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Trevon James Brown’s BitConnect settlement conference has been delayed till April 2025. After telling the court he couldn’t pay his BitConnect fines last year, James was appointed pro-bono counsel on January 2nd. On January 23rd, James’ new counsel filed a consent letter with the court, requesting the upcoming February 7th settlement conference be postponed. As…
Holton Buggs has been sanctioned for failing to cooperate with the Traders Domain Receiver. As detailed by the Receiver in his February 5th Second Report; Defendant Buggs refused to provide information regarding his assets as required by the Court’s orders, and he refused the Receiver’s attempts to depose him regarding his assets. As a result,…
Prime University fails to provide ownership or executive details on its website. In fact Prime University explicitly hides information about itself, having disabled its website domain: It goes without saying that any MLM company that engages in this practice is likely doing so to cover up fraud of some sort. To access Prime University, promoters…
Manifest has received a securities fraud warning from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Citing Manifest by its parent UK shell company Manifest Ventures Ltd., the FCA’s January 29th warning states; [Manifest Ventures Ltd] may be providing or promoting financial services or products without our permission. You should avoid dealing with this firm and beware…
CoopC, aka CUIR (cooperative universal income replacement), fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. CoopC’s website domain (“coopc.com”), was first registered in August 2013. The private registration was last updated on December 19th, 2022. Further research reveals David Rosen promoting CoopC on social media: Rosen, a Canadian resident, first popped up on…
Payza’s Firoz Patel has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for obstruction (~3 years and 5 months). Patel pled guilty to obstruction in September 2024. The charges were in relation to Patel stashing 450 bitcoin prior to beginning his Payza prison sentence. Patel pled guilty to Payza money laundering charges in 2020. He was…
Wanted fugitive Vladimir “Lado” Okhotnikov has rebranded his collapsed Meta Force Ponzi as Holiverse. Holiverse was announced on October 10th, 2024: The reboot follows Meta Force’s collapse in late 2022, and two years of Okhotnikov stringing along gullible investors – mostly from India. As of December 2024, SimilarWeb tracked top sources of traffic to Holiverse’s…
Jason Cardiff has been declared a fugitive on the run from US authorities. The court’s declaration follows a February 4th ex-parte motion from the DOJ, seeking fugitive status and an arrest warrant. In its February 5th order the court advised “an arrest warrant will issue”. Cardiff’s fugitive status was confirmed following failure to return to…
Thailand has cut power, internet and petrol supplies to Chinese scam factories operating near its Myanmar border. While I’d like to report Thailand is finally acting to address years of rampant financial fraud, unfortunately it’s just trying to protect tourism. Chinese scam factories, filled with human-trafficked Chinese and foreign national slaves, are behind the plague…
Orbitray fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Orbitray’s website domain (“orbitray.cc”), was privately registered on January 13th, 2025. 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. Orbitray’s Products Orbitray fails to…