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May 2020
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Bernie Madoff’s Gift

The Motley Fool
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How did Bernie Madoff pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history? Diana Henriques, journalist and author of the bestseller The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust, reveals that Madoff had an unusual gift for someone orchestrating fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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