Ponzi

Famous Charlatans
... Charles Ponzi, for whom the "Ponzi scheme" is named, a scam that relies on a "pyramid" of "investors" who contribute money to a fraudulent programme ... Bernard Madoff, an American stockbroker who ran the world's largest Ponzi scheme, defrauding investors out of $18 billion ...

List Of Ponzi Schemes - Historical Examples - 19th Century
... Before Charles Ponzi, in 1899 William "520 Percent" Miller opened for business as the "Franklin Syndicate" in Brooklyn, New York ... and exploited some of the main themes of Ponzi schemes such as customers reinvesting the interest they made ... During the Ponzi investigation, Miller was interviewed by the Boston Post to compare his scheme to Ponzi's – the interviewer found them remarkably similar, but Ponzi's became more ...

Charles Ponzi
... Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi, (March 3, 1882 – January 18, 1949), commonly known as Charles Ponzi, was an Italian businessman and con artist in the U.S ... Charles Ponzi promised clients a 50% profit within 45 days, or 100% profit within 90 days, by buying discounted postal reply coupons in other countries and ... In reality, Ponzi was paying early investors using the investments of later investors ...

But Forever In My Mind - Plot
... Silvio (the main character), Ponzi (his best friend) and a group of boys and girls that go to the same school ... The next morning, as Ponzi comes to pick up Silvio at his place, he tells him that the school has been shut down and they're going to invade and occupy ... Silvio is thrilled and ends up telling Ponzi all about it on his way out (he was going home to get his sleeping bag, get back and sleep over at the school, hoping to get more intimate with the girl) ...

List Of Thunder Cats Characters - Natives of Third Earth - Wolos
... Ponzi (voiced by Jim Meskimen) - Exclusive to the 2011 series, Ponzi is a scam artist who travels from town to town to sell "miracle elixir" that he promises will solve all customers' problems ... However, meeting the ThunderCats, Ponzi learns his elixir has a neutralizing effect on Sycorax (a monster that Mumm-Ra resurrected as his vessel) ... Lion-O with winning Pumyra's affection, though both attempts to help backfire with Ponzi's caterpillar Lucy eating all the Caracara leaves as Sycorax arrives ...