Direct Seller Neora Pushes Back On FTC Pyramid Scheme, False Claims Complaint
Executive Summary
Firm says "we refuse to be bullied into a settlement" and FTC conflates legal MLMs with pyramid schemes by alleging every MLM paying incentives "for recruitment of participants” is a pyramid scheme. Separate firm supplying ingredient for brain health supplement agreed to settlement of FTC false ad complaint.
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