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A charlatan is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception. One example of a charlatan appears i
Pietro Longhi: The Charlatan, 1757
Pietro Longhi: The Charlatan, 1757
The Pardoner, from the Ellesmere Chaucer
The Pardoner, from the Ellesmere Chaucer
Charles Ponzi
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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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…John Henry Pinkard, 19th-20th century Roanoke, Virginia, businessman and purveyor of quack medicines. Charles Ponzi, 19th-20th century Italian scammer for whom the "Ponzi scheme" is named, a scam that relies on a pyramid of investors who contribute money to a fraudulent…
Ponzi in c. 1920
Ponzi in c. 1920
Mug shot, c. 1910
Mug shot, c. 1910
Ponzi in 1920, while still working as a businessman in his office in Boston
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
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".