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Ponzi scheme

Get-rich-quick schemes, pyramids and ponzis: five signs you’re being scammed

Maverick Life

Get-rich-quick schemes, pyramids and ponzis: five signs you’re being scammed

By Bomikazi Zeka and Abdul Latif Alhassan

Moegoe of the Year: Toilet preaching Ponzi schemer talks real kak

South Africa

Moegoe of the Year: Toilet preaching Ponzi schemer talks real kak

By Marianne Thamm

It’s the Louis Liebenberg 'reality' show as alleged diamond scammer mounts his own defence

South Africa

It’s the Louis Liebenberg 'reality' show as alleged diamond scammer mounts his own defence

By Vincent Cruywagen

Chris Brown, R Kelly and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs point to hardcore crime beneath what is presented to us as entertainment

World

Chris Brown, R Kelly and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs point to hardcore crime beneath what is presented to us as entertainment

By Caryn Dolley

Disgraced financial adviser Craig Warriner debarred for 30 years by Financial Sector Conduct Authority

Business Maverick

Disgraced financial adviser Craig Warriner debarred for 30 years by Financial Sector Conduct Authority

By Neesa Moodley

The US is tightening its case against a South African pastor involved in a multimillion-dollar investment scam

World

The US is tightening its case against a South African pastor involved in a multimillion-dollar investment scam

By Caryn Dolley

Gollong racket appears to have collapsed but SA remains breeding ground for financial scams

Maverick Citizen

Gollong racket appears to have collapsed but SA remains breeding ground for financial scams

By Anton van Zyl for GroundUp

Investigation — Beneath the dark cloud hanging over alleged solar power Ponzi operation, Gollong Investments

Maverick Citizen

Investigation — Beneath the dark cloud hanging over alleged solar power Ponzi operation, Gollong Investments

By Anton van Zyl and Maanda Bele

Cape investors left impoverished in Ponzi scheme investment scam

South Africa

Cape investors left impoverished in Ponzi scheme investment scam

By Vincent Cruywagen

VBS: Indictment details the ‘corrupt gratifications’ driving illegal municipal investments in the doomed bank

Business Maverick

VBS: Indictment details the ‘corrupt gratifications’ driving illegal municipal investments in the doomed bank

By Tebogo Tshwane for amaBhungane

Scams, cons and stupidities: History is replete with get-rich-quick schemes

South Africa

Scams, cons and stupidities: History is replete with get-rich-quick schemes

By J Brooks Spector

A Ponzi scheme by another name: The case of Invest200

Business Maverick

A Ponzi scheme by another name: The case of Invest200

By Ruan Jooste