Business - often illegal - where money is generated by recruiting new members (7,6)
I believe the answer is:
pyramid scheme
(Other definitions for pyramid scheme that I've seen before include "Sort of financial scam for which Bernie Madoff got a prison sentence of 150 years in 2009" , "Money-making ramp" .)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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