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

You don’t always need a gun to rob people blind. Styling himself as a businessman, Charles Ponzi swindled millions of dollars from his “investors” with a plan that involved redeeming postal reply ...

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

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

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, ...

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 ...

Over a period of nine months, Ponzi went on to steal the modern equivalent of $250mn from thousands of investors, leading to his name becoming a byword for dodgy financial schemes. The most famous ...

On Aug. 12, 1920, Charles Ponzi was arrested in Boston for fraud. The dapper Italian immigrant enticed overeager investors with promises of outlandish profits. He repaid each $1,000 invested with ...