Scientology is a total fraud. it only started calling itself a “religion” (which it isn’t) to gain that tax-exempt status. The whole fantasy was concocted by third-rate science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. It’s all about money.
Not total. Most of The Tech is capable of producing remarkable relief and increases in awareness.
But it, like any other path, needs honest agents. Those are few and very far between in the organization as it it currently run.