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Financiers in Crime & Notoriety
19 people, across 2 fields.
Jeffrey Epstein 1953–2019Notorious FiguresFinancier and convicted sex offender whose 2008 plea deal became a national scandal.
Bernie Madoff 1938–2021Notorious FiguresFinancier who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history — costing investors tens of billions of dollars.
Charles Ponzi 1882–1949Notorious FiguresThe 1920 Boston postal-coupon fraud that gave the Ponzi scheme its name
Ferdinand Ward 1851–1925Notorious FiguresFinancier whose Ponzi scheme destroyed the firm bearing Ulysses S. Grant's name and bankrupted him.