Thomas Mullin
Ponzi Schemes
??????????? Ponzi schemes, named after the man who created them Charles Ponzi, are one of the uglier sides of accounting.? A Ponzi scheme, also known as a pyramid scheme, is when a salesman, usually a very charismatic person, makes an “investment” sound like a great opportunity.? They make false promises of great returns with red sox #33 red mlb jersey their secret plan or business savvy.? What really is happening is they are tricking many people into joining their plan.? Instead of making any actual profit, they use money from their latest victims to pay off the earlier victims.? This works as long as there are new investors lining up to join the salesman, and as long as no one already invested tries to take too much money out at once.?
??????????? Charles Ponzi started these schemes back in the early 1900’s; Taking advantage of an eager American public, who were seeing a rising economy in a post World War I country.? Ponzi
??????????? Ponzi, who was never really satisfied with his earnings, made even more plans to get money out of people.? Although he was very good at what he did, his charm and intelligence only went so far.? The Boston Post, a financial journalist Clarence W. Barron and state banking officials started to investigate Charles Ponzi.? They finally found out the Ponzi was nothing more than a con artist.? He was arrested in 1920 for mail fraud, serving time in both federal and state prison.? Ponzi, an immigrant from Italy who never became a citizen, was deported in 1934 back to Italy.? It was there that he died fifteen years later, a poor man.? Ponzi schemes did not end with the death of the originator.? They can even be directly related to the fall of Albania, after it broke free from communism.? ?
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