What once relied on word-of-mouth and text messages has now evolved into sleek websites, crypto buzzwords, and social media influencers. But no matter the packaging, the outcome is often the same: ...

Todd Burkhalter promised big returns. His victims didn’t realize they were too good to be true.

The SEC reveals how Nigerians were swindled out of ₦316 billion by Ponzi schemes, and names the major players behind the country’s most damaging scams. If you stand in the middle of the every-busy ...

Orchestrators of Ponzi schemes have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence tools to make their scams appear more sophisticated, believable and harder to detect.

Every year, thousands of intelligent and otherwise capable people fall victim to some form of exploitation or fraud. The fallout is devastating, both financially and psychologically. Rates of ...

The lawsuit claims JPMorgan Chase should have done more to prevent a customer from allegedly pulling off a massive crypto ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Todd Burkhalter, the CEO of the Georgia-based financial advisory group Drive ...