Both Ponzi and pyramid schemes have been reinvented over the years, but at the core of each is essentially the same devious deceit-paying new investors with money from old investors.

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Three masterminds of a pyramid scheme were sentenced for founding and operating the scam that cost investors 23 million dollars. The trio was named Alex Dee, of Texas, Brian Kaplan, of Colorado, and ...

Scammers want you to believe they're offering you a legitimate money-making opportunity. Seniors are seen as prime targets due to the potential that they have money saved for retirement. If an ...

A Fort Collins man determined to be one of three founding members of a nation-wide pyramid scheme that took more than $23 million from its investors was sentenced recently to prison time and millions ...