Better Business Bureau serving Canton Region and Greater West Virginia offers tips and advice for consumers to avoid fraudulent practices. A "Secret Santa" around the office, or with friends and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The Toledo-area Better Business Bureau warns of a pyramid scheme scam popping up in the region. On Thursday, BBB said it was receiving numerous calls from consumers regarding the ...

Popular video-sharing app TikTok updated its community guidelines this week to ban videos that promote multi-level marketing in an effort to protect users from financial scams. Any content that ...

Nyah was scrolling through TikTok last September when a video caught her attention. The 19-year-old had been working as an 'independent consultant' for a cosmetics company, selling products to friends ...

One victim in Mallorca is said to have lost €310,000. A scheme in Mallorca came to light some years after a similar one in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Illinois attorney general and the Better Business Bureau are warning the public about an uptick in pyramid schemes. Pyramid schemes have a lot of names. Some call them boards, ...

House Bill 1534, created by state Rep. Rob Matzie, D-16, will both update the current antiquated law and clarify the distinction between legitimate direct-sale companies and "fly-by-night schemes ...

A Dallas police officer accused of promoting and organizing a pyramid scheme involving multiple officers and at least 159 participants received about $48,000 during the operation, according to an ...

A dozen Dallas police officers have been implicated in a pyramid scheme, the department has told the Dallas City Council in a memo obtained by The Dallas Morning News. In a memo to the council, the ...

The Government of New Zealand has previously funded Branislav Hock's research on pyramid schemes but not directly related to this article. The Government of New Zealand has previously funded research ...