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Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd

We are investigating Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd for allegedly attempting to conceal critical reviews and adverse news from Google by improperly submitting copyright takedown notices. This includes potential violations such as impersonation, fraud, and perjury.

Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd

PARTIES INVOLVED: Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd

ALLEGATIONS: Perjury, Fraud, Impersonation

INCIDENT DATE: 28 Aug 2024

INVESTIGATED BY: Ethan Katz

TOOLS USED: Lumen, FakeDMCA, SecurityTrails

CASE NO: 29845/A/2024

CRIME TYPE: Intellectual Property Scam

PUBLISHED ON: 26 Nov 2024

REPORTED BY: FakeDMCA.com

JURISDICTION: USA

A summary of what happened?

Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd is a company operating as an alleged financial broker, primarily offering services related to investments in commodities like oil, gold, and foreign currencies. However, it has faced significant scrutiny, with multiple sources flagging it as potentially fraudulent. Below are three major concerns and accusations associated with the company:

  1. Lack of Regulation and Licensing: Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd does not appear to be a licensed broker. Despite claiming legitimacy, investigations show that the company is not registered with any recognized financial regulatory authority. This absence of proper licensing is a strong indicator that the company may not be operating lawfully, raising red flags about its credibility.
  2. Scamming and Blocking Clients: Numerous reviews from clients allege that the company engages in fraudulent activities by taking deposits and refusing to return them. Investors report being blocked or ignored when attempting to withdraw their funds. This pattern of behavior, where excuses are made or conditions imposed to prevent withdrawals, suggests the company is designed to trap unsuspecting investors.
  3. New and Untraceable Online Presence: Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd was established very recently, with its domain registered only a few months ago. This short lifespan, combined with hidden ownership information, raises suspicion. Many fraud sites are set up quickly, operate for a few months, and then disappear after accumulating enough funds from victims.

In summary, Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd has been widely accused of being a scam operation, exploiting the lack of financial knowledge among new traders and providing no legal or financial guarantees to protect clients’ investments. Investors are strongly advised to avoid the company due to its questionable practices and lack of transparency.

 

Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd Fake DMCA

 

 

 

Analyzing the Fake Copyright Notice(s)

Our team collects and analyses fraudulent copyright takedown requests, legal complaints, and other efforts to remove critical information from the internet. Through our investigative reporting, we examine the prevalence and operation of an organized censorship industry, predominantly funded by criminal entities, oligarchs, and disreputable businesses or individuals. Our findings allow internet users to gain insight into these censorship schemes’ sources, methods, and underlying objectives.

 

 

 

What was Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd trying to hide?

Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd‘s attempts to hide unfavourable content through the misuse of copyright notices while allegedly engaging in perjury present serious legal concerns. These actions suggest a calculated attempt to manipulate legal systems to suppress free speech, a fundamental violation of copyright law principles and an abuse of legal processes. The use of such tactics not only undermines the integrity of copyright protection but also potentially constitutes perjury, further entangling Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd in legal accountability. Let’s examine the information Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd may be trying to remove from the internet –

Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd has been subject to numerous adverse reports, allegations, and complaints that suggest it operates as a fraudulent entity. Below is a comprehensive summary of the negative claims surrounding the company:

  1. Fraudulent Operations and Unlicensed Activity: Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd claims to operate as a financial broker, yet it lacks proper registration or licensing with any recognized financial regulatory authority. This has led to concerns that the company is operating illegally, raising suspicions about its legitimacy in the financial markets. The absence of a regulatory status makes it difficult for clients to have legal recourse if their funds are lost.
  2. Client Fund Misappropriation: Numerous complaints from users accuse Maxwell Solutions of taking deposits and then refusing to return the money. Investors report that after transferring their funds to the company, they face difficulties withdrawing them. The company reportedly provides excuses for denying withdrawal requests or imposes impossible conditions, which effectively traps clients’ investments.
  3. Questionable Online Presence and Fake Reviews: The company’s website is relatively new, with the domain being registered only a few months ago. Additionally, there is suspicion that the large number of positive reviews on the website might be fabricated to bolster credibility. This pattern of using fake reviews is often associated with scam operations that seek to lure investors under false pretenses.
  4. Client Blocking and Communication Cut-Offs: Many reviews detail instances where Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd blocked clients after they persistently requested their money back. This tactic, in which communication is cut off after investments are made, further strengthens the belief that the company is engaging in fraudulent practices.
  5. High-Risk Investment Scheme: Maxwell Solutions has been criticized for targeting inexperienced investors by promising high returns with low initial capital requirements. The company is said to entice users with bonus rewards that come with hidden, restrictive conditions. When users attempt to withdraw funds, these conditions are cited as reasons for denying withdrawals, effectively locking up client funds.
  6. Anonymous Ownership and Lack of Transparency: The company operates under a veil of secrecy, with its domain registered under privacy protection services. This makes it difficult to verify who is behind the operation or to hold anyone accountable for the company’s actions, a common red flag in fraudulent schemes.

In light of these concerns, Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd has been widely criticized as an untrustworthy and potentially dangerous investment platform. Many reviews warn potential investors to stay away from the company to avoid financial losses.

 

 

 

How do we counteract this malpractice?

Once we ascertain the involvement of Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd (or actors working on behalf of Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd), we will inform Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd of our findings via Electronic Mail.

Our preliminary assessment suggests that Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd may have engaged a third-party reputation management agency or expert, which, either independently or under direct authorization from Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd, initiated efforts to remove adverse online content, including potentially fraudulent DMCA takedown requests. We will extend an opportunity to Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd to provide details regarding their communications with the agency or expert, as well as the identification of the individual(s) responsible for executing these false DMCA notices.

Failure to respond in a timely manner will necessitate a reassessment of our initial assumptions. In such an event, we will be compelled to take appropriate legal action to rectify the unlawful conduct and take the following steps –

 

 

Since Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd made such efforts to hide something online, it seems fit to ensure that this article and sensitive information targeted online by these events get a lot more exposure and traffic than what it would have received originally

We hope this becomes an excellent case study for the Streisand effect…The key idea behind the Streisand effect is that efforts to restrict information can backfire, often causing the information to gain more attention than it would have otherwise. This effect is widespread in the digital age, where users quickly notice and spread censorship efforts on social media and other platforms. Trying to suppress something can unintentionally lead to it becoming more visible, which Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd is finding out the hard way.

Potential Consequences for Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd

Under Florida Statute 831.01, the crime of Forgery is committed when a person falsifies, alters, counterfeits, or forges a document that carries “legal efficacy” with the intent to injure or defraud another person or entity.

Forging a document is considered a white-collar crime. It involves altering, changing, or modifying a document to deceive another person. It can also include passing along copies of documents that are known to be false. In many states in the US, falsifying a document is a crime punishable as a felony.

 

 

Additionally, under most laws, “fraud on the court” is where “a party has sentiently set in motion some unconscionable scheme calculated to interfere with the judicial system’s ability impartially to adjudicate a matter by improperly influencing the trier of fact or unfairly hampering the presentation of the opposing party’s claim or defense.”  Cox v. Burke, 706 So. 2d 43, 46 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (quoting Aoude v. Mobil Oil Corp., 892 F.2d 1115, 1118 (1st Cir. 1989)).

Is Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd Committing a Cyber Crime?

Faced with these limitations, some companies like Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd have gone to extreme lengths to fraudulently claim copyright ownership over a negative review in the hopes of taking it down.

Fake DMCA notices have targeted articles highlighting the criminal activity of prominent people to hide their illegal behavior. These people, which include US, Russian, and Khazakstani politicians as well as members from elite circles including the mafia and those with massive financial power, are all connected – and alleged corruption ranging from child abuse to sexual harassment is exposed when exploring evidence found at these URLs. It appears there’s a disturbing level of influence being exerted here that needs further investigation before justice can be served. Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd is certainly keeping interesting company here….

CompanyNames Fake DMCA

The DMCA takedown process requires that copyright owners submit a takedown notice to an ISP identifying the allegedly infringing content and declaring, under penalty of perjury, that they have a good faith belief that the content is infringing. The ISP must then promptly remove or disable access to the content. The alleged infringer can then submit a counter-notice, and if the copyright owner does not take legal action within 10 to 14 days, the ISP can restore the content.

Since these platforms are predominantly based in the U.S., the complaints are typically made under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which requires online service providers and platforms to react immediately to reports or violations. Big Tech companies rarely have systems in place to assess the merit of each report. Instead, all bad actors need to do is clone a story, backdate it, and then demand the real thing be taken down.

 

Reputation Agency's Modus Operandi

The fake DMCA notices we found always use the “back-dated article” technique. With this technique, the wrongful notice sender (or copier) creates a copy of a “true original” article and back-dates it, creating a “fake original” article (a copy of the true original) that, at first glance, appears to have been published before the true original.

Then, based on the claim that this backdated article is the “original,” the scammers send a DMCA to the relevant online service providers (e.g. Google), alleging that the ‘true’ original is the copied or “infringing” article and that the copied article is the “original,” requesting the takedown of the ‘true’ original article. After sending the DMCA request, the person who sent the wrong notice takes down the fake original URL, likely to make sure that the article doesn’t stay online in any way. If the takedown notice is successful, the disappearance from the internet of information is most likely to be legitimate speech.

As an integral part of this scheme, the ‘reputation management’ company hired by Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd creates a website that purports to be a ‘news’ site. This site is designed to look legitimate at a glance, but any degree of scrutiny reveals it as the charade it is.

The company copies the ‘negative’ content and posts it “on the fake ‘news’ site, attributing it to a separate author,” then gives it “a false publication date on the ‘news’ website that predated the original publication.

The reputation company then sent Google a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice claiming the original website infringed copyright. After a cursory examination of the fake news site, Google frequently accepts the notice and delists the content.

 

 

In committing numerous offences, Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd either premeditated actions or were unaware of the consequences. Despite hiring an agency to make Google disregard any negative information about Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd, ignorance does not excuse this wrongdoing.

Fake DMCA notices have targeted articles highlighting the criminal activity of prominent people to hide their illegal behavior. These people, which include US, Russian, and Khazakstani politicians as well as members from elite circles including the mafia and those with massive financial power, are all connected – and alleged corruption ranging from child abuse to sexual harassment is exposed when exploring evidence found at these URLs. It appears there’s a disturbing level of influence being exerted here that needs further investigation before justice can be served. FSMSmart is certainly keeping interesting company here.

 

The Reputation Laundering

Rogue Reputation agencies use spurious copyright claims and fake legal notices to remove and obscure articles linking clients to allegations of tax avoidance, corruption, and drug trafficking. Most of these reputation agencies are based offshore, mainly in Russia, India, and Eastern Europe, and they do not worry about complying with US-based laws.

The content in all of the articles for which the fraudulent DMCA notices have been sent relates to allegations of criminal allegations, including corruption, child abuse, sexual harassment, human trafficking and financial fraud against businesses and individuals with ultra-high net worth.

 

 

In addition to the misuse of the DMCA takedown process, there is a notable absence of enforcement concerning perjury violations. The statutory requirement related to perjury is designed to deter copyright holders from submitting fraudulent or knowingly false takedown requests, as they may face legal consequences for making false declarations under penalty of perjury. However, to date, there have been no known instances of any individual being prosecuted for perjury in connection with the submission of false DMCA takedown notices.

This lack of enforcement has emboldened copyright holders to exploit the DMCA takedown process to suppress dissent, criticism, or other unfavorable content, without fear of legal repercussions.

Some of the people and businesses who have employed this tactic to remove legitimate content from Google illegally include a Spanish businessman-turned-cocaine-trafficker, Organised crime, an Israeli-Argentine banker accused of laundering money for Hugo Chávez’s regime, a French “responsible” mining company accused of tax evasion, child molesters and sexual predators. Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd is in great company ….

What else is Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd hiding?

We encourage you to ‘Dork‘ Google by searching for keyword combinations such as [Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd] + {Negative Keyword, such as Scam, Fraud, Complaints, Lawsuit, Sanction, etc} on Google. It’s likely if you scroll down to the bottom of this Google search results, you’ll stumble upon this Legal Takedown notice (pictured below)

 

 

To make such an investigation possible, we encourage more online service providers to come forward and share copies of content removal requests with industry experts and researchers. If you have any information on Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd that you want to share with experts and journalists, kindly email the author directly at [email protected].

All communications are strictly confidential and safeguarded under a comprehensive Whistleblower Policy, ensuring full protection and anonymity for individuals who provide information.

Authorities we may contact and share this report with for further actions

GOOGLE LEGAL HEAD

Halimah DeLaine Prado

NEWS DESK

Washington Post & NY Times

The above decision-makers and authorities will be provided a comprehensive dossier of our findings, including anonymously submitted evidence and tips. We invite journalists to contact us to receive a copy of our complete investigation here

Credits and Acknowledgement

16/10/2024

Many thanks to FakeDMCA.com and Lumen for providing access to their database.

Photos and Illustrations provided by DALL-E 3 – “a representation of Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd censoring the internet and committing cyber crimes.”

    • Our investigative report on Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd‘s efforts to suppress online speech is significant, as it raises serious concerns about its integrity. The findings suggest that Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd has engaged in questionable practices, including potential perjury, impersonation, and fraud, in a misguided attempt to manage or salvage its reputation.

    • We intend to file a counternotice to reinstate the removed article(s). While this particular instance is relatively straightforward, it is important to note that, in other cases, the overwhelming volume of automated DMCA takedown notices can significantly hinder the ability of affected parties to respond—especially for those not large media organizations.

    • You need an account with fakeDMCA.com and Lumen to access the research data. However, accounts are not widely available since these non-profit organisations manage large databases that could be susceptible to misuse. Nevertheless, they do offer access to non-profits and researchers.

    • It’s unclear why U.S. authorities have yet to act against these rogue reputation agencies, whose business model seems rooted in fraudulent practices.

  • We’ve reached out to Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd for a comment or rebuttal regarding this investigation. It will strongly suggest they were behind the takedown attempt if they remain silent.

About the Author

16/10/2024

The author is affiliated with Harvard University and serves as a researcher at both Lumen and FakeDMCA.com. In his personal capacity, he and his team have been actively investigating and reporting on organized crime related to fraudulent copyright takedown schemes. Additionally, his team provides advisory services to major law firms and is frequently consulted on matters pertaining to intellectual property law. He can be reached at [email protected] directly.

USER FEEDBACK ON Maxwell Solutions Holding Pte Ltd

2.3/5

Based on 2 ratings

Trust
20%
Risk
90%
Brand
30%
by: Maya Singh
December 9, 2024 at 11:38 am

100% scam. They start with small investments, promise big returns, then use heavy sales tactics. I lost my £100 and can’t withdraw it

by: Jorge González
December 9, 2024 at 11:29 am

I was initially drawn in by the promises of big returns, but my experience with Maxwell Solutions turned out to be nothing short of a nightmare. After researching, I learned that they use high-pressure sales tactics to convince you to...

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