Aurum fails to provide ownership or executive information on its website.

Aurum’s website domain (“aurum.foundation”), was privately registered on August 1st, 2024.

Note that Aurum has disabled its website root. Access to Aurum is through a subdomain at “backoffice.aurum.foundation”.

Looking at the source-code of Aurum’s backoffice website we find Russian:

This suggests whoever is running Aurum has ties to Russia.

One name of note tied to Aurum is Sal Khan:

Khan is a serial promoter of MLM crypto Ponzi schemes. Khan is fresh off promoting
TLC Trading
.

TLC Trading, an MLM crypto Ponzi run by Polish and/or Russian scammers
hiding in Dubai
,
collapsed for a second time
last month.

Whereas TLC Trading was fronted by Armen Sargasyan, a Boris CEO played by Polish national Tomas Malodobry, Aurum is headed up by Jan Kroger.

Jan Kroger’s actual name is Krogan Jan-Burkhard.

Jan-Burkhard is a random crypto bro from Germany. Outside of dubious marketing claims made in various PR puff pieces, Jan-Burkhard doesn’t appear to have achieved anything significant in the crypto space.

It’s unclear whether Jan-Burkhard is a full-blown Boris CEO or is working directly with the Russians actually running Aurum.

I guess we’ll find out if Jan-Burkhard turns up in the usual rented office videos.

Other individuals featured in Aurum’s marketing material include:

Ahmad Zen – Marketing Director

Aleksei Mirko – Product Development Director

Ivan Marjanovic – Growth Director

Ahmad Zen has ties to Dubai…

…and is a former
Earn World
Ponzi promoter:

Earn World
collapsed
in July 2024.

Aleksei Mirko’s social media is in Russian. Mirko and Ivan Marjanovic appear to be randoms plucked from who knows where.

Given the set up, it’s highly likely the same Dubai Russian scammers behind TLC Trading are behind Aurum.

I did note the use of “Standart” in Aurum’s marketing. That could tie into Kroger’s German roots or just reflect whoever put the material together.

The “CashFX (in association with EverFX) Scam – Now What!?” FaceBook group notes
serial Ponzi promoter Luigi Bruni is also pitching Aurum
.

Or was. Sometime over the last few days Bruni abruptly deleted all of this Aurum marketing efforts.

Update 30th June 2025 – 
Circa February 2025 Aurum appointed Bryan Benson as CEO.

It should be noted the photo of Benson Aurum used appears to be several years out of date.

Benson (right) appears to be a Peruvian national residing in Dubai. Beyond that Benson is a random crypto bro with the typical trail of failed schemes under his belt.

Prior to becoming CEO of Aurum, Benson founded Unchained Ventures. Through Unchained Ventures, Benson launched Joinn Finance and BoF.

Joinn Finance appears to be an abandoned unregistered crypto investment scheme.

Joinn opens the doors for everyone to invest in yield-generating financial products, like Treasury Bonds, Stocks, Precious Metals and Real Estate.

BoF is a generic “pay us to help your business get into crypto” scheme. Although its website is still up, BoF’s official Twitter account was abandoned in July 2024.

Additionally;

in July 2024 Benson was appointed Chief Visionary Officer at Patex (crypto staking Ponzi)

in August 2024 Benson was appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Kima (blockchain company)

Benson has also purportedly held minor executive positions at Binance and Algorand, both targeting Central and South America.
/end update

As always, if an MLM company is not openly upfront about who is running or owns it, think long and hard about joining and/or handing over any money.

Aurum’s Products

Aurum has no retailable products or services.

Affiliates are only able to market Aurum affiliate membership itself.

Aurum’s Compensation Plan

Aurum affiliates invest funds on the promise of passive returns:

Basic – invest $100 to $249 and receive a 60% ROI share

Standart – invest $250 to $999 and receive an 65% ROI share

Comfort – invest $1000 to $2499 and receive a 70% ROI share

Optimal – invest $2500 to $4999 and receive a 75% ROI share

Business – invest $5000 to $9999 and receive an 80% ROI share

VIP – invest $10,000 to $24,999 and receive an 85% ROI share

Luxury – invest $25,000 to $49,999 and receive a 90% ROI share

Ultimate – invest $50,000 to $99,999 and receive a 95% ROI share

ROI range examples provided by Aurum are 9.48% to 15.01% a month.

Note that if an affiliate withdraws their initial investment within a year, Aurum steals 35% of the invested amount. A 1% withdrawal fee is charged on ROI withdrawals.

The MLM side of Aurum pays on recruitment of affiliate investors.

Aurum Affiliate Membership Ranks

There are fifteen affiliate ranks within Aurum’s compensation plan.

Along with their respective qualification criteria, they are as follows:

Marketer – sign up as an Aurum affiliate and invest at least $100

Jade – maintain a $100 or more investment and generate $3000 in downline investment

Pearl – invest $200 or more and generate $10,000 in downline investment

Sapphire – invest $500 or more and generate $25,000 in downline investment

Ruby – invest $1000 or more and generate $50,000 in downline investment

Emerald – invest $2000 or more and generate $100,000 in downline investment

Diamond – invest $5000 or more and generate $250,000 in downline investment

Double Diamond – invest $10,000 or more and generate $500,000 in downline investment

Triple Diamond – invest $20,000 or more and generate $1,000,000 in downline investment

Crown Diamond – invest $50,000, have two Diamond and one Emerald or higher ranked affiliates in recruitment legs (one in each) and generate $2,500,000 in downline investment

Royal Crown Diamond – invest $100,000, have one Double Diamond and two Diamonds in recruitment legs (one in each) and generate $5,000,000 in downline investment

Vice President – invest $200,000, have one Triple Diamond and two Double Diamonds in recruitment legs (one in each) and generate $10,000,000 in downline investment

Senior Vice President – invest $500,000, have two Crown Diamonds and one Triple Diamond in recruitment legs (one in each) and generate $25,000,000 in downline investment

Global President – invest $750,000, have two Royal Crown Diamonds in recruitment legs (one in each) and generate $50,000,000 in downline investment

Founder – invest $1,000,000, have two Vice Presidents in recruitment legs (one in each) and generate $100,000,000 in downline investment

Note that Aurum only counts downline investment from 40% of funds invested down three levels of recruitment (i.e. 40% of funds invested across levels 1 to 3).

Also note that required recruited affiliates of rank can be higher than the rank specified.

Residual Commissions

Aurum pays residual commissions via a unilevel compensation structure.

A unilevel compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a unilevel team, with every personally recruited affiliate placed directly under them (level 1):

If any level 1 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 2 of the original affiliate’s unilevel team.

If any level 2 affiliates recruit new affiliates, they are placed on level 3 and so on and so forth down a theoretical infinite number of levels.

Residual commissions are paid as 18.5% of funds invested in Auratus.

The catch is individual commission rates are tied to affiliate rank:

Marketers earn a 3% residual commission rate

Jades earn a 5% residual commission rate

Pearls earn a 7% residual commission rate

Sapphires earn a 9% residual commission rate

Rubys earn a 10.5% residual commission rate

Emeralds earn a 12% residual commission rate

Diamonds earn a 13.5% residual commission rate

Double Diamonds earn a 14.5% residual commission rate

Triple Diamonds earn a 15.5% residual commission rate

Crown Diamonds earn a 16.5% residual commission rate

Royal Crown Diamonds earn a 17% residual commission rate

Vice Presidents earn a 17.5% residual commission rate

Senior Vice Presidents earn an 18% residual commission rate

Global Presidents earn an 18.25% residual commission rate

Founders earn an 18.5% residual commission rate

Residual commission rates are coded, meaning higher ranked affiliates earn the percentage difference on residual commission earned by downline lower ranked affiliates.

E.g. You are a Diamond and recruit a new investor. You are paid your 13.5% residual commission rate, still leaving 5% to pay out (18.5% minus 13.5%).

Aurum searches upline for a Double Diamond or higher ranked affiliate to pay the remaining 5% out to. Based on whatever ranks is found first, they are paid the difference between their rank and the Diamond 13.5% rate.

Note that if a Founder is found first, they receive the full 5% and nothing is left to pass up.

Matching Bonus

Jade and higher ranked Aurum affiliates earn a Matching Bonus on residual commissions earned by personally recruited affiliates.

Jades earn a 5% Matching Bonus

Pearls earn a 7.5% Matching Bonus

Sapphires earn a 10% Matching Bonus

Rubys earn a 12.5% Matching Bonus

Emeralds earn a 15% Matching Bonus

Diamonds earn a 17.5% Matching Bonus

Double Diamonds earn a 19% Matching Bonus

Triple Diamonds earn a 20.5% Matching Bonus

Crown Diamonds earn a 22% Matching Bonus

Royal Crown Diamonds earn a 23.5% Matching Bonus

Vice Presidents earn a 25% Matching Bonus

Senior Vice Presidents earn a 26.5% Matching Bonus

Global Presidents earn a 28% Matching Bonus

Founders earn a 30% Matching Bonus

Rank Achievement Bonus

Aurum rewards affiliates for qualifying at Jade and higher with the following one-time Rank Achievement Bonuses:

qualify at Jade and receive $100

qualify at Pearl and receive $500

qualify at Sapphire and receive $1000

qualify at Ruby and receive $2000

qualify at Emerald and receive $5000

qualify at Diamond and receive $10,000

qualify at Double Diamond and receive $20,000

qualify at Triple Diamond and receive $50,000

qualify at Crown Diamond and receive $100,000

qualify at Royal Crown Diamond and receive $150,000

qualify at Vice President and receive $500,000

qualify at Senior Vice President and receive $1,000,000

qualify at Global President and receive $2,000,000

qualify at Founder and receive $3,000,000

Joining Aurum

Aurum affiliate membership is free.

Full participation in the attached income opportunity requires a minimum $100 investment.

Aurum is believed to solicit investment in various cryptocurrencies.

Aurum Conclusion

Like TLC Trading, Aurum represents external revenue is generated via various trading ruses:

Aurum fails to provide verifiable evidence it generates external revenue from 
any
source.

Furthermore, Aurum’s business model fails the Ponzi logic test.

If Aurum is 
already
capable of generating up to 15.01% a month, firstly why are they providing randoms over the internet access 
at no cost? 
And secondly, 
why does Aurum need your money?

Surely it’d be far more profitable to just run the trading for themselves instead of creating an MLM company and fronting it with puppet executives?

As it stands, the only verifiable source of revenue entering Aurum is new investment.

Using new investment to pay ROI withdrawals would make Aurum a Ponzi scheme. Additional tells include:

Aurum heavily penalizing anyone who tries to withdraw their investment within a year (neither TLC Trading or its predecessor Trade Like Crazy lasted a year); and

Aurum’s rank investment requirements steadily chipping away at ROI profits generating between each rank

Additionally with nothing marketed or sold to retail customers, the MLM side of Aurum functions a a pyramid scheme.

As with all MLM Ponzi schemes, once affiliate recruitment dries up so too will new investment.

This will starve Aurum of ROI revenue, eventually prompting a collapse.

The math behind Ponzi schemes guarantees that when they collapse, the majority of participants lose money.

🤖 Quick Answer

What is Aurum and how is it structured?
Aurum is a cryptocurrency-related platform operating through the domain "aurum.foundation," registered on August 1, 2024. It provides no public ownership or executive information. Access is restricted to a backoffice subdomain, and source-code analysis reveals Russian-language elements, suggesting ties to Russian-speaking operators or developers.

Who is associated with promoting Aurum?
Sal Khan is a notable figure linked to Aurum's promotion. Khan is documented as a serial promoter of MLM cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes. He was previously involved in promoting TLC Trading, another MLM crypto Ponzi scheme that collapsed for a second time, which was operated by Polish and Russian individuals.

What is the connection between Aurum and TLC Trading?
TLC Trading was an MLM crypto Ponzi scheme reportedly run by Polish and Russian scamm

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