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Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Two men have been indicted in New York on federal criminal charges in connection with a water vending machine Ponzi scheme that allegedly swindled investors out of more than $200 million, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
The scheme came to an end when a whistleblowing director tipped off the FBI that the company had become a Ponzi scheme.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Andrew Jacobus, 64, was jailed at the Federal Detention Center in Miami on charges of operating a Ponzi scheme, wire fraud and money laundering in suspicion of stealing over $94 million from investors.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
An investment advisor who lives in a Coconut Grove luxury high-rise condo was arrested Thursday on charges of operating a Ponzi scheme and swindling tens of millions of dollars from Venezuelan investors and two Catholic dioceses in the South American country, according to a federal indictment.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
The scheme came to an end when a whistleblowing director tipped off the FBI that the company had become a Ponzi scheme.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Andrew Jacobus, 64, was jailed at the Federal Detention Center in Miami on charges of operating a Ponzi scheme, wire fraud and money laundering in suspicion of stealing over $94 million from investors.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
An investment advisor who lives in a Coconut Grove luxury high-rise condo was arrested Thursday on charges of operating a Ponzi scheme and swindling tens of millions of dollars from Venezuelan investors and two Catholic dioceses in the South American country, according to a federal indictment.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Ponzi scheme
pyramid scheme
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For the Klan, Clarke and Tyler settled on a good old-fashioned American pyramid scheme.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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These scammers lured their targets with various offers, from cryptocurrency investments to pyramid schemes, and operated mainly out of Southeast Asia.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Ponzi scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Ponzi%20scheme. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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