John Oliver Dares to Say It: “MLM Is a Pyramid Scheme”
The popular and trend-setting HBO show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver took direct aim at “multi-level marketing”. In a remarkable and hilarious 30-minute segment, satirist John Oliver goes to the heart of MLM and tells the dead-honest truth, the one...MLM Lobbyists Pushing the Legalization of Recruiting Scams as “Direct Selling”
The latest “UPDATE” from Pyramid Scheme Alert is a special consumer alert to HR 5230, the proposed federal law that will effectively prevent all further FTC prosecutions of “multi-level marketing” companies. The bill is designed to legalize marketing practices that...FTC Asked to Halt “Pay-to-Play” Rules in Herbalife and all MLMs
Pyramid Scheme Alert has sent a formal letter to the FTC chairperson and the head of the Consumer Protection Bureau asking the FTC to ban Herbalife from “effectively requiring purchases” by its recruits that are tied to its promised “unlimited...MLM, Advocare, Is Focus of ESPN Exposé on Misleading Sports Endorsements and False Income Claims
The sports network, ESPN, has published a major investigation of the involvement of some sports stars as endorsers of a “multi-level marketing” scheme, called Advocare International, offering evidence of bogus medical claims and misleading income promises....British Media Discover MLM Using National Health Service for Recruiting
In a recent article in the Sunday Times, journalist, Robin Henry, reports that a USA-based MLM, called Forever Living Products (FLP), has infiltrated the UK’s public health system and its recruiters are using the tax-paid healthcare program as a cover for...FREE REPORT
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