Private company
Yilishen Tianxi Group
Logo: The logo is from the following website: http://www.tianxigroup.com/pc03index.html Company website http://www.tianxigroup.com/pc03index.html, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3
Fraudulent Chinese medicine company
The Yilishen Tianxi Group (Chinese: 蚁力神天玺集团; pinyin: Yǐ Lì Shén Tiān Xǐ Jí Tuán) was a Chinese company established in 1999 which sold traditional Chinese medicine products made from ants. More than one million people invested money in the company, purchasing and raising boxes of ants with the promise that they could sell the ants back for a profit, before it was exposed as a ponzi scheme in 2007.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Yilishen Tianxi Group (Chinese: 蚁力神天玺集团; pinyin: Yǐ Lì Shén Tiān Xǐ Jí Tuán) was a Chinese company established in 1999 which sold traditional Chinese medicine products made from ants. More than one million people invested money in the company, purchasing and raising boxes of ants with the promise that they could sell the ants back for a profit, before it was exposed as a ponzi scheme in 2007.2
Products and brands
- traditional Chinese medicine
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1999Founded Founded in Liaoyang1
Links
- WikipediaYilishen Tianxi Group
- WikidataQ8053609
Sources
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- 2WikipediaYilishen Tianxi Group on Wikipedia
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