May 19, 2014 | Legal, MLM, News
by Robert L. FitzPatrick, Pres. Pyramid Scheme Alert The popular and fast-growing multi-level marketing company, Fortune High Tech Marketing (FHTM), is now officially dead. A few of its top leaders are banned “for life” from participating in MLM companies and were...Mar 17, 2014 | Legal, News
The two top legal experts in America on pyramid schemes, attorneys Douglas M. Brooks and Bruce Craig, carefully researched and evaluated the federal court cases that define and outlaw pyramid selling schemes under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. They...Dec 14, 2012 | Legal, News
In 2012, there were several publicized events that, along with other similar events over the least several years, indicate pervasive fraud in the multi-level marketing field and call out for a new and comprehensive investigation of this industry by regulators at the...Jun 1, 2012 | Legal, MLM, News
A highly unusual event occurred in May, 2012 that drastically affected businesses and individuals who invest in the stocks of multi-level marketing (MLM) companies. A hedge fund manager – who is famous for rigorous research, uncanny insight into future trends and for...Mar 21, 2012 | Legal, MLM, News, Pyramid Schemes
In a recent video interview with Amway executives, Doug DeVos and Steve Van Andel, a Wall Street Journal reporter asked them a probing and revealing question. In fact, before the interview, the reporter for the Wall Street Journal emailed Pyramid Scheme Alert to ask...Jan 5, 2012 | Legal, MLM, News, Pyramid Schemes, Scheme Alerts
There are two icons of MLM that represent all the others of that “industry”. They are among the oldest and largest MLMs, and they have spread to most other countries worldwide. One is Amway. The other is Herbalife. Herbalife has just been ruled an illegal...