About a year ago Daily Exposed published a list of the top MLM industry figures in the Traders Domain Ponzi scheme.
The data was based of records obtained by Coffeezilla…
…and featured well-known MLM industry figures such as Holton Buggs and wife Earlene Buggs, Mike Sims, Stormy Wellington, Eric Worre and wife Marina Worre and Jack Fallon.
At the time I requested access to the full list from Coffeezilla, which I finally received access to yesterday.
The complete Traders Domain Ponzi investor list contains 9664 entries, many of which are duplicate accounts. The total amount recorded is $3,370,617,110.85.
The data is presented as accurate as of September 20th, 2022.
Traders Domain collapsed towards the end of 2022, dragging down several attached Ponzi schemes with it (
OmegaPro
is of particular interest to Daily Exposed).
Building on the bigger names Coffeezilla provided, today Daily Exposed presents the Traders Domain MLM investor master list.
“Tin tin” (US, believed to be Tin Quoc Tran) – $1.3 billion, in hiding, copped a
$512 million default judgment
in the CFTC’s SAEG case in July 2024
Ted Safranko (Canada) – $370.48million, in hiding,
copped a $3.8 million default judgment
as part of the CFTC’s SAEG in September 2023
Mike Sims (US, aka Michael Shannon Sims) – $76.4 million,
OmegaPro co-founder
and Director of Algo Capital (another $96.4 million), defendant in CFTC’s SAEG case and believed to be a suspect in US criminal investigation into OmegaPro
Holton Buggs (US, aka Buggs Legacy) – $75.9 million, executive at
Organo
, founder
iBuumerang
and
Meta Bounty Hunters
(Traders Domain feeder Ponzis)
Disruptive Tech (Estonia) – $59.1 million, shell company owned by Gilbert Pardla,
provided financial services to collapsed DagCoin Ponzi scheme
and was
arrested
in October 2022
Joseph McDermott – $25.3 million, (former?)
Jeunesse
promoter, married to Amani Zein & Eric Worre associate
Earlene Buggs (US) – $17,404,854, wife of Holton Buggs
Law Payne (US) – $15.9 million,
Click Funnels
promoter
Eric Worre (US) – $14.6 million, disgraced veteran MLM coach/trainer who runs Network Marketing Pro, also
tied to OmegaPro
Vincent Bui (believed to be Vincent Boutin from Canada) – $12.3 million, former Traffic Monsoon Ponzi promoter who
settled with Receiver for an unknown sum in November 2023
(at the time Boutin claimed he “lacked sufficient assets” to satisfy default judgment)
Stormy Wellington (US) – $26.5 million,
Total Life Changes
promoter & Holton Buggs and Eric Worre associate
Amani Zein (US) – $20.2 million, (former?) Jeunesse promoter, married to Joseph McDermott & Eric Worre associate
Jessie Lee (US, believed to be Jessie Lee Ward) – $18 million, former top
Pruvit
distributor & Eric Worre associate, died of cancer September 2023
MBH Iconics (US) – $10.5 million, part of Holton Buggs Meta Bounty Hunters Ponzi schemes (co-created with Travis Bott)
Alan Bagamaspad (Philippines, US) – $8.6 million, serial promoter of MLM crypto Ponzi schemes
Robert Rakowski (US, aka Bob Rakowski, Dr. Bob) – $7.7 million, Organo Gold & Holton Buggs associate
Alexis Romano (US) – $7.6 million, top
Isagenix
promoter & Eric Worre associate
Adam Powell (US) – $10 million, believed to be a relative of serial MLM crypto Ponzi creator Travis Bott
Rabu Gary (US) – $7.5 million, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes through United Investment Group International, aka UIGI Social Club (
Daisy AI
,
Troncase
,
NovaTech FX
,
Mirror Trading International
,
Meta Bounty Hunters
)
Marina Worre (US) – $6.8 million, wife of Eric Worre
Tara Romano (US) – $6 million, top Isagenix promoter
Steve L (UK, believed to be Steve Lawson) – $6 million, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes
Jack Fallon (US) – $5.8 million, founder and CEO of
Total Life Changes
David Chessler (US) – $5.2 million, former
Max International
promoter (likely invested through Chessler Holdings)
MBH Reserves (US) – $4.8 million, part of Holton Buggs’
Meta Bounty Hunters
Ponzi scheme
MLAgents Community (US) – $4.8 million, part of Travis Bott’s
Meta Labs Agency
Ponzi factory
Travis Bott (US) – $4.8 million, serial creator of MLM Ponzi schemes (
Ryze AI
,
Westmyn
,
Onyx Lifestyle
,
Digital Profit
,
Meta Bounty Hunters
,
Meta Lab Agency
)
Jeremie Sowerby (US) – $4.7 million, serial MLM Ponzi fraudster indicted multiple times in 2023 (
Now Mining
,
Softek & Justice Capital
,
Dunamis Mining
)
Eduard Khemchan (US) – $4.4 million, co-founder of the
collapsed Daisy AI Ponzi scheme
Savvy Wallet (US) – $4.3 million, owned by Frank DiCrisi & Gregory “Tuffy” Baum
MBH Escrow (US) – $4.2 million, part of Holton Buggs’
Meta Bounty Hunters
Ponzi scheme
Nicola Smith Jackson (US) – $4.2 million, former Ardyss International and
Financial Education Services
promoter & Eric Worre associate
Peter Hirsch (US) – $4 million, top
iBuumerang
promoter & Holton Buggs associate (note: Hirsch committed suicide in 2023)
Dean Grey (US, aka William Dean Kosage) – $3.8 million, former Amway distributor
Julian Kuschner (US) – $3.6 million, former
IM Mastery Academy
promoter
Brian Carruthers (US) – $3.6 million, top
Legal Shield
promoter
Said Daibes (US) – $3.4 million,
PHP Agency
promoter
Curtis Broome (US) – $3.3 million, claims to have been involved in MLM since 1991
Rod Smith (US) – $2.8 million,
iBuumerang
promoter (Holton Buggs’ company)
Vladislav Stefanov (Dubai, UAE) – $2.8 million,
iBuumerang
promoter (Holton Buggs’ company)
Rozell Sims (US, aka Rozell Shannon Sims, Rozelle S. Sims) – $2.6 million, believed to be Michael Shannon Sims’ father
MLA Labs (US) – $2.3 million, part of Travis Bott’s
Meta Labs Agency
Ponzi factory
Gregory Aggesen (US) – $2.3 million, serial MLM Ponzi fraudster who
pled guilty to criminal charges
in April 2024
Ana Juricev (US) – $2.2 million, Holton Buggs’ Executive Assistant at iBuumerang
Michael Hill (UK) – $2.2 million,
iBuumerang
promoter (Holton Buggs’ company)
Jared Burnett (US) – $2.2 million, top earners in
Live Pure
David Pietsch (US) – $2.1 million, former
WorldVentures
promoter
Robert Gridelli (US) – $2.1 million,
Enagic
promoter
John Haremza (US) – $2.1 million, MLM coach/trainer who claims to have made $28 million
Brandon Rangel (US) – $2 million, PHP Agency promoter
Marcus Brisco (US) – $2 million, owner of Yas Castellum,
sued by CFTC
and worked closely with Mike Sims to launder stolen investor funds
Jason Bott (US, aka Richard Jason Bott) – $1.9 million, relative of Travis Bott
David Manning (US) – $1.9 million, CEO and President of Xstream Travel, iBuumerang’s travel services provider (Holton Buggs’ company)
Kevin Kernanen (US) – $1.9 million, Travis Bott associate dating back to their days as
Epic
executives
Meta Bounty (US) – $3.4 million, part of Holton Buggs’
Meta Bounty Hunters
Ponzi scheme
Block Ops (US) – $1.8 million, marketing company owned by Travis Bott
Terrence Gray (US) – $1.8 million, COO of Holton Buggs’ company
iBuumerang
Julie Bott (US) – $1.8 million, believed to be related to Travis Bott
Annette Bagamaspad (Philippines, US) – $1.8 million, believed to be related to Alan Bagamaspad
Miguel Rodriguez (US) – $1.7 million, co-founder of
iX Global Ponzi scheme
Alan Noble (US) – $1.6 million,
ASEA
promoter
SkyLab Apps (US) – $1.6 million, software company owned by Dean Grey
Alanelle Bagamaspad (Philippines, US) – $1.6 million, believed to be related to Alan Bagamaspad
Thomas Then (US) – $1.6 million, former promoter of the
Be
pyramid scheme
Avinash Nagamah (UK) – $1.6 million,
iBuumerang
and
Meta Bounty Hunters
promoter, Holton Buggs associate
John Garofano (US) – $1.5 million, NovaTech FX Ponzi promoter
sued by the SEC
in August 2024
Leigha Brisco (US) – $1.5 million, believed to be related to Marcus Todd Brisco (defendant in the
CFTC’s SAEG Ponzi case
)
Kelly Haupu (US) – $1.5 million, promoter of
iBuumerang
(Holton Buggs’ company)
MLAgents Escrow (US) – $1.4 million, part of Travis Bott’s
Meta Labs Agency
Ponzi factory
Evan Klassen (US) – $1.4 million, former
Nerium
promoter (now Neora), Eric Worre & Mike Sims associate (Worre through Go Pro, Sims through an MLM company (not 100% sure if it was Nerium or another company)
MBH Float (US) – $1.3 million, part of Holton Buggs’
Meta Bounty Hunters
Ponzi scheme
Jessica Higdon (US) – $853,727, wife of “Christian Entrepreneur Coach” Ray Higdon
Traverus INC (US) – $832,329, company owned by David Manning (also owns Xstream Travel, travel service provider to
iBuumerang
(Holton Buggs’ company)
Cassie Bott (US, aka Cassandra Powell Bott, Cassie Powell Bott) – $785,536, married to Adam Powell and related to Travis Bott
Frazer Brookes (US) – $547,477, “social media coach for network marketers”
MBH Giveaways (US) – $409,298, part of Holton Buggs’
Meta Bounty Hunters
Ponzi scheme
Dap Dunbar (US, aka Dapilinu Dunbar) – $406,779, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes,
sued by the SEC as a NovaTech FX promoter
in August 2024
MBH Charity (US) – $395,683, part of Holton Buggs’
Meta Bounty Hunters
Ponzi scheme
Darren Little (US) – $387,610, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, usually works with Ari Maccabi
Vitaliy Dubinin (Dubai, UAE) – $324,538, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes
Joe Abel (US) – $321,852, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes and co-founder of BitClub Network,
pled guilty to criminal charges
in 2020, sentencing pending
John Worre (US) – $295,861, believed to be one of Eric Worre’s relatives (
father?
)
Chandler Worre (US) – $278,654, works for Eric Worre’s Network Marketing Pro company, assumed relative
John Melton (US) – $269,252, (former?)
Modere
promoter
MBH Giveaways (US) – $268,632, part of Holton Buggs’
Meta Bounty Hunters
Ponzi scheme
Lance Bott (US) – $244,379, appears to be a Travis Bott relative
Tuffy Baum (US, aka Gregory Baum) – $215,315, owner of Savvy Wallet
Taylor Worre (US), $214,427, Eric Worre’s son
Jharol Smith (US) – $213,468, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, runs “Bank of Jharol” YouTube channel
Scotty Huss (US, aka Scott Huss, Scott Lee Huss Jr.) – $209,326, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, sovereign citizen nutjob &
abuser of US copyright law
Sharon James (UK) – $197,370, serial promoter of MLM Ponzi schemes, notable as a
Traffic Monsson net-winner
Sashin Govender (Dubai, UAE, aka @winwishsashin) – $188,390, former
WorldVentures pyramid scheme
promoter,
Seacret Direct
Toan Nguyen (US) – $161,397, serial MLM Ponzi promoter and
Elomir
co-founder
To the best of my knowledge, if you follow who recruited who into SAEG, Traders Domain, OmegaPro and any other names used, all roads lead to Holton Buggs, Mike Sims and Eric Worre.
Although his name pops up frequently, given the disparity between the amounts Travis Bott and Holton Buggs stole, I believe Bott sits under Buggs in the investor hierarchy.
I also haven’t seen anyone in the above list publicly address their involvement. Eric Worre has
publicly denied association with OmegaPro
, which is an obvious lie.
In addition to the ongoing CFTC case, which only addresses a fraction of the ~$3.3 billion, OmegaPro co-founder Andreas Szakacs, in blue next to Eric Worre above), was
arrested
in Turkey last month.
Update 4th September 2024 –
A reader wrote in to let me know Peter Hirsch committed suicide last year. Was able to independently verify so I’ve made a note of that on his entry.
🤖 Quick Answer
What is The Traders Domain Ponzi MLM investor master list?The Traders Domain investor master list is a comprehensive dataset containing 9,664 entries documenting investments in the Traders Domain Ponzi scheme. Originally obtained by investigative journalist Coffeezilla and later published by BehindMLM, the list records a total of approximately $3.37 billion and is dated September 20, 2022.
Which prominent MLM figures appeared on The Traders Domain investor list?
Notable MLM industry figures identified in the Traders Domain records include Holton Buggs and Earlene Buggs, Mike Sims, Stormy Wellington, Eric Worre and Marina Worre, and Jack Fallon. Their names were initially highlighted by Daily Exposed approximately one year before the full dataset was made publicly available.
**How much money was recorded in The Traders Domain
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