Multi-level Marketing: The Long and Short of It
May 5th, 2015
The financial appeal of multi-level marketing companies attracts investors and swindlers alike.
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Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes
March 31st, 2015
More needs to be done to shut down pyramid schemes.
TINA.org’s Action on Glucosamine Settlement Helps Spur Revision
March 25th, 2015
Final Agreement Bans Deceptive Claims Made by Walmart, Walgreens & Supervalu MADISON, CONN. March 25, 2015 — A federal judge has given final approval to a class-action settlement that permanently changes how glucosamine supplements sold by Walmart, Supervalu, and Walgreens stores across the nation can be labeled. The approval comes after the parties in the lawsuit renegotiated
Summary of Action
March 17th, 2015
A class-action lawsuit was filed against Herbalife in 2013 alleging that the company deceptively markets and operates an illegal pyramid scheme, which charges inappropriate shipping and handling fees in order to bolster illegal profits. In October 2014, the parties reached a proposed settlement agreement that would essentially ban the estimated 1.3 million class members from ever
Things to Know about Vemma One Year Later
August 19th, 2014
Company tweaks policies as pressure mounts.
Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs
May 13th, 2014
Kentucky company agrees to pay $7 million to settle pyramid scheme charges.
Vemma Declared Pyramid Scheme by Italy’s Competition and Markets Authority
April 24th, 2014
Ad Watchdog TINA.org Says Vemma’s U.S. Reforms Fall Short MADISON, Conn., April 24, 2014 — An analysis by advertising watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has determined that Vemma Nutrition Company’s new compensation plan is not significantly different from one that Italian regulators found to be a pyramid scheme. TINA.org today announced its findings and published an official translation of Italy’s
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.
Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma
September 17th, 2013
Business school dean cautions students and other deans.
WorkAtHomeAide.net: Check into this Marketer
May 8th, 2012
This e-mail links to a fake news site. When you leave the site, a window directs you to workathomeaide.net, which is designed to recruit people to sell Herbalife weight loss supplements as part of a multi-level marketing scheme. The company has settled several suits over its business setup and the health claims of its product. Also,