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    The Perpetrators

    The top 1% of Herbalife distributors receives nearly 90% of the total rewards.

    While 89% of Herbalife distributors don’t earn anything from the company, the top fraction of a percent earn a significant income from Herbalife. They show off their wealth (though it’s often overstated) and recruit new distributors by promising them that they too can be wealthy, even though the deck is stacked against them. Many at the top have been in the pyramid for decades and used aggressive, now banned, recruiting techniques to build a downlines of thousands of distributors. They don’t have robust sales to consumers operations. Michael Johnson says it best:

    If these are the top Herbalife earners and Herbalife actually had robust sales to outside consumers, you could expect them to have massive sales operations. Instead, they recruit. A lot.

    These distributors represent some of the worst of the worst in Herbalife. Sadly, among these distributors are current and former Herbalife board members. It’s impossible to separate the company from these predators. Distributors joining Herbalife today may be in the downline of one of these distributors, so each time he or she makes a purchase from Herbalife, these people get paid.

    John Tartol

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1982 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club, Herbalife Board of Directors (current)

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Distributor Website Registrations

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    Pedro Cardoso

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1992 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club Member; Current Member of the Board of Directors (2009 – present)

    Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Online Recruiting Tools

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    Leslie Stanford

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1981 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Founder’s Circle (current), Herbalife Board of Directors (2002-2005)

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Distributor Website Registrations

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    Alan Lorenz

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1984 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club

    Business Methods: Training Videos and Presentations

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    Leon Waisbein

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1993 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Founder’s Circle; Former Member of Herbalife Board of Directors (2005-2009)

    Business Methods: Training Videos and Presentations; Recruiting Materials and Scripts

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    Maurice and Sandra Smith

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1995 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Executive President’s Team

    Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Conference Calls; Online Recruiting Tools; Training Videos

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    Steven and Debbie Combs

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1995 – present

    Status in Herbalife: International Executive President’s Team

    Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Lead Generation; Online Recruiting Tools; Training Videos

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    John and Susan Peterson

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1984 – present (Susan); 1984 – 2013 (John – deceased)

    Status in Herbalife: Founder’s Circle

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Online Recruiting Businesses; Focus Groups

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    Paul Michaels

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1995 – present

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team

    Business Methods: Recruiting Scripts; Training Materials and Audio Clips; Online Recruiting Businesses

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    Tish Rochin and Larry Thompson

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1980 – present (Rochin); 1980 – 1990s (Thompson)

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club (Rochin); former Herbalife Executive and Board Member (Thompson)

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Online Recruiting Businesses

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    Brad Harris

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – Present

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team

    Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Training Videos and Audio Clips; Online Recruiting Businesses

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    Harry Lee and Candyce Johnson

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1996 – present

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team

    Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Training Videos and Audio Clips; Recruiting Scripts; Online Recruiting Businesses

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    Brett Bartholomew & Katie Carr

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 2000s (Bartholomew); 1996 – present (Carr)

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Recruiting Scripts; Success Training Seminars

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    Garry and Jennifer De Brabander

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 2000s (Bartholomew); 1985 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club

    Business Methods: Training and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses, Success Training Seminars

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    Russell Gain

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 2000s – present

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team

    Business Methods: Training and Presentations, Online Recruiting Businesses

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    Anthony Powell

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1991 – 2013

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team (former) – left to join Vemma

    Business Methods: Training Videos; Leadership Development Weekends; Online Recruiting Businesses

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    Kurt and Cindy O’Connell

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1996 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club

    Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs; Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts

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    David Bevan and Jane Clark

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Recruiting Scripts

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    Michael Burton

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – present

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team

    Business Methods: Nutrition Clubs, Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Recruiting Scripts

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    Rick and Carla Berg

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1990’s – present

    Status in Herbalife: President’s Team

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Recruiting Scripts; Distributor Website Registrations

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    Dan Waldron

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1982 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club

    Business Methods: Training Videos, Calls and Presentations; Online Recruiting Businesses; Herbalife Opportunity Meetings and Success Training Seminars

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    Shawn Dahl

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1999 – 2013

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club (former)

    Business Methods: Lead Generation, Training Videos, Recruiting Materials

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    Doran Andry

    Dates of Herbalife Distributorship: 1992 – present

    Status in Herbalife: Chairman’s Club

    Business Methods: Lead Generation, Nutrition Clubs, Recruiting Scripts, Training Materials

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