Author: Scott Johnson

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  • Happy Veterans’ Day – Remember MLM Problems Are Red, White, AND Blue

    If you asked someone what colors are the American flag and they answered red and blue, white and blue, or red and white, it's obvious they left out a color. An analogy to this is someone states whether MLM profit is made from recruiting others or sales, there is a third issue - internal consumption,... read more

• • 11 09

  • MLMs Need Disease Cure Claims To Survive

    As pointed out elsewhere on this website, MLM products are usually overpriced, and a favorite method of overcoming this is to simply claim the products cure all kinds of diseases, including the "big boys" Amway and Herbalife, as shown here: read more

• • 11 08

  • Double Trouble For MLMs

    There are two great developments shining a bright light on MLM scams like Amway and Herbalife:

    1. A half-hour show by comedian/lefty political commentator John Oliver: http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/11/john-oliver-herbalife/<... read more

• • 11 07

  • DSA Proves They Don’t Enforce Their Own Health Claims Rules

    As if we didn't already suspect widespread DSA nonenforcement of MLM health claims and the DSA's "self regulation" was total BS, here's the proof. Of course, the list includes the two largest MLM scams on the planet, Amway and Herbalife: https://www.truthinadvertising.org/dsa-ignoring-illegal-hea... read more

• • 10 24

  • DSA Trying To Push MLM Towards European/HR5230 Model

    Update: Here's the FTC Chairperson's DSA speech, it isn't looking good for H.R. 5230, or any MLM scam like Amway and Herbalife, either. Too bad the FTC still doesn't "get" the tool scam: ... read more

• • 10 14

  • This Looks Like A Game Changing Court Decision

    The Stream/Ignite case has been in the courts since 2009. For background information, see http://behindmlm.com/companies/class-certification-in-texas-stream-pyramid-lawsuit-upheld/ The recent d... read more

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  • Herbalife REALLY Steps Into It, And We’re NOT Talking A Spilled Shake

    Herbalife, the next to largest MLM scam on the planet, second only to Amway, has REALLY stepped in it, again. Bill Ackman, the FTC, and the new "Betting On Zero" movie all agree Herbalife is a scam. When a Washington, D.C. film festival showed the movie, an Herbalife lobbyist, bought half the ticket... read more

• • 10 05

  • Hilarious MLM Related Short Movie

    A hilarious short movie about MLMs. They only wish most people would join like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-55nwoXHG-w&feature=youtu.be... read more

• • 10 02

  • TelexFree Lawsuit Documents

    Barring a last-minute settlement, the TelexFree illegal pyramid/ponzi trial will start October 24, 2016 and is expected to last at least a month. Here's some background documents:

    1. Prosecution witness list: read more

• • 09 05

  • Herbalife And Spiderwebs, What a Wicked Web They Weave….

    The activities in two very large states, and probably the two most influential states when it comes to Herbalife, are a tangled mess:

    1. This one is out of California, where Herbalife is based: read more