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.
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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
FTC Chairwoman Creates Framework for MLM Regulatory Environment
October 31st, 2016
FTC Seeking to Clean up the MLM Industry
MLM Health Claims Database
October 28th, 2016
Between March and November 2016, the Direct Selling Association (DSA) listed 62 DSA-member companies selling nutritional supplements.* TINA.org investigated each one of these companies and found that 60 of them (or 97%) have made or are making — either directly or through their distributors — claims that the companies’ products (which include supplements, as well
Do MLM Earnings Statements Constitute Deceptive Advertising?
February 29th, 2016
Despite the availability of the data, MLM earnings statements fail to disclose crucial information to recruits, writes guest blogger William Keep.
The Enduring Primacy of Retail Sales in an MLM Context
October 23rd, 2015
This is a guest blog by Peter Vander Nat, Ph.D., former senior economist with the FTC who has testified in numerous federal pyramid scheme cases and written two seminal works analyzing the MLM industry. POST HIGHLIGHTS • Meaning of Amway rules (1979), especially the “70% rule” and subsequent deterioration • Koscot (1975), Omnitrition (1996), and
MLMs Tap College Campuses for Recruits
August 20th, 2015
MLM and pyramid scheme experts say more must be done to educate and raise student awareness.
It’s Not Simple To Jump to Another MLM
August 6th, 2015
Vemma leader’s defection to another MLM may not be the end of the story.
Documentary Takes Aim at MLM Model
May 15th, 2015
With a fundraising pitch reminiscent of many multi-level marketing companies.
Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes
March 31st, 2015
More needs to be done to shut down pyramid schemes.
MLM Company Investigated by TINA.org Shuts Down U.S. Affiliate Operations
February 18th, 2015
Ad Watchdog Continues to Press for Release of Consumer Complaints MADISON, Conn., Feb. 18, 2015 — Following an investigation by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), which included a protracted legal battle with the state of Utah over the release of consumer complaints, Utah-based multilevel marketing company, WakeUpNow (WUN) has announced it is halting U.S. affiliate operations. The troubled
WakeUpNow’s Secret: Things You Need to Know about this MLM
September 8th, 2014
What TINA.org thinks you should wake up to regarding this questionable company.
Has Your College Student Been Recruited by a Questionable MLM?
August 26th, 2014
Parents share their stories and experts offer tips on what families can do.
Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs
May 13th, 2014
Kentucky company agrees to pay $7 million to settle pyramid scheme charges.
Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry
March 26th, 2014
Ex-Herbalifer brings questionable lead generation tactics to Vemma.
Advocates to FTC: Take Aggressive Action on MLMs
October 22nd, 2013
Coalition sends letter to agency requesting better safeguards.
Sunrider Pyramid Scheme Claims
December 12th, 2019
December 2019: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s decision. June 2018: The named plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the May 2018 summary judgment ruling and judgment dismissing the claims. (Case No. 18-55705, 9th Cir.) May 2018: A federal judge granted the company’s motion for summary judgment finding that the