Aurum Foundation
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Aurum Foundation is a Dubai-based MLM crypto scheme launched in mid-2024 that marketed an alleged AI trading bot (EX-AI, later the Neyro AI trading agent and NEYRO token) promising high monthly returns, with on-chain analysis finding no trading logic and fund flows consistent with Ponzi redistribution. It drew warnings, blacklistings or criminal referrals from at least ten jurisdictions before collapsing on July 30, 2026, when operators froze withdrawals and announced a 'hack' that investigative reporting characterises as an alleged exit-scam cover story.
Connected Entities
4 entities · 60 linked investigations- Aurum Foundation→mentioned with→Binance(65%)
- Aurum Foundation→mentioned with→NEYRO Token — Aurum Foundation Exit-Scam Rebrand(80%)
- NEYRO Token — Aurum Foundation Exit-Scam Rebrand→mentioned with→Hyperliquid(60%)
- NEYRO Token — Aurum Foundation Exit-Scam Rebrand→mentioned with→Aurum Foundation(80%)
Connected Through
3 shared actors · 477 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Binanceorganization
- □Hyperliquidorganization
- □Aurum Foundationorganization
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Timeline(21 events)
July 2024
Aurum Foundation launches from Dubai, marketing an AI trading bot through an MLM recruitment structure (advertised monthly returns reported as 9.48%-15.01% or approximately 30%, depending on source).
BehindMLMFebruary 2025
Bryan Benson, formerly Binance's Managing Director for Latin America, is appointed CEO, replacing Jan Kroger as public-facing frontman; BehindMLM alleges he was hired by undisclosed Russian-speaking operators.
BehindMLMJuly 2025
Bank of Russia detects signs of a financial pyramid in Aurum Foundation's operations and places it on its warning list (detection date given as July 18, 2025).
Bank of Russia official warning listOctober 2025
Bank of Russia updates its warning-list entry for Aurum Foundation (update recorded October 7, 2025).
Bank of Russia official warning list2026
BehindMLM reports the Central Bank of Russia's pyramid scheme warning for Aurum Foundation (approximately January 2026).
BehindMLMJanuary 2026
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission warns that AURUM BOT displays Ponzi characteristics and is not licensed to solicit investments in Nigeria (dated January 22, 2026).
BehindMLMMay 2026
Greece's Hellenic Capital Market Commission issues a securities fraud warning against Aurum Foundation Ltd (May 15, 2026).
BehindMLMMay 2026
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority cautions consumers about Aurum Foundation, citing overseas pyramid-type warnings (dated May 18, 2026 per the FMA notice; May 14, 2026 per Dehek Substack).
Financial Markets Authority New ZealandJune 2026
Poland's KNF files a criminal referral to the Warsaw Prosecutor for suspected banking fraud (June 11, 2026).
BehindMLMJune 2026
France's AMF places aurum.foundation and aurum-foundation.com on its crypto-assets blacklist (June 12, 2026).
BehindMLMJune 2026
Australia's ASIC issues its first warning that Aurum Foundation may be offering financial services without a licence (June 22, 2026).
BehindMLMJune 2026
Hong Kong's SFC adds Aurum Foundation to its alert list of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms, stating it holds no SFC licence and its licensing claims were false (June 23, 2026).
crypto.news / SFCJune 2026
Aurum Foundation announces the Neyro rebrand and introduces the NEYRO token (June 27, 2026).
BehindMLMJune 2026
Disruption Banking publishes undercover reporting from an Aurum Foundation recruiting call, documenting avoidance of the word 'investment' (June 29, 2026).
Disruption BankingJuly 2026
Belgium's FSMA issues a MiCA fraud warning classifying Aurum Foundation as an unauthorised crypto-asset service provider (July 6, 2026).
BehindMLMJuly 2026
Replacement domain neyrolabs.io is privately registered through a different registrar (July 16, 2026).
BehindMLMJuly 2026
Withdrawal delays begin, attributed to a 'Web3 infrastructure transition' (July 26, 2026).
BehindMLMJuly 2026
Withdrawals are disabled entirely; operators cite a 'system update' and 'platform stability' (July 27, 2026).
BehindMLMJuly 2026
Aurum Foundation announces it was 'hacked' and that user funds were affected; investigative reporting characterises this as an alleged exit-scam pretext. Andrew Isaacs later removes his AURUM COO and NEYRO Co-Founder credentials from LinkedIn (July 30, 2026).
BehindMLMDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (6 decisions). 20 of 23 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-merge-writer
generated: 8/4/2026, 12:06:25 PM
last updated: 10/27/2026, 6:48:44 AM
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