Today we take a look inside the EmpiresX Ponzi scheme.

Who’s running it? From where? How much have they stolen? And who are EmpiresX’s top earners?

The following data is believed to have been sources from EmpiresX’s own servers. It is believed to be current as of early January 2022.

Admins running EmpiresX are:

Flavio Goncales;

Jomo Santos;

Vinicius Guimaraes; and

Emerson Pires

Goncales, Santos and Guimaraes log into EmpiresX through Tecnologia2u email addresses.

Tecnologia2u is a Brazilian development firm
owned by Goncales
.

EmpiresX’s admin accounts log in from IPs from Minas Gerias and Sao Paolo in Brazil, and Florida in the US.

This suggests that, at least at time of publication, Flavio Goncales and his team are still in Brazil. Emerson Pires is a resident of Florida and appears to still be there.

The current total number of EmpiresX accounts stands at just over 1.2 million, of which 5% to 10% are estimated to be fake.

On the money side of things EmpiresX has taken in an estimated minimum $60 million. The actual amount is believed to be higher but we don’t have a specific figure.

Based on the available dataset, total ROI withdrawals to date sits at $16.4 million to $25 million.

Commissions paid out to EmpiresX top promoters is $17.7 million dollars.

The top earners in EmpiresX are:

Shohan Bowala through the email address kirannaqqash@(removed) – over $500,000

Nawin Sukkhadit through the email address chanit.bkk17@(removed) – over $500,000

Tom Hickerson through the email address dataphonesales@(removed) – over $350,000

Canhhoang Ngoc through the email address damphuong2022@(removed) – $over $250,000

This is MLM commissions only. How much each of the above earners has withdrawn through ROI withdrawals is unclear.

Shohan Bowala is a resident of Melbourne, Australia.

In addition to EmpiresX he has and continues to promote multiple Ponzi schemes through his “Crypto Cartel” FaceBook group.

The other three names are unknown to me and I wasn’t able to dig up anything definitive.

One last interesting tidbit is the presence of data corresponding to “eworkoin.com” and “miningcapitalcoin.com” in EmpiresX’s backend data.

I believe “eworkoin.com” corresponds to Neworkoin, a short-lived Ponzi from 2019. This is not a definitive link.

Mining Capital Coin
is a Ponzi scheme from 2018. Of note is
Emerson Pires popping up in the comments
to defend the scam.

In total there are references to fourteen other websites in EmpiresX’s backend data:

miningcapitalcoin.com

eworkoin.com

paymovietv.com

empiretradingroup.com

wipo.io

livelifeadvance.com

liftingtrader.com

totalinvestgroup.com

stkforex.com

investcriptos.com

mynetworking.com.br

ldmarketing.com.br

bullcapitalgroup.com

souparadise.com.br

This suggests code is recycled between Tecnologia2u projects.

It also suggests Pires and Goncalves have been running Ponzi schemes through Tecnologia2u for some time.

EmpiresX withdrawals have been
disabled
since late October. Beh

🤖 Quick Answer

Who are the administrators behind the EmpiresX Ponzi scheme?
EmpiresX is operated by four main administrators: Flavio Goncales, Jomo Santos, Vinicius Guimaraes, and Emerson Pires. Three of them access the platform through Tecnologia2u email addresses, a Brazilian development firm owned by Goncales. The administrators log in from IP addresses located in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Brazil, and Florida, United States.

What is Tecnologia2u's connection to EmpiresX?
Tecnologia2u is a Brazilian development firm owned by Flavio Goncales that serves as the infrastructure for EmpiresX operations. Three of the four administrators use Tecnologia2u email addresses to access EmpiresX systems, indicating the company's direct involvement in managing the Ponzi scheme's technical

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