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  2. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time. By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. The company started attracting money from private investors, promising annual returns of up to 1,000%.

  3. Bernie Madoff - Wikipedia

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    Bernard Lawrence Madoff ( / ˈmeɪdɔːf / MAY-dawf; [ 2] April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. [ 3][ 4] He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. [ 5]

  4. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [ 1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion ...

  5. Blue Chip Stamps - Wikipedia

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    Blue Chip Stamps started as a trading stamps company called "Blue Chip Stamp Company." They were a competitor of S&H Green Stamps. Blue Chip stamps were a loyalty program for customers, similar to discount cards issued by pharmacies and grocery stores in the digital era. A customer making a purchase at a participating store (typically grocery ...

  6. List of con artists - Wikipedia

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    John E.W. Keely (1837–1898): American mechanic and carnival barker who claimed to have discovered a new "force" on the likes of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla and bilked investors and socialites until the day of his death. [ 10][ 11] David Lamar (1877–1934): American con artist known as "The Wolf of Wall Street".

  7. Multi-level marketing - Wikipedia

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    Multi-level marketing (MLM), also called network marketing [1] or pyramid selling, [2] [3] [4] is a controversial [4] marketing strategy for the sale of products or services in which the revenue of the MLM company is derived from a non-salaried workforce selling the company's products or services, while the earnings of the participants are derived from a pyramid-shaped or binary compensation ...

  8. Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk and X, Alleging Fraud and Breach of ...

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    August 1, 2024 at 10:45 AM. Attorneys for former CNN journalist Don Lemon sued Elon Musk and X (formerly known as Twitter), accusing the tech mogul and his social media company of fraud, negligent ...

  9. List of U.S. security clearance terms - Wikipedia

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    Investigations. The following investigations are used in clearance determinations: [ 12] ANACI (Access National Agency Check with Inquiries) – Initial Confidential, Secret, L, LX; only used for civilian employees. NACLC (National Agency Check with Law and Credit) – Initial Confidential, Secret, L, LX; reinvestigations.