in this office on March 5, 2016.

Hardest hit are inbound and outbound affiliate support agents (51 positions), suggesting an overall slump in affiliate activity. [Continue reading…]

Running a scam out of Europe that’s about to collapse?

Before you do a runner and make off with everyone’s money, you might want to get in contact with OneCoin and see if they’ll buy you out.

In what we hope isn’t the emergence of a disturbing trend, OneCoin appears to have acquired OPN and SiteTalk. [Continue reading…]