I ran into some initial confusion upon beginning my research into Travelution, namely because there’s two different MLM opportunities bearing the same name.

I don’t believe these two companies are linked, as they operate from different websites, have different logos and appear to be headquartered in different countries.

“My Travelution” operates from “mytravelution.com” and are a South African based company, with a compensation plan that quotes commissions and cost in South African Rand.

This review is for “Travelution”, who operate from the “yourtravelution.com” domain. As per the company’s website, Travelution are based out of Florida in the US, however no street address is provided.

Three co-founders are cited on the Travelution website, Dustin DeVaughn (CEO), Dave Manning (Chairman of the Board) and  Faraday Hosseinipour (VP of Sales).

As per their respective Travelution corporate bios (DeVaughn, Manning and Hosseinipour respectively from left to right);

Dustin DeVaughn (is) a travel agent veteran who created thousands of successful at home entrepreneurs in the travel industry.

Dustin has been in the travel industry for over 10 years. He has also created multiple six figure incomes in the home based business space and helped thousands find and create financial freedom from their homes.

Dave Manning (has) over 30 Years experience in the network marketing industry (with) 10 years in the Travel Industry.

(Manning has also run his) own Marketing company servicing the time-share industry.

(He has) gone to the top of 6 Network marketing companies earning millions and helping team member earn millions in the network marketing industry.

Faraday Hosseinipour (has) over 20 years experience in the network marketing arena (with) 10 years in the Travel Industry.

(She has also run her) own Marketing company servicing the time-share industry.

Hosseinipour (has) gone to the top of 4 different network marketing companies earning millions along the way and helping her team member earn millions in the network marketing profession.

Further research reveals Dustin DeVaughn to have been a Visalus and Empower Network affiliate. Identifying himself as an “MLM top recruiter”, DeVaughn was actively promoted Paycation in early 2014.

In 2015 DeVaughn was promoting ForeverGreen on Facebook, with advertisements for FG’s Ketopia product continuing up until October.

Dave Manning and Faraday Hosseinipour were also involved in ForeverGreen. Before that the duo promoted the BidXCel, Infinity2Global and Global1Entertainment Ponzi schemes.

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After roughly two months of deliberation, a verdict in the Samoan uFun Club criminal trial has been reached.

On December 24th sometime in the morning, Chief Justice Patū found Nicholas Giannos and Rosita Stanfield guilty on all counts. [Continue reading…]

According to the Basic Reset website,

Basic Reset is a division of BioGenyx, which was started by Fred and Kim Kaufman in 2002, but now have expanded as an outlet to bring life-changing products to the world.

The Basic Reset website domain was registered in March 2014, with the company going on to officially launch from Tennessee two months later.

So the story goes,

After over-coming his own life-long health problems in 1969, Fred, became highly motivated to have a better understanding of what causes us to lose our health, but even more importantly, how to regain good health.

Ten years later, Fred was overcome with an insatiable curiosity to research why people get cancer, even though he didn’t know anyone with cancer and had no family history.

It all came to light about 5 years later, when his own mother was diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic with 4th stage melanoma.

She was given no hope with only a few months to live. Fred stepped up to help his mother through nutrition and supplementation, and she was totally healed in just a few months.

Fred believes that God was leading him to know how to help his mother, and was greatly encouraged to continue learning all he could to help others with debilitating and life-threatening diseases.

Fred began to help many others through his knowledge of natural health remedies while working in 2 medical clinics as a nutritionist, and in 1995, he spoke at the International Cancer Conference in Stockholm Sweden.

In 1994, Fred learned about coral calcium through a Swedish scientist, which led Fred to be the first person to import the product into the U.S. The testimonials were amazing which further motivated Fred to keep seeking natural ways to help people.

Two years later, Fred met Kim, and in their very first phone conversation, she shared with him information that was an important key for Fred to invent the liquid mineral product Ionyte.

Fred and Kim had a strong connection through their faith in God, and their hearts to help others through natural health remedies.

After 3 months, with the phone as their only means of communication, they finally met in person, and married 12 hours later!

Fred and Kim are dedicated to supplying quality products at affordable prices.

Back in 2008 Kaufman launched Aqualyte Water as a standalone business opportunity. Affiliate marketing reveals Aqualyte Water to have used a matrix-based compensation plan.

Today the Aqualtye Water domain is defunct.

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

The 3 Steps Zyclones website domain (“3stepszyclones.com”) was registered on the 28th of August 2015, however the domain registration is set to private.

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 Global Income 4 All website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Global Income 4 All website domain (“globalincome4all.com”) was registered on the 30th of September 2015, with a “Ronaldo Harrison” listed as the owner. An address in the US state of South Dakota is also provided.

Further research reveals this address contains a city and postcode in New York, leading me to believe it’s bogus.

This naturally places a question mark on “Ronaldo Harrison”, who is also thus presumed to be a fictional identity.

Of note is the email used to register the Global Income 4 All domain was also used to register “m2mincome4u.com” on September 30th.

“M2M” is MLM underbelly code for cash gifting.

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…]

Fed up a year of lies and stalling, in August the SEC filed a motion requesting that Sann Rodrigues be found in contempt of court.

The regulator demanded Rodrigues be sent to jail, pending identification of

all his current accounts and restoration all assets transferred or disposed of in violation of the Asset Freeze.

Rodrigues initial response to the SEC’s motion was to claim he didn’t speak English.

The SEC replied in kind by declaring Rodrigues defense to be “nonsense“. In support of this motion, the SEC included a statement from Rodrigues bank manager stating he regularly conversed with Rodrigues in English. A YouTube marketing video featuring Rodrigues presenting in English was also submitted.

This saw Rodrigues drop the “no English” defense, with a switch to him being unaware of the TRO granted against him. Rodrigues also raised the argument that he’d since provided as much accounting as he could, within the boundaries of not exposing himself to additional criminal liability.

The SEC countered with the claim that Rodrigues had already effectively waived his right to plead the fifth.

That was October, with mediation efforts between the two parties declared failed as per a Status Report filed on November 30th.

Taking all of this into consideration, on the 18th of December Judge Gorton finally made a ruling on the matter. [Continue reading…]

There is no information on the Magic 10 Marketing website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Magic 10 Marketing website domain (“magic10marketing.com”) was registered on the 20th of October 2015, with Gerald Ricks listed as the owner. An address in the US state of Utah is also provided.

Gerald Ricks (right) first popped up on BehindMLM’s radar as CEO of Joy to Live.

Joy to Live operate in the health and nutrition MLM niche, with Joy to Live itself owned by parent company “Elite Marketing Alliance, Inc.”

Further research reveals Joy to Live and Elite Marketing Alliance using the same Utah address as Magic 10 Marketing.

Prior to Joy to Live, Gerald Ricks appears to have been involved in the MLM company “AlivaMax” (launched in 2008).

AlivaMax sell supplements and although the company’s website is still active, today they appear to be a retail-only storefront.

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There is no information on the Cash4AllTeam website indicating who owns or runs the business.

The Cash4AllTeam website domain (“cash4allteam.com”) was registered on the 16th of December 2015, however the domain registration is set to private.

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…]

As part of the preliminary injunction granted against Vemma back in September, the company is required to submit quarterly reports.

Vemma recently filed a report for the months September through to November, in which revealing information about the company’s current business operations are disclosed.

Among other things, Vemma recorded operation losses of over a half a million dollars over October and November. [Continue reading…]

Morinda began as life as Tahitian Noni International and are based out of Utah in the US.

Operating in the health supplement MLM niche, Tahitian Noni was was founded by Kerry Asay (CEO), John Wadsworth (President), Kelly Olsen (Chief Marketing Officer), Kim Asay (co-Vice President) and Stephen Story (co-Vice President) back in 1996.

Prior to Tahitian Noni, Asay (right) was President and CEO of Nature’s Sunshine, a manufacturer and marketer of encapsulated natural health supplements.

Asay left Nature’s Sunshine in 1989, ‘to pursue other interests after being in the position for 10 years.‘

I wasn’t able to ascertain what Asay was up to between 1989 and the founding of Tahitian Noni in 1996.

On the litigation front Morinda has had a few run ins with regulators and other MLM companies.

On August 26, 1998, the Attorneys General of Arizona, California, New Jersey, and Texas announced a multi-state settlement with Morinda, Inc.

The charges stating that Morinda had made “unsubstantiated claims in consumer testimonials and other promotional material that its Tahitian Noni juice could treat, cure or prevent numerous diseases, including diabetes, clinical depression, hemorrhoids and arthritis.”

Under the terms of the agreement, Morinda agreed to:

-No longer make drug claims, or claims that the product can cure, treat, or prevent any disease until “Tahitian Noni” is approved and cleared for those uses by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

-Not make any other claims, whether health claims or others, regarding the benefits of Tahitian Noni unless such claims are true and the company can substantiate the claim by reliable scientific evidence.

-Not use testimonials which imply that the advertised claimed results are the typical or ordinary experience of consumers in actual conditions of use, unless Morinda possesses and relies upon adequate substantiation that the results are typical or ordinary.

In addition, Morinda agreed to refund to any consumer who requests a refund in writing, the full purchase price paid for the product. The agreement also called for Morinda to pay $100,000 for investigative costs.

In 2003 Xango was sued by Tahiti Noni International (now Morinda). Tahiti Noni International alleged ‘that Xango executives stole TNI’s concept for a mangosteen-based supplement while they were employed by TNI’s parent-company‘.

Xango counter-sued and both cases wound up being settled out of court. Details of the settlement were not made public.

Today Indonesia appears to be a particularly strong market for Morinda, with Alexa estimating nearly 40% of all traffic to the Morinda website originates out of the country.

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