The Ponzi Scheme

The Ponzi Scheme

2014 · 85 min · ★ 7.8 · History, Drama

Ponzi, from his arrival in Boston in 1903, to hi death in Rio in 1949. He made himself famous in inventing the first fraud of modern times on a large scale, and inspired Bernard Madoff.

Directed by Dante Desarthe · Written by Dante Desarthe

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