Earlier today a reader tipped me off to one of PGI Global’s website domains being seized by US authorities.

Initially I was skeptical, owing to the domain in question not being one I was familiar with.

Dozens of rabbit holes later, BehindMLM can confirm the domain “praetorsglobal.com” was used by PGI Global and has been seized.

A visit to the Praetors Global website domain redirects to the following image message:

The text of the image reveals a joint US investigation into PGI Global;

The domain for PRAETORSGLOBAL.COM has been seized pursuant to a seizure warrant issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia … as part of a law enforcement action by:

-US Department of Justice – Eastern District of Virginia

-Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Cyber Crimes Unit

The image is hosted on what appears to be an Amazon cloud server, specifically provisioned for the US government.

I’ll spare you the dozens of rabbit holes I went down to confirm the seizure is real.

After the original Ponzi scheme
collapsed
, PGI Global rebooted on the domain “pgiglobal1.trade”.

In the source-code of the homepage on that domain we find a link to PGI Global’s
official
Facebook page:

On September 22nd, the 
official 
PGI Global Facebook page published a post referencing “praetorsglobal.com” – both in text and image form:

Coincidentally September 22nd is the last post to PGI Global’s Facebook page.

I was still skeptical but, thanks to random Nigerians who diligently mirrored PGI Global’s Facebook page, was able to confirm that’s how the post went out from PGI Global on September 22nd.

So now that we’ve confirmed US authorities are pursuing a criminal investigation into PGI Global, what does this mean?

For starters it means PGI Global founder Ramil Ventura Palafox is in all likelihood a fugitive.

The DOJ’s domain seizure warrant would have been issued as part of a wider criminal case. That case would see RV Palafox indicted.

Unfortunately I can’t share details of that indictment, because it’s evidently been filed under seal.

Why?

RV Palafox is on the run. He fled the US earlier this year around the time of PGI Global’s initial collapse.

Whether Palafox knew of the US investigation or whether he preemptively fled is unclear.

Based on
previous connections
, I have placed Palafox in Dubai.

It feels like every second article I’m publishing these days references Dubai, and there’s a good reason for that.

With respect to MLM securities fraud, Dubai is a
lawless crime den
that harbors scammers from around the world.

Knowing what I know about MLM criminal cases, an international arrest warrant will have been issued against Palafox. It won’t be executed however unless he travels out of Dubai.

There’s a tiny chance US authorities might convince Dubai’s authorities to act but that’d be a first for MLM regulation.

As he’s on the run, Palafox appointed Heather Louise Graham to
front the reboot
as CEO.

Graha

🤖 Quick Answer

What domain was seized by US authorities in the PGI Global investigation?
The domain "praetorsglobal.com" was seized by US authorities as part of a joint criminal investigation into PGI Global. The seizure was executed pursuant to a warrant issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, involving the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division.

Which US agencies are involved in the PGI Global investigation?
The US Department of Justice Eastern District of Virginia and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division are conducting a joint investigation into PGI Global. These federal agencies coordinated the seizure of the company's domain as part of their law enforcement action against the organization.

How was the domain seizure communicated to the public?
When visitors accessed the seized domain "praetorsglobal.com," they were redirected to an image message displaying official notice of the seiz

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