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Recent Examples of Ponzi scheme
He was charged in 2013 with tax fraud for filing an incorrect return tied to a Ponzi scheme operated by another man.
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
But in reality, there was little legitimate demand for the generators, prosecutors said, and instead the company used money from new investors to make payments to earlier investors — a classic Ponzi scheme.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
He is now accused of soliciting investors to the firm in what investigators call a massive Ponzi scheme.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Our debt is a giant Ponzi scheme.
—Les Rubin, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
But in reality, there was little legitimate demand for the generators, prosecutors said, and instead the company used money from new investors to make payments to earlier investors — a classic Ponzi scheme.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
He is now accused of soliciting investors to the firm in what investigators call a massive Ponzi scheme.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Our debt is a giant Ponzi scheme.
—Les Rubin, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Ponzi scheme
pyramid scheme
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Consumers were then recruited to join a pyramid scheme that sold credit repair services to others, costing them millions.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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There’s, in fact, a lot of narrative chaos in the movie’s last third, from a pyramid scheme that ruins Junyang’s professional ego to the fact that Lydia, once she’s given birth, is basically cut out of the picture.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Ponzi scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Ponzi%20scheme. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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