So the next time a friend or family member reaches out with an exciting opportunity to make money ― and someone undoubtedly will ― stop and consider whether it may really be a ploy to rope you into an ...

FTC enforcement actions against MLM pyramid schemes can be viewed in eras, with recent years among the most active. The FTC’s first-ever Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding ...

MLMs as a whole aren't considered to be pyramid schemes, even though they're structured very similarly. This is because they involve selling actual products. However, the FTC has gone after several ...

Multi-level marketing, direct sales, network marketing: There are now many names to describe the industry in which as few as 1% of workers actually make money. But at their core, MLMs, as they’re ...