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Recent Examples of Ponzi scheme
The operation fits the classic definition of a Ponzi scheme where someone takes money from investors for a fraudulent business product.
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Being two-faced on your intent to preserve Social Security and Medicare, calling it a Ponzi scheme as Elon Musk did, is outrageous and a tell for future actions.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
But Elon Musk just called Social Security the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
Same house had four big deposits Buyers and attorneys on the case described Cox’s alleged juggling act as a real estate Ponzi scheme.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Being two-faced on your intent to preserve Social Security and Medicare, calling it a Ponzi scheme as Elon Musk did, is outrageous and a tell for future actions.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
But Elon Musk just called Social Security the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
Same house had four big deposits Buyers and attorneys on the case described Cox’s alleged juggling act as a real estate Ponzi scheme.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Ponzi scheme
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“Ponzi scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Ponzi%20scheme. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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