Saturday , 21 December 2024

The Biggest Ponzi Schemes EVER

Ponzi schemes are a type of financial fraud that lures investors by promising abnormally high returns. To help you learn more about these sophisticated crimes, this infographic examines some of the biggest Ponzi schemes in modern history.

The scheme is named after Charles Ponzi, an Italian who became infamous in the 1920s for claiming he could double his clients’ money within 90 days. Since then, numerous Ponzi schemes, in which money brought in by new members is used to pay the scheme’s founders, as well as its earlier investors, have been orchestrated around the globe.

Biggest Ponzi Schemes

 

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