— William "520 Percent" Miller of Brooklyn, N.Y., claimed in 1899 he had inside information on stocks and promised interest of 10 percent a week. He defrauded investors out of $1 million. — Charles ...

A Chinese woman dubbed "Cryptoqueen" was jailed in the UK for 11 years after defrauding 128,000 investors in a £5B Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, the country's largest crypto seizure.

Fund manager Martin Conlon says Australia’s economy is built on an unsustainable mix of high house prices and immigration.

When I interviewed 93-year-old James McMaster, he answered the phone with the kind of unvarnished candor that makes you lean ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The victims of former hedge fund manager Bernie Madoff – the man convicted of perpetrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history – will receive a third disbursement of nearly $700 ...

Bernie Madoff, convicted of leading the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in federal prison at age 82. Madoff reportedly died of natural causes, according to a person who spoke with The ...

The last disbursement, of more than $131 million, is being sent to more than 23,000 victims worldwide. When it is completed, more than $4.3 billion will have been distributed by the fund to more than ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion expose some of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history. This matters because it reveals how greed and deception can have devastating financial consequences.

Depending on your timing, the cryptocurrency – which has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme – could easily be the best or ...