Illegal multi-level marketing in Nghe An openly attracts people

Wandering through the countryside

Recently, in many localities in Nghe An, groups of people calling themselves “Bitney Group” have frequently appeared, organizing meetings and seminars to introduce products and attract people to join the “group”. At an address on Phuong Hoang Street (Trung Do Ward, Vinh City), a sign was hung up saying “Bitney headquarters office in Nghe An”. Here, meetings are often held, exaggerating the uses of products to convince people.

Most recently, on November 14, this group organized a meeting with a large number of people participating. Most of them were elderly people. There, some people claiming to be doctors, department heads at major hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, stood up to show off the benefits of the products. The meetings, the group of people in this system called "spreading products", "developing the market" and the target customers were mostly the elderly.

Not only face-to-face meetings, the Bitney system also set up a series of chat groups on social networks to attract people. In these chat groups, many people claiming to be “witnesses” often expressed gratitude for the product, boasting about its uses. Many people even said that they had cancer and were sent home from the hospital, but after using the product, they were healthy again?

According to the introduction of this group of people, the company is currently expanding the market in Vietnam, so it supports capital recovery in the form of paying electronic shares in the form of electronic currency called Bitney Coin of Bitney Group. If you participate in a product package for business, in addition to receiving the product, the company will also pay that stock monthly. Then you can transfer that electronic money to sell back to the company to get Vietnamese currency.

The current value of 1 Bitney Coin is more than 20,000 VND and promises to continue to increase. Until the group goes public, the price will increase a hundredfold. This group of people also advertises that when joining Bitney, customers will also enjoy commissions such as: Direct sales commission, group balance commission, 9-generation commission, leadership bonus commission... Fluctuating from 24.5% to 39.5% of the order value. The more products you buy and the more people you invite to join the company, the higher the commission. Specifically, each box of Multi Juice product costs about 1.5 million VND.

The deer placenta product costs more than 7 million VND. Customers must buy 6 boxes of Multi Juice or 1 box of Lucenta to become a 1-star member and be given a Bitney membership code. This code is required to access the Bitney Group's trading system. If you want to become a 2-star member, you must buy 36 boxes of Multi Juice or 6 boxes of Lucenta for 40.95 million VND. For 3 stars, you must buy a total of 80.9 million VND. Similarly, you must buy 180 boxes of Multi Juice or 30 boxes of Lucenta for nearly 205 million VND to become a 4-star member.

When purchasing the above packages, customers will receive from Bitney Group the corresponding number of electronic shares from 102 shares to 3,082 shares.

People are advised not to participate.

Regarding this issue, Nghe An Department of Industry and Trade said that the unit has just issued a document on strengthening inspection and supervision of business activities.illegal multi-level marketingsent to the Provincial Police; Provincial Market Management Department; People's Committees of districts, cities, towns and many related units.

According to a document from the Department of Industry and Trade, recently, in some localities, there have been groups, conferences, and seminars introducing the products Multi Juice - mixed fruit juice and Lucenta - deer placenta of Bitney Group, which are said to have many uses.

Specifically, the product MULTI JUICE - mixed fruit juice is introduced to support 12 health benefits, focusing on: gout, cardiovascular diseases; support to improve skin, reduce wrinkles; support to firm muscles, women's figure; support to balance nerves and clarity; good support for liver, kidney, lung; support hair loss, support to increase vitality; support to prevent tumors, strengthen the immune system; improve physiology; help purify, eliminate toxins. The product LUCENTA - deer placenta is advertised to have outstanding treatment support effects for diseases: Cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer.

“In addition to the exaggerated information about the benefits, these subjects also introduced participants to invite other members, develop the system to enjoy commission benefits according to the multi-level model. Currently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has not issued a certificate of registration for multi-level sales activities to any enterprise or organization named Bitney mentioned above according to the provisions of Decree 40/2018/ND-CP dated March 12, 2018 of the Government on management of multi-level business activities”, the leader of the Department of Industry and Trade affirmed.

To prevent the above situation, the Department of Industry and Trade requests relevant departments, branches, localities and units to coordinate and continue to effectively implement the direction of the Provincial People's Committee on strengthening the management of multi-level marketing activities in the province. Request the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and provincial socio-political organizations to direct grassroots levels to strengthen propaganda to the blocks, hamlets, villages and people to absolutely not participate in activities that show signs of multi-level marketing business without a license to minimize risks and material and legal losses. Advise people not to use and invite others to use products by "word of mouth" to treat diseases on mass media and loudspeakers in blocks and hamlets.

Previously, the Department of Competition and Consumer Protection (Ministry of Industry and Trade) also issued a warning about this illegal multi-level marketing model. The above organizations and individuals have signs of doing business in the form of multi-level marketing without being granted a certificate of registration for multi-level marketing activities and can be criminally prosecuted with a fine of up to VND5 billion or 5 years in prison. At the same time, they should not participate in activities that show signs of illegal multi-level marketing to minimize risks and material and legal losses./.