Serial scammer Darren Olayan’s newest grift is a Ponzi scheme run by way of Disruptive Studio.
BehindMLM first got here throughout Disruptive Studio in our Crypto CNL assessment, printed again in June.
Disruptive Studio was behind artistic designs for various MLM crypto Ponzi schemes, however didn’t appear to be operating any itself.
One among Disruptive Studio’s designs was for Naka Video games, a part of Darren Olayan’s BitMobb Ponzi manufacturing unit.
Given the vast majority of Disruptive Studio’s designs have been for Russian Ponzi schemes, I figured there was a tie-in. What I wasn’t clear on is the place Olayan slot in.
I’m not precisely clear on the connection between Darren Olayan and this Russian Ponzi manufacturing unit. But it surely seems they’re seemingly working collectively in some capability.
To my shock Disruptive Studios popped up on my radar once more final month. This time in connection to analysis into iComTech.
iComTech was an MLM crypto Ponzi that collapsed in mid to late 2019. Final month the DOJ filed felony fees in opposition to 4 iComTech’s founder and three promoters.
Though not arrested, one in every of iComTech’s high promoters I got here throughout in my background analysis was Refugio Aguilera.
As per the captioned screenshot above, taken and utilized in our iComTech arrest article, Aguilera is presently Advertising and marketing Officer at Disruptive Studio.
That very same analysis lead me to this since deleted November 4th put up on Refugio’s private FaceBook account:
That’s Daniel Cruz on the left and Darren Olayan on the proper, showing on a Disruptive Studio Zoom webinar launch.
Cruz is Chairman at Disruptive Studio and operates out of Arizona.
Darren Olayan is a serial scammer behind various collapsed Ponzi schemes (branded primarily below Nui, Symatri and Mintage Mining).
So what have been Cruz and Olayan launching?
Not content material with designing logos and branding for scams, Disruptive Studio have gone and launched their very own in-house crypto Ponzi. And naturally its received Darren Olayan’s handiwork throughout it.
There’s nothing exceptional about Disruptive Studio’s crypto Ponzi. It’s constructed across the DISR shit token, and is the standard buying and selling bot, NFT, mEtAvErSe bullshit.
Behind that you’ve staking, which is the center of the Ponzi scheme. Below the staking Ponzi mannequin, traders spend money on DISR, park tokens with Disruptive Studio and accumulate returns in DISR.
Like all Ponzi scheme, the aim is to money out greater than you’ve invested. Disruptive Studio pays withdrawal requests out of invested funds – essential to it being a Ponzi scheme.
The DISR staking program and buying and selling bot scheme are additionally securities choices, which neither Disruptive Studio, Daniel Cruz or Darren Olayan are registered to supply.
In reality the explanation Olayan has launched his new Ponzi scheme behind a accomplice is as a result of he himself isn’t any stranger to securities fraud.
After claiming his Kala Ponzi scheme had “stability and safety with the SEC“, US authorities filed a securities fraud stop and desist in opposition to Olayan and Nui again in 2018.
The C&D, issued by Texas, ultimately led to a $25,000 fantastic.
In 2019 Montana issued a related securities fraud stop and desist in opposition to Nui and Olayan. This was adopted by Michigan in early 2020 – and an eventual $595,000 securities fraud fantastic from Utah later that very same 12 months.
The 2020 regulatory crackdown on Olayan, who was dwelling in Utah at time, go underground.
As of Could 2022, Olayan was nonetheless scamming individuals by way of BitMobb. BitMobb encompassed Nui Worldwide (a Ponzi focusing on Brazil), with a bunch of different Kala centric failed or failing schemes.
Across the time BehindMLM lined BitMobb, Olayan seems to have deserted it. BitMobb’s final official FaceBook put up is dated April twenty sixth, 2022.
I’m not seeing an MLM element to Disruptive Studio’s DISR Ponzi however I wouldn’t be shocked if it was weaved in.
For readability, right here’s a breakdown of the identified elements of Disrupt Studio’s Ponzi:
- Disruptive Studio – design firm working with Darren Olayan
- Disruptiverse – NFT market platform
- Disruptive Protocol – branding of DISR token, a BEP-20 shit token
- Disruptive Bots – buying and selling bot securities fraud, charges collected per transaction in DISR
- Disruptive Funds – in home cost processor, i.e. the cash laundering facet of the Ponzi
- Tradetizen – deliberate trade, might need been deserted
According to Olayan’s promotional efforts after the US crackdown, Disruptive Studios’ Ponzi targets Central and South America.
