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Ponzi scheme

fraudulent investment scheme that pays earlier investors with proceeds from later investors
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Ponzi scheme

Summary

Ponzi scheme is a type of crime[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type_of_crime entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,090 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ponzi scheme's instance of is recorded as type of crime[3].
  • Charles Ponzi is named after Ponzi scheme[4].
  • Ponzi scheme's based on is recorded as pyramid scheme[5].
  • Ponzi scheme is a type of financial fraud[6].
  • Ponzi scheme is a type of business model[7].
  • Ponzi scheme is a type of pyramid scheme[8].
  • Ponzi scheme's Commons category is recorded as Pyramid and Ponzi schemes[9].

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Context

Ponzi scheme's instance of is recorded as type of crime[3].

Why It Matters

Ponzi scheme ranks in the top 5% of type_of_crime entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,090 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Bernard Madoff Charles Ponzi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → financial fraud, business model, pyramid scheme
    Based on → pyramid scheme
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → money/Ponzi-scheme
    Named after → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007291733805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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