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winwinfuture.bsky.social

@winwinfuture.bsky.social

#TrumpCrimeWH corruption knows no bounds.

#Crypto #Bitcoin is the ultimate #fraud and #PonziScheme. It will undermine the market.

Hey #DOJ - It’s called #InsiderTrading - it’s a crime. #ArrestThem

@wsj.com @cnbc.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @cnn.com @msnbc.com

October 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM Everybody can reply

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AnthropoceneMPG 🌊

@anthropocenempg.bsky.social

#Rump is in a terrible jam, how will he pay back the collected tariffs.

#PonziScheme

September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM Everybody can reply

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Starry Starry Knight

@space6host.bsky.social

#Tesla is a #PonziScheme... pass it on... 🤩

March 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM Everybody can reply

Poster | Crypto News

@cryptonews-poster.bsky.social

Paraguay crypto scams & Ponzis stole over $4B in '23-'24! 🚨 Fake platforms lure victims with small profits, then vanish. Funds often transit through Paraguay, complicating recovery. Report scams ASAP to help police prevent further losses! #cryptoscam #Paraguay #ponzischeme

#blockchain #news

April 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM Everybody can reply

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John Presta

@johnpresta.bsky.social

Tesla is a #PonziScheme!

March 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Milan Asanović

@milanasanovic.bsky.social

There is an exact descriptive word for that ahh it’s #ponzischeme

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jan 21

“.. no one is pretending $TRUMP will be used in real-world transactions to pay for groceries .. Rather, people buy memecoins such as $TRUMP solely because they think someone else might be willing to pay more for them someday.”

@crampell.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Trump finds a new way for foreign governments to pay him off: Crypto

Trump’s crypto coin is little more than a whizbang Ponzi scheme.

www.washingtonpost.com

January 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM Everybody can reply

JohnnyMangu

@johnnybarbu.bsky.social

#SocialSecurity is NOT an #entitlement.
It is NOT a #ponzischeme.
Don't let the #oligarchy tell you different.

NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · Mar 25

Remember. It’s. Your. Money. ✨

March 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM Everybody can reply

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xstreamfm.bsky.social

@xstreamfm.bsky.social

Alabama Reflector:Alabama News Beacon #Alabama #PonziScheme #SecuritiesCommission

Alabama Securities Commission opens ‘inquiry’ into alleged Georgia Ponzi scheme

The Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) has opened an inquiry into an alleged Georgia-based Ponzi scheme involving First Liberty Building and Loan and its owner, Edwin Brant Frost IV. Amanda Senn, director of the ASC, said in a phone interview Monday that the move is not an investigation. The agency is actively monitoring the situation and […]

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July 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM Everybody can reply

CryptosNewss

@cryptosnewss.bsky.social

HashFlare founders avoid more prison time in $577M crypto Ponzi case after serving 16 months. DOJ may appeal the ruling.
#CryptoNews #HashFlare #PonziScheme #Bitcoin #DOJ

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HashFlare Founders Avoid Prison In $577M Crypto Ponzi Case, DOJ Weighs Appeal -

HashFlare founders get time served in $577M crypto Ponzi case. DOJ mulls appeal as judge cites asset recovery. Largest fraud case in Seattle court history.

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August 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM Everybody can reply

The Lebowski

@thelebowski.bsky.social

Hey Crypto Fam! 🚨 HashFlare founders got time served for a massive $577M crypto Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors might appeal. 🤯 #CryptoScam #HashFlare #PonziScheme

August 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM Everybody can reply

DodgeZen

@dodgezen.bsky.social

Lifestyles of the snitch and infamous....
Honk honk! Welcome Bitzio the Crypto-Clown.
#Crypto #Clown #Felon #PonziScheme

March 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM Everybody can reply

Merlin Mililli

@mililli.bsky.social

I do not think that means what you think it means, elonia. What is this projection with a , "look over there while I run my own ponzi scheme"? #ponzischeme #fuckelon #lies #elonlies

April 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM Everybody can reply

All Namibian News

@namibiannews.bsky.social

#Namibia #PonziScheme #FraudTrial #BankRecords #Justice

Bank Records Admissible in Ponzi Scheme Trial

[New Era] Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute last week declared the bank records of Sakaria Megameno Namwandi, obtained by the Bank of Namibia (BoN) and Namibian Police Force, admissible as evidence during the fraud trial.

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April 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM Everybody can reply

Andy Lloyd

@andyjlloyd.bsky.social

3. Can we be sure that the bailed-out financial sector has learned the lessons of 2007/8? Or is the green light for greater risk taking a first step towards the return of Ponzi schemes? #PonziScheme #WhyMinskyMatters www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Reeves tells City regulator to encourage more risk-taking in financial sector

New remit given to FCA by chancellor raises fears of a weakening of rules brought in to avert another financial crisis

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January 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM Everybody can reply

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Jeff Thomas Black

@jeffthomasblack.bsky.social

Everything in American capitalism, including UNIONS, is some version of a #PonziScheme in which only the first humans in-the-door receive secure jobs and stand to gain long-term benefits. Unemployed people coming onto those jobs now are shamelessly sold out - just like their #future and communities.

August 3, 2023 at 4:04 PM Everybody can reply

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GLEN JACKSON

@glenjackson.bsky.social

Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme. ‼️
It’s a high-functioning, universal, & exceptionally efficient part of the American social safety net the opposite of a #Ponzischeme. Which is why the overwhelming majority of Americans oppose cutting it
@rbreich.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The biggest Ponzi scheme in history

Friends,

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March 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM Everybody can reply

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A little witch in Halloweentown

@halloweentowngirl.bsky.social

I previously have donated/volunteered for 6 of these Dems.

Y'all either just cost me a lot of money supporting your primary challenger or saved me money in the general, bc if you voted for this, you won't get another dime from me.
#disappointed #democrats #justwhy #ponzischeme #wastingtaxdollars

Molly White @molly.wiki · May 20

Democrats who voted for the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill: Alsobrooks (MD), Blunt Rochester (DE), Booker (NJ), Cortez Masto (NV), Fetterman (PA), Gallego (AZ), Gillibrand (NY), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Lujan (NM), Ossoff (GA), Padilla (CA), Rosen (NV), Schiff (CA), Slotkin (MI), Warner (VA)

Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---66
Alsobrooks (D-MD)
Banks (R-IN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blackburn (R-TN)
Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Booker (D-NJ)
Boozman (R-AR)
Britt (R-AL)
Budd (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cramer (R-ND)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Curtis (R-UT)
Daines (R-MT)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Husted (R-OH)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Johnson (R-WI)
Justice (R-WV)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
Lujan (D-NM)
Lummis (R-WY)
Marshall (R-KS)
McConnell (R-KY)
McCormick (R-PA)
Moody (R-FL)
Moreno (R-OH)
Mullin (R-OK)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Padilla (D-CA)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Rosen (D-NV)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schiff (D-CA)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Scott (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sheehy (R-MT)
Slotkin (D-MI)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Warner (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)
NAYs ---32
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Coons (D-DE)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Durbin (D-IL)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Hirono (D-HI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kim (D-NJ)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Paul (R-KY)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warnock (D-GA)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting - 2
Hawley (R-MO)
Kelly (D-AZ)

Alphabetical by Senator Name
Alsobrooks (D-MD), Yea
Baldwin (D-WI), Nay
Banks (R-IN), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Nay
Blackburn (R-TN), Yea
Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay
Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Yea
Booker (D-NJ), Yea
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Britt (R-AL), Yea
Budd (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Capito (R-WV), Yea
Cassidy (R-LA), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Cortez Masto (D-NV), Yea
Cotton (R-AR), Yea
Cramer (R-ND), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Curtis (R-UT), Yea
Daines (R-MT), Yea
Duckworth (D-IL), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Ernst (R-IA), Yea
Fetterman (D-PA), Yea
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Gallego (D-AZ), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Hagerty (R-TN), Yea
Hassan (D-NH), Yea
Hawley (R-MO), Not Voting
Heinrich (D-NM), Yea
Hickenlooper (D-CO), Nay
Hirono (D-HI), Nay
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Husted (R-OH), Yea
Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Justice (R-WV), Yea
Kaine (D-VA), Nay
Kelly (D-AZ), Not Voting
Kennedy (R-LA), Yea
Kim (D-NJ), Nay
King (I-ME), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Lankford (R-OK), Yea
Lee (R-UT), Yea
Lujan (D-NM), Yea
Lummis (R-WY), Yea
Markey (D-MA), Nay
Marshall (R-KS), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
McCormick (R-PA), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Moody (R-FL), Yea
Moran (R-KS), Nay
Moreno (R-OH), Yea
Mullin (R-OK), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Ossoff (D-GA), Yea
Padilla (D-CA), Yea
Paul (R-KY), Nay
Peters (D-MI), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Ricketts (R-NE), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Rosen (D-NV), Yea
Rounds (R-SD), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Schiff (D-CA), Yea
Schmitt (R-MO), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Scott (R-FL), Yea
Scott (R-SC), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Sheehy (R-MT), Yea
Slotkin (D-MI), Yea
Smith (D-MN), Nay
Sullivan (R-AK), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tillis (R-NC), Yea
Tuberville (R-AL), Yea
Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Warnock (D-GA), Nay
Warren (D-MA), Nay
Welch (D-VT), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Young…

May 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM Everybody can reply

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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP

@soumya-goblue.medsky.social

typical life cycle of a #PonziScheme

"Given UChicago’s extraordinary 37.6% endowment gain, far beyond what conventional investments yielded, it’s likely they took significant risks. if those gambles paid off in the short term, they unraveled. UChicago’s endowment remains lower today than in 2021."

a man in a suit and tie is touching his face with his finger .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is touching his face with his finger .

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August 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Retired Sex Symbol

@retiredsexsymbol.bsky.social

“Elon intents to privatize!” #fuckelon #ponzischeme

Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Mar 12

Rep John Larson - Connecticut:

March 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM Everybody can reply

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Lisa

@pinwheel777.bsky.social

Fmr. Social Security Adm. Warns DOGE Cuts Mean System Will ‘Collapse’ in 30 to 90 Days'

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WARNS US TO SAVE!

Disabled Husband!💔

2 Disabled Daughters!💔

HOW?😔

$1,200 electric bill this month!😱 IMPOSSIBLE!😱 #SocialSecurity #Musk #Trump #Ponzischeme #Congress #Fight

March 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM Everybody can reply

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CvNTLYoursNecronomiNorman

@cvntlyyours666.bsky.social

#Fraud #X #Tesla #SpaceX #Boring #Neuralink #Xai

#PonziScheme - an investment swindle in which early investors are paid with sums obtained from later ones in order to create the illusion of profitability
@merriam-webster.com

#ElonMusk - walking Ponzi scheme

A Pathetic. Criminal. Deport his ass

Phineas Delgado - Author @phineasdelgado.com · Mar 29

X is not worth 33 billion. He basically just paid himself $33B from another company, presumably to pay off his debts from the initial buy because he knows he'll never be able to raise the capital from X itself.

He is his own ponzi scheme.

March 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM Everybody can reply

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Suzanne Ledo

@suzanneledo.bsky.social

This really should be getting more traction. This is the first I'm hearing of it. I'm sure he and Musk are busily working these Ponzi schemes while using the firehouse of bullshit to distract us. #crypto #ponzischeme

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Maga backlash against Trump’s crypto grab: ‘This is bad, and looks bad’

Trump’s meme coin has some conservatives complaining over ‘most blatant ponzi scheme in history’

www.theguardian.com

February 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM Everybody can reply

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Lard

@playstacia.bsky.social

Not liberation... FIB-ERATION
#ponzischeme #backedhimselfdown

May 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM Everybody can reply