Ponzi scheme

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Well, now think about this in the context of a Ponzi scheme such as the one perpetrated by disgraced financier Bernie Madoff.
那么，就以类似臭名昭著的金融家伯尼·麦道夫经营的庞氏骗局为背景来对此进行考量。
When her husband, Bernard Madoff, divulged his Ponzi scheme, a $65-billion fraud for which he awaits sentencing later this month, Mrs. Madoff’s life was also ruined.
当她的丈夫，伯纳德．麦道夫，泄露了他的65亿美元的庞氏诈骗计划即将在本月末等待审判时，麦道夫夫人的生活也被毁了。
It’s also creating a new class of B shares so that it can keep control of the company in the hands of management — all the better to keep the Ponzi scheme going for as long as possible.
反而，管理层正在做的就是从公司里提取让人惊讶的大笔现金。管理层同时创建了新的B股来保证公司的控制权落在管理层的手里——这都是为了让庞氏骗局可以走的更远。

Now that Madoff has admitted to his crimes, questions have turned to who else might have helped the disgraced financier operate the massive Ponzi scheme.
Madoff admitted he had been defrauding thousands of clients since the early 1990s - operating a classic Ponzi scheme - using the money that new customers invested to pay those who wanted to withdraw funds.

Plaintiffs believe it was a classic Ponzi scheme, where Sweesy paid out dividends with new money.
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Investigators and forensic accountants are continuing to unravel the finances of the complicated Ponzi scheme.
NPR: Court Tries To Reach Deals With NC Ponzi 'Winners'

a way of deceiving investors (= people who give money to a company hoping to get more back) by using the money they give to pay interest to existing customers rather than investing it

a fraudulent investment operation that pays quick returns to initial contributors using money from subsequent contributors rather than profit