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CHARLOTTE — Federal regulators said complaints against multi-level marketing companies jumped during the pandemic as more people looked for new ways to work from home, affiliate WFXT reported.

Most people know that certain religious and political cult groups manipulate and control members. In addition, there are other types groups that recruit millions of people all over the world that use ...

At best, you're a sales rep. At worst, you're a pawn in a pyramid scheme. Multilevel marketers are promoting wellness products like shakes, essential oils and supplements as preventing or treating ...

“From multi-level marketing companies offering the dream of owning a business to investment ‘coaches’ with promises of secrets on how to beat the odds, to ubiquitous ‘gigs’ that pitch a steady second ...

"Use this time to do the personal development you’ve always wanted to do." These are the words not of my therapist but of my childhood friend, who is on Facebook Live from her bathroom in Ibiza, ...

I was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. There, conversion culture and gender roles primed me and other women to join multi-level marketing companies. It didn't work out as ...

The term MLM is floating all over the timeline, and it means more than one thing depending on who you ask. Some folks hear MLM and think of “multi-level marketing,” while others—especially in queer ...

Deanna Grant-Smith received funding from Ecstra Foundation to undertake this research. She is a board member of the TJ Ryan Foundation, a progressive public policy think tank. This story is part of a ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...