His name is synonymous with massive fraud. Now, a new podcast. "Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story," delves into how and why ...

Charles Ponzi served prison time for his infamous 1920 Ponzi scheme. Afterward, he launched a Florida land scam, selling ...

Following the arrest of PACL director Gurnam Singh for allegedly defrauding investors of Rs 49,000 crore, it is more crucial ...

Charles Ponzi served prison time for his infamous 1920 Ponzi scheme. Afterward, he launched a Florida land scam, selling worthless swampland as prime property.

More than 100 years ago, the name Charles Ponzi was splashed on newspaper front pages across the land and poured from radio broadcasts, putting the phrase “Ponzi Scheme” firmly into the ...

Over a period of nine months, Ponzi went on to steal the modern equivalent of $250mn from thousands of investors, leading to his name becoming a byword for dodgy financial schemes. The most famous ...

Every year, thousands of intelligent and otherwise capable people fall victim to some form of exploitation or fraud. The fallout is devastating, both financially and psychologically. Rates of ...

Smart people fall for scams, too. Ponzi schemes capitalize—literally—on our hopes and cognitive quirks.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Georgia man Edwin Brant Frost IV and his First Liberty Building & Loan, LLC, of a Ponzi scheme.

A pedestrian was standing on the corner of Sprague Avenue and Post Street when he witnessed a surreal sight: water shooting up “in four or five different places all over the street.” ...

Charles Ponzi first hatched his money-making scheme in the late 1800's using postal reply coupons. Though pyramid schemes existed before him, his name became synonymous with this type of fraud.