Editing Amway (section)

===Canadian tax fraud case===
In 1982, Amway co-founders, Richard M. DeVos and Jay Van Andel, along with Amway's executive vice president for corporate services, William J. Discher Jr., were indicted in Canada on several criminal charges, including allegations that they underreported the value of goods brought into the country and had defrauded the Canadian government of more than $28 million from 1965 to 1980.<ref name="NYT_111183">{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Douglas|title=Amway admits fraud|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/11/business/amway-admits-fraud.html|access-date=March 12, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 11, 1983|archive-date=March 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313035555/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/11/business/amway-admits-fraud.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ledger_031216">{{cite news|title=Amway Pleads Guilty to Fraud|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wSUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4697,3984825&hl=en|newspaper=[[Lakeland Ledger]]|date=November 11, 1983}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=CanadaTax>{{Cite news
  | title = Amway of Canada Drops Tax Appeal
  | work = The New York Times
  | agency = Reuters
  | date = February 7, 1984
  | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E3D81039F932A15750C0A962948260
  | access-date = July 5, 2007
  | archive-date = October 13, 2007
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013174529/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E3D81039F932A15750C0A962948260
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
  | title = Amway, Canada Reach Settlement In Customs Dispute
  | work = The Wall Street Journal
  | date = September 25, 1989
  | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/wsj/access/860493942.html?dids=860493942:860493942&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+25%2C+1989&author=JOHN+URQUHART+Staff+Reporter+of+THE+WALL+STREET+JOURNAL&pub=Wall+Street+Journal++(1889-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=C17&type=historic&desc=Amway%2C+Canada+Reach+Settlement+In+Customs+Dispute
  | access-date = June 4, 2008
  | archive-date = November 19, 2010
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101119205207/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/wsj/access/860493942.html?dids=860493942:860493942&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+25%2C+1989&author=JOHN+URQUHART+Staff+Reporter+of+THE+WALL+STREET+JOURNAL&pub=Wall+Street+Journal++(1889-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=C17&type=historic&desc=Amway%2C+Canada+Reach+Settlement+In+Customs+Dispute
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> The charges were dropped in 1983 after Amway and its Canadian subsidiary pleaded guilty to criminal customs fraud charges.<ref name="The New York Times 1983 v854">{{cite web | title=BUSINESS PEOPLE; Haig to Advise Amway On Foreign Operations | website=The New York Times | date=December 12, 1983 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/12/business/business-people-haig-to-advise-amway-on-foreign-operations.html | access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref> The companies paid a fine of $25&nbsp;million CAD, the largest fine ever imposed in Canada at the time.<ref name="NYT_111183" /> In 1989, the company settled the outstanding customs duties for $45 million CAD.<ref name="LATimes_1989">{{cite web | author=Times Wire Services | title=P. M. BRIEFING : Amway Pays $38-Million to Canada | website=Los Angeles Times | date=September 22, 1989 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-22-fi-888-story.html | access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>