Freedom Group operates within the “cover your belongings” MLM area of interest.
The corporate doesn’t present a company handle on its web site. Freedom Group’s official Fb web page nevertheless, is managed from Norway and Northern Cyprus.
Freedom Group represents it operates in Northern Cyprus, Dubai and Spain.
Freedom Group’s web site area was privately registered in January 2019.
The corporate’s official FaceBook web page was created the identical day, so this seems to be when Freedom Group launched.
Heading up Freedom Group are eight co-founders:
- Einar Steinshaug (Norway), at the moment selling Higher Globe
- Dagfinn Rognerud (Norway), additionally selling Higher Globe
- Kjell Morten Brendoy (Norway)
- Tony Department (Northern Cyprus)
- Paula Department (Northern Cyprus)
- Helen Camitz-Ryden (Sweden)
- Linda Josefine Neppelberg (Norway) and
- Jonas Camitz-Ryden (Sweden)
Aside from their areas, Freedom Group offers no data on any of their co-founders.
I’ve stuffed in what I might discover. Whether or not the remaining Freedom Group’s founder’s have an MLM historical past is unclear. This might be as a result of language-barriers on my half.
As to Einar Steinshaug and Dagfinn Rognerud, BehindMLM reviewed Higher Globe in August 2021.
Primarily based on its enterprise mannequin, we strongly suspect Higher Globe operates as a pyramid scheme.
Replace tenth December 2021 – By way of e-mail;
Dagfinn Rognerud is most identified for his function in World Video games Inc. and has additionally been concerned with Perpetually Dwelling, PM Worldwide, iWowWe, Me2Everyone, Synergy Worldwide, International Coin Reserve, OneCoin and Darwin Worldwide.
Linda Josefine Neppelberg is married to Kjell Morten Brendøy, she has additionally been concerned with Rain Worldwide, QubitTech and Nu Pores and skin.
Moreover, it seems Freedom Group is a derivative of Worldwide Partnership Program (IPP).
From an IPP advertising brochure;
We’re an progressive multinational firm that gives glorious enterprise alternative, incredible teamwork, robust skilled assist and social networking.
Our property portfolio in North Cyprus totals roughly £450 m together with resale and new construct, to cater for each kind of purchaser.
Our consultants additionally take care of leases, valuations, property administration, constructing and repairs in addition to all logistical necessities from transport, settling, administration, fights and lodging.
Sound acquainted?
IPP seems to have been rebooted as Imaginative and prescient Group in 2019.
Imaginative and prescient Group (previously IPP The Worldwide Partnership Program) was initially created by the founder and present Chairman Stephan Menzies MRICS.
This is similar yr Freedom Group launched.
IPP had robust ties to Higher Globe and founder Rino Solberg:
I couldn’t discover a concrete connection between Solberg and Freedom Group.
Given two Higher Globe high earners are in control of Freedom Group nevertheless, I’d be stunned to be taught Solberg isn’t a silent co-founder, if not operating the corporate outright. /finish replace
Learn on for a full evaluate of Freedom Group’s MLM alternative.
Freedom Group’s Merchandise
Freedom Group markets properties in Northern Cyprus.
The corporate’s web site particulars a number of property “initiatives” which might be invested in:
Along with on-line listings, Freedom Group markets its initiatives by way of “group excursions” and “inspection journeys”.
We invite you to spend 4 days, 5 nights for FREE in sunny, heat North Cyprus to discover the property market and funding alternatives with our trusted builders in a relaxed setting.
We provide personalised inspection journeys via our trusted builders to provide the absolute best alternative to search out the correct property in North Cyprus, Spain and Dubai.
No properties in Spain or Dubai are at the moment listed on Freedom Group’s web site.
Freedom Group’s Compensation Plan
Freedom Group pays commissions on
- the sale of property;
- property leases; and
- “numerous merchandise which can be complimentary to” property gross sales and leases.
Within the occasion an Freedom Group affiliate indicators up and buy a property, the corporate’s compensation plan states an affiliate “can’t profit from fee on their first buy of property.
Observe that Freedom Group prices a £250 GBP payment per property sale made.
Property gross sales and leases
Freedom Group pays commissions on property gross sales and leases by way of a unilevel compensation construction.
A unilevel compensation construction locations an affiliate on the high of a unilevel workforce, with each personally recruited affiliate positioned straight underneath them (degree 1):
If any degree 1 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on degree 2 of the unique affiliate’s unilevel workforce.
If any degree 2 associates recruit new associates, they’re positioned on degree 3 and so forth and so forth down a theoretical infinite variety of ranges.
Freedom Group caps payable unilevel commissions at ten.
Property sale and rental commissions are paid out as a proportion of collected charges as follows:
- degree 1 (personally recruited associates) – 50%
- degree 2 – 10%
- degree 3 – 5%
- ranges 4 to eight – 2%
- ranges 9 and 10 – 1%
Observe that Freedom Group don’t disclose the whole quantity the above percentages are taken from (they are usually not the property sale quantity or hire paid by shoppers).
“Numerous merchandise” commissions
Freedom Group pays “a one-off fee” on the sale of “numerous merchandise”.
As with the merchandise themselves, no specifics past which can be offered.
Becoming a member of Freedom Group
Freedom Group affiliate membership is free.
If an affiliate earns £2500 GBP in residual commissions (commissions throughout unilevel ranges 2 to 10) yearly, Freedom Group prices a £350 GBP payment.
Conclusion
Freedom Group comes throughout as an MLM firm catering to folks wanting to cover their cash in offshore investments.
You could possibly legitimately need to purchase property in Northern Cyprus, a pink flag jurisdiction in relation to MLM due-diligence, however I don’t suppose that’s the market Freedom Group are focusing on.
I wouldn’t in any respect be stunned if the the “complimentary merchandise” Freedom Group provides, had been certainly complimentary to asset shielding.
This in all probability explains the secrecy surrounding them:
Group B Merchandise: Merchandise that present P2 with numerous streams of revenue. For additional data, please contact a member of Freedom Administration.
For additional data on kind B merchandise and how one can enhance your revenue in Freedom, please contact a member of Administration of Freedom LLC.
It comes off as extremely shady. The primary two named founders being high earners in a suspected pyramid scheme does nothing for confidence.
My impression is Freedom Group’s providing isn’t geared toward “exterior” retail prospects. Fairly gross sales are going to be made by way of phrase of mouth, and more likely to established entrepreneurs, who will invariably join as associates.
Even when there’s a little retail exercise occurring, promoting property in hidey-hole jurisdictions is a tough advertising pitch on your common particular person.
In case you’re not in Freedom Group and studying this, cease and have a take into consideration the way you’d market their properties – and to who?
As beforehand famous, Freedom Group supply free excursions (presumably this solely covers lodging). That appears to be the first advertising tactic used.
Until you’re residing in Northern Cyprus, how are you as a marketer going to compete?
If we push all that apart, Freedom Group’s compensation plan can work – if the vast majority of gross sales are made to retail prospects.
With respect to the FTC Act, the corporate failing to supply product disclosures is a pink flag.
Not that they doubtless care, as a result of as acknowledged Northern Cyprus is a hidey-hole jurisdiction.
The lengthy and the in need of it’s secrecy and MLM don’t go collectively. Method with warning.
Replace tenth December 2021 – Within the feedback under, Malthusian has dropped at my consideration the differentiation between Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
I initially used each names within the evaluate however have up to date it to replicate Freedom Group working in Northern Cyprus.
Cyprus is a pink flag jurisdiction in relation to MLM due-diligence. The corporate has no energetic MLM or MLM associated securities fraud regulation.
Northern Cyprus is even worse.
Northern Cyprus, formally the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, is a de facto state that contains the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus.
Recognised solely by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is taken into account by all different states to be a part of the Republic of Cyprus.
The Turkish Military maintains a massive power in Northern Cyprus.
Whereas its presence is supported and accepted by the TRNC authorities, the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union as a complete, and the worldwide group regard it as an occupation power, and its presence has been denounced in a number of United Nations Safety Council resolutions.
Most likely not someplace you’d need to park massive sums of legitimately obtained cash in.
Evidently that’s not Freedom Group’s goal demographic.
