Both Ponzi and pyramid schemes have been reinvented over the years, but at the core of each is essentially the same devious deceit-paying new investors with money from old investors.
Ponzi schemes pay out early investors with money from later investors. They differ from pyramid schemes in that Ponzi schemes are presented as investments with large returns, rather than business ...
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A Chinese woman dubbed “Cryptoqueen” was jailed in the UK for 11 years after defrauding 128,000 investors in a £5B Bitcoin ...
A Chinese woman who was found with £5bn ($10bn) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi ...
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A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in ...
Spanish police detained Álvaro Romillo for allegedly running a $300 million Ponzi scheme, defrauding 3,000 investors.