Todd Burkhalter promised big returns. His victims didn’t realize they were too good to be true.

Attorneys James D. Gassenheimer and Isaac M. Marcushamer offer the telltale signs of a Ponzi scheme knowing another wave of frauds may be just around the corner. In late 2008 and 2009, the United ...

Two men — Ryan Wear, of Everett, Washington, and Jordan Chirico, of Carmel, Indiana — have been indicted in New York on federal criminal charges related to two Ponzi-like schemes involving water ...

Finance and investment experts have attributed the recurring cases of phony investment schemes to three main issues of financial illiteracy, greed and lack of culture of due process. Against the ...

Victims of a deceased financier known as the "Bernie Madoff of cows" are suing three banks, alleging they enabled the fraud that resulted in a $100 million Ponzi scheme. Some of those duped by Brian ...

Nigerian regulators are launching a more forceful and coordinated enforcement regime against unregistered and illegal “phony” investment schemes, otherwise known as Ponzi schemes. The new enforcement ...

Statement: “Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” In an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, billionaire and White House adviser Elon Musk resurrected a term that Social Security ...

As a certified financial planner, I am often faced with questions about new investments that promise high returns with low risk. Examples include so-called ‘exclusive’ high-return funds that promise ...

In an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, billionaire businessman and White House adviser Elon Musk resurrected a term that Social Security critics have sometimes used to describe the program, calling ...