Mar 2, 2017 | False Profits, Legal, News, Pyramid Scheme Politics
Update: The proposed law promoted by the Direct Selling Association to protect “MLM” companies from future regulation, criminal prosecution and class action lawsuits was reintroduced in 2017 with changes, though the intent is the same. It is now called HR...Jan 1, 2016 | Legal, Scheme Alerts
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Talk Fusion. This DSA member is accused of running a pyramid fraud.Oct 28, 2015 | Legal, News
The following members of the House of Representatives Joined a “Direct Selling” Caucus Organized by the Direct Selling Association, the Lobbyist for “Multi-Level Marketing” A public letter has been sent to each member from...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...