How con man and born-again-Christian Barry Minkow got famous for leading one of the biggest Ponzi Schemes in the world
This is how one of the most famous Ponzi Schemes in history failed
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Former Wall Street traders jailed after long-running precious metals fraud
Edward Bases, 61, of New Canaan, Connecticut, and John Pacilio, 59, of New York, fraudulently pushed market prices up or down by placing large “spoof” orders in the precious metals futures markets that they did not intend to fill.
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Former Goldman Sachs boss jailed for multi-billion bribery and money laundering scandal
Roger Ng was sent to prison for his role in the multibillion dollar operation, which involved Malaysia’s state-owned investment and development fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
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The man who ripped off Backstreet Boys and NSYNC in $1 billion Ponzi scheme
The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC were two of the biggest boybands of the 1990s and 2000s, but things...
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The “Crazy Eddie’s” cash scam that landed owner in jail
One of the biggest scams of the era originated out of an electronics story in Brooklyn in the 1970s.
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