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Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS FOOL ME ONCE – Kevin Bacon is ‘more careful’ after losing money in infamous Ponzi scheme.
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FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon made some rare comments about losing money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in the 2000s.
—Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Maybe Musk should ask if all forms of insurance are a Ponzi scheme.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
Like every Ponzi scheme, it was doomed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon made some rare comments about losing money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in the 2000s.
—Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Maybe Musk should ask if all forms of insurance are a Ponzi scheme.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
Like every Ponzi scheme, it was doomed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Ponzi scheme
pyramid scheme
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Among them, pyramid schemes, membership fee fakes, credit repair cons, dubious health offers, fictitious diploma schools and illegitimate gaming services.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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Mia Love, Daughter of Haitian Immigrants, Will Be GOP's First Black Woman in Congress Love served two terms in the House of Representatives and notably worked on bills focused on banking regulation, pyramid schemes and immigration.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Ponzi scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Ponzi%20scheme. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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