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Financial Education Services sued for wrongful terminations

Eight former distributors have sued Financial Education Services for wrongful termination and unpaid commissions. Plaintiffs Michelle Cofer, Keedic Cofer, Cortez Jenkins, Tameisha Jenkins, Geraldine Andre, Djivenino Andre, Marlon Hester Sr. and Monika Griffin filed a proposed class-action in Michigan on November 14th, 2022. An Amended Complaint was filed on March 27th, 2023, which this article […]

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Youngevity’s Innov8tive Nutrition “no vitamins” suit dismissed

Youngevity’s renewed legal action against Dave and Barb Pitcock has come to an end. As per a March 22nd order, the Pitcocks and defendants Innov8tive Nutrition, LaCore Enterprises, LaCore Nutraceuticals and LaCore Labs prevailed on a motion to dismiss. Dave and Barb Pitcock (right) head up Innov8tive Nutrition, with Barb serving as CEO. Innov8tive Nutrition

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inCruises tries to finesse Poland’s pyramid scheme warning

After covering Poland’s July 2022 pyramid scheme warning a few days ago, my interest was piqued when inCruises’ response popped up in my news feed. Upon clicking through, I was surprised to see inCruises response was dated March 22nd. A cursory poke around left me unable to definitively establish that inCruises backdated their press-release, presumably

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Trust Your Universe securities fraud warning from Germany

Trust Your Universe has received a securities fraud warning from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). As per BaFin’s December 22nd consumer protection notice; Providers of banking transactions or financial services in Germany require a license under the KWG . BaFin clarifies that Universe Trading LLC does not have a license under the KWG to conduct banking business or provide financial services.

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Trust Your Universe securities fraud warning from Austria

Trust Your Universe has received a securities fraud warning from Austria’s Financial Market Authority. As per the FMA’s March 17th warning; Danger! The FMA warns against doing business with: Universe Trading LLC / Trust Your Universe This provider is not authorized to provide banking transactions in Austria that require a license. The provider is therefore

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InCruises pyramid scheme warning from Poland

InCruises has received a pyramid scheme fraud warning from Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKIK). UOKIK avoids using the term “pyramid scheme”, instead referring to inCruises as a “consortium system”, “syndicated scheme” and “Argentinian system”. InCruises’ described business model however is unmistakably a pyramid scheme. A constant flow of new money is essential

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Ryan Ginster sentenced to 2+ years in prison for MLM Ponzis

Prolific MLM crypto Ponzi admin Ryan Mark Ginster has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. Ginster’s sentenced was handed down following a entry of a guilty plea last December. The DOJ filed charges in November 2021, alleging Ginster (right) was behind a string of Ponzi schemes; Social Profimatic, Automatic Bitcome, My Micro Profits, eProfit

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