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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"60c712c4-6c27-4a93-8251-264edfb5c0f2","kind":"publish","page_slug":"vitae","published_at":"2026-05-31T20:20:44.744Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Vitae","sections":[{"content":"Vitae was launched in early 2018, initially under the name Vitae Coin before being renamed Vitae Token. The project was built as a PIVX fork, utilizing a Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism with Masternodes and Supernodes for governance. Vitae AG, incorporated in Zug, Switzerland, operated the platform vitae.co, which was presented as a privacy-oriented social networking site where users earned VITAE tokens for content interactions such as liking, posting, and sharing. The social rewards website officially launched on 26 December 2018. Access to the platform required an invitation link, and membership was structured in tiers: a free lifetime membership and paid upgrade options. Vitae AG was described in company filings as building and operating an internet communications platform ('Aufbau, Betrieb und Weiterentwicklung einer Kommunikationsplattform im Internet'). The company was registered at a law office address in Zug, a jurisdiction known for crypto-friendly corporate formations. An affiliate promotion arm offered earnings projections of up to $28,000 per month, according to Vietnamese authorities' findings. All commissions to affiliates were paid in VITAE tokens rather than fiat currency, creating demand for the token dependent on continuous recruitment.","heading":"Background and Business Model","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae.co - Social App by Vitae AG (CryptoSlate)","type":"other","url":"https://cryptoslate.com/products/vitae-co/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"VITAE AG :: Switzerland :: OpenCorporates","type":"other","url":"https://opencorporates.com/companies/ch/1405031"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Vietnam's CCPD fraud warning against Vitae (AZCoin News)","type":"news_article","url":"https://azcoinnews.com/vietnams-competition-and-consumer-protection-department-has-issued-fraud-warnings-against-multi-level-social-network-vitae.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"GitHub - VitaeTeam/Vitae: VitaeToken Core","type":"official","url":"https://github.com/VitaeTeam/Vitae"}]},{"content":"Vitae operated a multi-level marketing compensation plan layered on top of its social platform. Affiliates recruited new members and earned commissions on the membership fees those recruits paid. In August 2020, the platform added Vitae Rain Chat, an additional revenue-sharing component described by MLM-focused analysts as a revshare Ponzi scheme. Vitae Rain Chat charged affiliates $14.99 per month for access, of which founder Michael Weber retained $4.99. Affiliates could also purchase advertising credit positions for $25 each. Returns to existing participants were funded by incoming membership and ad-credit payments from newer recruits — a structure consistent with a Ponzi scheme in which no external revenue source sustained payouts. The compensation plan paid 50% commissions on directly recruited affiliates and 25% on levels 2 and 3. The platform also periodically distributed VITAE tokens within active chatrooms (the 'rain' mechanic), rewarding the last 200 participants. Vietnam represented the second-largest source of web traffic to Vitae, with India accounting for 34% of visits and Vietnam 14%, indicating concentrated targeting of markets with limited investor-protection infrastructure.","heading":"MLM Affiliate Structure and Recruitment Mechanics","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae Rain Chat Review: Revshare Ponzi added to Vitae token (BehindMLM)","type":"research","url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/vitae-rain-chat-review-revshare-ponzi-added-to-vitae-token/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae Ponzi scheme shut down by Belgian authorities (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-ponzi-scheme-shut-down-by-belgian-authorities/"}]},{"content":"Vietnam's Department of Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPD) issued a fraud warning against Vitae on approximately 19 June 2020, identifying that the platform showed 'signs of pyramid investment and prohibited acts under current regulations.' The warning was issued alongside alerts against Crowd1 and OneLink — the latter founded by a former OneCoin distributor — and advised Vietnamese citizens to avoid investing in or developing business connections with the project. The Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office characterized the scheme publicly as a 'Ponzi and pyramid fraud' at the time of the June 2021 law enforcement action. The Belgian Federal Judicial Police coordinated the operation under jurisdiction of an investigating magistrate. No specific standalone pre-raid warning from Belgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) against Vitae was found in publicly available FSMA warning databases during the research for this page; the Belgian action appears to have proceeded directly through criminal rather than civil regulatory channels. The Europol press release explicitly described the scheme as an organized crime group running a worldwide Ponzi scheme.","heading":"Regulatory Warnings","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Europol helps Belgian and Swiss authorities unravel Vitae Ponzi scheme","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-helps-belgian-and-swiss-authorities-unravel-vitae-ponzi-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crowd1, OneLink & Vitae fraud warnings issued in Vietnam (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/crowd1-onelink-vitae-fraud-warnings-issued-in-vietnam/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Vietnam's CCPD fraud warning against multi-level social network Vitae","type":"regulatory","url":"https://azcoinnews.com/vietnams-competition-and-consumer-protection-department-has-issued-fraud-warnings-against-multi-level-social-network-vitae.html"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FSMA Warnings & Sanctions page","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fsma.be/en/warnings-sanctions"}]},{"content":"On 22 June 2021, the Belgian Federal Judicial Police under the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office, supported by Europol and the Swiss Federal Police (Fedpol), executed raids across 17 locations in Belgium, principally in the provinces of Antwerp, West Flanders, and Limburg. Simultaneous house searches were conducted in Switzerland. Five individuals — described as for the most part Belgian nationals — were arrested and charged with membership in a criminal organization, fraud, and money laundering under Belgian law. The website domains vitae.co and vitaetoken.io were seized under order of investigating magistrate Philippe Van Linthout and replaced with law enforcement notices. Assets seized included approximately €1.1 million in cash, approximately €1.5 million in cryptocurrency (representing roughly 37% of all circulating VITAE tokens), 17 luxury vehicles, luxury watches, and gold. Belgian authorities estimated that approximately 223,000 people across 177 countries were victims of the scheme, with losses described as running into the tens of millions of euros. The criminal group operated through Vitae AG, a Swiss company registered at a law office in Zug, which was subsequently relocated to the Canton of Zurich in early 2022 according to Swiss reporting.","heading":"Law Enforcement Action — June 2021 Raids and Arrests","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Europol helps Belgian and Swiss authorities unravel Vitae Ponzi scheme","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-helps-belgian-and-swiss-authorities-unravel-vitae-ponzi-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Europol Cracks Down on Vitae Belgian Ponzi Scheme, Recovers €1.5 Million in Crypto (Bitcoin.com News)","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/europol-cracks-down-on-vitae-belgian-ponzi-scheme-recovers-e1-5-million-in-crypto/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Two arrested Vitae executives named, Michael Weber MIA (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/two-arrested-vitae-executives-named-michael-weber-mia/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Cyberbetrug: Spur führt in den Kanton Zug (Watson.ch)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/kanton-zug/392349594-cyberbetrug-um-kryptowaehrung-spur-fuehrt-in-den-kanton-zug"},{"credibility":2,"name":"We help the victims of the Vitae fraud (De Groote De Man law firm)","type":"other","url":"https://degroote-deman.be/en/news/we-help-the-victims-of-the-vitae-fraud/"}]},{"content":"Mendy Zicherman, identified as Vitae's Chief Commercial Officer, and Shrage Posen, identified as Chief Operating Officer, were among the five individuals arrested in the June 2021 raids, according to BehindMLM reporting based on Belgian sources. The identities of the remaining three arrested individuals — alleged to be Guy Meeuwis, Kobe Bické, and Tom Lauwerysen — were reported as unconfirmed at the time of that reporting. Michael Weber, using the alias 'Michael Bradley,' was identified as Vitae's founder and CEO. As of last available reporting, Weber remained at large in the United States, believed to be based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. No public indication existed at that time that US authorities were pursuing coordination with Belgian counterparts. Weber has a documented history of operating prior alleged fraud schemes: he administered the X100K matrix pyramid scheme from approximately 2014 to early 2016; launched PIF2Cash, a Ponzi cycler, in 2016; operated Coin Nuggets, a matrix-based Ponzi cycler, from approximately May 2017; and was identified as a top earner in the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, which collapsed in January 2018 — months before Vitae was launched. A Belgian individual referred to by Swiss outlet Watson as 'Z.' served as public face of the operation in Europe, conducting Zoom sessions and Telegram promotions; he became a board member of the Zug entity in late 2019 and was arrested in the 2021 operation.","heading":"Named Individuals and Operator Background","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Two arrested Vitae executives named, Michael Weber MIA (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/two-arrested-vitae-executives-named-michael-weber-mia/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae Ponzi scheme shut down by Belgian authorities (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-ponzi-scheme-shut-down-by-belgian-authorities/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"PIF2Cash Review: X100K pyramid scheme gets a cycler reboot (BehindMLM)","type":"research","url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/pif2cash-review-x100k-pyramid-scheme-gets-a-cycler-reboot/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Coin Nuggets Review: Two-tier 1 cent subscription cycler (BehindMLM)","type":"research","url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/coin-nuggets-review-two-tier-1-cent-subscription-cycler/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Cyberbetrug: Spur führt in den Kanton Zug (Watson.ch)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/kanton-zug/392349594-cyberbetrug-um-kryptowaehrung-spur-fuehrt-in-den-kanton-zug"}]},{"content":"Michael Weber's documented involvement in BitConnect — which the US Department of Justice later described as a global $2.4 billion cryptocurrency scheme — places Vitae within a broader pattern of serial operators recycling participant bases from collapsed schemes. BehindMLM reporting noted that Weber launched Vitae Token within months of BitConnect's January 2018 collapse, and that he was positioned directly below one of BitConnect's top US promoters. Vietnam's fraud warning was issued alongside alerts against OneLink, which was created by a former OneCoin distributor, suggesting Vietnamese authorities observed clustering of similar schemes targeting the same demographic. However, no direct organizational or financial link between Vitae and OneLife Network, Affluence Network, or the OneCoin criminal enterprise was identified in Tier 1 or Tier 2 sources reviewed for this investigation; the connection alleged in the user-provided brief should be treated as low-confidence absent corroborating primary sources. The BitConnect connection to Weber is well-documented by secondary Tier 2 sources.","heading":"Alleged Connections to Prior Ponzi Networks","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"BitConnect Founder Indicted in Global $2.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Scheme (DOJ)","type":"court_filing","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bitconnect-founder-indicted-global-24-billion-cryptocurrency-scheme"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crowd1, OneLink & Vitae fraud warnings issued in Vietnam (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/crowd1-onelink-vitae-fraud-warnings-issued-in-vietnam/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae Ponzi scheme shut down by Belgian authorities (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-ponzi-scheme-shut-down-by-belgian-authorities/"}]},{"content":"Following the June 2021 seizures, a group of Vitae users organized under the banner 'We Are Vitae' at wearevitae.org, maintaining that no evidence of fraud had been presented and disputing the Belgian authorities' characterization of the scheme. In October 2021, Vitae operators were reported to have solicited donations from users — framed as a means of recovering frozen assets — for a legal defense fund, with minimum contributions starting at €10. The Belgian law firm De Groote De Man began representing victims on the opposing side, charging a €220 fixed fee plus a 20% success fee on recovered amounts. A non-profit called 'Justice for the Vitae Members' (JuViMe VZW) was established with statutes published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 15 June 2023. The Belgian criminal investigation remained ongoing as of available reporting; Swiss federal prosecutors confirmed executing a Mutual Legal Assistance request from Belgium but stated they were not independently conducting criminal proceedings. Michael Weber remained unapprehended in the United States as of the last available reporting, continuing to use the 'Michael Bradley' alias on social media.","heading":"Post-Shutdown: Victim Advocacy and Ongoing Disputes","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae begging victims for legal defense fund money (BehindMLM)","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-begging-victims-for-legal-defense-fund-money/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"We help the victims of the Vitae fraud (De Groote De Man law firm)","type":"other","url":"https://degroote-deman.be/en/news/we-help-the-victims-of-the-vitae-fraud/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"We Are VITAE (user advocacy group)","type":"community_report","url":"https://www.wearevitae.org/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Cyberbetrug: Spur führt in den Kanton Zug (Watson.ch)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/kanton-zug/392349594-cyberbetrug-um-kryptowaehrung-spur-fuehrt-in-den-kanton-zug"}]},{"content":"The VITAE token was tracked on CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko and traded near negligible values following the June 2021 platform shutdown. The token's price declined sharply after Belgian authorities seized approximately 37% of circulating supply and closed the platform's domains. As of available data the token effectively has no active supporting platform. The vitae.co and vitaetoken.io domains were replaced with Europol seizure notices in June 2021. A small community of users continued to advocate for the project's legitimacy via wearevitae.org, but no restored commercial operations were identified in research for this page.","heading":"Token Market and Current Status","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae price today, VITAE to USD live price, marketcap and chart (CoinMarketCap)","type":"other","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/vitae/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Vitae (VITAE) - Price, Chart, Info (CryptoSlate)","type":"other","url":"https://cryptoslate.com/coins/vitae/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Europol — Europol helps Belgian and Swiss authorities unravel Vitae Ponzi scheme","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-helps-belgian-and-swiss-authorities-unravel-vitae-ponzi-scheme"},{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ — BitConnect Founder Indicted in Global $2.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Scheme","type":"court_filing","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bitconnect-founder-indicted-global-24-billion-cryptocurrency-scheme"},{"credibility":1,"name":"FSMA Belgium Warnings & Sanctions page","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fsma.be/en/warnings-sanctions"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BehindMLM — Vitae Ponzi scheme shut down by Belgian authorities","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-ponzi-scheme-shut-down-by-belgian-authorities/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BehindMLM — Two arrested Vitae executives named, Michael Weber MIA","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/two-arrested-vitae-executives-named-michael-weber-mia/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BehindMLM — Vitae Rain Chat Review: Revshare Ponzi added to Vitae token","type":"research","url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/vitae-rain-chat-review-revshare-ponzi-added-to-vitae-token/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BehindMLM — Crowd1, OneLink & Vitae fraud warnings issued in Vietnam","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/crowd1-onelink-vitae-fraud-warnings-issued-in-vietnam/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BehindMLM — Vitae begging victims for legal defense fund money","type":"news_article","url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-begging-victims-for-legal-defense-fund-money/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com News — Europol Cracks Down on Vitae Belgian Ponzi Scheme, Recovers €1.5 Million in Crypto","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/europol-cracks-down-on-vitae-belgian-ponzi-scheme-recovers-e1-5-million-in-crypto/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Watson.ch — Cyberbetrug um Kryptowährung: Spur führt in den Kanton Zug","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/kanton-zug/392349594-cyberbetrug-um-kryptowaehrung-spur-fuehrt-in-den-kanton-zug"},{"credibility":2,"name":"De Groote De Man — We help the victims of the Vitae fraud","type":"other","url":"https://degroote-deman.be/en/news/we-help-the-victims-of-the-vitae-fraud/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"AZCoin News — Vietnam's CCPD fraud warning against Vitae","type":"news_article","url":"https://azcoinnews.com/vietnams-competition-and-consumer-protection-department-has-issued-fraud-warnings-against-multi-level-social-network-vitae.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"VITAE AG :: Switzerland :: OpenCorporates","type":"other","url":"https://opencorporates.com/companies/ch/1405031"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinMarketCap — Vitae price today, VITAE to USD","type":"other","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/vitae/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"GitHub — VitaeTeam/Vitae: VitaeToken Core","type":"official","url":"https://github.com/VitaeTeam/Vitae"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BehindMLM — PIF2Cash Review: X100K pyramid scheme gets a cycler reboot","type":"research","url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/pif2cash-review-x100k-pyramid-scheme-gets-a-cycler-reboot/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BehindMLM — Coin Nuggets Review: Two-tier 1 cent subscription cycler","type":"research","url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/coin-nuggets-review-two-tier-1-cent-subscription-cycler/"}],"summary":"Vitae was a social-media rewards platform operated by Switzerland-registered Vitae AG, which issued the VITAE token and promised users income from content interactions through a multi-level affiliate structure. Belgian and Swiss authorities, coordinated by Europol, shut down the platform in June 2021, arresting five individuals and seizing over €2.6 million in cash and cryptocurrency across 17 raids, alleging the operation was a Ponzi and pyramid fraud that defrauded approximately 223,000 people in 177 countries. The platform's founder, Michael Weber, operated under the alias 'Michael Bradley' and had prior involvement in the BitConnect Ponzi scheme; he remained at large in the United States as of last known reporting.","timeline":[{"date":"2014-06-01","event":"Michael Weber launches X100K, a matrix pyramid scheme, marking his first documented MLM fraud operation.","source":"BehindMLM X100K Review","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/x100k-review-0-25-to-25-matrix-positions/"},{"date":"2016-01-01","event":"X100K collapses after multiple restarts and is abandoned by Weber.","source":"BehindMLM Vitae Ponzi scheme shut down by Belgian authorities","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-ponzi-scheme-shut-down-by-belgian-authorities/"},{"date":"2016-06-01","event":"Weber launches PIF2Cash, a Ponzi cycler framed as a reboot of X100K.","source":"BehindMLM PIF2Cash Review","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/pif2cash-review-x100k-pyramid-scheme-gets-a-cycler-reboot/"},{"date":"2017-05-01","event":"Weber launches Coin Nuggets, a matrix-based Ponzi cycler.","source":"BehindMLM Coin Nuggets Review","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/coin-nuggets-review-two-tier-1-cent-subscription-cycler/"},{"date":"2018-01-16","event":"BitConnect, in which Weber was a top earner, collapses. Weber subsequently loses his prior scheme income stream.","source":"BehindMLM Vitae Ponzi scheme shut down by Belgian authorities","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-ponzi-scheme-shut-down-by-belgian-authorities/"},{"date":"2018-03-01","event":"Vitae Coin (later renamed Vitae Token) launches, marketed as a PIVX-fork social rewards platform, within months of BitConnect's collapse.","source":"BehindMLM Vitae Ponzi scheme shut down by Belgian authorities","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-ponzi-scheme-shut-down-by-belgian-authorities/"},{"date":"2018-12-26","event":"Vitae's social rewards website officially launches.","source":"Vitae Token - Crunchbase Profile","source_url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vitae-token"},{"date":"2019-12-01","event":"A Belgian individual identified in Swiss reporting as 'Z.' becomes a board member of Vitae AG in Zug, serving as European-facing promoter via Zoom and Telegram.","source":"Watson.ch — Cyberbetrug: Spur führt in den Kanton Zug","source_url":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/kanton-zug/392349594-cyberbetrug-um-kryptowaehrung-spur-fuehrt-in-den-kanton-zug"},{"date":"2020-06-19","event":"Vietnam's Department of Competition and Consumer Protection issues a fraud warning against Vitae, identifying signs of pyramid investment. Vitae's Discord operations are shut down the same month.","source":"BehindMLM — Crowd1, OneLink & Vitae fraud warnings issued in Vietnam","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/crowd1-onelink-vitae-fraud-warnings-issued-in-vietnam/"},{"date":"2020-08-01","event":"Vitae Rain Chat revshare scheme launches, adding a $14.99/month membership with ad-credit positions paying returns funded by new participants.","source":"BehindMLM — Vitae Rain Chat Review","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/mlm-reviews/vitae-rain-chat-review-revshare-ponzi-added-to-vitae-token/"},{"date":"2021-06-19","event":"Michael Weber's last documented social media activity (a retweet) before disappearing from public view.","source":"BehindMLM — Two arrested Vitae executives named, Michael Weber MIA","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/two-arrested-vitae-executives-named-michael-weber-mia/"},{"date":"2021-06-22","event":"Belgian judiciary orders seizure of vitae.co and vitaetoken.io domains under magistrate Philippe Van Linthout. Cash (€1.1M), cryptocurrency (€1.5M), 17 luxury vehicles, watches, and gold are seized.","source":"Europol — Europol helps Belgian and Swiss authorities unravel Vitae Ponzi scheme","source_url":"https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-helps-belgian-and-swiss-authorities-unravel-vitae-ponzi-scheme"},{"date":"2021-06-24","event":"Belgian Federal Judicial Police, coordinated by Europol and Swiss Fedpol, raid 17 locations and arrest five individuals including Vitae CCO Mendy Zicherman and COO Shrage Posen. Charges include criminal organization membership, fraud, and money laundering.","source":"Europol — Europol helps Belgian and Swiss authorities unravel Vitae Ponzi scheme","source_url":"https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/europol-helps-belgian-and-swiss-authorities-unravel-vitae-ponzi-scheme"},{"date":"2021-10-01","event":"Vitae operators, via wearevitae.org, begin soliciting donations from users toward a legal defense fund, framing contributions as a path to recovering frozen assets.","source":"BehindMLM — Vitae begging victims for legal defense fund money","source_url":"https://behindmlm.com/companies/vitae-begging-victims-for-legal-defense-fund-money/"},{"date":"2022-01-01","event":"Vitae AG entity, formerly registered at a Zug law office, is relocated to the Canton of Zurich according to Swiss reporting.","source":"Watson.ch — Cyberbetrug: Spur führt in den Kanton Zug","source_url":"https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/kanton-zug/392349594-cyberbetrug-um-kryptowaehrung-spur-fuehrt-in-den-kanton-zug"},{"date":"2023-06-15","event":"Non-profit 'Justice for the Vitae Members' (JuViMe VZW) statutes published in the Belgian Official Gazette, formalizing the victims' collective legal action.","source":"De Groote De Man law firm — We help the victims of the Vitae fraud","source_url":"https://degroote-deman.be/en/news/we-help-the-victims-of-the-vitae-fraud/"}]},"v":1}