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Ponzi Schemes

Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI
Lifestyle

Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI

By Chloe Taylor
March 31, 2023
Actor Kevin Bacon poses at a premiere
Personal Finance

Kevin Bacon describes his anger at losing most of his money to Bernie Madoff—and gives powerful advice for smarter investing

By Chloe Berger
October 12, 2022
Bernie Madoff and the disorienting mix of motives that led to history’s largest Ponzi scheme
Finance

Bernie Madoff and the disorienting mix of motives that led to history’s largest Ponzi scheme

By Geoff Colvin
April 14, 2021
Madoff-Talks-Book-Cover
Finance

New book ‘Madoff Talks’ is the authoritative source on one of history’s most notorious Ponzi schemes

By Geoff Colvin
April 10, 2021
Bitcoin is seen on an android mobile phone
The Ledger

First Bitcoin Fraud Case Results in $2.5 Million Fine for Ponzi Scheme That Promised Outrageous Returns

By Grace Dobush
October 19, 2018
Government Shutdown Begins as Congress Divides on Spending
Finance

Real Estate Developer Woodbridge Is Being Sued Over a $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme that Defrauded the Elderly

By Reuters
December 22, 2017
How Bernie did it
Magazine

How Bernie did it

By James Bandler and Nicholas Varchaver
May 11, 2009

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