It’s during such times of economic difficulty and uncertainty that fraudsters lure unsuspecting consumers into “get-rich-quick” schemes, offering an avenue to make easy money by investing in a ...

An MLM is a Frankenstein’s monster of two (or possibly three—more on that later) types of businesses, all stitched together.

What Is a Pyramid Scheme? A pyramid scheme is a fraudulent investment where participants make money primarily by recruiting new investors rather than from legitimate businesses. Technology and ...

A Ponzi scheme is a type of financial fraud in which the "success" of the entity is propped up by paying returns to initial investors from the money invested by subsequent investors. A pyramid ...

A research team’s astonishing claims that they discovered massive underground structures extending hundreds of feet deep beneath Egypt’s Khafre Pyramid sound like science fiction to experts.

“Pyramid Scheme” hits out at the dark side of the internet and considers the way it alienates artists and creatives, with Segarra singing: “And you can paint your portal on the wall with the ...

In 2023, LaShonda, 35, and Marlon Moore, 37 were accused of running a fraudulent pyramid scheme, preying on thousands of mostly Black folk while raking in millions of dollars for themselves ...

One woman falls squarely within the former category, believing corporate America is not only a scam, but a complex pyramid scheme. The authenticity expert claimed that corporate America is nothing ...

Three masterminds of a pyramid scheme were sentenced for founding and operating the scam that cost investors 23 million dollars. The trio was named Alex Dee, of Texas, Brian Kaplan, of Colorado ...

Maybe you’ve heard them called “Ponzi schemes” or “pyramid schemes.” But while some people use the terms interchangeably, they actually refer to different variations of investment fraud.