Amway, an American company that popularised direct sales at a mass level in India, has got into criminal cases related to money-laundering and running pyramid or money-circulation schemes. The Enforcement Directorate has alleged it of promoting a pyramid scheme, ET has reported. The ED has alleged that the company “was running a multi-marketing scheme and money-circulation scheme to collect money from subscribers”.
Amway India is in trouble again. The global direct-selling company, which Wikipedia refers to as a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, had Rs757.77 crore of its Indian assets attached on 18th April by the enforcement directorate (ED) which investigates economic crime and money laundering.