Aurum Foundation
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Aurum Foundation is a Dubai-based MLM crypto Ponzi scheme that launched in mid-2024, promising monthly returns of 9.48% to 15.01% through an alleged AI trading bot called EX-AI, with no on-chain evidence of genuine trading activity. The scheme attracted regulatory fraud warnings from at least ten jurisdictions across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania before collapsing on July 30, 2026, with operators issuing a 'we got hacked' announcement widely characterized as a classic exit-scam cover story. On-chain analysis identified approximately $31.7 million transiting through core wallets over a 17-day window, consistent with redistribution to early investors rather than external trading profits.
Connected Entities
3 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→Aurum Foundation(80%)
Connected Through
3 shared actors · 500 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Binanceorganization
- □Aurum Foundationorganization
- ♦NEYRO Token — Aurum Foundation Exit-Scam Rebrandtoken
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Timeline(19 events)
July 2024
Aurum Foundation launches from Dubai, offering AI trading bot and MLM investment structure with monthly returns of 9.48% to 15.01%.
BehindMLMFebruary 2025
Bryan Benson, a Peruvian national formerly at Binance Latin America, is appointed CEO to replace Jan Kroger as the public-facing frontman.
BehindMLM18 July 2025
Bank of Russia internally detects signs of a financial pyramid in Aurum Foundation's operations.
Bank of Russia official warning list7 October 2025
Bank of Russia updates its official warning-list entry for Aurum Foundation.
Bank of Russia official warning list22 January 2026
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission issues a fraud warning against Aurum Foundation, stating it is not licensed to solicit investments in Nigeria.
BehindMLM2026
Central Bank of Russia formally publishes its pyramid scheme warning for Aurum Foundation (approximately January 2026 based on reported timeline).
BehindMLM15 May 2026
Greece's Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) issues a securities fraud warning against Aurum Foundation Ltd.
BehindMLM18 May 2026
New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA) publishes a warning about Aurum Foundation, citing overseas pyramid-type scheme warnings.
Financial Markets Authority New Zealand11 June 2026
Poland's Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) files a criminal referral to the Warsaw Prosecutor for suspected banking fraud related to Aurum Foundation.
BehindMLM12 June 2026
France's AMF places aurum.foundation and aurum-foundation.com on its nationwide crypto-assets blacklist for operating without authorization.
BehindMLM22 June 2026
Australia's ASIC issues its first warning that Aurum Foundation may be offering financial services to Australians without a license.
BehindMLM23 June 2026
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission adds Aurum Foundation to its alert list as a suspicious virtual asset trading platform, confirming the entity holds no SFC license and that its CEO's licensing claims were false.
crypto.news / SFC27 June 2026
Aurum Foundation announces the Neyro rebrand in an attempt to distance itself from regulatory scrutiny, introducing a NEYRO token.
BehindMLM29 June 2026
Disruption Banking publishes undercover reporting from an Aurum Foundation recruiting call, documenting deliberate avoidance of investment-related terminology.
Disruption Banking26 July 2026
Withdrawal delays begin; Aurum Foundation attributes the issue to a 'Web3 infrastructure transition.'
BehindMLM30 July 2026
Aurum Foundation announces it was 'hacked,' claiming attackers gained unauthorized access to user funds during infrastructure migration. Investigative reporting characterizes this as an exit-scam pretext.
BehindMLMDecision Log
- slot 445508436 · hash G3CSGcSkcFxbH1VZrtfeuzvobSJYrbQFq7xip6WDXe9p
- slot 443517436 · hash 8Lk2z4V2iQR6Jfh2Gh3SKWGMkiSJFeP327qFk8EcZbdi
- slot 443517422 · hash 2ThbrxT8qGrRsmQev8JPq7e9MxvBV7dnu8zLmmAdTZpu
- slot 443504005 · hash AH4oeCpacWP3GiYquzcHRoTaGSTvPJK8gNg3ddzfhDzy
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 decisions). 18 of 19 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 8/4/2026, 12:06:25 PM
last updated: 8/25/2026, 10:19:56 PM
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