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9 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Tracy Coenen
If XYZ Company was a pyramid scheme, the government would shut them down! [read post]
1 Oct 2012, 4:00 am by Tracy Coenen
For decades, muti-level marketing companies like Amway, Mary Kay, Herbalife, Avon, and Usana have fought against being labeled as pyramid schemes. [read post]
24 Dec 2012, 1:00 am by Tracy Coenen
One of the most common arguments used against those who deem multi-level marketing companies pyramid schemes, is that pyramid schemes collapse. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 9:30 pm
PSA is an organization dedicated to educating consumers about multi-level marketing companies and pyramid schemes. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 4:00 am by Tracy Coenen
” “If XYZ Company was a pyramid scheme, the government would shut them down! [read post]
18 Dec 2012, 10:07 am by Tracy Coenen
I believe that most mulit-level marketing companies (MLM, for short) are pyramid schemes that are allowed to operate in the United States. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 4:00 am by Pamela Foohey
A couple weeks ago, on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver started what promises to be the greatest pyramid scheme ever. [read post]
The post Elon Musk and his companies sued for $258B over alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 4:00 am by Tracy Coenen
If XYZ Company was a pyramid scheme, the government would shut them down! [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 12:14 pm by Mark Methenitis
The latest LGJ looks at how the current referral systems could easily evolve into something that could actually land game companies in hot water: pyramid schemes.Read on! [read post]
Correspondingly, there simply were not a large number of corporate pyramids for tax to hit and those that did exist were typically dismantled as a result of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 4:00 am by Tracy Coenen
Recently Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert sent out a newsletter that included a discussion of the issue of whether all multi-level marketing companies are pyramid schemes. [read post]
10 May 2007, 10:28 pm
PYRAMID SCHEME ALERT ASKS FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE USANA HEALTH SCIENCES (NASDAQ: USNA); ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN ALL 50 STATES ALSO ALERTED May 10, 2007, Charlotte, NC… In a letter to Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission , the consumer education and advocacy group, Pyramid Scheme Alert, has formally requested that the FTC open an investigation of the multi-level marketing company,… [read post]
14 May 2008, 9:38 am
The Pyramid Scheme Act dubbed companies illegal pyramid schemes if compensation is primarily from the sales of products/services to downline participants (rather than legitimate 3rd party customers). [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 9:48 am
From Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert: In a crucial development that could rock the entire multi-level marketing business, a class action lawsuit has been filed this month against Quixtar (Amway) charging that the company is running an illegal pyramid scheme. [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 4:00 am by Tracy Coenen
Multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) are nothing but pyramid schemes. [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 12:18 pm by Mark Astarita
A judge dismissed a lawsuit by Herbalife shareholders who claimed that the business structure and marketing practices of the weight loss and nutritional supplements company violated the law and that they lost money because it amounts to a pyramid scheme.More details are available at Supplement company Herbalife sees pyramid-scheme suit tossed - Yahoo News. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 11:00 am by Tracy Coenen
”) and failure of law enforcement to enforce the laws against pyramid schemes and business [...] [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 8:00 am by Mark Astarita
After the SEC staff implemented the asset freeze, at the SEC's request the court lifted the seal today, permitting public announcement of the SEC's charges.The SEC alleges that TelexFree, Inc. and TelexFree, LLC claim to run a multilevel marketing company that sells telephone service based on "voice over Internet" (VoIP) technology but actually are operating an elaborate pyramid scheme. [read post]