While some pyramid schemes are obvious, others are more difficult to detect. This is part of the reason why they are so dangerous and destructive to the lives of those who fall for them.

EminiFX CEO recently pled guilty to running a $250 million Ponzi scheme. Spotting the scam seems obvious, but con artists are skilled at trapping victims.

The scheme operated on three blockchains, including Ethereum, Tron, and later the Binance Smart Chain, and apparently took directly from the old multi-level-marketing—AKA pyramid scheme—playbook.

U.S. authorities charged 11 people in an alleged international cryptocurrency Ponzi and pyramid scheme that conned millions worldwide to invest more than $300 million on the Forsage platform, ...

The win attracted attention from across the industry, as it was the first time since the 1970s that a direct-selling company defeated the FTC’s pyramid scheme claims in a court trial. In Texas ...

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Three men, including one from Colorado, were sentenced on Dec. 16 for creating what federal prosecutors claimed to be an illegal pyramid scheme that took more than $23 million from consumers ...

To defend and burnish Tulsi Gabbard’s image as her political star was rising, her congressional campaign hired a public-affairs firm in 2017 that tried to suppress coverage of an alleged pyramid ...

A receiver's court-filed report on a company linked to Brad Carlson claims that the business was running a pyramid scheme. The receiver has accused Carlson of misusing customer money at his ...