May 10, 2026 | Economics / Financial, Legalities and Laws, News, Pyramid Scheme Politics
by Robert L. FitzPatrick Remembering I am one of the few people in the world that for more than 30 years consistently examined and sought to expose the lie that is called “multi-level marketing” (MLM). I am not alone, but part of a tiny cadre of...Sep 1, 2025 | Economics / Financial, MLM, News
Since the mid-1990’s when the voices of “anti-MLM” started to grow, citizens who were injured, some irreparably, by multi-level marketing (MLM) turned to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for truth, justice and protection. Still today, FTC is treated by anti-MLM...Jul 1, 2025 | Economics / Financial, News
Clue: You Don’t Have to Count No one has verifiable and current data on the total number of multi-level marketing (MLM) companies in the USA or globally. Wikipedia cites sources for “over 1,000” MLMs in the USA alone. The website MLMTruth has attempted to...
Apr 10, 2025 | Economics / Financial, False Profits, MLM, News, PSA in the Media, Pyramid Schemes
The new book, CULTS LIKE US by Jane Borden, published by Simon & Schuster, identifies multi-level marketing (MLM) as an American cult movement that employs coercive mind control and exhibits all other dangerous traits associated with destructive cults. The book...Sep 14, 2024 | Economics / Financial, Humor, News
Note: The published comments of Dr. Lasdwun N. Luzes may be found on the FTC website: https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FTC-2022-0020-0028The published comment is also archived HERE. The recent report by staff of the FTC Consumer Protection Bureau related to a...May 27, 2024 | Economics / Financial, Humor, Legalities and Laws, News
But First a Special News Alert: The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the agency regulating fair trade and competition, has issued an advisory that Unicorn Sightings Companies (USCs) are legitimate, but it urges consumers to “do their homework.” “Some USCs...