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Number of Ponzi schemes dropped last year, but what will happen in 2022?

Ponzi schemes

According to the website Ponzitracker.com, the number of Ponzi schemes uncovered by authorities dropped 26% last year.

Authorities uncovered 34 Ponzi schemes in 2021, a year-over-year drop of 26% and the lowest figure since at least 2008. That year began with Bernie Madoff as a widely respected figure on Wall Street and concluded with Madoff exposed as perhaps the Street's greatest villain after the revelation of hi

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