A notorious Brazilian scammer linked to one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in South America is now running an e-commerce platform called Pipz.

Carlos Roberto Costa doesn't list himself as the owner on Pipz's website. But he owns the domain pipz.com.br, registered back in 2015. Costa is the same man who became infamous as the public face of TelexFree, a pyramid scheme that collapsed under the weight of regulatory investigations and criminal charges.

Even after TelexFree imploded, Costa kept fighting. He pumped out YouTube videos insisting the scheme wasn't a scam. He even ran for Federal Deputy in Brazil, trying to launch a political career on the ashes of his failed company. Regulators are still chasing Costa over TelexFree's Brazilian operations under the subsidiary Ympactus—a case that has dragged on for years.

Last year, Costa was convicted of tax fraud. His four-year sentence got reduced to community service. Then in December, federal agents arrested him on money laundering charges connected to TelexFree. He was released days later. Multiple criminal cases against him remain pending in Brazil.

Now he's running Pipz.

The company sells a discount club membership. Free basic access gets users nothing special. But for R$99 or R$49.90 monthly, members accumulate "PZ points" when they shop at partner retailers—typically one point per real spent. They can redeem these points within the network.

Here's where it gets familiar: Pipz pays its real money when members recruit other paid members. New recruits who buy paid memberships generate 499 PZ points. Those recruited down seven levels of the recruitment chain generate 100 PZ points each.

Affiliates pay to join Pipz in three tiers: R$250 for Bronze, R$600 for Silver, or R$1,000 for Gold kits. Money flows through a 5×5 matrix structure—a system where each affiliate sits atop five direct recruits, who each sit atop five more recruits, creating a mathematical pyramid five levels deep. The first level holds five positions. The second holds 25. By level five, the structure needs 3,125 positions.

Those positions fill only through recruitment. New affiliate fees flow up the chain.

The structure mirrors TelexFree's model: recruit, collect fees, repeat. Dress it in discount club language and e-commerce framing, but the mechanics are the same. Participants make money from recruitment, not from retail discounts. That's the definition of a pyramid scheme.

Costa built his career on this model. TelexFree made him wealthy before law enforcement caught up. He's now applying the same blueprint at Pipz, even as criminal investigations continue swirling around him in Brazil.

The pattern is unmistakable. The man won't stop.

🤖 Quick Answer

Who is Carlos Roberto Costa?
Carlos Roberto Costa is a Brazilian entrepreneur linked to TelexFree, a major Ponzi scheme that collapsed in South America. He served as the public face of the pyramid scheme and currently owns the domain pipz.com.br, an e-commerce platform launched in 2015. Despite regulatory investigations and criminal charges, Costa continues business operations.

What is TelexFree and its connection to Carlos Costa?
TelexFree was a pyramid scheme that operated across South America before collapsing under regulatory scrutiny and criminal investigations. Carlos Roberto Costa was the prominent public representative of the scheme. Following its collapse, he maintained involvement in promoting TelexFree through online content and attempted to establish a political career in Brazil.

What is Pipz and its relation to Costa?
Pipz is an e-commerce platform with domain pipz.com.br, registered in

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