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Avon $135 Million Fine For Bribing Chinese Officials

 
Avon Products Inc. (AVP)’s Chinese subsidiary bribed local officials with Gucci bags and foreign travel in order to sell products directly to the nation’s consumers, the U.S.A. said as the company ended a six-year federal investigation with a guilty plea and $135 million in fines.
Avon is also subject to a deferred prosecution agreement requiring it to adopt “rigorous” internal controls and avoid further violations for three years before the case will be dropped. The plea, which includes an outside monitor, was announced at a hearing today in Manhattan federal court.
The world’s largest door-to-door seller of cosmetics had said in May it would settle the probe. Its Chinese unit pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. anti-bribery law by falsifying records of a four-year scheme to pay off Chinese authorities, who ended a direct sales ban in 2006.

“For years in China it was ‘Avon calling,’ as Avon bestowed millions of dollars in gifts and other things on Chinese government officials,” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Bharara today. “Avon China was in the door-to-door influence-peddling business and for years its corporate parent, rather than putting an end to the practice, conspired to cover it up.”

Avon China provided gifts and entertainment to Chinese officials, “and falsified these

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Dutch Justice Closes Down Pyramid Game PlanB4You

 
Justitie legt voor miljoenen beslag op rekeningen PlanB4you uit Den Bosch om piramidespel

DEN BOSCH – Justitie heeft beslag gelegd op de bankrekeningen van PlanB4you en van de directeur. Dat bedrijf, dat voor kort een kantoor in Den Bosch had, zou zich voor 2,5 miljoen euro schuldig hebben gemaakt aan oplichting en witwassen.
De FIOD, de opsporingsdienst van de Belastingdienst, doet strafrechtelijk onderzoek naar het bedrijf. Het vermoeden bestaat dat PlanB4you zich schuldig maakt aan een piramidespel, dat ook wel ponzifraude heet. Hierbij betaalt het bedrijf deelnemers met de belegging van de inleg van nieuwe klanten. De oprichter eigent zich dan meestal een bijzonder hoog rendement toe.
‘Makkelijk geld verdienen’
Via YouTube en bijeenkomsten probeert PlanB4you nieuwe klanten te strikken. Het bedrijf houdt ze daarbij voor dat ze makkelijk geld kunnen verdienen door dagelijks tien keer op advertenties te klikken. Daarnaast zouden potentiële klanten makkelijk geld kunnen verdienen door anderen over te halen deel te nemen aan het project.
“Deze deelnemers komen dan als het ware onder de aanbrenger te hangen wat weer extra inkomen oplevert voor de aanbrenger. Naast het klikken op de banners heeft PlanB4you ook nog een webshop waar goederen tegen ‘hoge’ kortingen kunnen worden aangeschaft”, aldus justitie.
Invallen in Nederland en andere

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ViSalus Honored With Highly-Acclaimed W3 Award For Creative Excellence In Web Content

 
ViSalus’ Content Marketing department received an esteemed 2014 W3 Silver Award in Copywriting for its Vi Blog and its blog extension program, the Vi Today’s Share.
The W3 Awards honor creative excellence on the web, and recognize the professionals behind the creative and marketing teams of the award-winning sites, marketing programs, social content and mobile sites. In its ninth year, W3 is the major web competition where companies submit content to be sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Artists (AIVA), an invitation-only, membership-based organization of leading web professionals.
More than 4,000 entries worldwide were submitted — many from Fortune 500 companies and international agencies and firms. Entries were judged by the AIVA in four categories with criteria upholding a high standard of excellence.     

“We are so proud of our outstanding, hard-working and innovative team of marketing professionals,” said Blake Mallen, ViSalus Co-Founder and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer. “From sharing exclusive interviews and company news, to industry tips and inspirational stories from within the Vi Community, our marketing team uses storytelling to show how we are transforming lives across the globe.”  

Vi’s Content Marketing team is responsible for the Vi Blog, which has generated more than 1 million impressions this year.

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Avon Unit Gave Gucci Bags, N.Y. Trips As China Bribes, U.S. Says

 
Avon Products Inc. (AVP)’s Chinese subsidiary bribed local officials with Gucci bags and foreign travel in order to sell products directly to the nation’s consumers, the U.S. said as the company ended a six-year federal investigation with a guilty plea and $135 million in fines.
Avon is also subject to a deferred prosecution agreement requiring it to adopt “rigorous” internal controls and avoid further violations for three years before the case will be dropped. The plea, which includes an outside monitor, was announced at a hearing today in Manhattan federal court.
The world’s largest door-to-door seller of cosmetics had said in May it would settle the probe. Its Chinese unit pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. anti-bribery law by falsifying records of a four-year scheme to pay off Chinese authorities, who ended a direct sales ban in 2006.

“For years in China it was ‘Avon calling,’ as Avon bestowed millions of dollars in gifts and other things on Chinese government officials,” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Bharara today. “Avon China was in the door-to-door influence-peddling business and for years its corporate parent, rather than putting an end to the practice, conspired to cover it up.”

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Avon China provided gifts and entertainment to Chinese officials, “and

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Swiss Based Preiscoin Opens Italy And France

 
Swiss based Preiscoin expands into the French and Italian markets with it’s system available in these langauges starting today.
The world is changing rapidly. Business communication is measured by clicks and likes, not by number of hotel meetings any longer.
“The true global opportunity has to provide a way for an average person of our times to promote it from home with simple tools.
Preiscoin provides that with the complete sales funnels, squeeze pages, follow-up emails and international in–house marketing team ready to support the partners. I can’t wish more” – says Piotr Labuz, Preiscon’s top leader from Poland.
His team includes partners from US, Canada, Australia and several other countries while he doesn’t even speak English. Preiscoin has been designed and is run by experienced internet marketers who decided to give to it’s users all they have been using for years to create at least 6-figures income online.

Preiscoin Group AG is based out of Switzerland that offers the Preiscoin (PRS), an alternative digital currency based on the Bitcoin protocol. 
Preiscoin uses a Forced Matrix compensation structure for affiliates to build up their customer base.
The Forced Matrix Plan is a compensation structure with a set width and depth on which distributors are compensated.
Preiscoin offers 4% residual commissions on every sale down

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TelexFree Receiver Stephen Darr Speaks Out

 
In 35 years of handling bankruptcy cases, Stephen Darr has seen plenty of ugly. He has doled out funds to creditors of an asbestos company and a machine gun maker and to victims of several Ponzi schemes.
But nothing comes close to the scale of the TelexFree Inc. bankruptcy. Never in history has a trustee been responsible for divvying up the assets of a company that prosecutors say defrauded 2.1 million people, from Boston to Uganda.
Darr, an accountant by trade and senior managing director at Mesirow Financial Consulting in Boston, is the court-appointed trustee charged with paying out claims to victims who believe they are owed more than $1 billion in the case. TelexFree was purportedly a long-distance phone company, but in reality generated most of its money by luring a stream of small investors from 2012 until it was shut down earlier this year, according to prosecutors.
Many Brazilian immigrants risked — and lost — large portions of their savings, in hopes of reaping the generous returns that were promised.
“I feel very sympathetic toward these people,’’ Darr said. “They lost a lot of money. They deserve to get it back, and it’s my job to get it back to them as

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Jeunesse Bestowed Prestigious Awards In Asia

 
Last month, Jeunesse was bestowed four significant awards by Toper Malaysia at the 8th Independent Entrepreneurs Team Building Convention (IETC 2014).
The ceremony took place on Sunday, November 16, at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur. On stage to receive all four awards was the General Manager of Jeunesse Malaysia and Singapore, Paul J. H. Lim.
After a strict selection process, Jeunesse won the following awards:  the Fastest Growing Company of the Year Award, the MLM Paragon Award, the MLM Golden Midas Award, and the YES Brand Award.
The Fastest Growing Company of the Year Award acknowledges outstanding sales performance while the MLM Paragon Award recognizes company integrity and commitment to countries in South East Asia. Jeunesse received the MLM Golden Midas Award for strategic marketing, dynamic leaders, and efficient training systems. The YES Brand Award was bestowed for successful developmental management through branding initiatives.
These awards add to the many recognitions earned by Jeunesse in the last few months.  In August, Jeunesse ranked at #258 on the INC. 500 List—making it the #1 fastest growing Direct Selling Association Company on the list. In September, Jeunesse won multiple Stevie Awards for developing their Jcloud™ technology at the 11th Annual American Business Awards.

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JM Ocean Avenue Aligns With Veretekk

 
Veretekk.com, Inc. announced today a strategic alliance with new powerhouse company, JM Ocean Avenue. JM Ocean Avenue has secured exclusive benefit to the strategic marketing technology of the Veretekk online automated marketing system.
JM Ocean Avenue is a direct sales company formed by the June 2014 merger of Ocean Avenue and JM International, with partial ownership coming from JM China, a more than $2 Billion per year company.
After nearly 2 decades of servicing the industry Veretekk has had the opportunity to work closely with over 70 well known companies, said Veretekk CEO, Thomas Prendergast. Never have we been as impressed as we are with JM Ocean Avenue, its management team, emphasis on family values, and general standing within the industry.
The arrangement will grant JM Ocean Avenue exclusive benefits from the Veretekk marketing platform and all associated technologies. The system will be re-branded as the WavRiders Network. Many aspects of the Veretekk service will remain intact for continued use by customers while others will be consolidated in support of the strategic goals of JM Ocean Avenue.
The Veretekk name and brand has been well known throughout online marketing circles for about as long as the Internet itself has been around, remarked JM

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Isagenix Announces Newest Millionaire

 
The fitness industry is competitive. Personal trainers are consistently contending with others for clients on a daily basis. And, it’s that hit-or-miss income that the trainers often rely upon to survive.
No one knows this better than Heather. The Perth-based trainer and single mother of two was once juggling two jobs, dreading the day her car might break down, or fearing a new bill would appear in her mailbox.

“When I first started with Isagenix in 2007, it was a natural progression as my clients were telling others about the benefits using the products,” explains Heather. “The extra income was appreciated because the personal training income is unpredictable from one week to the next.”

Today with Isagenix, she is part of a supportive and nurturing team, enjoying time freedom and providing a stable future for her children.

“The company changed my life from a personal view,” explains Heather. “You are in a safe environment where you can overcome your fears and grow into the best possible you.”

Ch-ch-changin’!

Heather describes herself as a happy and positive person, but her mother left a legacy of discontent and an unhealthy lifestyle. Heather didn’t want to model that path for her children or for others, but rather took a

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MonaVie Launching In China On December 22nd

 
MonaVie announced that their next international market opening will be in China. They have been laying the groundwork for the last couple of years to open in this market.
Pre-launch period starts December 22
Chief Financial Officer Jim Marsh will team up with Dan Zhu, President of Asia Pacific, for a ribbon cutting celebration at the MonaVie Shanghai Administration Office on Monday, December 22, 2014. This will mark the official opening of the office and the official kick-off of our pre-launch period in China.

“For years now we have been exploring the opportunity to enter China, which can quite possibly become the largest direct selling market in the world,” Dan Zhu said. “Plus, one of the fastest-growing segments of our global distributor family is among our ethnic-Chinese distributors that have ties to China.”

During the pre-launch period, China entrepreneurs and consumers will be able to start building their business and ordering product. (Please note the requirements to build in China listed below.)
Along with their main office in Shanghai, they will also be opening an office in Guangzhou on the same date. They will also open an office in Beijing in April 2015.
Full launch April 5, 2015
The official target date for full launch is April 5, 2015. The launch will coincide

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