Ponzi and pyramid schemes are both forms of financial fraud that share many characteristics. However, there are distinct differences in how they operate.

A Charlotte businessman accused of running a Ponzi scheme is headed to prison. A judge sentenced Wynn Charlebois to six years ...

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The charges were in connection with a $20 million Ponzi scheme. He was sentenced to 235 months’ (19 years and seven months) imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. According to ...

Three execs of Drive Planning have been charged with defrauding investors and using soliticed funds to fund their lifestyles ...

Nigeria's SEC seeks police support to intensify its clampdown on Ponzi schemes, crypto scams, and other investment fraud to ...

Former advisor Doug Miller pleaded guilty in a Ponzi scheme related to Northwest Capital, defrauding investors of $72 million.

A Southern California woman was found guilty Thursday of defrauding an elderly Santa Rosa woman of more than $1.5 million in an elaborate Ponzi scheme, authorities said. Elana Cohen-Roth, 80, a former ...

An Indianapolis broker has been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for his alleged role in a $300 million Ponzi scheme. On Dec. 19, ...

When a Ponzi scheme collapses, how does a bankruptcy trustee with limited resources and hundreds of innocent investors — some winners, some losers — address all the competing issues in an equitable ...

More than 100 years ago, the name Charles Ponzi was splashed on newspaper front pages across the land and poured from radio broadcasts, putting the phrase “Ponzi Scheme” firmly into the arsenal of ...