Anonymous Trading fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Anonymous Trading’s website domain (“anonymoustrading.io”), was registered back in August 2021. The private registration was last updated on Match 19th, 2022. SimilarWeb currently tracks top sources of traffic to Anonymous Trading’s website as the Czech Republic (32%), Germany (16%), Spain (12%), Venezuela (11%) …
After his profiting from the Crowd1 Ponzi scheme came to an end, Mark Seyforth re-launched Cforth in May 2022. BehindMLM reviewed Cforth in October 2022, at the time noting the majority of Cforth’s website traffic originated from the Philippines. Today traffic to Cforth website has dropped to just a few thousand visits a month. This …
In addition to Pablo Renato Rodriguez, all five other defendants have also pled guilty. On the chopping block we have: Gutemberg dos Santos – AirBit Club co-owner Karina Chairez – AirBit Club Master Council promoter Cecilia Millan – AirBit Club Master Council promoter Jackie Aguilar – AirBit Club National Entrepreneur promoter and Scott Hughes – …
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Pablo Renato Rodriguez has pled guilty to an AirBit Club criminal charge. Rodriguez and partner in crime Gutemberg Dos Santos, were indicted in 2020 on criminal charges relating to AirBit Club. AirBit Club was a ~$20 million “bitcoin mining” MLM Ponzi Rodriguez and dos Santos launched in 2016. Rodriguez originally pled not guilty to the …
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MetaStake operates in the MLM cryptocurrency niche. Without providing any specific addresses, MetaStake represents it is based out of the UK, Thailand and Seychelles. MetaStake operates from two primary website domains: metastakecoin.com – privately registered on October 2nd, 2022 metastakecoin.io – privately registered on October 16th, 2022 Heading up MetaStake we have co-founder and COO …
AutoTrade Golder founder and CEO Dinar Wahyu Saptian Dyfrig, better known as Wahyu Kenzo, has been arrested in Indonesia. Indonesian authorities allege AutoTrade Gold was a 9 trillion INR Ponzi scheme (~$582 million USD). An investigation into Kenzo was opened following complaints from AutoTrade Gold investors. That initial investigation revealed 141 local victims of the …
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Save Crypto Staking fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Save Crypto Staking’s website domain (“savecryptostaking.com”), was privately registered on December 24th, 2022. 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. Save …
Joshua David Nicholas has been ordered to pay $3.3 million in restitution. The order follows Nicholas pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud last September. That plea led to a 51 month prison sentence, handed down a few months later in November. As reviewed by BehindMLM in June 2021, EmpiresX was …
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Met500 operates in the MLM cryptocurrency niche. The company represents it is based out of the UK. Met500’s website domain (“met500.com”), was privately registered on September 6th, 2022. Met500’s official FaceBook page was created on December 29th. The company launched on January 5th. Met500 provides bogus executive information on its website: None of Met500’s presented …
NewULife has filed an anti-SLAPP response to Awakend’s defamation lawsuit against them. Awakend’s lawsuit was filed on December 23rd, 2022. BehindMLM covered the suit on January 3rd, 2023. Alleged causes of action against NewULife include defamation as slander, defamation at trade libel, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, tortious interference with contractual relationship , breach of …
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