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By Kuranga Abdulazeez
According to Investopedia,a PONZI scheme is an investment fraud where clients are promised a large profit at little to no risk. Companies that engage in this scheme focus all their energy into attracting new clients to make investments. This new income is used to pay original investors their returns, marked as a profit from a legitimate transaction.
Ponzi schemes rely on a constant flow of new investments to continue to provide returns to older investors. When this flow runs out, the scheme falls apart.
The salient features of a Ponzi scheme are listed below:
By Kuranga Abdulazeez
According to Investopedia,a PONZI scheme is an investment fraud where clients are promised a large profit at little to no risk. Companies that engage in this scheme focus all their energy into attracting new clients to make investments. This new income is used to pay original investors their returns, marked as a profit from a legitimate transaction.
Ponzi schemes rely on a constant flow of new investments to continue to provide returns to older investors. When this flow runs out, the scheme falls apart.
The salient features of a Ponzi scheme are listed below:

