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07/09/2026

20 years. 380 heists. One sandwich. 💀

07/08/2026

Anna Delvey fooled everyone with fake trust fund

07/07/2026

the math was unbeatable 🤯

07/06/2026

18 years. A clay face caught him. 😳

07/05/2026

The biggest heist you never heard of. 💀

07/04/2026

Craigslist + armored car = prison 💀

07/03/2026

the lies caught up 😳

07/02/2026

A whole country went to war for one man. 😳

07/01/2026

she raised him to con. it worked… until it didn't. 🕵️

06/20/2026

🔍 Charles Ponzi: The Con Man Who Gave a Scam Its Name

In the early 1920s, Charles Ponzi promised investors unbelievable returns in just a few months, claiming he had discovered a way to profit from international postal reply coupons. Instead of generating legitimate profits, Ponzi used money from new investors to pay earlier ones, creating a massive financial fraud that eventually collapsed under its own weight.

His scheme swindled thousands of people and became so infamous that similar frauds are still known today as “Ponzi schemes.” More than a century later, his name remains synonymous with financial deception and investment fraud.

In this True Crime Chronicles episode, we explore how Charles Ponzi built his fraudulent empire, how he convinced so many people to trust him, and how his scheme became the blueprint for countless scams that followed.



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