ILLEGAL PYRAMID SCHEMES
LINKS TO RESEARCH GIFTING PROGRAMS
Here is a good overview of Gifting Program legal activity. As time goes along I will ad some stories that I have archived about housewives, schoolteachers, policeman and ministers being arrested for participation in these Illegal Schemes. The MLM WatchDog Wants to Protect innocent people from getting a criminal record for participating in these Pyramid Schemes. Rod Cook Ur Editor
CANADIAN LAW ON GIFTING
Criminal Code
PART VII: DISORDERLY HOUSES, GAMING AND BETTING
Gaming and Betting
206. (1) Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years who
(e) conducts, manages or is a party to any scheme, contrivance or operation of any kind by which any person, on payment of any sum of money, or the giving of any valuable security, or by obligating himself to pay any sum of money or give any valuable security, shall become entitled under the scheme, contrivance or operation to receive from the person conducting or managing the scheme, contrivance or operation, or any other person, a larger sum of money or amount of valuable security than the sum or amount paid or given, or to be paid or given, by reason of the fact that other persons have paid or given, or obligated themselves to pay or give any sum of money or valuable security under the scheme, contrivance or operation;
GIFTING IN-THE-NEWS
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Better Business Bureau - Central OK: Pyramid Scheme Surfaces In Oklahoma, Other Parts of the Country. The Better Business Bureau of Oklahoma City warns of a program that is apparently an illegal pyramid scheme that is being promoted in several areas of the country. The operation called "Webco" is supposedly based in Calera, a small town in the southern part of Oklahoma.
Danville, VA - Attorney General - Accordingly, it is my opinion that every person who participates in the "gifting program" by paying $2,000, with the expectation of advancing and ultimately receiving $16,000, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for operating a pyramid promotional scheme, in violation of § 18.2-239. 1Punishment for conviction of a Class 1 misdemeanor is "confinement in jail for not more than twelve months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both." Section 18.2-11.
Idaho - Attorney General Warns Of Dinner Party Pyramid Scheme - The scheme, which is known by the names Circle of Friends, Women Helping Women, Women Empowering Women, Women for Women, and the Dinner Party, is represented as a gathering of women helping one an
Iowa Attorney General - Issue Warning
Attorney General's Office Issues Warning: Avoid Illegal Pyramid - The Consumer Protection Division of the Iowa Attorney General's Office issued the following statement today in response to numerous inquiries about a pyramid program that is operating in certain areas of Iowa.
Leave This Gift Unopened ABC News - 'Gifting Clubs' Just as Devious and Risky as Pyramid Schemes. Though they may use catchy terms and incentives, "gifting clubs" are almost a sure way to lose money. (Jim Boyle/ABCNEWS.com)
North County (NY) - NORTH COUNTY PYRAMID SCHEME RESULTS IN $100,000 IN FINES. A.G. Warns Consumers Against "Gifting Circle" Scam. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said today that twelve North Country women have paid substantial penalties for their roles as leaders of an illegal pyramid scheme. The Attorney General began investigating the pyramid scheme, commonly known as the "Women's Gifting Circle" or "Women's Gifting Tree," in late 2000 after receiving numerous calls concerning the enterprise. Most of the calls came from anxious women who had lost substantial sums of money in the scheme.
Savannah GA - Community leaders named in pyramid scheme. SAVANNAH - Their names are well known in the community. Police say that credibility led others to believe a pyramid scheme to make money was legal.
Sonoma County (CA) - District Attoryney - The District Attorney's Office Warns Women Of Pyramid Scheme - The district attorney's office today warns women in Sonoma County not to fall prey to the "empowering" techniques used by a new Pyramid scheme in the County of Sonoma. Pyramid participation in our state is against the law, and may result in criminal or civil penalties.
St.Paul, MN - Pyramid Scheme Flyer & Tips - Minnesota law prohibits all pyramid schemes because they deceive and cheat people. But promoters continue to hype pyramid schemes and recruit new people. con artists running the scams are looking for people who are vulnerable to get-rich-quick promises.
Towns Get Wrapped Up in Pyramid 'Gifting' Schemes - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SERVICE - CANTON, Ill. -- For more than two weeks, day and night, neighbors and relatives hurried to Doug and Susan Manock's house with $2,000 in hand.
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