scheme
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Philip Wu, a Chicago-based enrolled agent with the IRS who prepares taxes for clients, tells of a client who was victimized by a Ponzi scheme and lost a bundle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Her family is among thousands who have experienced delays after outsourcing firm Capita took over administration of the civil service pension scheme.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“Thankfully, tax laws allow for deductions for Ponzi scheme victims,” Wu said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
McClain’s elaborate scheme came apart in April 2023, when a local truck dealer who had invested around $650,000 insisted on repayment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
They had the essential feature of a Ponzi scheme: To maintain the fiction that they were profitable enterprises, they needed more and more capital to create more and more subprime loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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