Instead of a straight cash pyramid, the Jetstarr pyramid mainly used travel-related packets as an attempt to legitimize the scheme. They were then required to recruit two people to join the pyramid under them. Those two individuals each recruited two more people to join under them, and so on. As in all pyramids, the population source diminishes quickly and most consumers end up losing their hard-earned money. In Ohio, the Anti-Pyramid Sales Act prohibits operating a pyramid sales plan regardless of whether or not there is a product involved.
Most states have similar laws.
Any involvement in a pyramid is illegal. Involvement includes proposing, planning, preparing, or operating a pyramid scheme. Consumers should report any contact with this or any other pyramid to their local law enforcement agency. A pyramid scheme is composed of people who pay money for the opportunity to receive additional money for introducing other people into the pyramid plan. The law prohibits any person from proposing, planning, preparing, or operating a pyramid sales plan or program.