You said: I am not personally involved with MLM, and would not be comfortable rendering derogatory judgment on anyone else who engages in this without knowing more details; I don't know enough information. I would not want to render derogatory judgment on someone who has chosen not to have contact with their family without knowing precise details. What was the nature of the relationship and of the estrangement? Was there a legal settlement? Was money involved? Are the other family members, for example, fundamentalist Christians who refused further contact because of divergent beliefs? (I just made that up as an example of how knowing more information could be relevant to me before forming my opinion).

Perhaps you can ask Jach to tell you the details. I'm sure he knows. Good luck on getting a response, though.

As far as Tradevest and MLM schemes, there is information about these in this website.

As far as abandoning his family, let's assume for a second that his family were Christian fundamentalists. This would explain perhaps his parents and brother. What about his daughter who was quite young when she was cut off? I sincerely doubt his ex-wife would also be a Christian fundamentalist.

Let's talk a little more about his daughter. Let's assume his ex-wife was an ex-wife from hell and that Michaell was forced for some valid reason to abandon his daughter. No matter what caused the break-up, anyone with any level of decency and integrity would include his daughter in his will (especially when there is so much money to go around that giving her some money won't be harming others). I don't care what the circumstances of the abandonment were. She is and always will be his daughter. No one here knows the content of his will yet (though we will on Thursday or Friday). However, I would be willing to bet a large amount of money that his daughter will not be mentioned in the will. I hope to God I am wrong.

Finally, let's look at one of the last sentence's Michaell wrote. He said in his suicide note that no one else knew of his intentions. However, the police report says that at least Jach and Page knew. Again, a question of integrity.

Theo, I admire your loyalty. Sorry you won't stay around to debate.

Cheers, Craig