Billionico is dead in the water following a securities fraud cease and desist from Texas.

As part of the
Texas State Securities Board’s April 22nd order
, Auratus was cited as an associated company tied to Terry Lee and a Hong Kong shell company.

Other companies TSSB associated with Auratus include Primus Liquidity Holding (Marshall Islands), Orbit Conceptum AG and CoinX24AG (Switzerland).

Now a separate Auratus website has emerged, along with a slew of new associated shell companies.

Auratus has been set up on the domain “auratus.gold”, registered on November 29th, 2023. The private registration was last updated a few days ago on April 23rd.

As with Billionico, Auratus’ website is hidden from search engines:

This is believed to be an attempt to hide Auratus from regulators.

Auratus’ website fails to disclose who owns or runs the company. Given the ties to Billionico, itself a GSPartners spinoff, it’s pretty obvious this is another GSB Gold Standard Corporation spinoff.

GSB Gold Standard Corporation is run by German national Josip Heit (right).

Instead of just being honest about that, here are all the new shell companies disclosed on Auratus’ website:

Helvetic Digital Finance AG (Switzerland)

TAS Helvetic Gold Trading LLC (Dubai)

DX and One Trust LTD (Bulgaria)

MTX Finance LLC (Montana, US)

Link Genius Portal LLC (Dubai)

Also not disclosed on Auratus’ website is the specifics of its TAS shitcoin investment scheme.

Earn TAS Gold through the Unique TAS Vault protocol.

Earn Yields just by vaulting gold with TAS.

For reference, here’s how the TSSB described Auratus’ secret investment scheme;

On April 19, 2024, Respondents Billionico, Deyle, Daniel von Lison and Rainder announced that clients can purchase investments in a digital gold vault issued by Respondent Auratus.

Respondent Auratus, a company purportedly operating in Hong Kong that is represented by Respondent Lee, is issuing the investments in the digital gold vault.

The investments are described in greater detail as follows:

A. Investors purchase the use of a digital vault to store gold referred to as the TAS Vault.

B. The purchase price of the investment is 150, 500, 2500, 7500 or 10,000 euros depending on the volume and/or weight of gold that will be stored in the digital vault,

C. The investments provide use of the digital vault for a term of between 12 and 60 weeks depending on the plan elected by the investor,

D. After purchasing the investment, investors enter a queue to join the digital vault, and, once admitted, the digital vault generates a passive yield shared between the investor and other investors admitted to the digital vault.

E. Investors are paid commissions for recruiting new investors and earn other compensation through a multilevel marketing scheme.

This is your typical staking Ponzi model with an MLM compensation plan attached.

As per TSSB’s April 22nd securities fraud cease and desist, Auratus’ TAS shitcoin investment scheme is an unregistered

🤖 Quick Answer

What regulatory action prompted Auratus' emergence as a successor entity?
The Texas State Securities Board issued a cease and desist order on April 22nd against Billionico for securities fraud, citing Auratus as an associated company linked to Terry Lee and a Hong Kong shell entity. This enforcement action preceded Auratus' operational launch.

Which jurisdictions host Auratus' associated shell companies?
Associated entities operate across multiple jurisdictions: Primus Liquidity Holding registered in the Marshall Islands, while Orbit Conceptum AG and CoinX24AG maintain registrations in Switzerland, suggesting geographic diversification of corporate structures.

How does Auratus attempt to evade regulatory detection?
Auratus operates through the domain "auratus.gold" registered November 29th, 2023, with website indexing blocked from search engines. This search engine exclusion strategy mirrors Billionico's approach,

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