Ponzi Schemes, Madoff and More

If you are looking for information on Ponzi schemes, I thoroughly recommend The Ultimate Guide to Ponzi Schemes.  It is the compilation of a great deal of research on Ponzi schemes with links to all the resources.

I found the following top ten list of Ponzi schemes from Business Pundit of particular interest:

1. The Namesake: Charles Ponzi
2. Madman Madoff: Bernie Madoff
3. The Retiree Plunderer: Michael Eugene Kelly
4. The Boy Band Bandit: Lou Pearlman
5. The Biblical Bilker: Gerald Payne
6. The Costa Rica Crooks: Enrique, Osvaldo and Freddy Villalobos
7. The Lottery Uprising: The Albanian Government
8. The Scientologist Snake: Reed Slatkin
9. The Haiti Haters: various Haitians
10. The Fraudulent Feminist: Sarah Howe

Bankling also has some interesting lists of Personal Finance Blogs that are worth a gander.

Financial Ramblings: 150+ Personal Finance Blogs: the Bankling list

WiseBread: Top 100+ Personal Finance Blogs – Sorted by Alexa Rank

Top personal finance blogs ranked by traffic (Alexa) updated daily.

the Dk report: Top 30 Financial Blogs

30 popular financial blogs from the Alexa universe excluding the huge financial behemoths.

PopTopRanks: Personal Finance

A directory of top sites listed by number of feed subscribers together with the sites’ most recent headlines.

reportonbusiness.com: Best of the Blogs

Five favourite investment blogs from the Globe.

Whether you are looking for Personal Finance items or more specifically Ponzi scheme information, you should certainly find it somewhere here.

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