| English | Russian |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| impractical scheme | прожект |
| in the scheme of things | по большому счёту (In the scheme of things, having lots of money isn't as important as having friends. Val_Ships) |
| now, what's the scheme? | ну, каков план действий? |
| Ponzi scheme | лохотрон (A type of banking fraud named after Charles Ponzi, who operated such a scheme in the USA in 1920. Depositors are offered unsustainably high rates of interest (e.g. 50% p.a.) and are initially paid their interest from a fund consisting of new deposits. When the deposits dry up, the bank collapses. Ponzi managed to fool enough depositors to amass a fund of $8M before the police caught up with him. Depositors lost every cent. The term is now used generally for schemes of this sort, based on chain letters. OF&B Alexander Demidov) |
| Ponzi scheme | лохотрон (Alexander Demidov) |
| Ponzi scheme | мошенническая схема (не обязательно пирамида, т.к. Понци реализовал множество схем Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| Ponzi scheme | жульничество (Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| scheme against | подсиживать |
| unworkable scheme | прожект |