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Jan 2021
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How To Steal $65 Billion And Almost Get ...

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A Wallstreet insider perpetrated the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Bernie Madoff rocked financial institutions around the world to their very cores when it was revealed that the former head of the NASDAQ, a man who was an architect of the how many of the stock exchanges around the world operate, stole over $65-billion from his clients. How did this happen? We'll find out in this episode of ColdFusion.

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