{"id":2910,"date":"2015-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/hindsight-is-2020-famous-ponzi-schemes-and-why-they-werent-obvious\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:40:59","slug":"hindsight-is-2020-famous-ponzi-schemes-and-why-they-werent-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/hindsight-is-2020-famous-ponzi-schemes-and-why-they-werent-obvious\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindsight Is 20\/20: Famous Ponzi Schemes and Why They Weren\u2019t Obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Hindsight-Is-2020-Famous-Ponzi-Schemes-and-Why-They-Weren\u2019t-Obvious.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1927 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Hindsight-Is-2020-Famous-Ponzi-Schemes-and-Why-They-Weren\u2019t-Obvious.jpg\" alt=\"Hindsight Is 20\/20: Famous Ponzi Schemes and Why They Weren\u2019t Obvious on silverlaw..com\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Hindsight-Is-2020-Famous-Ponzi-Schemes-and-Why-They-Weren\u2019t-Obvious.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Hindsight-Is-2020-Famous-Ponzi-Schemes-and-Why-They-Weren\u2019t-Obvious-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Throughout history, promises of high returns and low risk have lured investors to financial peril<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>If they only used their brilliance for good and not evil, what a better world we all might live in. Unfortunately, the brilliant businessmen behind some of the most famous Ponzi schemes, both in the past and more recently, chose to use their intelligence to prey upon all of society\u2014from the poor elderly to the rich and famous.<\/p>\n<h3>The Man Who Started It All: Charles Ponzi<\/h3>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/hindsight-is-2020-famous-ponzi-schemes-and-why-they-werent-obvious\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Hindsight Is 20\/20: Famous Ponzi Schemes and Why They Weren\u2019t Obvious\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout history, promises of high returns and low risk have lured investors to financial peril If they only used their brilliance for good and not evil, what a better world we all might live in. 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