Results for "Herbalife"
TINA’s Take: Supreme Court Considers Whether Liars Can Keep Money They Stole
December 15th, 2020
TINA.org files brief in critical case concerning FTC authority.
Time Freedom Is The New Financial Freedom
December 3rd, 2020
Why the MLM industry should avoid the term.
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.
Summary of Action
April 27th, 2020
TINA.org investigated Herbalife International of America, Inc., a multibillion-dollar, California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that the company, through its distributors, deceptively claims that using various Herbalife products can treat and/or prevent the coronavirus by boosting one’s immune system. As a result of these findings, TINA.org filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on
Status and Updates
April 27th, 2020
April 27, 2020: TINA.org files a complaint with the FTC against Herbalife for deceptively claiming that its supplements and nutritional products can prevent and help treat the coronavirus by boosting a person’s immune system, and urging the agency to take action.
A Growing List of Coronavirus Scams
March 16th, 2020
Scammers are aggressively pushing a variety of products that they falsely claim prevent, treat or cure the virus.
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.
AdvoCare to Pay $150 Million to Settle FTC Pyramid Charges
October 2nd, 2019
Health and wellness products MLM allegedly rewarded recruitment over product sales.
Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay
December 18th, 2017
More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.
Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit Against Jeunesse Seeks $1 Billion
November 1st, 2017
Jeunesse and Diamond distributors facing third pyramid scheme complaint in 10 months.
Illegal Health Claims By DSA Companies Still Litter Internet
August 28th, 2017
More than 1,000 unsubstantiated health claims remain on the internet nine months after TINA.org’s investigation.
Federal Lawsuit Alleges AdvoCare is ‘Pyramid Scheme’
March 20th, 2017
Nutritional supplement MLM facing racketeering charges in class-action lawsuit filed by former distributors.
TINA.org in the News
January 5th, 2017
• 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 “End of an era: Pai waves goodbye to the FCC” Alexandra S. Levine, January 13, 2021 “Democratic FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra — a possible FTC chair under President-elect Joe Biden — said
Responses from Companies
December 20th, 2016
Below are the replies TINA.org has received in response to its DSA health claims investigation and subsequent notification letters, which alerted offending DSA-member companies of TINA.org’s findings. 4Life AdvoCare Agel Amway Arbonne Flavon Forever Living FreeLife Herbalife Immunotec Isagenix Jeunesse Jusuru Kyani L’Bri LifeVantage LifeWave Limu Mannatech Melaleuca Morinda Nefful Nikken NYR Organic Sanki Global
Energy Drink Company Exposed by Ad Watchdog TINA.org Settles FTC Pyramid Case
December 16th, 2016
MADISON, CONN. December 16, 2016 – Vemma Nutrition, an Arizona-based multi-level marketing (MLM) company that the Federal Trade Commission labeled a pyramid scheme in a lawsuit filed last year, has reached a $238 million settlement with the agency that bans its recruitment-focused business practices. Ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) first warned consumers about the energy drink and dietary
Vemma Reaches $238 Million Settlement with FTC
December 15th, 2016
Company agrees to a ban on pyramid scheme practices to settle charges.
10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings
December 12th, 2016
Find out which companies are on TINA.org’s 2016 naughty list.
TINA.org’s Fourth Year in Review
December 8th, 2016
Here’s what we accomplished in 2016 with your help.