It’s been a nice break but word reached me earlier this week that TMII had returned in a new form. This shouldn’t be a surprise of course – pyramid schemes do this all the time but with so little new activity detected for some time, we had hopes that perhaps Richi Roane had seen the [...] Read more »
Affinity Fraud…
WednesdayApr 21,2010
Finally – a term for how these scams are able to operate, defying good sense and logic. It’s called “affinity fraud”. Here is the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s definition of affinity fraud: Affinity fraud refers to investment scams that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as [...] Read more »
Does This Sound Familiar?
FridayApr 2,2010
This story featured on NBC’s “Today Show” this morning. Daughter turns mom in for Ponzi scheme ‘Something had to be done,’ about $50 million fraud, she said on TODAY I was struck by how similar this tale is to the same stories received at MadeSmall by victims of TMII’s MadeBig scam. Although the [...] Read more »
TMII and the Oregon Department of Justice
SaturdayMar 20,2010
Former TMII agent Mike Johnston recently got in touch to let us know his case with the Oregon Department of Justice was administratively closed. You can read about it in the case study of Mike’s agency with TMII.
The Better (For-Who?) Business Bureau
MondayDec 28,2009
You may recall that last summer, former TMII agent Mike Johnston shared his experiences as an agent and detailed his complaint against Richi Roane and TMII. Mike filed complaints with the Oregon Department of Justice and the Utah Better Business Bureau. This case was closed earlier this month. You can see the full complaint [...] Read more »
MadeBig Returns…
SaturdayDec 19,2009
Not that it went away but recently we’ve noticed new activity from certain members who had been “hibernating” while Richi Roane fleshed out his latest iteration of MadeBig. With a new web domain and URL, Roane now pitches his Empowerment Program, under the guise of YEP – Your Empowerment Program, which can be found at [...] Read more »
Portfolio
SaturdayNov 21,2009
An Internet consulting company in Utah lists MadeBig/TMII as a client they have provided services to. They are called ZCHP Limited Company and include screen shots of both the current MadeBig site and the TMII Back Office, as two of the three examples on their site. Interestingly, 302 Productions also list the MadeBig site in [...] Read more »
Richi Roane’s TMII Weekly Call – November 11th, 2009
SaturdayNov 21,2009
Continuing the weekly call catch-up, Richi Roane spoke again on November 11th, 2009. Richi was excited that Crescent City, California, seemed to be the new hotbed for TMII Empowerment Program activity. You may recall this is the home city of TMII “wannabe” Kevin Fugate who is documented as stating he made no income from TMII [...] Read more »
Richi Roane’s TMII Weekly Call – November 4th, 2009
SaturdayNov 21,2009
For regular visitors, apologies for the lack of updates this month. Without further ado, we’ll catch up on some of the calls that have been heard from TMII President and owner, Richi Roane. As usual with these MLM conference calls, the beginning was chaotic as Roane himself came late and co-host Gerald Parks got things [...] Read more »
MadeBig’s Empowerment Program
WednesdayOct 21,2009
In TMII’s Wednesday Night Live Call tonight, Richi Roane made an interesting statement regarding the first e-book/audio book which is part of the Madebig Empowerment Program downloads. With a complete lack of originality, TMII/MadeBig are using Napoleon Hill’s “Think And Grow Rich”, which was first published in 1937 (and not 1928, as quoted by Gerald [...] Read more »
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