(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. Turner, 53, created a $300 million empire in the 1970s by selling distributorships in his Dare to be Great and Koscot International companies. By Rudy Maxa. The distributors could make thousands. 164 0 obj <>stream Lawyers for Turner and Rector asked Dougherty to let their clients remain free while they appealed their convictions. Theres a difference between psyching yourself up and misrepresenting yourself, and the latter is where fake it has gone too far. Best Match Powered by Whitepages Premium AGE 80+ Glenn Turner Houston, TX (Inner Loop) View Full Report Addresses Yoakum Blvd, Houston, TX 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.. Civ. 0000005276 00000 n 0000023584 00000 n 0000041306 00000 n 0000002742 00000 n 0000008799 00000 n "They conspired to get Mr. Turner," said another woman. A few of their supporters cried as the sentences were read. 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. Koscot Interplanetary was a company from Orlando, Florida, selling mink oil-based cosmetics and was started by Glenn W. Turner in 1967. )[6] 0000037334 00000 n "[1], Sales Dynamics was another program of instruction for pay available to Holiday Magic Distributors to help them in their business activities. The two men told Dougherty before sentencing that they never intended to break the law. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 23:43. 0000007360 00000 n 0000023769 00000 n . (Javice has denied the banks claims.) 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 No surprise, trust is cratering. Dougherty also ordered Turner and Rector to pay $44,000 each in fines to be distributed to victims. . Glenn W. Turner, 53 years old, was sentenced along with Edward G. Rechtor by Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Dougherty. 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. Turner, though, had hired a lawyer for his sentencing Thursday. 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. But his empire collapsed after state and federal investigators accused him of operating pyramid schemes that bilked thousands of investors. In 1967 Turner borrowed $5,000 to start his Koscot Interplanetary Inc., a cosmetics firm in which distributors could sell other distributorships for commissions. [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. 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. See the article in its original context from. 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. In 2006 he published a book (To Beirut and Back - An American in the Middle East) dealing, in part, with his experiences. We need a reset, and to find a way to once again prioritize and reward diligent, honest effort over faux success. 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. that our program was a crime," he said. 0000032500 00000 n DARE TO BE GREAT. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc. was an Orlando, Florida based multi-level marketing cosmetic company selling mink oil-based cosmetics, owned by Glenn Wesley Turner (19342020). ", Nevertheless, Dougherty said, the men deserved prison terms because "some of these victims suffered great emotional and financial harm by your actions.". New York: William Morrow & Co. $8.95. But the real bait was the right to sell the righttosell to other suckers on the principle of a chain letter. Government needs to return to enforcing meaningful financial regulation; politicians and entrepreneurs who deceive their supporters need to face consequences. The book has its lighter moments. [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. Donate 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. He subsequently bought exclusive rights for Middle East distribution of Holiday Magic cosmetics and formed his own company, Beauty Magic, in Beirut, Lebanon. JrsJk**j;{:[Z{&N. Anyone can read what you share. Even then, he never stopped explaining. The Rise and Fall of Glenn Turner and His Financial Pyramid, https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/16/archives/the-rise-and-fall-of-glenn-turner-and-his-financial-pyramid.html. Koscot was founded in 1967. One report has him convicted of running a pyramid scheme in Arizona in 1985 and released after five years in prison. Our intent was never to go out and commit a criminal act., Later, as he was leaving the courtroom in handcuffs, Turner told reporters, I think history will tell what I really was. [9] "The end began in October 1969, when 14 Koscot distributors in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana sued Turner for failing to pay promised dividends. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge. Stewart was behind the societal curve. 11106 (1975). 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? 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. (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.). 5 OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT AND SEC. Turner, the son of a South Carolina sharecropper and a self-styled country boy, rose to fame in the early 1970s through inspirational speeches that promised great wealth if people bought distributorships in his operations. 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. 0000002472 00000 n . And as Turner understood, making lots of money will get you almost anything, including an invitation to lecture at the Harvard Business School. Mencken, Mr. Maxa says, would have loved Glenn Turner as one of those colorful rogues who enliven the American scene, a sort of cross between Elmer Gantry and Charles Ponzi, whose name is to financial pyramids what Tutankhamen's is to the original. Just before sentencing, Rector told Dougherty that Challenge had done nothing wrong. [28], Ben Gay, a high-level instructor at Leadership Dynamics, was President of Holiday Magic in the United States. Employing a pyramid selling scheme and an evangelical, downhome platform style, Turner cajoled thousands of ordinary folks into putting up varying amounts, in return for which they would sell Turner's beauty products. 0000003563 00000 n <<7C981AD2C2A8B2110A00B0784D58FC7F>]/Prev 803466>> The saying became so pervasive in Amway that it would be the title of a 1980s expos by Phil Kerns. Summary of this case from Great Western Bank & Trust v . [30] In popular culture [ edit] A list of over 350 print sources on paper chain letters and pyramid schemes. startxref 0000002201 00000 n In a fitting finale, Turner, stopped for good and all, is saved by a showy evangelist from New Orleans. "They have for years.". Our intent was to help people. United States District Court, D. Oregon. After more than a decade of court cases, Turner was convicted in 1987 for running a Ponzi scheme. Glenn W. Turner is now all but forgotten. 0000041122 00000 n . Those in the positions of Instructor General, Trainer General, and Senior General were required to take the training. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. 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 circumstances have led us into a society that is both more cynical and more predatory, both more receptive to and encouraging of outright fakers. ={w5d[#"zM#h:.d\r,&4* 76I\@yH'H}T4idJq$nVsL(sXk TN4%8k;|PqK+I:p*K"&Z{Z;o;}X8z}r%. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He first pushed cosmetics and later a motivation course called Dare to Be Great. "They come from preachers, lawyers, housewives, plumbers, carpenters," Dougherty said. 0000008424 00000 n We dont trust the government, media or big business. v. Robert W. Warren et al. Anyone can read what you share. USA vs Glenn W. Turner, Nash Publications, New York, 1976 Rudy Maxa . 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. [15] Larry Stephen Huff, another key individual in the company, served two years in a Federal Prison, for charges related to a Ponzi scam (unrelated to Holiday Magic).[21]. [7] (In 1972 he built a "$3.5 million white stone castle with a helicopter landing pad" on Bear Gulley Lake, also near Orlando. But nowhere has the ethos of fake it found more fertile soil than in Silicon Valley, where the line between optimism and deceit can admittedly be a fine one. Dropping the creator of Dilbert is free speech at work, Ron DeSantis shows how not to run an education system, False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes. 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. DeMuro, RG. According to a presentence investigation, Turner, who has been living in North Carolina, is broke and has no assets or income. 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. 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. His sales rallies became legend. Yes, Mencken would have loved it. House Permanent Select Committee on Small Business., 1973, P. 127, 137, 157, 203. Eventually, the truth comes out. <> (unrelated to Holiday Magic). Turner packaged this dubious enterprise with a religious fervor that would make Billy Sunday look like the Archbishop of Canterbury. "Holiday Magic Inc.: An Anatomy of a Scam", United States Securities and Exchange Commission, MLM Law - Lawyer Grimes & Reese PLLC - Attorney Specializing in Multilevel Marketing - HOLIDAY MAGIC, INC., ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEC. 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. [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. hb```e`` /`"\}!5|Z1O(s@Tu4t5UL- M-\\mm||=C#cbC"R32S But that came later. 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.". 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. Two years later he founded Dare to be Great, a motivational program similar to the later Challenge. Attached to the side stands connected a lone, cylindrical tower that contains a stairwell on the inside. Food delivery services such as Grubhub and Postmates included restaurants on their platforms that didnt have contracts with them. 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. [3] Another has him convicted in 1987 along with Edward Rector, on charges of conspiracy, fraud and operating a pyramid scheme, and sentenced to seven years in prison. Martha Stewart sparked headlines in 2005 when she fired a contestant on The Apprentice who embraced the phrase. But when the claim has little to no basis in reality, it will almost certainly lead to failure and, as Turner discovered, to oblivion. "All you have to do is believe it."[7]. 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. "It is hard for me to believe . 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. ,'nuG>wP6T7:"K3'G9U [5], The State of California filed suit against Holiday Magic in December, 1972. One of them was Bob Hattaway, a former state legislator from Altamonte Springs who came to Arizona to testify for Turner. Private investors also have claims against the property for $200,000 in tax certificates, under which they paid the taxes and earn 18 percent interest until the property is sold and the tax amounts are paid back to them.. Turner and his family havent paid property taxes since 1979, but investors bought tax certificates equal to the back taxes each year. He was paroled in November but must be supervised by. Turner and his best friend, Edward G. Rector, were each sentenced to seven years in state prison. %PDF-1.7 % Turner himself offers one cautionary tale. [13], The company was cited by the United States House of Representatives in a 1975 hearing[14] as an example of consumer fraud, again in 1977,[15] and in 1991, in a hearing by the House Committee on Small Business. It's easy and secure. "The Role of Small Business in Franchising, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Minority Small Business. Glenn Turner's Winter Park castle currently is for sale for $1.8 million. 0000037159 00000 n 0000004799 00000 n Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. %PDF-1.7 % 0000006496 00000 n This is a good little book about an earnest con artist who ripped off the American public for $75 million. Unfortunately, the multi-level cosmetic company became entangled in numerous legal difficulties and went out of business in the . 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. 235 37 According to 2019 surveys done by the Pew Research Center, almost half of us say Americans are not as reliable as in the past. 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. 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. The guy at the top could make millions. 0000006933 00000 n %%EOF 0000007782 00000 n 748 as an example of pyramid schemes. If he never quite tells us what made Glenn Turner runthat is was he a con artist or merely an overeupeptic free enterpriser?no one else knew either, including perhaps Turner. 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. 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. Dougherty then passed sentence, despite receiving hundreds of letters in support of Turner. 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. "Our intent was to help people believe in themselves.". 0000003563 00000 n 0000003297 00000 n The Arizona case marked the first felony conviction for Turner, who built a fortune around his Orlando-based pyramid sales 20 years ago. Annotated bibliography on chain letters and pyramid schemes. That spirit is everywhere. Lotstein said he doubted the money would ever be collected. 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. 0000007360 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. 0000032500 00000 n "[23] One of the Holiday Magic Inc. cases was also cited by The University of Chicago Law Review[24] and the Columbia Law Review. [6], In February 1973, Holiday Magic was sued for calumny by Avon Products. But what he is actually selling, he . Traditionally, businesses have had to state their returns using metrics that can only be faked by lying. 5616. [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. "Pyramid Sales: Hearing Before the Subcommittee for Consumers of the Committee on Commerce, United States Congress", 1974, United States Congress, Pp. Yes, the ethos can lead to success, as long as you actually have the goods and the skills. 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. When a federal judge lumped together 1,000 of those lawsuits into a single class-action suit seeking nearly $1 billion, Turner went bankrupt. 0000000016 00000 n This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Sign up for a weekly roundup of thought-provoking ideas and debates. <>stream 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. 0000043655 00000 n Company distributors were encouraged to recruit other distributors in a multilevel marketing structure, which was later characterized as a pyramid scheme. I didn't take it seriously because I was running for . And we need to be less credulous and stop falling for the next shiny thing. 0000004799 00000 n 271 0 obj 0000003839 00000 n On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. House Committee on Small Business, 1991. 271 0 obj ", United States Congress. 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 0000045154 00000 n 0000006496 00000 n 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. 0000009459 00000 n [16] Katz's Everybody's Business: An Almanac also referred to Holiday Magic as a "pyramid sales organization". In SEC v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc., 474 F.2d 476, 482 (9th Cir. Turner, the son of a sharecropper, told people they. Even as she spoke, the housing bubble riven with fraud committed (and invited) by banks, ratings agencies, mortgage brokers and appraisers was growing bigger. The House was supposed to grow with population. 124., July 6, 1977. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. uOf2v]IM{7\~CPWb=sVX\IQ2ec )^y&wM9t>5YO! Jurors found them innocent of 27 counts of securities violations involving Challenge Inc., a motivational company. He then started two multi-level marketing companies, Koscot Interplanetary, selling cosmetics, and Dare to Be Great, selling motivational and self-improvement courses. Even as Turner attracted increasingly negative attention in 1972, he was arrested on 86 counts of violating securities laws the phrase gained popularity in a more earnest context within Alcoholics Anonymous. Box 1. 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. Dougherty said he had received "hundreds" of letters in support of Turner. United States House of Representatives. They drove new Cadillacs and wore alligator shoes. : 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. Mr. Turner's business, osten sibly, is cosmetics, the keystone product in a bizarre conglom erate called Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc. Self-help culture took that to ludicrous places: Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve, claimed wealth guru Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich.. "Challenge had a positive effect on all of our lives," said one woman who was crying in the hallway outside the courtroom. 0000004119 00000 n "If anyone was hurt in our program, I am extremely sorry. 0000002201 00000 n Senate. . [3] 0000001660 00000 n 0000001791 00000 n In 1975, Turner pleaded guilty to a single charge of violating securities laws and was given probation. 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. 235 0 obj Warren., 497 F.2d 687., C.A.Wis. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARYSeptember 1, 2021. Mr. Maxa has the newspaper reporter's habit of cramming in information wherever it will fit, whether apposite or no. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Within a few years Turner's enterprises had made an estimated $300 million. Holiday Magic Inc. et al. Two dwarfs would hop out and unroll a red carpet. Turner, 57, served nearly two-thirds of a seven-year term in Arizona for fleecing investors in a scheme for distributing motivational tapes. 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. [7] Disillusioned recruits testified against Turner or his companies, and one judge cited the phrase ('fake it until you make it') as evidence of malfeasance. [12] The indictment said that Bailey had appeared in a film made for Turner's organization and had appeared with Turner at several rallies. Turner and a partner, Edward Rector, 57, were sentenced to seven years in prison in Arizona in August on charges of operating a pyramid scheme there and defrauding investors through a self-motivational company called Challenge Inc. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. [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". We found 28 records for Glenn Turner in Houston, Royse City and 15 other cities in Texas. Glenn W. Turner is now all but forgotten. The main portion of the building is wide and round, while the top features a design that is fort-like in nature. Pyramid schemes are inherently unstable and eventually must collapse. And the Wells Fargo C-suite was looking the other way as employees, desperate to meet unrealistic sales quotas, opened millions of fake bank and credit card accounts. The Dream, a podcast about multi-level marketing, discussed Holiday Magic and William Penn Patrick. Targets for citations in Chain Letter Evolution. 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