The Business Shop website domain (“tbsbusiness.com”) was registered in November 2015, with the MLM opportunity launching shortly thereafter.

Identified as CEO of the company on The Business Shop website is Pedro Fort.

Fort (right) first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar as the owner of Fort Ad Pays, a Ponzi scheme that touts up to 300% ROIs on $1 to $300 investments.

The Business Shop appears to be the latest incarnation of MLM Shop, another of Fort’s schemes. In our BehindMLM review of Fort Ad Pays, we observed The Business Shop logo used to advertise MLM Shop back in July 2015.

This was before The Business Shop launched, with it likely coming about following a decline of new investment into MLM Shop.

Read on for a full review of The Business Shop MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Easier Faster Cyclings website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Easier Faster Cyclings website domain (“easierfastercyclings.com”) was registered on the 23rd of November 2015, listing “Rebba Darris” as the owner. A residential address in the US state of Florida is also provided.

There is no further information available linking Darris to Easier Faster Cyclings. The email address used to register the Easier Faster Cyclings domain however is the same used to register “rush2residual.com” and “unlimitedmillionairesclub.com”.

Rush2Residual was a matrix cycler Ponzi launched in July, 2015 by An Fuller. The scheme collapsed shortly after launch.

Unlimited Millionaire’s Club launched a few months later in September, promising affiliates million dollar ROIs off of a $1.50 investment.

Unlimited Millionaire’s Club appears to have collapsed around October 2015, with the company website today unresponsive.

An Fuller would appear to be behind Easier Faster Cyclings, despite the bogus “Rebba Darris” name used to register the website domain.

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

The thorn in the side of Lyoness’ claims to be a shopping portal has always been affiliate’s depositing funds directly with the company.

Lyoness store these funds, with cash ROIs paid out (by Lyoness) once enough new deposits have been made.

Back in the day you had affiliates investing in Accounting Units, today through Lyconet it’s “shopping units”.

In a move that appears to finally acknowledge the shortcomings of claiming to be a shopping portal, Lyoness recently announced a payment portal. [Continue reading…]

Thirty-One Gifts operate in the women’s fashion MLM niche and are based out of the US state of Ohio.

So the story goes,

Founder, President & CEO Cindy Monroe started Thirty-One in her basement in 2003.

From those humble beginnings we’ve grown into one of the most successful direct-selling businesses in the world, with more than 90,000 independent Sales Consultants across the U.S. and Canada.

I wasn’t able to find any information on whether Monroe (above right) had been involved in other MLM opportunities prior to founding Thirty-One Gifts.

Of note is that Thirty-One Gifts recently underwent restructuring, with the company expected to close an Ohio production facility this year.

The closing, announced Thursday afternoon, will affect 74 employees at the company as well as an undisclosed number of workers at Exel Logistics, a local subcontractor.

The company initially pledged to create as many as 500 jobs when it first opened the distribution center at 1000 Titus Rd. in Springfield in 2011, but most of those jobs never materialized.

Along with the Springfield operations, the decision will also affect 220 workers in Johnstown in Licking County, Ohio.

“We will consolidate our distribution and personalization activities to our home office in Easton in Columbus, closing our Johnstown and Springfield facilities in 2016,” Thirty-One Gifts said in a press release.

“We are making these changes to align our operating capacity with business needs. Operations at Easton will continue without interruption.”

The impact, if any, this has had on Thirty-One Gifts’ MLM business operations is unclear.

Read on for a full review of the Thirty-One Gifts MLM business opportunity. [Continue reading…]

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.

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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…]