I would like to know if there is any law against Pyramid schemes/ MLM which invite people to join them and invest money (in the form of overpriced or redundant products) and pay commission if they recruit new members.
A certain company by the name ebiz.com Pvt. Ltd has been carrying around with such a scheme where they invite young students to seminars/presentations and ask them to buy a product - essentially a pack of computer course cd's which is worthless - at a cost of Rs.7500/- Then the new members are given 2000 commission for every two new members they recruit apart from the initial qualifying members. This is a classic 8-ball pyramid scheme. And I'm quite confident that if it is, a lot of my friends will end up loosing their money. Because such systems by rule breakdown after market gets saturated, and 88% of members will loose money.
I'm especially worried because the members are young degree students who are lured into it by a promise of 'limitless income' over a short range of time. I know that such schemes are illegal in most states abroad. But I'd like to know if there is anything I can do against this in Mumbai.
Will be greatful for your reply.
