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MLM firm Herbalife, which sells diet-linked products but styles itself as a "nutrition company", has accused one of its former execs of cutting a "fraudulent" $20m deal with a Dell reseller. the herbalife headquarters in los angeles Herbalife's headquarters in Los Angeles The company details its accusations in a breach of …

  1. WolfFan Silver badge

    Con artists got conned

    And now they’re crying. That’s what it looks like to me, anyway.

    1. trindflo Bronze badge

      Re: Con artists got conned

      I sort-of agree, but it looks more to me like a Con artist got embezzled.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Sounds to me like the BCDR project was going ahead with on-prem hardware, Herbalife changed their mind and decided to go cloud, and now they're trying to build a false paper trail, crying "see, see, see!" and pointing to the falsified information. At least that is what I would expect such a "reputable" company to do...

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    So those contracts were about as trustworthy as the claimed product health benefits?

    Lovely.

  4. Winkypop Silver badge
    Trollface

    MLM companies

    Not used to being the screwee

  5. Snowy Silver badge
    Holmes

    Friends

    Do not let friends do Herbalife!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MwGeOm8iI

    Yes I am linking to John Oliver but it does cover this company very well.

    1. Medixstiff

      Re: Friends

      Yeah when I was younger and dumber a customer of mine - because I worked in retail computer sales - asked me along to a seminar of theirs and after the first 5 minutes I knew it was an Amway type pyramid scheme where those up top get all the money.

  6. Kane
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    The irony of this article is not lost on me

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  7. Aristotles slow and dimwitted horse

    Despite it not working out for him...

    Despite the well documented Bill Ackman short on Herbalife not quite working out as he'd hoped, the documentary Betting on Zero is none-the-less quite an interesting insight into the Herbalife con.

  8. Alan Bourke

    Quacks Outquacked

    Film at 10

  9. gberg5800

    Claims against Gerry Berg have been dismissed in updated filing submitted on May 16, 2022.

    The case against Gerry L Berg filed by Herbalife Nutrition has been dismissed. An ammended complaint filed on May 16, 2022 with the US District Court for the Central District of California has removed Mr. Berg's name from the complaint and he is no longer a party to this complaint. Please be responsible and update your story.

    1. diodesign (Written by Reg staff) Silver badge

      Re: Claims against Gerry Berg have been dismissed

      Sure -- I've added that into the article, thanks.

      C.

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