1.   An illegal pyramid is similar to, but not the same, as multilevel marketing, which is legal.

2.   Attorneys general in eight states claimed the company was running an illegal pyramid scheme.

3.   A Topeka company that markets aggressive tax-reduction plans and its owner have been accused by the Kansas attorney general of running an illegal pyramid scheme.

4.   But in early June, when the attorney general identified an illegal pyramid scheme, the euphoria dimmed into a long, bitter hangover.

5.   He ruled that the company was an illegal pyramid scheme in which early investors make large sums but those drawn in later have no prospect of making a profit.

6.   I am trying to convince her that this is an illegal pyramid scheme, but her friends tell her it is all legal because it is a gift.

7.   Illegal pyramids eventually collapse when no new recruits can be found.

8.   Many of these are illegal pyramid schemes.

9.   Nutrition For Life and Trudeau in July settled charges by eight states that Trudeau was running an illegal pyramid scheme.

10.   The agency accused Valencia-based FutureNet of operating an illegal pyramid scheme.