05 - Charles Ponzi, the pioneer - Legendary Crooks, True Stories

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06 - Bernard Madoff, the master - Legendary Crooks, True Stories

On April 14, 2021, in the federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, an 82-year-old inmate died. This man is Bernard Madoff, one of the greatest swindlers in history, the mastermind of the most elaborate Ponzi scheme. The businessman was at the head of one of the main investment c ...  Show more

07 - The Enron scandal, water in the gas - Legendary Crooks, True Stories

An American company specializing in the production and transportation of gas, it was founded in 1985 by Kenneth Lay, a former member of the Reagan administration and close to Republican Party heavyweights like Bush, father and son. In the 1990s, deregulation of the energy market ...  Show more

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