{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Digital Altitude / MOBE: $200M in 'Business Education' That Was a Pyramid","description":"It started quietly, in the digital shadows—no headlines, no dramatic announcements. Just a few clicks, a promise of independence, and a payment portal that felt like the gateway to a new life. But in the background, a machine was already humming, designed to turn hope into a business model.\r\n\r\nImagine the early two thousand tens. Social media is exploding, everyone is branding themselves, and the line between coaching, education, and recruitment gets blurrier by the day. Into that world steps Michael Force, founder of Digital Altitude. He isn’t a household name, but he’s a builder of systems. According to Federal Trade Commission filings, Force’s company sold “business education” with program names that sounded like self-improvement, but the real structure was more complex. Webinars, testimonials, slick membership portals—all the trappings of legitimacy. But behind those dashboards was a design built to keep customers climbing, spending, and, eventually, recruiting.\r\n\r\nAurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 32 minutes, one complete story.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/digital-altitude-mobe","author_name":"The Archive Network"}