The i2G plan focused on the continuous release of new and exciting digital products that would allow customer usage to generate ongoing profits for distributors, without the need for continuous recruitment. This ambitious strategy aimed to redirect consumer purchases toward enjoyable and entertaining I2G products that consumers were already using and enjoying.
Less than a year after the initial launch of I2G, the G1E Fantasy Sports Platform was introduced in July of 2014.
The i2G emperor program ended in July of 2014. Overall sales went down in the following months for an apparent reason. There was no longer a $5000 package available through the Emperor program. Approximately 5000 emperor packages had been met, and Phase Two was intended to add additional products with a greater customer acquisition focus.
The i2G sales increased in the months following the launch of fantasy sports, sparking significant excitement among distributors. Distributors and customers began to participate each week, generating commissions from “customer play” each week. The government evidence in 101B shows that within just a few months, retail sales reached $360,000, resulting in over $90,000 in bonus volume that paid distributor rewards, which included binary and matching bonus commissions.
The government presented to the jury that Hosseinipour misled a non-witness distributor by claiming, in an email, that “sales are up,” which they had clear evidence to show was true. The increased sales with the introduction of fantasy sports were supported by the testimonies of Anzalone, Logan, and Dugger, as well as the government’s records in Exhibit 101b and the monthly sales data from Hosseinipour’s commission records. These commissions showed an increase in sales following the launch of fantasy sports. The government intentionally misrepresented a truthful statement to a non-witness and non-emperor as indicative of fraud. This highlights the weakness of the government’s case against Hosseinipour, as they resorted to misleading the jury about a statement corroborated by their key witness, Anzalone, and their data.
Several Videos documenting the growing interest and excitement of the G1E fantasy Sports are included.
I am including several videos of Hosseinipour and her team promoting the new Fantasy Sports Platform. Does their promotion appear insincere or not focused on the actual product or customer usage? Is this a make believe product? It is impossible for anyone to watch Hosseinipour’s hangouts and suggest that there is not a clear belief, focus on the product, its usage, and customer acquisition to earn BV or distributor rewards from that usage.
Notice regarding the Fantasy Sports Platform product training conducted by Hosseinipour: In this session, she introduces the specific games available and shares her enthusiasm for the company’s mission to help people engage with the platform successfully. She emphasizes that the business volume (BV) generated from gameplay is reflected in the compensation plan, providing rewards to participants.
Hosseinipour explains that the platform will continue to grow as long as we actively fulfill our role in bringing in customers to the platform. (1:01-1:33) During the session, she described providing a fellow distributor’s (Independent Business Owner) code to fantasy sports customers to help her in meeting the auto-ship volume requirement entirely from customers. (2:58-3:34)
Anzalone who was the key witness for the prosecution once he signed a plea cooperation deal talks extensively on this video training as he did on every training that the excitement of the i2G products was that real customers that have nothing to do with the business can play the fantasy sports as a free customer and drive business volume. This, he points out, is a solution for people who prefer not to recruit and don’t want to build a team, as they can refer customers to play and earn compensation through the plan. Anzalone emphasizes, as he always has, that the ability to drive customer volume through the plan from the product is what got him excited and led to his involvement with the plan. (14:08, 14:56, 17:18, 32:27, 46:57)
This is the anti-saturation argument, which we were denied in jury instructions, and through being denied our pyramid scheme expert to rebut Keep.
I have attached the training transcript for your review. Our involvement stemmed from the belief that the plan’s focus on customers to pay distributor rewards made the plan fundamentally different from a pyramid scheme, contrary to how the government presented it. I can provide numerous training videos that support my claims. Prosecutor Marissa Ford falsely stated in court that I never discussed customers or provided training on how to acquire them. Additionally, Agent McClelland misled the court with improper hearsay, stating that no one had an interest in the MLM or its products. These were lies. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to present a proper defense or introduce the extensive evidence from training videos that emphasize the plan’s focus on customer volume, due to ineffective counsel. Please see the transcript here.
It is important to note that Reynolds testified that BV from product usage can help distributors qualify and advance in rank without the need for recruiting, relying solely on customer usage. Hosseinipour discusses giving out the ibo code of one of her distributors to actual customers playing fantasy sports to help her distributor “qualify” or cover her auto-ship with “customer” volume. That is the opposite of a pyramid scheme.
Marissa Ford deliberately misled the jury in her closing arguments by asserting that Hosseinipour never promoted customers. In reality, Hosseinipour provided a wealth of exculpatory videos to her ineffective attorney during the trial and urged him to present them to the jury. Her brother-in-law shared these videos with the prosecution during a bench conference, and they took the time to review them. However, Manning ultimately failed to show any of the videos. This indicates that Hosseinipour was denied her Sixth Amendment right to defend himself. The videos conclusively demonstrate her belief in the products and that she consistently led with them, focusing on product and customer acquisition.