Global Information Network (GIN) Review 2026

What is Global Information Network (GIN)?

Global Information Network (GIN) was a membership-based pyramid scheme founded around 2009 by Kevin Trudeau, a serial fraudster with convictions dating back to the early 1990s. GIN was marketed as a 'secret society' and 'Private Success Club' that promised members access to wealth secrets allegedly used by elite secret societies. The flagship product was 'Your Wish Is Your Command,' a course about the law of attraction and manifesting wealth. Trudeau claimed a 'GIN Council' of 30 unnamed millionaires and billionaires would advise members — court officials later confirmed the GIN Council did not exist.

Members paid a $1,000-$1,500 initiation fee plus $150/month in dues. GIN had 12 levels of learning, with Level 12 costing $100,000 just for personal access to Trudeau. The MLM affiliate program paid $200 per new member recruit plus $30/month ongoing from each recruit's dues. FTC expert analysis concluded that well above 90% of GIN participants were doomed to financial losses by the very design of the scheme. The organization generated approximately $110 million from more than 35,000 members before the court intervened.

Trudeau's fraud history predates GIN significantly: 1991 larceny conviction, federal credit card fraud charges (stealing identities of 11 customers, charging $122,735), 2 years in federal prison, a 2004 FTC settlement with $500,000 fine, and a $37.6 million contempt judgment in 2011 for deceptive infomercials about his weight loss book. In November 2013, Trudeau was convicted of criminal contempt and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The court placed GIN under a receiver in August 2013, and a court official informed members the business model 'likely amounted to an illegal pyramid scheme.'

Trudeau was released from prison in 2022 after serving 8 years. He almost immediately resumed involvement with a rebranded 'GIN Unite' organization and launched 'The Kevin Trudeau Show LIMITLESS.' In December 2024, all FTC charges were formally settled — the previous $37.6 million obligation was reduced to an $8 million cap, with Trudeau contributing 15% of gross income over specified periods. He is now free with all travel restrictions lifted and is actively promoting new ventures.