Ponzi

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Practitioners of the "scheme" named for this Italian include Bernie Madoff, Reed Slatkin & Tom Petters, who ran a $3.7 billion one Ponzi $400 DJ EPONYMOUSLY YOURS 2024-10-23 #9188
This Italian American became synonymous with get-rich-quick scams Ponzi $800 J INFAMOUSLY EPONYMOUS 2018-03-19 #7721
It's the financial "scheme" named for the Italian swindler who made it famous in the 1920s Ponzi $2,000 DJ EPONYM DROPPER 2007-11-13 #5332
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