Consumer Watchdog Dissuades CBN Recruitment

Consumers have been warned against a pyramid scheme called Charity Begins Nathi CBN, which is currently recruiting victims from Botswana.

According to Consumer Watchdog founder, Richard Harriman there are people promoting CBN claiming that for a single joining fee of P100, and recruiting others to join the scheme, participants can eventually earn a car worth R1.2 million, a house worth R2.5 million including a range of other benefits.

“CBN explains that the only activities necessary to achieve these things are through recruitment only, no selling of products and one has to simply recruit them to join under their name and will be making money,” he said.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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