Hey Ponzi: What’s Your Exit Strategy, Exactly? (Economix)

4) Get elected to Parliament. After scamming millions of Russians in the 1990s, Sergei Mavrodi promised his broke investors that he would get their money back with taxpayer funds if they elected him to the Russian Duma. He was, in fact, elected. And voilà, his election gave him parliamentary immunity from criminal prosecution.

Admittedly, this exit strategy has limited applicability.