Charles Ponzi

The Men Who Built America Episode 1 starts 5 Days after the Civil War, which was known as the bloodiest conflict with 6,000 deaths adding one of the greatest, Abraham Lincoln. This episode was about how the railroads had come together. The railroads started with Cornelius Vanderbilt. He began his journey starting with a single ferry that had later on become many ships. His ships were used to transport goods. Vanderbilt later on in life then decided to sell all of ships and invest in railroads.…

school and earned a bachelor’s in political science, he established his seemingly innocent investment firm. His company offered reliable returns and dealt with reputable clients such as Stephen Spielberg. However, his entire business was an elaborate Ponzi scheme held to satisfy his lust for riches. How may you ask? It involved all forms of cruel acts including fraud and money laundering, with billed accounts as high as 65 Billion US dollars. Like Macbeth once believed, “False face must hide…

Craig Newmark launched the website that bears his name in 1995. Since then, Craigslist has turned the classified ad market upside down, draining billions of dollars from newspaper coffers while saving consumers a mint. However, consumers have also lost plenty of money through Craigslist, typically falling for one scam or another that has extracted hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars from them. Here’s a sample of the Craigslist car scams that have been perpetuated and how best to avoid each…

In 2009 in America, Bernard Madoff, one of the most famous business men in the United States and a part-builder of the largest financial pyramid in American history, was convicted. It was one of the most known and big investment scandals in the history of Wall Street. Bernard Madoff, the founder of the Financial Pyramid, which attracted a huge sum around $50 billion, threw the USA in shock. Since the mid-60s of the last century, the name Madoff was synonymous with scrupulous honesty and…

hostess at parties. Princess Diana was educated first at a preparatory school called Riddlesworth Hall, which was an all girls boarding school. later she went to West Heath School in Kent and she graduated in 1977 from Chateaux d'Oex in Switzerland. Charles, the prince of wales had previously dated Diana's older sister Lady Sarah, but soon he noticed Diana, although he was only 12 years older.…

perfect and have no obstacles or problems to overcome. They are kept away from the real world and they live sheltered lives. When Diana Spencer married into the royal household, that stereotype was broken. Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales and she challenged the typical stereotype of a princess by talking about mental illness, making physical contact with AIDS and leprosy patients, and by exposing her children to the horrors of the outside world. Princess…

DAMAYANTI Introduction The story of Nala-Damayanti has been narrated in Vana-Parva in Mahabharata by Rishi Vrihadswa. Damayanti was the daughter King Bhima who ruled Vidharbha Kingdom. Damayanti had earned a reputation of being the most beautiful Princess of Universe at that time. She was described as lovely-waisted Damayanti. As per Nala-Damayanti Katha, Damayanti was famous for 'for her incandescent beauty, grace, virtue and excellence' she was faultless-featured; 'with her ornaments she…

Adalius Thomas former NFL linebacker signed a contract with the New England Patriots for five years for thirty-five million dollars. Thomas at the time was the highest paid free agent for the New England Patriots. Thomas went to go buy a car and during the transaction his credit was below what it should be, not allowing him to buy the car. Gary Stern was his attorney at the time to deal with his taxes. Stern was involved in creating a fraudulent tax scheme which left Thomas to pay back the IRS…

At the Golden Globes award ceremony Oprah Winfrey was presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.Given recent events like the Me too and Time’s up movements Oprah dedicated her speech to speaking up about sexual harassment and emphasizing the need for change.Throughout the speech she talks about many different things from personal stories to the plights of everyday women to show that this abuse affects everyone. She uses many important rhetorical devices, namely pathos, syntax…

documentary film by Jeff Prosserman, based on the 2010 memoir No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller written by the film’s arguable protagonist Harry Markopolos. Chasing Madoff examines Markopolos and his cohorts pursuit of now infamous ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. Madoff robbed tens of thousands of people, of tens of billions of dollars. Investigative journalists from several large publications were sought out and tried to bring forward expose articles but unbelievably the story was…