Have you ever heard of someone who claimed to make a lot of money by investing in a new cryptocurrency or a trading program that promised high returns? Did they also tell you that you could join them ...

Conspiracy theories have a lot in common with multi-level marketing schemes, in the sense that all of the worst people you know from high school post about them on Facebook and try to get other people ...

You might have seen the famous pink Cadillac driven by successful Mary Kay salespeople. Or, maybe you noticed someone on your Instagram feed showing off their Herbalife swag along side images of their ...

Millions of people are looking for ways to earn money, and more people are falling for pyramid schemes. These schemes usually ask you to pay a fee, but promise a big payout if you can recruit other ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to high ...

The Government of New Zealand has previously funded Branislav Hock's research on pyramid schemes but not directly related to this article. The Government of New Zealand has previously funded research ...

Three masterminds of a pyramid scheme were sentenced for founding and operating the scam that cost investors 23 million dollars. The trio was named Alex Dee, of Texas, Brian Kaplan, of Colorado, and ...

Each time there's a recession, recruitment efforts ratchet up for multilevel marketers, often targeting the newly unemployed or underemployed. I was reminded of that when a former co-worker posted on ...

The verdict will make influencers more careful with advertising contracts The history of the three pyramid schemes dates back to early 2019, when the alleged mastermind behind the whole operation, ...

BOISE • Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is urging Idahoans to avoid participating in illegal pyramid schemes known as “gifting circles.” His Consumer Protection Division has received two reports in ...