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May 21, 2024 · Financial fraud is as prevalent today as it was over 100 years ago, when the Italian con artist Charles Ponzi was swindling investors out of their fortunes in one of the earliest high-profile...
Apr 1, 2020 · From Vijay Mallya to PNB Scam, here are 10 of the biggest scams in India that shook the nation from its core. Take a look.
30 of the biggest scams in modern history. In 1849, police in New York City arrested a man named William Thompson. Charismatic and "a man of genteel appearance," according to a New York Herald report from the time, Thompson approached strangers, engaged them in conversation, and won their confidence, which he then used to convince them to part ...
5 most scandalous fraud cases of 2021. Each year always brings a fresh array of fraud-related scandals, and 2021 was no different. The massive theft of COVID-relief funds continued to play out, but other notable schemes hit the headlines. Here we list the most scandalous of the lot.
Dec 22, 2022 · While that’s nearly $300 million in 2022 dollars, modern scams have dwarfed that figure. In the gallery, we take a look at 10 of the most infamous frauds of the last 25 years, ranked by the ...
Mar 30, 2023 · While April 1 is now associated with harmless pranks, major hoaxes linked to ghosts, emperors, catastrophes, and holy private parts have jolted the world in centuries past.
Apr 24, 2021 · Whether on the smaller scale like Bick’s, or superlatively large like Bernie Madoff’s, this kind of financial fraud is unnervingly and increasingly common. Here’s a look at eight of the most ...
Apr 14, 2021 · His massive money scam is one of the most notable in history, and yet it began with something very small and simple: postage stamps.In 1919, Ponzi stumbled upon a potential money-making scheme...
Canada reports that investment scams were one of the fastest growing types of online fraud, from 501 reports and 16.5 million lost in 2020 to 3,442 reports and 164 million in 2021. The United...
Nov 24, 2019 · Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished. 23 November 2019. BBC. Ruja Ignatova called herself the Cryptoqueen. She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival...
