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The world’s wealthiest scammers who were brought to justice

Filthy-rich fraudsters who got their comeuppance
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Filthy-rich fraudsters who got their comeuppance

Famous financier fraudster Bernie Madoff died behind bars on 14 April aged 82. He had been serving a 150-year sentence since 2009, following his involvement in the world's largest Ponzi scheme and the biggest financial fraud in US history. But Madoff isn't the only fraudster to have conned people on a huge scale. While some have never been charged for their crimes, many have done serious jail time or are still serving long stretches in prison. Click or scroll through some of the most notorious swindlers who were eventually brought to justice.

Daniel Coughlin

22 April 2021

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  • 22 May 2019

    Jealousy is a disease for which there is no medicine. So what the jealous people do is to think of a scheme to extract i.e. steal the rich people's wealth but they forget that institutions like the FBI are there to stop these people scamming rich people of their wealth as such schemes very often lead to murder. I thank God that I do not suffer from this nasty disease. Anybody that knows how hard it is to make money honestly must refrain from such scheming scams and if they do not they deserve to be banged up for such long periods of time.

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  • 20 May 2019

    It does look like crime can pay on the other hand.

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  • 20 May 2019

    What a shame that nobody was put away for the financial crash of 2008/2009. That caused more misery and pain and financial loss than all the other scams put together. Mortgage fraud was rife along with banks and ratings agencies massaging the credibility of the crap mortgage bonds they were selling, but only the innocent took the hit.

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