Flamboyant days of pyramid selling may be over as new regulations-and tougher police action-begin to curb abuses of chain-like investment programs. At(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Flamboyant days of pyramid selling may be over as new regulations-and tougher police action-begin to curb abuses of chain-like investment programs. At left; pitchment for a promotion called Richware Sales show bubbling enthusiasm at a meeting last summer to recruit new investors. At right; members of the Ontario Provincial Police anti-rackets branch carry away files seized in a raid on another company; Dare to be Great of Canada; Fast-growing pyramid networks were built on the promise of cash rewards for recruiting investors-many of whom eventually lost their money. No pyramid scheme has yet qualified for the official certification required by the new Ontario legislation.