Critics of multilevel marketing businesses like Amway and Herbalife make bold claims. Bill Ackman, an institutional ...

What Is a Pyramid Scheme? A pyramid scheme is a fraudulent investment where participants make money primarily by recruiting new investors rather than from legitimate businesses. Technology and ...

Ponzi and pyramid schemes depend on new money and recruitment to survive. These schemes promise returns from new participants, not real economic activity. Bitcoin does not require recruitment or ...

The son of the President says that the Trump family went all-in on crypto out of necessity, not because it's an emerging ...

Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.

Forex is not a pyramid scheme. Forex trading is a legitimate global market where currencies are bought and sold based on supply and demand, and it operates through decentralized exchanges ...

A 50-year-old Elk River woman invested thousands of dollars in Bitcoin. She never saw her money back, and Elk River police ...