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Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend
Mitchell Zuckoff
$8.63

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It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury–and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the “rob Peter to pay Paul” scam to an art form. At the peak of his success, Ponzi was raking in more than $2 million a week at his office in downtown Boston. Then his house of cards came crashing down–thanks in large part to the relentless investigative reporting of Richard Grozier’s Boston Post. A classic American tale of immigrant life and the dream of success, Ponzi’s Scheme is the amazing story of the magnetic scoundrel who launched the most successful scheme of financial alchemy in modern history.

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Need and Greed: The True Story of the Largest Ponzi Scheme in American History
Stewart L. Weisman
$2.19

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A Ponzi scheme - named after Charles Ponzi, who enticed investors to purchase worthless coupons in the 20s - was taken to new heights in the 90s. This work follows the human drama as a small-time scam grew into nationwide holdings of hotels, casinos, shopping malls and other buildings.

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Madoff: Corruption, Deceit, and the Making of the World's Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme
Peter Sanders
$4.95

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Madoff: Corruption, Deceit, and the Making of the World's Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme (Traditional Chinese Edition)
Peter Sander
$24.95

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The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History
Tyler Gray
$4.72

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Without Lou Pearlman, there would have been no Backstreet Boys, no *NSYNC, and possibly no Justin Timberlake. In the late 1990s, Pearlman's boy bands ushered out guitar-and-angst-driven grunge music, and *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys began to dominate the television and radio airwaves. At the core of this squeaky-clean pop revolution was a sinister international fraud conceived by Pearlman, a husky huckster who first honed his crooked business skills as a teenage math nerd and blimp enthusiast in Flushing, Queens. From there in the mid 1980s and from his Orlando, Florida, base in the early 1990s through 2007, he cheated hundreds of investors out of nearly $500 million. When they finally caught on to him and started demanding he return their money, the “Sixth Backstreet Boy” had already fled to Germany and then to Indonesia, where he was eventually nabbed by authorities and charged with a historic federal fraud.

Tyler Gray (the only journalist to speak with Pearlman while he was in jail) weaves together the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of the greed and desperation of this boy-band mogul and monumental scam artist. Gray unravels Pearlman's twenty-year long Ponzi scheme and explores persistent rumors about alleged inappropriate behavior by Pearlman toward members of the boy bands and other young men. Along the way, former friends, family members, Pearlman business associates, and band members themselves reveal detailed accounts of everything from the heyday of their stardom to Pearlman's more troubled times.

The Hit Charade starts with Pearlman's awkward youth and follows along as his juggling act becomes increasingly complex, then builds to the heartbreaking moments when investors—retirees, relatives, and friends—and government authorities discover that the man they had trusted had been cheating them all along. How did this chubby boy from middle-class Queens, who pioneered some of the music industry's most lucrative pop ensembles, mastermind one of the largest and longest running Ponzi schemes in U.S. history? Here, finally, is the true story of Lou Pearlman's epic rise and fall.

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man: Madoff. Stanford. Slatkin. How Ponzi Schemes Work and Why They're More Common than Ever
James Walsh
$13.57

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Updated and revised edition of late 1990s bestseller that enjoyed a recent second life in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal. Previous edition sold 5K units in early 2009 on strength of direct marketing and word of mouth among financial planners. New edition weaves details on schemes prepetrated by Madoff, Allen Stanford and Reed Slatkin in discussion of the mechanics and psychology of how investment frauds work. Focuses on understanding "the long con" and avoiding it.

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man: How Ponzi Schemes and Pyramid Frauds Work...And Why They're More Common Than Ever
James Walsh
$11.05

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A keen insider's guide to investment rip-offs, scams and conartists.

This book takes an investigative look at the reasons why Ponzi schemes and pyramid frauds are thriving everywhere. It closely examines why over 100,000 Americans are suckered into the schemes every year. Tips are offered to detect schemes and respond when they occur. The purpose of the book is to educated consumers and make them aware of how scams work.

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Marcia Sladich' Arrest In $10 Million Ponzi Scheme: Criminal Case 2:08-Mj-03135-Ps And Civil Case 2:08-Cv-04016-Sdw-Mca
Backgroundnow Staff
$9.99

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Allegedly, beginning in 2004 and continuing through at least August 2007, Sladich solicited hundreds of investors, most of them fellow members of her church, to invest money with her and her company, Kay Services, LLC. According to the Complaint, Sladich told these investors that she was partnering with a successful businesswoman who would be responsible for investing their money in real estate in the United States and abroad. Sladich promised investors that the investments were safe and secure and guaranteed 100 percent annual returns. The case alleges that there were no bona fide investments made and monies were spent for personal use. The Complaint is merely an accusation, and Sladich is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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Ponzi schemes: the implications for defrauded investors.: An article from: The Tax Adviser
Dianne Odom
$9.95

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This digital document is an article from The Tax Adviser, published by American Institute of CPA's on April 1, 2009. The length of the article is 2031 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ponzi schemes: the implications for defrauded investors.
Author: Dianne Odom
Publication: The Tax Adviser (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2009
Publisher: American Institute of CPA's
Volume: 40 Issue: 4 Page: 256(3)

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Bernard L. Madoff Charged In Multi-Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme: Complaint Filed In Federal Court And Application For Emergency Relief
Backgroundnow.com Staff
$9.99

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The SEC's complaint, filed in federal court in Manhattan, alleges that Madoff yesterday informed two senior employees that his investment advisory business was a fraud. Madoff told these employees that he was "finished," that he had "absolutely nothing," that "it's all just one big lie," and that it was "basically, a giant Ponzi scheme." The senior employees understood him to be saying that he had for years been paying returns to certain investors out of the principal received from other, different investors. Madoff admitted in this conversation that the firm was insolvent and had been for years, and that he estimated the losses from this fraud were at least $50 billion. According to regulatory filings, the Madoff firm had more than $17 billion in assets under management as of the beginning of 2008. It appears that virtually all assets of the advisory business are missing.