None of the referral links work anymore - they are to dead ponzi scams.
I probably have some dead links to ponzi scams out there that tricked me into thinking they were legitimate companies. This is not conclusive that they were knowingly promoting a ponzi or scam. Sometimes you just don't know any better and get taken for a ride. We live and we learn.
Running and participating in ponzi scams is illegal in a lot of jurisdictions.
Was he running a ponzi scam? It sounds more like he was trying to make some goofy marketing opportunity work and it turned out to not be all that he bargained for. I'm not defending their actions, but based on the evidence you've presented I don't see much to suggest malice or intent.
He is an active promoter of multiple ponzis over a number of years with thousands of downstream recruits.
I've taken your comment on board and to ensure not to even accidentally breaking a rule have moved the claims unrelated to the start of the thread to another board where private information is allowed to be posted. But yeah - all the info so far was sourced from Bitcointalk so there is nothing new. It is better consolidated there - it was getting a bit messy.
https://plus.google.com/+CryptoPassiveIncome/posts/XNW1sA4VGNiExplains it in his own words.
Some of the thread has moved to here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4221113.msg38397225#msg38397225