The defendants are subject to suspended judgments totaling $12 million. Four also will be barred from participating in any multilevel marketing businesses. Seven individuals and four businesses will be barred from making false or misleading statements about earnings or income and engaging in illegal pyramid operations. Operators of online malls that disguised themselves as legitimate business opportunities have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they were actually illegal pyramid schemes, in violation of federal law.
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