Other people say that he was constantly in trouble and his family kicked him out by shipping him across the Atlantic (Goebel). ... Some people think that Ponzi was inspired by William "520 percent" Miller, a young Brooklyn bookkeeper who in 1899 was able to steal more than one million dollars from gullible investors. ... He eventually ran out of people to swindle. ... The 4-year sentence wasn't enough for the people that lost thousands of dollars and some, their whole life savings (Myers). ... After the people were wiped out, they said they always had suspicions about the smooth tal...

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