MLMs Continue to Break the Law Despite FTC Warning
December 15th, 2020
Deceptive health and income claims, including some tied to COVID-19, persist in wake of warning from the feds.
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2020 FTC MLM Database
December 15th, 2020
In 2020, TINA.org investigated the 16 MLMs targeted by the FTC for making deceptive COVID-related claims and found that each of the MLMs has continued to make unsubstantiated health claims and/or deceptive income claims, either directly or through distributors. A majority of the MLMs (10 out of 16) have also continued to put these claims
Regulatory Inquiries Put Essential Oils MLM doTerra on the Defensive
November 19th, 2020
MLM’s health claims fail to stand up to an increased level of scrutiny amid a worldwide pandemic.
Deceptive Income Claims – How Not to Market Your MLM Business
September 14th, 2020
How income claims, even truthful ones, can be deceptive when marketing the MLM business opportunity.
MLM Income Disclosures: When Average Does Not Equal Typical
September 9th, 2020
Pyramid scheme experts explain how MLM income disclosures can be deceptive.
19 Things Le-Vel and Its Distributors Deceptively Represent Are Attainable with MLM
April 17th, 2020
Exaggerated earnings claims are not hard to find.
Mixed Messaging in the MLM Industry Regarding Coronavirus Claims
April 14th, 2020
We have to make sure we’re not seen as “taking advantage of a crisis situation,” said DSA President Joe Mariano.
5 Things MLMs Need to Worry About after FTC’s Action against SBH
January 27th, 2020
Latest FTC pyramid action should serve as a warning for the MLM industry.
Trump’s MLM Pitch Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Says
October 30th, 2018
Complaint alleges Trump secretly received millions of dollars in payments while deceptively marketing ACN.
MLM Health Claims Audit Results
August 28th, 2017
Audit results of TINA.org’s investigation of MLM health claims.
TINA.org Investigation Reveals MLM Industry Rife with Illegal Health Claims
November 7th, 2016
MADISON, CONN. November 7, 2016 – Calling into question the Direct Selling Association’s commitment to consumer protection, a truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) investigation has revealed that 97 percent of DSA member companies selling nutritional supplements have distributors deceptively marketing their products with unsubstantiated health claims. Though the industry trade group representing multilevel marketing (MLM) companies states that it
