Hebei health products company suspected of pyramid schemes

Heads of a health products company in Hebei province have been held by police on suspicion of organizing pyramid schemes, a government-led investigation team said on Tuesday.

The company - Hebei Hualin Acid-Base Biotechnology Co - was accused last week in media reports of making exaggerated and false claims in advertisements and being involved in pyramid schemes.

The local government in Huanghua, a county-level city in Cangzhou, Hebei, where the company is based, began an investigation into the company on Sunday.