MLM originated in the United States in the late World War II, formed in postwar Japan and developed in China. In foreign countries, MLM and direct selling have the same meaning, that is to say, there is only one concept abroad.
The main idea of foreign MLM is: driven by the word-of-mouth generated by customers' use of products, let customers help distributors promote products and share some profits, that is, customers spread sales. This is two concepts with domestic pyramid schemes.
Chinese MLM: It's a fake company, a fictional product, and everything is empty. Just let you pull people's heads, or control personal freedom, confiscate property, so that you can't contact with the outside world and learn those MLM training materials every day. The essence of pyramid selling is "Ponzi scheme", that is, the money of the latecomers is distributed to the income of the pioneers.
The harm of pyramid selling:
1, disrupting the economic order. Illegal pyramid selling activities violate the laws and regulations of the state, such as prohibiting pyramid selling, protecting consumers' rights and interests, and managing finance and foreign exchange. With the development of pyramid selling, tax evasion, manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy goods, smuggling, illegal fund-raising, fund-raising fraud, false propaganda, infringement on consumers' rights and interests and so on exist in large numbers. , seriously undermining the market economic order.
2. Destroy social morality. Through "brainwashing", pyramid schemes instigate participants to trick relatives and friends into participating in pyramid schemes with "white lies" or ask their families for money by any means. The trust between people, families and society has seriously declined, which runs counter to the goal of building a harmonious society.
3, endangering social stability. MLM made most participants lose their money, and some MLM personnel were exiled and led a miserable life. Some people participate in theft, gather people to make trouble, and even lead to criminal cases such as robbery, beating and murder. , causing serious damage to people's lives and property safety and social stability.
4. Affect family harmony. The profit of MLM depends on the number of people who go offline. Once no new members join, the MLM staff at the bottom will be wiped out. The result of participating in pyramid schemes is often that the husband and wife turn against each other, the children drop out of school, and even the family is ruined.
legal ground
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 87 A crime that exceeds the following time limit shall not be prosecuted:
(1) Five years have passed if the statutory maximum penalty is less than five years of fixed-term imprisonment;
(2) Ten years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years;
(3) Fifteen years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years;
(4) Twenty years have passed if the maximum legal punishment is life imprisonment or death penalty. 20 years later, if it is deemed necessary to prosecute, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 89 The time limit for prosecution shall be counted from the date of committing the crime. If the criminal act has a continuous or continuous state, it shall be counted from the date when the criminal act ends. If a crime is committed within the time limit for prosecution, the time limit for prosecution of the former crime shall be counted from the date when the latter crime is committed.