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.
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.