August, 2009
Finland has recently discovered that thousands of its citizens were duped in a near clone of Charles Ponzi’s original scam and a close relative of Bernard Madoff’s. The scam in Finland was originally called WinClub, but after some negative publicity and inquiries, changed its name to WinCapita. The scheme ran for more than three years with no government or media investigations, just as Madoff did. In October 2008, the scheme attracted attention only when its website closed down and the promoter disappeared. Read More. . .
