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In re Amway Corp. (93 F.T.C. 618; full name In the Matter of Amway Corporation, Inc., et al.) is a 1979 ruling by the United States Federal Trade Commission concerning the business practices of Amway, a multi-level marketing (MLM) company.
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]
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.
Think Amway household products, Avon skin care, Mary Kay cosmetics, Tupperware food storage containers. “Whatever the name, they all work in basically the same way,” asserts the author.
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.
Deeply reported, surprisingly empathetic, and revealing, if not always as insightful as you’d hope, the documentary captures the appeal of cults in a lonely, spiritually bereft world.
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 ...
[2] [3] At 16, he was sent to CEDU High School, a private residential school for troubled youngsters in Running Springs, CA whose origins were associated with Synanon, a group founded in 1958 and later described as a cult. [2] [4] [5] [6] Part of Hughes' CEDU rehab required him to raise money by selling raffle tickets. Hughes became the school ...