It was supposed to be a revolution. Vemma billed itself the "Young People Revolution," marketing mostly to college students as a way to get easy money. Then the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit, calling the nutrition company an illegal pyramid scheme. The company sells nutritional supplements and vitamin drinks under the Vemma name; Verve, an energy drink; and meal-replacement shakes and weight-loss products called Bod-e. Vemma and the FTC reached a settlement in that lawsuit last week. The Tempe-based company agreed to change its earnings structure and pay a $238 million judgment, although that settlement figure could drop to just over $470,000. As provisions of the settlement, Vemma and its CEO, B.K. Boreyko, are banned from paying distributors, known as "affiliates," for enrolling new recruits, linking affiliates' pay with their own product purchases and paying affiliates for work other than outside sales. The compa
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