The Ponzi Scheme

The Ponzi Scheme (2014)

February 14th, 20141h 25min

History
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Overview

Ponzi, from his arrival in Boston in 1903, to hi death in Rio in 1949. He made himself famous in inventing the first fraud of modern times on a large scale, and inspired Bernard Madoff.


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