Case against Amway for 'duping' people

HYDERABAD: The Punjagutta police on Wednesday registered a criminal case against multi-level marketing company Amway for allegedly duping people.
Ravi Teja and Shyam Sundar, representatives of Corporate Fraud Watch, an NGO, lodged a complaint alleging that Amway was duping lakhs of people through their multi-level marketing schemes. The complainants requested the cops to shut down the company's state head office at Somajiguda."Through its 280 branches in the state, Amway state headquarters in Somajiguda has played a main role in duping lakhs of people," the complainant alleged.
"We have registered a case against Amway under relevant sections of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act 1978 (PCMCS Act)," assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Punjagutta, PVRSSSMV Ravi Varma said.