Ponzi's Scheme is the true story of a financial legend. To write the book, Mitch went to Italy and found Ponzi's birth records. He also looked through a bunch of photos from when Ponzi was young.
Some of history's biggest financial scams owe their name to Charles Ponzi. Here's the story of the man behind the eponymous scheme.
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