His name is synonymous with massive fraud. Now, a new podcast. "Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story," delves into how and why ...

Ponzi scheme is named after Charles Ponzi, the first con artist to use investor funds to scam people out of money. Bernie Madoff orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Edwin Brant Frost IV of Georgia and his First Liberty Building & Loan, LLC, alleging the business was operated as a Ponzi ...

The infamous con artist started a fake real estate business in Florida after serving federal prison time for mail fraud.

In Ponzi We Trust Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul is a scheme made famous by Charles Ponzi. Who was this crook whose name graces this scam?

“Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story” is produced by Northbrook’s Will Malnati, starring Sebastian Maniscalco as the famous swindler.

If you want to live in the house where Charles Ponzi once lived, you better get rich quick, with or without a scheme. The Lexington mansion where the legendary swindler once lived is on the market ...

Despite the notoriety of Charles Ponzi, the scheme that bears his name seems to have been first perpetrated by Sarah Howe in Boston in 1879.

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their ...

The real Ponzi behind the 'scheme' Charles Ponzi's biographer contends that he was just a dreamer without a good exit strategy.

More than 100 years ago, the name Charles Ponzi was splashed on newspaper front pages across the land and poured from radio broadcasts, putting the phrase “Ponzi Scheme” firmly into the ...