In 1967 Turner borrowed $5,000 to start his Koscot Interplanetary Inc., a cosmetics firm in which distributors could sell other distributorships for commissions. "Challenge had a positive effect on all of our lives," said one woman who was crying in the hallway outside the courtroom. [17] Turner described it as one of the first "pyramid marketing" companies in America. 0000004799 00000 n Pyramid schemes are inherently unstable and eventually must collapse. [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". In re HOLIDAY MAGIC SECURITIES AND ANTITRUST LITIGATION., James J. We dont trust the government, media or big business. 0000041122 00000 n He said neither man would be eligible for release from prison before serving at least two-thirds of the sentence. 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. [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. One representative pyramid venture, Dare to be Great, Inc., is de-scribed in SEC v. Glenn W Turner Enterprises, Inc. 8 . Lawyers for Turner and Rector asked Dougherty to let their clients remain free while they appealed their convictions. 0000002201 00000 n 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 Arizona case marked the first felony conviction for Turner, who built a fortune around his Orlando-based pyramid sales 20 years ago. They were convicted last month on charges of conspiracy, fraud and illegal pyramid sales in connection with their Challenge Inc. motivational program. 1. Illustrated. "I think the court's ruling today put the final period in the final chapter of the book on Glenn Turner.". They would peddle mink oil makeup and his Dare to Be Great motivational tapes, and collect more money by recruiting others and taking a percentage on their sales. Unsatisfied investors also filed lawsuits. 0000023769 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. House Permanent Select Committee on Small Business., 1973, P. 127, 137, 157, 203. [7] (In 1972 he built a "$3.5 million white stone castle with a helicopter landing pad" on Bear Gulley Lake, also near Orlando. "[7], According to one report target of prosecutors "in more than 30 states" targeted him. hb```e`` /`"\}!5|Z1O(s@Tu4t5UL- M-\\mm||=C#cbC"R32S No surprise, trust is cratering. 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. [28] Holiday Magic distributors were invited, though not required, to attend the Leadership Dynamics Institute self-improvement sessions at a cost of $1000 each. 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. Dougherty then passed sentence, despite receiving hundreds of letters in support of Turner. )[6] 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. 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. 0000004278 00000 n [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. 0000006933 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. 58.95. A nine-month trial ended in a hung jury. 0000037159 00000 n 124., July 6, 1977. Anyone can read what you share. "The Role of Small Business in Franchising, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Minority Small Business. The Glenn Turner court was confronted with the pyramid sales scheme of Dare to Be Great, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc. Ostensibly Dare sold through four "adven-tures" and one "plan" a motivation training course consisting of printed 0000006496 00000 n Some of the most famous pyramid schemes in U.S. history. 0000023584 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.). 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." 0000037334 00000 n <>stream endstream endobj 166 0 obj <>stream Lets fix that. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARYSeptember 1, 2021. A technicality of the law is what got me., But Barnett Lotstein, an assistant state attorney general who helped prosecute the case, said the sentences satisfied the interest of justice.. Sign up for a weekly roundup of thought-provoking ideas and debates. Its inherently manipulative, deceptive, fraudulent, inauthentic, says Robert L. FitzPatrick, co-author of False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes. Yet, he adds, its just entered the culture, and its completely normalized.. 0000004799 00000 n 0000003563 00000 n But his empire collapsed after state and federal investigators accused him of operating pyramid schemes that bilked thousands of investors. Turner barely escaped jail in 1975 when a federal jury in Florida was unable to reach a verdict after a nine-month fraud trial. [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. Mr. Maxa has the newspaper reporter's habit of cramming in information wherever it will fit, whether apposite or no. They drove new Cadillacs and wore alligator shoes. 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. But his empire collapsed after state and federal investigators accused him of operating pyramid schemes that bilked thousands of investors. 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. 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. 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. [4], Patrick, a student of Alexander Everett (founder of Mind Dynamics), used Mind Dynamics techniques as well as the Silva Method in the Holiday Magic organization. 0000045154 00000 n 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). Turner, 57, served nearly two-thirds of a seven-year term in Arizona for fleecing investors in a scheme for distributing motivational tapes. [2][vague] The organization was dissolved in 1974, subsequent to the death of Patrick in 1973. Our intent was to help people. See the article in its original context from. xref "Our intent was to help people believe in themselves.". A list of over 350 print sources on paper chain letters and pyramid schemes. Government needs to return to enforcing meaningful financial regulation; politicians and entrepreneurs who deceive their supporters need to face consequences. 0000005760 00000 n 0000023769 00000 n [1], Pyramid schemes being illegal, Koscot became involved in substantial litigation from government agencies and Koscot's customers. Marjoe knew, Clifford Irving knew, but Mr. Maxa, who doesn't seem to be just anybody's fool, honestly believes that Turner honestly believed that he was honest. [1][5] Navarro described the training as having "overtones of strict military training techniques. 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. 0000006135 00000 n 235 37 The House was supposed to grow with population. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "The first time I ever heard those words from those men was in this courtroom," Rector said. The unfinished castle, its boathouse, stables and surrounding 79 acres will be sold to the highest bidder after a federal court hearing April 26, according to court documents. Senate. A few of their supporters cried as the sentences were read. However from a technical perspective, there are differences in the way the two types of schemes operate. The book has its lighter moments. 0000002472 00000 n C-74-1067-LHB., No. 1975, P. 304., Hearings on S. 483, 1900, 1927, and 1961, and H.R. ", United States Congress, Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1977, P.53. [1] Distributors for Holiday Magic, who took the course, have considered it as a Holiday Magic Business expense. DARE TO BE GREAT. . 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. [1] In 1971, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Koscot, charging restraint of trade. And as Turner understood, making lots of money will get you almost anything, including an invitation to lecture at the Harvard Business School. "Franchising in Hard Times: Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives. [9] The FTC found that Holiday Magic was in violation of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and section 2 (a) of the Clayton Antitrust Act. High by today's standards but even more powerful based on the times. Mr. Turner's business, osten sibly, is cosmetics, the keystone product in a bizarre conglom erate called Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. That spirit is everywhere. 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. By Rudy ???trated. "They conspired to get Mr. Turner," said another woman. PHOENIX Glenn W. Turner, creator of the "Dare to Be Great" motivational plan, surrendered to Arizona authorities today to face 126 counts of fraud and other charges after waiving extradition. A few months later, another seller would tell a Florida courtroom that he, too, had been instructed to fake it till you make it. When the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Turners company, a judge cited the phrase as evidence of malfeasance. Turner would emerge under a banner reading "Dare to Be Great" and vacuum up money through a pyramid marketing scheme based on selling motivational tapes containing the secret of getting rich. endobj Turner, 53, created a $300 million empire in the 1970s by selling distributorships in his Dare to be Great and Koscot International companies. Civ. . Dougherty said he had received "hundreds" of letters in support of Turner. The purpose of this Note is to investigate the Turner's long gone from the 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. It didnt. 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. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc. was an Orlando, Florida based multi-level marketing cosmetic company selling mink oil-based cosmetics, owned by Glenn Wesley Turner (19342020). 271 0 obj [28], Ben Gay, a high-level instructor at Leadership Dynamics, was President of Holiday Magic in the United States. 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. deal). 0000005760 00000 n Traditionally, businesses have had to state their returns using metrics that can only be faked by lying. 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. 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. Koscot Interplanetary was a company from Orlando, Florida, selling mink oil-based cosmetics and was started by Glenn W. Turner in 1967. 0000037334 00000 n By Rudy Maxa. Mr. Maxa cannot resist quoting H. L. Mencken's observation that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Glenn Turner's Koscot charges $2,000 for the right to distribute "kosmetics." Holiday Magic (Bus. 0000037159 00000 n Anyone can read what you share. 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. 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.. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. %PDF-1.7 % 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. 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.". 5616. Rector's only asset is his house, and his only income a $200-a-month military pension, the investigation found. After more than a decade of court cases, Turner was convicted in 1987 for running a Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors said Rector and Turner also failed to warn investors that Challenge had been sued and was facing large judgments. . 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. Two dwarfs would hop out and unroll a red carpet. 748 as an example of pyramid schemes. It's easy and secure. 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. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. The guy at the top could make millions. Box 1. they indicted me on aiding and abetting running a pyramid scheme. Charges were then dropped against Bailey. 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. <<7C981AD2C2A8B2110A00B0784D58FC7F>]/Prev 803466>> But Turner seems to have genuinely convinced himself he was offering the little people a splendid opportunity. [6], In February 1973, Holiday Magic was sued for calumny by Avon Products. Turner himself offers one cautionary tale. This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 23:43. 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. 0000008424 00000 n 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 is apparent from this Court's findings of fact that the defendants are promoting a type of scheme commonly known as a pyramid operation. 0000001769 00000 n 0000007782 00000 n 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. 1974., May 20, 1974. Jurors found them innocent of 27 counts of securities violations involving Challenge Inc., a motivational company. But that came later. 72-390. 0000000016 00000 n Turner, the son of a sharecropper, told people they. [9] "The end began in October 1969, when 14 Koscot distributors in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana sued Turner for failing to pay promised dividends. For more information, visit the listing at bit.ly/2mgnmna. "All you have to do is believe it."[7]. [5] "There have been a lot of books written about Mr. Turner," said Barnett Lotstein, the assistant attorney general who prosecuted the case. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge. Yes, the ethos can lead to success, as long as you actually have the goods and the skills. What happened? [25] The Office of the State Attorney General in Maine, United States cites In re Holiday Magic, Inc., 84 F.T.C. %%EOF 0000032500 00000 n I have remorse for these people that did not benefit by what we set out to do. the Glenn Turner modification is a good one. House Committee on Small Business, 1991. 0000003018 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. The premise of Koscot was that participants could sell cosmetics door-to-door or at parties. The Glenn Turner court was confronted with the pyramid sales scheme of Dare to Be Great, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc. Ostensibly Dare sold through four "adven-tures" and one "plan" a motivation training course consisting of printed 0000001791 00000 n 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. And we need to be less credulous and stop falling for the next shiny thing. Today, fake it till you make it has come to represent the scrappy, optimistic mind-set of American hustle culture. 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? . 0000003297 00000 n The good that I have done outweighs the bad. Glenn W. Turner, 53 years old, was sentenced along with Edward G. Rechtor by Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Dougherty. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/archives/dare-to-be-great-a-sincere-con-man.html. He first pushed cosmetics and later a motivation course called Dare to Be Great. While prosecutors and defense attorneys haggled over legal issues for an hour before the sentencing, Turner, wearing a blue suit, boots and a shirt with a wrinkled collar, yawned and winked at more than 20 friends and supporters in the courtroom. Glenn Turner's Winter Park castle currently is for sale for $1.8 million. 0 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. torture involving a mouse that was supposed to eat a recalcitrant witness's heart (Good Lord! The main portion of the building is wide and round, while the top features a design that is fort-like in nature. hb```e`` /`"\}!5|Z1O(s@Tu4t5UL- M-\\mm||=C#cbC"R32S [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. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Dissolved in 1974 glenn turner pyramid scheme subsequent to the death of Patrick in 1973 described it as Holiday! 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