The court appearance of a Mississauga, Ont., man charged in connection with a suspected Toronto-based Ponzi scheme was held over until Wednesday as police worked to uncover more victims and prepare ...

A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that pays existing investors with funds collected from new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often promise to invest money and generate high returns with little ...

As a certified financial planner, I am often faced with questions about new investments that promise high returns with low risk. Examples include so-called ‘exclusive’ high-return funds that promise ...

When a Ponzi scheme collapses, how does a bankruptcy trustee with limited resources and hundreds of innocent investors — some winners, some losers — address all the competing issues in an equitable ...

From the man who gave the scheme its name to the largest fraud in history, this video reveals the top 5 Ponzi schemes that rocked the financial world. Learn how Charles Ponzi, Bernie Madoff, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Todd Burkhalter, the CEO of the Georgia-based financial advisory group Drive ...

Tom Geyer is an attorney for Columbus-based Bailey Cavalieri, an adjunct professor at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, an expert witness on securities law and past commissioner of the ...