Pyramid schemes are nothing new. For example, in the 1920s, Charles Ponzi promised investors high returns on postal reply ...

Ponzi and pyramid schemes depend on new money and recruitment to survive. These schemes promise returns from new participants, not real economic activity. Bitcoin does not require recruitment or ...

Most Americans have been aware for some time that multi-level marketing schemes are bad — either through recent books or documentaries like LuLaRich. But did you know exactly how bad? Bridget Read, ...

The Paparazzi Jewelry company has agreed to pay $1.9 million and change the way they do business after the Washington State Attorney General’s office alleged the company operated as a pyramid scheme.

Overview Pump-and-dump scams are increasing due to easy token creation and weak regulation on DEXs.Billions in fake trading volume distort true crypto market ac ...

Leave it to Megan Abbott to tap into the American zeitgeist and play on her readers’ fears like a conductor leading a doomsday orchestra. As high school and college graduates across the country ...