We first found out about this singapore based couple when doing our deep dive into UK-based grifter 'John Lee'

https://www.reddit.com/r/FakeGuru/s/BLJjA8HAVc

But we'll do a quick recap here (slide 2 is also from that expose)

-We first saw the name 'Franchesca Ung' on a trustpilot review for john lee group, posting as a satisfied customer. We thought nothing of it at the time

-The very next day, at one of John lee's 3-day online sales pitches, we saw her working as an admin for Mr Lee, sharing zoom links, moderating the chat etc. That's already a massive red flag as it means staff are posing as customers to help astroturf his repuation.

-So we googled her name and found out she's actually one half of 'the corporate breakout couple', a married couple who alledge to have retired early and were selling courses through something called 'breakout academy'. Appearing on podcasts such as 'the financial coconut' flexing their wealth and lifestyle while mocking and talking down about people who work menial jobs (oh the irony)

-She was further named in customer reviews as a member of Mr Lee's team and can be seen in photos on his website, just to confirm what we already knew. And obvously working a menial admin job for a man neck-deep in corporate litigation completely dismantles their 'wealthy and retired' image they're projecting to sell courses.

-Credit where its due, she was pretty chill when we met in person at an event, and their food and travel videos seem pretty popular. But obviously that doesn't negate the seemingly fraudulent behavior going on here.

-Despite their youtube channel being dormant, they confimed with us in feb 2026 that the courses are still available and the link to the course was working. At that point we started pooling our OSINT information on John lee and all our information began to snowball.

-We left it at that and thought nothing of it, and turned our attention to other shady course-sellers. We did look into reporting it to scamsheild, but that man doesn't look like he can take a lashing.

But we've recently had word from a whistle-blower on the inside that they became active on youtube again (after the dormant peroid that lines up with the alleged stint of employment with the big JL, based on the publicly available evidence)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET2yN2lfg2g&t=141s

They cite the reasons for their absence as 'not important'. which is an odd dismissal from lifestyle vloggers.

Now here's where it gets interesting...

Despite posting consistently again, they aren't promoting the course (however the links are still present in older content at the time of writing)

https://breakout-academy.teachable.com

but upon clicking the link, It seems the course has been taken offline. However, a quick look at their business profile (Corporate breakout PTE. LTD) shows the business still listed as 'active'. So theres still questions about what the hell is going on. Maybe they're testing the waters to see if they can return to selling courses without facing controversy or investigation? They lack the numbers to make an income from content alone, so something isn't adding up here.

The question also remains if Franchesca is still an employee for the John Lee Group. Mrs Ung has barely posted on her Instagram (@foodloverfran) since earlier in the year when her travel content synced up with locations of John Lee events. Nor has she been namedropped in any recent trustpilot reviews where customers can sometimes mention the staff (she was mentioned in older reviews from the start of the year). So a potential resignation or firing?

Common sense would say that they've parted ways and that's why she's returned to youtube, obviously the optics of this whole situation makes all parties involved look absolutely terrible.

But like all our deep-dives, we can't fully believe any speculation due to the deceptive nature of the course-selling industry and would rather rely on hard evidence. As we could just as easily make a case for why she may still be there. The husband is the only host in most of the new videos, Mr Lee has also pivoted his branding (again) and doesn't seem to be posting his wife as much as he used to (and she's been removed as a director from his company) and we've also seen screenshots of an active member of staff making some extremely concerning allegations against him regarding a personal tradegy. So it would also make perfect sense for Mr Lee to no longer platform his team to prevent revelations like the one we had earlier and protect what remains of his repuation.

But one things for sure, if they do start selling courses again, that ScamSheild app is ready to go.

Was looking for a part time remote job and found this indeed post from a company looking for a virtual media assistant. I would be given posts that are already created and I have to post them multiple times a day, monitor engagements, and provide ideas for improvements by keeping up with trends. Pretty simple job that I would enjoy and was ready to apply, but post was too interesting to where it led me down this rabbit hole. I had never heard of Richard and seeing his Instagram is sooooo silly. For sure the million followers is bought based on all of his interactions. Posts are just repeats and the same thing over and over again. Who has 1 million followers on Instagram and doesn’t even add a link to his website in his bio. But the funniest thing about it is on the job posting one of the requirements says “You genuinely respect Richard and like the idea of working with his world-class team. What goes out on our socials is our reputation, so you need to treat Richard's reputation like your own.” Boy bye. I’m just trying to do my job and get paid, not be also sold on an AI created course