Charles Ponzi

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Italian businessman and con artist (1882-1949)

United States WritersLived 1882 to 1949 · aged 66

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Charles Ponzi was an Italian charlatan and con artist who operated in the United States and Canada. His aliases included Charles Ponci, Carlo, Benny Broncko and Charles P. Bianchi.

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Mug shot, c. 1910

Ponzi in 1920, while still working as a businessman in his office in Boston

Even before his trial, Ponzi's name had begun to pass into the language as a fraudster. This ad dated 25 September 1920 for Washington Mutual Savings Bank in Seattle, declares, "Don't Be Ponzied".

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