Ponzi or Pyramid Schemes Investment Fraud

Ponzi or Pyramid Schemes

Investment fraud scheme where early investors get "paid" by investments from later investors, but the last investors end up with nothing when the scheme collapses.

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• - Article compares the internet stock boom with a Ponzi scheme.
  
• - Charles Ponzi promised to double your money in just 90 days. Many people did get their money. Read this story to find out how.
  
• - A speech by Debra A. Valentine, General Counsel For The U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Describes these schemes, how they can cause financial ruin for governments and banks, and how governments have cracked down on internet "get rich quick" sche
  
• - Details the criminal financial career of Charles K. Ponzi, who gave his name to the Ponzi scheme.
  
• - Explanations, warnings and links to related articles published by the FTC.
  
• - Describes the many variations of this scam.
  
• - Describes the history and workings of this scam.
  
• - Describes how con artists today are using the Internet to reinvent the Ponzi scheme. From Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 29 number 9.
  
  

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