Founder of the Satlok Ashram and the Kabir Panth religious sect, self-styled Godman Sant Rampal first made headlines during a violent clash in 2006. The conflict began when Sant Rampal made derogatory remarks about Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the…[Continue Reading...]
Virender Dev Dixit is an 82-year-old self-styled godman, formerly a Brahma Kumari adherent. He convinced some followers of BK that he was the second coming of or a medium for their guru Lekhraj Brahma Kirpalani, and went ahead to establish…[Continue Reading...]
CHENNAI: A special court in Chennai dismissed the bail plea of Sakthi Anandan, the managing director of My V3, an online Multi-Level Marketing Busines The special court prosecuting the accused under the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interest of Depositors (TNPID)…[Continue Reading...]
The journey was daunting — a 10-km trek from his village, a back-breaking bus ride and then a long train journey. But for Pannalal Yadav, a marginal farmer from Madhya Pradesh’s backward Damoh district, it was like a pilgrimage. “My…[Continue Reading...]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the murder case of his former manager Ranjit Singh, his lawyer said on May 28. The Sirsa-headquartered sect chief, who is also serving…[Continue Reading...]
MLM companies often claim to offer people the chance to earn money, work on their schedule, and find unlimited potential. But hidden behind these appealing promises are many instances of people being taken advantage of, misled, and encountered unethical behaviours.…[Continue Reading...]
When Theo Pratt saw her sister in India’s Gloriavale outpost last year, she was horrified. “She was just like a shell of the person I remembered as my sister. I was very taken aback, I didn’t expect it to be…[Continue Reading...]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) March 19 provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 84.24 crore linked to promoters of KBC Multitrade Pvt Ltd under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The said company is accused of carrying out a multilevel…[Continue Reading...]
Pyramid scheme news: In 2023, India witnessed the launch of over 400 new multi-level marketing pyramid schemes, marking a five-year high, Economic Times reported citing Strategy India, a consultancy specialising in policy, compliance, and direct selling, and an associate member…[Continue Reading...]
The special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged multi-crore cryptocurrency scam conducted searches at 41 different locations in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday and arrested one of the main accused Abhishek Sharma, who was evading arrest, police said on Sunday. Abhishek,…[Continue Reading...]
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