Anatomy of a Ponzi Scheme

Investment Scams Past and Present

By: Colleen Cross

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Paperback | 3 December 2025

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296 Pages

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Is Your Money Safe?

The biggest Ponzi scheme of all time is about to collapse in 2016, and most victims are unaware they are caught in its web. Are you one of them?

Bernard Madoff, Tom Petters and others amassed fortunes in massive Ponzi schemes, ruining unsuspecting investors who were unaware that their investments were connected to these criminals. Just like the investors on Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, they are unknowingly invested in the scheme, either directly or indirectly, through hedge funds, mutual funds or other feeder fund investments. Are you an unwitting victim? Learn how to spot a Ponzi Scheme and beat these fraudsters at their own game!

Industry Reviews

"This book is fascinating and well written. It looks into what makes up a Ponzi Scheme, how often they occur (according to Cross about once a year... since the middle ages!) and how many fraudsters are psychopaths. He also details the life and fraud of the man for whom the phenomenon was named Charles Ponzi.

Other chapters cover; Chapter 4. Nineteenth Century Swindlers - Ponzi Pioneers (followed by a slew of other famous Ponziers) Chapter 5. Paul Burks Chapter 6. Marc Dreier Chapter 7. Nevin Shapiro Chapter 8. Ioan Stoica Chapter9. Damara Bertges (even women can be schemers) Chapter10. Scott Rothstein Chapter11. Tom Petters Chapter12. Allen Stanford

Other chapters cover Chapter 17. Spotting Ponzi schemes and... Chapter 20. a prediction of the next big Ponzi"

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