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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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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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A convicted Ponzi schemer whose sentence Trump commuted after an intense lobbying push is now being charged with defrauding investors, again

Trump's commutation of Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein's sentence was one of his final acts as president. I…

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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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Ponzi probe finds bankrupt crypto lender Celsius wasn't doing business the way it told customers

Court-appointed examiner Shoba Pillay said the bankrupt Celsius Network acted as the market maker f…

Ryan Hogg   


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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…

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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…

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Activist investor Carl Icahn's wealth plunged by $10 billion after a short-seller accused his company of running a 'Ponzi-like' structure

Icahn is now worth $14.6 billion after his fortune slumped 41% on Tuesday due to a short seller rep…

Huileng Tan   


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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