Investopedia explains pyramid schemes, how they work, their different forms, and how people can avoid these fraudulent money ...

A federal jury in Texas has convicted LaShonda and Marlon Moore, the couple behind Blessings in No Time, for running a ...

Scammers want you to believe they're offering you a legitimate money-making opportunity. Seniors are seen as prime targets due to the potential that they have money saved for retirement. If an ...

A federal jury convicted a Frisco couple of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering in a $25 million pyramid scheme tied ...

You might have seen the famous pink Cadillac driven by successful Mary Kay salespeople. Or, maybe you noticed someone on your Instagram feed showing off their Herbalife swag along side images of their ...

The sharp decline in Herbalife’s stock price (NYSE:HLF) to multi-year lows and Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman gasconading his “psychological short” bet against the shares triggered mixed reactions from ...

The FINANCIAL — An indictment was unsealed yesterday charging a U.S. citizen residing in Canada for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme under the name 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle LLC (8FDL ...

SEC has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court against the founders and promoters of Forsage, who allegedly fueled a $300 million “textbook pyramid and Ponzi scheme.” The Securities and Exchange ...

a pyramid scheme in the hands of a fraudster. Fans of the old horror movie Poltergeist 2 remember the classic line "They're back" and so it is with the classic Secret Sister scam which returns each ...

Last week the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 11 individuals with creating and marketing Forsage, the world’s largest and longest-running smart contract-based pyramid scheme.

Australian money manager John Hempton has called the battle between investor Bill Ackman and nutritional-supplement company Herbalife “hedge-fund porn.” There is indeed something vaguely obscene about ...