Chapter
The Rise and Fall of a Grocery Discount Program
33:44 - 38:22 (04:38)
The grocery discount program defrauded thousands of customers by charging them for a program that was already cancelled and not paying the membership sellers. The company ended up paying millions in legal fees and having a quarter of a million members.
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Consumer's Byline offered access to discount buying groups for cheaper groceries but continued to charge people for canceled services and did not pay them for selling memberships.
33:44 - 36:11 (02:26)
Consumer's Byline
Summary
Consumer's Byline offered access to discount buying groups for cheaper groceries but continued to charge people for canceled services and did not pay them for selling memberships. The company was later labeled a scam.
ChapterThe Rise and Fall of a Grocery Discount Program
EpisodePart One: The Child Molester Whose Sex Cult Taught Women Friendship
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The cult leader believed he was a noble cultivator of people, even suggesting he could start an ocean in the desert, but was arrested for molesting a 12-year-old girl and defrauding members out of millions of dollars.
36:11 - 38:22 (02:10)
Cults
Summary
The cult leader believed he was a noble cultivator of people, even suggesting he could start an ocean in the desert, but was arrested for molesting a 12-year-old girl and defrauding members out of millions of dollars.