First published 8200
Charming immigrant Charles Ponzi arrives in Boston with big dreams and no money. Desperate to impress his new wife, he devises a get-rich-quick scheme that quickly snowballs into a nationwide financial frenzy. As Ponzi's empire expands, the Boston Post relentlessly investigates his shady business, racing to expose the truth before his house of cards collapses. In this gripping true tale, Ponzi emerges as an appealing scoundrel driven by love, not greed - a classic American success story gone horribly wrong.
Genres: biography, history, 20th-century, business, american, crime
Vibes: gripping, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: rags-to-riches, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
Period: 20th-century
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