Wished fugitive Vladimir “Lado” Okhotnikov has rebranded his collapsed Meta Drive Ponzi as Holiverse.
Holiverse was introduced on October tenth, 2024:
The reboot follows Meta Drive’s collapse in late 2022, and two years of Okhotnikov stringing alongside gullible buyers – largely from India.
As of December 2024, SimilarWeb tracked high sources of visitors to Holiverse’s web site as India (61), Germany (17%) and Russia (14%).
Russia issued a Meta Drive fraud warning again in 2022.
With Holiverse Okhotnikov had an opportunity to be sincere with buyers about Meta Drive collapsing on account of an absence of latest funding. As an alternative Okhotnikov trotted out baloney about “inside sabotage” and “malicious actors”.
Right now is December 20, 2024. A lot of you might be questioning why it’s taking so lengthy for such a terrific firm to get well? What’s going on? When will all the things lastly be OK?
And it is a cheap query, in fact. As a result of technically we had all the things to revive the system by now and it could have already been if not for sabotage, betrayal. Essentially the most vile betrayal possible, from individuals who I naively thought-about our personal.
The sabotage occurred all through the Meta Drive interval. For a very long time I wasn’t pleased with the administration and work of many departments, and was in search of methods to repair it.
I started to take motion by attracting new groups and in addition to launching new initiatives with out counting on the previous staff.
When the traitors realized they had been shedding management, they made the transfer.
In September they hacked and stole funds from good contracts. A lot of you might need guessed this though we didn’t report it. Not desirous to sow worry locally. However that’s not the worst.
They stole all of the codes and the database with the referral system and left all the things [in] a damaged state for us.
Uh, backups? Whats up?
Just lately, as a lot of you recognize, there was a DDOS assault. It turned out that this assault was truly constructed into the websites’ code. Left behind by the previous staff.
Quickly after the scammers began contacting lots of the leaders of our group. Telling them that, “the Lado venture was about [to] collapse.”
However they claimed that they had all the things wanted to launch a brand new venture. Principally a duplicate of ours.
Additionally they unfold negativity about us, incite criminals in opposition to us and tried to prepare provocations. They’re waging a ware in opposition to us.
We have now already taken all measures. We’re working with regulation enforcement companies and high cyber safety consultants.
My message to the scammers is straightforward:
Return the funds and information you stole. This may velocity up all the things.
We have now sufficient proof and clues however most definitely they’re too grasping to hear. Too envious to understand actuality.
So, we’re not ready for them anymore. Sure, we tried to barter with them for some time however it was [a] waste of time. Now we’re taking motion.
It is vitally laborious. It’s scary. When it appears like all the things is falling aside and slipping uncontrolled, the best factor would have been to surrender. Stroll away and begin one thing new from scratch.
However I’ll by no means abandon the group. I’ll battle for you.
I decided to rebuild and make the corporate even higher for you. Proper now we’re auditing all departments and have introduced in a brand new high-level staff.
I’m surrounded by people who find themselves totally dedicated to the mission.
We’ve additionally discovered from the previous errors and are actually not solely constructing exterior but in addition inside safety. The system mustn’t defend on the human issue anymore.
On the identical time we’re finalizing the authorized points, in order that any participant can really feel assured and protected in any nation.
This may even permit us to open firm workplaces everywhere in the world.
Subsequent week we’ll share extra particulars.
It will have in fact been simpler for Okhotnikov to confess Meta Drive’s withdrawals exceed new funding – however right here we’re.
In a nutshell, Holiverse is extra of the identical fraud carrying over from Meta Drive. Meta Drive’s metaverse grift has been changed with a gaming grift:
What’s Royalty?
Royalty is a standing program the place you obtain Royalty bonuses, applied within the type of NFTs. The standing program consists of seven ranges of NFTs. Royalty bonuses are accrued based mostly on the overall turnover of Holiverse packages.
How can I get Royalty?
You must attain stage 5 within the Tactile GameAf system and stage 3 in Uniteverse GameAf to create Simply NFTs.
NFTs are nonetheless getting used to trace funding positions. And holichain (HC) has been created as a brand new firm token to proceed soliciting funding via (Meta Drive solicited funding in BUSD).
As Holiverse is a reboot of Meta Drive, Meta Drive was a reboot of Okhotnikov’s five-times collapsed Forsage gifting Ponzi.
In August 2022, the SEC filed civil Forsage fraud prices in opposition to Okhotnikov and ten accomplices.
In February 2023 Okhotnikov (proper) was indicted on Forsage associated prison prices. Having failed to show himself in, Oknotnikov stays a fugitive wished by US authorities.
Oknikov’s fugitive standing makes his Holiverse nonsense about “working with regulation enforcement companies” all of the extra amusing.
Okhotnikov, believed to carry a Russian passport, was final identified to be splitting his time between Georgia (the nation) and Dubai.
Trying ahead, the final announcement Holiverse printed was a January twenty first YouTube video on Holidex:
A go to to HoliDex’s web site reveals, as of February seventh 2025, redirection to a dodgy Vietnamese on line casino.