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MLMs Need to be Included in FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule

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MLMs Need to be Included in FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule

TINA.org files comment in support of applying rule to direct selling industry.

MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims

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MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims

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

MLMs Are Consistently Leaving Participants Behind

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MLMs Are Consistently Leaving Participants Behind

New book explores why MLMs are often associated with harmful outcomes – and what can be done about it.

Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes

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Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes

More needs to be done to shut down pyramid schemes.

Penalty Offense Authority: MLMs

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Penalty Offense Authority: MLMs

TINA.org urged the FTC to formally notify all MLM companies of the law and use its penalty offense authority.

MLMs Tap College Campuses for Recruits

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MLMs Tap College Campuses for Recruits

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

MLMs Continue to Break the Law Despite FTC Warning

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MLMs Continue to Break the Law Despite FTC Warning

Deceptive health and income claims, including some tied to COVID-19, persist in wake of warning from the feds.

FTC Staff Urge MLMs Not to Rely on Industry Income Disclosure Guidance

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FTC Staff Urge MLMs Not to Rely on Industry Income Disclosure Guidance

Advisory opinion letter raises “serious concerns” with self-reg group’s guidance.

Advocates to FTC: Take Aggressive Action on MLMs

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Advocates to FTC: Take Aggressive Action on MLMs

Coalition sends letter to agency requesting better safeguards.

MLMs might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer

Media Coverage

MLMs might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer

Emily Stewart, Vox

FTC to MLMs: You Lie, You Pay

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FTC to MLMs: You Lie, You Pay

The agency puts the MLM industry on notice.

How MLMs Exploit Consumers During a Pandemic

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How MLMs Exploit Consumers During a Pandemic

Deceptive earnings claims edition.

MLMs Are Using Coronavirus Anxiety To Exploit The Quarantined and Unemployed

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MLMs Are Using Coronavirus Anxiety To Exploit The Quarantined and Unemployed

Jesselyn Cook, HUFFPOST

Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs

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Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs

Kentucky company agrees to pay $7 million to settle pyramid scheme charges.

Do MLMs Protect Their Online Sellers From Fraud?

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Do MLMs Protect Their Online Sellers From Fraud?

Stephie Grob Plante, Racked

Will the MLM Industry Fix Its Earnings Claims Problem?

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Will the MLM Industry Fix Its Earnings Claims Problem?

New research points to “no.”

Arbonne

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Arbonne

TINA.org investigated Arbonne, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted products with unsubstantiated health claims and has used atypical income claims to market its business…

doTerra

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doTerra

TINA.org found essential oils MLM repeatedly using illegal disease-treatment claims despite numerous warnings.

Juice Plus+

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Juice Plus+

TINA.org investigated Juice Plus+, a Tennessee-based multilevel marketing company that sells nutritional supplements, and found that the company has used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to market its products and atypical income…

Melaleuca

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Melaleuca

TINA.org investigated Melaleuca 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…

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MLMs Need to be Included in FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule

MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims

MLMs Are Consistently Leaving Participants Behind

Not Your Grandma’s Tupperware: MLMs vs Pyramid Schemes

Penalty Offense Authority: MLMs

MLMs Tap College Campuses for Recruits

MLMs Continue to Break the Law Despite FTC Warning

FTC Staff Urge MLMs Not to Rely on Industry Income Disclosure Guidance

Advocates to FTC: Take Aggressive Action on MLMs

MLMs might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer

FTC to MLMs: You Lie, You Pay

How MLMs Exploit Consumers During a Pandemic

MLMs Are Using Coronavirus Anxiety To Exploit The Quarantined and Unemployed

Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs

Do MLMs Protect Their Online Sellers From Fraud?

Will the MLM Industry Fix Its Earnings Claims Problem?

Arbonne

doTerra

Juice Plus+

Melaleuca