Edward Snowden calls out conference host for running Ponzi scheme

Here’s a tip if you’ve ever been accused of taking part in a Ponzi scheme: Don’t invite Edward Snowden to speak at your investor conference.

Snowden — who famously leaked data in 2013 on the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of US citizens in 2013 — called out the host of an “elite real estate investment club” over the weekend for allegedly bilking investors out millions of dollars. The former CIA contractor, who has been living in exile in Moscow since then to avoid being tried in the US on espionage charges, did a live video interview on Saturday for the conference, which was hosted by a self-proclaimed investing guru named Sunil Tulsiani.