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NXIVM (/ ˈ n ɛ k s i ə m / NEK-see-əm) was a cult led by Keith Raniere, who is now a convicted racketeer and sex offender. [3] NXIVM is also the name of the defunct company that Raniere founded in 1998, which provided seminars ostensibly about human potential [4] and served as a front organization for criminal activity by Raniere and his close associates.
Keith Allen Raniere (/ r æ n ˈ j ɛər i / ran-YAIR-ee; born August 26, 1960) [2] is an American cult leader who was convicted of a pattern of racketeering activity, including human trafficking, sex offenses and fraud.
Amway Corp. (short for "American Way") is an American multi-level marketing (MLM) company that sells health, beauty, and home care products. [2] [3] [4] The company was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos and is based in Ada, Michigan. [5] Amway and its sister companies under Alticor reported sales of $8.9 billion in 2019. [1]
"Inside the Amway Sales Machine (Wall Street Journal, Feb 15, 2012, Dennis K. Berman) “Amway has agreed to a $155 million class-action settlement with former U.S. reps who alleged the company used deceptive practices and misled them about profits.” “Amway has agreed to a $155 million class-action” (link no longer active) settlement…”
Bethany Joy Lenz didn't mean to be part of a cult. Perhaps no one really does. But the erstwhile "One Tree Hill" star says she fell prey to the "Big House Family," the religious cult at the center ...
“Shekinah is a cult,” the lawsuit, filed in March 2023, read. “A cult that engages in egregious and despicable illegal behavior.” “A cult that engages in egregious and despicable illegal ...
[3] [5] In 1976, she met Jerry Hicks, then a successful Amway distributor, and they married four years later. In his early life, Jerry Hicks had been a circus acrobat for two years in Cuba, and then, beginning in 1948, toured for 20 years as a musician, master of ceremonies, and comedian. He had been married several times before meeting Esther.
Director Hannah Olson says her HBO docuseries 'Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God' isn't a film about cults, but instead is an 'American tragedy about disenchantment with the American dream.'