Found Wikipedia item: Charles Ponzi

Meet the man who gave his name to the scheme that got Wall Street fixture Bernard L. Madoff arrested Thursday. (Madoff has quite rapidly been linked to this Wikipedia entry.) Ponzi, it turns out, was long a dabbler in crime but actually hoped that the fraud that now carries his name would one day pay off for him and his hapless investors.


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