CryptoProgram promoter Scott Alexander Morris has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Brandon Williams, proprietor of the Ponzi Patrol YouTube channel.
Morris is thought to BehindMLM as a serial promoter of fraudulent MLM funding schemes. These embrace, by Morris’ personal admission, COTPS, Intelligence Prime Capital, Aufin, AladdinBot, Maxpread and CryptoProgram.
Williams filed go well with towards Morris (proper), a sixty-eight 12 months outdated Florida resident, on September twenty fourth, 2024.
In retaliation for documenting Morris’ promotion of fraudulent MLM schemes, Williams claims Morris engaged in “a protracted marketing campaign of threats, harassment and intimidation”, throughout which he made “a sequence of malicious, defamatory, and false statements”.
That is an motion for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional misery (IIED) ensuing from [Morris’] repeated public statements falsely accusing Plaintiff of felony actions, fraud, and immoral conduct, in addition to issuing threats of violence, sharing personal contact data (known as “doxxing” hereinafter), and inspiring others to harass Plaintiff.
[Morris] was motivated by his want to guard his fraudulent monetary schemes.
By discrediting Plaintiff, [Morris] sought to take care of his status amongst his followers and stop additional publicity of his actions for monetary achieve.
The claims Morris made towards Williams are typical of what scammers give you to deflect criticism of their fraudulent exercise. I’ll let Morris’ actions communicate for themselves, as recounted by Williams in his Criticism;
In a YouTube video printed to one among [Morris’] public Telegram teams, [Morris] additional falsely accused Plaintiff of partaking in pedophilia.
On or round Could 27, 2024, [Morris stated publicly:
“Somebody sent me a picture of Brandon making out with a young boy… I don’t know if this is photoshopped or if it’s real, but this is not something I want to participate in.
But if you think it’s real I think you should take it to your local law enforcement… There’s something that could be coming Brandon’s way…
Those are the kinds of things that you can, sort of, that happen to you when you start saying horrible things about people that aren’t true and that you can’t substantiate.”
In the same video, [Morris] additional doxxed Plaintiff by publicly posting Plaintiff’s personal telephone quantity and inspiring his followers to harass Plaintiff.
[Morris] acknowledged:
I’ll go away Ponzi Patrol’s telephone quantity within the description if you wish to name him and say hello. Inform him I stated hello too.
On or round September 26, 2023, [Morris] publicly shared Plaintiff’s private data, together with Plaintiff’s full title, mailing tackle, electronic mail tackle, and telephone quantity, in a put up made inside the “FIRETEAM1 AMS” Telegram group.
In the identical put up, [Morris] inspired others to “ship him presents” to Plaintiff’s tackle, a transparent try and incite harassment.
On or round September 15, 2024, [Morris] falsely acknowledged in one among his Telegram teams that Plaintiff’s actual title isn’t Brandon Williams.
On a number of events, Defendant has publicly threatened Plaintiff with baseless lawsuits in retaliation for Plaintiff’s publicity of Defendant’s fraudulent schemes.
For instance, someday in 2023, or early 2024, Defendant publicly acknowledged on Telegram to his group of followers and the general public that he supposed to “bury [Plaintiff] in authorized filings” as a method of harassment and intimidation.
On or round July 18, 2024, Defendant Scott Morris publicly introduced in his Telegram group “FIRETEAM1 StableTrading,” … that he was launching an internet site known as “Ponzi Faggot Patrol.”
Defendant particularly acknowledged:
“I WILL BE STARTING A CLUB CALLED PONZI FAGGOT PATROL.
Subsequent week it is possible for you to to affix by going to PonziFaggotPatrol.com. We may have Merch that includes our favourite faggot, Pillows within the form of an ASSHOLE, Butt Plugs along with his face on them, and an assortment of different enjoyable stuff to select from.”
Morris additionally focused the Ponzi Patrol YouTube channel, submitting false copyright strikes on not less than one video.
Williams alleges Morris “has a documented historical past of threatening others with baseless authorized motion courting again to 2006”.
Williams claims Morris’ conduct breached his security, the security of his household and, on one event, instigated a panic assault required medical intervention.
Along with suing Morris, Williams states he filed felony complaints with the FBI and Fernandina Seashore Police Division. Williams can also be a whistleblower in a purported ongoing SEC investigation into Morris’ conduct.
The case progressed all through the primary half of 2025. On Could 1st, 2025, Williams filed a discover documenting Morris’ abusive conduct throughout proceedings.
On March 19, 2025, after Plaintiff despatched an expert electronic mail to Defendant to make clear the place Defendant want to settle for service or court docket paperwork, Defendant responded with:
EAT SHIT ASSHOLE. I DON’T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU DO, BUT I’M ENJOYING WATCHING YOU MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF. YOU DON’T NEED ANY HELP FROM ME.
On April twenty second, 2025, Defendant despatched a sequence of harassing and unprofessional messages.
On that date, Defendant incorrectly accused Plaintiff of losing his time and the court docket’s time by “Not exhibiting up for the deposition [Plaintiff] scheduled”.
Plaintiff tried to make clear that the case was stayed, and likewise prolonged a great religion supply to debate the case and discover decision choices.
In response, Defendant despatched the next messages, together with however not restricted to:
“EAT SHIT ASSHOLE; I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT BULLSHIT MOTION TO THE COURT…”
“FUCK OFF, EAT SHIT, CONTINUE LOSING…”
“YOU ARE A PATHETIC PIECE OF DETRITUS…”
“YOU WILL ANSWER TO THE COURT ASSHOLE.”
On Could 1,2025, after Plaintiff despatched an expert message through Telegram to inform Defendant that court-ordered discovery paperwork had been despatched by electronic mail, Defendant responded with homophobic slurs, profanity, and private insults.
These are the messages:
-I’m simply messaging you to inform you to take your faggot ass and eat shit. You’re a laughing inventory. A minor ego victory you received this morning, nothing extra. You’re a idiot.
On March 18th, 2025, a Telegram account bearing Defendant’s title and likeness publicly posted particulars of court-ordered mediation between the events.
The put up included:
-Verbatim content material from confidential settlement discussions recognized solely to Plaintiff, [Morris], [Morris’] Legal professional, and the mediator;
-{A photograph} of [Morris], taken contained in the workplace of his former authorized counsel.
-How outdated had been you once you found you had been a faggot?
That very same day, Could 1, 2025, Plaintiff despatched Defendant a follow-up electronic mail outlining discovery deadlines and reattaching supplies as instructed by the Court docket. Defendant once more responded with vulgar and abusive language.
The message from Defendant was:
FUCK YOU BITCH, COWARD, LOSER, FAGGOT.
Williams’ case was continuing in direction of trial, scheduled for April twentieth, 2026.
Then, following a mediation session held on October twenty ninth, a joint movement to dismiss was filed on November sixth.
A Mediator’s Report confirms a settlement settlement was reached on October twenty ninth, the main points of that are confidential.
What I can verify is that Williams has eliminated not less than one video from the Ponzi Patrol YouTube channel that includes Morris. On or round November ninth, Morris marked remaining movies on his Fireteam1 YouTube channel as personal.
Our final chapter in Williams’ defamation lawsuit is video footage of Morris’ deposition, taken on September 4th, 2025.
In stated deposition, Morris represents Williams has claimed $300,000 in damages. It’s unclear whether or not any cash modified fingers as a part of the reached settlement.
Morris’ deposition runs in at 4 hours and thirty-one minutes. Williams was deposed the next day however with out a videographer. Williams claims he doesn’t have a replica of the recording of his deposition.
Each Williams and Morris appeared at Morris’ deposition professional se (they represented themselves), with Williams personally confronting Morris along with his conduct.
On Morris defaming individuals (observe timestamps pertain to the recording, not YouTube);
[10:34:21] Williams: Have you ever ever been sued for defamation?
Morris: Sure.
Williams: Who sued you?
[Morris’ former bankruptcy attorney]
Williams: Why did he sue you particularly?
Morris: For defamation.
Williams: Did you create an internet site about him?
Morris: Sure.
Williams: What was the result of that defamation case towards you?
Morris: I misplaced.
Williams: Do you recall what the judgment was towards you?
Morris: I believe it was $118,000.
Morris confirms he didn’t pay the judgment.
In one other exhibit, former real-estate enterprise companions acquiring a $100,000 judgment towards Morris is proven. Morris claims he doesn’t recall the character of the case.
On an alleged prior conviction in Texas;
[10:38:21] Williams: Have been you convicted of a felony in Texas in 1998?
Morris: No.
[Williams reminds Morris that he is under oath]
Williams: Have you ever ever acquired an order of non-disclosure from [the] Texas authorities, for Texas authorities code 411.071, associated to a felony offense?
Morris: I object.
[Morris requests someone off-camera “get the judge”]
Williams: [So] you’re refusing to reply?
Morris: I’ll reply if the Choose compels me to.
[Judge enters the room]
Morris: Your honor, the Plaintiff requested me a query that I’m not permitted to reply.
[Morris hands the judge an envelope and requests the Judge look at the contents]
After inspecting the contents of the envelope, the Choose dominated Morris “doesn’t should testify additional about that”.
For reference, Part 411.071 of the Texas Authorities Code, because it pertains to non-disclosure agreements (part 441.0715), states;
Sec. 411.0715. DEFINITION OF DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR PURPOSE OF RECEIVING ORDER OF NONDISCLOSURE.
For functions of an order of nondisclosure of felony historical past file data below this subchapter, an individual is taken into account to have been positioned on deferred adjudication group supervision if, whatever the statutory authorization:
(1) the individual entered a plea of responsible or nolo contendere;
(2) the choose deferred additional proceedings with out getting into an adjudication of guilt and positioned the individual below the supervision of the court docket or an officer below the supervision of the court docket; and
(3) on the finish of the interval of supervision the choose dismissed the proceedings and discharged the individual.
Later within the deposition Morris is confronted with an exhibited electronic mail he despatched to his former lawyer, whereby Morris admits he “pleaded responsible to a felony” and acquired a “felony conviction” in 1998.
When requested concerning the exhibit, Morris claims he “misspoke” within the electronic mail.
Pursuant to his Texas nondisclosure order, what crime(s) Morris pled responsible to stay unknown.
On Morris’ use of derogatory phrases to discredit Williams;
[10:46:57] Williams: Do you or your associates have every other names for me that you just’ve known as me, apart from Brandon or Ponzi Patrol?
Morris: You imply like slurs?
Williams: Sure.
Morris: [snickers] Yeah, we’ve known as you all the things within the ebook …
Williams: What about “our favourite faggot?”
Morris: Sure, sure, I believe I’ve heard that earlier than.
Williams: Or “Ponzi fag”?
Morris: Sure, that additionally.
Williams: “Ponzi troll coward”?
Morris: Perhaps.
Williams: “Limp-dick pussy”?
Morris: Presumably.
Williams: Why did you name me names like that?
Morris: Since you behave like one.
Williams: Are you able to elaborate on that?
Morris: No.
Williams: What do you imply “behave like one”?
Morris: You cheat, you’re effeminate, you current your self in a means that precipitated individuals to uh, consider you that means.
Williams: So once you known as me a faggot, that was referring to my sexual orientation?
Morris: No. That’s a time period I used to make use of within the Marine Corps for weak individuals. It’s only a normal time period, doesn’t have something to do along with your potential sexuality. I don’t suppose anyone was keen on that.
On Morris being subpoenaed by the SEC to testify in relation to his involvement in CryptoProgram (the CFTC was additionally current);
[11:50:37] Williams: You had been subpoenaed by the SEC in relation to CryptoProgram, proper?
Morris: Sure.
Williams: In that video we simply watched you stated, “What he doesn’t understand is that he himself is below investigation ‘cuz he instigated this entire factor. And you recognize what? It’s by no means a good suggestion to waste the federal government’s time.” So, who am I below investigation by?
Morris: I don’t know.
Williams: So why did you say that I’m below investigation?
Morris: I imagine that after I was on the federal constructing, I requested the query if I used to be below investigation. I requested the query if you happen to had been below investigation. And that remark there may need been, y’know, referring to one thing that I had heard or presumed to have heard on the testimony.
Williams: So why did you say that I’m below investigation?
Morris: I believed that you’re below investigation.
Williams: Primarily based on what?
Morris: Primarily based on uh, lies that you just’ve instructed about me and different individuals. Isn’t that what whistleblowers do generally, they embellish their case. So I believe that you just’ve stated sufficient. I’ll simply go away it at that, huh.
…
Williams: So your proof that I’m below investigation is simply that you just imagine it. That’s the one proof that you’ve got?
Morris: Mhmm.
To this point neither the SEC or CFTC have introduced expenses towards CryptoProgram, founder Ed Zimbardi or prime promoters like Scott Morris.
Throughout questioning pertaining to his feedback about an alleged picture he acquired of Williams “making out with a younger boy” ([13:47:40]), Morris refused to reply questions. The Choose was known as in and knowledgeable Morris he was permitted to object however needed to reply the query.
In a nutshell, Morris danced round why he’d prompt the purportedly nameless one who’d despatched him the picture ought to go to the police if the boy within the picture wasn’t underage.
On Morris selling Ponzi schemes;
[15:20:33] (Exhibit recording of Scott Morris): You guys know that a few of us made hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in IPC (Intelligence Prime Capital), COTP, FastBNB and all that different nonsense.
We knew stepping into they had been Ponzi schemes. However there are methods to capitalize on Ponzi schemes the place you earn money.
And a technique you do that’s you gotta get in early, you’ve gotta get in massive and you then gotta get out.
Williams: Do you agree that on this video you stated that you just knew stepping into that they had been Ponzi schemes.
Morris: I did. I stated that.
Williams: So have you ever ever knowingly participated in selling scams or Ponzi schemes?
Morris: Truly, no … I suppose there are some issues which might be clearly Ponzi schemes.
Williams: So in that video, you stated “you knew stepping into they had been Ponzi schemes.” That implies that you knew going into it that it was a Ponzi scheme. Appropriate?
Morris: I believe I uh, I believe I used to be inartful in the way in which I articulated that. I believe that in all probability if I needed to do it over once more I might say one thing like, “plenty of the packages that we’ve gotten concerned in are in all probability or might be Ponzi schemes.” However I wouldn’t say that each one these packages I knew had been Ponzi schemes, after I bought into them.
I imagine that IPC, COTP and FastBNB had been Ponzi schemes however, actually, principally after the very fact.
Williams: However you stated you knew stepping into …
Morris: Sure, I stated that. I stated that. Alright? That’s a phrase. I misspoke.
Williams: If somebody knowingly promotes and earnings off a Ponzi scheme, would you contemplate that fraudulent?
Morris: No. Not if you happen to inform those who this can be a Ponzi scheme and right here’s how we handle it. There’s nothing fraudulent about that, it’s solely clear.
Williams: What if an individual promoted a Ponzi scheme whereas selling it as a authentic enterprise?
Morris: Not essentially.
Below US monetary legislation there isn’t any carve out within the Securities and Change Act allowing fraud if a defendant brazenly admits fraud previous to committing stated fraud.
[15:26:29] (Exhibit recording of Scott Morris): Hello and Welcome to the Fireteam1 YouTube channel. My title is Scott Morris.
This channel is devoted to passive revenue and buying and selling packages. And what I do right here is, I attempt to assist individuals perceive how these passive revenue and buying and selling packages work, to allow them to capitalize and earn money.
Now to present you an instance, there are three packages that come to thoughts that I’ve been concerned in not too long ago. One was FastBNB, one was IPC, Intelligence Prime Capital, and the opposite one, most not too long ago, was COTP.
Now all of those collapsed and many individuals have a look at that and say, “Oh they had been scams. I’m not gonna get entangled in any of these scams.”
And, they had been certainly scams, or pyramids, or y’know, some such factor. However then why do individuals like me make piles of cash in them, and different individuals lose cash?
Effectively I do know why that occurs and what I endeavor to do on this channel is train individuals the right way to earn money in them.
‘Cuz they’re not gonna go away. They’re gonna stick round for an extended, very long time. We’re gonna be getting out and in of them on a regular basis …
Williams: So Mr. Morris, do you train others the right way to earn money in pyramid schemes or scams in your YouTube channel?
Morris: Uh, no.
On Morris being questioned a couple of CryptoProgram sufferer allegedly committing suicide;
[14:15:56] Williams: If the woman who refinanced her dwelling and dedicated suicide would have listened to me as an alternative of you, she could also be alive nonetheless proper?
Morris: I don’t know if that individual was in my group. I don’t suppose she was in my group. I believe that was an city legend. I don’t know that that’s true.
Williams: It’s true that you just stated that out publicly, right?
Morris: I’ve heard the story. You’re the one which introduced that up I imagine.
Morris acknowledges that previous to its collapse, he was incomes round $100,000 per 30 days in CryptoProgram referral commissions.
[15:53:14] Williams: You made two totally different movies, one with Garry Wooden and one with Jay Offner, exhibiting individuals how they will “play in an even bigger sport” by taking out loans, tapping into their IRAs and accessing cash from bank cards, to spend money on CryptoProgram, proper?
Morris: Object to type, relevance. Has nothing to do along with your silly case. And I do not know how these two issues join.
Williams: Did you make these two movies that I’m referencing right here or not?
Morris: Sure.
To the most effective of my data, Morris has not publicly expressed any regret in direction of victims he recruited into varied fraudulent funding schemes.
As on the time of his deposition in September 2025, Morris claims he hasn’t promoted a “passive revenue program in over a 12 months”.
