This statistic illustrates the total number of people who invested in pyramid schemes in China by 2017, broken down by pyramid scheme. Shan Xin Hui, a Ponzi scheme that was launched in May 2016, had an estimated five million investors by the time the police arrested its leaders in July 2017.
Total number of people invested in Ponzi schemes in China as of 2017, by Ponzi scheme
(in 1,000s)
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The Economist. (February 3, 2018). Total number of people invested in Ponzi schemes in China as of 2017, by Ponzi scheme (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/877261/total-number-of-investors-in-pyramid-schemes-in-china-by-scheme/
The Economist. "Total number of people invested in Ponzi schemes in China as of 2017, by Ponzi scheme (in 1,000s)." Chart. February 3, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/877261/total-number-of-investors-in-pyramid-schemes-in-china-by-scheme/
The Economist. (2018). Total number of people invested in Ponzi schemes in China as of 2017, by Ponzi scheme (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/877261/total-number-of-investors-in-pyramid-schemes-in-china-by-scheme/
The Economist. "Total Number of People Invested in Ponzi Schemes in China as of 2017, by Ponzi Scheme (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877261/total-number-of-investors-in-pyramid-schemes-in-china-by-scheme/
The Economist, Total number of people invested in Ponzi schemes in China as of 2017, by Ponzi scheme (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877261/total-number-of-investors-in-pyramid-schemes-in-china-by-scheme/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Total number of people invested in Ponzi schemes in China as of 2017, by Ponzi scheme (in 1,000s) [Graph], The Economist, February 3, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/877261/total-number-of-investors-in-pyramid-schemes-in-china-by-scheme/
