On September 18, 2013 a cease and desist order was filed pursuant to the Security and Exchange Commission’s investigation of Medifast Inc. (Medifast’s business includes Take Shape for Life, or TSFL, which is its multi-level marketing division.) Medifast materially overstated […]
Written by Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, CFF Family Lawyer Magazine 2013 Print Edition A thorough lifestyle analysis can help discover undisclosed income and assets. In an ordinary lifestyle analysis, the divorce financial analyst extracts all of the transactions from bank, […]
I talk frequently about how almost everyone loses money in multi-level marketing schemes. Companies like Mary Kay, Herbalife, Amway, and Avon want you to believe that money is being made from retailing the products. They say they are not pyramid […]
Damages experts are a routine part of litigation, as the issue of financial losses is often complicated. A variety of subject matter experts and financial experts are a standard feature in litigation to sort out the issues and help judges […]
Yesterday Financial Executives International (FEI) ran a guest post by me on their Financial Reporting Blog. The introduction is below, and you can read the entire article about the expectation gap between auditors and the users of financial statements here. […]
Xyngular Corporation recently sued Innutra LLC, a company that appears to be founded by a number of former Xyngers. You may recognize Xyngular as the company for which serial scammer Jennifer McKinney shills. Both companies are multi-level marketing companies that […]
Yesterday Teresa Giudice and Guiseppi (Joe) Giudice were indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey on the following charges: Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud Bankruptcy Fraud Bankruptcy Fraud – Concealment Bankruptcy Fraud – False […]
Several months ago I wrote an article on the Xyngular weight loss program being pimped by Jennifer McKinney (aka mommy blogger MckMama). The bottom line for me was that these programs do not work because: They create short-term weight loss […]
Allegations of cheating in China are nothing new for Usana Health Sciences (NYSE: USNA). In 2007, the Fraud Discovery Institute accused Usana of doing business illegally in China. The country has very strict laws against multi-level marketing (MLM). It is […]
Earlier this year I wrote about being a part of the Timothy Sykes Millionaire Trading Challenge. I signed up in March, and have been learning Tim’s core strategy (shorting penny stock pump and dumps) as well as other strategies (he […]
