Exposing LTD's Nationwide Money Laundering System
For years, LTD-(Leadership Team Development) has operated a shadow financial structure built on Deception, undisclosed revenue, & systemic concealment. This financial structure is Money Laundering. On the surface, LTD presents itself as a training organization that "supports" Amway Independent Business Owners. But behind the curtain, High Level Amway Reps that are in LTD have engineered a system that fits all three stages of classic Money Laundering: Placement, Layering, & Integration.
This is not an exaggeration. When LTD ticket revenue is obtained illegally, disguised as something it's not, hidden from the state, and then redistributed as clean income; that is Money Laundering.
The LTD BSM-(Business Support Materials) Compensation Contract
LTD hosts meetings-(LTD Events) accross the U.S. These meetings include weekly meetings-(called The Info Session), monthly meetings-(called Team Meeting), & quarterly conferences-(conferences that take place four times a year). LTD also hosts events called Night Owls and Freedom Parties throughout the U.S. Despite what LTD members are told, admission fees to attend LTD Events-(Night Owls & Freedom Parties) ARE NOT SOLEY FOR RENTAL COSTS. Every member in LTD is pitched a lie about how admission fees for LTD Events are ONLY used to help rent out a conference room, arena, & stadium, etc.
The truth is admission fees for LTD events is partially used towards renting out a conference room, arena, & stadium. However, a majority of money is left over, and that is split with the higher ups that are in LTD. THE REVEUNE GENERATED FROM LTD EVENTS IS A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR HIGHER UPS THAT ARE IN LTD. It's explicitly stated within the LTD BSM Compensation Contract that LTD sets the ticket prices for admission fees, and LTD higher ups recieve a stream of income from LTD Events as an income source.
1. Placement - Illegally Obtaining The Money
Higher ups that are in LTD earn LTD Event ticket reveune without ever disclosing to attendees that the money goes into their pockets. Attendees are told these fees are simply to "cover the room" or "cover rent" when in reality the LTD ticket price contains hidden profit for higher ups that are in LTD.
Because LTD members/attendees are misled about where the money is going, the LTD ticket reveune is ILLEGALLY OBTAINED making it criminal for step one.
Through doing this, Leadership Team Development is committing TWO FELONY OFFENSES. LTD obtains LTD Event ticket money through lies about where the money goes. Attendees are told their fees "cover the room" or "cover rental costs, when higher ups that are in LTD secretly profit from those same LTD tickets. Taking someone's money after giving them false information about the purpose of the payment is a FELONY CALLED THEFT BY DECEPTION. In addition, running LTD Events while hiding the true LTD revenue structure is a FELONY CALLED DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICE because consumers-(AKA LTD members/attendees) are denied the truth they legally need to make an informed purchase.
This conduct also violates a CIVIL PENALTY called THE FTC ACT SECTION 5, which makes it illegal to deceive consumers by omission. Deception does not require an outright lie. Knowingly leaving out important information is illegal when that information would matter to a reasonable person’s decision to pay. Businesses or entity cannot avoid the law by staying silent while allowing consumers to rely on a misleading impression.
LTD never discloses the material fact that higher-ups personally profit from event ticket revenue, while actively telling attendees the fees only “cover the room” or “cover rental costs.” By saying nothing about leadership profit, LTD allows attendees to believe the money is being used only for expenses, when that is not true-(confidentiality clause stated explicitly within The LTD BSM Compensation Contract).
This silence is deceptive under federal law. When a company speaks partially but withholds key facts, it has a legal duty to disclose the full truth. Because attendees are denied information they legally need to make an informed purchase, the ticket payments are obtained through deceptive omission, making the revenue illegally obtained or “dirty” money.
This constitutes a third illegal act under THE FTC ACT SECTION 5, separate and independent from THEFT BY DECEPTION and DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICE.
2. Layering - Disguising The Origin Through Sales-Tax Evasion
LTD engages in state-level sales-tax evasion through LTD Night Owls and LTD Freedom Parties held throughout the U.S.
LTD collects money from attendees for Night Owls that included prepared food and for Freedom Parties that included food, games, entertainment, and other activities.
These events contained transactions subject to applicable state sales-tax requirements in many states.
Every attendee is told admission fees to LTD Night Owls and LTD Freedom Parties are ONLY to cover "rental cost" or "rent out a venue". The truth is, the money that is paid to attend Night Owls and Freedom Parties is partially used to cover "rental costs". However, a majority of that income is leftover, and it is a source of income for Amway higher uos in LTD. In addition, LTD collects the money without collecting and remitting the required sales tax. If admission fees to attend Night Owls and Freedom Parties was ONLY used for "rental costs", LTD would not be required to collect and remit sales tax to the states they hold Night Owls and Freedom parties. This is because "rental costs" is tax exempt. However, since Amway higher ups in LTD earn a source of income from Night Owls & Freedom Parties, LTD is required to collect & remit sales tax for LTD Night Owls and LTD Freedom Parties. This means LTD must have an additional sales tax charge for every admission fee-(ticket) to attend LTD Freedom Parties and LTD Night Owls.
The additional sales tax is supposed to be paid to the states LTD holds Night Owls and Freedom Parties. However, LTD does not collect and remit sales tax for Freedom Parties and Night Owls. Because of this, LTD is CONCEALING the money that is earned at Night Owls and Freedom Parties by labeling it as "rental costs". Since "rental costs" is orginally tax exempt this allows LTD to get away with not collecting and remit sales tax. In other words, it allows LTD to earn money from taxable income that was never taxed. Through not collecting and remitting sales tax to the states LTD holds Night Owls and Freedom Parties, LTD is committing State Level Tax Evasion Nationally.
Night Owls: Money is collected and taxable food provided but the required sales tax not is collected/remitted to the states LTD hold Night Owls.
Freedom Parties: Tickets are sold & taxable components provided but the required sales tax ia not collected/remitted.
This is not simply a failure to charge tax on an ordinary meeting admission.
LTD collected the money. The taxable transactions occurred. The required sales tax is not collected and remitted.
3. Integration - Redistributing The Money as 'Clean' Income
After hiding how the money was obtained and avoiding sales tax, higher ups that are in LTD distribute the LTD ticket reveune to themselves as clean income. It now looks like legitimate/legal profit; even though the money was:
- Earned through deception
- Hidden through mislabeling
- Shielded from tax authorities
This completes all three steps of Money Laundering.
Why This Matters
LTD's structure isn't an accounting mistake. It's a Nationwide Money Laundering System built on:
- Misleading event attendees
- Concealing LTD Event revenue origin
- Avoiding sales tax requirements
- Redistributing disguised LTD Event income at the top
Every state where LTD runs events-(Night Owls & Freedom Parties) loses tax revenue. Every attendee pays into a scheme they don't know exists; & every High Level Amway Rank in LTD benefits from a system designed to stay hidden.
This is not the victimless practice. It's organized financial deception.
Take Action Against LTD
After reviewing this information, we urge you to report LTD to the FTC, your State Department of Revenue, your State Attorney General, the IRS, and the FBI. Your actions can help bring an end to these illegal activities. Share this page to spread awareness and help others understand the potential risks associated with LTD. Visit our other pages, such as Evidence/Proof of LTD Operating Illegally As a Pyramid Scheme, and LTD's Nationwide Tax Evasion Scheme, for more information.
