{"id":2858,"date":"2015-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/why-south-florida-is-a-target-for-ponzi-schemers\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T17:37:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:37:39","slug":"why-south-florida-is-a-target-for-ponzi-schemers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/why-south-florida-is-a-target-for-ponzi-schemers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why South Florida is a Target for Ponzi Schemers"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Why-South-Florida-is-a-Target-for-Ponzi-Schemers.jpg\" alt=\"Why South Florida is a Target for Ponzi Schemers on silverlaw.com\" width=\"513\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Why-South-Florida-is-a-Target-for-Ponzi-Schemers.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Why-South-Florida-is-a-Target-for-Ponzi-Schemers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Why-South-Florida-is-a-Target-for-Ponzi-Schemers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Why-South-Florida-is-a-Target-for-Ponzi-Schemers-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Learn what to look for to avoid being swindled by a Ponzi scheme in South Florida<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Ponzi scheme is a type of investment fraud that is directed by a single individual who creates an entire scheme that hinges on new investment funding being used to pay existing investors. As long as new investors are plentiful, the scheme can work and the orchestrator can benefit financially for years. Ponzi schemers generally urge investors to promote the investors preying on whole communities, religious institutions and similarly situated people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the most elaborate and successful Ponzi schemes have spanned decades (Bernie Madoff was engaged in fraudulent activities for at least 20 years). But once new investors dry up, the investment scheme quickly collapses and numerous investors lose large sums of money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/why-south-florida-is-a-target-for-ponzi-schemers\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Why South Florida is a Target for Ponzi Schemers\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what to look for to avoid being swindled by a Ponzi scheme in South Florida A Ponzi scheme is a type of investment fraud that is directed by a single individual who creates an entire scheme that hinges on new investment funding being used to pay existing investors. As long as new investors are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[424],"class_list":["post-2858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponzi-schemes","tag-ponzi-schemers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why South Florida is a Target for Ponzi Schemers &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; December 20, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the new article\u00a0Why South Florida is a Target for Ponzi Schemers on silverlaw.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/why-south-florida-is-a-target-for-ponzi-schemers\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why South Florida is a Target for Ponzi Schemers &#8212; 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