• World Ventures Called A Scam by Blogger and Others

    Attempts to silence critics of multi-level marketing companies (often referred to as legalized pyramid schemes) are nothing new. I have been on the receiving end of numerous threats  and one very large legal action for my criticism of MLMs. Medifast […]

  • DreamTrips (formerly WorldVentures) Income Disclosure Statements

    World Ventures calls themselves a “home based direct selling travel club.” World Ventures Income Disclosure 2009 World Ventures Income Disclosure 2010 World Ventures Income Disclosure 2011 World Ventures Income Disclosure 2012 World Ventures Income Disclosure 2013 World Ventures Income Disclosure […]

  • Medifast Victory For Tracy Coenen

    Another victory for Tracy Coenen in the malicious lawsuit filed more than 4 years ago by Medifast (NYSE: MED) related to their Take Shape for Life business unit. In 2011, I was dismissed from the lawsuit following my successful filing […]

  • Xyngular Works: Losing Weight Fast!

    Xyngular is a weight loss MLM (multi-level marketing) company which advertises quick, sustainable weight loss using their products. Last year I wrote a lengthy article about the Xyngular products, and I came to the conclusion that the products are dangerous, […]

  • Are All Multi-Level Marketing Companies Pyramid Schemes?

    Recently Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert sent out a newsletter that included a discussion of the issue of whether all multi-level marketing companies are pyramid schemes. MLMs are frequently accused of being pyramid schemes, as we see has been […]

  • Article on NuSkin Fraud in China

    Today Citron Research released a report on the fraud being committed in China by Nu Skin Enterprises. NuSkin is a multi-level marketing company based in Utah, and it trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NUS. This […]

  • Medifast Cease and Desist Order and Civil Penalty

    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 […]

  • Losing Money in Herbalife

    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 […]

  • Xyngular v Innutra Lawsuit

    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 […]

  • Does Xyngular Work? (Or Isagenix, or Herbalife, or Take Shape For Life, or Visalus, or Any Multi-Level Marketing Company)

    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 […]