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Ultimate Guide to Ponzi Schemes: Biggest, Oldest, Prevention, and More

Posted by jimmyatkinson 1065 days ago, popular 1065 days ago (http://bankling.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: bernard madoff ponzi scheme
Of course, one thing you should take away from all this is that it’s probably not a good idea to get involved with, or invest in, a Ponzi scheme. read more »
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Madoff Victims' 'Tragedy' Said to Have Escaped Scrutiny by SEC

Posted by StockMarketFunding 1152 days ago (http://www.stockmarketfunding.com)
Category: Business | Tags: madoff victims ponzi scheme sec
Bernard Madoff’s investment advisory business, alleged to be a Ponzi scheme that cost investors $50 billion, was never inspected by U.S. regulators a[...] read more »
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$80 Million Ponzi Scheme pushes HedgeTracker’s “Hall of Fraud” Closer to $83 Billion

Posted by HedgeFundTracker 976 days ago (http://www.hedgetracker.com)
Category: Business | Tags: countrywide fraud ponzi scheme
With the addition of SNC Asset management's $80 million ponzi scheme, HedgeTracker.com’s infamous “Hall of Fraud” list now includes 58 firms that ha[...] read more »
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Was whole economy a Ponzi scheme?

Posted by ultrageek 1135 days ago (http://www.iht.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy fraud ponzi scheme
This is a meme that's going around lately: that the entire economy/ stock market might be a Ponzi scheme, and that Bernard Madoff probably did not a[...] read more »
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Why We Keep Falling for Financial Scams

Posted by thekritz 1134 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: madoff ponzi scheme
Intelligent people have long been ruined by frauds. Psychologist Stephen Greenspan, who specializes in gullibility, explores why investors continue t[...] read more »
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As Much As $50 Million Missing In Canadian Ponzi Scheme

Posted by CanadianFinance 940 days ago (http://canadianfinanceblog.com)
Category: Business | Tags: fraud ponzi scheme financial adviser
After all the news during the past few months about Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme down in the US, it looks like we have our own here in Canada. Earl J[...] read more »
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Lawyers Seek to Keep Madoff Free

Posted by newuserdude 1122 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Business | Tags: madoff ponzi scheme
A federal judge has rejected a bid to jail Bernard Madoff pending trial. Prosecutors had sought to jail Madoff after he mailed more than $1 million i[...] read more »
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Madoff unlikely to oust Ponzi in lingo

Posted by thekritz 1152 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Business | Tags: ponzi scheme
Bernard Madoff may have to wait awhile before his name becomes a term in the popular lexicon and bumps off "Ponzi", which has become shorthand for [...] read more »
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How to Steer Clear of Shady Advisers

Posted by neophyteblogger 1146 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Business | Tags: bernard madoff ponzi scheme
Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme took a devastating toll on scores of victims. But any investor can draw important lessons from the tale of the[...] read more »
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Madoff employee breaks his silence about the firm's fraud

Posted by stockwire 1055 days ago (http://www.stockwire.com)
Category: Business | Tags: bernie madoff fraud ponzi scheme
One of the first employees to come forward and break his silence about what he knew about the firms inner workings. In this riveting article, he expl[...] read more »
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Madoff Spotlight Turns to Role of Offshore Funds

Posted by thekritz 1137 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: madoff offshore funds ponzi scheme
Federal prosecutors are beginning to consider what role offshore fund operations may have played in the $50 billion Ponzi scheme that Mr. Madoff is a[...] read more »
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Jim Cramer: Social Security Is One Big Ponzi Scheme

Posted by daltronator 1130 days ago (http://mainstreet.com)
Category: Business | Tags: bernie madoff jim cramer ponzi scheme
With Madoff breathing new life to the ol' Ponzi scheme ploy, Jim Cramer struggles to find the differences between that crime and our Social Security[...] read more »
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HedgeTracker.com - Dallas Oil & Gas Moguls’ $485 Million Ponzi Scheme Halted

Posted by HedgeFundTracker 948 days ago (http://www.hedgetracker.com)
Category: Business | Tags: fraud hedge fund ponzi scheme
The SEC announced today that it has halted another Ponzi Scheme, charging three Dallas businessmen for allegedly conducting a $485 million fraud thro[...] read more »
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SEC to release report on how it botched Madoff case

Posted by namansoori 892 days ago (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com)
Category: Business | Tags: madoff ponzi scheme sec
From Tom Petruno's Money & Company blog in the LA Times:
The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to make public later this week its in[...] read more »
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SEC repeatedly fumbled Bernie Madoff probes, agency watchdog says

Posted by namansoori 891 days ago (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com)
Category: Business | Tags: madoff ponzi scheme sec
From Tom Petruno's Money & Company blog in the LA Times:
The SEC admitted today to not having taken the necessary, but basic, steps to determine[...] read more »
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