More than 100 years ago, the name Charles Ponzi was splashed on newspaper front pages across the land and poured from radio broadcasts, putting the phrase “Ponzi Scheme” firmly into the arsenal of ...
An Italian immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1903 with just $2.50 in his pocket, Charles Ponzi ascended from obscurity to dizzying wealth seemingly overnight. But under the surface of his ...
(Original Caption) Charles Ponzi, the "financial wizard" of Boston who succeeded in amassing a fortune through his endless chain of sales of Foreign Exchange following the World War, later went to ...
Author Donald Dunn joins us for a conversation about Charles Ponzi, the con man behind the famous phrase "Ponzi scheme" who pulled off one of the most infamous financial swindles of all time. Dunn's ...
Charles Ponzi in 1927. The swindler was so infamous his name became synonymous with a certain type of financial scam. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) On Aug. 12, 1920, Charles Ponzi was arrested in ...
April 23 (UPI) --Apple TV+ announced a new podcast series, Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story, which will feature the voice of comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco as the infamous scammer. The ...