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Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI
Lifestyle
Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI
By Chloe TaylorMarch 31, 2023
Actor Kevin Bacon poses at a premiere
Personal Finance
Kevin Bacon describes his anger at losing most of his money to Bernie Madoff—and gives powerful advice for smarter investing
By Chloe BergerOctober 12, 2022
Bernie Madoff and the disorienting mix of motives that led to history’s largest Ponzi scheme
Finance
Bernie Madoff and the disorienting mix of motives that led to history’s largest Ponzi scheme
By Geoff ColvinApril 14, 2021
Madoff-Talks-Book-Cover
Finance
New book ‘Madoff Talks’ is the authoritative source on one of history’s most notorious Ponzi schemes
By Geoff ColvinApril 10, 2021
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The Ledger
First Bitcoin Fraud Case Results in $2.5 Million Fine for Ponzi Scheme That Promised Outrageous Returns
By Grace DobushOctober 19, 2018
Government Shutdown Begins as Congress Divides on Spending
Finance
Real Estate Developer Woodbridge Is Being Sued Over a $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme that Defrauded the Elderly
By ReutersDecember 22, 2017
How Bernie did it
Magazine
How Bernie did it
By James Bandler and Nicholas VarchaverMay 11, 2009
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Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away fasterplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeSeptember 20, 2026
Success
Meet a 71-year-old who retired as a radiologist and professor, and now runs a banana-skewer business: ‘I never want to retire. Why would you do that?’placeholder alt text
By Preston ForeSeptember 20, 2026
Success
Hilton received 12,000 Gen Z applications for just 72 internship spots—its CHRO says AI has made the hospitality gigs more competitiveplaceholder alt text
By Emma BurleighSeptember 20, 2026
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