endobj 1975, P. 304., Hearings on S. 483, 1900, 1927, and 1961, and H.R. They were convicted last month on charges of conspiracy, fraud and illegal pyramid sales in connection with their Challenge Inc. motivational program. ", United States Congress, Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1977, P.53. Originally the organization distributed goods such as home-care products and cosmetics. 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. endstream endobj 166 0 obj <>stream A technicality of the law is what got me. By the time he died in 2020, it took more than a year for a newspaper reporter to stumble across his Legacy.com obituary and make note of his death. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Pyramid Schemes Versus Ponzi Schemes The labels Ponzi scheme and pyramid scheme are often used interchangeably to describe specific forms of investment fraud where sustainability depends on the influx of new "investors" to the scheme. 256 pages. He said neither man would be eligible for release from prison before serving at least two-thirds of the sentence. . "They conspired to get Mr. Turner," said another woman. 0000043655 00000 n 0000005276 00000 n Illustrated. 0000008799 00000 n One representative pyramid venture, Dare to be Great, Inc., is de-scribed in SEC v. Glenn W Turner Enterprises, Inc. 8 . His sales rallies became legend. If it can happen to Charles Colson, folks, you gotta believe. "[7], According to one report target of prosecutors "in more than 30 states" targeted him. 0000005276 00000 n L|B@9`CwX}LKC They drove new Cadillacs and wore alligator shoes. Martha Stewart sparked headlines in 2005 when she fired a contestant on The Apprentice who embraced the phrase. 0000031782 00000 n Turner and his best friend, Edward G. Rector, were each sentenced to seven years in state prison. Last month Turner, who turned 53 on Wednesday, and Rector, 57, were convicted on one count of conspiracy, nine counts of fraud, and nine counts of running an illegal pyramid sales scheme. Traditionally, businesses have had to state their returns using metrics that can only be faked by lying. It all carne tumbling down eventually. By Rudy Maxa. : 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. Two years later he founded Dare to be Great, a motivational program similar to the later Challenge. The Challenge program was similar to Turners Dare to be Great program, which won him national attention during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the state attorney generals office said. 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. The book has its lighter moments. Turner himself offers one cautionary tale. One of them was Bob Hattaway, a former state legislator from Altamonte Springs who came to Arizona to testify for Turner. JPMorgan Chase fell for Frank, a college financial planning outfit whose customer base it later (allegedly) discovered was mostly made up of fake email addresses created at the behest of founder Charlie Javice. Pyramid schemes are inherently unstable and eventually must collapse. %PDF-1.7 % [28], Ben Gay, a high-level instructor at Leadership Dynamics, was President of Holiday Magic in the United States. 0000002742 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. xref Lotstein said 202 Arizona residents participated in the program. 0000006933 00000 n [28], CEO and President Roland R. Nocera pleaded guilty to securities fraud, in the case United States v. Nocera, et al. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Extensive notes. [11], In 1973, a federal judge in Pittsburgh combined more than 1,000 lawsuits by unhappy Koscot investors and regulatory officials into "a single class-action lawsuit seeking more than $900 million. Dougherty then passed sentence, despite receiving hundreds of letters in support of Turner. /b+;*R2VL5 WC^ ;_>[AM "su`/d_w$3qhTGS;#m!bytBefF~s*GB9z\eBUK,nrEYXn u.$leJrk5@ [22] According to the Duke Law Journal: "Illegality permeated every facet of the promotion of the Holiday Magic marketing program. 0000032500 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.). [1], In 1974, after almost 10 years in operation and tied to pyramid schemes and controversy, both Leadership Dynamics and Mind Dynamics ceased operations. [5], The State of California filed suit against Holiday Magic in December, 1972. I have often wondered if Amway distributors borrowed this terminology from Turners group, or was it Turner who confiscated these words and phrases from some Amway distributors? Kerns wrote. As we transitioned from a society that manufactured things to one whose products were intangible, reality was increasingly in the eye of the beholder or the pitchman. Both stood with their hands folded behind their backs as Dougherty announced the prison terms. Just before sentencing, Rector told Dougherty that Challenge had done nothing wrong. This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 23:43. In the Arizona case, Turner represented himself -- a stark change from the days in the early '70s when renowned defense attorney F. Lee Bailey represented him in his Koscot dealings. He then started two multi-level marketing companies, Koscot Interplanetary, selling cosmetics, and Dare to Be Great, selling motivational and self-improvement courses. Mr. Maxa has missed very little about Turner's operations and the soueces of his appeal. But Turner seems to have genuinely convinced himself he was offering the little people a splendid opportunity. By the time one arrives at the scene with the Washington lawyers who helped keep Dita Beard under wraps and the description of an old O.S.S. Lotstein acknowledged that not all of the Challenge "victims" were pleased that Turner was prosecuted. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 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. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. JrsJk**j;{:[Z{&N. 0000037334 00000 n After more than a decade of court cases, Turner was convicted in 1987 for running a Ponzi scheme. USA vs Glenn W. Turner, Nash Publications, New York, 1976 Rudy Maxa . .to various charitable organizations. the Glenn Turner modification is a good one. 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. 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. We need a reset, and to find a way to once again prioritize and reward diligent, honest effort over faux success. 0000010114 00000 n Glenn W. Turner, 53, was sentenced along with Edward G. Rechtor by Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Dougherty, who said he had received scores of letters on behalf of the two Goldenrod, Fla., men. "They come from preachers, lawyers, housewives, plumbers, carpenters," Dougherty said. 235 0 obj All these characters in bright red polyester doubleknits, with rhinestone flag lapel pins, dashing around the country making people hum, MMMMMMMM MONEY!. 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. Turner, who was pale and appeared tired, and Rector, his former bodyguard, had no visible reaction to the sentences. that our program was a crime," he said. The guy at the top could make millions. 0000003297 00000 n 0000003563 00000 n Turner barely escaped jail in 1975 when a federal jury in Florida was unable to reach a verdict after a nine-month fraud trial. The IRS, which had a $15 million claim, has been awarded a judgment of $9.275 million, but appraisals put the value of the Turner property at $1 million to $2 million. 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. 0000003018 00000 n Attached to the side stands connected a lone, cylindrical tower that contains a stairwell on the inside. [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. Cryptocurrency arrived, basically a fake it till you make it form of money. Turner packaged this dubious enterprise with a religious fervor that would make Billy Sunday look like the Archbishop of Canterbury. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. 0000002201 00000 n Theres a difference between psyching yourself up and misrepresenting yourself, and the latter is where fake it has gone too far. 0000031956 00000 n 235 0 obj By Rudy ???trated. "Franchising in Hard Times: Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 0000002472 00000 n As he was led off to jail, he told reporters: The good that I have done outweighs the bad. 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. 0000006496 00000 n Just before he was sentenced, Turner told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bernard Dougherty, "My intent has never been to hurt but to help. Glenn W. Turner, a farmboy who built and lost a multimillion-dollar financial empire with his pyramid sales schemes, lost his freedom Thursday. 1973), participants in a pyramid sales scheme were found to be security holders, since they invested their funds in a common scheme dependent for success directly upon the collective sales efforts of the organization. This book may be edifying but, having long believed, considerable evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, that The People Is Not Dumb, I found it depressing. I didn't take it seriously because I was running for . Lets fix that. 0000002201 00000 n 0000004278 00000 n PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) _ The founder of the Dare to be Great motivational program was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for using an illegal pyramid scheme to bilk people out of thousands of dollars. [3] In 2006 he published a book (To Beirut and Back - An American in the Middle East) dealing, in part, with his experiences. Glenn W. Turner is now all but forgotten. Turner ran in the Democratic primary for the United States Senate election in Florida, 1974, but lost. PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Promoter Glenn Turner, who became a millionaire through self-motivation businesses, was sentenced with his business partner to seven years in prison Thursday for defrauding. United States District Court, D. Oregon. 0000002472 00000 n 0000000016 00000 n This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. [28] The Mind Dynamics course was described as providing "a means of achieving personal success through the conscious use of the subconscious mind". hb```e`` /`"\}!5|Z1O(s@Tu4t5UL- M-\\mm||=C#cbC"R32S Some of the most famous pyramid schemes in U.S. history. 0000010114 00000 n Anyone can read what you share. <>stream 0000023769 00000 n vlyiJ)pd*n\[PN>8Yl^1cyO"`CC\=bu3hB He subsequently bought exclusive rights for Middle East distribution of Holiday Magic cosmetics and formed his own company, Beauty Magic, in Beirut, Lebanon. [3] An estimated 70 companies (as of 1972)[4] were owned by Turner (owned by Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc.):[1] Dare to Be Great, which sold motivational and self-improvement courses, and also functioned as a multi-level marketing company;[5] Turner had also briefly worked for Holiday Magic, another multi-level marketing company that sold home-care products and cosmetics, and through related companies sold self-improvement programs. <>stream NEWS RELEASE SUMMARYSeptember 1, 2021. . Koscot and Dare to be Great grew rapidly and Turner became famous. But that came later. 0000045154 00000 n . 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. [16] Katz's Everybody's Business: An Almanac also referred to Holiday Magic as a "pyramid sales organization". Glenn W. Turner is now all but forgotten. In the lawsuit, Avon Products' claimed that "Holiday Magic employees distributed leaflets accusing Avon of goon squads, paying off The District attorney's office.."[7], In June 1973, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Holiday Magic,[8] charging Patrick with "bilking some 80,000 people out of more than $250 million through his Holiday Magic cosmetics and soap empire. 0000001791 00000 n The election of Ronald Reagan marked the beginning of an era of worshiping wealth, one in which more and more people came to believe that anything that made money was by definition a success. [1][5] Navarro described the training as having "overtones of strict military training techniques. "It is hard for me to believe . TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. "They come from all over this country and abroad. they indicted me on aiding and abetting running a pyramid scheme. The Last Podcast on the Left, a podcast covering topics like serial killers, conspiracy theories, and cults, discussed Holiday Magic on a 2023 episode about David Miscavige. Turner and his best. [19] Tobias poked fun at the pyramid nature of the organization, in his book The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, telling readers to be wary of "..Holiday Magic - where the big money to be made was not in selling cosmetics, but in selling franchises to sell franchises (to sell franchises).."[20] Howe wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that Holiday Magic was "..one of the largest of all pyramid schemes.."[21], Holiday Magic is used as an example in graduate level criminal justice coursework to analyze the nature of corporate scams. (Free Speech issue - dismissed), Juice Plus AKA National Safety Associates, European Grouping of Marketing Professionals, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holiday_Magic&oldid=1140202664, Companies based in San Rafael, California, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles needing clarification, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from March 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Holiday Magic, Inc. v. 0 0000037159 00000 n We are forever suspicious, convinced someone else wants to profit at our expense. <<7C981AD2C2A8B2110A00B0784D58FC7F>]/Prev 803466>> [7] As one news story put it: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, Think about it: One person could sell 10 distributorships, and each of the 10 could sell 10 more, and so on. . 0000001036 00000 n Well, it was never really worth all that, and when blizzard of Federal and state charges of fraud, securities irregularity and other actions drove him nearly into bankruptcy, he ended up selling one of his companies for $15,000. 1. endstream endobj 165 0 obj <>stream [5] Though he claimed Leadership Dynamics was a separate company, "..in no way related to Holiday Magic, Inc.", Gene Church pointed out many inconsistencies in this statement, in his book The Pit: A Group Encounter Defiled. 0000001660 00000 n At the meeting Turner's proteges would run to the stage in their flashy suits and fancy shoes, with $100 or even $1,000 bills pinned to their lapels. Prosecutors said Rector and Turner also failed to warn investors that Challenge had been sued and was facing large judgments. 11106 (1975). Corporate shareholders began to prioritize quarterly profits over long-term results. What Turner really sold was hope, which is the stock in trade of others beside pyramid sales pushers. [2][vague] The organization was dissolved in 1974, subsequent to the death of Patrick in 1973. 0000004278 00000 n 0 0000037334 00000 n Turner pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor fraud charge in return for a probation sentence. Generally, the product or service is of poor quality, overpriced, or has no purpose other than as a ploy to give the company the appearance of legality. Since many of them were enmeshed as much by greed as by hope, one's sympathy is tempered. Holiday Magic was a multi-level marketing organization, founded in 1964, by William Penn Patrick (19301973) in the United States. As Elizabeth Holmes gives way to Sam Bankman-Fried, who gives way to George Santos, its worth pondering why our society has embraced an ethos popularized by a huckster such as Turner. 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? There, it appeared as a way for people in recovery to project themselves forward into a more sober future. 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.. There being no provision in either law or morality for fraud without intent, it's hard to figure out what that makes Glenn Turner. C-74-1067-LHB., No. "Summary of Testimony and Findings and Conclusions Resulting from Hearings in New York on Drug Law. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/archives/dare-to-be-great-a-sincere-con-man.html. <<7C981AD2C2A8B2110A00B0784D58FC7F>]/Prev 803466>> ", Nevertheless, Dougherty said, the men deserved prison terms because "some of these victims suffered great emotional and financial harm by your actions.". 58.95. hb```e`` /`"\}!5|Z1O(s@Tu4t5UL- M-\\mm||=C#cbC"R32S Glenn W. Turner, 53, was sentenced along with Edward G. Rechtor by Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Dougherty, who said he had received scores of letters on behalf of the two Goldenrod, Fla., men. 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. These levels (as in "multi-level marketing") could make money by getting commissions from recruiting other participants to work as salespeople, supervisors or directors, and getting commissions on orders of cosmetics from other lower level recruited participants. 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 selling scheme in the late 1960's and early 70's. "The first time I ever heard those words from those men was in this courtroom," Rector said. Morrow. In 1967 Turner borrowed $5,000 to start his Koscot Interplanetary Inc., a cosmetics firm in which distributors could sell other distributorships for commissions. "The Role of Small Business in Franchising, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Minority Small Business. [18] Clarke referred to the company as an "illegitimate" business. Oaks pleaded guilty last year to one felony count of operating an illegal pyramid scheme and agreed to testify against Turner and Rechtor. uOf2v]IM{7\~CPWb=sVX\IQ2ec )^y&wM9t>5YO! 256 pp. In re HOLIDAY MAGIC SECURITIES AND ANTITRUST LITIGATION., James J. 0000005760 00000 n A list of over 350 print sources on paper chain letters and pyramid schemes. But the real bait was the right to sell the righttosell to other suckers on the principle of a chain letter. "And so can you," they would tell the crowd. See the article in its original context from. 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. The $5,000 investment paid for motivational seminars and tapes, but the indictment said the real business of the pyramid operation was to induce more people to invest money to become salespeople who, in turn, were expected to recruit others. The state officer who conducted Turner's investigation noted, "Mr. Turner has demonstrated to this officer an uncanny ability to confuse issues and extend compliments.". Turner, the son of a sharecropper, told people they. Mr. Maxa, Washington Post reporter, describes this ripe chapter in the annals of Boobus Americanus with clarity and an eye for the juicy detail. Turner, though, had hired a lawyer for his sentencing Thursday. And we need to be less credulous and stop falling for the next shiny thing. 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. trailer "Our intent was to help people believe in themselves.". 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]. Even then, he never stopped explaining. 0000006933 00000 n 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. 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. 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.. ", "Opinion This all-but-forgotten con man sold America on 'fake it till you make it', Juice Plus AKA National Safety Associates, European Grouping of Marketing Professionals, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koscot_Interplanetary&oldid=1142208959, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 02:56. [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". 0000041122 00000 n 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. 2/10/75, p. 38) and Bestline . Mr. Turner's business, osten sibly, is cosmetics, the keystone product in a bizarre conglom erate called Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc. (unrelated to Holiday Magic). 0000000016 00000 n According to 2019 surveys done by the Pew Research Center, almost half of us say Americans are not as reliable as in the past. 0000004799 00000 n 0000003018 00000 n Mr. Turner and Mr. Rechtor, who also received seven years, were. The Dream, a podcast about multi-level marketing, discussed Holiday Magic and William Penn Patrick. 235 37 Civ. 235 37 748 as an example of pyramid schemes. The good that I have done outweighs the bad. During the eight-week trial, however, two former top Turner aides testified that Challenge officials knew their operation was illegal. Assistant U. S. Attorneys Daniel C. Silva, Mark W. Pletcher, Lisa Sanniti and Carl Brooker. Turner had a talent for making people believe in him. ", Dougherty said he also took into account that Turner "has on a consistent basis and a generous basis contributed large sums of money . No surprise, trust is cratering. He first pushed cosmetics and later a motivation course called Dare to Be Great. trailer Turner, the son of a sharecropper, told people they could all be rich and successful like him if, that is, they made an investment in his multi-level marketing company. 0000003839 00000 n On May 16, 1974, a compromise settlement with approximately 31,000 class members, establishing a trust fund worth $2,600,381, was approved by the court. . Turner was a former sewing machine salesman and son of a South Carolina sharecropper and an unwed mother, born with a cleft palate and a hair lip, who dropped out in the eighth grade, did a short stint in the U.S. Air Force before successfully finishing a school for those who had dropped out of high school. 124., July 6, 1977. He then started two multi-level marketing companies, Koscot Interplanetary, selling cosmetics, and Dare to Be Great, selling motivational and self-improvement courses.[30]. Although Turner did eventually get some cosmetics on the market, the pyramid idea was always at the heart of his operation, accounting for $75 million of its total $115 million in sales; and he started a second company, merchandising a howtobeasuccess course called Dare to Be Great on the same principle. Attorneys for the two said their convictions would be appealed and asked that they be freed on bond until their appeals are heard. Abe F. March held several executive positions for Holiday Magic and parent company U.S. Universal; Regional Vice President, Canada (19711972), Vice President, Greece (19721973) and Managing Director for Sta-Power, Germany (1973). 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. Some "schemes" are specifically developed to sidestep Pyramid Scheme legislation by offering a "product" or "service". In my business, theres just no faking it, Stewart said. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury convicted Turner and Rector Tuesday on charges that they promoted a pyramid scheme, similar to chain letters, with their motivational company Challenge. Food delivery services such as Grubhub and Postmates included restaurants on their platforms that didnt have contracts with them. [5] 0000007360 00000 n United States House of Representatives. 5616. 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. %PDF-1.7 % 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". A few of their supporters cried as the sentences were read. The history of fake it till you make it offers a lesson here, if we want to heed it. 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