Ponzi scheme
fraudulent investment scheme that pays earlier investors with proceeds from later investors
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Ponzi scheme
Summary
Ponzi scheme is a type of crime[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_crime entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,483 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Ponzi scheme's instance of is recorded as type of crime[3].
- Charles Ponzi is named after Ponzi scheme[4].
- Ponzi scheme's based on is recorded as pyramid scheme[5].
- Ponzi scheme's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh00005148[6].
- Ponzi scheme's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 161945669[7].
- Ponzi scheme's subclass of is recorded as financial fraud[8].
- Ponzi scheme's subclass of is recorded as business model[9].
- Ponzi scheme's subclass of is recorded as pyramid scheme[10].
- Ponzi scheme's Commons category is recorded as Pyramid and Ponzi schemes[11].
- Ponzi scheme's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 58791[12].
- Ponzi scheme's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cpvr[13].
- Ponzi scheme's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0518468[14].
- Ponzi scheme's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as money/Ponzi-scheme[15].
- Ponzi scheme's New York Times topic ID is recorded as subject/ponzi-schemes[16].
- Ponzi scheme's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ponzi-Schemes[17].
- Ponzi scheme's Google News topics ID is recorded as CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR053ZG5JU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ[18].
- Ponzi scheme's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776679689[19].
- Ponzi scheme's related image is recorded as Charles Ponzi.jpg[20].
- Ponzi scheme's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007291733805171[21].
- Ponzi scheme's Lex ID is recorded as Ponzi-svindel_-_Økonomisk_kriminalitet[22].
- Ponzi scheme's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as esquema-de-ponzi[23].
- Ponzi scheme's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/3832fafb-4eaf-4e62-87b0-5a5571667bf8[24].
Why It Matters
Ponzi scheme ranks in the top 5% of type_of_crime entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,483 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]