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10 financial scams that shook India: A dive into deception
From Ponzi schemes to bank frauds, the Indian government and investors have fallen victim to many f…
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Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' and a 'Ponzi scheme' and says the crypto is hopeless as a currency
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just launched another scathing attack on the biggest crypto and said bitco…
Theron Mohamed
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'Sex and the City' creator Candace Bushnell says Netflix won't pay her royalties as it plans to air all 6 seasons: 'The way men do business is a Ponzi scheme'
Candace Bushnell only received $100,000 for the screen rights to "Sex and the City," according to T…
Lauren Edmonds
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The SEC charged a podcast host for running an $11 million Ponzi scheme it says helped fund a lakeside mansion and courtside NBA seats
Matthew Motil, the host of "The Cash Flow King" used social media to lure more than 50 investors in…
Phil Rosen
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3 fake pastors made $28 million in a financial literacy Ponzi scheme called '1st Millions' and tried to scrub an online article about a previous Ponzi scheme right before they were caught: DOJ
The men frequented churches, hotel galas, and upscale events to recruit at least 1,200 victims to t…
Azmi Haroun
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Elements of private equity firms resemble Ponzi schemes, Europe's largest asset manager says
"Eventually there will be casualties, but that might not be for three, four, or five years," Amundi…
Brian Evans
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Founder of now-defunct BitConnect has been indicted for a $2.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme.
BitConnect has since ceased trading and its founder, Satish Kumbhani, has been charged with a litan…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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Mark Cuban to be deposed over his promotion of Voyager crypto 'Ponzi scheme' in class action lawsuit
Cuban touted Voyager on multiple occasions, previously calling the now-bankrupt crypto lender "as c…
Jennifer Sor
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GOP Rep. George Santos raised money for a company that the SEC called a Ponzi scheme: report
The embattled New York congressman raised money for Harbor City Capitol, which the SEC called a "Po…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Carl Icahn's investment company has come under investigation by prosecutors following short-seller claims the firm was running a 'Ponzi-like' scheme
"The US Attorney's office has not made any claims or allegations against us or Mr. Icahn," Icahn En…
Jennifer Sor
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10 countries that banned cryptos calling them threats, ponzi schemes & more
As per the Law Library of Congress, a global research directorate, eight jurisdictions had an absol…
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon slammed crypto as dangerous - and called bitcoin a Ponzi scheme
The billionaire banker argued that bitcoin and other speculative tokens don't do anything, and faci…
Theron Mohamed
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Crypto firm BKCoin hit by emergency asset freeze over alleged $100 million Ponzi scheme that paid for co-founder's rent and vacations
BKCoin's co-founder was accused of spending $371,000 of investor money to pay for vacations, sporti…
Zahra Tayeb
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'O.C.' star and crypto critic Ben McKenzie tells lawmakers that the crypto market is the 'largest Ponzi scheme in history'
Crypto "may well represent a fraud at least 10 times bigger than Madoff," actor-turned-crypto criti…
Carla Mozée
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Indian founder on the run in global $2.4 billion crypto ponzi scheme
A federal grand jury in San Diego last week indicted Kumbhani with orchestrating a global Ponzi …
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India should ban 'Ponzi' private cryptos or risk wrecking the country's financial system, a top RBI central banker has warned
Private cryptocurrencies are worse than a Ponzi scheme, and could wreck India's ability to control …
Hamza Fareed Malik
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The Wonderland DeFi community is scandalized after a Twitter user outed an anonymous executive with ties to one of the largest crypto Ponzi schemes in history
Wonderland's token, TIME, plummeted to an all-time low of $335 Thursday, down from its November pea…
Phil Rosen
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Kevin Bacon says he and his wife Kyra Sedgwick lost 'most' of their money in Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme
"If something is too good to be true, it's too good to be true," Bacon said on the "SmartLess" podc…
Jason Guerrasio
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Rep. George Santos was paid by a company the SEC called a 'classic Ponzi scheme' but never disclosed the payments as a candidate, report says
Rep. George Santos said he left Harbor City in March 2021, but a lawyer reviewing the firm said he …