In January 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and regulators for three states shut down FHTM for being a pyramid scheme.

[3] Examples of items sold included mobile-phone services (offered through Simplexity), Dish Network television (as a third party contractor[2]), a line of hair-care products, and others.

[5] The company was founded in 2001 by Thomas Mills and Paul Orberson, who had both previously worked with Excel Communications.

The company did not admit to any wrongdoing, and as part of the agreement, FHTM was required to lower its entry fee within the state from $299 to $75.

In January 2013 the company was sued by the FTC and the Attorneys General of Kentucky, Illinois, and North Carolina.