
When running a Ponzi scheme ....
.... you have to know when to stop scheming and start running!
Cos at some point someone IS going to figure out what you're doing. And if you are still around at that time then the long arm of the law will eventually catch up with you. You have to pick the right time to take your ill gotten gains and disappear into the wind.
------------> Hanging around for just a bit more is what turns smart criminals into dumb jailbirds!