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Charles Ponzi: The Short Italian with a Long Con
Most of us have heard about the Ponzi Scheme. But what of the man who gave it his name? Charles Ponzi, was an Italian immigrant who never quite got on the right side of the law. But his greatest claim to fame was a tangl...
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Charles Ponzi: The Short Italian with a Long Con is an episode from Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels by Andrew Heaton. Most of us have heard about the Ponzi Scheme. But what of the man who gave it his name? Charles Ponzi, was an Italian immi...
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Published Apr 19, 2022, 46:16 long, audio available.
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Most of us have heard about the Ponzi Scheme. But what of the man who gave it his name? Charles Ponzi, was an Italian immigrant who never quite got on the right side of the law. But his greatest claim to fame was a tangled web of financial lies that almost brought down the Boston banking system. Unlicensed historians, Andrew Heaton and Andrew Young bring this fellow down to size.
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Published Apr 19, 2022 and 46:16 long