Hiya, Jamma,
As has been the case recently with HYIP ponzi prosecutions in the USA, this prosecution is being handled differently than previous cash gifting cases, so it is hard to do anything but speculate on the outcomes.
Instead of being charged at a State level with running a pyramid scheme, the women have actually been charged under Federal laws with multiple offenses which carry a range of potentially severe penalties:
Potentially, depending on how the cases are handled, the penalties are now much more severe than has been the case previously and include imprisonment, fines, disgorgement of monies received as well a the range of penalties available to the IRS.
Cash gifting is no longer being treated as penny ante stuff.
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