MetroActive: Shaking the Money Tree
by Amy Chen Mills- "From Amway to Equinox, multilevel marketing schemes have won 7 million devotees on the promise of unlimited wealth and freedom. But when the numbers don't add up, distributors lose more than their dreams."
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.03.96/cover/multi
level-9640.html
SEC Cease-and-Desist Proceeding
This SEC order finds that Medco made misrepresentations and fraudulently sold securities to the public in the form of promissory notes.
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/337571.txt
Press Release: Multi Level Marketing Firm to Stop Exaggerating Income Claims
Attorney General's press release
http://www.wa.gov/ago/releases/rel_marketing_081596.html
Work from Home - Unwelcome Herbalife Signs
Investigative report in which the author finds that Herbalife is responsible for numerous signs touting MLM schemes that have been placed around Sacramento. Features the data his report was based upon, photographs, and details of how the company works.
http://www.cockeyed.com/workfromhome/workfromhome.html
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