Alleged Ponzi scheme manager, attorney Scott Rothstein, is shown in his office. In 2009, the recession prompted the unraveling of nearly four times as many of the investment schemes compared with 2008.
It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a buzzword again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion plot. Tens of thousands of investors, some of them losing their life's savings,… 0