endobj 0000045154 00000 n Civ. In 1964, after a bankruptcy and several business failures, Patrick (age 33) was walking by a garage in San Rafael, California, and noted that fruit-scented cosmetics were being sold. More than 88,000 people have invested about $44 million in various organizations operated by Turner, according to Federal Trade Commission figures cited by Attorney General Bob Corbins office in 1980. ", Dougherty said he also took into account that Turner "has on a consistent basis and a generous basis contributed large sums of money . Turner and Rechtor, who also received seven years, were convicted in July of 19 counts of conspiracy, fraud and promoting a pyramid scheme. 0000007782 00000 n @D[cnS: lRORRXtkLrr)==mFdQMmnM'tv6KM;J_O3 +F:C+4i[k}d Box 1. Glenn W. Turner is now all but forgotten. "Summary of Testimony and Findings and Conclusions Resulting from Hearings in New York on Drug Law. startxref The purpose of this Note is to investigate the : A Case Study of Pyramid Sales Plan Regulation", "Glenn Turner, Empire Toppled, Trying Again to Sell Motivation", "Glenn Turner -- Out Of Luck; Fraud Sentencing May Be His Day Of Reckoning", "Koscot Cosmetics Accused Of Illegal Business Actions", "Koscot and Turner Cited in Complaint Filed by the S.E.C. For more information, visit the listing at bit.ly/2mgnmna. they indicted me on aiding and abetting running a pyramid scheme. ", United States Congress. Originally the organization distributed goods such as home-care products and cosmetics. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Turner, Rechtor and a third man, Alan K. Oaks, were accused of defrauding Arizona residents who were promised incomes of $1,000 to $3,000 a month if they invested $5,000 to become sales people for Challenge Inc. Investors were subjected to highly emotional sales and promotion techniques in a process described by company insiders as jacking up prospects, Assistant Attorney General R. Jeffrey Woodburn said during the trial. Anyone can read what you share. A list of over 350 print sources on paper chain letters and pyramid schemes. But what made him "really rich" was reportedly Koscot Interplanetary[6] (Koscot stood for "Kosmetics for the Communities of Tomorrow"). WASHINGTON, May 17 The Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Federal District Court today to halt the sale of Glenn W. Turner's pyramid franchising scheme on the ground that it is. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. In the end, Turner was saved by New Orleans evangelist, known as the Chaplain of Bourbon Street, who also pointed the way to fiscal salvation by introducing Turner to his own business managera former minister himself. The judge refused and the men were led away to jail by deputy sheriffs after they gave their wallets, watches and jewelry to friends in the courtroom. An interesting man, Glenn Turner, and Rudy Maxa, a Washington Post reporter, has an interesting problemwhat do you do with a con man who doesn't know he's a con man? 0000007360 00000 n of plan, which will be referred to as the Glenn Turner or multi-level distributorship scheme, the promoters offer to the public a series of contracts called "Adventures." Since his victims were usually the little people, the guys who are always getting it in the neck from the system anyway, it was a matter of hitting cripples. Government needs to return to enforcing meaningful financial regulation; politicians and entrepreneurs who deceive their supporters need to face consequences. But perhaps the most accurate description of Turner's victims was that of some cynical lawyers at the Securities and Exchange Commission who referred to them as Thalidomides.. The House was supposed to grow with population. And we need to be less credulous and stop falling for the next shiny thing. We are forever suspicious, convinced someone else wants to profit at our expense. 1974., May 20, 1974. xref "They conspired to get Mr. Turner," said another woman. 164 0 obj <>stream Unfortunately, the multi-level cosmetic company became entangled in numerous legal difficulties and went out of business in the . The companies collapsed in 1973 under lawsuits filed by investors and investigations by state and federal agencies. As far as Ive been able to discover, these are among the first times that this now commonplace phrase received prominent mention in the media. According to 2019 surveys done by the Pew Research Center, almost half of us say Americans are not as reliable as in the past. Some "schemes" are specifically developed to sidestep Pyramid Scheme legislation by offering a "product" or "service". But the real bait was the right to sell the righttosell to other suckers on the principle of a chain letter. Warren., 497 F.2d 687., C.A.Wis. Turner, though, had hired a lawyer for his sentencing Thursday. ", United States Congress. He subsequently bought exclusive rights for Middle East distribution of Holiday Magic cosmetics and formed his own company, Beauty Magic, in Beirut, Lebanon. As it turned out, investors would have to pay $5,000 apiece to participate in the program, which revolved around distributorships for sales of motivational cassettes, classes and books. 0000004799 00000 n (As for The Apprentices more famous host Donald Trump, a nepo baby who cosplayed a successful mogul on the show we all know how that turned out.). 0000002472 00000 n Even then, he never stopped explaining. Referring to Charles Ponzi, who earlier this century put together a huge investment swindle that still bears his name, Lotstein said, "I imagine there are still people that feel that Mr. Ponzi was doing good for the world. 0000006933 00000 n He then started two multi-level marketing companies, Koscot Interplanetary, selling cosmetics, and Dare to Be Great, selling motivational and self-improvement courses.[30]. [1][5] Navarro described the training as having "overtones of strict military training techniques. When newly minted salespeople found it impossible to make a go of it, they were told to fake it until you make it, by wearing expensive clothes and waving around $100 bills to lure in others, a disillusioned Oregon recruit testified in court in 1972. 0000023769 00000 n As he was led off to jail, he told reporters: The good that I have done outweighs the bad. In August 1972, he was charged with "86 counts of sale of unregistered securities and failing to register as a dealer". 256 pages. . 0000005760 00000 n [10] The FTC's decision on Koscot set a precedent for defining if a company is engaging in illegal pyramiding. When a federal judge lumped together 1,000 of those lawsuits into a single class-action suit seeking nearly $1 billion, Turner went bankrupt. "[7] Turner, attorney F. Lee Bailey, and eight others were also indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and mail fraud charges. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Anyone can read what you share. Turner's long gone from the They were convicted last month on charges of conspiracy, fraud and illegal pyramid sales in connection with their Challenge Inc. motivational program. In re HOLIDAY MAGIC SECURITIES AND ANTITRUST LITIGATION., James J. 0000004119 00000 n 5 OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT AND SEC. [7] (In 1972 he built a "$3.5 million white stone castle with a helicopter landing pad" on Bear Gulley Lake, also near Orlando. But this salesman extraordinaire in flashy suits was once all but omnipresent in American life. There being no provision in either law or morality for fraud without intent, it's hard to figure out what that makes Glenn Turner. "They come from preachers, lawyers, housewives, plumbers, carpenters," Dougherty said. "They come from all over this country and abroad. [15] Larry Stephen Huff, another key individual in the company, served two years in a Federal Prison, for charges related to a Ponzi scam (unrelated to Holiday Magic).[21]. 0000001660 00000 n [12] The indictment said that Bailey had appeared in a film made for Turner's organization and had appeared with Turner at several rallies. [13], The company was cited by the United States House of Representatives in a 1975 hearing[14] as an example of consumer fraud, again in 1977,[15] and in 1991, in a hearing by the House Committee on Small Business. No. House Permanent Select Committee on Small Business., 1973, P. 127, 137, 157, 203. By Rudy Maxa. [12] Holiday Magic was also labeled a "pyramid scheme" and a "multi-level distributorship" by the United States Bureau of Domestic Commerce, in their 1976 published book: Crimes Against Business: A Management Perspective. The con artist became a business model, says Micki McGee, author of Self-Help, Inc. Its only in a market-worshiping economy that you can say defrauding people in the interest of profit would somehow be okay.. As Mr, Maxa notes, Americans have always had a weakness for successful rogues. A few of their supporters cried as the sentences were read. Mr. Maxa has the newspaper reporter's habit of cramming in information wherever it will fit, whether apposite or no. Dougherty said he had received "hundreds" of letters in support of Turner. 0000000016 00000 n Mencken, Mr. Maxa says, would have loved Glenn Turner as one of those colorful rogues who enliven the American scene, a sort of cross between Elmer Gantry and Charles Ponzi, whose name is to financial pyramids what Tutankhamen's is to the original. All these characters in bright red polyester doubleknits, with rhinestone flag lapel pins, dashing around the country making people hum, MMMMMMMM MONEY!. 0000001769 00000 n hb```e`` /`"\}!5|Z1O(s@Tu4t5UL- M-\\mm||=C#cbC"R32S ", United States Congress, Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1977, P.53. ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ A three-story, 16-room castle owned by onetime motivational entrepreneur Glenn Turner is going on the auction block, with the Internal Revenue Service and other creditors splitting the proceeds. 0 PHOENIX, ARIZ. Glenn W. Turner, a farmboy who built and lost a multimillion-dollar financial empire with his pyramid sales schemes, lost his freedom Thursday. 6, 19, 24., Library of Congress. Morrow. Just before sentencing, Rector told Dougherty that Challenge had done nothing wrong. What happened? "[23] One of the Holiday Magic Inc. cases was also cited by The University of Chicago Law Review[24] and the Columbia Law Review. [28], Ben Gay, a high-level instructor at Leadership Dynamics, was President of Holiday Magic in the United States. Employing a pyramid selling scheme and an evangelical, downhome platform style, Turner cajoled thousands of ordinary folks into putting up varying amounts, in return for which they would sell Turner's beauty products. 0000004278 00000 n 124., July 6, 1977. Lotstein said 202 Arizona residents participated in the program. Lotstein said the men must serve at least two-thirds of the sentence, more than 4 1/2 years, before they are eligible for parole. 0000008424 00000 n [28] The Mind Dynamics course was described as providing "a means of achieving personal success through the conscious use of the subconscious mind". the Glenn Turner modification is a good one. [7] He told reporters as he was led away to jail: The good that I have done outweighs the bad. We need a reset, and to find a way to once again prioritize and reward diligent, honest effort over faux success. Turner, 57, served nearly two-thirds of a seven-year term in Arizona for fleecing investors in a scheme for distributing motivational tapes. Corbins office won a civil case against Turner over Challenge in 1983, ordering him to pay $1.5 million in restitution and $1 million in penalties. Glenn Turner, operator of Challenge, Inc., of Goldenrod, Fla., and two other Florida executives were indicted Wednesday by a grand jury on 126 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and. xref <>stream . 0000001036 00000 n We dont trust the government, media or big business. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/archives/dare-to-be-great-a-sincere-con-man.html. It didnt. But what he is actually selling, he . In my business, theres just no faking it, Stewart said. High by today's standards but even more powerful based on the times. The government says Turner owes tens of millions of dollars in taxes and judgments, which have hopelessly tangled the ownership of his partially completed castle on a lake in south Seminole County. Targets for citations in Chain Letter Evolution. The company had been investigated by the Market Court of Sweden,[3] United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the State of California. endstream endobj 165 0 obj <>stream He said neither man would be eligible for release from prison before serving at least two-thirds of the sentence. C-74-1067-LHB., No. A lot of books have been written about Mr. Turner and today weve put the final period in the final chapter of the saga of Glenn Turner, Lotstein said. 235 0 obj 1975, P. 304., Hearings on S. 483, 1900, 1927, and 1961, and H.R. [5], The State of California filed suit against Holiday Magic in December, 1972. . Mr. Turner's business, osten sibly, is cosmetics, the keystone product in a bizarre conglom erate called Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc. Turner had a talent for making people believe in him. 748 as an example of pyramid schemes. Both stood with their hands folded behind their backs as Dougherty announced the prison terms. Traditionally, businesses have had to state their returns using metrics that can only be faked by lying. 0000004799 00000 n This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. It is here that Mr. Maxa shows unusual ability to compress tedious and protracted legal wrangles (one trial lasted nine months) into an absorbing account. Today, the phrase is also a way to push back on the feelings of self-doubt we call impostor syndrome, or to put forward an advantageous personal or professional confidence we might not entirely feel. And as Turner understood, making lots of money will get you almost anything, including an invitation to lecture at the Harvard Business School. <<7C981AD2C2A8B2110A00B0784D58FC7F>]/Prev 803466>> The guy at the top could make millions. But as Turners saga shows, theres a dark side baked into the fake it mentality: the fakers who attempt to win success through fraud, then never make good on their promises. Thus one gets sentences such as Meanwhile, in a downtown Frankfurt prison, thirtyeightyearold Turner astounded a U.S. State Department official who visited his cell to explain that the British had requested his arrest on possible charges of fraud in England. Fine time to find out Turner's age. 0000007782 00000 n As inequality grew, almost all gains went to those already at the top, leaving many convinced that pretending to be on top already was the best way to make it so. trailer .to various charitable organizations. Turner, the son of a sharecropper, told people they. 0000002472 00000 n %%EOF 0 . [4], The Securities and Exchange Commission also filed a lawsuit in 1972 charging that Koscot's program should be considered a security and comply with securities laws and regulations. [11] 1974 hearings before the Congressional Oversight panel of the Federal Trade Commission described Holiday Magic as a "Multi-level marketer of cosmetics", that used an "unfair and deceptive pyramid distribution scheme". To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. [22] According to the Duke Law Journal: "Illegality permeated every facet of the promotion of the Holiday Magic marketing program. [3], In 1973, Holiday Magic's proceedings were prohibited by the Market Court of Sweden, and a fine of 2 million Swedish kronor was imposed. [5] In 2006 he published a book (To Beirut and Back - An American in the Middle East) dealing, in part, with his experiences. We found 28 records for Glenn Turner in Houston, Royse City and 15 other cities in Texas. [30] In popular culture [ edit] Yes, Mencken would have loved it. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. 0000041306 00000 n Attached to the side stands connected a lone, cylindrical tower that contains a stairwell on the inside. [1] In 1971, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Koscot, charging restraint of trade. In SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., 474 F.2d 476, 482 (9th Cir. But his empire collapsed after state and federal investigators accused him of operating pyramid schemes that bilked thousands of investors. A technicality of the law is what got me.[1], Turner passed away in his home in Lake Mary, Florida, on 8 January 2020[13] with a much lower profile than during the peak of his success.[14]. "[1], Sales Dynamics was another program of instruction for pay available to Holiday Magic Distributors to help them in their business activities. At the same time, the federal government became less likely to prosecute obvious malfeasance. United States House of Representatives. )[6] Holiday Magic Inc. et al. The saying became so pervasive in Amway that it would be the title of a 1980s expos by Phil Kerns. "[9], The company was investigated by the Federal Trade Commission,[4][10] and in June 1973 the company was found guilty of deceptive trade practices. The distributors could make thousands. Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. (unrelated to Holiday Magic). 0000008799 00000 n Patrick bought all of the cosmetics supplies for $16,250, and founded Holiday Magic, Inc. After the purchase, Patrick began selling distributorships in his new company. Turner, 53, created a $300 million empire in the 1970s by selling distributorships in his Dare to be Great and Koscot International companies. He was featured in an 11-page article in Life magazine in 1971,[8] and was reportedly worth $300 million at the time. 0000003018 00000 n Glenn W. Turner, who was frequently described himself as a "harelipped sharecropper's son" (leaving some doubt as to which of them was afflicted), built an ephemeral fortune on a pyramid. What a fine madness it was, the heyday of Dare to Be Great. The castle and boathouse have been vacant for several years, and the castle has been used only for tours by the public for charitable events. Glenn Turner was, as he liked to tell anyone within earshot of his pitch, sharecropper's son 'and a gradeschool dropout and had a harelip (albeit corrected by surgery) who had lifted himself. torture involving a mouse that was supposed to eat a recalcitrant witness's heart (Good Lord! However from a technical perspective, there are differences in the way the two types of schemes operate. "All you have to do is believe it."[7]. Ward, et al. Turner, imprisoned in Arizona prison for fraud, has owed the IRS millions of dollars in back taxes for more than a decade, and the agency has succeeded in foreclosure proceedings against the property in Seminole County. Dropping the creator of Dilbert is free speech at work, Ron DeSantis shows how not to run an education system, False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes. 2(a) OF THE CLAYTON ACT Docket 8834 (1974), MLM Law - Lawyer Grimes & Reese PLLC - Attorney Specializing in Multilevel Marketing - Marshall v. Holiday Magic, Inc. (1977) 550 F.2d 1173, Door to Door Selling, Pyramid Selling, Multilevel Marketing, "L.A. Con Artist Behind Alleged Electricity Scam: Pyramid scheme linked to coming deregulation", "First Amendment Protection for Commercial Advertising: The New Constitutional Doctrine", "The Chaos of Multilevel Marketing and Pyramid Sales Laws: A Federal Remedy", In Re Koscot Interplanetary Inc., 86 F.T.C. %%EOF hb```e`` /`"\}!5|Z1O(s@Tu4t5UL- M-\\mm||=C#cbC"R32S Its backed by no government, is all but impossible to use and serves no legal need. But Dougherty denied bond and ordered both men to begin serving their sentences immediately. L|B@9`CwX}LKC If it can happen to Charles Colson, folks, you gotta believe. 11106 (1975). "Franchising in Hard Times: Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives. mid plans has focused on a single organization, Glenn W. Turner Enter-prises, Inc., a holding company with 68 subsidiaries3 including the two most successful and most maligned pyramid schemes, DG and its sister company Koscot Interplanetary, Inc. [7], When some salespeople found customers in short supply, Turner encouraged them to 'fake it until you make it,' by wearing expensive clothes and waving around $100 bills to lure in others". [6], In February 1973, Holiday Magic was sued for calumny by Avon Products. Mailman and Beekman, who pleaded guilty to one count each of violating pyramid laws, will be sentenced next month. 0000006135 00000 n 0000005276 00000 n 0000002742 00000 n Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. In 1975, Turner pleaded guilty to a single charge of violating securities laws and was given probation. 256 pp. Illustrated. By the spring of 1969, Turner was living in a large home on Lake Maitland near Orlando Florida, and "had eight Cadillacs and a Rolls-Royce, three Learjets and a closetful of tailor-made suits and alligator shoes". 0000006496 00000 n The sentencing of Dare to be Great supersalesman Glenn Turner, convicted of operating an illegal pyramid scam in Arizona, has been delayed for a week. 58.95. Within a few years Turner's enterprises had made an estimated $300 million. "Challenge had a positive effect on all of our lives," said one woman who was crying in the hallway outside the courtroom. Glenn Turner was, as he liked to tell anyone within earshot of his pitch, sharecropper's son and a gradeschool dropout and had a harelip (albeit corrected by surgery) who had lifted himself up by his expensive unborncalfskin bootstraps to the leadership of a $100 million business empire. [9] "The end began in October 1969, when 14 Koscot distributors in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana sued Turner for failing to pay promised dividends. But the notion that you can fake it until you make it began to spread through multi-level marketing efforts such as Turners, where studies show few earn a profit and deception is rife. Turner, who was pale and appeared tired, and Rector, his former bodyguard, had no visible reaction to the sentences. Under this type. . Turner and a partner, Edward Rector, 57, were sentenced to seven years in prison in Arizona in August on charges of operating a pyramid scheme there and defrauding investors through a self-motivational company called Challenge Inc. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. 235 0 obj v. Robert W. Warren et al. "Pyramid Sales: Hearing Before the Subcommittee for Consumers of the Committee on Commerce, United States Congress", 1974, United States Congress, Pp. 0000002201 00000 n As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Glenn Wesley Turner August 19, 1934 - January 8, 2020 Lake Mary, Florida Set a Reminder for the Anniversary of Glenn's Passing Forward to Family & Friends Share a Memory Print Contact Support Upgrade Death Certificates Share This Obituary Make a Memorial Donation Tributes.com partners with over 100 national charities. 235 37 0000041122 00000 n A group of a half-dozen former Challenge participants, who would not give their names, said after the sentencing that Turner and Rector did nothing wrong. ". The promised El Dorado, however, was reserved for those who put up the requisite amount for becoming distributors; this gave them the right to sell distributorships to others, retaining a healthy percentage of the fee. Self-help culture took that to ludicrous places: Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve, claimed wealth guru Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich.. 0000009459 00000 n What Turner really sold was hope, which is the stock in trade of others beside pyramid sales pushers. The main portion of the building is wide and round, while the top features a design that is fort-like in nature. [3] Another has him convicted in 1987 along with Edward Rector, on charges of conspiracy, fraud and operating a pyramid scheme, and sentenced to seven years in prison. 748 - IN THE MATTER OF HOLIDAY MAGIC, INC., ET AL. Our intent was to help people. <<7C981AD2C2A8B2110A00B0784D58FC7F>]/Prev 803466>> Mr. Maxa, Washington Post reporter, describes this ripe chapter in the annals of Boobus Americanus with clarity and an eye for the juicy detail. It's easy and secure. 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