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Ponzi schemes derive their name from Charles Ponzi, a prominent promoter of such a scheme in the early twentieth century. The U.S. Supreme Court has recounted “the remarkable criminal financial ...
ONE hundred and fifty years after Charles Dickens wrote in Little Dorritt about London investors succumbing to the fraudulent investment schemes of Mr. Merdle’s bank, trusting victims are still ...
Charles Ponzi started a legitimate venture in 1919 related to buying postage stamps in one place and selling them at a higher price in another location. This process was legal. At some point ...