AdvoCare
TINA.org investigated AdvoCare as part of its larger investigations into unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims and atypical income claims used by MLM companies.
To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims Investigation, click here.
To read more about TINA.org’s 2017 DSA Income Claims Investigation, click here.
To read more about TINA.org’s 2016 DSA Health Claims Investigation, click here.
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AdvoCare to Pay $150 Million to Settle FTC Pyramid Charges
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Illegal Health Claims By DSA Companies Still Litter Internet
More than 1,000 unsubstantiated health claims remain on the internet nine months after TINA.org’s investigation.
Class-Action Tracker
AdvoCare
Allegations: Operating a pyramid scheme and luring distributors into the scheme by telling them they can achieve financial success
AdvoCare’s 24-Day Challenge and AdvoCare Spark
March 2018: A federal judge dismissed this case When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. because the plaintiffs did not include “credible or persuasive scientific studies…