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What You Should Know about the FTC’s Action against Vemma

What You Should Know about the FTC’s Action against Vemma

Having combed through the 200-plus pages that the FTC filed against Vemma Nutrition Company, Vemma International Holdings, Inc., Benson K. (B.K.) Boreyko, Tom Alkazin and his wife Bethany (defendants) in…

What You Should Know about Thrive

What You Should Know about Thrive

Is this company, Le-Vel, on the level?

5 Reasons Herbalife’s Survey Won’t Save It from Prosecution

5 Reasons Herbalife’s Survey Won’t Save It from Prosecution

Deconstructing Herbalife’s defense that a survey found most people join for discounts.

Herbalife: ‘I Thought I was Going to Make it Big’

Herbalife: ‘I Thought I was Going to Make it Big’

Former distributor says a class-action settlement isn’t going to help a majority of recruits who lost money.

WakeUpNow’s Secret: Things You Need to Know about this MLM

WakeUpNow’s Secret: Things You Need to Know about this MLM

What TINA.org thinks you should wake up to regarding this questionable company.

Fight to the Death

Fight to the Death

Why the FTC has not pursued Herbalife.

Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma

Pyramid Scheme Expert Issues Warning about Vemma

Business school dean cautions students and other deans.

Multi-Level Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes

Multi-Level Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes

Multi-level marketing (Multilevel Marketing – a way of distributing products or services in which the distributors earn income from their own retail sales and from retail sales made by their…

$5 jewelry and an MLM conference gone wrong

$5 jewelry and an MLM conference gone wrong

Emily Stewart, Vox

Pandemic Schemes: How Multilevel Marketing Distributors Are Using the Internet—and the Coronavirus—to Grow Their Businesses

Pandemic Schemes: How Multilevel Marketing Distributors Are Using the Internet—and the Coronavirus—to Grow Their Businesses

Abby Vesoulis & Eliana Dockterman, TIME

Are Multilevel Marketing Companies a Total Scam? A Look at the Billion-Dollar Industry Targeting Moms

Are Multilevel Marketing Companies a Total Scam? A Look at the Billion-Dollar Industry Targeting Moms

Murphy Moroney, PopSugar

Why Is My Facebook News Feed a Hawker’s Alley for Leggings and Shady Health Supplements?

Why Is My Facebook News Feed a Hawker’s Alley for Leggings and Shady Health Supplements?

Kate Knibbs, The Ringer

Controversial energy drink maker targets local students

Controversial energy drink maker targets local students

Amber Hunt, Cincinnati Enquirer

UPDATE: doTerra Distributors Ordered to Pay $15K Each Over COVID Claims

UPDATE: doTerra Distributors Ordered to Pay $15K Each Over COVID Claims

Civil penalties follow a 2022 TINA.org investigation and complaint to the FTC.

The Rise and Fall of Vemma

The Rise and Fall of Vemma

What led this MLM to a $238 million dollar settlement?

Paparazzi Accessories Quietly Removes Lead and Nickel-Free Claim

Paparazzi Accessories Quietly Removes Lead and Nickel-Free Claim

Claim had appeared on an about page on jewelry MLM’s website.

OnPassive

OnPassive

MLM has been saying it will launch since 2018. Distributors are “fed up.”

FTC Deceptive Earnings Claims Comment

Regulatory/Congressional Actions

FTC Deceptive Earnings Claims Comment

TINA.org submitted a comment to the FTC urging it to initiate a rulemaking prohibiting deceptive or unfair marketing using earnings claims.

Young Living’s Unapproved Drug Treatment Claims, Part 5?

Young Living’s Unapproved Drug Treatment Claims, Part 5?

Latest FDA warning cements MLM’s status as a repeat offender.

What You Should Know about Homes CNL/Smart CNL

What You Should Know about Homes CNL/Smart CNL

This crypto scam has cost hundreds of people thousands of dollars.