His name is synonymous with massive fraud. Now, a new podcast. "Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story," delves into how and why ...

The Charles Ponzi Story” soared in the Apple podcast charts and premiered in the top of the History category. The series is about the mastermind criminal whose name became associated ...

“Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story” is produced by Northbrook’s Will Malnati, starring Sebastian Maniscalco as the famous swindler.

Over a period of nine months, Ponzi went on to steal the modern equivalent of $250mn from thousands of investors, leading to his name becoming a byword for dodgy financial schemes. The most famous ...

A Ponzi scheme is an investment scam that pays early investors with money taken from later investors to create an illusion of big profits.

On Aug. 12, 1920, Charles Ponzi was arrested in Boston for fraud. The dapper Italian immigrant enticed overeager investors with promises of outlandish profits. He repaid each $1,000 invested with ...

More than 100 years ago, the name Charles Ponzi was splashed on newspaper front pages across the land and poured from radio broadcasts, putting the phrase “Ponzi Scheme” firmly into the ...