Smart Desktop AI, aka AI Profit, fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Smart Desktop AI’s website domain (“smartdesktop.ai”), was privately registered on an unknown date Smart Desktop AI marketing features present Corey Price as an owner of the company. Price claims he’s working with other “owner guys” who he doesn’t reference [Continue reading…]
Source: Smart Desktop AI Review: Automated spam pyramid scheme

Roman Ziemian has been added to BehindMLM’s DMCA Wall of Shame. Ziemian, a wanted fugitive and co-founder of the collapsed FutureNet Ponzi scheme, appears to be trying to hide reporting on his criminal activity. Ziemian, or someone acting on Zieman’s behalf, filed two bogus DMCA takedown notices against BehindMLM. The first notice was received on [Continue reading…]
Source: Roman Ziemian added to BehindMLM’s DMCA Wall of Shame

IOI Mall fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. IOI Mall’s website domain (“ioi-mall.com”), was registered with bogus details on July 24th, 2024. Of note is IOI Mall’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running [Continue reading…]
Source: IOI Mall Review: Stolen identity “click a button” Ponzi

PixelTap USDT fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. PixelTap USDT’s website domain (“pixeltap-usdt.com”), was registered with bogus details on July 28th, 2024. Of note is PixelTap USDT’s website domain being registered through the Chinese registrar Alibaba (Singapore). As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running [Continue reading…]
Source: PixelTap USDT Review: Stolen identity “click a button” Ponzi

Club Ten operates in the ecommerce MLM niche. The company is based out of Dubai through the Planet Empire FZCO shell company. Heading up Club Ten are co-founders Dennis Bay, James Lee (aka Lee Keng Cheong), Enrico Garcia and Erick Kalugdan. Bay and Lee are from Singapore, Garcia and Kalugdan are from the Philippines. All [Continue reading…]
Source: Club Ten Review: Dubai ecommerce pyramid scheme

Andreas Szakacs, co-founder of the OmegaPro Ponzi scheme, appears to have been arrested in Turkey. BehindMLM first learned of Szakacs purported arrest in Turkey a few weeks ago. A reader wrote in and provided what appeared to be credible evidence. They asked us not to share specifics pending permission from the source though. We obliged. [Continue reading…]
Source: OmegaPro’s Andreas Szakacs arrested in Turkey

AB Quantify fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. AB Quantify has three known website domains: abqf.cc – privately registered on July 3rd, 2024 (already abandoned) abqf.uk – privately registered on July 3rd, 2024 abqt4.com – privately registered on July 25th, 2024 Despite existing for less than a month, on its website [Continue reading…]
Source: AB Quantify Review: Quantitative trading “click a button” Ponzi

As part of our “Follow the Money” research strategy, we look at online casino and gambling schemes and analyze the facilitating payment processors. We often discover FinTechs such as Revolut, MoonPay or Binance Pay, but also many open banking service providers such as Noda. We also discovered a number of facilitating payment processors at the online casinos of the Starscream Group in addition to illegal activities. Here is our review.

The delivery procedure has been going on for many months now and seems to be coming to an end. The co-founder of Terraform Labs and accused fraudster, Do Kwon, is set to be extradited from Montenegro to his native South Korea following a ruling from Montenegro’s Appellate Court. This decision confirms an earlier ruling by the High Court of Podgorica, prioritizing South Korea’s extradition request over that of the United States.

Arm Trade, or Advanced Robotic Management Trade, fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website. Arm Trade’s website domain (“armtrades.com”), was privately registered on June 27th, 2023. Of note is Arm Trade citing “Dubai Time Zone” in their marketing material: Due to the proliferation of scams and failure to enforce securities fraud regulation, [Continue reading…]
Source: Arm Trade Review: AI trading bot ruse Ponzi

Christiaan A. Alberdingk Thijm, a partner at the prestigious Amsterdam-based law firm bureau Brandeis, is known for his extensive experience in complex litigation involving high stakes in information law. He claims expertise in reputation management. Among his clients are Rudolf Booker and Dirk-Jan Bakker. The latter launched a SLAPP action against FinTelegram via Thijm and other lawyers, which raised several questions about the motives and implications behind this legal battle.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Abraham Shafi, the founder and former CEO of the social media startup Get Together Inc. d/b/a IRL, with defrauding investors by providing false and misleading information about the company’s growth and concealing personal use of company funds. Shafi allegedly raised $170 million from investors, presenting IRL as a fast-growing social media platform.