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Vemma Agrees to Ban on Pyramid Scheme Practices to Settle FTC Charges

Date

December 15, 2016

Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Arizona-based Vemma Nutrition Company will end the business practices that the FTC alleged created a pyramid scheme. The multi-level marketing...

Jul13

Event

Working Together to Protect Michigan Consumers: A Common Ground Conference

July 13, 2016 | 9:00AM - 3:00PM

Join law enforcement and consumer advocates for this free event to discuss issues affecting Michigan’s consumers. Learn about emerging trends and new and existing challenges. Explore ways to...

Press Release

FTC Acts to Halt Vemma as Alleged Pyramid Scheme

Date

August 26, 2015

Promised unlimited income potential, but most participants lose money

Press Release

FTC Returns Almost $1.9 Million to Consumers in BurnLounge Pyramid Scheme

Date

June 15, 2015

The FTC is mailing 52,099 checks to consumers who lost money to a pyramid scheme that pretended to be a legitimate multi-level marketing program selling opportunities to operate online digital music...

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U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of FTC, Upholds Lower Court Order Against BurnLounge Pyramid Scheme

Date

June 5, 2014

In a victory for the Federal Trade Commission, a federal appeals court has upheld a district court ruling that BurnLounge, a multi-level marketing business, and several associated individuals...

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Pyramid Scheme Operator Settles FTC Charges

Date

July 1, 2008

An operator who used deceptive earnings promises to recruit consumers for a multi-level marketing operation that was a pyramid scheme has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the...

Press Release

FTC Asks Court to Shut Down Illegal Pyramid Operation

Date

June 12, 2007

On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...

May19

Event

Top Scams Affecting Older Adults

May 19, 2026 | 2:00PM

Older adults reported losing more than $3 billion to fraud in 2025. Join the FTC for an overview on the top scams reported by older adults last year, free tools to help older adults recognize and...

Mar06

Event

How to Avoid Job Scams

March 6, 2026 | 2:00PM

Join experts from the Federal Trade Commission for a webinar about how to avoid job scams. The FTC will give advice on how to spot and avoid scams when you’re searching for jobs or money-making...

Business Blog

Stopping business opportunity and credit repair scams in their tracks: What to know about the FTC’s allegations against Growth Cave and Apex Mind

Date

March 7, 2025

The FTC recently filed a case to stop what it describes as a fast-moving scam involving a group of companies offering business opportunities and a supposed credit repair service. Although the names...

Business Blog

New resources to help protect consumers and small businesses from fraud

Date

November 8, 2023

Consumers speak many languages and unfortunately scammers are conversant in all of them. That’s why the FTC has reinforced its fraud fighting capabilities by collecting scam reports in multiple...

Business Blog

FTC crunches the 2022 numbers. See where scammers continue to crunch consumers.

Date

February 23, 2023

There are prime numbers, irrational numbers, and Fibonacci’s numbers – but from a consumer protection perspective, no number is quite as sobering as the dollar amount that people reported losing to...

Business Blog

Reported crypto scam losses since 2021 top $1 billion, says FTC Data Spotlight

Date

June 3, 2022

Let’s call it The Recliner Interval – the time it takes for an obscure niche product to start running prime time TV commercials. It’s a made-up metric, of course, but a few hours in front of the TV...

Business Blog

Back to business #4: Back-to-work basics for job seekers

Date

June 17, 2021

We’ll leave it to the economists to crunch the employment numbers. We’re just happy to see more Help Wanted signs in the windows of Main Street retailers. That’s good news for Americans affected by...

Business Blog

FTC again warns multi-level marketers about unproven health and earnings claims

Date

June 5, 2020

Dear Multi-Level Marketer. Stop it. Stop all promotions that push your products by claiming they prevent or treat COVID-19. Stop all misleading or unsubstantiated promotions that push your business...

Business Blog

New FTC warning letters cite unsupported Coronavirus-related health and earnings claims

Date

April 24, 2020

The FTC is not the pen pal you want if you operate a multi-level marketing company but aren’t closely monitoring your distributors. In its latest round of warning letters, the FTC warns ten MLM...

Business Blog

Certifiably shady

Date

January 9, 2020

Certificates of Existence, Status, or Good Standing – sounds like an existential crisis, right? Instead of a philosophical commentary on the meaning of life, the certificates in question refer to...

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