Ponzi

[pon-zee] / ˈpɒn zi /

NOUN

confidence game

Synonyms

WEAK

bait and switch boiler room bunco game bunko con con game confidence trick flimflam hustle racket ripoff shell game skin game sting swindle

NOUN

con game

Synonyms

WEAK

bait and switch boiler room bunco game bunko con con job confidence trick flimflam hustle racket ripoff shell game skin game sting swindle

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Last September, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Lopez and his partners, accusing them of running a Ponzi scheme, misleading investors and misappropriating $16.1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal

The director of bank supervision at the Iranian central bank last year called Ayandeh “a Ponzi scheme.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“He’s not running a mill creating fake paintings or running a Ponzi scheme,” Wynne says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Would it have been another Allen Stanford, the now-convicted fraudster who operated a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme?

From MarketWatch

But Epstein apparently tried to convince officials to shorten his Florida confinement claiming he was cooperating on the federal prosecution of Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme rocked Palm Beach.

From The Wall Street Journal

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