Comment Number: 522418-03854
Received: 6/22/2006 4:32:14 PM
Organization: The Fruitful Yield Corp
Commenter: Elwood Richard
State: IL
Subject: Business Opportunity Rule
Title: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
CFR Citation: 16 CFR Part 437
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Comments:

While I agree that there is likely more than average fraud in the MLM industry, it would seem better to have more severe penalties for violations than to burden the legitimate branch of MLM with unnecessry reporting and paperwork. As the co-founder of the Standards Committee of NNFA and on the board of Citizens for Health, a national health consumer group, I have some understanding of the practicalities of dealing with MLM problems, and am willing to volunteer to be part of an advisory group reviewing this legislation. Our firm is not involved in MLM. Elwood Richard, Founder The Fruitful Yield