The Federal Trade Commission filed a amended complaint against the Growth Cave scam involving business opportunities and credit repair. According to information the FTC gathered after filing the original complaint, the amendment added two defendants.
LLT Research is named as a defendant in the amended complaint. It alleges that the company was the corporate structure for the PassiveApps product which defendant Lucas Lee Tyson began selling in 2024. The amended complaint adds Friendly Solar, Inc. as a relief defendant. This is an alleged shell-company for a defendant’s earnings, which provided no services for the assets received.
In February 2025 the FTC filed a lawsuit against Growth Cave, claiming that it and its officers and owners had stolen nearly $50 million in consumer funds by making false promises about significant income. The federal court issued an order to temporarily halt the operation of the defendants and freeze their funds.
According to the complaint filed, Growth Cave has offered a number of business opportunities that have consistently failed to provide the promised income to consumers, despite costing them thousands of dollars.
The Commission voted 3-0 to authorize the staff to amend the complaint. The complaint was filed at the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California.
NOTE The Commission files a formal complaint when there is “reasonable belief” that named defendants have violated or are about the violate the law, and the Commission believes that an action in the public’s interest would be justified. The court will decide the case.
Staff attorneys in this case are Maris Snell, Adrienne Jenkins and Miles Freeman from the FTC Western Region Los Angeles and the East Central Region’s Maris Snell.
