pyramid scheme in English

noun
1
a form of investment (illegal in the US and elsewhere) in which each paying participant recruits two further participants, with returns being given to early participants using money contributed by later ones.

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1. The three were arrested on charges of running a pyramid scheme.

2. In order to participate in a pyramid scheme, one will have to pay an admission charge.

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