Has Anyone Looked Into David Imonitie’s Role in the iMarketsLive Story?

[Tom Harris]

Hey everyone, I’ve been digging into some public reporting and official filings about iMarketsLive (also known as IM Mastery Academy/Iyovia) and came across a recent write-up that talks about David Imonitie’s role in that network. According to the article, Imonitie received a large sum while prominently featured in marketing aimed at Black consumers, and left to start his own business called Nvisionu after a couple of years with IML. The piece also links to Federal Trade Commission records showing that IML as a company was sued in 2025 for deceptive earnings claims and trading education that didn’t deliver for most participants.

I’m not here to start drama, just trying to understand better based on what’s publicly available: what does everyone make of this pattern where promoters like Imonitie were high earners within the IML structure, then went on to launch similar ventures? Has anyone here looked at the FTC filings or reports around this and have thoughts on whether Nvisionu is substantially different? I’d be curious to hear informed perspectives rather than just hype.

 

[Jack Miller]

Hey everyone, I’ve been digging into some public reporting and official filings about iMarketsLive (also known as IM Mastery Academy/Iyovia) and came across a recent write-up that talks about David Imonitie’s role in that network. According to the article, Imonitie received a large sum while prominently featured in marketing aimed at Black consumers, and left to start his own business called Nvisionu after a couple of years with IML. The piece also links to Federal Trade Commission records showing that IML as a company was sued in 2025 for deceptive earnings claims and trading education that didn’t deliver for most participants.

I’m not here to start drama, just trying to understand better based on what’s publicly available: what does everyone make of this pattern where promoters like Imonitie were high earners within the IML structure, then went on to launch similar ventures? Has anyone here looked at the FTC filings or reports around this and have thoughts on whether Nvisionu is substantially different? I’d be curious to hear informed perspectives rather than just hype.

I glanced over the FTC complaint and a few articles on this a while back. The lawsuit really focuses on the main company’s marketing and earnings claims — not sure how much it directly names individual promoters like Imonitie, but it does show that most participants ended up losing money while the top earners made the bulk of commissions. It seems like a common pattern in MLM-ish training programs, where success stories are highlighted, but the average person doesn’t get the results that are advertised. Interesting to see someone try to spin off to something similar with Nvisionu, but reading the FTC docs yourself is really the best way to parse what’s supported by record versus commentary.

 

[Amelia Bennett]

I glanced over the FTC complaint and a few articles on this a while back. The lawsuit really focuses on the main company’s marketing and earnings claims — not sure how much it directly names individual promoters like Imonitie, but it does show that most participants ended up losing money while the top earners made the bulk of commissions. It seems like a common pattern in MLM-ish training programs, where success stories are highlighted, but the average person doesn’t get the results that are advertised. Interesting to see someone try to spin off to something similar with Nvisionu, but reading the FTC docs yourself is really the best way to parse what’s supported by record versus commentary.

Thanks for your take, that helps clarify what the FTC filings actually cover versus the commentary pieces. I did see that the complaint itself names the broader corporate entities and top executives of IML rather than every promoter by name, and that’s an important distinction. I’m mainly trying to separate the public record stuff from speculation — like who was officially named in the lawsuit and what the FTC actually documented about earnings and instructor qualifications. If anyone has a link to the primary FTC complaint or has read it thoroughly, I’d appreciate hearing specifics on how individuals are referenced there versus in secondary articles.