Herbalife 1: Science 0 -- How MLM gets away with SLAPPing science again and again

BehindMLM just reported that Herbalife, through legal threats against scientific journal's staff and publisher, has forced a study finding heavy metal in Herbalife products into MIA status (no longer linked or even published, completely missing, as even "retracted" studies stay online). 

This is very discouraging as this is basically SLAPP: strategic lawsuit against public participation. They are threatening to sue in order to BURY some inconvenient truth. When it didn't work against the researchers who wrote the study, they went after the journal and publisher as well, and they caved despite their editorial panel recommending "retain" for the study. And this is AFTER Herbalife stooge scientists failed to challenge the science

But you have to remember, this is Herbalife, who wore down the FTC so it was ONLY fined 200 million back in 2016, and got FTC to dance around the words "pyramid scheme" in the settlement. Given that Herbalife annual revenue is almost 5 billion ($4.89 billion as of 2018), 200 million is an ouchy, not a serious wound. 

If you do not want to see this stand, it's time to engage the Streisand Effect: publicize this censorship attempt. What are they trying to hide that they used legal teams on multiple continents and tried to (and failed) rebuttal via their own scientists (in Brazil)? 

Did a New Zealand primary school principal sold DoTerra to her own school and forced it on her students?

An interesting bit of news passed my desk this morning: Parent threatens to sue primary school if essential oil diffusers are not removed.

Apparently a parent (also attorney) Rainey is threatening to sue Milford Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand if essential oil diffusers are not removed from the classrooms. A one paragraph notice, buried in a newsletter to parents, notified that 20 diffusers will be spread among the classrooms diffusing DoTerra Onguard mix which supposedly helps students concentrate and ward off illnesses. However, several ingredients in the Onguard mix can trigger asthma and other allergies.

Further digging shows that the school had budgeted 2000 AUD for these diffusers. The principal, Sue Cattell, claimed that this is the first negative reaction to the item, buried in March 2019 PTA meeting notes. Turns out, the principal herself was the instigator of the agenda item... Apparently she's a DoTerra seller on the side. In the PTA meeting, the agenda item also suggested pitching DoTerra diffuser kits to parents as a fundraiser.

Since she didn't unilaterally approve the purchase, it's technically NOT an ethical violation, but her failure to disclose that she's the seller? It's DISGUSTINGLY DISHONEST.

And about keeping students healthy? That's the sort of bogus claim that got DoTerra an FDA warning back in 2014. But then, DoTerra reps always had a sense of hyperbole... Previously they had even suggested DoTerra oil can kill Ebola virus (and many other viruses). No, I wasn't kidding. And no, essential oil doesn't kill viruses when diffused.

Tsk, tsk.

(originally via BehindMLM)

Evil MLM: Revisionist History, Juice Plus Edition

Remember in the book 1984 by George Orwell, the government rewrites history when the policies change? "We've always been at war with Eastasia"? Turns out, MLM participants does that every day.

Just the other day, someone posted this to reddit's /antimlm subreddit

I have nothing to say about Bear Grylls. I do have something to say about the revisionist history though.

Notice where it says "juice plus has been tested and trialed for the past 40 years"?

That's impossible. Juice Plus didn't exist until 1993. This is from their own homepage:

All Juice Plus+ products share a common nutritional philosophy that traces back to our beginnings in 1993

Before 1993, Juice Plus sold water filters, air purifiers, and smoke alarms under the name "National Safety Associates" as an MLM. They swapped companies names in 1993 and changed focus entirely. It's a brand new company, but they kept the leadership, so they can kinda keep claiming they were founded almost 50 years ago (in 1970 under a different name).

I am NOT going to get into the bogosity of "juice plus cure my cancer" stories on Youtube. I'll just refer you to the article written by a real retired MD

MLM Myth: How Mary Kay Ash incorporated the Bumblebee Myth into company culture

A bit of link surfing on bad arguments brought me to an unexpected link... the Bumble Bee Myth, and its link to Mary Kay Ash of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Diamond Bumblebee
pin award (photo credit:
Mary Kay Website)

Mary Kay Ash was quoted saying "Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying any way." She told the story in 1970 Seminar, where she started presenting the top sellers with the diamond bumblebee pin. (see right)

The problem is there had been NO physicist, scientists, or aerodynamicist that ever claimed bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly. Folklorists and historians have been trying to track down this myth for decades. It's obviously bull****, since we see bees fly every day.

People have "heard" of this myth, as it was variously attributed to various "leaders" (who repeat the bull****), various scientists (never authenticated), and celebrities / politicians (such as Mitt Romney).  Nobody can find the actual claim, paper, quote, or whatever. The closest historians can get was a single sentence in an old etymologist book Le Vol des Insectes (1934) by Antoine Magnan, where he claimed an assistant told him insect flight is impossible given law of air resistance. Bumble bee was NOT mentioned.

Mary Kay Ash
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In other words, this is another myth, perpetuated by MLM. It is not real.

But it is necessary to create a cult of personality, where myth is built up around the leader of the cult through heroization / idolization of the leader, often by enforcing a dress code and perpetuating ideological myths.

And the bumblebee myth is one of them. It is positive thinking mumbo-jumbo, about how you should IGNORE other people's advice, by citing a myth of something nobody ever said.

There is no denying that Mary Kay Cosmetics is a personality cult that enforces a dress code. You didn't know that? NO PANTS in Mary Kay. Founder hated pants. Everybody must wear skirts. That's right, skirts only. NEVER wear pants to any Mary Kay function, or you're forever be ostracized as troublemaker. In fact, it's #2 of "14 Nevers" on a MK Checklist. Oh, there's even "get a new hairstyle". Really.

Control types of clothing and hairstyle is #4 on "Behavior Control", one of four pillars of cult mind control.

And misquoting statements and/or using them out of context from non-cult sources? #5b of Information Control, another pillar of cult mind control.

Murder Linked to WCM777 Ponzi, Arrests Made

According to Press Democrat news of Napa County, California, an arrest on 15-JAN-2015 was made related to a murder in 2014 of a Santa Rosa businessman. The murder is related to losses related to the WCM777 ponzi scheme shut down by SEC in 2014.

Napa County Sheriff's Department arrested Angela Martinez Arias, 41, of Petaluma at her place of business in Rohnert Park. She is being charged along with three others (one of whom died in confrontation with SWAT) for murder of Reynaldo Pacheco, 44, of Santa Rosa.  Pacheco was reported missing in March 2014, and 9 days later his body was found. He had been bludgeoned to death with a rock.

Detectives now believe that Arias have lured Pacheco to her location to discuss losses suffered in the WCM777 ponzi scheme, which was shut down by SEC on March 28, 2014. Upon arrival, Pacheco was kidnapped by her three co-conspirators, transported to neighboring Napa county and killed.

This is the first documented murder linked to the WCM777 Ponzi scheme.

You can find all WCM777 coverage on this blog by following this link:

http://amlmskeptic.blogspot.com/search/label/WCM777

Thanks to PatrickPretty.com for the initial link to article.

Scam Tactic: Love Bombing

Sun Myung Moon
 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is the start of a new subtopic called "Scam Tactics" where I attempt to document certain approaches used by unscrupulous people on unsuspecting victims.

Today's topic: Love Bombing

The term "love bombing" originated in the 1970's from the "Unification Church" lead by Sun Myung Moon. If you don't recall the name, you may have heard of the Moonies cult. In a speech in July 23, 1978, Moon gave a speech, which is transcribed and translated below:

Unification Church members are smiling all of the time, even at four in the morning. The man who is full of love must live that way. When you go out witnessing you can caress the wall and say that it can expect you to witness well and be smiling when you return. What face could better represent love than a smiling face? This is why we talk about love bomb; Moonies have that kind of happy problem.

It sounds simple, but the way it works is a bit more insidious. As explained by professor Margaret Singer, a cult expert:

As soon as any interest is shown by the recruits, they may be love bombed by the recruiter or other cult members. This process of feigning friendship and interest in the recruit was originally associated with one of the early youth cults, but soon it was taken up by a number of groups as part of their program for luring people in. Love bombing is a coordinated effort, usually under the direction of leadership, that involves long-term members' flooding recruits and newer members with flattery, verbal seduction, affectionate but usually nonsexual touching, and lots of attention to their every remark. Love bombing - or the offer of instant companionship - is a deceptive ploy accounting for many successful recruitment drives.

Basically, the members fluff up your self-esteem by paying very close attention to your every action and appearance, and only give you positive feedback.

Scam Alert: Bitcoin as disguise for Ponzi scheme

EDITOR'S NOTE: I counted the difficulty wrong. It's FAR MORE HOPELESS than I ever imagined. See revision throughout the last half of the article.

In the past 6 or so months there has been a plethora of suspect Ponzi schemes that involves Bitcoin as its disguise. Some of them are basically pure HYIPs (BitClub Network, Bitcoin Zones), while others are existing schemes that decided to incorporate Bitcoin as part of its various schemes (GetEasy, Paymony) Here's description from one of them:

XXXXXXX costs $99 for your membership. 

You can then buy shares in their three mining pools for $500; $1,000; and $2,000 per share respectively. 

Every share you purchase will pay you daily payouts for 1,000 days.

This, gentleman, is an unregistered security, as defined by US law known as the Howey Test.

A security in the US is defined as:

1. investment of money due to
2. an expectation of profits arising from
3. a common enterprise
4. which depends solely on the efforts of a promoter or third party

You "buy shares", you expect "payouts", you buy into "pool" which is obviously a "common enterprise", and payout solely depends on some unknown "mining pool".

This is OBVIOUSLY an investment security, and it's ILLEGAL to offer in the US of A.

"Now wait a minute", I hear you ask... "Are you telling me Bitcoin mining is illegal?"

NO! You see, in a *typical* bitcoin mining operation, you contribute CPU POWER ONLY (think of it as labor or material), not actual money. For example, this is how you join the BitMinter pool:

1. Register
2.  start bitminter clientBitminter client: Hit the start button to start Bitminter client. You get bitcoins for the work it does. Works on Windows, Linux and Mac. Requires updated Java. Other clients: bfgminer, cgminer, etc. Connect to the pool at stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333. As user name put your Bitminter user name, an underscore, then a worker name, e.g. DrHaribo_asic3. In case you have firewall issues, port 443 and 5050 (Stratum) are also available. There is no password check, any password is accepted.
3. Get a wallet to transfer your coins to. Make sure you secure your wallet.

Other actual MINING pools are the same: you join by contributing CPU / processing power, NOT actual money.

In fact, you can join one now, using your regular desktop PC. It won't do much compared to dedicated hardware that costs THOUSANDS of dollars, but you can do it for FREE (and your payout will be negligible).

Ah, but you say, but *maybe* they really are buying the hardware to do the mining with the money you gave them?

Then it'd be a stupid investment, and I'll explain to you why by crunching some numbers.

NEWS UPDATE: TelexFree Insiders Fled or Tried to Cut Deals, WorldVentures files appeal to pyramid scheme decision

First, TelexFree news update... For those of you anxious to learn the fate of your money...

TelexFree co-owner Carlos Wanzeler may have left US for Brazil

We have received news that Carlos Wanzeler was a no show at court where they are supposed to show cause that the restraining order should NOT be turned into a full injunction. When questioned, Wanzeler's lawyer admitted that it would not surprise him if Wanzeler had went back to Brazil.

As no criminal charges have been filed, he is free to leave the country if he chooses.

Lawyer for Joe Craft (CFO) quibbled over language that he claimed made him admit to wrongdoing if he signed the TRO. Judge, with SEC concurring, changed some language.

Lawyer for Steve Labriola (CMO) then requested the same changes to be done to his client's TRO.

There are many other quibbles, such as Merrill and Wanzeler's lawyers asking judge to release the cleaning business (also frozen) as well as minor amounts to deal with living expenses.

See Boston Globe  http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/05/07/one-telexfree-owner-appears-have-left-while-grand-jury-investigation-continues/kZo2XxKLO1UrNAjIZlrr7N/story.html

See BehindMLM http://behindmlm.com/companies/telexfree/telexfree-insiders-try-to-cut-prelim-injunction-deals

OLD NEWS? TelexFree was also in Trouble in Colombia and Croatia

Search news archives revealed that Colombia had been investigating TelexFree since late February 2014.

In Bucaramanga, researchers have three ongoing processes. One of them is related to the company Telexfree, presented as a system of marketing and advertising for technology.

The Commissioner of Police, General Rodolfo Palomino, said this is the third alert the authorities launched the community not falling into deception.

Also in February, a newspaper in Croatia revealed that TelexFree had been recruiting in Croatia as well, with secret meetings and last-second cancellations.

"Simple earnings at home", "Fast internet earnings" and other enticing ads flooded the small advertising newspapers lately, offering the possibility of great additional income with a few hours of clicking the mouse at home. 
really sounds tempting, and certainly among the most publicized earnings over TelexFree - let's call it so - system, which has launched a company registered in Brazil and, according to the people who promote it, spread it around the world. 

So if you ask where your money is coming from if you are earning in TelexFree... the answer is... everywhere except your country... just as your money went to someone else, probably NOT in your country.

Related articles

• BREAKING NEWS: Rwanda called TelexFree "money laundering cartel"
• TelexFree Under Investigation In USA
• Scam Absurdities: What Sann Rodrigues of TelexFree do NOT want you to know about his past
• More Bizarre TelexFree Affiliates In Brazil: TelexFree Ice Cream

BREAKING NEWS: Italy fined Vemma, Organo Gold, and Asea 500K Euros for pyramid scheme and false claims

Flag of Italy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Italy's Financial Regulators (Guardia di Finanze) Special Market Protection Unit, Anti-Trust Group, just issued fines to Vemma Italy (100K Euro fine), Asea Italy (150K Euro fine), and Organo Gold Europe (250K Euro fine) for "unfair business practices" (i.e. pyramid sales) of pushing illegal MLM beverage business.

Asea and Organo Gold got extra fines because they also made unsubstantiated health claims. Asea apparently claimed their product strengthens the immune system, promote healing process, and reduce harmful effects of free radicals. Organo Gold apparently claimed that their ganoderma mushroom made it effective in prophylaxis of nerve diseases, vascular diseases, and cancer, without side effects.

http://www.helpconsumatori.it/acquisti/vendite-piramidali-antitrust-decide-multe-per-500-mila-euro/79331

Related articles

• Bad Propaganda: Perpetuating Myths and Misunderstandings to Deflect Criticism
• Evil MLM: Spend Your Own Time on MLM, not your "day job" Time!
• Alarms Raised at Colleges Over Pyramid Allegations of MLM Vemma
• Just what *are* Your odds in Vemma? Is there an "insider's club" in Vemma?

BREAKING NEWS: Quebec, Canada, and Alaska, US, issues alert regarding WCM777 and related entities

State of Alaska, United States of America, issued an investor fraud alert regarding WCM777 (later renamed Kingdom777, later renamed Global Unity)

http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/pub/PR-14-004-Investor-Fraud-Alert.pdf

This was quickly followed by Quebec Canada

http://www.lautorite.qc.ca/en/press-releases-2014-corpo.html_2014_alert-wcm777.html

If you are involved in WCM777, having put money into it, or know of someone who did, you may want to contact the authorities, esp. if you are in these areas.  Even if you are not, these are just some of the dozen jurisdictions that have issued investor alerts or outright cease and desist orders against WCM777. Chances you are in one of the other areas. Even if you are not, your money is in danger and you should contact your local authorities ASAP.

You can see all related articles regarding WCM777 via the tag below.

BREAKING NEWS: ZeekRewards receiver filed civil suit against "insiders" and net winners

According to PatrickPretty.com, Zeek Rewards receiver Ken Bell has filed lawsuit against the "net winners" of Zeek Rewards, alleging that they had long conspired to defraud others. This includes all of the major players in Zeek Rewards, including Paul "The Singing Magician" Burks, Dawn "HippieDiva" Wright-Olivares, Alex "I married Dawn" deBrantes, Dan "CIO? Me?" Olivares, and Darryle "Who? Me?" Douglas, as well as the estate of the late Roger Anthony Plyler.

This is a separate lawsuit from the charges filed by the SEC, and it is unknown if other agencies will bring criminal charges against the heads of the largest Ponzi scheme (in number of victims) in US History.

http://patrickpretty.com/2014/03/03/urgent-bulletin-moving-zeek-receiver-sues-alleged-insiders-winners-emails-skype-chats-helped-expose-fraud-weve-already-attracted-a-great-many-big-fishes-wright-olivares-exci/

More details on BehindMLM

http://behindmlm.com/companies/zeek-rewards/clawbacks-filed-against-zeek-insiders-winners

Scam Absurdities: What Sann Rodrigues of TelexFree do NOT want you to know about his past

It is amazing how little "due diligence" people use when it comes to "making money". Often, all you have to do is Google the name, and scroll through a couple pages of cheerleading results, to get to the truth. Today, we shall do a little digging into a gentleman by the name of "Sann Rodrigues"... except that's not really his name, but more of an alias.

Sann Rodrigues current has the title "First Millionaire TelexFree US", and appeared at various TelexFree "seminars" roughly like this:

Sann Rodrigues speaking about TelexFree? or FoneClub?
via http://valdirpiauhytk.blogspot.com/2013/03/um-acriano-no-comando-da-telexfree.html

Not His Full Legal Name

First things first... Sann Rodrigues is not his "full legal name". His full legal name is Sanderley Rodrigues De Vasconcelos. Actually, there's probably a few surnames missing, as Brazilians tend to use both surnames of both parents, so I'll refer you to wikipedia page on Portuguese names (Brazilians use it too)  However, the "convention" is to use the last surname on the list (usually paternal), so his name *should* have been Sanderley Vasconcelos. For him to call himself Sann Rodrigues would be like Samuel L. Jackson to name himself Sam Leroy. (L stands for Leroy, really)  

While one is allowed to use a different surname in the family, like Ayrton Senna is really Ayrton Senna da Silva, Senna chose to be known as Senna because da Silva is a very popular surname. However, "Sann Rodrigues" had done the exact opposite, because "Rodrigues" is a VERY VERY common South American surname, found in both the Spanish speaking parts *and* the Portuguese-speaking parts. 

One wonders if Mr. "Rodrigues" has something to hide.

Sann Rodrigues was head of FoneClub Scam in both US and Brazil

Second, what he had to hide becomes crystal clear when one Googles his name directly and skip past all those videos and such... and found a government website link. 

It appears that in 2006, Mr. "Sann Rodrigues", who was also known as Sanderley Vasconcelos, was shut down by the SEC, the same folks who closed the Zeek Rewards ponzi scheme, for operating a pyramid scheme called "Universo FoneClub" specifically targeting Brazilians, and Brazilian- Americans. Especially illegal immigrants who was afraid if they complain to the authorities they will be deported. It is an especially vicious affinity scam.

BREAKING NEWS: Dawn Wright-Olivares and Dan Olivares to appear in Charlotte NC Federal Court Wednesday Feb 5th 2014

WXII-TV (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to WXII TV Channel 12 report, Dawn Wright-Olivares, former CMO of Zeek Rewards Ponzi, and her stepson Dan Olivares, former CTO of Zeek Rewards will be appearing at the Charlotte North Carolina Federal Court to plead guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit fraud, coming Wednesday, Feb 5th, 2014.

Zeek Rewards is the largest Ponzi scheme in the US in terms of victims involved, with up to 1 million victims all over the world, and current figures puts it at $850 million, primarily middle-class victims.

Both Dawn and Dan had already plead guilty to the civil charges by SEC and agreed to cough up almost 11 million dollars, the amount they got from Zeek during its run, as a part of the plea deal.

US Attorney's office has no comment on the case, citing ongoing investigation.

BREAKING NEWS: WCM777 / Kingdom 777 outlawed in Lousiana, "suspends" payment in the US

Previously we have reported that California had outlawed WCM777, quickly followed by Colorado and New Hampshire have either outlawed WCM777, or issued "investor alerts". Actually Massachussetts was first to close down WCM777 in the US.  In South America, Colombia was first to ban WCM777, quickly followed by WCM77 being outlawed in Peru and their WCM777 office raided by police.

In response to all this turmoil, WCM777 simply switched name to "Kingdom 777" and appointed a new "president" by the name of James Tenorio, who seem to have absolutely no experience running anything. His most significant prior employment appears to be that of a voice actor, though he may have worked with some sort of prepaid card service as of 2010, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Today, we found that Louisiana had also issued investor alerts, and in response to these actions, the current head of WCM777 / Kingdom 777, "James Tenorio", has announced that WCM777 / Kingdom 777 will suspend payout in the US.

MLM Absurdities: How Scam Evolve Around MLMs and Pseudo-MLM Scams

Previously, MLM Skeptic have pointed out that many so-called "legitimate" MLMs have scams revolving around them in what's known as "lead generation" companies. They work by sending out teases to large number of people by selling them bogus "business starter kits", then sell the info of these people who bought a kit to affiliates desperate to sign people up. Company benefits twice. (Read full details on the Verge)

Herbalife had realized this and in 2013 have disallowed the use of most lead generations companies, esp. those ran or have close ties to its own affiliates. According to its own affiliate agreement, affiliates are prohibited from selling leads to each other, but these lead generations companies had NOT been scrutinized... UNTIL Ackman raised the pyramid scheme allegations.

While the Herbalife situation is rather unique, in that Shawn Dahl's company is a clone of his mother-in-laws pyramid operation outlawed in Canada (also for Herbalife), the phenomenon of creating potentially ILLEGAL business around supposedly legitimate companies is hardly unique to Herbalife.

Let us explore the underbelly of network marketing... You will learn about:

• How "fake" lead generation really works
• How "sales aid" companies perpetuate the "tool scam"
• How top affiliates get rich from training other affiliates
• How feeder matrix schemes feed pyramid schemes
• How fake ad posting requirements in Ponzi schemes spawn ad posting companies

Let's get started... First stop... How "fake" lead generation really works...

BREAKING NEWS: Peruvian Legislator Warns Public About WCM777

Given that Peru is in South America, it's no surprise that WCM777 would have reached there as well. And now that Colombia has declared WCM777 illegal, it is no surprise that Peruvian legislator has warned the public about the danger of WCM777.

Peruvian legislator Jaime Delgado has issued a public statement that warned all against WCM777, a foreign company doing illegal pyramid-selling business... just like TelexFree that came from Brazil. Their pitch basically is give them up to $2000 USD, and you can realize profit of up to 300% in a few months.

You can read the original article here in Spanish

http://peru21.pe/impresa/alertan-polemico-negocio-2158106

UPDATED 21-NOV-2013  It is now stated that Jaime Delgado has asked the Peruvian Superintendency of Securities, Peruvian Superintendency of Banking and Insurance, as well as Peruvian Attorney General, to look into this scam.

http://www.connuestroperu.com/consumidor/20/40008-advierten-sobre-negocio-piramidal-de-empresa-wcm777

There are various Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, and even a few domains registered in Peru. In fact, one of the biggest pushers of WCM777 pyramid scheme (according to Colombian government) is a pastor David Lozano, of "Ministerio La Luz". This is him on his ministry website, at the bottom, touting WCM777:

Like TVI Express Scam, WCM777 Ecuador stole President Clinton's Thank You Video

Recently I found this Tweet from WCM777Ecuador

Wcm777 Ecuador -Expresidente de EEUU Bill Clinton Apoya el Marketing Multinivel: http://t.co/bEvyxESVrU via @YouTube
— Wcm777 Ecuador (@Wcm777Ecuador) October 31, 2013

Yes, that's a message from Bill Clinton, recorded in 2007, thanking DSA.

You know who else stole this video to pump itself up? TVI Express Scam.

WCM777 affiliate steals Will Smith "inspirational" video, just like Club Asteria Scam Did in 2011

Recently some WCM777 affiliate started passing around this video via Twitter

Wcm777 Internacional - La Sabiduria de Will Smith - Lo que todos deben aprender - MLM: http://t.co/S3uXH7H7pf via @YouTube
— Wcm777 Internacional (@Wcm777inter) October 30, 2013

Which is this video on Youtube, where someone cut various Will Smith quotes from his interview with Steve Croft (on 60 Minutes) and Charlie Rose (PBS), apperance on Ellen Show, and his movie into a 10 minute inspirational video... With Spanish overlay subtitles.



It had NOTHING to do with WCM777 at all, or even MLM. It's all about drive and motivation.

What's worse, this very video had been used in 2011 to push the Club Asteria scam.

Evil MLM: Spend Your Own Time on MLM, not your "day job" Time!

Sometimes, people in MLM just let things get to their head, and they forgot all about ethics, morality, conflict of interest, and so on. It's clear that if you have a side job, you should never spend any time or resources of your "day job" on it. Yet that's exactly one one Fort Collins school administrator was caught doing... using his school PC, his school email, during school hours, for his Organo Gold MLM distributorship. He even wrote a "business plan" where he plans to promote the stuff to the teachers (the people he's in charge of) and more. The local teacher's union is appalled and wants the guy fired. School District is keeping mum about it.

Chuck DeWayne is an executive direction of HR for the Poudre School District, in Fort Collins, CO. He's in charge of over 4000 full and part-time PSD employees. And he's making $141820 a year. However, that's apparently not enough, and he planned to use the power at his disposal to add to that income by pushing Organo Gold, according to local 7NEWS.