You might be asking yourself, “Who the hell is Glenn Canady, and why should I care?”

Well… Glenn Canady is the owner/operator of Nsearch, and Project Nsearch and Radio Nsearch. He pals around with Michael Vera over at Late Night in the Midlands Radio, and they want you to make money!…Just kidding, they just want you to buy into their MLM scheme with Univera. You might  make a few dollars with these shysters, but I seriously doubt it.

Here’s the pitch:

Could he be any more vague? Who exactly are “Dee and Sally?”

I think it’s obvious that these people are actors. I think we all have seen enough infomercials, spam e-mail, and internet scams, to know an offer that sounds too good to be true when we see/hear it.
So who could these actors be? I have identified both of them, but I’m going to wait a little while before I post that.  So what exactly are they selling?
Click this link to listen to the episode of Late Night In The Midlands where they mention the MLM company that they are affiliated with.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/radionsearch/2011/12/01/michael-vara-glenn-canady


Hmm… Sounds like a pretty good product… Lets see who exactly is behind this Univera company.

MaxCell BioScience, Inc., also doing business as Oasis Wellness Network, and its president, Stephen Cherniske

MaxCell BioScience, based in Broomfield, Colorado, and its president, Stephen Cherniske, marketed and sold dietary supplements through a multi-level marketing scheme. The respondents made numerous allegedly false and unsubstantiated health claims in cassette and audio and video tapes, as well as on their website, for two products: “Longevity Signal Formula” (“LSF”) – a dietary supplement containing the hormone DHEA; and their at-home urine test called the “Anabolic/Catabolic Index™² Test” (“ACI Test”). MaxCell claimed that LSF reverses the aging process and prevents, treats or cures numerous age-related diseases and conditions, including atherosclerosis, arthritis, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, weight gain, and poor liver function. They also claimed that their ACI Test provided a clinical gauge of an individual’s overall healthiness and youthfulness.

The proposed settlement would prohibit the respondents from making unsubstantiated health claims and from disseminating deceptive marketing material to distributors. It would prohibit the respondents from making any representations about the health benefits of their products or any other food, dietary supplement or drug, without adequate substantiation. In addition, it would require MaxCell to pay $150,000 for consumer redress to the FTC, and to notify their distributors of the settlement and warn them of possible termination if they do not conform their representations to the requirements placed on MaxCell.
Source:  http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/cureall.shtm

That’s not exactly a nail in the coffin for Stephen Cherniske. We all know that Big Pharma, and the FDA will try to ruin anyone that makes a product that cuts into their profits. Well I guess we’ll look at Univera now.

DENVER, June 25 /PRNewswire/ — It’s a lawsuit that may help determine “who owns who” in the world of multi-level marketing. According to John Terhune, one of the plaintiffs who filed suit in state court in Volusia County, Florida, today, “The last thing we wanted to do was get involved in litigation. All we wanted to do was build businesses and help others do the same.”
Terhune, along with former Univera leaders Marshall Douglas and Joe Land, are former distributors of Univera who have joined together in a lawsuit alleging the company has bullied its associates with threats of litigation and economic ruin if their sales networks move to a competitor. The filing comes on the heels of two actions Univera filed against them in Seattle earlier this year.
Terhune and his fellow plaintiffs spent years building their multi-level marketing network into a thriving family business. As a distributor of Univera products, Terhune, Douglas, and Land managed a vast network of associates, many of whom they personally recruited. For several years all three enjoyed a great relationship with Washington state-based Univera, a company known for its popular dietary supplements. Univera recognized Terhune as its Associate of the Year in 2007 and bestowed the Yun Ho Lee Award, Univera’s most prestigious leadership and sales award, on Terhune in 2008.
But in 2007, poor management decisions destroyed what had been a promising business opportunity. Univera sacked its flagship product, Ageless Xtra, and replaced it with a “fizzy” liquid supplement called Xperia. The new product, quickly developed a reputation for “exploding” in its packaging and arriving in “soaked boxes.” During the same time, the company swapped out its computer platform with great fanfare. It turned out to be a disaster. The new internet applications failed and a flood of customer complaints soon overwhelmed the Univera system. Customers, associates, and profits began to disappear.
In the span of just a few months, Univera squandered years of its associates’ hard work and goodwill. Terhune, Douglas and Land had had enough. They transferred their remaining Univera business to their spouses, and began building a new network with another company.

Univera retaliated, accusing them of “getting rich” by “stealing” other people’s groups. The company threatened to sue its associates if they followed the departing leaders into their new business venture, even though Univera’s policies do not prohibit their associates from choosing to pursue a new business opportunity. Ironically, Univera has used the very same tactics it now decries. Terhune, Douglas and Land and other former Univera associates had previously built thriving networks with Amway. Univera aggressively recruited Land and others from Amway, along with key members of or their entire MLM networks, which is precisely the behavior it now criticizes.
Now, faced with Univera’s threats of crushing litigation, Terhune and others are pushing back, making a stand for free markets and fair competition. Terhune and his fellow plaintiffs have brought claims for breach of contract, tortious interference with business relations, defamation, unfair competition, and inequitable retention of plaintiffs’ businesses.
A copy of the complaint can be obtained by contacting plaintiffs’ counsel, D.J. Poyfair, at (303) 764-4099 or by contacting the Clerk of the Court for the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Volusia County, Florida.
Source: http://mlmblog.net/site/2009/06/univera-lawsuit-company-sued-by-former-top-distributors.html

We’re not at complete fraud yet, but I don’t see how anyone with a conscious could feel good about working with this company.

Working with local, regional, national and regulatory agencies on fraud detection has helped Univera Healthcare recoup nearly $1.9 million in the past year and a half, company officials said.
The crackdown on false claims has netted the HMO about $1.1 million this year.
Estimates by the National Health Care Anti-fraud Association say that at least 3 percent of the nation’s spending on health care is lost fraud, adding up to about $42 billion.
Univera Healthcare, operated by Rochester-based Lifetime Healthcare Cos., listed five common types of insurance fraud: Billing for services not provided, “upcoding” or billing for higher-level services than performed, claims for fictitious doctors or ineligible dependents, falsifying the identity of a service provider for services rendered, securing prescriptions for controlled substances which are then re-sold.,
source: http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2003/11/24/daily23.html

Also i’d like to mention that Stephen Cherniske received his Master’s degree in nutrition from Columbia Pacific University, which was shut down by a court order in 2000. Cherniske graduated from C.P.U. in 1982, 18 years before the school was ordered to be closed. I guess it’s a possibility his degree is somewhat bogus, but I admit, it is somewhat of a stretch.

The only clinical trial I could find can be seen here:  http://univerascience.com/sites/default/files/Ageless_Concept_1008.pdf

My conclusion:

Univera’s products might actually be legitimate. Legitimate reviews are few and far between. The people like Mr. Canaday, flood the internet with bogus testimonials, spam blogs, and just utter deception. If the product is good, I don’t mind talking about it. But when a company has as many shady connections as Univera, I just can’t trust it without knowing more about it.  If my memory is correct I think they mention that they have 50+ clinical trials. If that’s true, then why can’t I find them, and why don’t you list them on the website? Glenn, I know you’ve been at this internet marketing game since 2005. I’ve seen stories saying that you’ve pissed alot of people off over the years, but I must admit, you can’t trust every blogger on the internet.

I think it’s worth a mention that Glenn is the CEO of 5StarShine.com. If you do some searching it seems his product has mixed reviews, in my opinion his product isn’t worth the money for what it actually does.

This world doesn’t need any more marketing affiliates! Have you ever wondered why you can never get good service anywhere? That’s because everybody is wasting their time marketing for short time gains, rather than make a steady income producing, and serving legitimate affordable products! If these people didn’t align themselves with so called “truthers”,  it wouldn’t bother me so much. But if you say you’re for the “truth,” and you use fake testimonials to promote sales, then you’re a hypocrite in my book. Find one niche and stay with it, instead of trying to co-opt well meaning people into yet another MLM/Pyramid scheme.