The infamous con artist started a fake real estate business in Florida after serving federal prison time for mail fraud.

"Do we really need another story of a scammer?" said Fiona Sturges in the Financial Times. We're "overloaded" with "tawdry ...

"Do we really need another story of a scammer?" said Fiona Sturges in the Financial Times. We're "overloaded" with "tawdry ...

Charles Ponzi's biographer contends that he was just a dreamer without a good exit strategy. By Mitchell Zuckoff, Fortune contributor. December 15, 2008: 11:35 AM ET. Financial frauds ruin lives.

Charles Ponzi in March 1935 in Italy, where he was deported after serving prison time in the U.S. He holds part of the manuscript of what would become his autobiography, ...

The investment scheme is named after Italian-born businessman and con artist Charles Ponzi, who swindled victims in the U.S. and Canada. Ponzi arrived in the U.S. in 1903, according to CNN, taking ...

Every year, thousands of intelligent and otherwise capable people fall victim to some form of exploitation or fraud. The ...

Mug shots of Charles Ponzi, Boston financial wizard, taken during his arrest for forgery under the name of Charles Bianchi. Bettmann / Corbis Editor's Note, April 14, 2021: In the wake of the ...

The king of financial fraud was Charles Ponzi, who was cunning with other folk’s money in the 1920s. Olney looking for new head football coach, athletic director after Chris Tobola resigns.

Charles Ponzi arrived in the U.S. with $2.50 in his pocket. Charles Ponzi was born in Lugo, Italy, in 1882. As a young adult, he worked as a postal worker and studied at the University of Roma La ...

Charles Ponzi poses with his wife, Rose, and his mother on the steps of 19 Slocum Road in Lexington. Handout. If you want to live in the house where Charles Ponzi once lived, you better get rich ...