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Recent Examples of Ponzi scheme
Between 2023 and 2025, Carrasco-Ramirez is accused of persuading seven people to invest in a Ponzi scheme, deputies said.
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Total losses by Marshall’s investors fall short of the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme masterminded by Bernie Madoff.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Total losses by Marshall’s investors fall short of the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme masterminded by Bernie Madoff.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Ponzi scheme
pyramid scheme
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Chinese authorities have accused the group of being a pyramid scheme and a cult.—
Didi Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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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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“Ponzi scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Ponzi%20scheme. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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