| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | a pyramid investment scheme | пирамида (мошенническая финансовая операция, дающая высокие прибыли, обеспечиваемые продажей очередных выпусков акций, а не доходами от реальных инвестиций a fraudulent financial operation offering shares at high rates of return, which are funded entirely by new sales of shares instead of returns on real investments) |
| inf. | a pyramid investment scheme | инвестиционная пирамида (мошенническая финансовая операция, дающая высокие прибыли, обеспечиваемые продажей очередных выпусков акций, а не доходами от реальных инвестиций a fraudulent financial operation offering shares at high rates of return, which are funded entirely by new sales of shares instead of returns on real investments) |
| gen. | pyramid investment scheme | финансовая пирамида (denghu) |
| econ. | pyramid scheme | финансовая пирамида (тж. Ponzi scheme Sukhopleschenko) |
| crim.law. | pyramid scheme | схема "финансовой пирамиды" (Alexander Matytsin) |
| market. | pyramid scheme | пирамидальная схема (Artemie) |
| econ. | pyramid scheme | пирамида (тж. Ponzi scheme Sukhopleschenko) |
| gen. | pyramid investment scheme | инвестиционная пирамида (Lavrov) |
| gen. | pyramid scheme | мошенническая пирамида (A pyramid scheme is an illegal investment scam based on a hierarchical setup. New recruits make up the base of the pyramid and provide the funding, or so-called returns, the earlier investors/recruits above them receive. A pyramid scheme does not involve the selling of products. Rather, it relies on the constant inflow of money from additional investors that works its way to the top of the pyramid. Read more: Pyramid Scheme  investopedia.com Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | pyramid scheme | денежная пирамида (Tanya Gesse) |
| gen. | pyramid scheme | финансовая пирамида (тж. Ponzi scheme Alexander Demidov) |
| crim.law. | pyramid-type scheme | финансовая пирамида (CNN, 2020 Alex_Odeychuk) |
| crim.law. | run a fraudulent pyramid scheme | управлять финансовой пирамидой (Thomson Reuters Alex_Odeychuk) |