Ponzi scheme
En investeringssvindel hvor tidlige investorer udbetales 'afkast' finansieret af nye deltageres indskud — ikke af reel indtjening. Modellen er uløseligt afhængig af konstant tilgang af nye investorer og kollapser uundgåeligt. Kendes internationalt fra sager som Bernie Madoff og Lou Pearlman.
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Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme — Largest Financial Fraud in History
The Madoff investment scandal is the largest Ponzi scheme in history, in which financier Bernie Madoff defrauded tens of thousands of investors worldwide out of an estimated $64.8 billion.
The Lou Pearlman Ponzi Scheme — Music Mogul's $300M Fraud
Lou Pearlman, creator of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, orchestrated a 20-year Ponzi scheme defrauding investors of over $300 million through fake companies and falsified documents before his 2007 arrest.
The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme — Decades of Wall Street Fraud
The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme is a U.S. financial fraud case in which Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff defrauded thousands of investors for decades until his 2008 arrest in New York.
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