Plaintiffs United Investor Neighborhood INC., Lyadunni Udugba and Olungbenga Bernard Adesuyi have filed a RICO class-action in opposition to OmegaPro and related scammers.
United Investor Neighborhood, Udugba and Olungbenga are all primarily based out of Florida. Udugba and Olungbenga characterize themselves to be OmegaPro victims.
Within the Grievance, United Investor Neighborhood is cited as a
not-for-profit Company duly integrated within the State of Florida.
The group represents tens of 1000’s of members who have been preyed upon by the Defendants to spend money on the Ponzi Scheme.
Its members collectively invested over 500 million {dollars} with OMEGAPRO and GO GLOBAL.
United Investors Neighborhood Inc was integrated in Florida on June 18th, 2024 and has 5 administrators:
- Olayemi S. Ayodele (President)
- Theophilus O Oseyi (Vice-President)
- Hannah O Adeyemi (Secretary)
- Lyadunni Udugba (Treasurer)
- Bolaji Taiwo (Member)
Contemplating United Buyers Neighborhood was integrated a yr and a half after OmegaPro collapsed and two and a half months previous to submitting, the idea it’s claiming illustration of OmegaPro victims on is unclear.
Named defendants within the 100 and 5 web page First Amended Grievance, filed within the Southern District of Miami on February thirteenth, 2025 are (something in quotes is straight from the Grievance):
- OmegaPro LTD, aka OmegaPro Foreign exchange LTD – 200% ROI MLM crypto Ponzi (as reviewed by BehindMLM in January 2019)
- GoGlobal Foreign exchange LTD – reboot of OmegaPro (as reviewed by BehindMLM in February 2023), after it collapsed in November 2022
- Merchants Area Foreign exchange LTD – A collapsed Ponzi scheme that OmegaPro is believed to have been feeding investor funds into
- the United Arab Emirates – “being sued on its capability because the employer of the Sheikh of Dubai for failure to oversee”
- the Metropolis of Dubai – MLM crime capital of the world and cited “employer of the Sheik of Dubai”
- Sheikh Saoud Faisal Sultan Al Qassimi – “a member of the royal household [and] a billionaire belonging to essentially the most elite household within the Center East [who] used his fame and affect to advertise a number of Ponzi scheme [sic]”, and cited “buy of OneCoin”
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum – “Crown Sheikh of Dubai … [who] used his fame, fortune and affect to advertise OmegaPro”
- Michael Shannon Sims – cited Florida resident and cited as OmegaPro’s “Chief Strategic Advisor”
- John C Maxwell – cited Georgia resident and cited “OmegaPro Ambassador … [who] used his affect to recruit 1000’s of individuals to spend money on OmegaPro”
- Jordan Ross Belfort – cited Florida resident who “used his fame and standing to advertise OmegaPro and brought on a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals to spend money on the Ponzi scheme”
- Andreas Attila Szakacs – cited Swedish nationwide and OmegaPro co-founder, arrested in Turkey in mid 2024 and believed to nonetheless be in Turkish custody
- Dilawar Singh – cited German nationwide, co-founder and Chief Community Officer of OmegaPro
- Nader Poordeljoo – cited Dutch Nationwide residing in Germany, OmegaPro President and Go International COO
- Eric Thomas – US nationwide “and a motivational speaker who used his affect to persuade a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals to spend money on OmegaPro”
- Stephane Plante – cited Canadian nationwide, cited OmegaPro promoter who “recruit[ed] US citizen[s] to speculate] and “serial promoter of a number of Ponzi scheme[s]”
- Nick Lemay – cited Canadian nationwide, cited as an OmegaPro “ambassador and promoter” and “serial promoter of Ponzi scheme[s]”
- Juan Carlos Reynoso Sr. – cited US nationwide and Florida resident, OmegaPro Supervisor of Latin America and Go International Chief Gross sales Officer
- Juan Carlos Reynoso Jr. – cited US nationwide and Florida resident, son of Reynoso Sr., an OmegaPro and Go International promoter and “serial promoter of Ponzi scheme[s]”
- Ali Khalil, aka AK Khalil – cited US nationwide “residing between Dubai and Michigan”, CEO of Go International
- Eric Worre – cited US nationwide and Nevada resident, OmegaPro’s Strategic Coach “recruiting 1000’s of individuals to spend money on the Ponzi scheme”
- Marina Worre – cited spouse of Eric Worre and “promoter of OmegaPro”
- Steven Seagal – cited twin citizen of US and Russia, “used his fame and fortune to advertise OmegaPro”
- Marcus Todd Brisco – cited Hawaii resident who “labored with [Mike Sims]” as an OmegaPro promoter
- Tin Quoc Tran – cited California resident, co-owner of SAEG Capital Administration and OmegaPro cash launderer
- Francisco David Story – cited Utah resident and co-owner of SAEG Capital Administration and OmegaPro cash launderer
- Fredirick “Ted” Safranko – cited Canadian nationwide, founding father of The Merchants Area and OmegaPro cash launderer
- Robert D. Collazo Jr. – cited Florida resident, co-founder of Algo Capital LLC and OmegaPro cash launderer
- Juan Herman – cited Florida resident, co-founder and Vice President of Algo Capital LLC and OmegaPro cash launderer
- Chadli Mekid – cited French nationwide and OmegaPro Ambassador who focused “members of the African disapora in France”
- Mohamed Medhi Cherif – cited Tunisia nationwide residing in Dubai, Pulse World proprietor and OmegaPro promoter
- Algo FX Capital Advisor LLC – US shell firm co-owned by Michael Sims and Todd brisco, used to launder OmegaPro and The Merchants Area investor funds
- Yas Castellum LLC – US shell firm owned by Michael Sims, used to launder OmegaPro and The Merchants Area investor funds
- The Merchants Area – cited Singapore firm used to launder OmegaPro and Go International investor funds
- SAEG Capital Administration LP – US shell firm used to launder OmegaPro and Go International investor funds
- Dealer Group LTD – cited Panama shell firm owned by Andreas Szakacs, Michael Sims and Dilawar Singh
- Pulse World – Panama shell firm used to launder OmegaPro and Go International investor funds
- Omega Professional LTD – BVI and St. Vincent and the Grenadines shell firm, co-owned by Andreas Szakacs, Michael Sims and Dilawar Singh
- Neptune Commerce LTD – UK shell firm owned by Patel Rehana, used to launder OmegaPro investor funds
- OMP Cash LTD – UK shell firm owned by Andreas Szakacs, used to launder OmegaPro investor funds
- OMP Alternate – UK shell firm owned by Andreas Szakacs, used to launder OmegaPro, Go International and Dealer Group investor funds
- ZXN Funding Holding LTD – UK, Australia and Panama shell firm cited as working from Dubai, owned by Marc Despallieres and used to launder OmegaPro and Go International investor funds
- SAEG Capital Administration – US shell firm used to launder OmegaPro and Go International investor funds
Though it solely just lately got here throughout my desk, the unique United Buyers Neighborhood Grievance was filed on August thirty first, 2024.
Listed here are the numerous updates between then and now as per the case docket:
- October 4th, 2024 – Eric and Marina Worre filed a joint Movement to Dismiss
- October sixteenth, 2024 – Jordan Ross Belfort filed a Movement to Dismiss
- October twenty ninth, 2024 – Francisco David Story filed a Movement to Dismiss
- October thirty first, 2024 – Juan Carlos Reynoso filed a Movement to Dismiss
- December 2nd, 2024 – Plaintiffs got until December 2nd, 2024 to serve all US-based Defendants
- January twenty second, 2025 – Plaintiffs got until March third, 2025 to serve all US-based Defendants
The Amended Grievance was filed on February thirteenth, 2025 – as directed by the court docket on the January twenty second listening to.
Allegations of fraud within the Amended Grievance pertain to Omega Professional and Go International, which BehindMLM has been masking intimately since January 2019.
Defendant, OMEGAPRO, LTD, was integrated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in Might 2018 by overseas nationals ROBERT VELGHE and ANDREAS SZAKACS.
OmegaPro’s web site invited buyers to earn passive earnings of as much as 300% by taking part in one of many world’s greatest and most worthwhile funding alternative.
Defendants focused unsophisticated buyers, a lot of whom didn’t learn about cryptocurrency, its volatility, or the dangers concerned.
Defendants ANDREAS ATTILA SZAKACS, MICHAEL SHANNON SIMS and STEVEN SEAGAL, turned prime promoters with the very best ceremonial title of “ambassadors,” having recruited over 200,000 buyers who collectively invested not less than $900 million.
On or round March 20, 2019, Defendant, Andreas Szakacs additionally hosted an occasion in Dubia, attended by the Prince of Dubai, and Steven Seagal selling OMEGAPRO as a secure funding.
Following the discharge of the video with the Prince of Dubai, HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN MAKTOUM BIN JUMA AL MAKTOUM, SHEIKH of DUBAI and well-known actor Steven Seagal in attendance, a whole bunch of 1000’s of individuals flooded the web site to speculate cash.
Web site site visitors to Omegapro elevated by 100-fold from earlier months.
In actual fact, every week after the publication of the video of the looks of the Sheikh of Dubai and Steven Seagal, members of United Investor Neighborhood doubled their preliminary funding particularly as a result of they believed that the Sheikhs of Dubai wouldn’t have participated on this promotion occasion of OMEGAPRO if OMEGAPRO was a Ponzi scheme.
From 2018 to 2022, Defendant collected over 4 billion {dollars} from buyers everywhere in the world.
From August 2017 by means of November 2022, OmegaPro took in over 10 billion {dollars}’ value of investor cryptocurrency however the overwhelming majority of it remained in OmegaPro’s wallets with the fee processor.
Solely a tiny fraction, $16 million, was ever deposited by Defendants with the OmegaPro buying and selling platform for buying and selling.
The ROI posted weekly to buyers’ accounts was solely fabricated by the Defendants.
In Ponzi scheme style, the “income” and recruitment bonuses Omegapro paid to buyers didn’t come from buying and selling income however from deposits of different buyers.
In November of 2022, Defendant knowledgeable buyers that its web site had been hacked by some unknown hackers. See under press launch revealed in Instagram.
Within the … communication, defendant promised that shoppers would be capable of entry their accounts and make withdrawals of their funds.
This by no means occurred. Dealer Group, LTD was one other ruse to delay buyers from taking actions once more Omegapro.
Omegapro then introduced that the issue had been resolved with Dealer Group, and that all the current accounts can be transferred to Go International.
Defendants, Andreas Szakacs, and others moved over from OmegaPro to Go International, one other Ponzi Scheme.
Regardless of the promise that by means of Go International buyers would be capable of entry their accounts and withdraw their cash, the Defendants had no intent of doing that.
On or about July 2, 2024 a French legislation agency filed a category motion lawsuit in opposition to Omegapro and Go world alleging legal fraud.
Because the submitting of the legislation corporations, the defendants related to Omegapro and named on this grievance had gone into hiding.
Lastly, on July 10, 2024, Turkish authorities arrested the grasp thoughts behind Omegapro, Andreas Szakacs, and are nonetheless trying to find the remainder of Omega’s principals.
There’s much more within the Amended Grievance however a lot of it rehashes the OmegaPro Ponzi scheme and associated developments, which BehindMLM has already coated.
Particular to Eric Worre although, the Amended Grievance states;
Defendant, ERIC WORRE, one of many prime promoters of OmegaPro, opened an account in his identify and two extra accounts for the entities he owned and managed and strategically positioned recruited buyers below his three accounts to maximise his recruitment bonuses.
Defendant, WORRE, acquired all of the ROI funds and recruitment bonuses awarded to his entities by OmegaPro.
By means of this design, his entity TPN (The Individuals’s Community), and Merchants Area, ERIC WORRE turned an Ambassador for Omega, serving to OmegaPro recruit extra victims and on the similar time sweeps hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in Ponzi fraud.
And curiously it seems the crypto trade Gemini started blocking OmegaPro transactions from early 2022;
By February 2022, Gemini alerted clients that they have been sending funds to “a rip-off referred to as Omegapro,” that Omegapro was a “Ponzi” scheme, that sending funds to Omegapro from Gemini was not permissible, and that any transaction with Omegapro would end in closure of the investor’s account.
Beneath is a pattern of 1 such e-mail to a OmegaPro investor from Gemini on March 18, 2022:
Based mostly on our evaluate, it seems that you’ve got fallen sufferer to an funding rip-off by **OmegaPro**.
These funding scams (often known as “get wealthy fast” or “ponzi” schemes) will be quite elaborate…If you need to proceed with **OmegaPro** regardless of these warnings, we kindly ask that you simply withdraw your funds from Gemini and please use a distinct platform.
Gemini froze the property of many buyers who transferred and acquired cryptocurrency to and from Omegapro.
The United Buyers Neighborhood Plaintiffs search to characterize OmegaPro buyers who deposited funds into the rip-off between January 2018 and December 2023 and have been “financially broken”.
That’s to say buyers who, all mentioned and performed, misplaced cash although the scheme (notice this excludes buyers who may need misplaced their funding however nonetheless turned a revenue by means of MLM commissions).
Whereas the precise variety of Class members is unknown to Plaintiff presently and will be ascertained solely by means of applicable discovery, Plaintiff believes that there are a whole bunch of 1000’s of members within the proposed Class.
Excluded from the Class are Defendants herein, the officers and administrators of Omegapro, OmegaPro, LTD, Merchants Area Foreign exchange, LTD, SAEG Capital Administration, Algo Capital, LLC, Yas Castellum Monetary, LLC, Omnia Tech, ZXN Funding Holding, LTD, OMP Alternate, members of their quick households and their authorized representatives, heirs, successors or assigns and any entity during which Defendants have or had a controlling curiosity.
Causes of motion in opposition to the defendants within the Amended Grievance embody:
- conduct or participation in a RICO Enterprise by means of a sample of racketeering exercise
- acquisition and upkeep of an curiosity in and management of an enterprise engaged in a sample of racketeering exercise
- use of earnings derived from a sample of racketeering exercise within the operations of an enterprise engaged in actions which have an effect on interstate of overseas commerce
- conspiracy to interact in a sample of racketeering exercise
- breach of contract
- breach of implied covenant of excellent religion and honest dealing
- unjust enrichment
- conversion/theft/embezzlement
- widespread legislation fraud
- intentional misrepresentation
- civil conspiracy
- use of earnings from a sample of racketeering exercise within the operation of an enterprise below Florida Racketeering Act
- conduct or participation in an enterprise by means of a sample of racketeering exercise below Florida Racketeering Act
- acquisition and upkeep of an curiosity in or management over any enterprise below Florida Racketeering Act
- conspiracy to violate the provisions of Florida Racketeering Act
- intentional infliction of emotional misery
- negligent infliction of emotional misery
- exemplary punitive damages
- statutory declare for fraudulent conveyance
- violation of Florida Basic Enterprise Regulation
- commodities fraud in violation of Florida Basic Enterprise Regulation
- failure to register in violation of Florida Basic Enterprise Regulation
- injunctive aid
- accounting and insurance coverage
- failure to oversee (Dubai and the UAE) and
- aiding and abetting fraud (Sheikh Mohammed bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Steven Seagal, Jordan Belfort, Eric Worre and Marina Worre)
The scope of the Plaintiff’s case is fairly massive, which I suppose is what you need in a proposed class-action. Unsure how suing Dubai and the household operating the place will go although.
OmegaPro was clearly a fraudulent funding scheme so I’d think about the class-action will come all the way down to who will be held accountable for what.
However points with serving defendants situated in hidey-holes like Dubai. Or Andreas Szakacs being held in custody in Turkey on unknown costs.
There’s additionally the specter of US regulatory or legal proceedings staying the class-action in some unspecified time in the future.
The CFTC look like making their approach by means of the OmegaPro mess. A civil fraud lawsuit in opposition to the SAEG scammers in February 2023. A second lawsuit was filed in opposition to The Merchants Area scammers in October 2024.
There may be important crossover between SAEG, The Merchants Area and OmegaPro.
Whereas we will’t affirm something, I’d be very shocked if we didn’t see OmegaPro associated US regulatory and/or legal fraud costs filed in some unspecified time in the future.
Within the meantime, keep tuned for updates as BehindMLM continues to trace the OmegaPro civil class-action fraud case.