NEW YORK: The direct sales nutrition company Herbalife was cleared by the US Federal Trade Commission Friday of accusations that it is essentially an illegal pyramid scheme.

But the company still must pay $200 million to settle complaints that it deceived consumers over the potential gains for selling its products, the FTC said.

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