Back in October of 2014 the Texas AG filed a lawsuit against Lindsey Duncan.

In the lawsuit, it was alleged that Duncan had been falsely representing himself as a doctor.

Mr. Duncan’s acts and practices mislead the public into believing that he is disseminating health advice or knowledge, but such advice or knowledge is based on educational background and training which he does not have and when his underlying motivation is to sell products in which he has a financial interest.

Separately, and news to me, was that the FTC had also been investigating Duncan. [Continue reading…]

Just a quick update today today regarding the status of the Paul Burks criminal case.

A while Paul Burks’ attorney put in a Motion to Continue, citing the large volume of discovery they need to sift through before the commencement of a trial.

An order granting the motion was published on the 16th of January, with Judge Cogburn Jr. reasoning that [Continue reading…]

My Daily Choice launched earlier this year and are based out of the US state of Maryland.

Bringing together a team of the most successful entrepreneurs, marketers, and consultants coupled with the top formulators in the industry, at MyDailyChoice, we are a legacy company that you can call “home.”

Credited as the Founder and President of the company is Josh Zwagil.

Zwagil (right) was previously involved in Syntek Global (fuel additives) as an affiliate. On his LinkedIn profile, Zwagil also credits himself as a member of Syntek’s “advisory board”.

Through his company “MLMTeamSystems”, Zwagil has also been involved in MLM marketing tools (lead generation):

MLM Team Systems is an organization that helps Network Marketing companies develop the right internet marketing system to create maximum duplication.

Zwagil was with Syntek Global since 2009, why he left the company to launch My Daily Choice is unclear.

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

Sure to add to the legal stress TelexFree owners are already currently under, news today that regulators in Brazil have filed another criminal case against the company.

The new case revolves around regulatory issues surrounding TelexFree’s VOIP offering in Brazil, and is the culmination of a criminal investigation that began back in 2013. [Continue reading…]

Just twenty-four hours after the publication of our comprehensive iGetMania review, Canadian regulators have now issued a warning against investing in the company.

Officially titled “Warning – Caution regarding GetEasy and iGetMania investment program”, the notice was published on the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) website on January 26th. [Continue reading…]

GetEasy took off in the wake of the regulatory shut down of TelexFree.

Seeking to scoop up disenfranchised investors who lost funds in the billion dollar Ponzi scheme, GetEasy successfully attracted a significant number of investors from Portugal, Spain and to a lesser extent, South America and greater Europe.

Following a few months of growth, as is typical in Ponzi schemes in their initial traction phase, things began to fall apart in GetEasy after it was announced police in Portugal were investigating the company.

The investigation was announced in October last year, with ROI payments grinding to a halt after the Bank of Portugal issued a warning the following month.

As I understand it, GetEasy was primarily laundering stolen investor funds through Portuguese banking channels. Following the Bank of Portugal’s warning, GetEasy was left unable to secure legitimate banking channels to continue to pay off its investors.

That left GetEasy in limbo for a few months, with an announcement towards the end of last year revealing the company’s plans to operate their own bank.

Details on the specifics of this plan are sketchy at best, with one claim made by GetEasy already debunked by a regulator in Luxembourg.

What we do know however is that these new plans are to be implemented under the brand iGetMania, with GetEasy hoping to elude regulatory suspicion under a new name (because it’s apparently that easy to cover your tracks…).

Initially GetEasy announced their bank would be live in the first week or so of January, but that deadline came and went. We’re still following that story but in the meantime the iGetMania compensation plan has been released.

So today we take a look at GetEasy 2.0. Is it still a global Ponzi scheme offering ridiculous returns, or is there something to GetEasy’s investment bank plans?

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

Typically when we’ve seen regulatory investigations announced in the MLM world, the company in question is quick to acknowledge the situation.

They usually do this by announcing their full cooperation with the authorities, and in the worst instances, suspend business operations while they try to figure out how much trouble they’re in.

Not so when it comes to the Achieve Community. [Continue reading…]

If you’d noticed a downtrend in activity within an established MLM downline, surely the logical thing would be to focus on pushing growth via the sales of products and services to retail customers?

You’ve got the team, you’ve got something to sell – so go out there, market your wares and find people looking to buy what you’re selling.

Not so if you’re a Dubli affiliate.

Straight from the mouthes of some of Dubli’s top-ranked affiliates, today we take a look at an alternative way to combat stagnation. [Continue reading…]

It took a day later than I expected, but last night I received confirmation that the Colorado Securities Division has opened an investigation into the Achieve Community.

Yesterday I’d published a preliminary announcement regarding a possible investigation, with confirmation arriving later in the day via email. [Continue reading…]

To me this is one of those “everybody was in on it but now nobody wants to take responsibility for getting scammed” type stories.

Increasingly Africa is a hotbed of recruitment for the MLM underbelly. Over these last twelve months I’ve seen Nigeria in particular popping up time and time again in marketing efforts for various dubious opportunities.

With a notorious reputation for internet fraud, I suppose the two go hand in hand but you’ve got to wonder exactly how many Nigerian princes there to keep falling for these scams.

Today we take a look at a case in Ghana, a country a few hundred kilometers west of Nigeria.

TelexFree, bank staff making off the books loans to investors and bank management in denial… yeah, you know this isn’t going to end well. [Continue reading…]