Fund Manager What is a Ponzi Scheme? Lured by the promise of profits, initial investors send money...

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Fund Manager What is a Ponzi Scheme? Lured by the promise of profits, initial investors send money to a fund manager who appears to be legitimate.

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Page 1: Fund Manager What is a Ponzi Scheme? Lured by the promise of profits, initial investors send money to a fund manager who appears to be legitimate.

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What is a Ponzi Scheme?

Lured by the promise of profits, initial investors send money to a fund manager who appears to be legitimate.

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As subsequent investors send money to the fund manager…

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Page 3: Fund Manager What is a Ponzi Scheme? Lured by the promise of profits, initial investors send money to a fund manager who appears to be legitimate.

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…the fund manager uses some of that money to pay fake dividends to the initial investors, making it look like a legitimate and profitable investment.

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Misled by the fund’s reported earnings, other victims soon invest in the fund as well.

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The manager keeps his fraud going by paying fake dividends to previous investors with money from new investors — all the while earning commissions and fees from each new investment.

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Eventually the fund manager disappears with all the money, or the scheme collapses when he can no longer keep up the charade. Either way, most investors lose nearly everything.