Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast - This Alpha Influencer Is In Prison Now - The Jeremiah "The Bull" Evans Story

Episode Date: October 18, 2025

Jeremiah “The Bull” Evans was a Utah-based entrepreneur who, between July 2019 and July 2022, ran a fraudulent investment scheme through his company Alpha Influence, LLC, claiming to sell clients stakes in automated stores.

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I'm the fucking king. Okay, so the guy's name is Jeremiah, but he calls himself the bull. But we're just gonna call him Jeremiah because the bull is a terrible name. Now Jeremiah, he's around 24 when the story starts and he's living in Utah. And bro really, really wants to make money. Like, lots of money. So one day, around 2019, he comes up with the perfect plan to do it. He's gonna become an alpha male influencer

and maybe possibly scam some people in the process. And so he creates a YouTube channel and he eventually starts posting there. And he also starts posting inspirational quotes and workout picks on his Instagram. And he puts Christ is king at the top of his tip. TikTok. You know, the whole bit, as it seems like he's really trying to lean in to this alpha male persona.

Average is the problem. That's the problem. That's what I'm trying to get everyone understand, is being average, choosing to be me oroker, that's the problem. But whatever, that's fine. Being an alpha bro influencers, it's not a crime. But here's where the crime starts to come in. Jermaya also creates a company called Alpha Influence. and Alpha Influence sells fully automated Amazon drop shipping stores to people. And for the low, low price of $40,000, you too can invest in Alpha Influence and be a manager of your very own Amazon drop shipping store. Start a business where you have unlimited income.

Here's the problem for Jeremiah, though. Most people don't have 40 grand to spend on the opportunity to run an Amazon store. So he comes up with a deal. where you can give him a down payment of only $4,000. And then his company will give you a script on the best way to apply for multiple credit cards. So then, I guess you can get the rest of the money to him through the credit cards. This immediately sounds like a terrible deal. It also sounds scammy as fuck.

But whatever, this is what Jeremiah is offering. So he starts pushing it out to his online audience. He also pushes it out to his own personal network of friends, family, and acquaintances. He tells them they're all going to see a return on their investment within the next 12 to 18 months. They're all going to be so rich. Here's the thing though. He actually lies to his clients about how much his business has made so far. He even lies about how long the business has been around. Like yeah, I've had this company for like centuries, bro, or whatever. He also shows his client's testimonials of success and other people who have done so well, but he's just bullsh-shunding me.

Regardless, people believe him. And pretty soon, he's gotten hundreds of investors to sign up for Alpha Influence. And he starts making tons of money, like millions of dollars. Like he can't believe how easy his plan has come together. To this day, one year ago, August 1st, 2020, we have done $12 million in sales. $12 million. I just bought a Lamborghini. And like all influencers, now that he's making money, he's got to get on

social media and show it. Like here he is with a Lamborghini he bought, here he is on a jet ski, here he is buying a watch, here he is with a private plane, here he is with another private plane, here he is on the private plane. You have to treat yourself along the way. You have to spend money on yourself to actually validate yourself. And of course, this is part of his sales pitch, because if he's rich, then you could also be rich like him. See, that's how they lure people in. he keeps making videos, flexing the money he's making. I don't care what anyone says. When you have a Lamborghini, it gets more views, it gets more likes, it gets more comments,

and that's not even why I bought it. I bought it just because I fucking wanted it. And he keeps going. For a couple of years, he posts inspirational and motivational-type videos left and right, telling people the best way to make more money. Anyone who ever sh-s-on-a-course or selling a course is a moron. He does workshops and podcasts and speaking engagements, anything to get the word out.

Because if he can be an alpha, so can you. The world wants you to think that being an alpha is wrong, that it's toxic. The world wants you to think that being an alpha is douchy. And to his credit, during this time, he really is rich. Like he really has made a ton of money off all his clients by selling Amazon drop shipping stores. He now even has salesmen working underneath him.

And I'm 26 years old, and at this point I own seven businesses. So Bro is living the life. In fact, he's taking the top performers on his sales team to luxury events and vacations with private Airbnbs and private beaches and yacht trips. He'll rent a private jet, I guess, just to like go to Vegas and party. And then in 2022, and this is my favorite part, he even founds a motivational convention called, are you ready for this? AlphaCon.

Here is a promotional cruise. traffic for it. And you can see that Jeremiah the bull is right there in the middle. And so AlphaCon, I guess it's this convention in Salt Lake City for nothing but Alpha males. And they'll teach you how to be so manly like them. And also I guess that they're going to try to sell you some shit too. AlphaCon is a business conference made for you to help blow up your business in 2022. And you know what? It is about being an Alpha. And now AlphaCon has got to be the funniest event like I've ever heard of. It's exactly what it sounds like a whole ass convention of Jeremiah and other Alpha Bros. Just flexing on stage and trying to sell courses and other stuff to other Alpha Bros.

I would not do that because I could have bought a really cool watch instead for 200 grand. Well, AlphaCon doesn't seem to change lives. It just seems like another way to sell things to gullible people. But whatever, it's working. Jeremiah is super rich now and everything appears to be going great for him. Until. Now at this point, he's done a lot of scamming with his Amazon drop shipping store business. He's actually scammed $20 million from around 530 clients. And now eventually, the same year in 2022, his customers of Alpha Influence, the ones who

bought into his Amazon store drop shipping business thing, they start realizing that what Jeremiah is pushing is all bullshit. shirmaia is of course making money but most of his customers only made a little bit of money back or no money at all because what he's selling them is nonsense and to make it worse apparently at some point amazon changes its policies and starts shutting down stores for violating those policies about drop shipping so now his customers stores are getting shut down and of course jeremiah's clients they're all pissed off like they've invested all kinds of money into this only for their store to get shut down? So when the complaints start rolling in, Jeremiah essentially goes dark on everyone,

and he ghosts them. So now all these people are really pissed, and people file at least 51 different complaints with Utah's division of consumer protection. And at some point, the FBI gets involved, and they start investigating, and ultimately they conclude that what Jeremiah has been selling is just one big scam. And so, bam, they arrest him. And I don't have a mugshot, but here's a picture of him holding up a sales award. And ultimately, he pleads guilty to securities fraud and money laundering, and he gets sentenced to eight years. Ryan Reynolds here from MintMobil. I don't know if you knew this, but anyone can get the same premium wireless for $15 a month plan that I've been enjoying. It's not just for celebrities, so do like I did and have one of your assistants assistants,

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In prison.