Well, the US Justice Department comes through on Ponzi schemer, Allen Stanford and sentenced him to 110 years for running his $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
Unless you follow fraud like I do, you probably have never heard of Stanford. That is one bizarre effect of the Bernie Madoff fraud. If Madoff hadn't come to light about two months before the Stanford fraud came to light, everyone would know Sir Allen since his Ponzi scheme would have been known as the largest in history, by far. If you want to learn more about Sir Allen, including why I refer to him as "Sir" you can read the posts linked here.
Now, I just hope the Justice Department decides to prosecute some of the fraudsters who caused the mortgage meltdown and put the world economy in a the great recession...
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