Ponzi and pyramid schemes are both forms of financial fraud that share many characteristics. However, there are distinct differences in how they operate.

The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a final consent judgment on January 13, 2026, against Matthew M. Motil, a podcast host who defrauded investors of millions of dollars through a Ponzi ...

Tax investigators detect crypto Ponzi schemes by identifying discrepancies between reported income and extravagant spending, ...

Attorneys James D. Gassenheimer and Isaac M. Marcushamer offer the telltale signs of a Ponzi scheme knowing another wave of frauds may be just around the corner. In late 2008 and 2009, the United ...

Two men — Ryan Wear, of Everett, Washington, and Jordan Chirico, of Carmel, Indiana — have been indicted in New York on federal criminal charges related to two Ponzi-like schemes involving water ...

Ponzi schemes and affinity fraud frequently overlap because both exploit trust and social interactions to operate effectively. A Ponzi scheme relies on a continuous stream of new investors to pay ...

When a Ponzi scheme collapses, how does a bankruptcy trustee with limited resources and hundreds of innocent investors — some winners, some losers — address all the competing issues in an equitable ...

As a certified financial planner, I am often faced with questions about new investments that promise high returns with low risk. Examples include so-called ‘exclusive’ high-return funds that promise ...

If there is any upside to the market meltdown of the past seven months, it might be that so many fraudsters operating Ponzi schemes have been dragged into the light. There seems to be a new Ponzi ...

To curb the activities of unregistered investment operators and protecting investors from fraudulent schemes, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to introduce a dedicated Unstructured ...

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