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Those of you who take an interest in the history of fraud might recognise this man, the others will probably not. You see before you Charles Ponzi, the Italian-American responsible for the Ponzo scheme (similar to, but not the same as, a pyramid scheme). He arrived in the US with two and a half dollars in his pocket having gambled away his entire life savings on the voyage out from Italy. Fifteen years after his arrival he was making as much as $250,000 a day.Here he is in the roaring 20s doing something mysterious to a tree, the scoundrel.
The winner of the caption competition is Rob Falconer. Congratulations Rob; a bottle of Italian red (Villa Antinori Toscana 2003) is on its way to you.
His winning caption was:
The original Doctor Who grapples with an actor unconvincingly dressed as an extra-terrestrial rubber plant
Photo credit: CSU Archives/Everett Collection/Rex Features
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AccountingWEB.co.uk 9-May-2008
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John Wyndham gets an idea for a book
Mr Ponzi demonstrates his new flushing mechanism but realises further development is required before it replaces the hole in the ground
The original Doctor Who grapples with an actor unconvincingly dressed as an extra-terrestrial rubber plant
Charles never could spell pansy properly
Charles proudly shows off his rubber tree, from which most of his cheques are made
Look, how many people would actually want to buy a pyramid?
Follow the Ponzo system, and you too can own your own tree, just like this one
Is the Ponzo scheme on the level? It's as straight as the fruit in this tree.
travelling 9,000 miles to show little johnny what a banana looked like was perhaps not as economical as going to Asda
"Play it where it lies!" An early golfing pioneer is having second thoughts about the golf course on a banana plantation
An auditor demonstrates how a new invention is going to revolutionize stock checks in the banana industry
"The Accounting Industry is modern and forward-thinking.." claims one member, pictured above.
Charles Ponzi shows his investors their new money tree.
In his spare time, George Formby liked nothing better than taking his tree for a walk
Tax less Taxing?
Pull the other one Gordon...
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