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Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS FOOL ME ONCE – Kevin Bacon is ‘more careful’ after losing money in infamous Ponzi scheme.
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FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon made some rare comments about losing money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in the 2000s.
—Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Maybe Musk should ask if all forms of insurance are a Ponzi scheme.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
Like every Ponzi scheme, it was doomed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Kevin Bacon made some rare comments about losing money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in the 2000s.
—Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Maybe Musk should ask if all forms of insurance are a Ponzi scheme.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
Like every Ponzi scheme, it was doomed.
—David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Ponzi scheme
pyramid scheme
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Such enterprises invite non-salaried workers to sell goods and then also earn commissions by recruiting more salespeople; the Federal Trade Commission has over the years outlined subtle legal differences between MLMs and pyramid schemes.—
Lora Kelley,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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Among them, pyramid schemes, membership fee fakes, credit repair cons, dubious health offers, fictitious diploma schools and illegitimate gaming services.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Ponzi scheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Ponzi%20scheme. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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