Crowd1 Ponzi victims are being funneled into an unregistered trading scheme run through Tag Markets.
In communications sent out late last month, Director and higher ranked Crowd1 promoters have been advised they can register for Tag Markets through their Crowd1 back office.
This corresponds with official marketing material, instructing Crowd1 investors on how they can “join the Tag Markets opportunity”:
Investors are directed to a “promotional pop-up” in their Crowd1 backoffice, requiring them to push an “explore Tag Markets” button:
This redirects the Crowd1 investors to Tag Markets’ website, on which they have to create a Tag Markets account. This includes handing over personally identifiable information for purported KYC (we’ll go into why this is a significant risk later).
Once signed up, Crowd1 investors are then able to fund their Tag Markets accounts with new investment. Note each investment much be matched with “corebit” tokens (CBIT):
CBIT is part of a collapsed Ponzi staking scheme Crowd1 launched earlier this year:
Funds are deposited into Tag Markets to participate in an unregistered “Sonic AI Copytrader” scheme:
As above, the Sonic AI scheme is being pitched as “passive income”.
Catches not disclosed in Crowd1’s official marketing material include:
investors must “own an Elements [Crowd1] Pack (Earth or higher)”;
investors must meet Crowd1 “activity point” requirements (i.e. spend money within Crowd1); and
investors must recruit new investors and/or convince their existing victims to reactive their accounts
To financially incentivize recruitment of new Crowd1 victims, the Tag Markets scheme appears to have its own MLM compensation plan attached:
Crowd1 is an MLM Ponzi scheme run by by Jonas Eric Werner (right), a Swedish national
hiding out in Dubai
.
Launched in 2019, Crowd1 has gone through many reboots. The scam has also attracted the attention of regulators in multiple jurisdictions, prompting Werner to start using the name “C1”.
In May 2025, six of Werner’s Crowd1 accomplices were
sentenced to prison
by the Stockholm District Court. Werner himself disappeared off social media about a month before the sentences were handed down.
Tag Markets is a shady trading platform run by persons unknown. Tag Markets’ website domain is relatively new, having only been privately registered in March 2024.
On its website Tag Markets states it is ” owned and operated by T.M. Financials Ltd, a company incorporated in Mauritius”. This corresponds with two purported financial licenses, which outside of Mauritius itself are meaningless.
Tag Markets’ website also cites “Tag Markets Ltd”, a purported Saint Lucia shell company.
Tag Market only having ties to shell companies in two dodgy jurisdictions is an immediate reg flag. To that end Tag Markets has already attracted the attention of financial regulators.
Dutch authorities issued a T.M. Financials Ltd fraud warning in July 2025:
Tag Markets being integrated into Crowd1’s back
🤖 Quick Answer
What is the connection between Crowd1 and Tag Markets?Crowd1 Ponzi scheme victims are being redirected to Tag Markets, an unregistered trading platform. Director-level and higher-ranked Crowd1 promoters received communications instructing them to register for Tag Markets through their Crowd1 back office, effectively funneling existing investors into a separate, potentially fraudulent financial scheme.
How are Crowd1 investors directed to Tag Markets?
Investors encounter a promotional pop-up within their Crowd1 back office dashboard containing an "Explore Tag Markets" button. Clicking this button redirects them to the Tag Markets website, where they must create a new account and submit personally identifiable information under the stated purpose of Know Your Customer verification procedures.
Why does the Tag Markets registration process pose risks to investors?
The Tag Markets platform operates as an unregistered trading scheme, meaning it lacks
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