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Amway in hot water in Hyderabad over "business model" controversy



By Arijit Saha
13 December 2006 @ 7:21 am IST

Not very long ago, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had notified the police that Amway in India may be violating certain laws regarding a "money circulation scheme," SifyNews had reported.

However, Amway has continuously denied that its actions are in violation of Indian law.

Historically, many Amway distributors in the United States have lost money or barely made minimum wage for their time.

Some say that Amway is really more about making money from recruiting people to become distributors, as opposed to selling products.

Once, the Economic Times had asked Alticor's chairman, son of Amway co-founder Jay Van Andel, "What percentage of people who join [MLMs]…become really successful? Is it too miniscule a percentage?" Steve Van Andel never really answered the question. His closest response was, "Success is relative to the goals people set for themselves."

India is a developing country and many of its people are struggling to get by.

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