Amway's Business Is Illegal: AP Police

Additional DGP (CID) T Krishna Prasad on Tuesday cautioned the public not to join the Amway network since its business is illegal. The government has banned even advertisements of Amway products.

"Amway India Enterprises Private Limited has been promoting Amway products, through money circulation, by conducting membership drives and cheating the public by luring them with incentives and commissions. The activities of M/s. Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. are classified as 'money circulation', and are in clear violation of the Prize Chits And Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978. The government of AP has issued a G.O. Ms. No. 178 of Home (General-B) Department, Government of AP, Dt. 5-9-2008, restraining the publishing of any material / advertisements of Amway India," Krishna Prasad said in a statement.

He further said that the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and even the Supreme Court of India, have upheld the G.O. Ms. No. 178 of the Home (General-B) Department.

William Pinkney, MD, Amway India Enterprises, who is an accused in the CID AP case against Amway in Cr. No. 129/2011 U/s 420 IPC and Sec. 2 (C) R/w 3, 4, 5 & 6 of Prize Chits And Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978, is also attending the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Nampally in the trial against Amway.

William Pinkney, along with Sanjay Malhothra and Amshu Budhraj, directors of Amway India, were arrested again on Monday, by the Kerala Police. There are several cases already registered in the state of Andhra Pradesh, against Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. (INN)