Oddly enough though Mussolini hired Ponzi to oversee the national airline 's interests in Brazil
...or something.
told you so
In Italy, Ponzi jumped from scheme to scheme but little came of them. He eventually got a cozy job as the agent for Ala Littoria, the Italian state airline, in Brazil. However, during World War II, the Brazilians, who had signed up with the Allies, realized the Italians were using the airline to ship strategic materials and shut it down.