Tahitian Noni juice is suspected of being a pyramid scheme.
The series of investigations into the "Noni Juice" incident attracted the attention of CCTV. In addition to Hangzhou, "Noni Juice" has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The industrial and commercial authorities and media in the four places also stated that they are under investigation.
Beijing's "Legal Evening News" reported on July 11 in an article "Superstitious Juice Delays Disease and Death" that Ms. Guo from Beijing was obsessed with "Tahitian Noni Juice" four months before her death. Suffering from pulmonary granuloma, she stopped all medicines and only drank fruit juice to treat the disease. As a result, her illness was delayed and Ms. Guo unfortunately passed away. During the investigation, a reporter from the Legal Evening News also discovered the same problem - Noni juice was suspected of pyramid schemes and false propaganda.
Facing the death of his wife, her husband, Mr. Kang, couldn’t help lamenting: “It was the fruit juice from MLM that killed my wife.” Mr. Kang said that his wife believed the recommendation of an acquaintance. After the Spring Festival this year, an acquaintance of my wife, Ms. Guo, Ms. Wang, came to my home to sell Tahitian noni juice. Ms. Guo, who was weak due to pulmonary granuloma, became obsessed with this juice and stopped taking all her daily medications.
The diary of Ms. Guo’s life presented by Mr. Kang reflected that she had obvious physical discomfort after stopping the medication in May this year, but she always believed that this was an “improvement reaction” after taking the juice.
Among them, Ms. Guo wrote this in her last diary on June 9: "Friends say that cells are hungry and thirsty, and physical fatigue is a sign of improvement, but I feel really uncomfortable. "Coughing, spitting, etc. are the best ways to eliminate acid and toxins in the body. Fever is a natural phenomenon of the human body moving towards harmony. When I learned this, although I felt uncomfortable physically, I felt happy." Three days later, Ms. Guo said: Died of tuberculosis...
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Noni drinks have been recognized as illegal direct sales since 2005, but they have always been marketed as "Lexus" and "Lexosa" "Si" and other names are used to carry out illegal direct sales, because possessing physical products was initially recognized as illegal direct sales rather than pyramid schemes. Since 2007, NHT's companies have been recognized as pyramid schemes by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
In 2002, it entered Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places to carry out business under the name of Lexus International Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lexus"); in April 2004, CCTV exposed "Lexus" "Sesi" pyramid scheme; in May 2004, the company applied to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce to register "Lecosas International (China) Co., Ltd."; in February 2007, 17 companies, including Lecosas Hong Kong Branch, The MLM organization was announced to the public by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
Zhejiang News - Dr. Fang Zhouzi, a 73-year-old woman who drank to death from counterfeiting, refuted the Noni myth
China Finance Network: Ranjian Global was reported by members as suspected of pyramid schemes and the sales rebates were as high as 48.9
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