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INVESTIGATION DOSSIER

Universe Pro

Facts, attributed assertions, and unverified leads

Evidence order: VERIFIED FACTS → ATTRIBUTED ASSERTIONS → UNVERIFIED / ALLEGED

Preserved evidence includes the official 48-page presentation, FinCEN transcripts, public posts, and relevant web bundles. Hashes appear in Appendix B.

Evidence standard

READING NOTE The document intentionally begins with verified facts, then moves to attributed assertions, then to unverified material. The final assessment does not use ‘Ponzi’ or ‘scam’ as an established legal conclusion.

Contents

• I. Verified facts

• II. Attributed assertions

• III. Unverified leads and allegations

• IV. Cross-source assessment and unanswered questions

• Appendix A. Source index

• Appendix B. Preserved evidence and hashes

I. Verified facts

DEFINITION This section records what was directly observed in records, pages, files, posts, app interfaces, and downloadable client code. When the source itself is promotional or self-reported, that limitation is stated.

1. Investigation timeline

2. Public product and technical footprint

Universe Pro has more than a static marketing page. A public application at universepro.app exposes token analytics, account login, wallet-related flows, internal portfolio displays, daily ROI views, claim/reinvest actions, transfers, withdrawals, and principal-redemption labels. [S02] [S03]

The preserved universepro.app client bundles reference profile wallets and account types, an ROI calculator, /roi/daily, /profile/daily-task/claim, claim and reinvest actions, withdrawal labels, and principal redemption. These are client-side observations; they do not establish that displayed balances or returns correspond to independently verifiable on-chain activity.

A separate UNAI web client was available at unai.universepro.app. Its preserved JavaScript bundle exposed the following API calls: [S04]

POST /executeBundle { userId, tokenContractList, chain } POST /getUserInfo { userId, chain } POST /exportUserKey { userId, password } POST /getUserTransactionByStatus { userId, chain }

TECHNICAL IMPLICATION The endpoint names and request shapes create unresolved custody and execution-control questions. They are not, by themselves, proof that the server holds user keys or that unauthorized transactions occur.

UChat is a real mobile app on both major stores. The publisher is U PRO MARKETING & MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD.; Google Play lists support@upromanagement.com and Menara Maxis, 26th & 36th Floor, Kuala Lumpur. The app stores describe UChat as the official community communication app for Universe Pro members. [S14] [S15] [S16]

3. Legal and public-record footprint

3.1 Wyoming entity

IMPORTANT Authorized capital is not evidence that $100m was paid in, raised, held as cash, or available to the company. Wyoming’s public filing also did not identify beneficial owners. [S30] [S31]

3.2 FinCEN registration and the broken-link issue

The current transcript for Universe Pro Inc is associated with FinCEN registration number 31000317784445. It lists 1144 15th Street, Suite 2500, Denver, Colorado 80202; zero branches; and the activities dealer in foreign exchange, issuer of money orders, issuer of traveler’s checks, and seller of money orders. It does not list ‘money transmitter’ among the activities displayed on the transcript. [S33]

The previously circulated direct transcript ID 29397429 now produces a blank FinCEN transcript shell. The current populated transcript is at ID 29429935. Direct transcript IDs are therefore brittle and should be accompanied by the registration number and the FinCEN search landing page. [S32] [S33] [S34]

Figure 1. The stale FinCEN transcript ID 29397429 renders the standard warning and labels, but no registrant data. Captured 21 July 2026.

Figure 2. Current Universe Pro Inc FinCEN transcript, registration 31000317784445. The warning states that FinCEN does not recommend, approve, endorse, or verify registrant-supplied information.

3.3 What the FinCEN record does—and does not—establish

FinCEN’s own search page says it does not license or vet the information supplied by registrants, that a listing should not be used to determine whether a business is legitimate, and that FinCEN does not approve or endorse registered businesses. [S32] [S36]

Figure 3. FinCEN’s December 2024 alert on fraud schemes that misuse FinCEN’s name, insignia, authorities, or MSB registration tool.

The Denver address on the Universe Pro transcript exactly matches the corporate-office address published by Royal Gold, Inc. No evidence reviewed here establishes that Universe Pro occupies that suite or has a relationship with Royal Gold. The collision is a verification question, not proof of misappropriation. [S33] [S37]

3.4 Side-by-side FinCEN comparison with Sea Collar

CLASSIFICATION The matching subset is a verified pattern. Template reuse or common control is an inference and remains unverified without shared people, wallets, infrastructure, phone numbers, or documents. [S33] [S35]

Figure 4. Current Sea Collar Alliances LLC FinCEN transcript, registration 31000285456799. Its eight listed activities include all four on the Universe Pro transcript.

4. Company and relationship structure

5. Official public pages located

6. Terms, privacy, and branding inconsistencies

The English terms and privacy HTML preserved on 22 July 2026 were hashed. The relevant hashes are in Appendix B. [S08] [S09] [S10]

7. Official presentation: verified contents

SOURCE STATUS The following are facts about what Universe Pro’s official Linktree-linked presentation says. They are not findings that the projected returns or revenue sources are genuine. [S06] [S12] [S13]

Figure 5. Official deck page 34: 15–40% estimated monthly return, 6–22% estimated net monthly return, two-year usage rights, and withdrawal-related fees.

Figure 6. Official deck page 35: daily claim/reinvest action and a 20% deduction from that day’s earnings if no action is taken.

Figure 7. Official deck page 36: example projecting $10,000 to $380,150 in 36 months and ‘up to 38x’.

Figure 8. Official deck page 37: seven-rank referral program with personal-investment and group-sales thresholds, reaching $20m in group sales.

Figure 9. Official deck page 41: weekly referral-linked prize pool said to receive 10% of platform revenue.

Figure 10. Official deck page 20: ‘Sandwich Strategy’ presented as a UNAI MEV/high-frequency arbitrage strategy.

8. Investor-side public endorsements

The combined public headline total is $6m. That total is the sum of public claims, not a verified flow-of-funds total. [S40] [S42] [S47] [S48] [S51]

The Alpha/Gemhead round release describes the $3m as a 3% equity stake at a $100m fully diluted valuation, then says ‘VC tokens’ have a 12-month cliff and 48-month vesting. The wording mixes equity and token concepts without identifying the security, instrument, issuing entity, token, or contract. [S51]

Figure 11. User-supplied capture of Alpha Capital’s public post claiming a 1.5m USDT strategic investment. The post is verifiable; movement of funds is not.

9. Investor/accelerator background facts

• Alpha Capital’s website presents it as an investment, incubation, advisory, marketing, fundraising, influencer, exchange-listing and audit-support operation. Its public materials reviewed did not identify a legal fund entity, audited financial statements, fund administrator, or independently verifiable $450m AUM evidence. [S41]

• Gemhead’s site claims $20m committed and 100+ positions; its disclosure says ‘Kai’ and ‘Jai’ are public brand aliases. Its terms choose Panama law. A UK exact-name company, GEMHEAD CAPITAL LTD, incorporated 21 February 2024 and dissolved 27 August 2024; the reviewed evidence does not prove it is the same counterparty used for the Universe Pro investment. [S43] [S44] [S45] [S46]

• Coinvestor’s own site sells crypto marketing, fundraising/intermediation, KOL, tokenomics, exchange listing and related services. Its portfolio page visibly lists Universe Pro. [S47] [S49] [S50]

INTERPRETATION LIMIT These backgrounds create possible promotion-for-investment or service-provider conflicts, but they do not establish collusion or knowledge of fraud.

10. DTC Group and the Kuala Lumpur event lead

DTC Corporation Co., Ltd. is a real Thai company. The current public-data profile shows registration 0105567052111, active status, incorporation on 6 March 2024, THB 1,000,000 registered capital, an advertising-company activity, and a Bangkok office at Setthiw Tower. [S58]

DTC’s legacy public team page named Barami Rai as co-founder/CEO, Kazama Vanichjakvong as co-founder/chief exponential officer, Thapanon Rungwittayatiwat as CTO, and Philipp Haslinger as chief business development officer. [S57]

DTC’s own case studies advertise fundraising, KOL/influencer/community campaigns, Telegram buy bots, dedicated shilling teams, Web3 trending/listing activity, exchange-listing assistance, and rapid token-price/volume outcomes. Those are DTC’s self-reported services and results. [S60] [S61] [S62]

DTC Ventures’ LinkedIn describes it as DTC Group’s investment and syndication arm. The page showed one employee and identified Barami Rai. [S59]

No public DTC announcement of an investment in Universe Pro was located in the reviewed sources. [S55] [S56]

A Dash proposal describes The Onchain Shift as a Universe Pro event on 20 July. This establishes an event association only; it is not evidence that an attendee or outside organization endorsed Universe Pro’s financial product. [S63]

11. Publicly attached people

The strongest public profiles for Phil and Anthony are company-authored or self-authored. They should be treated as leads for verification, not independent career records. [S66] [S67] [S68]

II. Attributed assertions

DEFINITION Every item below is a claim made by Universe Pro, an investor/accelerator, a press-release distributor, or a public profile. The fact that the claim exists is verified; its substance is not independently verified unless stated.

12. Product and revenue assertions

• Universe Pro describes itself as an all-in-one decentralized/non-custodial trading system with transparent, verifiable on-chain execution. [S01] [S48] [S51]

• UNAI is said to combine DEX liquidity participation, MEV/high-frequency arbitrage, active market making, and payment-settlement leasing. [S12] [S48] [S51]

• The deck claims 15–40% gross monthly return and up to 6–22% net monthly return, with a worked 36-month compounding example reaching 38x. [S12] [S13]

• Deck screens assert public real-time trade records and blockchain transaction IDs, but the presentation does not provide a durable inventory of contract addresses, strategies, wallets, or independently auditable performance records. [S12] [S13]

• The terms say Universe Pro uses audited smart contracts; no audit report or named auditor was identified in the reviewed official pages. [S08]

• Press releases say the system is infrastructure rather than a trading bot or signal tool. The public app simultaneously exposes internal account, ROI, claim/reinvest and withdrawal workflows. [S02] [S51]

13. Corporate, funding, and leadership assertions

• Alpha Capital says it invested 1.5m USDT; Gemhead says it invested $1.5m; Coinvestor publicity says it invested $3m at a $200m valuation. [S40] [S42] [S48]

• The Alpha/Gemhead release says their combined $3m bought a 3% equity stake at a $100m fully diluted valuation and also describes token vesting. [S51]

• Universe Pro publicity presents Phil as an experienced Web3 business-development leader with collaborations involving Animoca Brands, Binance Labs, UniSat and Jsquare. [S66]

• Anthony’s public profile presents him as a former Solana Foundation participant and University of British Columbia researcher. [S67]

• Official tutorials invite users to check the Wyoming registration; the presentation and site invoke FinCEN/registration-style legitimacy signals. FinCEN says its listing is not a license, vetting, recommendation, or endorsement. [S06] [S32]

14. How the official pitch is structured

ASSESSMENT BOUNDARY This is a high-yield, compounding and multi-level referral architecture with classic Ponzi-like warning features. A strict Ponzi finding requires evidence about the actual source and flow of payouts, which is not presently available.

III. Unverified leads and allegations

DEFINITION This section contains material that may guide reporting but cannot be presented as established fact. Each item names the missing corroboration.

15. Current universepro.app allegation

An anonymous Reddit poster said a friend invested as a ‘liquidity provider’ and received daily income, and alleged a fake order book and no identifiable on-chain transaction. This is a first-person-adjacent allegation, not proof. [S70]

• Needed corroboration: account exports, deposit and withdrawal records, wallet addresses, transaction hashes, exact token/contracts, screen recordings, communications, and independent chain analysis.

16. Sea Collar / Equal Alliances continuity hypothesis

A May 2025 Reddit thread described a ‘Universe Pro’ leveraged-trading app associated by participants with Equal Alliances / Sea Collar Alliances, WhatsApp/YouTube recruitment, ‘professor’ and coordinator roles, withdrawal approval, and a claimed plan to create a dedicated Universe Pro company around September–October 2025. [S71]

Washington DFI later hosted a complaint alert alleging a $132,000 loss involving Sea Collar, a frozen account and a demanded 10% service fee. DFI expressly says the factual details and reported loss were not verified by DFI. [S72]

The timing and sales mechanics resemble the present operation, and the Universe Pro FinCEN activity set is a subset of Sea Collar’s. No shared beneficial owner, employee, wallet, phone number, email, server, domain registration, payment rail, or signed corporate document was found tying the two operations together. [S33] [S35] [S71] [S72] [S73]

STATUS Possible continuity or rebranding is a credible research hypothesis, not a verified connection.

17. Funds, ownership, technology, and identities not independently verified

IV. Cross-source assessment and unanswered questions

BOTTOM LINE The public record supports an urgent, well-sourced investigation. It does not yet support stating as fact that every named investor or event participant is complicit, that present Universe Pro is the same controller as Sea Collar, or that a legally defined Ponzi has been proven.

18. Strongest problems, in descending evidentiary weight

1. Official high-yield + referral structure. The company’s own deck combines 15–40% monthly return estimates, daily compounding behavior, early-principal fees, a daily-action penalty, seven referral ranks and a referral-funded weekly pool. [S12] [S13]

2. Non-custodial claim versus client behavior. UNAI’s client exposes key export and user-ID-based transaction execution routes; the main app maintains internal balances, ROI records, claims, reinvestment, withdrawals and principal redemption. [S02] [S04]

3. Legal-document defects. No named contracting entity; three alternative governing-law jurisdictions; arbitration seat placeholder; U.S. restriction alongside U.S. registration marketing; no identified smart-contract audit. [S08]

4. FinCEN legitimacy risk. The official record is self-reported, lacks money-transmitter activity on the displayed transcript, uses Royal Gold’s exact corporate suite, and is promoted despite FinCEN’s explicit non-endorsement warning. [S32] [S33] [S37]

5. Investment claims lack closing evidence. Three investor-side brands publicly support claims totaling $6m, but no independently verifiable closing, instrument, transfer or ownership evidence was located. [S40] [S42] [S47] [S48] [S51]

6. Thinly corroborated leadership. Senior biographies are largely company/self-authored and the strongest career claims were not independently confirmed. [S66] [S67]

7. Sea Collar resemblance. There is a regulator-hosted complaint, an earlier Universe Pro narrative, matching recruitment/withdrawal patterns, and overlapping FinCEN activity codes—but no hard identity bridge. [S35] [S71] [S72]

19. Documentary contradictions

20. Questions that would materially resolve the case

1. Which legal entity contracts with each user, receives subscriptions, owes withdrawals, and owns the software and brand?

2. Who are the beneficial owners, directors, authorized signers, engineers, and treasury controllers of Universe Pro Inc and the Malaysia publisher?

3. What exactly was sold to Alpha, Gemhead and Coinvestor—equity, tokens, a SAFE/SAFT, marketing inventory, or another instrument—and did consideration settle?

4. What are the investment closing dates, wallet or bank proofs, cap-table entries, token contracts, cliffs, vesting schedules, and side letters?

5. What wallets, smart contracts, programs and deployments generate each category of claimed yield?

6. Which audit firm audited which contract version, on which chain, at what address, and where is the report?

7. Can all claimed trades and revenue be independently reproduced from public chain data, including fees, losses and inactive periods?

8. Why can the UNAI client export a user key and request execution using a user ID? Where are keys generated, encrypted, stored, backed up and used?

9. Why does the FinCEN filing use Royal Gold’s exact corporate suite, and what proof of occupancy or authorization exists?

10. Why do the terms restrict U.S. residents while official onboarding promotes U.S. corporate and FinCEN records?

11. What is DTC’s exact relationship—introducer, event partner, marketer, syndicator, investor, or paid service provider?

12. Is there any shared person, wallet, infrastructure, document, phone number or payment rail between present Universe Pro and Sea Collar / Equal Alliances?

21. Evidence to request before publication

Appendix A. Source index

Links were checked or rechecked during the investigation; some dynamic pages may later change, require JavaScript, or return different direct transcript IDs. The preserved files and hashes in Appendix B provide integrity references for key evidence.

A1. Universe Pro official pages

S01 — Universe Pro main website. https://www.universepro.co/

S02 — Universe Pro application. https://universepro.app/

S03 — Universe Pro top-token analytics. https://universepro.app/analytics/top-token

S04 — UNAI application. https://unai.universepro.app/

S05 — Universe Pro API host. https://api.universepro.ai/

S06 — Universe Pro official Linktree. https://linktr.ee/universepro.official

S07 — Universe Pro official X account. https://x.com/UniversePro_UP

S08 — Universe Pro terms. https://www.universepro.co/terms/

S09 — Universe Pro privacy policy. https://www.universepro.co/privacy-policy/

S10 — Universe Pro Spanish terms. https://www.universepro.co/es/terminos/

S11 — Universe Pro documentation. https://universe-pro-gitbook.gitbook.io/

S12 — Official English presentation — view. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g7JUMqhQ9iSvY48jEowR5oWdazbRPY7i/view?usp=share_link

S13 — Official English presentation — direct PDF. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1g7JUMqhQ9iSvY48jEowR5oWdazbRPY7i

S14 — UChat on Google Play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.upro.chat

S15 — U Chat on Apple App Store. https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/u-chat-universe-pro-connect/id6774644227

S16 — UPRO Management. https://www.upromanagement.com/

S17 — Official YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/@universeproinfo

S18 — Official Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/UniverseProOfficial

S19 — Official Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/universepro_official

S20 — Official Telegram — English. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_EN

S21 — Official Telegram — Chinese. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_CN

S22 — Official Telegram — Indonesian. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_IDN

S23 — Official Telegram — Thai. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_TH

S24 — Official Telegram — Vietnamese. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_VN

S25 — Official Telegram — Japanese. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_JP

S26 — Official Telegram — Korean. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_KR

S27 — Official Telegram — Spanish. https://t.me/UniversePro_Official_EP

A2. Corporate and FinCEN records

S30 — Wyoming Secretary of State business search. https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx

S31 — Wyoming filing details URL. https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingDetails.aspx?eFNum=2026-001879489

S32 — FinCEN MSB Registrant Search. https://msb.fincen.gov/

S33 — Universe Pro Inc FinCEN transcript — current. https://msb.fincen.gov/msb.registration.letter.php?ID=29429935

S34 — Universe Pro FinCEN transcript — stale/empty ID. https://msb.fincen.gov/msb.registration.letter.php?ID=29397429

S35 — Sea Collar Alliances FinCEN transcript. https://msb.fincen.gov/msb.registration.letter.php?ID=29408611

S36 — FinCEN alert on fraud schemes abusing FinCEN identity and authorities. https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/Alert-FinCEN-Scams-FINAL508.pdf

S37 — Royal Gold corporate-office contact page. https://www.royalgold.com/investors/contact-information/default.aspx

A3. Investor-side and promotional sources

S40 — Alpha Capital Universe Pro investment post. https://x.com/alphacapital_vc/status/2044405352385441866

S41 — Alpha Capital website. https://alphacapital.financial/

S42 — Gemhead Capital Universe Pro investment post. https://x.com/GemheadCapital/status/2044406971026034947

S43 — Gemhead Capital website. https://gemhead.capital/

S44 — Gemhead Capital disclosures. https://gemhead.capital/disclosures

S45 — Gemhead Capital terms. https://gemhead.capital/terms

S46 — UK Companies House — GEMHEAD CAPITAL LTD. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15509277

S47 — Coinvestor Ventures investments page. https://coinvestor.ventures/partners/our-investments/

S48 — Coinvestor/Universe Pro $3m press-release syndication. https://www.financialcontent.com/article/globeprwire-2026-7-12-coinvestor-ventures-announces-3-million-strategic-investment-in-universe-pro-at-200-million-valuation

S49 — Coinvestor investment-collection consultancy. https://coinvestor.ventures/services/investment-collection-consultancy/

S50 — Coinvestor crypto-marketing service. https://coinvestor.ventures/services/crypto-marketing/

S51 — Alpha/Gemhead $3m round press release. https://techbullion.com/universe-pro-closes-3-million-strategic-investment-round-with-gemhead-and-alpha-capital-to-accelerate-onchain-trading-infrastructure/

S52 — Coinvestor WordPress media record for Universe Pro logo. https://coinvestor.ventures/wp-json/wp/v2/media/77499

A4. DTC and events

S55 — DTC Group current website. https://www.dtcgroup.xyz/

S56 — DTC Group X account. https://x.com/DTCGroup_

S57 — DTC Group legacy about page. https://www.dtcgroup.io/about

S58 — DTC Corporation Co., Ltd. public-data profile. https://www.dataforthai.com/company/0105567052111/

S59 — DTC Ventures LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/dtcgroup-ventures

S60 — DTC WIRTUAL case study. https://www.dtcgroup.io/case-study/50x-ath-with-300k-new-application-users-and-60k-new-followers

S61 — DTC Metropoly case study. https://www.dtcgroup.io/case-study/1-7m-raised-with-450-token-growth-in-24-hours

S62 — DTC R3T case study. https://www.dtcgroup.io/case-study/over-1-5m-raised-with-3m-trading-volume-in-24-hours

S63 — Dash APAC August 2026 proposal. https://www.dashcentral.org/p/Dash-APAC-August-2026

A5. People

S66 — Universe Pro-sourced profile of ‘Mr. Phil’. https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/blockchain-and-cryptocurrency/universe-pro-2026-mr.-phil-leads-the-shift-toward-capital-efficient-o-1142308

S67 — Anthony Rao LinkedIn profile. https://ae.linkedin.com/in/anthony-rao-9ba904406

S68 — PUMM central committee. https://pumm.my/pumm-central-committee/

A6. Allegations and warning material

S70 — Reddit allegation concerning universepro.app. https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoScams/comments/1tgev34/universeprodot_app_is_a_scam/

S71 — Earlier Reddit thread concerning Equal/Sea Collar/Universe Pro. https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoScams/comments/1krk5p1/has_anyone_heard_of_equal_alliances_or_the/

S72 — Washington DFI Sea Collar complaint alert. https://dfi.wa.gov/alerts/alleged-cryptocurrency-trading-platform-appears-be-engaged-fraud-sea-collar-alliances-llc

S73 — TechScammersUnited Sea Collar discussion. https://techscammersunited.com/t/whatsapp-investment-scam-group-sea-collar-wealth-club-a8-5/31930

Appendix B. Preserved evidence and hashes

SHA-256 values allow a recipient to confirm that a later copy matches the file reviewed for this dossier. Hashing proves file identity, not truth of the contents.

B1. Local preservation notes

• The official presentation was 48 pages and was downloaded from the English deck linked through the official Linktree. [S06] [S12] [S13]

• The FinCEN images in this dossier are raw page renders of the downloaded transcripts/alert; no evidentiary text was added to or removed from them. [S33] [S34] [S35] [S36]

• The Alpha Capital post screenshot was supplied by the researcher and reproduced without content edits. Its caption states the limit of what the image proves.

• Dynamic application and JavaScript observations are a snapshot. A later deployment may change routes, fields, text or behavior. [S02] [S04]

B2. Publication language guardrails

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