Modere Left Bodies Everywhere When It Collapsed
Modere's implosion in April 2025 didn't just destroy the dreams of distributors chasing MLM riches. It left a trail of unpaid workers, broken contracts, and a supplier owed nearly $2 million in the wreckage.
A civil lawsuit filed April 21st in Utah reveals the company fired approximately 160 employees without warning. Around 60 workers at the Springville facility and 100 at the Provo facility got axed on or around April 11th with no advance notice. The lawsuit alleges Maple Mountain Group, the legal entity behind Modere, violated the WARN Act, which requires employers to give 60 days' written notice before mass layoffs. The former employees are now seeking unpaid wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, accrued vacation and holiday pay, and missing 401(k) contributions through a proposed class action.
The hits kept coming for those caught in Modere's orbit. CSB Nutrition, the Spanish Fork manufacturer that supplied most of Modere's nutritional products, is owed nearly $2 million, according to a separate lawsuit filed last week. The suit claims Modere was financially insolvent—which explains why the company stopped paying.
Even before the collapse, CSB Nutrition's executives knew something was wrong. Modere dragged its feet on invoices and routinely paid less than what it owed. The company made just enough token payments to keep CSB from shutting down the manufacturing line, according to the complaint. This was a deliberate strategy to string along one of its largest suppliers.
After Modere went under, CSB Nutrition couldn't get anyone on the phone. Lawyers sent demand letters to Modere's in-house attorney. She said she'd pass the message along. Then silence. No responses to follow-up messages. Nothing.
Meanwhile, Capital Group LLC, the private equity firm that owned Modere, managed to cash out. The company got sold to Shaklee, apparently ensuring the investors behind the collapse walked away with their pockets intact.
Nate Frazier, Modere's CEO and the man instrumental in building the machine that misled distributors, employees, and suppliers alike, has disappeared from public view since the company collapsed. He hasn't issued any statements or explanations for the fallout.
CSB Nutrition filed its lawsuit in Utah state court, which limits how closely the case can be tracked going forward. The employees' class action remains ongoing. For workers who got pink slips with no notice and a supplier left holding the bag on millions in unpaid bills, there's little comfort in knowing Modere imploded. The company's collapse just means they'll probably never see what they're owed.
🤖 Quick Answer
What happened to Modere employees when the company collapsed in April 2025?Modere, operating under the legal entity Maple Mountain Group, terminated approximately 160 employees without advance notice around April 11, 2025. Roughly 60 workers at the Springville facility and 100 at the Provo facility were dismissed. A civil lawsuit filed April 21 in Utah alleges violations of the federal WARN Act, which mandates 60 days' written notice before mass layoffs.
What are former Modere employees seeking in the lawsuit?
The terminated employees are pursuing compensation for unpaid wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, accrued vacation pay, and holiday pay. The lawsuit contends that Maple Mountain Group failed to comply with WARN Act requirements, entitling affected workers to back pay and benefits covering the 60-day notice period they were legally owed.
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