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IMPORTANT NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS
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HERBALIFE CHARGED WTIH FRAUDULENT MARKETINGS, HYPED STOCK, PHONY LEAD SCHEME, HEALTH RISKS (UPDATE: HERBALIFE PRESIDENT RESIGNS OVER DECEPTION)
April, 2008
Herbalife, one of the largest America-based multi-level marketing schemes is, once again, charged with fraud and deception. As evidence of deception became publicized, the president of Herbalife resigned when it was revealed he had falsified his own resumé.
The current charges target the scheme's business model, its recruitment practices, its legality and potential health risks of its products. Herbalife promotes weight loss herbs and markets its products by selling "distributorships" in a multi-level marketing model. More…
MLM SCHEME, PRE-PAID LEGAL, CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PYRAMID SCHEME AND SELLING A WORTHLESS "INSURANCE."
April, 2008
The MLM scheme, Pre-Paid Legal, is the targe of a new investigative report that reveals the scheme's pyramid recruitment is declining as the scheme moves toward an eventual collapse. Additionally the Pre-Paid Legal product – a form of insurance – is being labelled worthless and misleadingly represented to consumers. More…
UPDATE: PYRAMID SCHEME CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST AMWAY/QUIXTAR TO GO FORWARD
April, 2008
Amway has lost its legal effort to stop the largest and potentially most damaging class action lawsuit ever brought against the multi-level marketing scheme from going forward. A federal judge has ruled that Amway's rules for settling disputes are "unconscionable" and unenforceable. He denied Amway's defense. The case will now proceed. More…
TRAVEL AGENTS SAY MLM TRAVEL SCHEME – YTB – AND OTHERS LIKE IT, ARE CORRUPTING THEIR PROFESSION, CHEATING VENDORS AND TRICKING CONSUMERS.
May, 2008
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