Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels

Charles Ponzi: The Short Italian with a Long Con


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Most of us have heard about the Ponzi Scheme. But what of the man who gave it his name? Charles Ponzi, was an Italian immigrant who never quite got on the right side of the law. But his greatest claim to fame was a tangled web of financial lies that almost brought down the Boston banking system. Unlicensed historians, Andrew Heaton and Andrew Young bring this fellow down to size.
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Losers, Pretenders & ScoundrelsBy Andrew Heaton, Andrew Young

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