Ponzi Schemes, sodomy, retirement industry

The retirement industry is one of the sectors hardest hit by what the authorities in China call illegal fund-raising.


Ponzi Schemes Are Robbing China’s Retirees of Life Savings


Rooms and beds for retirees are in short supply as the population ages, leaving many vulnerable to companies pitching risky investments.





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龐氏騙局（英語：Ponzi scheme）是非法性質的金融詐騙手法，是一個著名的代表案例，發生於20世紀初的美國。它吸引投資者並利用後期投資者的資金向早期投資者支付利息。時至今日，龐氏騙局的各種變體（資金盤、老鼠會）依舊存在金融市場中。

其運作模式多以投資名義，給予高額回報誘使受害人投資，看似與一般的證券基金的模式並無區別，但在龐氏騙局中，投資的回報來自於後來加入的投資者，而非公司本身透過正當投資盈利，即「拆東牆補西牆」。透過不斷吸引新的投資者加入，以支付前期投資者的利息，初期通常在短時間內獲得回報以利於推行，再逐漸拉長給息時間。隨著更多人加入，資金逐漸入不敷出，直到騙局泡沫爆破時，後期的大量投資者便會蒙受金錢損失。

Schema Ponzi - Wikipedia 
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Lo schema Ponzi è un modello economico di vendita truffaldino ideato da Charles Ponzi (1882-1949), che promette forti guadagni ai primi investitori, a discapito di nuovi "investitori", a loro volta vittime della truffa.

sodomy (ˈsɒdəmɪ)

Definitions

noun

1. anal intercourse committed by a man with another man or a woman Compare buggery

Word Origin

C13: via Old French sodomie from Latin (Vulgate) Sodoma Sodom

Usage examples

• tens of thousands) where they would trade visions for sodomy , back and forth.

  Clive Barker, EVERVILLE (2001)

• Section 377, drafted in 1871, deals with "sexual offences", including sodomy.

  India Today (1996)

• Jamelske was charged April 9 with kidnapping, rape, sexual abuse and sodomy after the rescue of the 16-year-old girl.

  Toronto Sun (2003)

• Although it outlawed heterosexual as well as homosexual sodomy , the law was used almost exclusively against the gay community.

  Independent (1999)

• In February 1895 Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, failed, and in April was arraigned for sodomy.

  Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)