The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) and Retail Strategy Task Force are warning investors
about Ponzi schemes that prey on senior investors.
Also, fraud expert Kathy Bazoian Phelps joins the show to talk
about Ponzi schemes and how you can protect your money.
The hard part
about Ponzi schemes is that they are so awesome for the people who are in early.
Over the last decade the newspapers have been full of stories
about Ponzi schemes, crooked investment «advisers» and insider trading.
«The Polka King»: Jack Black is the title figure of this bizarre true story
about ponzi schemes and polka music, as from «Infinitely Polar Bear» writer / director Maya Forbes.
Over the last decade the newspapers have been full of stories
about Ponzi schemes, crooked investment «advisers» and insider trading.
Not exact matches
The suit says Stone Street and its employees knew nothing
about Siskey's illegal activities but have seen their business and their careers devastated after the
Ponzi scheme became public.
The CFTC contends that the CEO chose to misappropriate the funds of customers rather than invest them, engaging in
Ponzi scheme - style payouts to other customers, and in turn lying
about balances to cover his tracks.
Gross's argument
about the stock market, which in his characteristic bombast he referred to as a «
Ponzi scheme,» took a completely opposite stance.
In light of the losses suffered by investors in the recently publicized Madoff
Ponzi scheme, many investors are concerned
about the safety of their own investment accounts.
We previously issued an Investor Alert
about the use of Bitcoin in the context of a
Ponzi scheme.
When it comes to online marketing courses, if it's
about selling a course that teaches people to do the same thing the speaker does, it's a
ponzi scheme.
What if BitConnect is not a
Ponzi scheme, but rather a legitimate business with people that care
about the success of the company, the investors, and the customers?
Recent revelations
about MF Global's
ponzi scheme are another reminder of how our regulatory and oversight systems seem to let whales pass through their net.
If you're just investing with an online brokerage, in mutual funds, ETFs or index funds, you don't need to worry too much
about falling prey to a
Ponzi scheme.
It's important, he suggests, that participants - and outsiders, especially - don't know too much
about what is really going on: This is obvious enough in the case of a
Ponzi scheme (another of Dennett's sociological bacteria), which relies on dupes continuing to pay into the system.
It's a
ponzi scheme that's
about to collapse, so don't get too excited
about getting ANY «free» stuff.
You could say the same thing
about anybody take in by a
Ponzi scheme.
With
about three million Nigerians involved in the
scheme and huge investments at stake, the freezing of the MMM's accounts a month ago had sparked fears that the
ponzi scheme had crashed.
On May 27, 2010, Stein was indicted and arrested for lying
about his involvement during the investigation of the multimillion - dollar
Ponzi scheme involving Ken Starr, a financial advisor to various Hollywood celebrities.
The psychological origins of both Bernard Madoff — scale
Ponzi schemes and the mundane dishonesties most of us partake in — filching office pens, padding expense reports or secretly toting a counterfeit designer purse — are the subject of Ariely's The (Honest) Truth
about Dishonesty.
Unraveled (Unrated) White - collar crime documentary
about Marc Dreier, a Manhattan attorney sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of securities fraud for operating a
Ponzi scheme which fleeced his victims of over $ 700 million.
Since starting Magic Hour Entertainment, Orlando Wood has produced two documentary features - «One Big Lie»
about Bernard Madoff's massive
ponzi scheme and «The Revisionaries.»
Who needs The Wizard of Lies, a new made - for - TV drama
about the wreckage left by Bernie Madoff's devastating
Ponzi scheme?
Robert De Niro plays Bernie Madoff in The Wizard of Lies, an HBO original feature
about the superstar financier whose famed investment fund was a fraudulent
Ponzi scheme, with Michelle Pfeiffer and Hank Azaria (not rated).
So what
about the person that looses their high credit score from a family illness or from one of the thousands of unscrupulous
ponzi schemes going around.
Read
about expert advisor software frauds, forex broker scams, managed account HYIP frauds,
Ponzi schemes and signal generator scams.
Investors are leery of Wall Street, overwhelmed by news of the next
Ponzi scheme, private investments falling apart, and unsure what to think
about high - frequency traders.
In this edition, Jeff Koons and Gagosian are being sued by an art collector that alleges sales practices akin to a
Ponzi scheme, the «Fearless Girl» statue is on the move, Nick Cave wants New Yorkers to dance and «Let Go» and more art news people are talking
about.
The SEC failed to respond to repeated warnings
about the Madoff
Ponzi scheme, resulting in $ 65 billion in losses to investors.
What the day — indeed, the whole year — should be
about is not creating misery upon misery for our children and their children and their children, and on and on for generations (see «Is the global economy a
Ponzi scheme?
Much like Bernie Madoff's
ponzi scheme, this
scheme, with its constant infusions of material that could be libel / slander against skeptic climate scientists, was also doomed to fail from the start, built on a foundation of sand
about its core «evidence» that was pushed by a person who never won a Pulitzer, and whose narratives don't line up right.
He created a site in 2007 which targeted a business and its CEO, making a number of disparaging comments
about the Plaintiffs and alleging involvement in a
Ponzi scheme.
The Ethereum network's ICOs alone have apparently resulted in considerable phishing,
Ponzi schemes, and other scams, accounting for
about 10 % of ICOs.
Aside from the warning
about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency being a
Ponzi scheme, there are ongoing discussions in India on how cryptocurrencies can be regulated, with India's Supreme Court urging various government agencies to look into online demands and petitions that call for proper Bitcoin regulation.
At the end of last year, many crypto - enthusiasts voiced out their concerns
about BitConnect revenue sources, claiming that it is a
Ponzi scheme.
Asked
about the sustainability of its business model, which roughly offers 1 - percent daily return on investments, the Ethereum founder commented that all signs seem to suggest BitConnect is running a
Ponzi scheme.
This week the Kingdom of Thailand announced its major regulators would team up in order to better educate its people
about the world's most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, openly worrying it might be a
Ponzi scheme.
The Bank for International Settlements has just called Bitcoin a «bubble» and a «
Ponzi scheme,» implying that it's a fraud
about to lose value.
The cryptocurrency community tends to be very active when is
about denouncing cryptocurrency
Ponzi schemes or other fraudulent activities.
He warned
about potential scams and
Ponzi schemes that are often times involved with digital cryptocurrencies.
Below is a link
about a recent
Ponzi scheme that involved a lot of lower valued properties in the Midwest.