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Ponzi scheme

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

Ponzi scheme is a type of crime[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type of crime entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,449 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Charles Ponzi[3]
  • Based on: pyramid scheme[4]
  • Subclass of: financial fraud[5], business model[6], pyramid scheme[7]
  • Commons category: Pyramid and Ponzi schemes[8]

Why It Matters

Ponzi scheme has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Bernard Madoff Charles Ponzi

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ponzi-schemes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ponzi-schemes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950796|ponzi schemes (#289950796)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 20w 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 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007291733805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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