Tamil Nadu – Chennai Multi-level marketing schemes illegal: High Court By Our Staff Reporter CHENNAI, JAN. 25, 2005. The Madras High Court has ruled that the multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme, by whatever attractive name it is called, is illegal, and that the Director-General of Police and other law enforcing authorities must have “a watchful eye […]
Beware of these MLM companies
Hemant Kumar Rout, TNN 5 August 2009, 10:47pm IST| BALASORE: The state Crime Branch on Wednesday claimed to have busted a multi-crore scam involving fake marketing companies and chit funds. Police said they have frozen bank accounts worth Rs 107 crore and arrested one person in this connection.SP (Crime Branch) Santosh Bala said sleuths from the […]
RBI flashes red signal at MLM companies
RBI Website Mumbai: The operations of shady multi-level marketing (MLM) companies — which operate what are popularly known as pyramid or ponzi schemes — have come under the regulatory scanner with shady MLM companies mushrooming across the country and duping investors. Many firms posing as MLM agencies for consumer goods and services have been actually […]