In 2004, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was bilking his own clients out of millions of dollars.Then, he pled guilty to mail fraud, conspiracy, wire fraud, and tax evasion.
During his years at Stratton, Jordan Belfort worked with over 1,000 stock brokers and was involved in stock issues totaling more than US$1 billion, which were later described in his memoir.
Charles Ponzi was known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North America for his money-making scheme. He promised clients a 50% profit within 45 days or 100% profit within 90 days.
Allen Stanford had grossly misinformed his 50,000 investors about the level of professional management that they were receiving and was running a ponzi scheme.
WorldCom grew rapidly but collapsed in 2002 amid revelations of accounting irregularities, making it at the time one of the largest accounting scandals in the United States
A man who was considered to have the investment Midas touch, had not actually invested a dime in the past fifteen years. Instead he’d been running the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blajojevich ran on an anti-corruption platform, which voters appreciated, only to be arrested in 2008 and charged with corruption.
Wine enthusiast and high-end dealer, Rudy Kurniawan, was convicted of wine fraud after blending a series of cheap wines to make the rare and expensive 1947 Château Lafleur.
Founder of ponzi scheme and supposed cryptocurrency, OneCoin, Dr. Ruja Ignatova created one of the biggest schemes in history that was supposed to overtake bitcoin.
Rachel Williams made a new friend named Anna Delvey who came from a wealthy German family, lived in a New York City hotel, and was starting a foundation, but who was she really?
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