The Merchants Area Ponzi MLM investor grasp record

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A few 12 months in the past BehindMLM revealed an inventory of the highest MLM business figures within the Merchants Area Ponzi scheme.

The information was based mostly of information obtained by Coffeezilla…

…and featured well-known MLM business figures similar to Holton Buggs and spouse Earlene Buggs, Mike Sims, Stormy Wellington, Eric Worre and spouse Marina Worre and Jack Fallon.

On the time I requested entry to the complete record from Coffeezilla, which I lastly acquired entry to yesterday.

The entire Merchants Area Ponzi investor record incorporates 9664 entries, a lot of that are duplicate accounts. The whole quantity recorded is $3,370,617,110.85.

The information is offered as correct as of September twentieth, 2022.

Merchants Area collapsed in the direction of the top of 2022, dragging down a number of hooked up Ponzi schemes with it (OmegaPro is of specific curiosity to BehindMLM).

Constructing on the larger names Coffeezilla offered, right now BehindMLM presents the Merchants Area MLM investor grasp record.

  1. “Tin tin” (US, believed to be Tin Quoc Tran) – $1.3 billion, in hiding, copped a $512 million default judgment within the CFTC’s SAEG case in July 2024
  2. Ted Safranko (Canada) – $370.48million, in hiding, copped a $3.8 million default judgment as a part of the CFTC’s SAEG in September 2023
  3. Mike Sims (US, aka Michael Shannon Sims) – $76.4 million, OmegaPro co-founder and Director of Algo Capital (one other $96.4 million), defendant in CFTC’s SAEG case and believed to be a suspect in US prison investigation into OmegaPro
  4. Holton Buggs (US, aka Buggs Legacy) – $75.9 million, govt at Organo, founder iBuumerang and Meta Bounty Hunters (Merchants Area feeder Ponzis)
  5. Disruptive Tech (Estonia) – $59.1 million, shell firm owned by Gilbert Pardla, offered monetary companies to collapsed DagCoin Ponzi scheme and was arrested in October 2022
  6. Joseph McDermott – $25.3 million, (former?) Jeunesse promoter, married to Amani Zein & Eric Worre affiliate
  7. Earlene Buggs (US) – $17,404,854, spouse of Holton Buggs
  8. Legislation Payne (US) – $15.9 million, Click on Funnels promoter
  9. Eric Worre (US) – $14.6 million, disgraced veteran MLM coach/coach who runs Community Advertising Professional, additionally tied to OmegaPro
  10. Vincent Bui (believed to be Vincent Boutin from Canada) – $12.3 million, former Site visitors Monsoon Ponzi promoter who settled with Receiver for an unknown sum in November 2023 (on the time Boutin claimed he “lacked adequate property” to fulfill default judgment)
  11. Stormy Wellington (US) – $26.5 million, Complete Life Adjustments promoter & Holton Buggs and Eric Worre affiliate
  12. Amani Zein (US) – $20.2 million, (former?) Jeunesse promoter, married to Joseph McDermott & Eric Worre affiliate
  13. Jessie Lee (US, believed to be Jessie Lee Ward) – $18 million, former high Pruvit distributor & Eric Worre affiliate, died of most cancers September 2023
  14. MBH Iconics (US) – $10.5 million, a part of Holton Buggs Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi schemes (co-created with Travis Bott)
  15. Alan Bagamaspad (Philippines, US) – $8.6 million, serial promoter of MLM crypto Ponzi schemes
  16. Robert Rakowski (US, aka Bob Rakowski, Dr. Bob) – $7.7 million, Organo Gold & Holton Buggs affiliate
  17. Alexis Romano (US) – $7.6 million, high Isagenix promoter & Eric Worre affiliate
  18. Adam Powell (US) – $10 million, believed to be a relative of serial MLM crypto Ponzi creator Travis Bott
  19. Rabu Gary (US) – $7.5 million, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes by United Funding Group Worldwide, aka UIGI Social Membership (Daisy AI, Troncase, NovaTech FX, Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide, Meta Bounty Hunters)
  20. Marina Worre (US) – $6.8 million, spouse of Eric Worre
  21. Tara Romano (US) – $6 million, high Isagenix promoter
  22. Steve L (UK, believed to be Steve Lawson) – $6 million, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes
  23. Jack Fallon (US) – $5.8 million, founder and CEO of Complete Life Adjustments
  24. David Chessler (US) – $5.2 million, former Max Worldwide promoter (probably invested by Chessler Holdings)
  25. MBH Reserves (US) – $4.8 million, a part of Holton Buggs’ Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi scheme
  26. MLAgents Group (US) – $4.8 million, a part of Travis Bott’s Meta Labs Company Ponzi manufacturing facility
  27. Travis Bott (US) – $4.8 million, serial creator of MLM Ponzi schemes (Ryze AI, Westmyn, Onyx Life-style, Digital Revenue, Meta Bounty Hunters, Meta Lab Company)
  28. Jeremie Sowerby (US) – $4.7 million, serial MLM Ponzi fraudster indicted a number of occasions in 2023 (Now Mining, Softek & Justice Capital, Dunamis Mining)
  29. Eduard Khemchan (US) – $4.4 million, co-founder of the collapsed Daisy AI Ponzi scheme
  30. Savvy Pockets (US) – $4.3 million, owned by Frank DiCrisi & Gregory “Tuffy” Baum
  31. MBH Escrow (US) – $4.2 million, a part of Holton Buggs’ Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi scheme
  32. Nicola Smith Jackson (US) – $4.2 million, former Ardyss Worldwide and Monetary Schooling Companies promoter & Eric Worre affiliate
  33. Peter Hirsch (US) – $4 million, high iBuumerang promoter & Holton Buggs affiliate
  34. Dean Gray (US, aka William Dean Kosage) – $3.8 million, former Amway distributor
  35. Julian Kuschner (US) – $3.6 million, former IM Mastery Academy promoter
  36. Brian Carruthers (US) – $3.6 million, high Authorized Defend promoter
  37. Mentioned Daibes (US) – $3.4 million, PHP Company promoter
  38. Curtis Broome (US) – $3.3 million, claims to have been concerned in MLM since 1991
  39. Rod Smith (US) – $2.8 million, iBuumerang promoter (Holton Buggs’ firm)
  40. Vladislav Stefanov (Dubai, UAE) – $2.8 million, iBuumerang promoter (Holton Buggs’ firm)
  41. Rozell Sims (US, aka Rozell Shannon Sims, Rozelle S. Sims) – $2.6 million, believed to be Michael Shannon Sims’ father
  42. MLA Labs (US) – $2.3 million, a part of Travis Bott’s Meta Labs Company Ponzi manufacturing facility
  43. Gregory Aggesen (US) – $2.3 million, serial MLM Ponzi fraudster who pled responsible to prison costs in April 2024
  44. Ana Juricev (US) – $2.2 million, Holton Buggs’ Government Assistant at iBuumerang
  45. Michael Hill (UK) – $2.2 million, iBuumerang promoter (Holton Buggs’ firm)
  46. Jared Burnett (US) – $2.2 million, high earners in Reside Pure
  47. David Pietsch (US) – $2.1 million, former WorldVentures promoter
  48. Robert Gridelli (US) – $2.1 million, Enagic promoter
  49. John Haremza (US) – $2.1 million, MLM coach/coach who claims to have made $28 million
  50. Brandon Rangel (US) – $2 million, PHP Company promoter
  51. Marcus Brisco (US) – $2 million, proprietor of Yas Castellum, sued by CFTC and labored carefully with Mike Sims to launder stolen investor funds
  52. Jason Bott (US, aka Richard Jason Bott) – $1.9 million, relative of Travis Bott
  53. David Manning (US) – $1.9 million, CEO and President of Xstream Journey, iBuumerang’s journey companies supplier (Holton Buggs’ firm)
  54. Kevin Kernanen (US) – $1.9 million, Travis Bott affiliate courting again to their days as Epic executives
  55. Meta Bounty (US) – $3.4 million, a part of Holton Buggs’ Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi scheme
  56. Block Ops (US) – $1.8 million, advertising and marketing firm owned by Travis Bott
  57. Terrence Grey (US) – $1.8 million, COO of Holton Buggs’ firm iBuumerang
  58. Julie Bott (US) – $1.8 million, believed to be associated to Travis Bott
  59. Annette Bagamaspad (Philippines, US) – $1.8 million, believed to be associated to Alan Bagamaspad
  60. Miguel Rodriguez (US) – $1.7 million, co-founder of iX World Ponzi scheme
  61. Alan Noble (US) – $1.6 million, ASEA promoter
  62. SkyLab Apps (US) – $1.6 million, software program firm owned by Dean Gray
  63. Alanelle Bagamaspad (Philippines, US) – $1.6 million, believed to be associated to Alan Bagamaspad
  64. Thomas Then (US) – $1.6 million, former promoter of the Be pyramid scheme
  65. Avinash Nagamah (UK) – $1.6 million, iBuumerang and Meta Bounty Hunters promoter, Holton Buggs affiliate
  66. John Garofano (US) – $1.5 million, NovaTech FX Ponzi promoter sued by the SEC in August 2024
  67. Leigha Brisco (US) – $1.5 million, believed to be associated to Marcus Todd Brisco (defendant within the CFTC’s SAEG Ponzi case)
  68. Kelly Haupu (US) – $1.5 million, promoter of iBuumerang (Holton Buggs’ firm)
  69. MLAgents Escrow (US) – $1.4 million, a part of Travis Bott’s Meta Labs Company Ponzi manufacturing facility
  70. Evan Klassen (US) – $1.4 million, former Nerium promoter (now Neora), Eric Worre & Mike Sims affiliate (Worre by Go Professional, Sims by an MLM firm (not 100% certain if it was Nerium or one other firm)
  71. MBH Float (US) – $1.3 million, a part of Holton Buggs’ Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi scheme
  72. Jessica Higdon (US) – $853,727, spouse of “Christian Entrepreneur Coach” Ray Higdon
  73. Traverus INC (US) – $832,329, firm owned by David Manning (additionally owns Xstream Journey, journey service supplier to iBuumerang (Holton Buggs’ firm)
  74. Cassie Bott (US, aka Cassandra Powell Bott, Cassie Powell Bott) – $785,536, married to Adam Powell and associated to Travis Bott
  75. Frazer Brookes (US) – $547,477, “social media coach for community entrepreneurs”
  76. MBH Giveaways (US) – $409,298, a part of Holton Buggs’ Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi scheme
  77. Dap Dunbar (US, aka Dapilinu Dunbar) – $406,779, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, sued by the SEC as a NovaTech FX promoter in August 2024
  78. MBH Charity (US) – $395,683, a part of Holton Buggs’ Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi scheme
  79. Darren Little (US) – $387,610, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, often works with Ari Maccabi
  80. Vitaliy Dubinin (Dubai, UAE) – $324,538, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes
  81. Joe Abel (US) – $321,852, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes and co-founder of BitClub Community, pled responsible to prison costs in 2020, sentencing pending
  82. John Worre (US) – $295,861, believed to be one in all Eric Worre’s kinfolk (father?)
  83. Chandler Worre (US) – $278,654, works for Eric Worre’s Community Advertising Professional firm, assumed relative
  84. John Melton (US) – $269,252, (former?) Modere promoter
  85. MBH Giveaways (US) – $268,632, a part of Holton Buggs’ Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi scheme
  86. Lance Bott (US) – $244,379, seems to be a Travis Bott relative
  87. Tuffy Baum (US, aka Gregory Baum) – $215,315, proprietor of Savvy Pockets
  88.  Taylor Worre (US), $214,427, Eric Worre’s son
  89. Jharol Smith (US) – $213,468, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, runs “Financial institution of Jharol” YouTube channel
  90. Scotty Huss (US, aka Scott Huss, Scott Lee Huss Jr.) – $209,326, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, sovereign citizen nutjob & abuser of US copyright legislation
  91. Sharon James (UK) – $197,370, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, notable as a Site visitors Monsson net-winner
  92. Sashin Govender (Dubai, UAE, aka @winwishsashin) – $188,390, former WorldVentures pyramid scheme promoter, Seacret Direct
  93. Toan Nguyen (US) – $161,397, serial MLM Ponzi promoter and Elomir co-founder

To one of the best of my data, if you happen to comply with who recruited who into SAEG, Merchants Area, OmegaPro and another names used, all roads result in Holton Buggs, Mike Sims and Eric Worre.

Though his title pops up ceaselessly, given the disparity between the quantities Travis Bott and Holton Buggs stole, I consider Bott sits below Buggs within the investor hierarchy.

I additionally haven’t seen anybody within the above record publicly tackle their involvement. Eric Worre has publicly denied affiliation with OmegaPro, which is an apparent lie.

Along with the continuing CFTC case, which solely addresses a fraction of the ~$3.3 billion, OmegaPro co-founder Andreas Szakacs, in blue subsequent to Eric Worre above), was arrested in Turkey final month.