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 ...

A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that pays existing investors with funds collected from new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often promise to invest money and generate high returns with little ...

When a Ponzi scheme collapses, how does a bankruptcy trustee with limited resources and hundreds of innocent investors — some winners, some losers — address all the competing issues in an equitable ...

From the earliest days of commerce to the modern digital economy, the promise of quick wealth has remained one of humanity’s most enduring temptations. Long before the rise of the internet and ...

The court appearance of a Mississauga, Ont., man charged in connection with a suspected Toronto-based Ponzi scheme was held over until Wednesday as police worked to uncover more victims and prepare ...

A social media "finfluencer" who promised followers financial freedom through real estate investing is heading to prison after orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Tyler Bossetti, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Todd Burkhalter, the CEO of the Georgia-based financial advisory group Drive ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has said Nigerians have lost about N316bn to ponzi schemes and illegal fund managers over the years, warning that greed and ignorance are sustaining the menace.

Tom Geyer is an attorney for Columbus-based Bailey Cavalieri, an adjunct professor at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, an expert witness on securities law and past commissioner of the ...