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Piotr Chajkowski settles Traffic Monsoon fraud for $1.02 million

Frauds, regulation, Traffic Monsoon

Polish Traffic Monsoon scammer Piotr Chajkowski has settled clawback proceedings against him. In an April 10th filing, the Traffic Monsoon Receiver confirmed “the amount of $1,027,236.58, has been fully satisfied by payment of the full Settlement Amount”. Chajkowski was one of eleven Traffic Monsoon net-winners sued back in 2019. As alleged by the Receiver, Chajkowski […]

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Banasik files counterclaim, Qyral “financially distressed”

companies, Frauds

In a counterclaim filed against Hanieh Sigari, Dariusz Banasik has revealed Qyral is “financially distressed”. Banasik’s counterclaim was filed in addition to his April 20th filed answer to Sigari’s lawsuit. Sigari sued Banasik last month, alleging she was “illegally locked out” of Qyral. In his answer to Sigari’s Complaint, Banasik (right) denies the eight causes

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MTI’s Johannes Steynberg reportedly dies in Brazil

Frauds, Mirror Trading International

Mirror Trading International CEO Johannes Steynberg has reportedly died in Brazil. Steynberg’s death follows a local identity fraud conviction and pending approval of extradition to South Africa. As per a death certificate published to the “Mirror Trading International Scam – Now What!?” FaceBook group,  Steynberg, 40, died of sudden onset acute respiratory failure on April

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Task-based “click a button” app Ponzi

click a button app Ponzis, Frauds, MLM Reviews

BR-USDT fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. BR-USDT’s website domain (“br-usdt.com”), was privately registered with bogus details on April 16th, 2024. Of note is BR-USDT’s domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it,

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AI trading ruse MLM Ponzi

Frauds, MLM Reviews

Cryptriva fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. In fact as I write this, Cryptriva’s website is nothing more than an affiliate signup/log in form: Cryptriva’s website domain (“cryptriva.com”), was privately registered on January 29th, 2024. In an attempt to appear legitimate, Cryptriva represents it has shell companies registered in the US

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Quantitative trading “click a button” app Ponzi

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YIPTG fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. YIPTG’s website domain (“yiptg.com”), was privately registered on January 5th, 2024. Despite only existing for a few months, on its website YIPTG falsely claims it was “establish[ed] in Nevada, USA in 2012”. As to being based of Nevada, YIPTG offers up a Nevada shell

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William Morro arrested for OneCoin money laundering

Frauds, OneCoin, regulation

William Morro has been arrested on OneCoin money laundering charges. As per an April 23rd superseding indictment charging Morro with bank fraud; Morro knowingly execute[d] … a scheme … to defraud a financial institution … and to obtain moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities and other property … by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations

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