Herbalife Coronavirus Claims — 2020 Collection

A TINA.org investigation has catalogued more than 30 instances in which Herbalife, through its distributors, deceptively claims that using various company products can treat and/or prevent the coronavirus by boosting…

10 Companies that Get Coal in their 2016 Holiday Stockings

Find out which companies are on TINA.org’s 2016 naughty list.

MLM News Alert

TINA.org’s curated list of MLM info and news of note.

Herbalife Events

Herbalife FTC Documents

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief Stipulation to Entry of Order For Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgement  

Herbalife Health Claims — 2016 Collection

A TINA.org investigation has revealed that MLM supplements and products are being recommended for a multitude of maladies without appropriate substantiation. Here is a sampling of TINA.org’s findings for this…

MLMs Tap College Campuses for Recruits

MLM and pyramid scheme experts say more must be done to educate and raise student awareness.

Exposing Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes

Here’s a list of some key cases.

Do MLM Earnings Statements Constitute Deceptive Advertising?

Despite the availability of the data, MLM earnings statements fail to disclose crucial information to recruits, writes guest blogger William Keep.

Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes

More needs to be done to shut down pyramid schemes.

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims

TINA.org investigation finds 98% of MLMs using misleading income claims.

Is the DSA Ignoring Illegal Health Claims?

TINA.org investigation reveals MLM supplements recommended for everything from cancer to Ebola.

Time Freedom Is The New Financial Freedom

Why the MLM industry should avoid the term.

Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay

More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.

Vemma Reaches $238 Million Settlement with FTC

Company agrees to a ban on pyramid scheme practices to settle charges.

Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma

Business school dean cautions students and other deans.

Court Rules that Success by Health Was a Pyramid Scheme

Court also finds that defendants made false and deceptive earnings claims.

FTC Pyramid Cases Post-Amway

See the FTC’s track record when it comes to pyramid cases.

Advocates to FTC: Take Aggressive Action on MLMs

Coalition sends letter to agency requesting better safeguards.