But that's what I don't understand, what was the scam? People upended their jobs, sometimes even quiting salaried positions, to sign a contract to work on commission for a 6 month probation period. And because their sales were zero, the commission was zero. That's not a scam. A scam is something which is a deception or a lie, not terms to which you openly agree to.
If you quit your job and go to work for a new company on commission, and then don't make any sales, you were not scammed. You made a poor job decision.
The only thing I can see approach a scam was all of the nonexistent people on the staff page, and I don't really see the point of that or how it contributed to anything.
To me this looks like a lot of people making poor job decisions, some out of desperation and some out of greed, but I don't see the scam or fraud element.