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In reporting on Velovita’s acquisition of Jeunesse earlier this month, I very much felt like something was amiss. Marketing suggested Velovita had only acquired rights to certain regions, putting a question mark on the rest of Jeunesse’s business. This was on top of allegations made by Jeunesse co-founder Randy Ray in October, placing former Jeunesse…
Leonardo Cositorto, who is currently on trial as founder of the Generation Zoe Ponzi, is proving to be quite the drama queen. Cositorto’s latest stunt sees him reported to have barricaded himself in his cell. With the court waiting on his appearance to continue the trial, the “President of the Court” ordered Cositorto forcibly removed….
The Profit Connect Receiver has received permission to make an interim distribution. On December 19th, 2024, the court approved pro rata distribution of $8 million in recovered funds to Profit Connect victims with a valid claim. The “interim” designation of the distribution is due to pending resolution of several outstanding claims. Five Profit Connect victims…
The TrageTech Ponzi scheme has collapsed. TrageTech’s website was disabled on December 12th, following an original October 2024 collapse and multiple US regulatory fraud warnings. TrageTech was an MLM crypto Ponzi originally fronted by Boris CEO Michael Hearn. After BehindMLM outed Hearn as Thailand-based UK national Daniel Poole, TrageTech rolled out a second Boris CEO:…
Trage Tech, aka Trage Technologies, has received a securities fraud cease and desist from the Georgia Commissioner of Securities. The Commissioner’s order also cites Eric Ture Muhammad, a serial fraudster and Trage Tech promoter. An investigation by the Georgia Commissioner revealed; Trage began operating in early 2024 and is now offering investment in an automated…
8 Figure Dream Lifestyle’s three co-founders have received prison sentences. On December 16th, 2024; Alex Dee was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.84 million in forfeiture Brian Kaplan was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.83 million in forfeiture Jerrold Maurer was sentenced to 22 months…
OakSmart has initiated an OAK USD Coin Ponzi exit-scam. OakSmart’s exit-scam was announced two days after BehindMLM reviewed OakSmart, and California’s DFPI issued an OakSmart securities fraud desist and refrain order. As per OakSmart’s December 8th announcement, the OAK USD Coin exit-scam will begin on December 25th. Investors gullible enough to pump more money into…
Family First Life and Tiffany Tranghese have reached a settlement. Details are still being finalized but the settlement is expected to resolve Tranghese’s allegations of sexual harassment as a former Family First Life employee. A scheduled December 12th settlement conference was put on ice as the parties neared finalizing a settlement in the weeks prior….
Back in September Seacret Direct, formerly a personal care MLM company, rebranded itself as Viago and Club Viago. Seacret Direct’s former website now redirects to a Viago branded website. Somewhat confusingly, there’s also a separate Club Viago website set up to market the same company. To keep things simple I’m going to refer to Viago…
TTK fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. TTK operates from three known website domains: ttkal.com – privately registered in June 7th, 2024 ttkappl.com – registered with bogus details on June 4th, 2024 app.ttkcorp.org – privately registered on February 6th, 2024 On its websites TTK represents it is based out Colorado in…