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		<title>Xyngular: Starve, Binge, Purge, Repeat!</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2013/02/xyngular-starve-binge-purge-repeat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-level marketing companies are getting lots of attention lately thanks to the Bill Ackman smackdown of Herbalife in December. MLMs offering &#8220;nutrition products&#8221; are of special interest to consumers, and with good reason. Companies like Isagenix, MonaVie , Usana, Mannatech, and Shaklee all offer magic potions that claim to help you lose weight, absorb more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbalife Under FTC Investigation? Or Not?</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2013/02/herbalife-under-ftc-investigation-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the New York Post reported that Herbalife (HLF) is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and that has sent the stock price down more than 10%. The newspaper bases this story on a Freedom of Information request done by the newspaper. It says, regarding consumer complaints received by the FTC: The FTC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Herbalife, Bill Ackman, and Law Enforcement</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2013/01/more-on-herbalife-bill-ackman-and-the-ftc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we patiently wait for Herbalife&#8217;s &#8220;analyst and investor meeting&#8221; on January 10 to address the pyramid scheme allegations made by short seller Bill Ackman, there is plenty of good discussion of HLF around the world wide web. Kid Dynamite said Bill Ackman is wrong about Herbalife, citing that: HLF  is not a pyramid scheme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Herbalife Was a Pyramid Scheme, It Would Have Collapsed By Now</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2012/12/if-herbalife-was-a-pyramid-scheme-it-would-have-collapsed-by-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common arguments used against those who deem multi-level marketing companies pyramid schemes, is that pyramid schemes collapse. Because Herbalife hasn&#8217;t collapsed, it must not be a pyramid scheme. Because the company has avoided total collapse for more than 30 years, it can&#8217;t possibly be a pyramid scheme. That is false, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multi-Level Marketing or Pyramid Scheme?</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2012/12/multi-level-marketing-or-pyramid-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Bruce Craig, a retired lawyer from the Wisconsin Department of Justice in the area of consumer protection, published an interesting article on multilevel marketing: An Investor&#8217;s Guide To Identifying Pyramid Schemes. The controversy surrounding Herbalife (NYSE: HLF), and initiated simply because David Einhorn asked a few questions about the company, was the impetus for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Marketing and Multi-Level Marketing: Same Scam, Different Name</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2012/12/internet-marketing-and-multi-level-marketing-same-scam-different-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2012/12/internet-marketing-and-multi-level-marketing-same-scam-different-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have been digging into the Salty Droid (you can&#8217;t make money online) archives. Salty Droid is an attorney in Chicago who writes about scammers who pitch their wares on the internet. I’ve been aware of the site for a while. But little did I know that Salty Droid has been covering a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>False Claims and Broken Promises in Multi-Level Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/07/false-claims-and-broken-promises-in-multi-level-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/07/false-claims-and-broken-promises-in-multi-level-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert FitzPatrick, an internationally recognized authority on multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes and a court certified expert witness on MLMs and pyramids, details the lies told in MLM in this article, A Disguised Pyramid Scheme: The Non-Retail &#8220;Direct Selling&#8221; Company: Instead, the non-retail direct selling schemes present a compelling and very alluring picture to potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create Your Own Multi-Level Marketing Company in Ten Easy Steps!</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/05/create-your-own-multi-level-marketing-company-in-ten-easy-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/05/create-your-own-multi-level-marketing-company-in-ten-easy-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/?p=6052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of Americans get sucked into Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies each year. From Mary Kay to Amway to Herbalife to PrePaid Legal, the list is seemingly endless. Each offers its own special spin on the products it sells, but the main focus of an MLM is on recruiting new members. MLMs live and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calculating Loss and Failure Rates in Multi-Level Marketing Schemes</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/05/calculating-loss-and-failure-rates-in-multi-level-marketing-schemes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/05/calculating-loss-and-failure-rates-in-multi-level-marketing-schemes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Chapter 7 of Dr. Jon Taylor&#8217;s book, The Case (For and) Against Multi-Level Marketing, he details the failure rates of participants in multi-lievel marketing companies. In order to analyze the true failure rates and to calculate actual profits or losses from participation in these (improperly termed) “business opportunities,” it is necessary to wade through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Retailing Does Not Occur in Multi-Level Marketing Companies</title>
		<link>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/04/why-retailing-does-not-occur-in-multi-level-marketing-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2011/04/why-retailing-does-not-occur-in-multi-level-marketing-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) like to refer to themselves as &#8220;Direct Sales&#8221; companies, because this puts the focus on the sale of the product or service, and takes focus off the business of recruiting. I&#8217;ve been researching MLMs for years, and I&#8217;ve found that companies use the product or services simply as bait and a [...]]]></description>
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