pyramid scheme
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n.NounA fraudulent investment scheme in which returns are paid to earlier investors by using money invested by more recent investors.
The company was shut down for running a pyramid scheme.
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Learn ENGLISH with MODERN FAMILY — Manny's Friend is in Love with Gloria
- He just says yes, because he's not wanting to have to explain the confusion that she made, because a Ponzi scheme, which is what Gloria is defining there, is basically that it's like a pyramid scheme.
He just says yes, because he's not wanting to have to explain the confusion that she made, because a Ponzi scheme, which is what Gloria is defining there, is basically that it's like a pyramid scheme.
- Yeah, he just says yes because he's not wanting to have to explain the confusion that she made, because a Ponzi scheme, which is what Gloria is defining there, is basically that it's like a pyramid scheme.
Yeah, he just says yes because he's not wanting to have to explain the confusion that she made, because a Ponzi scheme, which is what Gloria is defining there, is basically that it's like a pyramid scheme.
Jake Proposes to Amy | Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- I invested in a pyramid scheme.
I invested in a pyramid scheme.
- I invested in a pyramid scheme.
I invested in a pyramid scheme.
Michael's Pyramid Scheme - The Office US
- No, um, how is this not a pyramid scheme?
No, um, how is this not a pyramid scheme?
- It's not a pyramid scheme, it is a, it's not even a scheme per se.
It's not a pyramid scheme, it is a, it's not even a scheme per se.
Zeitgeist Addendum !
- ending a century long pyramid scheme.
ending a century long pyramid scheme.
2443 - Spy Movie Vocabulary in English
- The pyramid scheme concept.
The pyramid scheme concept.
- The pyramid scheme concept.
The pyramid scheme concept.
The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind - Hidden Secrets of Money 4 - Mike Maloney
- This is a fraud, it is a pyramid scheme, it is a Ponzi scheme,
This is a fraud, it is a pyramid scheme, it is a Ponzi scheme,
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
- Ending a century long pyramid scheme.
Ending a century long pyramid scheme.
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
- ending a century long pyramid scheme.
ending a century long pyramid scheme.
Choosing Majors is Hard
- didn't interrupt Little Miss Pyramid scheme over there.
didn't interrupt Little Miss Pyramid scheme over there.
Countries Are Quietly Rejecting US Dollar as The Dollar is Collapsing
- And it turned into this giant pyramid scheme that already became unsustainable because you literally don't have enough investors to pay off your previous investors.
And it turned into this giant pyramid scheme that already became unsustainable because you literally don't have enough investors to pay off your previous investors.
- and it turned into this giant pyramid scheme that already became unsustainable because you literally don't have enough investors to pay off your previous investors.
and it turned into this giant pyramid scheme that already became unsustainable because you literally don't have enough investors to pay off your previous investors.