Rodan + Fields

TINA.org investigated Rodan + Fields as part of a larger investigation into atypical income claims used by MLM companies. To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims Investigation, click…

BODi/Team Beachbody

TINA.org investigated BODi, formerly known as Team Beachbody, 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 Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

MADISON, CONN. June 21, 2021 – Despite a $2 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in February 2021, publishing giant Monument & Cathedral Holdings, better known as Agora, and…

Will New U Life Finally Admit SomaDerm Doesn’t Contain HGH?

The MLM’s recent marketing changes suggest that it is ready to come clean regarding the product’s actual ingredients.

MLM News Alert

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

Foreign Exchange Rates for TD Bank Visa Cards

Allegations: Misrepresenting the foreign exchange rates charged to consumers who use cards to pay for transactions in foreign currencies

Citizens & Northern Bank

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose which transactions are subject to fees

Heartland Payment Systems

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that its fees are fair and its billing practices are transparent when the company began charging extra fees without properly notifying merchants and buried the fees in…

Visa Cards

Allegations: Misrepresenting the foreign exchange rates charged to consumers who use cards to pay for foreign transactions in foreign currencies

MoviePass: Rediscovering the Magic of ROSCA

FTC using every arrow in its quiver to go after bad actors.

Dr Tobias Omega 3 Fish Oil

Allegations: Falsely marketing dietary supplements as fish oil when the ingredient in the product has been transformed in such a way that it is no longer fish oil

Jovia Financial Credit Union

Premier Financial Alliance Pyramid Scheme Claims

Allegations: Operating an illegal pyramid scheme and making deceptive income claims

Philadelphia Federal Credit Union

South State Bank’s Fees

Umpqua Bank

Suffolk Federal Credit Union

Simmons Bank

Valley National Bank

Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union