Ponzi
Apparently there's a guy in Watervliet whose name is Charles Ponzi -- just like the infamous con man. He tells the NYT that nobody really mentioned it for years. And then the Bernie Madoff scandal erupted.
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Back in the '70's, I developed a Fonzi scheme - I recruited kids in 4th grade to wear leather jackets and say "ayyyy" - they in turn had to recruit others and so on and so on. I didn't get rich, but I got lots of chicks, free soda and free songs from the juke box.
... said Barold on Mar 20, 2009 at 3:50 PM | link