A Ponzi scheme is an investment scam that pays early investors with money taken from later investors to create an illusion of ...

It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, ...

Ponzi and pyramid schemes depend on new money and recruitment to survive. These schemes promise returns from new participants, not real economic activity. Bitcoin does not require recruitment or ...

Most Americans have been aware for some time that multi-level marketing schemes are bad — either through recent books or documentaries like LuLaRich. But did you know exactly how bad? Bridget Read, ...

Scammers want you to believe they're offering you a legitimate money-making opportunity. Seniors are seen as prime targets due to the potential that they have money saved for retirement. If an ...

Australian money manager John Hempton has called the battle between investor Bill Ackman and nutritional-supplement company Herbalife “hedge-fund porn.” There is indeed something vaguely obscene about ...

A married couple from Texas has been convicted of masterminding a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme that promised massive ...

Being able to sit in your PJs all day while you work from home with a schedule you set for yourself sounds great, right? Today, there are more and more opportunities to work for a multi-level ...

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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Boston office has had assets frozen Wednesday for two related companies based in Massachusetts, charging them with operating a ...

On Jan. 30, guests at The Pyramid Scheme in downtown Grand Rapids can attend K-Winterland, a K-pop music themed dance night ...