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Topic: multi-level marketing

MLM network marketing chart structure (Getty Images/Love Employee)

The marketing scam we keep falling for

Daria Solovieva
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. (Getty Images)

MLMs shower Kyrsten Sinema with cash

Brett Bachman
Former NXIVM member Sarah Edmonson in "The Vow" (HBO)

HBO's NXIVM doc proves a cult's power

Melanie McFarland
(Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

How Trump preyed on the poor

Joe Miller