Because I'm from Jersey I know how much filth, scum and corruption goes on here. I've met quite a few guys who've built empires and gotten rich off fraud and ripping people off. What's scary is the large majority have never served a day in jail.
Here is 1 of the worst I know -
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/10/bamboozled_waterproofing_gps_u.html
Guys name is Al Demola and has been running scams in New Jersey for at least 15 years now. He use to work with my older brother for a legit waterproofing company way back in the day. And he was and still is one of the best salesmen I know of. He worked for MidAtlantic Waterpoofing (national franchise) and was their #1 sales guy for a while.
Then something snapped in him, he quit, started a series of waterproofing companies and my brother also broke off to work with him for the first years. This guy hired a bunch of hot young college girls to take calls and regularly brought coke into the office. He snorted coke in front of all the girls and employees. He had sex with the girls in the office. The girls also did coke. He was like a mini version of the Wolf of Wall Street. My brother walked into the office one day when he was fucking his secretary and Demola didn't even stop. He was high as hell, laughing and asking if my brother "wanted a piece". A few months later my brother quit and didn't want anything to do with the guy.
But Demola would sell waterproofing jobs one after another for $25-$80k (2-3 times what any other company was charging), then he'd send out crews to do the work. Problem is the crews never actually did any work lol. They were all illegal immigrants. They'd just hang out in the basements rub some spackle on the ground, Demola would collect the checks, pay the crew then keep the rest. Most the time the homeowners had no idea no waterproofing system was installed. He did the same thing with foundations too. People would pay to get reinforced rebar put in their foundations, his crew would just drill holes then seal them up without actually putting the bars in.
I know he's been arrested but I also know he's still running his scheme in New Jersey and is still rich as fuck.
There are guys like Al Demola ALL OVER New Jersey.
This guy Mack, those checks could be real. I don't really care. Empower Network did say he's a top recruiter so who really knows? But like others have said, the videos aren't very credible. If you're gonna show off or try to fake you own a property, it would be wise to actually walk around INSIDE the home with pictures of yourself hanging in the background. I just got the sense that was not his home by the way the video was done. It's probably a rich friend.
My brother's best friend is a cop and I may ask him to do a background search on his name. Just to see if this guy's legit.
-BB