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Consumer Protection, Pyramid Schemes & MLM

More on John Oliver’s Takedown of Multi-Level Marketing (MLM)

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Robert FitzPatrick, one of the foremost experts on multi-level marketing, published a piece entitled “What John Oliver Didn’t Have Time To Say In His Hilarious Exposé Of Herbalife And MLM” on Seeking Alpha. (register for free to read the whole article) As always, he did a masterful job o flaying …

Consumer Protection, Pyramid Schemes & MLM

John Oliver Exposes the Scam of Multi-Level Marketing

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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver devoted this week’s episode to multi-level marketing. Although he uses quite a bit of humor in his presentation, his analysis of MLM is spot on. Multi-level marketing companies are pyramid schemes, plain and simple. MLM is not a business. It doesn’t matter what product …