Marinete Luiza Oro, identified as President of 1000 Expert, claims an LLM in International Law and a role as "guidelines deputy chairman of the organization to combat laundering money (American Bar Association)." No public record of such an American Bar Association position or organization exists, nor does any online search for Oro's specific title yield results.

1000 Expert marketing materials state that Dr. Marinete Luiza Oro and Dr. Elcio Gomes, described as pioneers in South American gold mining, founded United States Gold Corporation. This entity supposedly began operations in 2010 "in accordance with the laws of the United States of America." The materials claim United States Gold Corporation filed a request with the SEC to become a publicly-held company dedicated primarily to gold and diamond mining.

The SEC's Edgar database, however, contains no filings for "United States Gold Corporation," "USG Gold," or "United Gold Corporation." While a "USG Corp" exists, it is an unrelated Delaware company manufacturing concrete gypsum plaster products. The names used by 1000 Expert do not correspond to any registered mining company with the SEC.

A website for United States Gold Corp exists and repeats the Oro-Gomes partnership narrative. It lists a residential Florida address as the company's corporate headquarters. Records show Bruno Knopik registered the domain, unitedstatesgoldcorp.com, on December 17, 2013, from an address in Paran, Brazil. Knopik's connection to either United States Gold Corp or 1000 Expert remains undefined.

The 1000 Expert website, 1000expert.com, was registered anonymously on February 15, 2017. Alexa data indicates approximately 90% of its web traffic originates from Japan.

1000 Expert offers no retail products or services. Its affiliates market only 1000 Expert membership itself. The core of the program involves affiliates investing in "packs" that promise a "guaranteed profit" monthly return on investment. For instance, a "Reserve Pack" investment of $50 reportedly yields $50 monthly. Other packs include a $250 "EA 250 Pack" promising $100 monthly, up to a $10,000 "EA Smart Genius Pack" offering $2000 monthly. These fixed, high returns are a common characteristic of fraudulent investment schemes.

Recruitment commissions operate through both unilevel and binary structures. Direct recruitment commissions range from 10% to 15%, depending on the recruiter's own investment level. The unilevel structure pays across nine levels, with percentages tied to the affiliate's investment amount. The binary team structure generates points based on affiliate investments, converting into daily matching percentages between 20% and 60%, with daily caps ranging from $1000 to $100,000.

Additional residual commissions pay out on the ROI payments made to downline affiliates. Rank achievement bonuses promise luxury items, from Invicta watches at the "Ruby" level to BMW X6 cars for "Imperial Black Diamond" affiliates, which requires accumulating one million weaker binary side points. All transactions within the scheme process using Bitcoin, complicating any attempts at fund recovery.

1000 Expert's foundational claims quickly unravel under scrutiny. Despite claiming SEC registration in marketing materials, no such registration exists. The company also claims ownership of "several mineral rights" in Brazil and abroad, but provides no verifiable proof. Videos featuring Elcio Gomes, identified as Vice-President of United Gold Corporation, show him speaking in front of rubble piles or inside shipping containers. These often play alongside generic stock footage of gold mining operations, rather than showing actual, verifiable mining sites.

The United States Gold Corp website asserts the company "begins its activities with an initial capital of 3.5 billion dollars, fully backed by solid and real assets, that is, mineral reserves, with the expectation of reaching the short term the reserve for more than 12 billion dollars." Yet, the same website states its "goal over the next three years is to discover, acquire and engage in full-scale mining operations in South America, North America and Africa." A company with $3.5 billion in proven, fully backed assets would already operate full-scale mining operations, rather than merely seeking to "discover, acquire and engage" in them in the future. This significant contradiction highlights a fundamental lack of genuine mining activity.

1000 Expert functions as a hybrid Ponzi and pyramid scheme. Its only verifiable revenue source is money invested by new affiliates. These new investments are then used to pay the "guaranteed" monthly returns to earlier investors, a defining characteristic of a Ponzi scheme. The multi-level recruitment structure, which pays commissions on both initial investments and ongoing ROI payouts to downline members, adds the pyramid component.

Such schemes are inherently unsustainable. They depend entirely on a continuous influx of new money from new participants. When affiliate recruitment slows, the revenue stream dries up. 1000 Expert will then be unable to meet its promised ROI obligations, leading to its collapse. The financial mechanics of these fraudulent structures ensure that most participants ultimately lose money. The use of Bitcoin for all transactions further complicates any efforts by victims to trace funds or pursue recovery through traditional legal channels.

Individuals who believe they have been defrauded can file a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission online at investor.gov/complaint.