The FTC has issued at least 379 MLM companies with deceptive and/or unfair conduct notices.

This was announced by the FTC on October 26th. If it slipped under your radar, you’re not alone.

I learned of the FTC’s announcement via a tip sent in by a reader.

At first I thought there was some funny business going on. But upon closer inspection, was able to verify the FTC did indeed make an announcement.

Surprisingly this didn’t pop up on any of my regular news feeds.

The FTC’s notices pertain to “penalty offenses concerning money-making opportunities and endorsements and testimonials”.

Recipient companies of
the notices
have been sent

determinations in prior litigated cases that particular acts or practices are penalty offenses—i.e., that they are deceptive or unfair, unlawful under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and prohibited by a final cease and desist order.

Confusingly, the notices don’t contain any examples of similar conduct by the recipient company.

The FTC explicitly clarifies;

Staff is not singling out your company or suggesting that you have engaged in deceptive or unfair conduct.

But also warns;

Receipt of these notices of penalty offenses puts your company on notice that engaging in the conduct described therein could subject you to civil penalties of up to $43,792 per violation.

In its
accompanying press-release
, the FTC definitely sounds like they’ve targeted specific companies.

FTC Puts Businesses on Notice that False Money-Making Claims Could Lead to Big Penalties

The Federal Trade Commission is putting more than 1,100 businesses that pitch money-making ventures on notice that if they deceive or mislead consumers about potential earnings, the FTC won’t hesitate to use its authority to target them with large civil penalties.

There’s nothing ambiguous about that.

Personally I find it hard to believe the FTC chose recipient companies at random.

Equally there’s no point reading too much into the company list at this stage, based on the FTC’s above statements.

As to
the MLM companies sent notices
, I’ve listed them below with their corresponding BehindMLM reviews where available.

1044Pro

4Life

5Linx
(co-founders
arrested in 2017
,
sentenced to prison
in 2019)

7K Metals

ACN

Allysian Sciences

Aloe Veritas

Aloevea

Alphay International

Aluva

Amare Global

Ambit Energy

American Dream Nutrition

Amplifei

Amway

Anovite

Apex Financial

APLGO

Arbitrage Go

Arbonne International

Arieyl

Ariix

Atomy USA

Avon

bHip Global

BeachBody International

Beauty Counter

Beauty Society

beCAUSE Cosmetics

Become Beauty International

Bellame

B-Epic
aka R&D Global

Better Planet Paper Toilet Tissue

Beyond Organic

Beyond Slim

BioReigns

Bitles

Bixo Trade
(Ponzi rebooted as
Bixo Money
, also on the list)

Black Oxygen Organics

Block Consult

Bode Pro

Bomb Party

Bonvera

Brank

Bruxis
(Ponzi
collapsed
June 2021)

Builderall

ByDzyne

Calerie

CashFX Group

Changing the Future Outcome

C

🤖 Quick Answer

What enforcement action did the FTC take against MLM companies in October?

The FTC issued notices to at least 379 multi-level marketing companies regarding deceptive and unfair conduct practices. These notices pertained to penalty offenses concerning money-making opportunities, endorsements, and testimonials, informing recipient companies that particular acts or practices had been determined unlawful in prior litigated cases.

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