As reported by FinTelegram, the U.S. authorities have taken massive action against Josip Heit and his crypto MLM scheme around GSPartners and Swiss Valorem Bank in recent weeks. A total of 12 U.S. states have issued warnings and cease and desist orders. According to BehindMLM, further investigations by U.S. authorities are also ongoing. Heit has mandated the U.S. law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP to get him out of his U.S. problems.
The drama continues. The crypto MLM scheme previously known as GSPartners, under the leadership of Josip Heit, has undergone a rebranding to GSPro towards the end of 2023. This move came in the wake of a series of fraud warnings and cease and desist orders issued by various U.S. and Canadian financial regulatory bodies. Most recently, BehindMLM reported that the accounts of GSPro investors in the U.S. and Canada are no longer accessible.
Josip Heit perhaps holds the record for the collection of regulatory warnings against him and his schemes. Most recently, several U.S. regulators have issued Cease and Desist Orders against Heit personally and his schemes GSPartners, G999, Swiss Valorem Bank, and others. Regulators from other regulatory regimes had previously issued warnings. Heit is using his German law firm IrleMoser to SLAPP attack critics. Bing has described Heit as follows.
Selecting an appropriate law firm is crucial for entrepreneurs, particularly in high-risk sectors where business operations might straddle the fine line of legality. In such environments, some law firms play a key role in enabling operators of unregulated financial services or crypto MLM ventures to confront their detractors aggressively. One notable instance is Josip Heit of GSPartners, who relies on the Berlin-based law firm IrleMoser.
The G999 website currently states that the GSPartners.global platform can no longer be used by its registered members due to various cease and desist orders. The once disputed blacklisting of GSPartners by FinTelegram has been confirmed as justified, following multiple cease-and-desist orders from various U.S. state regulators against the scheme and its mastermind Josip Heit. Read our update!
In a David versus Goliath showdown, BehindMLM, a veteran watchdog of the MLM world, stands against Josip Heit and the GSPartners scheme. The platform has evolved into a bastion of consumer awareness, particularly in unmasking MLM-related financial fraud. Heit and his German law firm, Irle Moser, are known for their aggressive approach against critical media. FinTelegram is also a constant target.
FinTelegram has received another letter from the law firm of Josip Heit. The latter is (among others) the beneficial owner of GSB Gold Standard Corporation AG and operates the multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme GSPartners a/k/a Swiss Valorem Bank and the cash system G999. There are warnings against this scheme from financial regulators. Therefore, we have included it in our black compliance list. For this, FinTelegram is now threatened with lawsuits by Heit's German law firm.
In January 2023, FinTelegram warned against G999, allegedly a blockchain-based peer-to-peer electronic cash system. It is part of the group of the GSPartners Group of Josip Heit. Recently, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the British Colombia Securities Commission (BCSC), the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC), and the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) warned against G999 and associated MLM schemes.
The U.S. national and UK resident Christopher Scanlon, 43, has been arrested in May 2023 at Miami International Airport over charges of running an unlicensed money transmitting business. He was the founder, president, and CEO of Aurae Lifestyle and Club Swan. From 2015 to 2019, Scanlon operated the scheme, which provided provided fiat and crypto financial services to customers of Aurae Lifestyle. The FCA restricted the activities of Nvayao Ltd, one entity of the Aurea Lifestyle scheme.
In its whitepaper, G999 claims to be a blockchain-based system for fast payments with high transaction capacity. G999 is part of the group of the GSPartners Group of Josip Heit. It is operated by GSB Gold Standard Pay Ltd, registered as a financial services and crypto services provider in Kazakhstan. The G999 crypto storage services are provided by GSB Gold Standard Pay KB, Stockholm, Sweden. However, the very same website states that it does not offer financial services. Strange, indeed. Here is our first review:
The Metaverse is considered the next big thing. Not only Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is betting on it but also the Multi-level marketing (MLM) industry. GSPartners and its gaming & finance platform, Lydian.Worlds, which gamifies business and finance, relies on crypto and NFTs. Also on board is Jan Malkus' CySEC-regulated BDSwiss as the "MetaBroker." Malkus gets celebrated with Lydian.World founder Josip Heit at the launch event in Dubai in May 2022.