Aggie Lai
Jet-setting 'grammer Aggie Lai was also under fire for charging her fans for a service that wasn't quite what she advertised. In 2018, she promoted a 12-week course on "How To Grow Your Instagram." The price? Nearly $500. "I wanted the price to be a little 'painful' so it feels like an investment and will discourage people who are not serious about blogging as their future to participate," she said at the time, and painful it was, but not just for her "students." Six weeks' worth of videos were uploaded before Lai disappeared citing health issues and a loss of Wifi, according to those who paid for the course, and half of her lessons involved having participants try to sell and promote her own products and the course itself. Hello pyramid scheme! After getting dragged online, Lai said she was "heartbroken" and eventually started issuing refunds.
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