TradeTribe operates in the MLM cryptocurrency niche.

TradeTribe’s website domain (“tradetribe.xyz”), was privately registered on April 4th, 2024.

Heading up TradeTribe we have co-founders “Trader Jake”, Brian Rhodes, Tim Waider and David Mercado.

BehindMLM came across the Jake –> Rhodes –> Waider trio last year as the faces of Capitalium.

Brian Rhodes is a US national and serial promoter of MLM crypto Ponzi schemes. Originally from the Missouri, Rhodes has since relocated to the Dominican Republic.

BehindMLM first came across Rhodes in 2022 as a promoter of Biman Das’ FastBNB Ponzi scheme.

After FastBNB collapsed we ran into Rhodes again with Easymatic and QunoMine. Other collapsed MLM Ponzi schemes Rhodes has promoted include CoinMarketBull, Vortic United and InvesableAI.

Tim Waider, from Ukraine, made a name for himself in One World Network before joining Total Life Changes in 2020.

By April 2021 Waider was promoting MLM crypto Ponzi schemes like EtherConnect on YouTube:

Since then MLM Ponzi schemes Waider has promoted include Nimbus Platform, FastBNB, BitMonsters and InvesableAI.

Prior research into Capitalium led me to believe Master Trader Jake was from Hungary. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to pin down his actual name.

A Twitter post from earlier this year from Waider suggests “Master Trader Jake” is from Croatia.

Tradixis is yet another collapsed MLM crypto Ponzi scheme that Waider and “Master Trader Jake” were attached to.

Australian authorities issued a Tradixis securities fraud warning on July 5th, 2024.

TradeTribe promoters are also citing “Master Trader Jake” as a “Croatian trader”:

Prior to presenting himself as Capitalium’s Master Trader, Jake was flogging 1529% annual returns through JetBot.

David Mercado is another US national.

I wasn’t able to confirm Mercado’s involvement in Capitalium. Circa 2016 though, Mercado was promoting United Games. It seems sometime after that Mercado got involved in MLM crypto fraud.

Capitalium went on to collapse a few months after launch in September 2023. Following a brief reboot as NewCo in March 2024…

…TradeTribe was launched the following month in April.

Read on for a full review of TradeTribe’s MLM opportunity. [Continue reading…]

GSPartners and twenty other Josip Heit associated companies have received a securities fraud warning from the Bahamas.

As per the Securities Commission of the Bahamas’ August 7th Public Notice;

It has come to the attention of the Commission that an entity called GSB GOLD STANDARD BANK LTD.

(GS PARTNERS) doing business as (d/b/a), SWISS VALOREM BANK LTD. and by other designations (listed below), may be conducting activities that are either registrable/licensable or illegal under one or more of the Acts.

GSPartners associated companies cited by the SCB include; [Continue reading…]

The TLC Trading Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

As of August 7th, 2024, withdrawals have been disabled for just over a week. [Continue reading…]

The Polivera Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

As at time of publication, Polivera has disabled its website: [Continue reading…]

CFX Legacy has been added to the UK’s CashFX Group securities fraud warning.

CFX Legacy, operating from the domain “cfxlegacy.com”, emerged as a CashFX Group Ponzi spinoff mid 2023. [Continue reading…]

We Are All Satoshi and Boomerang Trade have received fraud warnings from New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA).

In two published August 7th warnings, the FMA warns that We Are All Satoshi and Boomerang Trade are [Continue reading…]

Walmart Store fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Walmart Store’s website domain (“walmart-store.cc”), was registered with bogus details on July 8th, 2024.

Of note is Walmart Store’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore).

Walmart Store has already attracted the attention of financial regulators. The Central Bank of Russia issued a Walmart Store pyramid fraud warning on August 1st, 2024.

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…]

Robert William Shafer has settled Blueprint to Wealth fraud charges with the FTC.

As part of his filed August 2nd settlement, Shafer will be held jointly liable for $7.5 million.

Other conditions imposed on Shafer include: [Continue reading…]

My Business Feeder Program fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

My Business Feeder Program’s website domain (“mybusinessfeederprogram.com”), was privately registered on April 28th, 2024.

Two marketing videos on My Business Feeder Program’s website are unlisted videos hosted on a YouTube channel bearing the name “Steve Sexton”.

Sexton appears to be from the UK. A listed video on Sexton’s YouTube channel from 2022 reveals promotion of 7 Dollar Club:

7 Dollar Club, which has long-since collapsed, was a matrix-based pyramid scheme.

A more recent video on Sexton’s channel features Property Robots 3D co-founder Adam Ahmed.

Property Robots 3D was a spinoff of Ahmed’s earlier Camhirst 3DCP Ponzi scheme. A visit to Property Robots’ 3D’s website reveals it’s been pulled.

This suggests the Ponzi scheme has collapsed.

Between 7 Dollar Club and Property Robots 3D, we can conclude Steve Sexton is a serial promoter of fraudulent MLM schemes.

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…]

Following the collapse of its original TAS Vault scheme, Auratus has rebooted with Zai Cards.

Details of Auratus’ new Zai Card investment scheme were revealed on a secret August 5th webinar hosted by Annie Starky. [Continue reading…]