Participating in a venture where funds are not applied to construction budgets as represented constitutes running a Ponzi scheme.

“If they are doing that they're running a Ponzi scheme with the money you're bringing in therefore you're running a Ponzi scheme”

Ponzi schemes rely on the cessation of investor funds to trigger collapse when payouts can no longer be made.

“the moment the money stops coming in now you don't have any money to pay out right right right right it's the whole thing man it's it's the gut and I'm feeling it hard”

Ponzi schemes are not financially viable in the long run because they cannot generate legitimate money on their own.

“by their very nature Ponzi schemes are not financially viable in the long run this is because they are not capable of generating legitimate money on their own and the longer they last the more money they owe to investors”

Ponzi schemes are deceptive financial structures that often begin with the perpetrator justifying them as a temporary measure to keep a business afloat.

“it's one thing after another after another all to keep the balls in the air and the plates spinning”

Most Ponzi schemes are situational rather than predatory, originating from legitimate business failures that lead to unethical and criminal behavior.

“most Ponzi schemes are not a a I guess you would call it a predatory type of fraud they're situational it's something happened in a legitimate business that caused the person the business owner to do unethical behaviors that turned into criminal fraud behaviors”