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Blueprint to Wealth

Also known as: Weblio, Business Revolution Group.

The FTC alleged that Blueprint to Wealth charged $3,000 to $21,000 for turnkey online businesses that existed only to sell more memberships, using robocalls claiming a member made $50,000 a month.

1Official action
$100KRedress ordered
2018Active since

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Registrations
FTC v. Weblio (Blueprint to Wealth), Business Revolution Group, Inc., et al. (E.D. Pa., 2023)
Jurisdictions
United States (federal)

A business whose only product was itself

Blueprint to Wealth sold memberships promising turnkey online businesses operated on the member’s behalf. Membership cost at least $3,000 and as much as $21,000, plus hundreds of dollars in “administrative fees.”

The complaint states the arrangement plainly: the advertising and marketing for those businesses was controlled by the scheme’s operators, and the businesses existed entirely to sell Blueprint to Wealth memberships. The program offered essentially no value beyond commissions from getting other people to join.

The claims

One robocall was voiced as though from a member, saying “I actually make $50,000 each month.” A scheme website said buyers could “start earning $3,500 weekly within 3-10 days From Now!” Other sites carried videos purportedly from members who had made tens of thousands of dollars quickly.

The complaint describes a call in which one defendant told a consumer in her seventies that she could “get out of debt quicker” and start making a profit by joining, a recommendation made while knowing she was a retiree in need of extra money.

The settlements

The scheme operated since at least 2018. A federal court temporarily halted it in December 2023 and froze assets.

In August 2024 Robert William Shafer and Samuel J. Smith settled, taking lifetime bans from selling or marketing money-making and investment opportunities, with Shafer also banned from telemarketing and Smith from any involvement with robocalling. Their judgments total more than $7.5 million, partially suspended for inability to pay.

In September 2024 Charles Joseph Garis, Jr. and Business Revolution Group settled, banned from telemarketing and from money-making opportunities, required to pay $100,000 and turn over the contents of numerous bank accounts, under a judgment of more than $567,000 that was partially suspended.

In September 2025 the FTC sent $666,631 to 4,208 consumers.

What is not established

Stipulated final orders resolve allegations without any admission or finding of wrongdoing.

Sources

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  1. Enforcement action December 19, 2023
    FTC Acts to Stop Sprawling Business Opportunity Scheme That Took Millions From Consumers
  2. Enforcement action August 8, 2024
    FTC Action Leads to Settlement Against Two Defendants Who Operated Business Opportunity Scheme That Took Millions from Consumers
  3. Enforcement action September 18, 2024
    FTC Action Leads to Settlement Against Individual and Company that Operated Business Opportunity Scheme That Took Millions from Consumers
  4. Enforcement action September 17, 2025
    Weblio
  5. Enforcement action September 17, 2025
    FTC Sends Money to Consumers Harmed by Deceptive Business Opportunity Scheme Known as “Blueprint to Wealth”

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First recorded December 19, 2023 · Last updated September 17, 2025