Laurent Billionaire, Poupette Kenza… A collective of victims accuses several influential people of fraud

Persecution and calling for testimony from victims. This Tuesday, during a press conference, the collective Aid to Victims of Influencers (AVI), formed to denounce numerous questionable practices by reality TV influencers in particular, announced a new wave of lawsuits against several Internet stars. Pointing to numerous scams, sometimes aimed at enriching powerful individuals, the collective also encouraged victims to report them in order to, as they say, “reset their affairs.”

“Sequence of scams” by Laurent Billionaire

One of the main people the collective is targeting is influencer Laurent Correia, star of the reality show “The JLC Family”, better known as Laurent the Billionaire. The man, who is now followed by more than 380,000 people and is known as the husband of Jazz Correia, also a reality TV influencer, is accused of “a string of scams,” the first of which dates back to 2017 and involved promoting dubious sports betting.

This time, the AVI collective attacks Laurent Billionaire’s recent companies, which boast of “copy trading” in Telegram channels called “Billio Gang”, “Billio Elite”, “Billio 1%”. In these chat groups, the influencer invites his followers to invest in currency exchange, promising “unreal profits.” An investigation by Le Parisien, published in 2021, has already revealed abuses by the Billio Banda group, whose members said they lost several hundred, if not several thousand, euros.

According to the complaints collected by the AVI team, the total amount of “losses amounted to 45,000 euros.” “But this is a very small part” of the matter, comments Jean-Baptiste Boisseau, founder of the website Signal Arnaques and a member of the group, who estimates he would have lost several “hundreds of thousands of euros.”

The collective is also working on an NFT project by Laurent Correia called “Billionaire Dogs.” This technique involved selling images of dogs, which would increase in value, but which would mainly serve to enrich the influencer. “The money disappeared after a few weeks, and the equivalent of 400,000 euros ended up in his pocket,” emphasizes the AVI team, which traced the influencer’s earnings through the blockchain system.

In connection with these cases, a complaint against

The prize pool promoted by Poupette Kenza also aims to

Another case: a case of suspected embezzlement of a humanitarian fund promoted by the influential figure Pupette Kenza, as well as her cousins ​​Anissa and Sukaina. This fundraiser, scheduled for June 2023, was aimed at supporting a Moroccan orphanage run by the Swiss association Atlas Kinder.

But many internet users were concerned that of the more than €200,000 in winnings, only €134,000 was ultimately sent to the orphanage. “After deducting €9,145 in management fees, serious doubts remain about the destination of more than €70,000 in donations,” admits Jean-Baptiste Boisseau, who counts 16,000 potentially affected donors. At the same time, the AVI team intends to file a lawsuit against X for “abuse of trust as an organized group.”

Dylan Thiry sued for advertising fake AirPods

Controversial influencer Dylan Thiry, who has already been the subject of many complaints, is once again singled out by the AVI collective, this time for the dubious promotion of headphones “similar” to AirPods, developed by the Apple brand.

In the 21pods case, several dozen plaintiffs alleged “failure to meet delivery dates, non-receipt of products, products not as advertised, or even contests without winners,” notes Houda of AVI’s legal department. team. The group, which wants to file complaints of “organized gangster fraud”, “organized gangster breach of trust” and “deceptive fraud”, estimates that the case, which stretches from late 2019 to early 2020, will involve up to 5,000 people. commercial practice.”

“Open Case” against a contemporary artist

Slim, a member of the AVI collective, also shared an “open file” regarding various questionable NFTs from contemporary artist Vincent Fodemer, who is followed by 1.6 million people on Instagram and is known for designing “Babolex” figurines, a kind of mini-figurines. Babar is equipped with a Rolex watch.

In 2021, the artist, appreciated by PSG players and the Kardashian family, released the first collection of 6,000 NFTs “Babolex”, sold at 350 euros each, promising numerous gifts such as lucrative returns, access to an exclusive video game also bringing winnings, or even ski weekends and Dragon Ball Z figurines. In the following months, the artist promoted two more similar projects: “Alien X” and “Babolex Snoop Dogg” in collaboration with the famous American rapper.

Problem: Investors had no information about guaranteed investment returns or were entitled to low-quality gifts. “More than ten million euros have been invested,” emphasizes Slim, who explains that he is one of the Internet users affected by these projects. The complaint will be filed at the beginning of July 2024 “demanding accountability for these fraudulent actions,” indicates the AVI team, which has already collected evidence from 199 complainants about total damages estimated at 669,000 euros.

Small content creator bymounamour also attached

The AVI collective also announces that it is prosecuting an influencer named mounamour for “fraud.” Less famous than her colleagues, Khadja Diaby (her real name) is followed by 90,000 people on Instagram, where she shares her family’s daily life and even her travels.

She also advertises her online store, specializing, in particular, in cosmetic products. Some of these products contain “ingredients banned in France,” the AVI team emphasizes, citing the example of Feminity, a carrot soap that was withdrawn from sale last September.

Other products, such as black soap and shea butter, are “homemade” with “no standards.” Added to these accusations are the usual delays in deliveries, lack of follow-up and even ignoring customer complaints.