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What You Need to Know about Lear Capital

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What You Need to Know about Lear Capital

Investing with Lear may test your mettle when it comes to precious coins.

Utah’s Dark Logic: Keeping Consumer Complaints Sealed

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Utah’s Dark Logic: Keeping Consumer Complaints Sealed

TINA.org’s push to get the state to disclose vital consumer records.

Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit Against Jeunesse Seeks $1 Billion

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Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit Against Jeunesse Seeks $1 Billion

Jeunesse and Diamond distributors facing third pyramid scheme complaint in 10 months.

Advertising Self-Regulatory Council

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Advertising Self-Regulatory Council

The Advertising Self-Regulatory Council (ASRC) (formerly known as the National Advertising Review Council) is a self-regulatory agency that was formed in 1971 by the American Advertising Federation, the American Association…

Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

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Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

MADISON, CT, July 10, 2013 — Vemma Nutrition Company promises it will “transform lives through ultra premium products and a generous compensation plan.” The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company, which touts that…

Eight ‘Facts’ That Won’t Answer This: Is Vemma a Pyramid Scheme?

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Eight ‘Facts’ That Won’t Answer This: Is Vemma a Pyramid Scheme?

Beware; none of these statements the company makes are relevant.

Vemma Facing Class-Action Lawsuit in California

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Vemma Facing Class-Action Lawsuit in California

Suit alleges company’s advertising should have indicated it would repeatedly charge for Verve.

Online Reviews in Spotlight after Consumer Gets Billed for Negative Post

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Online Reviews in Spotlight after Consumer Gets Billed for Negative Post

Consumer review website caught up in media storm as well.

Herbalife Confirms FTC Has Launched a Probe

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Herbalife Confirms FTC Has Launched a Probe

Company has been under increasing scrutiny.

That Crazy Wrap Thing

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That Crazy Wrap Thing

The Ultimate Body Applicator, also sometimes called by its alter ego, “That Crazy Wrap Thing,” has become quite the rage in the fitness world. You might have seen these being…

Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs

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Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs

Consumers complain to feds that various e-cig companies are fleecing them into repeated credit card charges for vapor products.

LuLaRoe Hit with $1 Billion Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit

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LuLaRoe Hit with $1 Billion Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit

Class action against LuLaRoe includes unknown top distributors as defendants.

TINA.org to Vemma: Take Down Questionable Health Claims

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TINA.org to Vemma: Take Down Questionable Health Claims

TINA.org campaigns for #vemmatruth by outing sites making unsubstantiated health claims.

Health Claims Could Cost Vemma and its CEO Millions

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Health Claims Could Cost Vemma and its CEO Millions

TINA.org compiles database of more than 200 instances of health claims.

Double Stuf Oreos

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Double Stuf Oreos

Are these cookies double-stuffed with deception?

MLM Company Investigated by TINA.org Shuts Down U.S. Affiliate Operations

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MLM Company Investigated by TINA.org Shuts Down U.S. Affiliate Operations

Ad Watchdog Continues to Press for Release of Consumer Complaints MADISON, Conn., Feb. 18, 2015 — Following an investigation by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), which included a protracted legal battle with the…

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