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Wantage One securities investor warning issued in Austria

Austria’s Financial Market Authority has issued a public investor warning pertaining to Wantage One. Wantage One, a Ponzi scheme in its own right, is a spinoff of Antony Norman’s Wellmont Capital linked scams. The Financial Market Authority (FMA) is is Austria’s top financial regulator. As per the FMA’s November 13th warning, Wantage One is not

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PayDiamond scammer Dilhermano Gonçalves arrested in Brazil

Brazilian authorities have arrested Dilhermano Pereira Gonçalves, a key figure in the PayDiamond Ponzi scheme. Gonçalves was arrested on November 5th, on a warrant  following his indictment. Pay Diamond was a Ponzi scheme launched in early 2017. By mid-year the scheme appears to have collapsed. Gonçalves (right) is one of five accused. Authorities are also

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InfoTrax settle FTC Act consumer privacy and security violations

The FTC has gone after MLM services provider InfoTrax for multiple violations of the FTC Act. InfoTrax is a well-established services provider within the MLM industry. The company is based out of Utah was founded in 1988 by CEO Mark Rawlins. InfoTrax’s client list features a number of well-known MLM brands, including doTerra, Xango and

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Daniel Pacheco’s hilarious fraud lawsuit answers rejected

Daniel Pacheco’s hilarious answers to the SEC’s iPro Network fraud lawsuit have been rejected by the court. Back in August we covered Pacheco’s hilarious answers to the SEC’s lawsuit. According to Pacheco (right), the SEC can’t sue him because; a statute of limitations applies; “the SEC did not suffer any actual damages”; and Pacheco “may

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Silverstar Live & Mahmouds settle CFTC fraud for $75,000

Silver Star Live and owners Hassan Mahmoud and Candace Ross-Mahmoud have agreed to settle Commodity Exchange Act violations. Silver Star Live appeared on BehindMLM’s radar earlier this year. Following analysis of the companies business model, we concluded Silverstar Live was engaged in securities fraud. When Ted Nuyten at BusinessForHome raised the same concerns a few

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Cloud Token withdrawal delays (1 month+), leaders fighting

Uneasy alliances forged with the common goal of fleecing Cloud Token investors are coming to an end. Cloud Token withdrawals have been suspended for a month or more in some instances. Company support is MIA, reports of selective withdrawal payments are emerging and affiliates are getting restless. Cloud Token’s top “C4” recruiters are buckling under

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iMarketLive’s CPSG lawsuit abandoned, dismissed by court

iMarketsLive filed a defamation suit against Copy Profit Success Global mid last year. Due to inaction on iMarketsLive’s part, the lawsuit has now been dismissed. In addition to CPSG, individual defendants named in iMarketsLive’s suit were Joel Santiago, Joe Oits, Muhammad Zidan (aka Mack Zidan, Mack Mills), Gregory Perdriel, Carlos Santiago and Robbie Issa. Shortly

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