The cycle goes on from there. As the pyramid grows, the number of people involved becomes too large to sustain the pyramid. They won't get their money back or earn their promised fortune because no one is beneath them in the pyramid adding new money to the pot. A nine-level pyramid 1. It is mathematically impossible to recruit the numbers of people required to support the pyramid.
Pyramids are illegal.
Because pyramid sales plans are by their very nature deceptive, they have been made illegal by the Minnesota legislature. There is a real risk that a pyramid operation will be closed down by police and the participants subject to fines and possible arrest. Pyramids are losers. Avoid any plan that states there is little or nothing to do but wait for the money to roll in. Beware of plans that ask new distributors to spend money on high-priced inventory.