Growth Cave, LLC
Also known as: Buffalo Bridge Capital, LLC, PassiveApps. Trading as: Apex Mind, LLC, LLT Research LLC.
The FTC alleged Growth Cave took approximately $50 million from consumers since 2020 using false promises of huge income, running both a business opportunity and a credit repair scheme. A federal court temporarily halted operations, and all defendants settled in January 2026.
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Identity
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- Registrations
- FTC v. Growth Cave, LLC et al. (amended complaint May 2025; stipulated orders January 2026)
- Locations
- Delaware, United States (Growth Cave, LLC) · Colorado, United States (Apex Mind, LLC)
- Other handles
- Lucas Lee-Tyson · Osmany Batte, aka Ozzie Blessed · Jordan Marksberry
- Jurisdictions
- United States (federal)
What the FTC alleged
A federal court temporarily halted the operations of what the FTC describes as a wide-ranging business opportunity and credit repair scam that has operated under the name Growth Cave since at least 2020.
The complaint alleges the operation took approximately $50 million from consumers using false promises of huge income.
Named are Growth Cave, LLC, which also does business as Buffalo Bridge Capital, LLC and PassiveApps; Apex Mind, LLC; and three individuals sued personally and as officers or owners: Lucas Lee-Tyson, Osmany Batte (also known as “Ozzie Blessed”), and Jordan Marksberry.
In May 2025 the FTC filed an amended complaint adding LLT Research LLC as a defendant and Friendly Solar, Inc. as a relief defendant, based on information learned after the original filing.
The two-scheme structure
Most entries in this category sell one thing. This operation is alleged to have run a business opportunity and a credit repair scheme.
That pairing is worth noticing, because the two feed each other. Someone drawn in by a promise of large income is often someone already under financial strain, and therefore a natural target for a credit repair pitch. An operation selling both is selling the second product to the people the first one did not work for.
Outcome
In January 2026 the FTC announced court orders with all defendants settling the Commission’s complaint, entered on 27 January 2026 across three separate stipulated orders covering Growth Cave and Lee-Tyson, Batte and Apex Mind with relief defendant Friendly Solar, and Marksberry individually.
What is not established
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First recorded July 31, 2026 · Last updated July 31, 2026