The judge presiding over elements of the TelexFree pyramid-scheme case in the Brazilian state of Acre again has been threatened with death and a police investigation is under way, according to Globo.com.
Here is the Sept. 12 story in Portuguese. He is an English translation by Google Translate.
It is the second time the judge reportedly has received death threats related to the TelexFree probe. Earlier threats were made in June. (The link in the preceding sentence is to the Google English translation. Here is the Portuguese original from June.)
Despite the unsettling events in Brazil — indeed, a prosecutor also reportedly has been threatened with death — American MLMers continue to flog the purported TelexFree “opportunity.” Some promos claim a payment of $15,125 to TelexFree for the purchase of a “contract” fetches at least $42,075 in a year.
Also see Aug. 4, 2013, PP Blog editorial about a July MLM rah-rah event for TelexFree in California that occurred against the backdrop of reported death threats in Brazil aimed at judicial officers and while multiple pyramid-scheme probes were under way in Brazil.
Meanwhile, see July 8, 2013, PP Blog report that outlines some of the coaching about money flow TelexFree affiliates in the United States have received. (It is very reminiscent of the AdSurfDaily Ponzi scheme, which the U.S. Secret Service broke up in August 2008.)
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TelexFree operates in the United States as TelexFree Inc. and TelexFree LLC. It recently claimed also to have a presence in the United Kingdom.