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A $50 billion Ponzi Scheme?: Another Blow for Wall Street

December 13th, 2008 by Rebecca Harshbarger

 

Billions Lost in Former Nasdaq Chairman's Pyramid Scheme

Billions Lost in Former Nasdaq Chairman's Pyramid Scheme

 

 

At the end of last week, former Nasdaq chairman and money manager Bernard L. Madoff was arrested for running a firm that lost billions of dollars through a pyramid scheme.  Although such scandal is not new to Wall Street, Madoff might hold the dubious honor of committing the largest fraud in financial history.  And the details are emerging rapidly this weekend.

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